Author: Emily

As most of you know we have been supporting St Oswald’s Hospice for the last few years. We have been offered the chance to do a bag packing session at Asda Benton on Saturday 16 July from 10am-1pm (after the Rising Sun Parkrun!) and 1pm-4pm. The money raised would go towards our Toby fund for this year. We are aiming to £30,000 in total over the last nine years.

Bag packs can raise hundreds of pounds in just a few hours if we get plenty of tills covered between us. The time goes really fast, especially on a Saturday when it’s busy, and people are really friendly and generous.

It would be a great opportunity to raise even more money for St Oswald’s and to promote our club in the local community.

If you (seniors and juniors) are interested and can spare some time (even if it’s just an hour), please could you let me or Kev know asap.

Thank-you!

Elaine

There was a canny Wallsend contingent assembled at the Bigg Market on another warm ninth of June.

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Just a reminder that there is no club tomorrow (Thurs 9th June) due to Blaydon Races.

After the race it is tradition to meet in the pub afterwards. This year we’re going to the Old George, just a stone’s throw away from where we get off the coaches.

Good luck everyone running tomorrow. Hope to see plenty of supporters on the course too.

I arrived at the Pier car park in South Shields to be greeted by four fellow Wallsend Harriers Tony, Jeanette, Mick and Lyndsey. So this was the green and gold contingent for the Sunderland Strollers’ Pier to Pier race. Small but select. The sun was shining. This was going to be hot.

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Another month another group of hardy Harriers are out on tour showing how it’s done!

Mark Summers completed his fifth (hilly) half marathon in Tynedale (the latest of 12 he hopes to complete this year) in an impressive 1:48:42. Well done Mark!

Our Green and Gold jewel Julie Collinson celebrated her 50th (I know, I didn’t believe it either) birthday by completing Ironman 70.3 Barcelona.

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