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by Brad Wight This was our fourth visit to the NYMAC Relays and our third consecutive victory in the Mixed category. Anthony Sayers made his Crook relay debut in fine form, blitzing round the one mile course in 5:01. He handed the baton to Kate Storey who ran the seventh fastest female leg of the day in 5:38 then Alex Mitton delivered with a 5:03 leg. Sam Etherington brought the team home with a 5:05 mile to finish 70 seconds ahead

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by Geoff Hewitson A total of 43 teams took part in this popular mixed team format relay on the site of the former Consett Steelworks. The course is a challenging loop of approximately 2.1 miles with the notorious hill coming near the end. Our Club has enjoyed a great deal of success in this event, having either won it or finished in the top 3 on several occasions. In 2023 we finished 3rd, were runners-up in 2022, and overall winners the

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by Geoff Hewitson Last Wednesday evening (1st May) the ‘team relay season’ was in full swing, with the ever popular Neptune Relays at Sedgefield clashing with the NEMAA (North East Masters Athletic Association) Road Relay Championships. Whilst our club had a massive presence at Sedgefield, it was just the one MV65+ team of Mark Standbridge, Andy Turnell and myself who made the trip to Jarrow to fly the flag for Crook AC. Our event took place in its usual home of Bedewell

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by Brad Wight What an unbelievable turnout for Crook! 66 runners across 14 teams with all age categories represented. More runners than any other club! The organisers weren’t joking when they responded to our entry submission with “I’m beginning to worry I haven’t ordered enough numbers.” Alistair Hart had to run with a hand drawn number and I noticed a few XC numbers being re-cycled too! The first race of the day saw the Women, Veteran Women (over 35) and V50 men

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by Geoff Hewitson This annual event was traditionally held on a January Sunday morning in Durham for many years, when it was known as the Cathedral Relays. Towards the end of 2018 the long-standing host club (Durham City Harriers) pulled out of organising the event at which point Birtley AC stepped in to take it over, and moved the venue to the Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy in Birtley. It was held here for the first time in January 2019. The

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by Andy Turnell We submitted 3 teams for this relay as not many people came forward, so we had 1 senior ladies, 1 masters men and 1 senior men, after a few rearrangements we had our complete teams ready to tackle the not so easy course. As relays go, I would say this is the toughest you’re going to get with the XC conditions under foot and for someone who wasn’t actually racing this event and only spectating, the mud was unreal

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by Geoff Hewitson History Hosted by Elswick Harriers, this is one of the longest established road races in the North East, in name at least. The event has undergone several changes of venue and distance throughout it’s long history. Most older runners will remember it as a 6 mile race, mostly up and down the minor road that runs through the centre of High Gosforth Park. Increased development of sports facilities within the park, such as the golf driving ranges and outdoor

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by Keiron Day In the heart of Middlesbrough, on a sunny August day, The NYMAC Tom Wall Relays, came our way, Around the Stewart Park course, a mile in length, Finishing with a hill, which demanded great strength. A sold out event, over ninety teams took the field, Where running talents and determination, were revealed, Crook’s fabulous four teams, all took on the feat, Mixed A & B, Senior Ladies, and Male 200, they'd compete. Male 200, a blend of ages, determined and keen, Eighth place in their category, a

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by Geoff Hewitson Over 50 teams took part in this popular mixed team format relay on the site of the former Consett Steelworks. The course is a challenging loop of approximately 2.1 miles with the notorious hill coming near the end. Our Club has enjoyed a great deal of success in this event, having either won it or finished in the top 3 on several occasions. In 2022 we finished runners-up and were the overall winners the previous time it was

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The historic 'Signals Relays' event held at Hetton Lyons Country Park on Saturday 18th February, was a fantastic day for athletes and spectators alike. A total of 46 Crook athletes, including some of our newest members (some of which were sporting the vest for the first time), took part in this exhilarating road race, which also incorporated the NECAA Road Relays Championships. Despite this ‘road race’ being traffic-free, it was far from an easy ride, with its fast but challenging layout.