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Virtual Gordon Smith Relays

16th May 2020 Emily

Although the popular Gordon Smith Relays can’t take place as usual this year, we have decided to hold the Virtual Gordon Smith Relays instead.

As usual, the relays are for men’s & women’s teams of 3, minimum age is 16 but one team member must be V35 or older. Each leg has to be 2 miles with no more than –20ft elevation.

The legs must be ran between Sunday 24 May and Saturday 30 May. Each clubs’ men’s and women’s club captains to verify their club’s results on Garmin/Strava. Men’s and women’s club captains to collate the results and return them to wallsendharriers@gmail.com by no later than 5pm Saturday 30 May.

A spreadsheet to collate the results has been emailed out but please let me know if you haven’t received it.

There is no entry fee for the relays. However, as you may be aware, many charities are currently struggling for money especially as mass fundraising events have had to be cancelled. We hope that each runner will make a donation, no matter how small, to a charity close to our club’s heart, St Oswald’s Hospice. You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/wallsend-harriers-ac

Please remember to follow social distancing rules.

Thank you and good luck!

On behalf of Wallsend Harriers & AC

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Welcome to the Virtual Terry O’Gara races 💚💛

26th April 2020 Dave

Good morning all and welcome to the Virtual Terry O’Gara 5k and Junior Fun Run.

Unfortunately the full race cannot be held with the current situation around Covid-19, but that will not stop us honouring the man whose values still run deep through our great club.

His mantra of “people need people” couldn’t be more poignant in the current climate.
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Virtual Terry O’Gara 5k and Junior Fun Run 💚💛

16th April 2020 Dave

As you know, this year’s TOG race has unfortunately been cancelled. However, we would still like to mark the occasion and keep the club connected by holding a virtual 5k race for seniors and a 1 mile fun run for juniors.
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For the love of Lambton and thereafter…

7th April 2020 Emily

And so it was Lambton where we had our final x-country outing of what became a season like no other. X-country has a reputation for tenacity and determination, battling and braving the elements, always on at all costs. But 2019/20 threw more at us than we bargained for. First the storms and floods and then the coronavirus. Mother Nature fighting back perhaps?

I think most of us knew this would be our last chance to run as a club for a while but I was still naïve as to the enormity of what would unfold. Not only the last of the x-countries but the start of race after race being postponed, cancelled or rescheduled, including our own Terry O’Gara Memorial 5k.

So this was our last chance to show everyone what Wallsend is made of. The turn out of Green and Golds was phenomenal (29 in total) and so was the camaraderie and gusto. As expected, the overall numbers were down, providing the perfect opportunity to score some vital points.