Elswick Harriers are hosting the excellent Newburn River Run again this year. This is a 6.5 mile mainly off road race that a number of Ponteland Runners have enjoyed in past years. This run is included in our Club Championship so can help gain valuable points in the competition.
Entry forms can be downloaded from Elswick’s website, and they have also included a link for online entry. Online entries close on Monday 17th June, postal entries close Wednesday 12th June.
Please see leaflet on the European Athletics Team Championships at Gateshead International Stadium on June 22nd/23rd 2013.
Tickets available from £5.00
Or phone 0844 844 0444
Despite organisational problems with getting numbers to runners on time the race is going ahead as planned and quite a few of us are running. The website says parking is limited on site so does anyone fancy car sharing? I am happy to drive and can pick up from houses or the leisure centre if there are a few interested. This race is the first event in the new for 2013 Club Championship and will see someone claim an early lead (fame but sadly not fortune awaits)
Let me know by e-mail if you want to car share.
Jon.Parkin@pontelandrunners.org.uk
Gannin along the Scotswood Road on the 9th of June – what could be better fun than that? Throw in the fact that this race forms part of the Ponteland Runners Club Championship and is only 5.7 miles in length and you have a race I hope many of us want to enter. Entry is always oversubscribed and if you want to have a go then here follows a reminder on how to do it:
Online entry for the Blaydon Race will open next Monday (February 4th). Online entry will be in four batches which will open at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm with 500 entries in each batch. These will fill. You will also be able to download the postal form on Monday. In 2012, the 2000 limit for postal entries was reached in 3 days.
Visit the race website at: http://www.blaydonrace.co.uk/pages/entry.html for more details.
In short, if you want to enter get in there as quick as you can a week today and I’ll see you on the start line.
Hi Everyone
One for the lovers of longer races this one but it’s an absolute cracker of a run. It is virtually all run off-road in a combination of beach and coastal grassy paths – hopefully the finishing stretch isn’t run into a near gale force wind this year. Just a quick heads up about entry if you want to run. It is always very popular with local runners and entry usually goes within 12 hours or so of it opening online. NE Races.com and the Alnwick Harriers website says online entry opens at 1 minute passed midnight on Saturday 19th January so if you are planning to enter then you had best plan on a late night next Friday. I’ll see you on the start line…
The general ballot for places in the 2013 Great North Run taking place on Sunday 15th September is now open. Go to www.greatrun.org where you can put your name in the ballot from the home page. the ballot closes on Monday 4th february with the results later that week.