Jan 20
By Georgina Brooke There’s generally a bit around the race where I think ‘what am I doing here?’ This time, for my first trail run, it hit before I’d even got to the start. On the way to the race I realised I’d gone down the wrong steep single track road and would need to …
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Jan 07
Temple Park, South Shields, Saturday 7th January 2023 Many congratulations to the TBH lasses who retained the Davison Shield For a club to win the Shield requires both strength in depth (clubs need to finish a team in every category) and first-class athletes to outscore their competitors, so well done to everyone who took part …
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Jan 06
Wednesday, 4th January 2023 Report submitted by Ewan Richardson Following on from Alison’s recent report of a mid-week headtorch run around Chopwell Woods, I was cajoled into writing up a short account of another similar adventure which the Tyne Bridge Harriers Fell and Trail running group recently embarked on.After a bit of a mix up …
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Jan 03
Thursday, 29th December 2022. Report submitted by Alison Dargie A disclaimer: this is not technically a race report. There will be very little drama; the thrill of competition will not feature and at no point will there be any tension-laced teetering on the knife-edge of glorious victory and bitter defeat. Sorry. Waiting till I get …
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Jan 01
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This is a list of members of Tyne Bridge Harriers who participated at a parkrun on Saturday, 31st December 2022.The first runner home for each gender is included/emboldened, regardless of club, for reference purposes. Town Moor parkrun A total of 331 runners took part. View full results for Town Moor parkrun event #564 Position …
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Dec 26
A round-up of results featuring TBH members. (updated 6th January) Poole AC Round the Lakes 10k: Tuesday 27th December Chris Stockdale 34:56 Full results can be found here The Chevin Chase: Monday 26th December Paul O’Mara 48.02 John Tollitt 59.32 Vicki Deritis 1:27.51 Elaine O’Mara 1:27.52 Full results can be found here Chopwell Woods Winter …
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Dec 12
The annual club awards were handed out on Saturday, 10th December, and these are this year’s celebrated members: Newcomer of the Year (male): Angelo Gabriele Newcomer of the Year (female): Erin Fairlamb Most Improved Athlete (male): Steve Kettle Most Improved Athlete (female): Georgia Wilding Senior athlete of the year (male) & Club Champion (male): Michael …
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Dec 12
Race report submitted by Blake Kesic Have you ever gone for a run without starting your watch or accidentally left it at home? Not knowing your pace or how far you’ve done. How about running somewhere new and relying on Google maps to find your way back? Well, what if I told you there is …
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Dec 03
Big congratulations to Dave Moir who has won the North East Region’s Coach of the Year at this evening’s England Athletics Volunteer Awards (Friday, 2nd December 2022). Dave’s hard work to establish the TBH Junior Section and create the junior racing group is now paying dividends as we’re seeing the juniors transition to the senior …
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Nov 28
A round-up of results featuring TBH Members (updated 28/11/2022). Slaley Hall & Forest Trail Run – 10K: Sunday 20th November Gillian Dodson 1:10.09 Katie Robins 1:10.10 Faye Slade 1:19.45 Full results can be found here Slaley Hall & Forest Trail Run – Half Marathon: Sunday 20th November Amy Fuller 1:32.37 (1st Lady ) Full results …
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Nov 27
Claire Whitelaw, who recently did the right thing by joining the club, has submitted this report from Saturday’s slog around Aykley Heads. My first cross country…aged 49 Is it normal to wait till you’re almost 50 years old to do your first cross country? Running Aykley Heads on Saturday made me wonder why it took …
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Nov 27
Well done to everyone who represented the club at the latest North Eastern Harrier League fixture at Aykley Heads (Saturday 26th November 2022). A big turnout from both the lasses and the lads saw the women finish top of the pile for the 2nd fixture running and the men a solid 4th. Senior Women results …
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Nov 18
By Matt Walker For the four of us from TBH (Rachael Perowne, Susan Murphy, Ian Pickett and I), like many others, this event was supposed to have been last year. Unfortunately, after the organisers had been forced to relocate the 2021 event from Scotland to Cumbria due to COVID-19 restrictions, a storm relocated the event …
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Nov 03
By Annette Kelly As I watched the rain come down in the morning from the comfort of my sofa, I thought the usual race day thoughts like “I can’t be arsed with running around a field today”. However, I had a word with myself and made my way to Lambton Estate, setting of the third …
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Nov 03
By Joseph Taylor The trip to Amsterdam had felt like it had been in the diary for ages. From the initial email from Ian asking who would be interested it was always something to look forward to and then all of a sudden the 14th of October crept up and it was time to pack …
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Oct 23
We thought taking a taxi from O’Hare Intenational Airport on a Friday afternoon at 5pm would give us a great opportunity to take in some of the sights of Chicago and maybe get a feel for the marathon route as we made our way downtown. But, it transpires that traffic jams are no match for …
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Oct 12
2nd October 2022 By Ian Parker Firstly, the race is in a seaside resort called Calella (pronounced Calaya) about 55km up the coast from Barcelona. I won’t bore you with travel etc but if anyone is thinking of doing it, I am happy to help. If anyone are familiar with Triathlon racing, the birthplace of …
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Aug 26
A round-up of results featuring TBH members (updated 27 Aug 2022) Please leave a comment below if your result is missing or you ran a Personal Best (PB). Tynedale Jelly Tea 10 mile race: Sun 21 August 2022 Name Chip time Richard Tailford 01:03:09 1st V60 Zoe Thompson 01:11:13 Hannah Stewart 01:12:26 Chris Sumsion 01:16:03 …
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