Additional Comments: Not used, which was annoying considering small
amount of copy, and effort it took to get info (courtesy of Tom Pollak).
Only A string results available but later found out from Brian Kirkley,
that Deacon was second in B 200m (time not known). He will not be pleased
with his Hurdles time. His performances over the barriers seem to have
deteriorated, rather than improved, as season progressed. All credit to
Border for competing at highest level, but they unfortunately do not have
the "financial backing" of their rivals, which spelt relegation.
Footnote: Info courtesy of AW. Jared Deacon was 5th in A 200m in 21.7.
Paul Reed was 5th in Shot (14.62) and 4th in Discus (48.42). Border were
3rd in 4 x 400 (3:23.2).
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Morpeth Herald Report.
(for issue of 29th Aug).
Morpeth athletes were prominent again, at the annual Gateshead Harriers
Accenture sponsored Tartan Games at the International Stadium. Pride of
place goes to Nicola Halliday who won both the Under 17 200m (26.3) and
300m (41.64), setting a meeting record in the latter. Paul Nwaolise won
the Senior Mens' 100m (11.00), with David Riley finishing second (11.29).
Wayne Gedge finished 6th (12.35). Andrew Toward outkicked Elswick's Ryan
McLeod, to win the 3000m in a time of 8mins 41secs. In the Under 17 Mens'
age-group, Alan Selby gained a sprint double with times of 11.37secs and
23.06secs respectively. Paul Moore was 4th in the 100m (11.55) and third
in the 200m (23.20). With the wind turning as the meeting progressed, it
was noticeable that both athletes ran much faster in their 100m heats,
clocking 11.3secs. Jed Armstrong won the Javelin with a throw of
32.73m. Sean Rand was fith in the Junior Mens' 100m heat (12.1), but finished
4th in the Senior 200m (24.45). Dan Samuels finished 7th in a highly competitive
Senior 800m (1:57.40). Philip Holmes was 7th in the Senior Javelin (42.33).
In the Under 15 Boys' age-group, Steven Gibson took third place in
the Triple Jump (11.23), but was 8th in the Long Jump (5.07). Simon Catling
finished 11th (4.72), but was 5th in the 200m (26.53), after winning his
heat in 26.3. Simon Dale did not progress in the 100m after finishing third
in his heat (12.8).
In the Under 15 Girls' age-group, Philippa McGregor finished 5th (13.21)
and Kayleigh Stoker was 8th (13.86) in the 100m Final. McGregor finished
second in her heat (13.2), Stoker was 4th (13.6), and Cherelle Watson was
4th (13.8) and did not qualify. Watson did qualify for the 200m final finishing
7th (28.7). Stoker was 4th in her heat (29.2), but did not qualify. Delyth
James made a valiant attempt to lead all the way in the 800m C race, but
was caught on the line by Gateshead's Samantha Duffy. Delyth, who clocked
2:29.8, must have been listening to Mr Foster on BBC, re looking at times
of previous heats, and knowing how hard to run, as her time proved to be
second fastest overall.
Tom Rand took third place in the Under 13 100m (13.41), but Marc Cochrane
(6th in 15.0) and Ryan Jordan (5th in 14.8), failed to qualify from the
heats. Jordan did finish 6th in the 200m final (31.9). Cochrane along with
Martyn Cairns, finished 5th (2:33.05) and 6th (2:33.76) respectively in
the 800m. Cairns was 11th in the Long Jump with a leap of 3.92m.
In the Under 13 age-group, Bethany Black was second in the Long Jump
(4.09), and was 4th in the 200m (29.79). Bethany was faster in her heat,
finishing second in 29.5.
Walter Ryder, now in the M65 category, travelled down from his Scottish
base, to take part in Sunday's Auckland Castle 10km, which incorporated
the British Veterans' Championships. Walter finished in 143rd in 39:23,
and gained the bronze medal in his age-group. Also taking part were Kevin
and Linda Bray. Their final positions are not known at press time, and
will be included next week.
Archie Jenkins took a fine silver medal in the 10000m at the European
Veterans' Championships, at Potsdam, Germany. Running in the M50 age-group,
Archie clocked a time of 34:14.6. Archie's other performances will be reviewed
next week. Tom Ranger clocked a time of 3:44.01, when finishing 9th in
the BMC 1500m event, at Watford, on August 14th.
Morpeth only had two athletes competing in the Jarrow and Hebburn Riverside
Challenge 6M Road race, on 20th August. Chris Dentice finished in 12th
position behind Stewy Bell of Chester Le Street. Chris clocked 34:18 and
duly won the M50 category. Bernie Cordes who finished 83rd in the 210 strong
field, won the M65 category in a time of 41:09.
Local athletes do not have any competition this weekend, but there
is a clash next Wednesday (4th Sept), with both the North East Veterans'
5000m and 10000m Championships at Jarrow, and the Watergate 7K at Lobley
Hill, due to take place.
Additional Comments: Generally ok, but difficult re details from Tartan
Games. George Patterson is on holiday until 30th August. Footnote:
Most of info used.
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North of England Inter Club Final.
Cudworth. Sun. 25th Aug.
Selected Results.
Main Cup. 1 Liverpool H 123; 2 Trafford 121; 3 Leeds City 108; 4 City
of Sheffield 104; 5 Liverpool Pembroke 67; 6 Morpeth 60; 7 Bolton 49; 8
Gateshead 32
100: 1 K Ellis (Tr) 10.52; 2 P Nwaolise (Morp) 10.85 200: 1 D
Scott (Tr) 21.69; 4 A Selby (Morp, U17) 22.60 800: 1 A Evans (Sheff)
1:56.1; 3 M Brown (Morp) 1:57.4 1500: M Brown 3:56.8 10000:
1 M El-Sadki (Sheff) 30:32.9; 3 L Atkinson (Morp, M45) 32:22.8 LJ:
1 P Ralph (Tr) 6.96; 2 G Jackson (Gate, U17) 6.92 TJ: 1 P Ralph 14.52;
2 G Jackson 14.22
Plate: 1 Wigan 120; 2 Skyrac 112; 3 Holmfirth 95; 4 New Marske 83;
5 Longwood 82; 6 Richmond and Zetland 70; 7 Lancaster 68; 8 Spenborough
65
5000: J Orange (R&Z) 15:26.28 10000: A Stimpson (N Marske)
31:03.5 3000St: 1 J Henry (Spen) 9:39.9; 2 S O'Grady (N Marske) 9:42.6
Women: 1 Wakefield 114; 2 Wigan 113; 3 Kingston-upon-Hull 100; 4 Trafford
86; 5 Derby Ladies 77; 6 Gateshead 67; 7 Hull Achilles 57
800: 1 S Bull (Derby) 2:10.0; 3 C Wickham (Gate, U20) 2:16.5
LJ: L Butler (Gate) 5.86 TJ: 1 W Wooff (Wig) 11.51; 2 L Butler 11.32
SP: 1 R Peake (Derby) 14.23; 4 E Dwan (Gate) 10.05 DT: 1 E Cank (Tr)
47.02; 2 C Moore (Gate) 46.70 HT: S Roberts (Wake) 55.28; 3 E Dwan
34.33
Additional Comments: Info courtesy of AW. Will put in Journal for Monday
(2nd Sept). Morpeth were second in 4 x 100 (courtesy of Morpeth Herald).
Not much to say, but did not look like a good turn-out from region's teams
in main finals. At least Morpeth defeated Gateshead, this time. Not sure
why Les Atkinson ran here, instead of National Veterans 10km. Surely he
was not the only one available ? I think it was quite windy, and favourable
to sprinters.
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New Balance Auckland Castle 10km Road Race.
Bishop Auckland. Sun. 25th Aug.
Kenyan Julius Kimtai won yesterday's fourth New Balance Auckland Castle
10km Road race. The multi-winner of the annual Blaydon event, proved too
strong in the finishing straight from the Market place to the Castle grounds,
holding off fellow countryman and Tipton Harrier, Julius Kibet. Kimtai
had also won the race in 1999 and 2000. After a slow opening kilometre
a quartet of Kenyans pulled away from the record field of 630 competitors,
with only Matt O'Dowd, who finished fifth, offering any real challenge
from the home-grown athletes. First local runner was Michael Openshaw of
Birchfield in 10th place, who along with Chester Le Street athletes, Martin
Scaife (12th) and Stewy Bell (16th) helped the North win the incorporated
Inter Area team event.
Miriam Mangari of Kenya won the Womens' race, with the first four runners
bettering the old course record. Mangari, who finished 27th overall, was
followed home by fellow Kenyan, Emily Samoie and Russian Blaydon Race winner,
Yelana Burykina.
The race also incorporated the British Veterans' Championships. As
expected the area's athletes performed well. Rob Hand of Durham, added
to his Cross Country title, by taking the main M40 award. Hand was trailing
former Sunderland Harrier, Malcolm Price at halfway, but finished strongly
to defeat his rival by 8 secs. David Maclachlan of Border took third place.
Chester Le Street's Dianne Henaghan, who also led the North women to victory,
was the leading W35 competitor, coming home in 6th position, over 3 minutes
ahead of her nearest challenger. Clubmate Heather Robinson took the W40
title ahead of Sheila Allen of Houghton and Peterlee, who is only one week
short of her 45th birthday. Phil Lancaster of North Shields Poly and Eric
Appleby of Heaton, took the gold medals in the M60 and M70 categories,
respectively.
Result.
1 J Kimtai (Tipton) 28:59; 2 J Kibet (Kenya) 29:01; 3 D Gachara (Kenya)
29:19; 4 K Kirui (Birchf) 29:23; 5 M O'Dowd (Swindon) 29:23; 6 M Smith
(Tipton) 29:43; 7 N Molema 29:55; 8 D Robinson (Tipton) 29:59; 9 T Zola
(Mizuno) 30:13; 10 M Openshaw (Birchf/N) 30:15; 11 R Birchall (Birchf)
30:30; 12 M Scaife (CleS/N) 30:31; 13 J Hodgson (Horw/N) 30:32; 14 R Smets
(Belgium) 30:37; 15 M Dalkins (Birchf) 30:39; 16 S Bell (CleS/N) 31:09;
17 G Raven (Sale/N) 31:13; 18 M Morgan (Swansea) 31:19; 19 A Swearman (KuHull)
31:54; 20 R Hand (Dur, M40) 32:11; 21 M Price (Salf, M40) 32:19 Teams:
1 Tipton 9; 2 Birchfield 25; 3 Chester Le Street 68; 4 Ron Hill Cambuslang
135; 5 Sunderland 190; 6 Darlington 196 Inter Area: North
Women: 1 M Wangari (Kenya) 32:59 (Course Rec); 2 E Samoie (Kenya) 33:01;
3 Y Burykina (Russia) 33:16; 4 C Mutwa (Mizuno) 33:35; 5 E Jepkogei (Mizuno)
34:10; 6 D Henaghan (CleS, W35/N) 34:39; 7 L Heyes (Salf) 35:00; 8 M Hayward
(Beverley/N) 35:25; 9 P Powell (Blackburn/N) 35:51; 10 C Witham 36:04
Others: 17 B Taylor (Darl) 37:57; 19 H Robinson (CleS, W40) 38:01; 21 S
Allen (H&P, W40) 38:15; 23 F Shenton (Elvet, W40) 39:44; 24 L Trainor
(Dur) 39:46; 25 D Richardson (Quak) 40:11; 26 J Atkinson (Quak) 40:27;
27 C Summersgill (M&C) 40:28; 30 K Davidson (Els, W40) 41:10
Teams: 1 Tipton 746; 2 Quakers 799; 3 Darlington 943 Inter Area:
North
British Veterans Championships.
M40: 1 R Hand 32:11; 2 M Price 32:19; 3 D Maclachlan (Bord) 32:38;
8 P Merrison (Walls) 33:53; 9 M Grainger (Darl) 33:57; 10 S Coxon (Sun)
34:22 Teams: 1 Darlington; 2 Quakers
M45: 1 A Rowe (Wesham) 32:47; 2 F Barton (Cambus) 33:07; 3 P Carlan
(Mansf) 33:08; 5 T Livingston (N Marske) 33:47; 6 I Bloomfield (CleS) 33:49
M50: 1 M Hager (Tipton) 33:59; 2 B Grant (Harrogate) 34:07; 3 Jim Bell
(Els) 34:18 Teams: 1 Mansfield; 2 Durham City
M55: 1 R Young (Clydes) 36:22; 2 S Calderbank (N Fylde) 37:18; 3 J
Hassall (Telf) 37:27; 4 J Robinson (R&Z) 38:56; 7 K Bowron (Tees) 40:07;
8 M Heslop (Dur) 40:09
M60: 1 P Lancaster (NSP) 37:03; 2 L Presland (AF&D) 37:12; 3 F
Gibbs (Bingley) 37:22; 5 C Bolton (Els) 38:33; 6 T O'Gara (Walls) 38:46;
8 R Wilson (Sun) 39:27 Teams: 1 Bingley; 2 New Marske
M65: 1 H Dobson (Knaves) 38:45; 2 D Hayes (Kesw) 39:02; 3 W Ryder (Morp)
39:23; 4 I Barnes (Darl) 40:34; 8 M Harper (N Marske) 42:26
M70: 1 E Appleby (Heat) 43:13; 2 W McNeil (Dur) 46:16; 3 S Hodgson
(unatt) 47:28; 4 E Blackler (Barnet) 48:11; 5 G Shirley (Heat) 49:59; 6
T Radcliffe (Heat) 50:05; 7 W Frankland (Darl) 58:38; 8 P Waterhouse 58:39;
9 J Johnston (Coquet) 66:06 Team: Heaton
W35: 1 D Henaghan 34:39; 2 W Roethenbaugh (Derby L) 37:50; 3 A Dennison
(B Airedale) 37:58; 5 D Tunstall (Tees) 44:46
W40: 1 H Robinson 38:01; 2 S Allen 38:15; 3 F Shenton 39:44; 5 K Davidson
41:10; 6 D Elliott (H&P) 41:39; 7 R Cooper (Shil) 42:48
W45: 1 J Meeten (Rugby) 39:52; 2 L Miller (NSP) 43:49; 3 C Smith (unatt)
44:22; 6 J Matthew (M&C) 51:29 Team: Mansfield
W50: 1 D Ellmore (Wolds) 37:30; 2 B Ingman (NSP) 41:31; 3 L Woods (N
Marske) 46:27
W55: 1 L Haynes (Bingley) 37:35; 2 I Bass (Harrogate) 48:04; 3 S Gibson
(unatt) 49:33; 4 J Beckford (Coventry G) 49:49; 5 I Henderson (Blay) 49:50;
6 J Bell (Black B) 50:06
W60: 1 B Morath (Abbey RR) 51:53; 2 N Cross (Bromley) 53:03; 3 I Conaghan
(N Marske) 54:00 W65: J Wainwright (Perth) 58:36
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited. One of my favourite races,
though course not as fast as made out by organisers, with cobbles around
Castle and twisting turns on Roads. Weather was bright but overcast, quite
warm with little wind. Honoured by the prescence of Dick Balding, but not
happy they used his machine times. I got 29:00 for winner and nearly all
finishing times are 1 sec quicker than mine. Known Km splits were 3:05,
5:56 and 11:42 (4K). Race dominated by "imported" athletes, with only five
North East competitors in first thirty. Heaton had four competitors, led
home by Allen Mulliss (247th). Allen is now in M45 category and was 31st
here in 42:59. Eric was 253rd, Gerry was 443rd and Tom was 447th.
Unfortunately there were no medals for first M70 team. 632 finishers
Ted Joynson was placed 630th in 72:32. However, he was tailed off by 4K
(in Castle), which he would have reached in no quicker than 32mins (guide
from leading runners - Stewie was last runner to lap him), which is well
outside 80mins pace. There were two ladies behind him, who were at least
3mins ahead after first lap. I understand that he was sent the wrong way
by an Aurora athlete ! Please note Neville Carr now runs for Aurora, along
with the spectating Ray Laverick. Only leading positions of Main race/Veterans
available on day, courtesy of Julian Waugh. Full results available three
days later on www.wearvalley.gov.uk. Footnote: No M70 results in AW, which
is an insult to competitors.
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Accenture Tartan Games.
Gateshead International Stadium. Sat. 24th Aug.
The good weather helped competitors achieve some excellent performances,
at Saturday's Gateshead Harriers' Accenture sponsored ninth annual Tartan
Games at the International Stadium. In the Senior events, Richard Smith
of Newham, won the 400m and former Commonwealth champion, Chris Black of
Edinburgh, now a veteran, won the Hammer .
Junior International, Ben Flint of Belgrave set a meeting record in
the Pole Vault. Newcastle- based Border Harrier Paul Reed won the Shot
and Discus, setting new figures in both events. Youngsters dominated the
3000m with Andrew Toward of Morpeth pulling away from Ryan McLeod of Elswick
on the final lap. Paul Nwaolise of Morpeth easily won the 100m, while Peter
Vickers of Mandale, took the 200m after earlier winning the 100m in the
Under 20 age-group.
Ruth Irving of Edinburgh, who competed for Scotland in the Long Jump
at the Commonwealth Games, set a meeting record in that event and also
in the Triple Jump. Sara Todd of Border won the 100m Hurdles and the 200m
setting a personal best time and a meeting record in the latter. The in-form
Jarrow and Hebburn athlete, Claire Smallwood won the 3000m, bettering the
old figures by 1.8secs. Claire Moore of Gateshead also bettered the old
record in the Discus. Another Gateshead thrower, Leah Weatheritt set new
figures in the Shot. Scottish International Shirley Webb who competes for
both Edinburgh and North Shields Poly, broke the Hammer record.
Graham Jackson of the host club, the reigning English Schools' Triple
Jump champion, won both his specialist event (bettering Chris Tomlinson's
old figures) and the Long Jump in the Under 17 age-group. His distances
of 13.99m and 6.53m were meeting records. English Schools' 200m silver
medallist, James Sinclair of Gateshead gained a sprint double in the Under
15 age-group. Lewis Robson of Gateshead, the current English Schools' 400m
champion, showed his versatility by winning the Under 15 Long Jump, with
a meeting record.
John Taylor of Mandale produced one of the day's best middle distance
performances, by leading all the way to win the Under 15 800m.
Roisin Willi of Gateshead gained another sprint double in the
Under 15 Girls' age-group. In the Under 17 womens' category, Lianne Tucker
of Blaydon set a meeting revord in the Discus and also won the Shot.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 100: 1 P Nwaolise (Morp) 11.00; 2 D Riley (Morp, U20) 11.29
200: 1 P Vickers (Mand, U20) 21.99; 2 R Smith (N&EB) 22.17 400:
R Smith 48.1 800: 1 T Thompson (Bord) 1:54.68; 2 T Indredavik (Bergen)
1:56.43; 3 J Graham (Gosf, U20) 1:56.44 3000: 1 A Toward (Morp, U20)
8:41.0; 2 R McLeod (Els, U20) 8:42.9; 3 M Tomlinson (CleS) 8:54.9
HJ: D Burns (Tyne, U20) 1.88 PV: 1 B Flint (Belg) 5.00*; 4 I Dodsworth
(H&P, U20) 4.20; 7 J Loughran (Gosf, M50) 3.00 LJ: C Weitz (Gate,
U20) 6.27 SP: P Reed (Bord) 15.56* DT: P Reed 53.86*
HT: 1 C Black (Edin, M50) 58.71; 2 D Little (Bord) 56.34; 3 A Smith (M&C)
44.80
Junior Men: 100: 1 P Vickers 11.18; 2 C Weitz 11.46
Under 17 Men: 100: 1 A Selby (Morp) 11.37; 2 A Robson (Hart) 11.47
200: 1 A Selby 23.06; 2 J Baines (Mand) 23.20; 3 P Moore (Morp) 23.20
800: 1 P Stockton (Mand) 2:01.06; 2 S Pogue (Mand) 2:02.29 400H:
D Jordan (Mand) 59.6 HJ: J Herring (Mand) 1.85 PV: D Jordan
3.30 LJ: G Jackson (Gate) 6.53* TJ: 1 G Jackson 13.99*; 2 J
Stacey (Gate) 13.12 JT: J Armstrong (Morp) 32.73
Under 15 Boys: 100: 1 J Sinclair (Gate) 11.50; 2 B Wilson (Mand) 11.73;
3 L Robson (Gate) 11.78 200: 1 J Sinclair 23.16*; 2 L Robson 23.71
400: R Bissessor (Gate) 56.5 800: J Taylor (Mand) 2:04.14*
80H: S Henderson (Mand) 11.9 HJ: A Henderson (SSh) 1.74* LJ:
1 L Robson 6.04*; 2 S Egdell (Duch HS) 5.78 TJ: 1 D Blackett (Gate)
12.17
Under 13 Boys: 100: 1 Y Aliu (Mand) 12.26*; 2 R Kilty (Mand) 12.83
200: D Leadbitter (Gate) 27.9 800: 1 M Donnelly (Els) 2:22.78; 2
R Cunningham (Birt) 2:23.67; 3 J Gibson (Gate) 2:26.62 LJ: C Fiddes
(Blay) 4.76
Senior Women: 100: H Edmundson (unatt) 12.5 200: 1 S Todd (Bord)
24.72*; 2 C Brason (NSP, U20) 25.38; 3 R Martindale (Bord) 25.78
400: 1 R Martindale 58.16; 2 K Rodmell (Bord, U17) 61.00 800: 1 K
Johns (Shil) 2:16.03; 2 P McCrea (Bord) 2:22.10 3000: 1 C Smallwood
(J&H) 9:43.3*; 2 A Woodvine (R&Z) 11:00.1; 3 C Ratcliff (Dur, W35)
11:18.3 100H: 1 S Todd 14.3; 2 G Fergusson (NSP, U20) 14.4
LJ: 1 R Irving (Edin WM) 5.76* TJ: R Irving 12.00* SP: 1 L
Weatheritt (Gate) 11.91*; 2 E Dwan (Gate) 10.61 DT: 1 C Moore (Gate)
45.79*; 2 E Dwan 36.36 HT: S Webb (Edin WM) 56.78* JT: 1 R
Chatt (Mand) 31.09; 2 L Weatheritt 29.92
Junior Women: 100: V Carmichael (Gate) 12.74
Under 17 Women: 100: 1 M Barclay (Mand) 12.6; 2 C Jones (Gate)
12.9; 3 R Abbs (Dur) 12.9 200: 1 N Halliday (Morp) 26.3; 2 M Barclay
26.7; 3 C Jones 27.6 300: N Halliday 41.64" 800: 1 S Hart (N
Marske) 2:23.65; 2 S Bates (M&C) 2:24.21; 3 S Evans (J&H) 2:25.67
300H: E Morris (SSh) 46.5 HJ: E Morris 1.65* LJ: R Abbs 5.26
SP: 1 Li Tucker (Blay) 10.06; 2 Ly Tucker (Blay) 9.75 DT: 1 Li Tucker
39.61*; 2 Ly Tucker 29.53
Under 15 Girls: 100: 1 R Willi (Gate) 12.55; 2 K Thomas (Gate) 12.87;
3 L Arthur (Gate) 12.90 200: 1 R Willi 26.1; 2 E Payne (Mand) 26.8;
3 K Thomas 26.9 800: B: M Ferrier (Gate) 2:31.7 C: 1 S Duffy
(Gate) 2:29.3; 2 D James (Morp) 2:29.8 75H: 1 E Payne 12.0; 2 L Hunter
(SSh) 12.5 HJ: C Sellars (unatt) 1.55 SP: 1 K Wilson (Birt)
10.18; 2 V Young (Gate) 9.98; 3 H Conroy (Mand) 9.84
Under 13 Girls: 100: 1 J Keenleyside (Els) 14.09; 2 F Mellenthin (H&P)
14.62; 3 H Bennett (Tyne) 12.36 200: 1 R Shield (Dur) 28.89; 2 S
Coleby (Dur) 28.98; 3 J Keenleyside 29.19 800: R Shield 2:38.4
B: S Coleby 2:34.1
* Denotes Meeting record.
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Only results used (space always seems to be a problem
on Bank Holiday weekend). Weather was bright and sunny, but the little
wind changed direction, making it colder as day progressed. 100m Finals
were therefore slower than heats. A good meeting, (better known as Chris
Betts Games), but too many events. Lasted 6.5 hours without intended 1
hour lunch break. Took over an hour after end of meeting, to get full results.
A lot of time spent with Hurdle events, and not enough competitors. Claire
Brason refused at first Hurdle in 400m, but ran well in flat 200m. There
were disabled events also, with Tanni Grey Thompson winning mixed 100m
(18.6). Photo finish was only used in finals, but did not function a lot
of time. Omitted a good double by Nicola Halliday, but Alan Selby did not
look as impressive as normal. David Riley was supporting new red hairstyle.
Claire S was going to airport straight after race, to go on holiday. Rebecca
Shield paid for going too easily in Under 13 800m as Samantha Coleby (who
must have been listening to Brendan on television), knew exactly what to
do in Race 2. Delyth James adopted similar tactics, in Under 15 event.
Saw Gemma Fergusson for only second time, this season. She looked slightly
overweight, but I understand she has been sidelined with a slight injury.
The meeting started with a (VERY badly advertised) Hour Decathlon competition
(Even Richard Hunter was not there). There were four competitors. Peter
Coates (4921) won and Sophie Dewell (3800) was only lady. No further results
available.
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Jarrow Riverside Challenge 6M Road Race.
Tues. 20th Aug.
Stewart Bell comfortably won last night's Jarrow and Hebburn Riverside
Challenge Road Race. Running on a new adapted 6M course, the Chester Le
Street athlete came home with 36 secs to spare over leading veteran, Rob
Hand of Durham. Mark Slesser of the host club was close behind in third
place. Claire Smallwood easily won the Womens' race, finishing in 15th
position in the 210 strong field. Jarrow and Hebburn clubmate, Angela Hunter
took second place, ahead of Andrea Banner of Elswick.
Result.
1 S Bell (CleS) 31:11; 2 R Hand (Dur, M40) 31:47; 3 M Slesser (J&H,
U20) 31:52; 4 R Walker (NSP) 32:02; 5 S O'Donnell (CleS) 32:11; 6 J Laws
(Sun, M40) 32:14; 7 M McDonald (Low F) 32:37; 8 S Potts (Sun) 33:25; 9
J Moore (Heat) 33:29; 10 P Besford (Gate) 33:31 Further Veterans:
M45 - M Broadhurst (Tyne) 36:01 M50 - C Dentice (Morp) 34:18
M55 - M Walker (Gosf) 35:34 M60 - P Lancaster (NSP) 37:34 M65
- B Cordes (Morp) 41:09 M70 - E Apppleby (Heat) 42:57 Team:
Sunderland
Women: 1 C Smallwood (J&H) 34:26; 2 A Hunter (J&H) 38:18; 3
A Banner (Els) 39:15; 4 Y Swinhoe (Els, W45) 41:17; 5 T Laws (Derw) 41:30;
6 S Laws (Derw, W45) 41:50; 7 H Smith (J&H, W35) 41:55; 8 N Gray (Aur)
42:31 W50 - J Reid (Tyne) 48:01 W55 - J Bell (Black B)
49:29 W60 - E Armstrong (Tyne) 48:31 Team: Jarrow and Hebburn
(Newcastle Journal: Wed. 21st August 2002).
Additional Comments: All info used a day later on 22nd. 210 competitors.
Times were not fast but course is quite difficult. Weather was bright,
but cool breeze developing, after very warm day. Odd start and finish positions,
and change of distance, were all due directly (or indirectly) to UK Athletics
safety guidelines. Claire is now off on a fortnight's holiday to Tunisia.
Heaton had 14 athletes. John Moore was recovering from heavy cold and eased
off after 2M. Sean Kelly finished in an excellent 14th position (34:24).
Shirley Atkinson was first lady (124th in 44:30). Margaret Finn (46:26),
was actually first W40. Eric Appleby finished 106th. Mens' team were 6th
and Womens' team, 4th.
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Baltic Square Pole Vault.
Gateshead. Sat. 17th Aug.
Paul Stevens from Hull, won the oudoor Pole Vault at Baltic Square,
Gateshead on Saturday. Mark Christie of Sale took second place ahead of
Keith Higham of Border. Commonwealth bronze medallist in the Decathlon,
Jamie Quarry finished in fourth place, while Sophie Dewell of Gateshead
won the Womens' competition. Eleven competitors took part in the event,
which was the second in the area, after a successful promotion, at Hexham,
in June. The event was part of a programme, to announce a sponsorship deal
by Northumbrian Water and Sportsmatch, for a total of £52,000, towards
the cost of developing athletics in the region.
Result.
1 P Stevens (KuHull) 4.80; 2 M Christie (Sale, U20) 4.70; 3 K Higham
(Bord, U17) 4.70; 4 J Quarry 4.70; 5 I Dodsworth (H&P, U20) 4.20; 6=
J Gregory (N Rowntrees) & M Frazer (Sale) 3.40; 8 R Elliott (H&P,
U20) 3.40; 9 R Hunter (Gate) 3.40; 10 J Loughran (Gosf, M50) 2.80
Women: S Dewell (Gate, U20) 2.80
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th August 2002).
Additional Comments: All info used. Quite an enjoyable event, with a
few pb's. I think those included Quarry (who competed in Long Jump at Glasgow,
the next day, his final International appearance), and Dodsworth. Noticed
both Jo Parkinson there (she seemed to be with Terry Lomax) and Pauline
Leslie (some official capacity)
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City of Sunderland Hetton Lyons Country Park
Race.
Wed. 14th Aug.
Simon O'Donnell of Chester Le Street, won the final race in the Sunderland
Sport in Park Series, at Hetton, last night. O'Donnell was joined at the
halfway point by Rob Walker of North Shields and Mark Hood of Sunderland,
before pulling away from his rivals on the second of the two laps. Jarrow's
Claire Smallwood, made it a one-hundred-per-cent record in the Series for
the second successive year, finishing in 18th place overall and equalling
her own course record. Clubmate, Angela Hunter took second place ahead
of leading veteran, Dawn Elliott of Houghton and Peterlee.
Result. Distance: 4.8K.
1 S O'Donnell (CleS) 15:28; 2 R Walker (NSP) 15:32; 3 M Hood (Sun)
15:55; 4 P Collins (Sun, M40) 16:06; 5 N Younger Snr (Sun) 16:08; 6 N Younger
Jnr (Sun, U20) 16:11; 7 R Rush (Sun, M40) 16:17; 8 G Thraves (CleS) 16:23;
9 T Hall (H&P) 16:24; 10 G Hilton (Morp) 16:26 Further Veterans:
M50 - K Elliott (Sun) 16:49 M60 - P Lancaster (NSP) 17:50 M70
- E Appleby (Heat) 20:58
Women: 1 C Smallwood (J&H) 16:58; 2 A Hunter (J&H) 18:49; 3
D Elliott (H&P, W40) 19:21; 4 D Leigh (Sun, U20) 21:32; 5 A Cantle
(Tyne Tri, W35) 22:02; 6 G Barry (H&P, U17) 22:14
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 15th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Not used. Will resubmit for Monday (19th). 93 finishers,
the most for some years. Allen Mulliss was 48th (20:01), and Eric was 93rd
(4th M60 behind Lancaster, Roger Wilson and George Smith. Lindsay Dunn
was about 10 secs behind Eric. Wish they would use five-year veteran categories.
It makes things easier especially with results. Very warm with a slight
breeze. Apparently course very uneven underfoot, at far side.
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Veterans Athletic Association - North East
Track and Field League.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Sun. 11th Aug.
Gateshead's Peter Gordon, sidelined with injury since March, belatedly
opened his summer season, by setting a British record, at yesterday's final
meeting of the North East Veterans' League at Jarrow. Competing in the
Over 50 category, Gordon the current World champion, bettered the previous
figures by nearly a metre. Drew Graham of Gosforth won the BMC 800m, from
fellow junior, Andrew Teate of Middlesbrough. Northern silver medallist,
Karen Johns of Shildon, won the Womens' race from Claire Robson of Teesdale,
with third-placed Claire Smallwood setting another personal best time.
Selected Results.
BMC 800: 1 D Graham (Gosf, U20) 1:55.1; 2 A Teate (Midd, U20) 1:56.2;
3 J Wardman (R&Z) 1:56.4; 4 D Malin (Belg) 1:56.8; 5 K Desai (Morp)
1:57.6 B: S Moralee (Dur, U20) 1:57.5 Women: 1 K Johns (Shil)
2:07.3; 2 C Robson (Tees, U20) 2:13.3; 3 C Smallwood (J&H) 2:15.7
M40 - 100: 1 P Jones (Walls) 12.3 200: P Jones 24.4 800:
G Harden (Sun) 2:12.2 HJ: G Hewitson (Crook) 1.50 ; 2 G Harden 1.50
TJ: G Harden 10.18
M45 - 100: A Readman (H&P) 12.3 200: A Readman 25.0
800: K Archer (Crook) 2:10.2
5000: A Dent (Blay) 16:25.1
M50 - 800: A Jenkins (Morp) 2:16.6 DT: 1 P Gordon (Gate) 57.94
(Br Rec); 2 J Wild (R&Z) 34.96 JT: J Wild 33.08
M55 - 800: T Attey (NE Vets) 2:26.9 5000: H Matthews (Els) 17:46.7
HT: T Hudson (Els) 35.43 JT: T Hudson 32.46
M60 - 800: R Stewart (NSP) 2:49.0
M65 - 800: R Checkley (Heat) 2:51.6
M70 - 100: B Parnaby (NE Vets) 14.9 200: B Parnaby 30.3
DT: D Field (Sun) 30.42 JT: D Field 32.51
W35 - 800: C Ratcliff (Dur) 2:29.3 JT: C Pearson (Birt) 21.46
W50 - 100: B Elliott (Dur) 14.4 200: B Elliott 29.6
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th August 2002).
Additional Comments: All info used. Old M50 Discus record was 56.97m.
Not sure who held it, but probably Peter Gordon himself ? Did not get Shot
and "Invitation" Hammer results, as they had not started when track events
finished. Very poor turn-out again. Gavin Massingham was pacemaker in BMC
events. 400m splits were A: 56.0 B: 57.3 Women: 61.4. Ketan Desai was 5th
in A race, in 1:57.6, much better than his outings, on the previous weekend.
Tom Radcliffe clocked 3:11.0 in M70 800m. Only six ran in 5000m + Lynne
Marr who clocked 11:14.5 in 3000m (sorry I overlooked this result when
sent).
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A.A.A of England Junior Championships.
Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Sat/Sun. 10th/11th Aug.
Graham Jackson of Gateshead gained a grand-slam of major titles when
winning the Under 17 Triple Jump, at the A.A.A Youth Championships at Birmingham.
Jackson, had earlier won the English Schools' and Schools' International
events. Clubmate, Lewis Robson the Schools' Junior 400m champion, moved
up in distance to finish third in the 800m, breaking the 2 minute barrier,
and taking nearly six seconds off his previous best figures. Keith Higham
of Border, second in the National Schools', this time took the gold medal
in the Under 17 Pole Vault.
Selected Results.
Under 17 Men: 1500: 1 L Bowron (Ealing) 3:58.19; 3 K Wilson (Morp)
4:02.23 100H: 1 T Stimson (Nene V) 13.48; 3 J Fleary (Carlisle Asp)
13.67 PV: 1 K Higham (Bord) 4.50 TJ: 1 G Jackson (Gate) 14.29
Under 15 Boys: 800: 1 G Prendergast (Leics C) 1:58.79; 3 L Robson (Gate)
1:59.81
Additional Comments: Info courtesy of AW. Will send to Journal for Monday
(19th). Other placings included Emma Morris (4th in U17 High Jump - 1.65),
John Taylor (4th in U15 1500m - 4:13.99) and Matthew Armstrong (7th in
U17 800m - 1:59.77).
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CD Bramall Darlington 10K Road Race.
Sun. 11th Aug.
Martin Scaife repeated his 2001 victory, in yesterday's CD Bramall
10K Road Race, after a terrific battle, with clubmate Stewie Bell. In the
ideal conditions, Bell and Scaife were joined by Sheffield's Andrew Kilding
in the early stages, before dropping their rival at the 4K point. The pair
were together at halfway on the new two lap course (15:14), with Bell making
his bid for victory with 3K remaining. Bell opened up a 30m gap, which
was maintained as he turned into the long finishing straight. However,
Scaife did not give up and sprinted past his rival with less than 20m remaining.
Kilding held on for third place, ahead of Barry Stephenson, who led Quakers
to the team title. Former Junior International, Susie Rutherford of Darlington,
easily won the Womens' race finishing in 25th place overall. Darlington
provided the first three finishers with Bernadette Taylor taking second
place ahead of leading veteran, Jo-Ann Short.
Result.
1 M Scaife (CleS) 30:21; 2 S Bell (CleS) 30:22; 3 A Kilding (CoSheffield)
31:24; 4 B Stephenson (Quak) 31:41; 5 J Orange (R&Z) 32:32; 6 M Mcdonald
(Low F) 32:59; 7 D Lockett (Salf) 33:16; 8 A Tatham (Quak) 33:27; 9 M Slesser
(J&H) 33:29; 10 P Groark (Sun) 33:46; 11 M Grainger (Darl, M40) 33:53;
12 P Johnson (Thames VH, M40) 34:11; 13 A Brown (Blyth) 34:19; 14 S Miller
(Wrekin) 34:34; 15 N Orr (Darl, M40) 34:48 Further Veterans: M45
- I Scott (Quak) 35:22 M50 - C Raffferty (M&C) 35:21 M55
- M Walker (Gosf) 36:07 M60 - R Wiilson (Sun) 39:34 M65 - I
Barnes (Darl) 39:41 M70 - E Appleby (Heat) 42:08 Team: Quakers
Women: 1 S Rutherford (Darl) 35:49; 2 B Taylor (Darl) 37:21; 3 J-A
Short (Darl, W35) 38:25; 4 D Richardson (Quak) 38:33; 5 L Jackson (R&Z,
U20) 38:46; 6 H Tunstall (unatt 39:14; 7 H Driver (Swale) 40:26; 8 Z Tucker
(unatt) 40:27; 9 G Adams (Gosf) 40:41; 10 M Ford (SSh) 40:47 Further
Veterans: W40 - M Gaze (unatt) 46:09 W45 - P Edwards (N Ayc) 45:39
Team: Darlington
Juniors 3.5K. 1 M Bell (N Ayc) 11:46; 2 A Harker (N Ayc) 13:06; 3 P
Fitzpatrick (R&Z) 13:29
Girls: 1 J Orr (Quak) 13:46; 2 J Gibson (Tees) 14:21; 3 A Snook (Quak)
14:43
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th August 2002).
Additional Comments: All info used. Km splits were 2:57, 5:59, 9:07,
12:07, 15:14, 18:18, 21:23, 24:25e (sign not in view) and 27:27. Course
was obviously fast judging by times. Conditions were ideal, no wind, warm
but bearable. 795 finishers, but a poor standard, after 200. Problems with
congestion, after lapping started at 7K point. Also slow traffic at roundabout
at approximately 8K (probably why sign was not seen). Eric, who was exactly
4 minutes ahead of Bill McNeil, finished in 141st position. His time was
definitely quicker than I expected. Also taking part was Allen Mulliss,
who was 127th in 41:29, another pb, I think. About fifty in inaugural Junior
Run. Results courtesy of Ian Taylor.
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North Eastern Athletics League.
Gateshead International Stadium. Wed. 7th Aug.
Gateshead and South Shields Harriers, took the two titles after the
final North Eastern Athletics League meeting, at Gateshead. Gateshead retained
the Mens' championship, whilst South Shields, thanks to their strength
in the Under 15 and Under 17 category, took the Womens' Trophy for the
first time.
Results.
Senior Men: 200: 1 D Robertson (J&H, U20) 25.5; 2 P Jones (Walls,
M40) 25.6 400: 1 R Smith (Newham & EB - gst) 48.7; 2 L Wiscombe
(J&H) 51.1; 3 V Wilson (Belg) 51.2 3000: 1 M Brown (Morp) 8:32.1;
2 P Hutton (Gosf, U20) 8:43.3; 3 M Slesser (J&H) 8:50.5 SP: 1
P Reed (Bord) 15.42; 2 P Corrigan (NSP) 13.13; 3 C Sturrock (Gate, U20)
12.47
Under 17 Men: 200: C Ridley (Birt) 25.9 400: J Carmichael (Gate)
56.2 3000: R Stephenson (NSP) 9:10.2
Under 15 Boys: 200: R Bissessur (Gate) 25.3 400: A Dalby (Blay)
60.7 800: S Brewis (H&P) 2:26.9 LJ: S Gibson (Morp) 5.21
SP: J Pearn (Sun) 11.40
Under 13 Boys: 200: M Donnelly (Els) 28.5 800: M Cochrane (Morp)
2:36.3
Senior Women: 200: 1 S Todd (Bord - gst) 25.7; 2 V Carmichael (Gate,
U20) 26.0 400: R Martindale (Bord - gst) 59.7 3000: M McDonnell
(CleS) 9:58.3 SP: G McIntosh (Gate) 8.14
Under 17 Women: 200: 1 N Halliday (Morp) 26.7; 2 E Morris (SSh) 26.8
300: N Halliday 43.3 3000: 1 J Orr (Quak) 11:06.7; 2 D Watts (Morp)
11:08.4 TJ: E Morris 9.11
Under 15 Girls: 200: E Wood (Black B) 26.7 800: N Douglas (Gate)
2:31.4 LJ: L Hunter (SSh) 4.50 SP: L Hunter 8.46
Under 13 Girls: 200: R Shield (Dur) 28.7 800: R Shield 2:33.7
Final League Placings.
Men: 1 Gateshead 204; 2 Morpeth 170; 3 Jarrow and Hebburn 126.5; 4
Gosforth 106.5; 5 Birtley 80
Women: 1 South Shields 161.5; 2 Gateshead 114; 3 Jarrow and Hebburn
113; 4 Morpeth 106.5; 5 Durham City 71.5
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 7th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Not used. Will resubmit results for Monday (12th).
Deluge after about 30 mins of programme, caused abandonment of Pole Vault
(Mark Christie was leading with 3.10m clearance). Meeting resumed after
25 mins break. Track events straight after resumption seemed slow (lot
of water on track). However it did dry up and turn into a pleasant evening.
Good turn-out in Mens' 3000m, but not great in anything else. Pitiful number
of Senior/Junior Women (including three guests). Kirk Wilson was looking
good in Senior/Under 17 3000m (lying 4th overall), before dropping out
with two laps to go. Early pace was fast (Mark Brown went through kms in
2:43 and 5:35). Drew Graham was 4th in 400m (52.2). Finishing third in
Under 17 200m, was Kelly Rodmell, now running Border colours. Best performances
by Ryan Stephenson (Grade 2), and Emily Wood (Grade 2).
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Morpeth 10K Road Race.
Tues. 6th Aug.
Terry Wall of Morpeth, won his own club's 10K Road Race, for the second
successive year. In the very warm conditions, Wall together with new Morpeth
recruit, Ivan Hollingsworth, soon pulled away from the 230 strong field,
passing the first mile in 5:04. Wall dropped his rival after 1.5M, but
an advantage of 60m was never really increased, as the runner-up kept the
winner in his sights for the rest of the race. Former Gateshead Harrier,
Mark Smith finished a distant third, ahead of Mark McDonald of Low Fell
and leading veteran, Les Akinson of Morpeth. Claire Smallwood of Jarrow
and Hebburn, came home in an excellent 14th place, setting her second personal
best time in two days. Smallwood, who finished six seconds outside
Jill Boltz's course record, came home over 3 minutes ahead of veteran,
Heather Robinson of Chester Le Street, with Elswick's Judith Nutt taking
third place. The first three men and women, also took the medals in the
North Eastern Counties' Championship, which was incorporated in the event.
Result.
1 T Wall (Morp) 31:14; 2 I Hollingsworth (Morp) 31:23; 3 M Smith (unatt)
32:38; 4 M McDonald (Low F) 32:44; 5 L Atkinson (Morp, M45) 32:55; 6 J
Archer (Low F) 33:21; 7 A Wallett (NSP) 33:25; 8 P Johnson (Thames VH,
M40) 33:37; 9 R Walker (NSP) 33:47; 10 A Brown (Blyth) 34:30; 11 G Thraves
(CleS) 34:33; 12 Jim Bell (Els, M50) 34:36
Further Veterans: M45 - 2 D Anderson (Walls) 34:39 M50 - 2 A
Jenkins (Morp) 35:25 M55 - M Walker (Gosf) 36:03 M60 - T O'Gara
(Walls) 38:48 M65 - F Docherty (J&H) 42:33
Women: 1 C Smallwood (J&H) 34:52; 2 H Robinson (CleS, W40) 37:54;
3 J Nutt (Els) 38:30; 4 A Banner (Els) 40:45; 5 J Jackson (N Marske,
U20) 41:05; 6 A Dickinson (NSP, W35) 41:32; 7 S White (Tyne, W40) 41:57;
8 B Ingman (NSP, W50) 42:04 Further Veterans: W45 - Y Swinhoe (Els)
42:17
(Newcastle Journal: Wed. 7th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Not used but in on Thurs (8th), again due to e
mail delay. Veterans' categories ommited though. 226 finishers. There was
no 2M marker, but other Mile splits were 14:39, 19:49 and 24:57. Jill Botz's
record was set in 1998. Only four from Heaton. Richard Dodgson was
first counter (77th in 40:56), followed by Gary Campbell (91st in 41:54),
and probable pb by Allen Mulliss (105th in 42:27). George Routledge was
215th in 59:21. At least Ted J was not there. Jim Alder drove lead car.
Steve Cram's house at Tranwell Woods is near 1.5M point.
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North of England Womens' Track and Field League.
Sun. 4th Aug.
Morpeth Harriers finished third, in yesterday's final match of the
Northern Womens' League Division 2 at Jarrow. With Nestle Rowntrees
taking second place, Morpeth were relegated to fourth position overall,
behind runaway winners Wakefield. Morpeth performed well particularly at
Senior level, with Nisha Desai, Aiveen Fox and Julia Straker scoring a
lot of points. Nichola Halliday did well in the Under 17 age-group, with
Kayleigh Stoker, providing Morpeth's sole victory at Under 15 level, in
the Long Jump.
Division 2 at Jarrow.
Result.
1 Wakefield 504.5; 2 Nestle Rowntrees 410; 3 Morpeth 379.5; 4 Cleethorpes
373; 5 Skyrac 371
Leading Morpeth Placings;
Seniors: 100: 3 N Roe 12.8 B: 1 J Straker 13.1 200: 2 N
Roe 27.4 400: 1 N Desai (U20) 61.5 800: B: 1 A Fox (U20) 2:29.1
3000: 1 A Fox 10:40.0 100H: S Haworth (U20) 16.1 400H: 1 N
Desai 68.7 LJ: 1 J Straker 5.19 TJ: 1 J Straker 11.56
4 x 100: 2 Morpeth 53.4
4 x 400: 1 Morpeth 4:18.3
Under 17: 100: 1 N Halliday 12.9 200: 2 N Halliday 27.2
300: 2 N Halliday 45.0
Under 15 : LJ: 1 K Stoker 4.55
Final Placings: 1 Wakefield 18; 2 Skyrac 12; 3 Nestle Rowntrees 11
(1113); 4 Morpeth 11 (1106); 5 Cleethorpes 7; 6 Kingston upon Hull 3
In-form Jarrow and Hebburn athlete, Claire Smallwood clocked a personal
best time of 4:29.1 when winning the 1500m at yesterday's final Northern
Womens' League Division 3 fixture at Darlington.
Result.
Division 4 at Darlington.
1 Blaydon 430; 2 Elswick 219; 3 Gateshead B 163; 4 Sunderland 117
Final Placings: 1 Blaydon 15; 2 Gateshead B 10; 3 Elswick 7 (482);
4 Sunderland 7 (451); 5 North Shields Poly 4
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Not used due to e mail problem, but used on Tuesday
(6th). Long drawn-out programme at Jarrow, probably because it was a single-header.
This was despite the races being split on nearly every occasion. Kingston-upon-Hull
did not turn up, so we were spared the presence of Kelly Rodmell. In
4 x 400m, Morpeth's team included Aiveen Fox, Nisha Desai (59.8) and Nichola
Halliday, who clocked pb in 100m. The Browns were not there, as Doreen
had joined up with Richard at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Division
4 / Claire Smallwood info from Chris Betts (he only had lower division
result). Angela Hunter was also likely to be competing.
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North of England Mens' Track and Field League.
Sat. 3rd Aug.
Gateshead were overhauled by the host club, in the race for the North
of England Mens' League Division 1 title at Derby on Saturday. Gateshead
had a lead of 1.5 points before the meeting, but their third placing behind
Derby and Liverpool Pembroke, meant the Tynesiders were beaten by half-a-point,
thus losing out on an invitation to the British League qualifying match.
Gateshead were without key athletes, but were helped out by several
of their Junior squad. English Schools' Intermediate Triple Jump champion,
Graham Jackson, won his speciality event and was second in the Long Jump.
First in the B Long Jump was Northern Junior champion, Chris
Weitz. Richard Hunter was Gateshead's other A event winner in the 110m
Hurdles. Sadly finishing seventh in the match (and seventh overall), were
Morpeth Harriers, which meant the Northumberland club, had dropped from
British League status to Northern Division 2 in successive seasons. Despite
some good track results, including wins by Paul Nwaoilse (100m and B 400m)
and Tom Ranger (800m), Morpeth were very weak in the Hurdles and Field
events. Ironically on the same day Morpeth B team were promoted from Division
4 to 3.
In the Division 2 fixture at Middlesbrough, Mandale were successful
on the day, but were unable to catch leaders Nestle Rowntrees. The pair
will now take part in a qualifying match for Division 1 at Oldham, in September.
Border B won both the match and took the title, in the Division 3 fixture
also at Middlesbrough. In the Division 4 meeting at Jarrow, Wallsend won
the match, with third placed Richmond and Zetland, taking the title.
Results.
Division 1 at Derby: 1 Derby and County 339; 2 Liverpool Pembroke
330; 3 Gateshead 307; 4 Leeds City 302; 5 Kingston-upon-Hull 280; 6 Lincoln
Wellington 246: 7 Morpeth 197; 8 Cleethorpes 146
100: 1 P Nwaolise (Morp) 11.0; 2 R Linnett (Gate) 11.3 B: D Riley
(Morp, U20) 11.4 200: 4 D Riley 23.1 B: 1 B O'Brien (Gate)
23.0; 2 A Selby (Morp, U17) 23.4 400: 3 T Ranger (Morp) 50.9
B: P Nwaolise 51.1 800: 1 T Ranger 1:52.3; 3 C Parr (Gate, U20) 1:57.6
B: M Elliott (Gate, U20) 1:59.6 5000: 4 M Price (Gate, M40) 15:12.5
110H: R Hunter (Gate) 16.0 HJ: 3 D Burns (Gate) 1.95 LJ: 2
G Jackson (Gate, U17) 6.47 B: C Weitz (Gate, U20) 6.31 TJ:
G Jackson 13.62 HT: 2 R Thompson (Gate) 53.98 B: D Robinson
(Gate) 52.30 JT: 2 I Burns (Gate) 56.26 B: D Burns 46.51
4 x 100: 1 Gateshead; 2 Morpeth
Final Placings: 1 Derby and County 26.5; 2 Gateshead 26; 3 Liverpool
Pembroke 20; 4 Leeds City 19 (1255); 5 Kingston-upon-Hull 19 (1241); 6
Lincoln Wellington 17.5; 7 Morpeth 12; 8 Cleethorpes 4 .
Division 2 at Middlesbrough: 1 Mandale 309; 2= Nestle Rowntrees
& New Marske 277; 4 Durham City 244; 5 Hartlepool Burn Road 156; 6
Middlesbrough and Cleveland 116
100: P Vickers (Mand, U20) 11.2 1500: S Hepples (N Marske) 3:54.9
5000: A Stimpson (N Marske) 15:31.3 110H: K Allinson (Mand) 16.6
3000St: S O'Grady (N Marske) 9:35.1 HJ: J Herring (Mand, U17) 1.80
PV: P Coates (Dur) 3.00 HT: C Snook (Mand) 39.70 4 x 100: Mandale
45.4
Final Placings: 1 Nestle Rowntrees 22.5; 2 Mandale 21; 3 New Marske
14.5; 4 Durham City 14; 5 Middlesbrough and Cleveland 6 (633); 6 Hartlepool
Burn Road 6 (619.5)
Division 3 at Middlesbrough: 1 Border B 266; 2 Houghton and Peterlee
256; 3 North Shields Poly 248; 4 Jarrow and Hebburn 227; 5 Seaton 207;
6 South Shields 81
100: L Twiddy (Bord) 11.4 200: L Twiddy 23.0 400: 1 S Smith
(NSP, U20) 50.6; 2 L Wiscombe (J&H) 50.9 800: J Moore (J&H)
2:05.1 1500: J Moore 4:18.4 5000: J Moore 16:11.7 110H:
D Robertson (J&H, U20) 16.6 400H: L Wiscombe 57.4 HJ: R
Elliott (H&P, U20) 1.70 PV: 1 I Dodsworth (H&P, U20) 3.70;
2 D Robertson 3.00 B: R Elliott 3.20 LJ: C Holliday (Bord)
6.17 TJ: J Etchells (Bord) 13.63 B: D Dixon (Bord, M40) 12.55
SP: P Corrigan (NSP) 13.00 DT: 1 A Morganella (Bord) 40.39; 2 P Corrigan
36.71 HT: S Towers (J&H, M40) 39.40 JT: 1 A Morganella
52.08; 2 J Snowden (SSh) 50.59 4 x 100: Border 46.9
Final Placings: 1 Border B 20; 2 North Shields Poly 19; 3 Seaton 16;
4 Houghton and Peterlee 14; 5 Jarrow and Hebburn 11; 6 South Shields 4
Division 4 at Jarrow: 1 Wallsend 252; 2 Birtley 239; 3 Richmond
and Zetland 228; 4 Morpeth B 225; 5 Gosforth 222; 6 Blaydon 152; 7 Chester
Le Street 60.
100: T Wishamba (R&Z) 11.2 200: T Wishamba 23.1 400:
1 A Graham (Gosf, U20) 52.0; 2 T Settle (CleS, U17) 52.6 B: M Nicholson
(Gosf) 52.0 800: M Armstrong (Blay, U17) 1:57.6 1500: 1 P Hutton
(Gosf, U20) 4:00.1; 2 J Wardman (R&Z) 4:01.1 5000: T Wall (Morp)
15:12.0 DT: J Wild (R&Z, M50) 31.22 HT: 1 I Turnbull (Birt)
37.44; 2 J Wild 35.26
Final Placings: 1 Richmond and Zetland 26; 2 Morpeth B 20; 3 Birtley
19; 4 Wallsend 18; 5 Gosforth 16; 6 Blaydon 5; 7 Chester Le Street 3
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th August 2002).
Additional Comments: Not used on Monday due to e mail system fault,
but used on Tuesday (6th). Division 1 results courtesy of Chris Betts.
Ketan Desai was very disappointing for Morpeth, clocking 2:19 and 4:49
in 800m/1500m. Divisions 2 and 3 posted through letterbox by John Moore.
John would probably have finished fourth in 5000m, as there were three
faster in Division 2 match. Jared Deacon was in attendance at Jarrow meeting,
with his Commonwealth gold medal. He is not confident of getting on European
4 x 400m team (even in heat). Obviously he was not competing for Border
in British League match. A poor turn-out here, with few teams fielding
more than eight athletes. Paul Hutton won B 100m in 12.8secs. An overweight
Steve O'Gara ran a 400m Relay leg for Wallsend in 60.3secs. He is hoping
to go to Ireland, for an operation to cure his long-term injury. After
scrutiny a change of the result of match elevates Gosforth to third, but
does not affect overall placings.
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