Royal Signal Relays – 0 to 30!

alanAfter a no show in 2016 we had thirty athletes competing in The Royal Signals Relays at Hetton at the weekend. A magnificent turnout with three ladies’ teams of four runners and three men’s teams of six.

In the senior women’s race in 33rd place came the Wallsend A team with Sarah Robson 14.31, Laura Firth 15.59, Emily James 16.20 and Erin Prior 14.02. So much is said of what Erin has already achieved as a young emerging talent, but the big question is how much faster will she go in future?

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AGM reminder – Thurday 23rd February

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd February at 7.30pm at Lindisfarne Social Club, West Street, Wallsend.

Here are the details and the minutes from last year’s meeting.

The Annual General Meeting is a chance for you to have your say about
your club.  All are welcome, however, members must have paid their subs for the year 2016/2017 to attend and vote at the meeting.

We hope to see you all there.

Green and Gold X Country Stars!

nemaa1A small but perfectly formed team took to the hills of the Rising Sun Country Park for the NEMAA Open X-Country Championships on Saturday 4th Feb.

They all put in a fantastic effort with Keith O’Donnell 45th, Kris Stobbs 23rd and 6th v35. Elaine was 15th and 4th v35 so I’m hoping that means I was 5th v35 in 16th position.

We’d have been contenders for a team prize if we’d had just one more vet on each team. Such a shame with a competition like this on our doorstep. Come on vets, get your spikes on and let’s show ’em how it’s done next time!

A special mention must go to our awesome juniors Erin Prior and Sam Charlton who put in inspiring performances at the Schools X-Country in Cumbria. Erin was 7th overall and 2nd from Northumberland and Sam was 12th overall and 6th from Northumberland.

We are very proud to have these great young athletes as part of the Green and Gold family.