This article shows Wallsend Harriers Paul Morgan winning the Northern Cross Country junior title at Pontefract 27 years ago.
Surprisingly Paul didn’t get a medal in the North Easterns – he finished sixth – but a few weeks later he responded with a superb run in the Northerns, inspiration for all athletes!
We hope to see lots of juniors out on the fields when cross country is up and coming again.
For anyone who couldn’t make our first virtual AGM last night (it was great to see so many of you there), we’d like to formally announce that Paddy Dinsmore is now Chair of Wallsend Harriers. Bill will continue his close relationship with the club as President.
Bill Todd has been our chair for over four years and as most of you know, he is in much demand as a devoted grandad and he steps down from his position, in his own words, “not because something is wrong – quite the opposite actually, as so much is right!”
His full report is available in the AGM minutes but we thought you’d like to read his closing remarks:
Thanks to everyone who took part in our first (and hopefully last!) virtual Gordon Smith Relays, which saw over 400 competitors running in more than 130 teams!
It was great to see so many clubs taking part and we hope you enjoyed putting your club vests on and running as a team (even if it wasn’t in the conventional manner). We’ve certainly found these sorts of challenges a source of motivation and a much craved way to connect during these tough times.
Most importantly we thank everyone (from the bottom of our hearts) for their generous donations to a charity very close to our heart – St Oswald’s Hospice. At time of writing the total has exceeded all our expectations and stands at a whopping £1,200. There’s still time to donate if you ran and would like to do your bit to help provide palliative care to adults, young people and children in the North East of England. Any donation, big or small, would be much appreciated. The link is here.
It was a hot old week but there was some cracking times. Well done everyone! Headlines are:
Here’s the training plan for next week; remember to keep in touch with your club mates – with lockdown slowly being lifted, if you do train together then please remember to keep your social distance, hammer that Strava kudos button and drop in on our social media channels.
Don’t forget it’s our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday @ 18:30, the club needs you and your ideas more than ever! Check your emails for joining instructions.
As always, let us know if you’ve any feedback or questions.
Here’s our training plan for next week; remember to keep in touch with your club mates, praise them, hammer that kudos button and drop in on our social media channels.
As always, let us know if you’ve any feedback or questions.
