Given the on-going Coronavirus situation, it is with a heavy heart that we wish to inform you that the Heaton Harriers committee has decided that the club will not run the Memorial Road Races this year. 2020 would have been the 100th anniversary of the first Memorial race which has made this decision even more difficult for us, however, the safety of all runners, our club members and the wider Continue Reading →
Just a very quick post to round up some runs you can get involved in over the next few weeks. Please note that there will be no official sessions on the 24th, 26th or 31st December, but you’re welcome to arrange to meet at the club to go for a run on those nights. Thursday 19th December – Christmas 5km handicap and then on to the Lindisfarne Saturday 21st December Continue Reading →
Well done everyone who ran at Blyth Sands yesterday, a cracking Heaton turn out and lots of prizes for our runners! The provisional results can be found here. Here’s the update to our Grand Prix: Name Wrekenton Monthly Mile Brampton Blyth Total Nina Cameron 5 0 8 10 (23) Mandy Hood 0 8 5 0 (13) Abi Timms 7 0 0 5 (12) Abbie Boxshall 5 0 0 5 (10) Continue Reading →
On Sunday, Dani Smythe achieved a decisive win in the Redcar half marathon. This would be a cause for celebration in its own right, but extra recognition is due – and not just because the weather was so miserable. Redcar is the North East Counties Half Marathon Championship so, combined with her wins earlier in the summer at the Bridges of the Tyne and Tynedale Jelly Tea (both NECAA Championship Continue Reading →
Here are the results of the 5km handicap race on 27th August 2019. Thanks as always to George Routledge for organising, to Les Venmore for timing, and everyone else who helped on the night. Pos Name Cat Time Hcap Actual1 Jenny Foster 26.57 0.00 26.572 Mark Best 28.25 8.00 20.253 Jordon Cairns 28.43 11.20 17.234 Laura Smith 28.47 8.20 20.275 Stuart Kelsey 28.50 8.20 20.306 Claire Dadswell 28.59 2.00 26.59 Continue Reading →
Here’s the update to the summer grand prix scores, including the results from the Quayside 5k and the Tynedale Jelly Tea 10 miler. 10 points are allocated to the first finisher, 8 to the second, 6 to the third and 5 to all other participants. Your best 7 results count toward your total score. Laura Smith 6 0 0 10 6 0 6 10 0 8 0 (46)Nina Cameron 5 Continue Reading →
I’m back with the second update to the summer grand prix in a week. We added a lot of races to the summer schedule to give you plenty of opportunities to score points, with last night’s Morpeth 10k providing the third chance to do so in three days. There’s now a bit of a break until the next race, next week’s Quayside 5k. Apparently this is very speedy course, and Continue Reading →
So far 92 club members have participated in the Summer grand prix, which has included the Anita Nott 5k, Angel View, Tynedale 10k, July Monthly Mile, Sunderland 5k and the Cock Crow 5k. Well done everyone! 10 points are awarded to the first finisher, 8 points to the second, 6 to the third and 5 to all other finishers. 5 points were also awarded to everyone volunteering at the Anita Continue Reading →
Very well done to all 482 competitors who took part in our annual women only 5k race. A fabulous turn out on a muggy evening on what we know is a challenging course! Prizes as follows: 1st place – Dani Smythe (Heaton Harriers)2nd place – Katie Francis (Birtley AC)3rd place – Gillian Manford (Gateshead Harriers) Age category winners: V35 – Gillian Manford (Gateshead Harriers)V40 – Becky Coleman (North Shields Polytechnic)V45 Continue Reading →
There are now less than four weeks to go until the Anita Nott Race, so thank you for entering. There are still places so please let friends, club members and colleagues know as we don’t want anybody to miss out. Our aim at Heaton Harriers is to improve our races, year on year, and we are always looking at possible ways of making changes which will make our races even Continue Reading →