North East Harrier League Round Up 2013/14

26 March 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Wow what a season, thank you so much to everyone of you that took part in the XC Harrier League. To think that only a few years ago we had to press gang people into running for the club most of the time not having enough to count for teams. We don’t have that problem anymore with record numbers representing the club across all the divisions.

Last season the 2 remaining juniors moved up into the senior division so a lot of work has been done by Stewy Bell and his team to get some new recruits to step up to XC. They have all performed superbly over the season with lots of support from their parents and the seniors from the side lines.

Moving onto the lasses who began the season well picking up silver medals in the Davison Shield. Sarah Lister & Leanne Robertson were also considered for selection for the England Masters after their personal performances for the club a true reflection of their own achievements and putting the club on the map. Record numbers took part over the course of the season however some big counters were missing for certain races and the lasses had to sweat a bit in the final fixture to confirm their position in Division 1 for next season.

Finally the lads convincingly won the 3rd Division title after leading it for the majority of the season. Some fantastic personal performances from the likes of Patrick Duffy, Stewy Bell and Jordan Bell making his debut for the seniors and getting promoted to the fast pack in consecutive races. A huge turnout, to many to mention, at each race from across the board for the men resulted in them winning the league and being tipped to go on and be future division 1 champions!

A big thanks must go to the support team of Joy & Colin, Stewy, Ian and Sarah the team managers who not only come along to every fixture and support us 100% there are also things like the tent and flag to transport to each venue and put up and take down, numbers to allocate, and the registration of all the club athletes. The team spirit and camaraderie is what makes XC in our club so successful. No matter what standard you are you will always be made to feel welcome and part of the team.

Well done everybody keep up the good work for next season!

All final results are now on the Harrier League website http://www.harrierleague.com/results/

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NEHL 6 – Wrekenton

19 March 2014 Admin Leave a comment

This Saturday is the last fixture in this seasons Harrier League and there is lots still to play for. The Men are hoping to wrap up the division 3 title, the ladies are looking to confirm their place in division 1 for next season and the juniors will finish the season on a high with more taking part this season than ever before. We were only on this course last month for fixture no4 so there will be the usual mud and small hills to cope with hopefully not as much wind this time around to deal with! As always there will be car sharing to the event with plenty parking at the venue. Check the Bounders facebook page for further details. Once the XC is complete there is a function on for the whole league at the fed brewery tickets must be purchased in advance make sure you keep your race number as it will be used in a raffle draw on the night. On behalf of the club thanks to everyone that has taken part this season its been a cracker with some fine performances to note. Special mention to those that come along to support and help out with putting the tent and flag up. Well done to all keep up the good work!

With this being the last fixture of the season the Harrier League officials are extra busy and have asked to pass on the following important information so please take note!

Any registrations get them in early because we’ll be really really busy on the day….

IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR NUMBER LET ME KNOW ASAP

I’ve not got time to sort out loads of replacements, and you’ll have to go to the school to collect numbers – there will be NO numbers available on the course.

Coaches: Tell your runners to find their number and pin it to their vest by Thursday, if they can’t find it, let me know before Saturday and I’ll sort out a replacement for 50p

You have been warned – if someone turns up on Saturday with a list of a dozen runners I’ll charge them a pound each

For more info go to the Harrier League website http://www.harrierleague.com/index.php

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XC Roundup – 08/03/14

10 March 2014 Admin Leave a comment

Members of Blackhill Bounders were flying the flag for the club at regional and national XC level over the weekend at Wallsend for the North East Masters XC Championships and also down Birmingham at the Inter Counties XC Championships. The North East Masters fixture was originally planned for last month down at Darlington but due to a waterlogged course it was cancelled and re arranged at short notice to Wallsend. The NEMAA did a great job to come up with a good course for all to enjoy so thanks must go to them.

For the ladies Sarah Lister won gold in the V35 category and finished 3rd, 23:12, in the 6K race overall. Leanne Robertson, 24:25, just missed out on a medal after picking up an injury on the 3rd lap and having to slow down after being right behind Sarah for most of the race.

For the men well what can we say Patrick Duffy was 1st home overall, 26:16 in the 8K race and was crowned NE XC champion and won gold for 1st vet 35. He had a great tussle with Stewy Bell, 26:24, who was flying today and bagged gold for 1st V45. Ian Young, 27:52, won silver for 2nd V40. All 3 also won gold medals for finishing 1st team overall on the day. Kev Doolan was 19th in a time of 29:37 with Ian Middlemass finishing 22nd in a time of 30:01.

Not along after we finished Stewy had a call from Jordan from down in Birmingham where he was representing the North East at the Inter Counties. Jordan ran in the U20`s 8K race finishing 65th, 28:03, and 3rd counter an excellent result for the team.