Weather conditions were remarkably good for the 2011 race despite the torrential rain before and after event!
In addition, the tides were favourable making the distance slightly shorter than last year for the 36 Tynedale Harriers who made up the 800 strong field.
Richard Parker had a superb run to finish in seventh place overall and 3rd Vet 40. Richard's time was an impressive 1:24:58, about 3 minutes ahead of Balazs who completed the distance in 1:27:51 to take 15th place.
Next for the club was Ian Brown in 1:32:23 closely followed by Ivan Newton and Peter Hearn.
Joanne Lee was first Tynedale lady coming 77th overall in 1:37:57. Steph Scott had a strong run to finish ahead of Rachel chinnery clocking 1:44:16 and 1:45:22 respectively.
In the over 70's category, Eileen Armstrong clocked 2:50:40 just ahead of David Wright who completed the distance in 2:52:53.
A thoroughly enjoyable day with Tynedale being well represented across the field in all age categories!

Results have been updated following the Newburn River Race.
Congratulations to Richard Parker who has completed 5 events with maximum points total of 125.
The final event is the Coastal Run which will decide the outcome of the Ladies competition!
Well done also to Ivan Newton who has so far completed seven events in the competition and is on track to complete all 8 by doing the Coastal Run on Sunday 17th July.

The Raby Castle 10k takes place in the grounds of the Castle, near Staindrop, County Durham. The event is organised by Teesdale AC and attracts over 300 runners each year. This is a two lap multiterain route and has some tough climbs - made doubly difficult on Sunday due to the extremely high winds on the exposed part of the route.

Despite the weather, six Tynedale Harriers made the 30 mile journey south to take part this year and gain valuable points in the Grand Prix competition.
Hilary Dickinson was the only female Harrier to compete and so gained maximum points. Hilary's time for the distance was 53.52 giving her second place in her age category and 188th overall (from 322 finishers).

For the men, Richard Parker was first home for Tynedale in 8th place. This was an excellent run considering the conditions as Richard clocked 37.03. Ronnie Coupland was just outside 40 minutes which was good enough to give Ronnie 19th position.Ivan Newton and Ian Brown ran the first half together passing the 5Km point in exactly 20 minutes. While both faded over the second lap, Ivan had the edge finishing in 40.48 and 30 seconds ahead of Ian. Paul Edwin finished strongly behind the pair in 45.30 giving him 70th place overall.
The event was well organised and everyone enjoyed the experience despite the high winds.

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