December 2023

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by Sam Etherington This race was a new one to the series and going from the previous events it was going to be a good one. I didn’t realise however, before entering, that it clashed with the NE Champs so I’d double booked myself and felt I had to give both a go. After a good run out at South Shields I had a couple hours turnaround before heading up towards Northumberland, Amy came along as well to see if she could

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by Brad Wight One of the things I've loved most about this club since joining three years ago is the team spirit and camaraderie at team relays and cross country meets. There’s something about bad weather that amplifies this and Saturday was no exception, we had some good individual and team results and as far as I know, everyone really enjoyed the day! After a quick detour to South Shields parkrun, we had the tent set up in time for the first

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by Geoff Hewitson Described on the race entry form as “A beautifully scenic, always inspirational, often challenging, approximately 5 mile handicap race along the sands between Blyth Harbour and Seaton Sluice Harbour” (wouldn’t disagree with any of that) 2023 was the 63rd running of what is one of the region's oldest races. Despite lots of expressions of interest, ultimately there were only three Crookites in this year’s race - myself and “Sands Race debutants” Lisa Donaldson and Phil Healey. The start time