Congratulations to the V45 Men’s team on winning a hard earned bronze medal at the 26th National Masters Open Road Relay Championships. The team, consisting of Kenny MacPherson, Keith Smith, David Appleby, Mark Hall, Paul Hilton and Steve Cairns, had a titanic battle with NE neighbours Sunderland Harriers and it wasn’t until the sixth and final leg of the …

Fresh from a successful midweek outing round the Northumberland coal-pits Mark Reynolds sends in this report. Following last week’s great trail race at Alnwick I immediately signed up for the Woodhorn 10k, taking place 7 days later, organised by NE triathlon specialists VO2 Max.  Online registration was simple and at £7.95 was attractively priced for …

There’s always two sides to the story & following on from John Tollitts excellent race report & not to be outdone, Tony Carter sends in the equally brilliant update & account of the days events in Northern Ireland last weekend. Continue reading →

After organizing the superb inaugural TBH Golden Mile Challenge, Chris Graham has even gone and written up the race report. Good going, Chris. The first race was the fast lads from Group 1, the wise old heads of Kenny Macpherson and Dave Moir facing the exuberant youth of Shaun Brown, Daryl Davison and Sparrow Morley …

Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy John Tollitt’s latest race report.   CHAPTER 1.     SLIEVE DONARD MOUNTAIN RACE Before Christmas, I was having a think about how I might mark my 50th birthday this year. After toying around with various ideas (a Bob Graham Round, running 50 miles…), I came up with a cunning …

Please find below a comprehensive list of Tyne Bridge members that participated at a parkrun this week. If your name is missing from the list, please contact parkrun direct (office@parkrun.com) and ask them to change your details.   Results for  Chelmsford Central parkrun, event number 17, 11/05/2013 187 participants completed the run on Saturday. The first male …

Well done to everyone who took part in this year’s Pier To Pier race. Bright blue skies and a North-Westerly wind meant conditions were just about ideal for racing, and as the results show, many of the club members took full advantage of them. First finisher for the club was Kevin Jeffress, coming home in 9th place overall. …

The Veterans Athletics Association North East of England (VAA-NEE) road relay championships take place on Wednesday 12th June, at Bedewell Park, Jarrow. There will be two races, with the Women over 35 & Men over 65 starting at 6.45pm, and the Men over 35 starting at 7.30pm. Both races are for teams of three, each runner completing TWO …

For the majority of us, running 5k at a parkrun is the best way to spend a Saturday. But not so for club members Alan Wallace and Colin Dilks. Instead they get their kicks from running up and down mountains. I’ll let Alan take over the story.   Last year I ran the Kielder Blast which was part …

This week’s training sessions are;   Tuesday 14th Group 1: 6 x 1 Mile Group 2: 6 x 1 Mile Group 3: 5 x 1 Mile Group 4: 4 x 1 Mile Group 5: Pyramid Session   Wednesday 15th Junior Section: 6:00pm at East End Pool. This week’s session is 1.5 Mile Time Trial. Beginner’s …

One of the club’s newest members, Alex Battersby, reports from the splendour of Alnwick.   The Les Allcorn 10k takes place in the grounds of the Hulne Park in Alnwick courtesy of the Duke of Northumberland. It is named after a local runner and is not a remnant of the French invasion as I thought! …

This season’s Track & Field Team Manager for the Men, Mal Gibson, has this appeal to club members.   After a successful start to the track and field season with a joint-first place in our first meeting (see Mr. Moir’s excellent report), the next chance to get your spikes on will be Monday 20th May in the Veterans …

On a breezy summer’s evening, a magnificent eighty runners turned out for the 2nd race of the 2013 Summer Series. And leading the race from start to finish was Paul Brown, clocking a time of 22:49. Although this was the second race of the series, it was the first to implement a yacht handicap system …

The one and only Keith Rooney reports from the 1st race of the Jesmond Dene Handicap series. It was sticky, the air filled with bothersome clouds of midges, I hated the blighters, they got in your mouth, up your nose and were a  general pain in the arse to run through: but and this was …

David Moir reports from this season’s first Track & Field fixture at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Quite a few firsts for me with this meeting. The biggest was that I asked the committee if we could agree to host a fixture and upon receiving their approval I then realised it looked like I had agree to do …