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Match reports, club updates and announcements.
Paul Fairbrother
Long-serving members of Morpeth Harriers & AC will be very saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Paul Fairbrother on Tuesday 7 January at the age of 64.In fact, Paul was only a few months from celebrating his 65th Birthday on 13…
Membership Fees For 2025 Now Due
Membership fees for 2025 are now due. As you will see, there has been a small increase to help cover running costs. A fuller explanation will appear in our next newsletter, due out this month. To renew your membership click here.
December races round-up
Malaga Marathon Three Morpeth Harriers swapped the chill and mud of Temple Park for the sunnier Spanish climes of Malaga to take part in the city’s annual marathon, also held on the second week in December. Won by Kenyan…
Heidi Takes Honours On Festive Fun Night
Thanks to the 27 of you who turned out to run in the 5k Christmas Handicap at Lancaster Park.It was great to have five young athletes, Heidi Wilkinson (13), Luke Thompson (10), Mason Gaylor (12), Jacob Thompson (13), and Jack Dhawar (12)…
Women's 1-2-3 Caps Dominant Day For Club At North East Championships
A remarkable victory by their Senior Women in the final race of the day was the icing on the cake of a highly successful afternoon for the club at the 118th North East Counties Athletics Association Cross Country Championships, held…
Youngsters Show Progress At Gateshead
Two Morpeth athletes were in action at the second meeting of the Gateshead Harriers Indoor Standards Winter Series on the evening of 5 December.Under 15 Girl Sophie Pledger, improved on her previous figures, when winning the A Final of the…
Rory Helps Gb To Cross-Country Bronze
Morpeth’s Rory Leonard rounded off what he himself describes as ‘a breakthrough year where I’ve moved on’ by collecting his share of a team Bronze medal at the 30th European Cross Country Championships in Turkey on…
Weekend round-up
A busy day of athletics action across the North East saw runners competing over a wide range of courses, from down on the beach at Blyth right up to the hills of the North Pennines. The 64th Blyth Sands race from Blyth to Seaton…
Scott And Rory Defy Liverpool Mud
Sadly, if perhaps unsurprisingly, the planned fourth meeting of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League, scheduled to be held on a brand new course at Eglingham Farm near Mickley on Saturday was cancelled as a result of Storm Bert…
New Venue As Nehl Action Returns
Saturday sees the return of the NEHL at Eltringham Farm just outside Prudhoe. This is a new venue for the league and has replaced Aykley Heads which was run for the last time in 2023.By all accounts it is a good course with no less an…
Morpeth Pair Are Fastest To Carlisle
Morpeth Harriers vests were first and second across the line in Sunday’s Brampton to Carlisle 10 mile race, with no less than five athletes from the club occupying the top ten places. Run over a course from William Howard School…
Connor Second At Heaton Memorial 10K
Remembrance Sunday saw the annual running of the Heaton Harriers Memorial Races, held once again on Newcastle’s Town Moor, with the main event held over 10 kilometres and preceded by a minute’s silence. With this…