England’s oldest road race attracts Olympians

This weekend’s Ronnie Walker Saltwell 10k Road Race sees Olympic and Commonwealth Games representatives Aly Dixon and Sonia Samuels go head-to-head for the first time since they last locked horns in Australia in April.   On that occasion Samuels came out on top in the Commonwealth Games marathon where she finished in fifth place (2hr […]

Ronnie Walker 10k Race 2018

  The Ronnie Walker 10k Saltwell Road Race will be held on Saturday 22nd December 2018 at 11.30 am. Enter here   List of registered runners as of 17th December   More info   This years race is kindly sponsored by Fentimans.                     Fentimans Ltd. Fearless House, Beaufront Park, Hexham, Northumberland  NE46 […]

Ian Hodgson Mountain Relays

The club have now entered 1 open team (mixed) into the Hodgson brothers relay on October 7th and as already mailed out the event is open to all members who have experience of mountain running and navigation.   To that end I am going across on Saturday September the 1st to recce parts of the […]

Brough Law Fell Race

This Sunday (25th March) see’s the first race in this years Fell Race Series at Brough Law. It is a great race and a good introduction to Fell Running. To participate in the series men are to complete 4 races – short, medium & long plus another. Best position to count. Women to do 4 […]

10k Road Race 2017

  The date for this years Ronnie Walker 10k Road  Race is Saturday 23rd December starting at 11.30am.   The race has reached its entry limit. No more entries will be taken.   If existing entrants would like to transfer their number to another runner, please send an email to ‘woodk2@btopenworld.com’ stating the name and […]

Cross Country Registration

Everyone please note that the closing date to be registered for the XC is Sunday 24th September.  Those who have not paid their subs, spoken to Graham Harrison regarding the payment of subs and/or have not filled out their membership form will not be eligible to be registered for the XC. Cross country training has […]

Cross Country Season 2017/2-18

The cross country season is nearly upon us again – below are the dates/venues:   30th Sept – Wrekenton 8th Oct – Druridge Bay 28th Oct – Sherman Cup – Temple Park (S/Shields) 18th Nov – Aykley Heads, Durham 6th Jan – Herrington Country Park, Sunderland 10th Feb – Thornley Farm, Durham 3rd Mar – […]

Bob Graham Round Blog 8

This is my final blog post before my round on Friday.   In my first blog I outlined the 4 main concerns I had so now seems like a good time to revisit them:   Conditions on the day Still a concern, but during my training I’ve ran in gale force winds, torrential rain and […]