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Morpeth Well Represented At Gnr Events
It was a busy three days of competitive action for many from the club over the Great North Run weekend. Events were kicked off on Friday night down at the Quayside, where the elite UK Athletics 5k Road Championships were quickly…
Cat First Home At Watergate Trail Race
The annual two lap, 5k trail race took place round the grounds of Watergate Country Park in Low Fell on the evening of Thursday 22 August.Won by U/23 athlete Lewis McConnell of Birtley in 15:40, there was a return to competitive action for…
Gavin Secures Bronze At World Masters
Loansdean’s finest, O/65 Gavin Bayne was the last of three Morpeth Harriers in action at the World Masters Championships in Gothenburg, taking part in the challenging Men’s Half Marathon run over a hilly four-lap course around…
LATEST NEWS ROUND-UP
​Morpeth Harriers Over 50 Veteran Man Trevor Hodgson travelled to Gothenburg in Sweden to compete in the World Masters Athletics Championships.Up against world-class opposition, he managed to finish first in his heat in 11.77s, to…
20 Morpeth Athletes In Grand Prix Finale
The sixth and final meeting of the 2024 North East Grand Prix series took place at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on last Wednesday when 20 members of Morpeth Harriers figured amongst the competitive action.Six of those members finished…
Ziggy Completes Fifth Olympic Marathon
​Competing in no less than his 5th consecutive Olympics, lifetime member Serod Al-Batochir completed the Men’s Marathon on Saturday morning in 71st place in a time of 2 hours 43 minutes 32 seconds. Serod – or Ziggy…
Scott Leads Field Home At Quayside 10K
Top-class athletics returned to the North East last Wednesday with Newcastle Quayside once again the setting for the series of Run Through 5k races. A balmy evening, troubled only by a headwind from the west that was full in the face…
Events Round-Up
Fell Em Doon 5 milerThere were 123 finishers at last Wednesday night’s Fell Em Doon 5 mile race, held over much of the two-lap course in Ashington Community Woodland on the same territory as the Saturday parkrun.Ian Harding was 1st…
13 Battle It Out At Jarrow Grand Prix
Thirteen athletes from Morpeth Harriers were in competitive action at the fifth and penultimate North East Grand Prix Meeting, held at Jarrow’s Monkton Stadium on the evening of Wednesday 24 July.Six of those athletes took part in…
Strong Performances As Neydl Campaign Draws To A Close
Twenty-two young athletes competed in Morpeth Harriers final match of the 2024 season of the NEYDL Division 2 campaign, held at Shildon on Sunday 21 July, where the club acted as hosts for the day.Nine male and 13 female members of the…
Trevor Sets Age Group Record But Has To Settle For Silver As Masters
Morpeth’s Over 50 Veteran Sprinter Trevor Hodgson finished a close second to East Cheshire’s Mike Coogan at the British Masters Track and Field Championships in Derby.Trevor clocked 11.69s to Coogan’s winning…
weekend round-up, July 20&21: coastal run and snowdon race
A warm and breezy Sunday morning saw the annual running of the Alnwick Harriers-organised Northumberland Coastal Run, with over 350 runners completing the course, surely one of the most scenic in the country, along the coast from Beadnell…