THEY say lightning never strikes twice, but that certainly wasn't the case at Blackwell Grange Golf Club yesterday as the Darlington course hosted The Northern Echo's annual Local Heroes golf day.
Not only did two huge flashes of lightning bring... Read More
PARALYMPIC hopeful and The Northern Echo's Local Hero of 2009, Lyndon Longhorne is to be a football club's guest of honour on Saturday.
Darlington Football Club manager Steve Staunton has invited the 14-year-old swimmer to The Northern Echo Darlington Arena... Read More
Alan Hill, 83, has been Willington Cricket Club's groundsman for 44 years - despite living 13 miles away in Chester-le-Street. In the latest of our Local Heroes series, Owen Amos asks what keeps him going
ALAN Hill started as a... Read More
Laurence Whiteley, 17, was a triathlon champion before his career was interrupted by bone cancer.
Now, after a two-year battle, he's back in the pool and breaking records. In the latest of our Local Heroes series, Owen Amos meets him... Read More
WHEN he first padded up for Willington Cricket Club, Alan Hill wasn't sure if he would be back the following weekend.
More than 60 years later, and the 83-year-old is still the heart and soul of the club.
The winner... Read More
STEPHEN Miller has inspired the development of athletics for disabled people throughout the North-East making him a worthy winner of the Ambassador for Sport Award.
Stephen is a Cerebral Palsy athlete who has represented Great Britain for over ten years, competing... Read More
LAURENCE Whiteley took the Youth Award for Remarkable Achievement after showing incredible bravery and determination to fight against bone cancer and achieve his sporting dreams.
After being told he would never compete again, Laurence defied the odds to represent Yorkshire... Read More
DARREN Grey is a remarkable young man.
The 24-year-old was born with the lower part of his left armmissing but he refused to let that stop him playing his beloved golf.
He is now ranked as one of the best... Read More
IN DARLINGTON 21st Allstars Under-16 Colts first full year as a team, they won the 2007/8 Teesside Junior Football Association Division Four title.
And in 40-goal Jordan Greaves, they also boasted the league's top-scorer. They also took the Mount Pleasant... Read More
TED Wood took the Leading Light Award in recognition of his sterling work as a rugby coach during three decades at Durham University Rugby Club.
His efforts also saw him crowned The Northern Echo's overall Local Hero for 2008.
Ted... Read More
