December 2024

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by Paul Smith Another action packed weekend, "auld" Frank Best flying the flag for the age cat 70-74 chalking up a triple century of parkruns at Sedgefield, whilst young Ross in his 11-14 age category notching his 100th at Jubilee - throw in North Eastern Cross Country Champs at Temple Park for some and then a wild CrookAC Christmas Party you'd think that would be enough excitement for anybody but no, Joanne Hope swapped her party gear for festive run

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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) 2024 was the 64th running of what is one of the regions oldest races. A brief history In the late 1950’s members of Blyth Rowing Club regularly ran along the beach in the winter months with the local harriers. The rowers club house was an

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by Brad Wight Saturday saw the 118th running of the North Easterns at Temple Park, South Shields. It was a bright sunny day, cold but no wind to speak of. Pretty good conditions for racing in. Parts of the course were quite muddy but thankfully nowhere near the quagmire we had in 2023! Adelaide and Eleanor were the only Crook Juniors racing and took part in the U11s one mile non-championship race. They both ran very well and enjoyed the experience. The