The Great North City Games takes place on both the Newcastle & Gateshead Quayside today (17/09/11) from 1pm and will be televised live on BBC Sport. This years games is a free entry event that offers people in Newcastle & Gateshead the chance to watch Great Britain & Northern Ireland taking on the USA in front of The Sage Gateshead …
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Quick Facts About The 2010 Great North Run. The course is 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields 100’000 people applied to run the 2010 Great North Run 54’000 runners were due to start, but only 39’000 actually started The race was started by Geordie duo Ant & Dec Around £28 million was raised for charity 120 runners took part who have …
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In this video we see Geordie athletics legend & now sports TV commentator Steve Cram running against Said Aquita in the 1500 Metres. Described by many as the best ever 1500m race, both Aquita and Cram break the previous Steve Ovett world record time in a close finish with the lad from Jarrow just pinching …
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In this clip Mike McLeod is seen winning against another Geordie sports legend, Brendan Foster in the 1979 10’000m world championship final.
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