Description
Event Outline
2025 sees the return of the Summer Relays hosted by the Gosforth Harriers & Athletics Club. The event comprises a relay race for adult running club members and an open junior race for local children. Organised and managed by Gosforth Harriers’ members and their families, the relay race itself will be held under licence from England Athletics who will also be officiating.
The adult relay race consists of 3 legs of approximately 2 miles over a single lap of an undulating, fast and mainly tarmac course in the parkland of Newcastle Great Park. Teams consist of 3 runners in the following categories:
- Senior Ladies (must be 16 or over on day of the event)
- Senior Mens (must be 16 or over on day of the event)
- Veteran Ladies (age 35+)
- Veteran Mens (age 40+)
The junior races, for Under 15s, is a 1 mile out and back individual event which will be held before the adult relay race.
Events Times
The event will take place on the morning of Sunday 3rd August 2024. Set up on the site will commence at 8:30am. The junior and adult start times are:
- U11s & U13s Boys/Girls – 9:45am
- U15s Boys/Girls – 10:15am
- Adult Relays – 11:00am
Venue
The event will take place at Newcastle’s Great Park. Parking will be available at the Town Centre car park on Brunton Drive. Registration and toilets are located within the Great Park Community Centre on Roseden Way.
Post code for the event is NE13 9BD.
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