HEXHAM IS JUMPING WITH TOP ATHLETES

WHILE a huge fan of the Olympics in general, the track and field events are always the ones that I really get in to.

So when I was presented with the opportunity to witness top athletes with real Olympics potential at Hexham, it was too good an offer to refuse.

The chance came about, of course, with the hosting of the annual... [more]

FOUR IS THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR YOUNG TIM

HOW fantastic it is to hear that Hexham lad Tim Calder will represent the UK at an international tetrathlon event.

Well, just to learn about tetrathlon was a nice little surprise in itself.  

For those who don’t know what tetrahlon is (don’t worry, many don’t), it comprises the four separate activities of... [more]

EARLY BIRDS KNOCK ME FOR SIX

DRIVING through the Tyne Valley at 9am on Saturday morning, I was quite shocked, but humbled, with what I witnessed.

For while I was bleary eyed and fighting off a slumber of sleep, I saw members of the local cricketing fraternity already in action, preparing their ground for that afternoon’s match.

And they were not just... [more]

CRAM TAKES THE BULL BY THE HORNS

AS you flick through this week’s Hexham Courant (buy it, it is a cracking read), you may well be baffled to find a photograph of a bull on the sports page.

As bizarre as it seems, the reason for the wacky image was that former Olympian Steve Cram had chosen to launch the Kielder 10k at Hexham Marts because the run will be held around... [more]