Birtley Relays 2020
Birtley Relays 2020: All of the Poly competitors arrived at Birtley expecting a slightly less muddy run than the last time out. Immediately, they began to walk the course, lead by coach Mel. It was…
NEMAA XC Championships, East Cramlington
A welcome return to the East Cramlington Country Park a former Harrier League venue and NSP’s most local one. The event was coordinated and organised with great effectiveness by Blyth RC who also provided much of…
National XC Championships
At Nottingham (arriving from our 6:15 start, bright and early at Monkseaton Metro Station for the bus) where the sun seemingly ceased to shine and rainclouds covered the sky like a thick blanket of grey dust,…
Slaying the Welsh Dragon – Snowdon Trail Mountain Running Challenge (Ultra)
It’s the week before the Snowdon Trail Mountain Running Challenge (Ultra) and I’m dreading it. I have been looking forward to this like a kid in a sweet shop for months but the weather gods have…
The NS Poly Ingram Hills Race 15 September 2019
Race Report Results Here In a lonely Northumberland field two flags were flying defiantly in the teeth of a cold brisk north westerly. Up above battleship grey stratus clouds that had been threatening rain all day,…
My Life as a Dot – The Montane Spine Race 2019
When I embraced the wall of the Border Hotel, Kirk Yetholm on that balmy Friday afternoon, the toughest thing I’d ever done was over. I’d been moving steadily, and increasingly slowly up from Edale in Derbyshire…
Captain Cook’s Fell Race 2019 – Polyfellers Report
Captain Cook’s Fell Race – 1 January 2019 A new New year and the traditional early morning race across the fells at Great Ayton, birthplace of the legendary British seafarer and navigator whose horizons extended way…