by Lisa Jenkins | May 17, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: QRC members at Kirbymoorside 10k (Photo courtesy of John Yeomans) Another busy fortnight! QRC members have taken part in a range of events across all the disciplines during the first half of May including road, trail, fell, 5k, 10, half, marathon and ultra with...
by Lisa Jenkins | May 16, 2024 | News
Photo: QRC Award Winners New Chairman, Rob Gillham, hosted the very well attended presentation night, saying, “It was so lovely to see you all there, and it was a privilege to hand out all of those well-earned and justified awards.” Congratulations and well done to...
by Lisa Johnstone-Admin | May 15, 2024 | Member Spotlights
Welcome to May’s edition of Member Monthly Spotlight, Carys Samual who describes herself as a road runner, but loves the mud and “clart” of the cross country events….. Over to you Carys. 1. How did you get into running and why? When I started university I wanted to...
by Lisa Jenkins | May 2, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: QRC members at Hamsterley Forest 10k The back end of the month saw Quakers running in a variety of events including parkrun, road, trail, fell, marathon, Ultra marathon, championship and 10k league races. Lots of members have done really well – there have been...
by Lisa Jenkins | Apr 21, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: QRC members taking part at The (Very) Muddy Roads Pie and Peas 5k at Trimdon (photo courtesy of Muddy Roads) A very busy start to the month with events at home and abroad from 5k up to 52 miles including parkruns, fun run, road runs, trail runs, Canicross and...
by Lisa Jenkins | Apr 12, 2024 | Race Reports
Photo: Lisa and Michelle at Zuiderpark parkrun We took an early flight from Teesside Airport on Friday morning into Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. With no checked baggage, we cleared customs straight away and headed for the train station to book our ticket to travel to...
by Lisa Jenkins | Apr 7, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Emily and Wendy at the Hardmoors 55 (Photo courtesy of Scott) A busy end to March… this report celebrates members’ achievements at various events from the Cross Country 2 mile relay in South Park to the Hardmoors 55 Ultra Marathon and all the...
by April Corbett | Apr 5, 2024 | News
A summary of achievements from the start of the year until the end of March. Already we have lots of age category placements and new personal best times. Date Name Event Achievement 01 January 2024 Lee Morris South Park parkrun 100 Volunteer milestone 01 January 2024...
by Lisa Johnstone-Admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Member Spotlights
This month’s member spotlight is Alexander Mathers, who’s been a member for a few years now but due to work commitments has only recently been able to attend our weekly training sessions. This hasn’t stopped Alexander wearing the famous Black & White vest, but...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 24, 2024 | News
Photo: Rob and Marc at the Let’s Move Challenge (photo courtesy of Lin Gossage) Once again, the Dolphin Centre hosted the ‘Let’s Move for a Better World’ campaign. It has been running for over a decade and involves different teams competing against each...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 15, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Rob and Dave at Tokyo Marathon A busy start to March… this report celebrates members’ achievements at events near and far, from 5k to Ultra Marathon including parkruns, 10k’s, Half Marathons, a 10 miler, 20 miler, Marathon, Ultras (32 and 50...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 13, 2024 | News
Photo: Quakers taking part in the ceilidh A good time was had by all at QRC’s latest Social event, a ceilidh organised by the Social Committee to raise funds for this year’s charity, the Darlington and Durham MS Society. The band, Blind Panic, led the ceilidh and were...
by April Corbett | Mar 12, 2024 | News
The Presentation Night is currently being arranged and to help you with making a decision on who you would like to nominate for the categories a reminder of the achievements that have been made throughout 2023 in all disciplines is below. The achievements are any...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 2, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Alex at Canix Delamere Forest event (photo courtesy of Alex) Another busy fortnight for QRC members with events taking part in parks and woods, on road, track, fells, moors and a runway as well as our Run and Talk event in Darlington town centre. 17th February:...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 2, 2024 | News, Race Reports
By Viv Hardwick North East Masters Athletics Association (NEMAA) Inter-Area Indoor Track & Field Challenge 2024 This event took place at Lee Valley Stadium in Edmonton, London and as current North East Masters champion for M70 sprint and middles distance, I was...
by Lisa Jenkins | Mar 2, 2024 | News
Photo: The wining Team – Darlo Dashers – James, Malcolm, Chris and Rob (Photo courtesy of Juliette) Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to...
by Lisa Jenkins | Feb 17, 2024 | News
Photo: Rob Gillham receives his award (Photo shared by Darlington South Park parkrun) Congratulations and Well done to Rob Gillham who was presented with the parkrun Volunteer of the Year award at Darlington South Park on 23rd December. Rob generally takes on the...
by Lisa Jenkins | Feb 15, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: A fabulous turnout of QRC parkrun tourists at Fountains Abbey (photo courtesy of Diane) Races during the first half of February included parkruns home and abroad, cross country, fell, road and trail races with distances up to 24 miles as well as a potential new...
by Lisa Jenkins | Feb 2, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Claire and Tom on their Lyke Wake (photo courtesy of Tom) Races during the second half of January included parkruns, road and trail races as well as a Marathon in sunnier climes and a Winter Lyke Wake crossing. 20th January: parkruns – Darlington South Park...
by Lisa Jenkins | Jan 21, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Helen, Fiona and Karen at Greener Miles Hamsterley Forest Winter Trail Races (Photo courtesy of Karen) There was a good selection of events for members to choose from during the first half of January including parkrun, road runs, fell races, trail races and...
by Lisa Jenkins | Jan 2, 2024 | Press Reports
Photo: Members taking part in the QRC Rudolph Romp, the last club run of the year (Photo shared by Diane L) Despite the Winter weather making it difficult to travel and run with races postponed or cancelled, Quakers have managed to take part in races up to Half...
by April Corbett | Jan 1, 2024 | News
Well done everyone for the running you have done in the last quarter of 2023. Whether it was a social run with friends, Club training or taking part in the many events that there has been. Our members have some brilliant achievements again this quarter with...
by Lisa Jenkins | Dec 16, 2023 | Press Reports
Photo: QRC parkrun tourists were very excited to see the big man himself, at Hamsterley Forest parkrun (Photo taken by Helen C) It has been a very quiet start to December due to the Winter weather making it difficult to travel and to run and many races postponed or...
by Lisa Jenkins | Dec 3, 2023 | Press Reports
Photo: Quakers at Ravenstonedale 10k (10k league) Fewer races to report than usual, though QRC members have still managed to compete in events home and abroad, from parkrun to ultra (80 miler) across road, trail and cross country. 18th November: parkruns – Darlington...
by Lisa Jenkins | Nov 18, 2023 | Press Reports
Photo: Ladies team and Brian at Fox Rush Cross Country (Photo shared by Marc Ellis) Another fortnight of fabulous running by QRC members. Lots to celebrate – running near and far, personal bests, smashing age categories, competing in championship and league races,...
by Lisa Jenkins | Nov 14, 2023 | News
There was a great turn out for the QRC Quiz night at The Travellers Rest, organised by QRC Social Committee and hosted by Quiz Master James Atkinson. Around 60 members took part in the quiz, which was made up of four rounds of questions. We started with general...
by Lisa Jenkins | Nov 5, 2023 | Press Reports
Photo: Shane Lester on the finish line of the Wild Deer Ultra (photo taken by Tom Chapman) Another fortnight of fantastic running by Quaker members – lots to celebrate including PBs, parkrun milestones, Canicross and trying out new races, events and distances as...
by Lisa Jenkins | Oct 17, 2023 | Press Reports
Photo: QRC members at Richmond 10k (Photo taken by Lucy Metcalfe) Another busy fortnight for racing with members taking part in events across all the disciplines and lots to celebrate including an excellent turn out for the Club Trip in Amsterdam. 1st October: Jarrow...
by Lisa Jenkins | Oct 15, 2023 | Race Reports
By LISA JENKINS The Ripon Round is organised by Ripon Runners and is open to solo or relay teams (up to 5 members). Described as ‘the perfect event for anyone looking to test their endurance over an ultra distance’, the route covers approximately 35 miles, starting...
by April Corbett | Oct 1, 2023 | News
When you look back over the Summer achievements July to September our club members have been amazing. We have fabulous results from 1 mile to Ultra distances with marathons being run far away in Belfast, Berlin and Montreal. This list shows 18 Club Records in the 3...
