Thanks to everybody who participated at another sun-drenched Weetslade Relays – we hope you all enjoyed it and, as ever, thanks as ever to all the supporters, marshals and officials who made the 13th running of this event a success. Congratulations to Tyne Bridge Harriers, winners on the night. Sunderland Harriers were second with Morpeth …

The Weetslade Relay is the event that Claremont Road Runners have organised every year since 2010 (pandemic permitting!). The race starts and ends at Wideopen Juniors Football Club (Lockey Park), and much of the course goes through the Weetslade Country Park. This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, 26th June 2024. It would be …

Having had an excellent response for the need to supply volunteers to marshal and generally help out at Weetslade, we had enough spare to fill our quota of 4 teams on the night. They didn’t let us down! I felt good lining up at the start for my first Weetslade race, despite knowing that being …

Congratulations to Sunderland Harriers for their victory in the 2023 Weetslade Relays. Morpeth Harriers were second, and Wallsend Harriers completed the podium. We hope that you all enjoyed the evening, even though we couldn’t deliver the usual Weetslade sunshine – thankfully most runners avoided the worst of the rain (I think). Thanks as ever to …

The Weetslade Relay is the event that Claremont organised every year from 2010 to 2019, and which grew from eight teams when it was first run, to over 100. We had to change it to a virtual event in 2020 and 2021, but were delighted to be back to holding a ‘real’ race last year. …