Club News & Updates
Start Fitness NEHL XC season ends at Alnwick
The last cross country of the season saw the best turn out for the JJs in the club’s history! 29 club members, keen to run one of the most picturesque XC routes. Excitement was in the air as almost 1000 runners geared themselves up to finish on a high....
The English National Cross Country Championships 2019 – Leeds Dirty Leeds (circa 1970)
Back in the 1970’s visitors to Leeds in a sporting context would often be heard saying “DIRTY DIRTY LEEDS” but after a two hours journey to Leeds, the travelling JJs found the course at the 131st English Nationals for the men and the 86th Woman’s National anything but...
NEHL Thornley Farm Report
Women's Race A smaller team for the women this week due to illness and other commitments meant our squad dug deep to show our strength in depth on a tough course. Megan ran a stormer to move herself up to the medium pack for the next race and Wren ran a great...
“You must to Pomfret ….”
“You must to Pomfret, not unto the Tower" - but to the Northern’s XC! (minor adaptation from Richard II, Act V, Scene 1) The great 17th century Quaker, Dissenter and traveller, George Fox, enthused how the “delight and pleasure” of Pontefract, “arrest the...
Congratulations to our two Anniversary Cup winners
Our Anniversary Race was run on Wednesday 12th September, 2018. Congratulations to our two winners of the Jesmond Anniversary Cups for 2018 Molly Pace (1st JJ woman) James Wilkins (1st JJ male) Further details and full results here
Jesmond Joggers win the Gosforth Women’s relays
Jesmond Joggers girlies saw first place success at the recent Gosforth Summer Relays at Gosforth Great Park. The team, comprising Laura Cheetham, Ella Foreman and Kate Robson held off Elswick to finish in first place in a cumulative time of 38:48. A special mention...