Club News & Updates
Tynedale “Pie’n’Peas’ 10km 6 July 2022
Racing with Pies in their Eyes! Forget T-shirts or Medals, one way to get the JJs out on mass, is to offer a pie at the end! 25 JJs made the start line, and after a JJ mass warm up, Kenyan style, up the hill that the first mile sped down it was Niran who was quick out...
Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile Road Race – 5 July 2022
The Bridges of the Tyne are mine all mine! Four JJs took the line for the postponed Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile race from 2020. A flat and fast 5 mile race along the north side of the Tyne. Simon Wells, Geoff Blair, Emily Pass and Kate Winstanley were the lucky holders...
Great North 10K Race – 3 July 2022
It was a warm one for the 2022 Great North 10k with a mixture of sun and cloud and little breeze to offer relief. A decent sized event with a field of approximately 5000 runners (I didn’t have the opportunity to count them all). Izzy Sharrock, Rob Dooley, Graeme...
The Round Sheffield Run – 25 June 2022
All the World is a Stage! 11 of them in Sheffield! The JJs descended on Sheffield with the fellow runners amazed we had made the journey down from the North East. The only club from the North East out in force, indeed very few other NE club runners made the journey...
Anita Nott Memorial Race – 27th June 2022
The Anita Nott race is the only "Women's only" race in the North East. Anita Nott was a member of Heaton Harriers but was tragically killed in 2006 when on a training run, and since, this race has been dedicated to her name. Over the years the race has attracted both...
The Weetslade Relays – 22/6/22
The JJs returned to the Weetslade Country Park for the first time since the pandemic for the mixed relays/ With teams of three, which must have one female and a et runner, the JJs fielded 6 teams in a field of 100 teams. Our A team was finished in 26th with Oli Howell...