North Eastern Harrier League Suffered Its Second Postponement

Sunderland Harrier Liam Taylor claimed his fourth win of the year in the Run Hexham 10k on Sunday.

In what was a neck and neck tussle with Gateshead Harriers inform Conrad Franks, the Springwell athlete got the verdict by just one second in winning in 33.03.

This comes on top of his...

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Lambton Estate Gears Up For Harrier League Debut

The Lambton Estate hosts their first North Eastern Harrier League on Saturday with around 3,000 runners and spectators expected to attend.

This was due to be the third league promotion of the season, but is now the second, after the Druridge Bay Country Park fixture was postponed due to fl...

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Northern Athletics Cross Country Success For Sunderland

Sunderland Harriers’ return to the Cutlers Relay and Northern Athletics Cross Country Relay Championships after an absence of five years, proved the right decision on Saturday.

The Wearsiders’ senior men finished in the top 10 in eighth (45.50) and their B team claimed a top 20 spot in 18t...

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Sunderland Return To Championships After A Five Year Absence

Sunderland Harriers return to the Northern Athletics Cross Country Relays Championships at Sheffield on Saturday for the first time since 2014.

The Wearsiders have entered two senior men’s teams and two senior women’s teams for the four-stage relays at Graves Park.

With a new team m...

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Michaels Record Achievement Awarded At Presentation Night

Sunderland Harrier Michael Wilson won the top award at the club’s presentation night, held in conjunction with the annual meeting at Lakeside Social Club on Monday.

The middle distance runner broke the long standing 400m record of Nicholas Watson from 1993 (48.8), in clocking 47.79 while a...

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Eliud Kipchoge Becomes First Person To Break Two-Hour Marathon Time

We have proof: humans are capable of running a marathon distance in less than two hours. That is the simplest conclusion to draw from Eliud Kipchoge’s incredible feat in Vienna in the early hours of Saturday morning, when the Kenyan became the first man to break a barrier that for so long had bee...

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Liam Takes No Prisoners At Outlaw Trail

Sunderland Harrier Liam Taylor added to his list of honours this year by winning the Trail Outlaws Penshaw Trail 10k last weekend.

This year for the sixth running of the race the organisers reversed the route and started along the old railway line. Then it was up to Offerton. and back to P...

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Sunderland Harriers - The Oldest Athletics Club in the North?

More evidence has come to light on the history of Sunderland Harriers formation as an athletics’ club.

Various dates have been put forward for when it was founded and a Sunderland Echo newspaper article from 1954 has revealed more details.

Featured in the Saturday Sports Parade, the...

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Flying Start At Wrekenton Harrier League

The opening fixture of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League got off to a flying start at Wrekenton on Saturday.

Record fields in both the senior men’s (666 runners) and women’s fields (500) showed the sport is in a healthy position.

Sunderland Harriers, winners of the seni...

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Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m gold at World Athletics Championships

Dina-Asher Smith became the first British woman to win a major global sprint title as she stormed to victory in 200m at the World Championships.

The 23-year-old, who won silver in the 100m, was the outstanding favourite and outclassed the field to take gold in a British record of 21.88 sec...

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