Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers

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Well that may be because you haven’t run with Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers – the home of running in Hambleton! We cater for all running abilities – from those who want to build up to run a 5k distance to a full marathon and beyond, both on or off road, offering support and encouragement to get you running and keep you running! If you enjoy running and are looking for new routes or just some company on your run, why not give us a try. Maybe you are keen to run in an organised racing event, or perhaps you need support for the gruelling training for a marathon? We also enter a local mid week summer race league ,winter cross country league and hold a club championship which consists of a variety of running types, fell , cross country and road races. There are two specific training nights, Monday and Wednesday at Thirsk High School through the winter and outside at Sowerby Gateway through the summer. We also hold regular 2 mile time trials on our own special routes, with three handicap races a year, with prizes for all! So come along any Monday or Wednesday evening and enjoy a run with the Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers. If you're interested in joining us, please message with any questions and we'll get back to you with answers.

Today saw runners take on the Fryup Frazzler, the last race in the Esk Valley Summer Fell Series 2026. Starting and fini...
20/09/2026

Today saw runners take on the Fryup Frazzler, the last race in the Esk Valley Summer Fell Series 2026. Starting and finishing at the Yorkshire Cycle Hub in Fryup Gill, the tough 9.4km route packs in around 475m of ascent, with plenty of steep climbing and fast, testing descents across the surrounding North York Moors. Conditions were bright and dry for much of the day, but a strong westerly wind added an extra challenge out on the exposed fell. Another cracking Esk Valley race in a beautiful part of the Moors — a big thank you to all the organisers and marshals for giving up their time and making the event possible.

Tarmac, Trail and Towpath: BeckBusters 10k Race Report A glorious late-September morning provided a perfect setting for ...
20/09/2026

Tarmac, Trail and Towpath: BeckBusters 10k Race Report

A glorious late-September morning provided a perfect setting for a strong collective, and individual, showing from the 36 Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers competing in the BeckBusters 10k race. TaSH provided a fifth of all the runners to cross the finish line in Bishop Monkton with 6 Harriers finishing in the top 50. The first female Harrier home was Kirsty Naylor (51:13), closely followed by Helen Ashworth and Laura Pearce, both of whom recorded sub-56-minute times. Gary Dunn took the honours for the men (38:40) with Paul Peacock and Ashley Dodgson recording sub-40 minute times in second and third place. 10 Harriers were placed in the age group competitions with Christine Burn, Ruth Pollard, Gary Dunn and Paul Peacock securing first place in their categories, while Ashley Dodgson, Charles Lamb and Hugh Jenyns achieved second places and Julia Harland, Paul Atkinson, and Rob Burn finished third in their respective categories.

With a route that starts in the picturesque village of Bishop Monkton before heading out into some lovely countryside, the BeckBusters race offers an interesting mix of tarmac, trail and towpath running and is a favourite race for many Harriers. As a first-time runner I really enjoyed the variety of surfaces including the famous watersplash near to the end of the race. BeckBusters is a fundraiser for the Bishop Monkton Primary School and the local community turns out in force to cheer on all the runners and the Race Marshalls are equally encouraging. Tarmac, trail and towpath, sunshine and scenery, and a small, but perfectly formed, crowd cheering you on in the final kilometre – running bliss!

Mike Sanders

A fantastic turnout from Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers at yesterday’s Great North Run, with a brilliant mix of performances ...
14/09/2026

A fantastic turnout from Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers at yesterday’s Great North Run, with a brilliant mix of performances across the iconic 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields.

Full race report on the club's website, link in comments.

Leading the TaSH contingent home was Sam Wainwright in a superb 1:23:00, followed by Paul Atkinson 1:42:50, Chris Coates 1:46:02, Dave Wood 1:46:24, Emma McQuillan 1:50:23, Leanne Robinson 1:54:04, Tim Waistell 1:56:01, Pete Jackson 1:57:45, Ruth Pollard 1:59:17, Blair Wallace 1:59:35, Vanessa Arthur 2:05:35, Joe Joyce 2:10:52, Peter Molyneux 2:13:02, Louise McVay 2:14:30, Mark Brodie 2:15:42, Phil Craig 2:18:50, Natalie Lyth 2:20:58, Kelly Grieve 2:22:28, Alan Docherty 2:24:02, Ian Ord 2:25:39, Alan Longmire 2:25:47, Andrew Pollard 2:28:41, Laura Till 2:30:59, Nicky Hawkes 2:38:07 and Michelle Barratt 2:58:06. Huge congratulations to every one of you — 25 Harriers representing the blue and yellow on one of the biggest running days of the year! 💙💛🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️👏

Very chatty ‘chat and run’ club social this morning around Thirsk and coffee at Plenty afterwards. Thanks everyone. Plen...
13/09/2026

Very chatty ‘chat and run’ club social this morning around Thirsk and coffee at Plenty afterwards. Thanks everyone. Plenty Thirsk

💙💛 TaSH parkrun roundup 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️This weekend 34 Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers took on 12 different parkruns, from Millfield ...
30/08/2026

💙💛 TaSH parkrun roundup 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

This weekend 34 Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers took on 12 different parkruns, from Millfield and Northallerton all the way to Guernsey and Germany! 🌍

⭐ Star performance came from Isaac Myer, who stormed round Marshall Drive in 18:50 to finish 1st overall. Mike Cropper was next quickest in 21:53 at Fountains Abbey, with Bronwyn Mayo clocking 22:25 at Northallerton.

Our biggest turnout was at Millfield, where 11 Harriers ran: Rob Burn 24:00, Mike Sanders 24:56, Sharon Emmott 27:12, Evie Rawlings 29:00, Josie Burn 30:21, Catherine Cundy 34:10, Christine Burn 34:48, Tessa Grant 47:28, Kerry Morgan 47:28, Richard Grant 47:29 and Ian Codling 55:34.

Eight were at Northallerton: Bronwyn Mayo 22:25, Laura Wilson 23:10, Catherine Knott 25:56, Julia Harland 27:40, Phillip Craig 28:24, Vanessa Arthur 29:14, Duncan Fothergill 30:15 and Luke Barletta 31:01.

At Fountains Abbey were Mike Cropper 21:53, Joanne Hunt 31:02, Ian Ord 32:56 and Sara Ramon Moore 33:42, while Natalie Lyth 30:49 and David Lyth 31:51 visited The Demesnes at Barnard Castle.

Further afield, Nicky Hawkes 30:39 ran at Sewerby, Bev Davies 38:35 and Marc Davies 38:36 at Rising Sun, David Palmer 33:43 at Newborough Forest, Anglesey, Lazaro Mwandigha 25:16 and wife Maria at Brook Leys, and Paul Adams 45:05 at Seaford Beach.

Amanda Johnson took TaSH across the water to Guernsey, finishing in 38:48, while this week’s parkrun tourist crown 👑 goes to Pete Jackson, who ran 26:22 at Dreiländergarten parkrun in Weil am Rhein, Germany — close to the borders of France and Switzerland and around 600 miles from Thirsk as the crow flies! 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇨🇭

34 Harriers • 12 parkruns • 3 countries • 1 first finisher • one very well-travelled Saturday morning! 💙💛

A cracking afternoon at the Tripsdale Trot Fell Race, held as part of the traditional Bilsdale Show and the Esk Valley S...
29/08/2026

A cracking afternoon at the Tripsdale Trot Fell Race, held as part of the traditional Bilsdale Show and the Esk Valley Summer Series. Starting and finishing in the showfield, the 8.9km route packs in around 438m of climbing, heading up through the woods onto Nab End Moor before dropping through heather and bracken to Tripsdale Beck, climbing again onto Hagg House Moor and then plunging back down through the infamous Tripsdale bog — definitely enough mud to keep everyone entertained! (TaSH⁠) A superb day for TaSH, with Joe taking a brilliant 2nd place and Ashley picking up an age-category prize, while Paul and Gavin also had cracking races. Best of all, the four of them made up a TaSH men’s team for the first time in quite a while — great to see! 💙💛 A huge thank you to David Sanderson and all the organisers, marshals and volunteers who make this brilliant show race possible. 👏⛰️🏃‍♂️ Esk Valley Fell Club

Wednesday evening saw the latest round of the Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series with the historic Roseberry Topping Fel...
29/08/2026

Wednesday evening saw the latest round of the Esk Valley Summer Fell Race Series with the historic Roseberry Topping Fell Race, a short, sharp classic that has been part of the local fell-running calendar since 1953 — an incredible 73 years. Generations of runners have tackled the lung-busting climb to the summit of one of the North York Moors’ best-known landmarks before throwing themselves back down the fast, technical descent. Paul C was the sole Thirsk & Sowerby Harrier taking on the race this year, while Ashley swapped racing for marshalling duties and collected his valuable 50 series points in the process. A big thank you to Esk Valley Fell Club for another cracking event, and to all the marshals who gave their time to keep everyone safe and pointed in the right direction. Esk Valley Fell Club

Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers were well represented at various parkruns around the country. Olivia Mulligan (21:06) secure...
23/08/2026

Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers were well represented at various parkruns around the country. Olivia Mulligan (21:06) secured 2nd female at Holyrood parkrun in Edinburgh on a scenic course that circles the historic Arthur's Seat. Liam Nolan (18:59) represented the club in the west of Ireland at University of Galway parkrun finishing 6th on a flat and fast route that follows the banks of the river Corrib.

At Rising Sun parkrun, Bronwyn Mayo (23:03) completed a successful run as 10th female at a country park course located north of the Tyne. Marianne Morrice (33:45) completed the Castle Park parkrun in Bishop's Stortford. This Hertfordshire venue provides a lovely course winding through a historic park alongside the river Stort. Hugh Jenyns (35:02) journeyed over to Cumbria to complete the Penrith parkrun. Meanwhile, Katie Wadsworth (36:11) and James Harrison (36:34) traveled to Shropshire near the Welsh Border to take on Henley Wood parkrun in Oswestry. Pete Jackson (31:45) was at Conyngham Hall parkrun, Judith Worrall (45:24) was at Oakwell Hall parkrun in West Yorkshire and Anna Whitham (28:29) was at Redcar parkrun.

At Northallerton parkrun, Julia Harland (27:15), Vanessa Arthur (24:17) and Luke Barletta (31:24) achieved PBs supported by Anna Jones (26:12) and Beth Haggath (32:18). At Fountains Abbey parkrun Charlie Lamb (21:35) and Mike Cropper (21:59) finished well. At Albert parkrun, Middlesbrough, Isaac Myer (18:22) secured 7th place.

At Thorp Perrow parkrun, Sarah Fairhurst (29:33) and Ian Ord (30:55) represented the club. North Yorkshire Water Park parkrun was visited by Nicky Hawkes (29:21) and David Palmer (34:49). At York Community Woodland parkrun, Nigel Morgan (29:00), Gillian Crane (47:06), and Kerry Morgan (47:46) were among the finishers.
At Millfield parkrun, a big club turnout saw PBs for Sean Parle (21:59), Cathy Knott (26:26), Michelle Barratt (30:37), Cathy Cundy (34:20) and Mike Sanders (23:42). Esther Harrison (20:28) was 1st female followed by Adam Harper-Walker (20:00), Richard Grant (20:51), Matt Jones (21:45), Rob Burn (23:59), Geoff Bullock (27:21), Natalie Lyth (29:10), David Lyth (31:16), Paul Adams (33:49), Christine Burn (34:49), Hannah Dalby (35:50), and Ian Codling (58:46).

Well done everyone — another huge weekend of TaSH parkrunning! 💙💛🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🌲🏃 TaSH Summer Handicap – Wass Woods 🏃🌲A fantastic evening in Wass Woods last night for the Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers Su...
20/08/2026

🌲🏃 TaSH Summer Handicap – Wass Woods 🏃🌲

A fantastic evening in Wass Woods last night for the Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers Summer Handicap, with an impressive 56 members taking part, including 43 who had qualified through our recent time trials. The handicap format gave everyone the chance to race for the line, and it was Alan Longmire who came through to take first place and claim the trophy for the year! 🏆 Keeping it firmly in the family, Carol Longmire produced a brilliant run to finish second, with Duncan Fothergill taking third – especially fitting as Duncan is the club’s dedicated time trial and handicap organiser. A huge thank you to Duncan for putting everything together, and to all our marshals and timekeepers who gave up their evening to keep the runners in check at the start and finish and make sure everything ran smoothly. Another great night of friendly club competition in the woods! 💙💛

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