Over the last few years during Jan/Feb I have published a list of achievements that we have seen from our club. The list shows the performance of the members who have chosen to take part in events and have achieved a Personal Best time (PB), set or broken a Club Record, placed in their age category or were overall in the first ten finishers, completed a marathon or Ultra Marathon.
2020 was very different for everyone and with very little opportunity to participate in events we as a Club have continued to be amazing.
Club achievements are not just about events and times, there is a far bigger picture. Reflecting back over the year it is incredible looking at what we did
- Raised £300 for the Mowden Pub to help provide free meals to the elderly and isolated (Bonus Ball Draw)
- Raised £300 for County Durham & Darlington NHS foundation Trust (Bonus Ball Draw)
- Raised £116 for Darlington First Stop (Mar-At-Home) Challenge
- Raised £350 for Robbie’s wheelchair appeal (Bonus Ball Draw)
- Took part in many Virtual challenges, achieving mileage goals and collecting medals
- Shielding members ran laps of their gardens
- Participating in Tom’s weekly challenges which has resulted in us discovering new places to run and visiting areas both in and on the outskirts of town we didn’t know were on our doorstep
- Looked out for each other, ran with either a single running buddy or in small groups when we could
- Lockdown quizzes
- The Management team and club officers have continued with their roles. There is a lot of work continuing in the background that we should thank everyone for such as the dealing with membership, finances, the running of the website, the updating of the website, member spotlights, management meetings to plan according to restrictions, social committee organising the charity draws and the rearranging of the ball. The coaches who were able to lead sessions when allowed.
- Participating in Ian Bond’s summer challenge of one legged eyes closed, plank and standing jump.
We should all be very proud of what we have achieved as a Club over 2020 and give ourselves a round of applause.
If anyone hasn’t been included in the list below I apologise. I haven’t included the many virtual events that you may have completed with it being so difficult to track what everyone has been up to and with many not producing official results.
| Jan | Emily Beaumont | Hardmoors 30 | 6:10:19 |
| Jan | Rachel McMahon | Hardmoors 30 | 6:50:49 |
| Jan | Rebecca Howard | Lamberhurst 10K | 42:46 first in her age category |
| Jan | Dave Jones | Brass Monkey half marathon | 1:23:26 PB |
| Jan | Dawn Richardson | Brass Monkey half | 1:26:05 third in her age category |
| Jan | Darren Wright | Brass Monkey half | 1:26:53 PB |
| Jan | Andrew Dixon | Brass Monkey half | 1:46:39 PB |
| Jan | David Matthew | Steel River 5 miles | tenth place overall in 31:18 |
| Jan | Dave Thompson | Marathon | Funchal marathon 4:20:49 and first in his age category |
| Feb | Wendy Colling | Marathon | Saltburn 6:22 |
| Feb | Rachel McMahon | Marathon | Saltburn 7:40 |
| Feb | Diane Vaughan | M’boro mile | 6:50 first in her age category and breaking the club record |
| Feb | Dawn Richardson | Snake Lane 10miles | 1:03:58 first in her age cat |
| Feb | Brian Martin | Snake Lane 10 miles | 1:07:03 third in his age category |
| Feb | Andrew Dixon | Snake Lane 10 miles | 1:18:12 PB |
| Feb | Julie Russell | Snake Lane 10 miles | 1:20:21 PB |
| Feb | Darren Alderson | Snake Lane 10 miles | 1:28:43 PB |
| Feb | Stuart Hardcastle | Ruthin 10K | 49:07 third in his age category. |
| Feb | Emily Beaumont | Marathon | Sir Titus Special 4:45:32 second lady overall |
| Mar | Dave Jones | Lightwater Valley 10k | 38:43 first in his age category |
| Mar | Brian Martin | Lightwater Valley 10k | 44:20 second in his age category |
| Mar | Dawn Richardson | M’boro 5k | 19:12 Second female |
| Mar | Phil Rutter | 5k West Park | tenth place |
| June | Anthony Corbett | Ultra Marathon | Leeds Virtual Endure 24hr event 60 miles |
| June | April Corbett | Ultra Marathon | Leeds Virtual Endure 24hr event |
| 26 August | Ian Bond | 200m Club Record | 29.6 previous Colin Smith 18/07/2016 36.4 |
| 26 Aug | Ian Bond | Shot | Club Record 8:30 |
| 02 Sep | Michael Joyeux | 3km | Club Record 10.22 |
| 02 Sep | Dave Jones | 3km | Club Record 10:37 |
| Aug | Emily Beaumont | Ultra Marathon | 160 miles 1st Female 50h 31m |
| Aug | Billy Harris | Ultra Marathon | 160 miles 47h 41m |
| Aug | Dave Thompson | Ultra Marathon | 54 miles Nidderdale 14h 1m |
| Sep | Ian Bond | Shot | Club Record 8:31 previous holder Ian with 8:30 |
| Sep | Ian Bond | 800m | Club Record 2:53.9 |
| 10 Oct | Ian Bond | 150m | Club Record 22.59 |
| 10 Oct | Ian Bond | 1mile | Club Record 6:10.92 |
| 04 Oct | Anthony Corbett | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:27:00 |
| 04 Oct | April Corbett | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:03:35 |
| 04 Oct | Jeff Mariott | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:38:18 |
| 04 Oct | Phil Rutter | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:31:50 |
| 04 Oct | Brian Martin | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 3:15:48 |
| 04 Oct | Barbra Barker | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 6:39:02 |
| 04 Oct | Zoe Bourne | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 8:10:20 |
| 04 Oct | Angela Clement | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:46:30 |
| 04 Oct | Katherine Hackett | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 3:22:29 |
| 04 Oct | Dave Murphy | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:14:59 |
| 04 Oct | Diane Vaughan | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 3:45:39 |
| 04 Oct | Sue Woodcock | Marathon | London Virtual Marathon 4:28:03 |