Jun 19 2013
On Tuesday, 18th June 2013, at some time around 9:30am (not that I was staring intently at the screen of course – DD) the Tyne Bridge Harriers website had it’s 1,000,000th hit. Or, put another way, an average of 1100 people have viewed the site on a daily basis since it’s launch in January 2011. The website has been …
May 18 2013
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 …
May 05 2013
Issue: week commencing Monday 6th May 2013 Schedule for week ahead Tuesday 7th May 2013 TBH Summer Grand Prix: Race 2. > Members to meet either at Pool 6:00 – 6:30 or at Armstrong Bridge (Jesmond Dene) 6:45. > The event will start at 7:00. > Members who are able to volunteer on the evening …
Apr 25 2013
London Marathon 2014 Following on from the excitement of this year’s London Marathon and the excellent reports provided by John Tollitt and Pip Nichol, it is anticipated that the club will once again be allocated 3 places in the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon. In the last two years places have been allocated via an open …
Apr 22 2013
Congratulations to all the members who took part in this year’s Virgin London Marathon. Not only did they all represent the club with distinction, but a couple of them have even found time in their recovery period to submit race reports. First is this personal account by Phillippa (Pip) Nichol. Aside from the …
Apr 21 2013
The club are happy to announce the introduction of a new competition for it’s members. The competition, called The TBH Cup, involves members taking part in six local road races over the summer months, with their best 5 results to count. The event is open to all standard of running and welcomes participants from all the training groups. Just like the …
Apr 13 2013
This week’s training sessions are; Tuesday Group 1: 6 Mile run Group 2: 6 Mile run Group 3: 5 Mile run Group 4: 2 Mile run Group 5: 5 x 3 minutes Wednesday Beginner’s session. Thursday Group 1: 10 x 600m Group 2: 10 x 2 minutes Group 3: 10 x 2 …
Apr 07 2013
In nigh-on perfect conditions for racing, there was once again a magnificent turn-out by Tyne Bridge Harriers for the Blyth 10k RR. First finisher for the club, coming home in 10th place overall, was Sparrow Morley with a splendid time of 33:56. Next finisher was Kenny MacPherson, collecting the 2nd V45 prize thanks to his time of 35:27. David Daniels was awarded 3rd …
Apr 07 2013
Dave Moir reports on the latest ‘Ten miler’ to join the racing calendar. This was the first running of this road race, and it was put on by a company called “Sport in Action” who are better known for a portfolio of triathlons they put on in the Cumbria area. With a promise of a …
Apr 05 2013
To all members, Membership Subscriptions are now due for the new financial year; the new rates have been passed by members at the AGM, these now are:- Subscription year runs from 1st April 2013 until 31st March 2014 · Senior Member £40 · Student/Unemployed/Junior & Distant Member £20 (NB distant membership is …
Apr 01 2013
Please find below a comprehensive list of all the members that participated at a parkrun this weekend. If your name is missing from this list please contact parkrun direct (office@parkrun.com) and ask them to change your details. Congratulations to Tony Carter, Neil Capstick, Stephen Barker and John hurse for all recording parkrun PB’s at the weekend. Tony was also first …
Apr 01 2013
Following a few weeks of discussion, planning & preparation Tyne Bridge Harriers are pleased to announce a brand new session to the weekly training schedule which will benefit all our current & future members. Continue reading
Mar 25 2013
Below is a list of members who took part in parkrun at the weekend (Saturday 23 March). Admittedly it’s a shorter list than usual, but considering it was the final cross-country race later that same day, and it was perishing on the Moor (even more so than usual) then you can understand the fairly low turn-out. …
Mar 25 2013
Following a long, hard season of cross-country running, which culminated with Saturday’s fixture at Prudhoe, the points table for the TBH NEHL 2012/13 Grand Prix Series have been calculated and I’m pleased to announce that the winners are… (scroll down) …
