This was the Cathedral Relays with no view of the Cathedral, though there was a view of the Angel to make up for it! The traditional January cross-country relays could not take place in Durham, so Birtley AC stepped in and organised an excellent event in the grounds of the Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy. …

Although part of the North East Harrier League season, this is a one-off event with the prizes going to the club that has the best overall performance in all races from Under 13 upwards – the Sherman Cup for men and the Davison Shield for the women.  As Lucy McKitterick was our sole representative in …

This was a Claremont Road Runners squad severely depleted by illness and injury, but there were still 8 ladies and 4 men fit enough to compete. Well, really only 3 of the men were fit enough as David Lydall was full of cold but wanted to give it a go! The North East Championship races …

  U11 Girls 51 Grace Scott 07:17 U13 Girls 63 Lucy McKitterick 22:15 Ladies 80 Sarah Bowen 35:22 107 Mandy Herworth 35:53 Medium pack, actual time 33:08 126 Sarah Kerr 36:13 Fast pack, actual time 30:58 145 Clare McKitterick 36:44 198 Lucy Dunbar 37:33 Medium pack, actual time 34:48 234 Nicki O’Brien 38:26 Medium pack, …

Thanks to Alice for some great photos of the men’s race, the good and, of course, the Claremont babies! Click here to see the full set of photos on our Flickr stream.

It was not a promising start to the day when we woke to sleet and rain battering the windows, but the cross-country weather Gods looked down on us and brought out the sun for the afternoon.  In fact, it turned out to be a quite a pleasant day for a run around Gosforth Park.  This …

Captain Howard reports: Well, I was very proud of every Claremonter that ran today. Having only a week rest; recovering from injuries, everyone got involved and got around the beautiful Druridge Bay course. First up; was Grace Scott for the under 11s. Knowing maths homework had to be done on the car journey home, Grace …

Ay Okpokam and Michael Teasdale report on the opening Harrier League fixture at Wrekenton: Ay writes: As cross-country novices, Tara, Michael and I arrived at Wrekenton with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. Though it was sunny, there was enough of a breeze to keep things comfortable. All the club tents and banners on the …

Thanks to Kat for the photos of the men’s race even if she did position herself at the top of a hill to capture us at the point of maximum pain!      

The Harrier League season kicked-off at a bright, sunny, if a bit breezy, afternoon at Wrekenton. The ground was rock-hard so it some ways it was more like running on a very uneven, hilly road surface than cross-country. It was a good turnout with a number of cross-country debutants among the 27 strong Claremont contingent. …