Additional Comments: Only results sent due to time lapse (In on 7th).
Sadly no records, and no 4 x 800m teams. This meant meeting did not start
until 8.00pm, due to programme being timed. Good turn- out in U13 and U15
age-groups (especially Girls). There were actually 2 U15G heats (to
eliminate Gateshead C team). Gateshead were only team in 2 SM Relays, but
the 4x400m team, had a good battle throughout with U17 Chester Le Street
squad (best race of evening). Andrew Coffer outstayed his rival on final
leg. Very dark on back straight when floodlights on.
Known club line-ups were: U17: 4 x 400: Chester Le Street (D Ellis,
C Bennett, M Scott, A Coffer).
SW: 4 x 100/4 x 400: Middlesbrough (F Hubbard; H Braithwaite, A Beadnell,
M Barclay). Gateshead 4 x 100: (N Youden, C Jones, S Youden, V Carmichael).
4 x 400: (Carmichael 61.4, Jones 64.0 (nice to see her back competing);
S Youden 62.0, N Youden 59.8).
U17 W: Gateshead (A Dopierala, S De la Hunt, S Duffy. K Thomas) (L
Arthur was watching: must be injured).
U15G: Gateshead (L Dewdney, A Penn, L Grey, L Welsh).
U13G: Gateshead (H Kilty, C Gill, H Day, J Hudson).
Morpeth line-ups to appear in next Herald report.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 31st Aug).
At the final Trafford Grand Prix meeting (31st Aug), Richard Davenport
won the BMC 800m (1:52.0), with Kieran Flannery 3rd (1:53.7).
Results from the Scottish Championships, at Grangemouth on 30th Aug,
included:
U20: 200: 2 J Baines 22.38 SP: 1 C Sturrock 16.15 DT: 1
G Hill 44.10; 2 C Sturrock 39.88
JT: 1 L Doran 61.54
U17: 100: 2 Y Aliu (U15) 11.22 (1 R Oswald -Pit 11.03) 200: 6
A Aliu 23.23
U17W: PV: 2= S Scott (U15) 2.80 SP: 1 K Hutton 10.59 DT:
2 K Hutton 29.75
Congratulations to Craig Sturrock, Gavin Hill, Lee Doran, and Kirsty
Hutton on their victories. Also to "under-age" performances from Yusuf
Aliu and Sally Scott.
A notable result on 30th Aug, saw Ronnie O'Sullivan (WG&EL) clock
17mins 23secs in the Barking Park 5km, which was won by James Nunn (Bill'ke)
in 15mins 40secs.
Mark Hood returned to competition in the Hawick Festival 10km finishing
3rd in 33mins 37secs, behind Steve Cairns (32:27) and C Heaven (32:57).
Peter Gray (Aln) was first M45 (36:47).
The Glendale Show Fell Race at Wooler (30th Aug) was won by Ian Twaddle
(43:00), from Nick Swinburn (45:50) and Chris Dentice (47:00). S Heatley
(Gate) won the Womens' race (52:55), from daughter and mother Anghared
(55:02) and Sian Porteous (59:30).
The North of England Inter Club Final, took place at Cudworth, on 29th
Aug (nb: this meeting rates alongside Senior Inter Counties on my rankings).
Match Result: 1 Trafford 245; 2 Sale 229; 3 Wakefield 194; 4 Morpeth
171; 5 Rotherham 162; 6 Holmfirth 140; 7 Blackpool and Fylde 102; 8 Middlesborough
AC 49
Leading Results: 400: 2 A Rogers (Sale) 49.70 800: 1 M Buckingham
(Holm) 1:58.10; 3 K Desai (Morp) 1:59.10 1500: 1 R Watkinson (Roth)
3:53.85; 4 D Samuels (Morp) 4:06.28
5000: 1 D Watson (Holm) 15:29.16; 2 R Kay (Morp) 15:33.95 10000:
1 G Raven (Sale) 30:18.89; 3 D Swinburne (Morp) 32:35.34 SP: 1 P
Reed (Morp) 14.62 DT: 1 P Reed 46.58; 2 L Richards (M'bro) 45.47
Women: 1 J Blizzard (Roth) 10:20.87; 2 A Fox (Morp) 10:35.61; 3 A Dickie
(Wake) 10:49.24 400H: 1 N Desai (Morp) 67.13 PV: 1 J Whitlock
(Traff) 4.00; 2 R Fairless (M'bro) 3.00
LJ: 1 F Westwood (Wake) 5.57; 2 J Straker (Morp) 5.44 TJ: 1 J
Straker 12.01
Apparently it was very windy and Julia Straker set a pb in the Long
Jump.
In the Plate Final, Richmond and Zetland finished 8th (59) behind Chesterfield
(226).
Best performances were: 800: 1 S Wardman 1:58.4 10000: 2 R Hunt
33:42.35
Gateshead Harriers (255) finished 3rd in the National Junior League
Womens' Promotion match, at Cleckheaton (29th Aug), behind Wigan (283)
and Leeds (271).. Best performances were: 200: 2 E Morris 26.0 3000:
1 D Watts 10:54.9 100H: 1 E Morris 14.8 B: 1 A Dopierala 16.1
400H: 1 L McMichael 69.5 HJ: 2 E Morris 1.60 (1 K Moorcroft
- Wig 1.63) TJ: 3 S Evans 10.48&nbbsp; DT: 4 A Maddison 31.70
B: 2 S Dodd 31.15
Results from the Scottish Championships at Grangemouth (29th Aug) included:
U15 400: 3 M Donnelly 56.88 U13G LJ: 2 C Gill 4.51 SP: 2 T
Breen 9.40 DT: 2 T Breen 25.33
Phil Addyman won the Bellingham Show Fell Race (28th Aug) in 31mins
6secs. Alison Raw won the Ladies' race (35:13) from Karen Robertson (35:24).
The Ossy Oaks Fell Race in North Yorks (24th Aug) was won by Paul Lowe
(56:43), with Alison Raw the first lady (63:41).
All info courtesy of AW.
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Morpeth Herald Report
(for 2nd Sept).
Morpeth Harriers performed well at the recent Gateshead Centenary Tartan
Games. Julia Straker won the Senior Triple Jump with a leap of 11.96m.
Ben Jones won the Under 17 Discus, with a throw of 25.07m and finished
2nd in the High Jump, with a leap of 1.50m. Elaine Telford ran well to
take 3rd place in the Senior 100m, clocking 12.90secs, behind the strong
Gateshead pair of Titi Ameobi and Victoria Carmichael. North Eastern Under
13 100m sprint champion, Sally Briggs, had a day of mixed fortunes, finishing
4th in her main event (13.95) and 2nd in the Long Jump (4.46m), behind
the visiting Sale athlete, Lisa Sabel. She was also 3rd in the 800m (2:37.77).
At time of writing, only a limited amount of results, were available.
Walter Ryder travelled down from Scotland, to win the Veterans-North
East 10000m title at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Running in the M65 category,
Walter clocked a time of 39mins 46.2secs, easily defeating National 1500m
and 5000m champion, Ian Barnes of Darlington.
Local races on Sunday, include the Michael Page Memorial Multi Terrain,
at Hetton Lyons Country Park and the Ray Harrison Memorial 10km at Billingham,
both events starting at 11.00am.
Additional Comments: All used apart from pre-race info. George P is
going on holiday to Greece. Had not got full resullts of Tartan Games,
which is why some performances may be missing. As all events are held in
August, I have included in this section of site.
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Gateshead Harriers Centenary Tartan Games.
International Stadium. Sat. 28th Aug.
The cool breezy conditions affected track performances at Saturday's
11th Tartan Games, at Gateshead International Stadium, but there were still
a number of meeting records.
Rebecca Pottinger of Birtley, who missed the early part of the season
through injury, added 4 cms to the Under 15 High Jump record. Rebecca,
who recently won the Northern Inter Counties' title, cleared 1.61m. North
Eastern and Northern champion, Stacey Mohamed of Jarrow and Hebburn, bettered
the previous best figures in the Senior Javelin, by 66cms. A.A.A champion,
Yusuf Aliu of Middlesbrough, easily won the Under 15 100m, taking nine-hundredths
of a second off the old record. Like most sprinters. the English Schools
runner-up, had to contend with a slight headwind. Runner-up, Anthony Hall
of Jarrow and Hebburn, gained impressive victories in the 200m and Triple
Jump. Daniel Ghundoo of Darlington shaved a hundredth-of-a-second off the
old figures, in the Under 17 100m Hurdles. Former Jarrow athlete, Adam
Rogers, now running in the Sale colours, gained a sprint double in the
Senior age-group. John Taylor from Middlesbrough, still in the Under 17
age-group, easily won the Senior 800m.
English Schools and A.A.A High Jump champion, Emma Morris of South
Shields, won her speciality event and also won the Under 20 sprint Hurdles,
in a personal best time. Gateshead athletes, Titi Ameobi (sprints) and
Leah Weatheritt (Shot and Hammer) gained double victories in the Senior
age-group. Sam Coleby of Durham, recent winner of the Northern Pentathlon,
comfortably won the Under 15 800m and took second place in the High Jump,
bettering her previous best figures, by 1cm. Steph Hopkinson of Birtley
won the Shot and Discus, in the same age-group.
Results.
Senior Men: 100 (+0.1): 1 A Rogers (Sale) 11.08; 2 B Geddes (Gate)
11.23; 3 C Weitz (Bord) 11.31 200 (+1.5): 1 A Rogers 22.0 800:
1 J Taylor (M'bro, U17) 1:57.4 B: 1 T Thompson (Bord) 1:58.50
3000: M Middleton (M'bro) 9:24.16 PV: 1 M Christie (Sale) 4.75; 2
D Graham (Edin) 4.00; 3 J Stacey (Gate, U20) 3.20 HJ: 1 C Jefferson
(Gate, U20) 1.70 LJ: 1 J Ritchie (Edin) 6.58; 2 G Jackson (NEB, U20)
6.42; 3 C Jefferson 6.16 TJ: 1 G Jackson 14.36; 2 C Jefferson 13.39;
3 A Babatunde (M'bro, U20) 12.86 DT: 1 L Richards (M'bro, U20) 49.16;
2 M Allison (Leeds C) 41.47; 3 A Banjwa (M'bro) 40.12 HT: 1 D Maggs
(Gate, M45) 37.02; 2 J Wild (R&Z, M50) 36.50 JT: 1 I Burns (Gate)
61.81
Under 20 Men: 100 (-1.3): 1 J Baines (M'bro) 11.15
200 (+1.0): 1 J Baines 22.93 110H: 1 A Sturrock (Gate) 16.07; 2 J
Stacey 16.10
Under 17 Men: 100 (-0.4): 1 B Wilson (M'bro) 11.40; 2 L McElwee
(M'bro) 11.70 200 (-1.1): 1 J Sinclair (Tyne) 24.1 800: 1 S
Watson (Gate) 2:04.66; 2 M Docherty (Gate) 2:05.70; 3 B Knighton (Gate)
2:06.48 100H (+0.6): 1 D Ghundoo (Darl) 14.29 (rec) HJ: 1 W
Pike (Gate) 1.75; 2 S Stanislaus (Shil) 1.70 PV: 1 T Wagner (Leeds
C) 3.10; 2 G Heppell (H&P) 3.00 LJ: 1 P Allen (H&P) 6.09
TJ: 1 S Stanislaus 12.86; 2 D Blackett (Gate) 12.62; 3 D Ghundoo 11.88
SP: 1 S Allan (Leeds C) 14.13 DT: 1 A Riley (Blay) 32.94 HT:
1 D Barratt (Gate) 35.40 JT: 1 S Allan 51.53; 2 N Forrest (Rown)
49.43; 3 D Barratt 46.20
Under 15 Boys:: 100 (-0.8): 1 Y Aliu (M'bro) 11.41 (rec); 2 A Hall
(J&H) 11.86; 3 M Mullins (NSP) 11.96 200 (-1.6): 1 A Hall 24.2;
2 D Cryer (CleS) 25.2; 3 J Summers (Gate) 25.5
800: 1 K Thompson (Shil) 2:12.53; 2 T Perrins (Gate) 2:13.92; 3 R Cunningham
(Birt) 2:14.50 80H: 1 C Tomlinson (M'bro) 12.61; 2 D Hubbard (Gate)
12.87 PV: 1 T Perrins 2.20 HJ: 1 B Elgie (M'bro) 1.55
LJ: 1 J Corrigan (M'bro) 5.45; 2 I Purkis (Gate) 5.43; 3 C Tomlinson 5.29
TJ: 1 A Hall 11.81; 2 D Hubbard 11.60 SP: 1 D Hubbard 12.46
DT: 1 B Jones (Morp) 25.07
Under 13 Boys: 100 (+0.2): 1 C Stewart (Tyne) 12.98; 2 P Jefferson
(Darl) 13.81 In ht: J Dowson (Gate) 13.1 200 (-0.6): 1 P Jefferson
28.9 800: 1 J Robson (Gate) 2:31.09 PV: 1 T Parkin (Gate)
2.20 LJ: 1 S Blackett (CleS) 3.99
Under 11 Boys: 60 (+1.8): 1 M Wagner (Carn) 8.7; 2 C Hadley (unatt)
8.7
Senior Women: 100 (+2.3): 1 T Ameobi (Gate) 12.33; 2 V Carmichael
(Gate) 12.58; 3 E Telford (Morp) 12.90 200 (+0.8): 1 T Ameobi 25.7;
2 V Carmichael 25.8; 3 E Morris (SSh, U20) 26.2 3000: A Hunter (J&H)
10:57.29 100H (+0.6): 1 E Morris 14.35; 2 S Flint (KuHull) 15.41;
3 R Abbs (Dur, U20) 15.61 HJ: 1 E Morris 1.70 LJ: 1 R Abbs
5.08 TJ: 1 J Straker (Morp) 11.96; 2 S Evans (Gate, U20) 10.82
SP: 1 L Weatheritt (Gate) 10.87 HT: 1 L Weatheritt 43.40; 2 J Wheatman
(Scar) 37.04; 3 E Foster (Gate) 32.43 JT: 1 S Mohamed (J&H) 38.54
(rec); 2 L Weatheritt 30.73
Under 17 Women: 100 (+3.7): 1 K Thomas (Gate) 12.42; 2 K Kelsall
(Gate) 13.02; 3 A Dopierala (Gate) 13.19 200 (-1.4): 1 J Graham
(NSP) 26.1; 2 K Thomas 26.3; 3 L McMichael (CleS) 26.5 800: 1 S Duffy
(Gate) 2:25.8; 2 M Ferrier (Gate) 2:25.9 80H: 1 L McMichael
13.50; 2 S Duffy 14.14 HJ: 1 A Welford (unatt) 1.60 LJ: 1 K
Kelsall 4.89 TJ: 1 L Teasdale (Wake) 10.10; 2 S De la Hunt (Gate)
10.06; 3 J Wilkinson (Gate) 10.05 SP: 1 K Hutton (Blay) 10.78; 2
V Young (Gate) 9.76 DT: 1 A Maddison (Gate) 34.98; 2 K Hutton 30.92;
3 S Dodd (Els) 29.52 HT: 1 C Williams (Carm) 37.32 (rec); 2 E Gilbert
(Scun) 33.21; 3 K Wilson (Birt) 31.11 JT: 1 H Conroy (M'bro) 32.11
Under 15 Girls: 100 (+0.9): 1 L Welsh (Gate) 13.09; 2 L Dewdney
(Gate) 13.17 (13.1ht); 3 N Pearson (H&P) 13.21 (13.1ht) 200 (-1.6)):
1 S Broadway (R&Z) 27.8; 2 V Holmes (Gate) 27.9 800: 1 S Coleby
(Dur) 2:27.10; 2 S-K Crowell (J&H) 2:28.21; 3 A Tomen (Gosf) 2:29.67
75H: 1 L Dewdney 12.04; 2 L Rigby (Rown) 12.1 B (+0.8): 1 C Vaughan
(Carm) 12.13 HJ: 1 R Pottinger (Birt) 1.61 (rec); 2 S Coleby 1.55;
3 T Kennedy (Darl) 1.50 LJ: 1 N Pearson 4.83; 2 T Kennedy 4.58
SP: 1 S Hopkinson (Birt) 9.71; 2 A Robinson (Gate) 8.90 DT: 1 S Hopkinson
29.52; 2 P Maddison (Gate) 26.65; 3 A Robinson 23.16 JT: 1
L Johnston (R&Z) 29.80
Under 13 Girls: 100 (+1.5): 1 L Sabel (Sale) 13.36; 2 C Gray
(Dur) 13.58 200 (-1.6): 1 L Sabel 28.1; 2 J Hudson (Gate) 28.8
800: 1 J Hudson 2:34.76; 2 K Avery (Shil) 2:35.39; 3 S Briggs (Morp) 2:37.77
LJ: 1 L Sabel 4.71 (rec); 2 S Briggs 4.46; 3 J Hudson 4.24
Under 11 Girls: 60 (-0.6): J Read (unatt) 8.9
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited and in "Sports Shorts".
Probably due to extensive Olympic coverage. Weather dry, sunny later on,
but wind changing direction at regular intervals. Meeting finished at 5.30pm.
However only Field events (thanks to George and Audrey for these), and
half of Male results were available at this time. Luckily, I had copies
of judges/timekeepers result slips and seeding sheets, which meant I could
fill missing gaps. This did take some time however, and apologies if any
errors (there is usually some at this meeting). Also incorporated was a
disabled Grand Prix meeting, and I understand their Field events, were
1hr 40mins behind, after just three hours.
Special mention to Lisa Sabel, who gained an excellent treble and Jenny
Hudson, who gained a shock victory in the U13 800m, coming with a late
run to pass long-time leader, Kate Avery. Jenny was also 2nd in 200m and
Long Jump. Again a poor turn-out in Senior 200m final. Only 3 runners turned
up, after qualifying from 3 heats. Some "dubious" seeding saw Ricky Stevenson
easily win "B" U17 800m in 2:07. Cable broke causing photo finish not to
work, in last set of finals (not used in heats). Some sprints did not seem
to have a wind reading.
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Veterans A.A - North East Championships.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Wed. 25th Aug.
10000: M40: 1 M Jones (SSh) 35:04.7; 2 P Redman (Sun) 36:57.3
M45: 1 P Merrison (Walls) 34:47.9 M50: 1 T McPhail (Walls) 37:05.3;
2 G Pemberton (NE Vets) 38:46.6 M55: 1 H Matthews (Els) 36:23.9
M60: 1 R Wilson (Sun) 40:52.6 M65: 1 W Ryder (Morp) 39:46.2; 2 I
Barnes (Darl) 41:27.4
5000: M70: 1 E Appleby (Heat) 22:14.1 M75: 1 J Caddy (M&C)
27:02.2 M80: 1 J Johnston (NE Vets) 33:55.0 W35: 1 Y Thiru
(Gosf) 20:05.0 W40: 1 J Battersby (Elv) 19:20.2; 2 L Marr (Tyne)
20:04.2; 3 H Morris (NSP) 21:05.3 W55: 1 P Gold (Heat) 23:00.3
W60: 1 C Lee (Gosf) 21:38.2
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Only results sent due to time lapse. Weather getting
quite chilly, showery and strong breeze blowing. 13 runners in 10km and
11 in 5km. Anita Nott dropped out in latter. Eric A clocked 13:15 at 3km.
Halfway time for leaders (Merrison and Jones) in 10km was 17:25. Merrison
led early on but was caught and passed for a while, by Jones. Merrison
dropped rival with 8 laps remaining. Dave Whitmore was 3rd M65 (48:12.6).
Ted Joynson was 2nd M80 (39:12.3). He was lapped by JJ. Ted even held start
of race up, by not being on starting line, on time. Absentees (both went
to "Newcastle 2 Norwich 2" match) included Reg Checkley and Allen Mulliss.
Denis Field was unable to hold his throwing events. Stadium would not let
him, for some reason.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 22nd Aug).
There were a few North East competitors at the Inter Area Under 20
match at Ipswich (22nd Aug). The North finished 3rd. Selected Results were
(all North): 1500: 3 C Lamb 4:02.79 400H: 3 K Flannery 54.56
TJ: 3 G Jackson 14.43 SP: 5 C Sturrock 15.42 W3000: 3 C Rodham
10:18.08 TJ: 5 S Evans 10.59 HT: 3 K Wilson (only a first year
U17) 35.37
Peter Kiprotich (Kenya) won the Great Scottish Run at Glasgow (22nd
Aug) in 61mins 49secs. Peter Embleton was first M50 (73:16) finishing in
31st position. Close beind was Ian Twaddle (34th in 74:05). Stephen Hepples
repeated his 2003 victory in the Open 10km (30:48). Ian Fisher was 2nd
in 32:03.
In the Great Langdale Half Marathon in Cumbria (22nd Aug), Steve Littler
was the winner (78:34) with Alisdair Tatham 3rd (82:29) (obviously a hard
course). Jimmy Bell was leading M55 (87:26).
The Tees Forest Multi Terrain event on 19th Aug, was won by J Skidmore
(NYM) in 16mins 47secs. A Hardy (Hart) finished 2nd (16:56). Louise Trainor
won Womens' race (19:15) from Susan Milburn (20:28).
Emily Pidgeon attempted the 2000mSt at Poole (18th Aug) and clocked
7mins:22.8secs, a National U17 record.
Chris Lamb was a surprise winner of the North of England Under 20 3000m
championship, at Trafford (17th Aug). He clocked 8mins 28.0secs, ousprinting
the almost invincible Mark Buckingham (8:29.4). In the Womens' race, Chloe
Rodham finished 3rd (10:17.0), and Julia Orr 4th (10:27.9) behind Liverpool's
Rachel Thompson (10:00.0). According to Chris Lamb's "grandad", it was
very windy. In the BMC events, Michael Colthard won the 800m (1:49.28)
(he is at last regaining the form of 3/4 years ago), with James Minter
3rd (1:50.85), Kieran Flannery 4th (1:51.27) (a pb surely) and Matthew
Nicholson 6th (1:52.88). Andrew Piggford was 6th in B race (1:55.66) and
Tom Settle clocked 4mins 1.3secs, when finishing 6th in 1500m.
All info courtesy of AW.
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Gateshead International Combined Events Meeting.
Sat/Sun. 21st/22nd Aug.
Results.
Under 15 Boys: Pentathon (80H, LJ, SP, HJ, 800) (all NoEAA): 1 J Heaton
(Leeds) 2444; 2 B Sykes (Spen) 2384; 3 R Kiggins (Amb V) 2301 NECAA:
1 D Brown (Dur Sch) 1811 (13.67, 4.54, 7.54, 1.50, 2:38.24)
Women: World Double Heptathlon (100H, HJ, 1500, 400H, SP, 200, 100,
LJ, 400, JT, 800, 200H, DT, 3000):
1 V Haswell (J&H) 6951 (17.18, 1.54, 5:31.5, 72.90, 7.86, 28.54,
14.14, 4.56, 65.48, 24.26, 2:42.97, 33.69, 15.32, 13:03.78)
Under 20: 1 K Rodmell (Bord) 7878 (17.79, 1.39, 5:04.8, 68.79, 8.32,
27.52, 13.51, 4.82, 62.25, 22.00, 2:28.54, 32.13, 20.44, 11:29.78)
Open Decathlon (100, LJ, SP, HJ, 400, 100H, DT, PV, JT, 1500): 1 C
Lannon (Sale, U20) 6030 (British Junior rec) (13.01, 5.24, 10.19, 1.62,
59.58, 15.53, 27.03, 2.40, 26.81, 5:24.0)
Under 15 Girls: Pentathlon (75H, LJ, SP, HJ, 800): 1 S Coleby (Dur)
2948 (11.86, 5.00, 7.62, 1.54, 2:32.86); 2 C Vaughan (Carm) 2654; 3 H Pickles
(Bing) 2567
NoEAA: 1 Coleby; 2 Pickles; 3 R Ingham (Pres) 2380 NECAA: 1 Coleby;
2 A Fleming (N Ayc) 2253; 3 A Ramsey (SSh) 2041 :
Sprint Triathlon (100, 200, 400): Senior: N Wiscombe (J&H) (11.44,
23.27) dnf
Under 15 Boys: P Thomas (J&H) 1453 (12.24, 24.5, 54.60)
Senior Women: M Barclay (M'bro, U20) 2250 (12.64, 26.0, 60.65)
Under 17 Women (100, 200, 300): K Thomas (Gate) 2183 (12.59, 26.4,
43.3)
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Results of Senior Double Decathlon not available
yet. Will add eventually. Due to late finish, these available results sent
a week late.
Footnote: The final results of the Double Decathlon (courtesy
of AW 8th Sept) were:
1 S Meinecho (USA) 12784 (11.7, 6.70, 26.51, 12.13, 17:55.99, 2:06.89,
1.91, 51.97, 32.58, 11:06.49, 16.45, 36.85, 24.29, 4.00, 10:19.57, 57.27,
49.22, 4;55.38, 13.40, 45:48.53); 2 D Purdon (Aus) 11924; 3 M Engels (Neth)
11852; 4 P Coates 10551 (12.30, 5.65, 28.7, 8.8, 17:47.33, 2:08.83, 1.67,
54.69, 28.01, 11:07.84, 18.39, 30.09, 24.85, 3.20, 10:19.45, 1.32, 33.39,
4:57.38, 12.02, 45:48.78).
Congratulations to Peter Coates who was first Briton.
U20: 1 R Ingham (GB) 10858; 5 D Jordan 853 (3.40 PV).
M40: 1 A Waddington (GB) 11489
M50: 4 J Loughran 8159 (2.80 PV) (winning score: 13109).
Weather mainly dry with some showers, but little wind, Saturday. Drier,
cooler and a lot more breezy Sunday. Meeting started at 9.00am both days,
and it was 9.40pm finish Saturday, and, I understand, 11.30pm. Sunday,
when last 10000m runner finished. I left at 10.40pm, after first eleven
runners including Peter Coates (45mins +) had completed . There was a previous
10000m, where all runners broke 60mins. Coates, John Laughran and Dale
Jordan, were the only North East entries, from the 46 competitors. There
was a young "Ted Joynson" taking part (called Sam, with 30:05 5000m), but
he pulled out with three events remaining, after injuring himself in Javelin.
Only 7 competed in Womens` event, with Jacqui Elliott dropping out through
injury after Day 1. She was lying 2nd (first Senior) and her performances
were: 20.89, 1.30, 5:08.5, 71.38, 8.10 and 28.61.
Sam Coleby set pb's in both Jumps and in competition, going to 3rd
spot in UK rankings. Amy Fleming finished 6th, Alice Ramsey 7th, Lauren
Dewdney 8th (1999pts inc. 11.88 75H), and Eleanor Murray 12th (1645). Only
6 in Boys, but 12 in Girls' Pentathlon (of course male event clashed with
Inter Counties !). Impressive performance from Catha Lannon. Mens' Decathlon
was mainly made of those, only competing in selected events. Won by Ashley
Pritchard (Macclesfield) (5873 pts). Congratulations to Richard Hunter
(off to Athens the next day) and Sophie Dewell for their efforts, and of
course Brenda J and sister in results room.
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North of England Inter County Championships.
Cudworth nr Barnsley. Sat. 21st Aug.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 100: 3 T Ward (Cumb) 11.03 200: 2 J Baines (NE) 22.50;
3 T Ward 22.52 110H: 3 S Nyananyo (NE) 15.51 400H: 1 K Flannery
(NE) 56.68 HJ: 2 J Stacey (NE) 1.90 LJ: 2 S Nyananyo
7.04 TJ: 1 C Jefferson (NE) 17.76 SP: 2 P Reed (NE) 14.99
DT: 2 P Reed 48.34 JT: 2 I Burns (NE) 57.93
Team: 1 North East 113
Under 17 Men: 400: 1 D Ellis (NE) 52.22 800: 1 A Lagan (Yorks)
1:57.69 1500: 1 J Taylor (NE) 4:06.58 3000: 1 A Duffield (Yorks)
9:08.33 100H: 2 D Ghundoo (NE) 14.18 TJ: 2 D Blackett (NE)
13.00 HT: 1 D Barrett (NE) 39.90
Team: 1 Yorkshire 90; 4 North East 73
Under 15 Boys: 100: 2 M Mullins (NE) 11.94 1500: 3 K Thompson
(NE) 4:30.47 HJ: 1 P Collins (NE) 1.88 LJ: 2 J Corrigan (NE)
5.88 SP: 3 D Hubbard (NE) 11.93 JT: 1 S Reynolds (NE) 43.53
Team: 1 North East 62
Senior Women: 400: 3 S Hart (NE) 60.40 3000: 2 Not known 9:46.45
100H: 2 R Abbs (NE) 15.44 PV: 2 R Fairless (NE) 3.00 LJ: 3
R Abbs 5.43 SP: 1 L Weatheritt (NE) 11.24 HT: 3 L Weatheritt
35.44 JT: 1 S Mohamed (NE) 39.91
Team: 1 Yorkshire 112; 2 North East 92
Under 17 Women: 200: 2 J Graham (NE) 26.12 3000: 1 M Ferrier
(NE) 10:52.20 PV: 2 S Scott (NE) 2.50 SP: 2 K Hutton (NE) 10.62
DT: 3 A Maddison (NE) 32.38 JT: 2 H Conroy (NE) 31.43
Team: 1 Yorkshire 111; 3 North East 75
Under 15 Girls: 1500: 1 A Wheatman (Yorks) 4:56.11 HJ: 1 R Pottinger
(NE) 1.55
Team: 1 Yorkshire 75; 6 North East 37
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Could not get results over weekend, so sent in
a week late. Most info courtesy of AW. Congratulations to winners. Did
not look full programme at U15 level. There were one or two disappointing
performances, that I will not mention. Looks like North East were top male
team, but no better than third in Womens' section (behind Yorks and Lancs).
Late News (AW 2nd Sept): Johanna Jackson won Senior 5km Walk in 24mins
43.68 secs. Congratulations to her.
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North Eastern Athletics League.
Gateshead International Stadium. Wed. 18th Aug.
Gateshead won the Mens' Trophy for the 4th successive year and retained
the Womens' Trophy, after the final league meeting, at the International
Stadium.
Results.
Senior Men: 200: G Massingham (Sun) 24.0 400: 1 G Massingham
50.2; 2 T Patton (Gate, U20) 50.2; 3 B Walpole (Gate, U20) 50.7 3000:
1 R McLeod (Els, U20) 8:28.2; 2 R Stephenson (NSP, U20) 8:38.3; 3 D Samuels
(Morp) 8:40.2 PV (abandoned): 1 J Stacey (Gate, U20) 2.50; 2 J Loughran
(Gosf, M50) 2.50 SP: 1 P Reed (Morp) 15.06; 2 C Sturrock (Gate, U20)
14.43
Under 17 Men: 200: J Sinclair (Tyne) 24.5 400: A Spoor
(Sun) 55.0 3000: B Knighton (Gate) 9:39.5 PV (abandoned): R
Dixon (Morp) 2.50 LJ: P Allen (H&P) 6.10
Under 15 Boys: 200: 1 A Hall (J&) 24.4; 2 P Thomas (J&H)
24.7 400: M Donnelly (Els) 58.6 800: K Thompson (Shil) 2:09.9
PV: G Howard (Gate) 2.30
Under 13 Boys: 200: J Dowson (Gate) 29.7 800: J Robson
Gate) 2:33.5
Senior Women: 200: N Youden (Gate) 27.2 400: 1 V
Carmichael (Gate) 59.8; 2 S Youden (Gate) 61.3 3000: 1 D Watts (Morp,
U20) 10:41.7; 2 J Battersby (unatt, W40) 10:49.0 LJ: J Elliott (Blay)
4.80 SP: L Tucker (Blay, U20) 10.94
Under 17 Women: 300: L Cowell (Sun) 42.6 3000: N Miller (Sun)
11:56.6 LJ: M Bratton (SSh) 4.53 SP: 1 K Hutton (Blay) 11.09;
2 K Wilson (Birt) 10.37
Under 15 Girls: 200: R Davidson (Gate) 27.9 800: 1 E Spoor (Sun)
2:29.9; 2 S-K Crowell (J&H) 2:30.6 PV: S Scott (Gate) 2.70
SP: 1 S Hopkinson (Birt) 9.79; 2 T Breen (Black B, U13) 8.70
Under 13 Girls: 200: S Briggs (Morp) 29.1 800: E Winter (J&H)
2:34.0
Final League Placings:
Men: 1 Gateshead 395; 2 Morpeth 217.5; 3 Jarrow and Hebburn 96; 4 Gosforth
82; 5 Sunderland 79; 6 Houghton and Peterlee 59.5
Women: 1 Gateshead 224; 2 Morpeth 171.5; 3 South Shields 164; 4 Jarrow
and Hebburn 128.5; 5 Sunderland 75.5; 6 Blaydon 67
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd August 2004).
Additional Comments: Little bit of info used. Meeting delayed 15mins
due to traffic congestion. Dry at start, but during U15 Girls 200m, electric
storms came and programme stopped for 30mins. Would have been abandoned
if bad weather continued for another 15mins. Due to flloodlight problems,
many remaining events combined, with last race (U15 B/G 800m) ran almost
in darkness. Pole Vault was concluded early and some field events cancelled.
Despite the wet conditions the Shot performances were good. Sturrock set
pb. Difficulty working out seperate results for combined races, and final
League results not ready on night (thanks to GP for these). Other results
included: 3000: 4 R Kay 8:47.8; 5 N Shrubb 8:55.1 (a pb?); 6 Terry Wall
8:55.4 (returning to competition after injury, and watched by coach JA).
MoM awards likely to go to Kirsty Hutton and a choice between Sturrock,
Hall and Thompson.
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Jarrow and Hebburn Riverside 6 Road Race.
Tues. 17th Aug.
Simon O'Donnell of Chester Le Street narrowly won the Jarrow Riverside
Run, holding off the strong challenge of Steve Potts, who led Sunderland
to the team title. Because of ongoing works, the normal tough course was
shortened by 160m. Rob Walker of North Shields Poly took third place
Hannah Wootton of Newcastle University was the first lady, finishing 22nd
in the record field of 220 runners. Sunderland's Michelle Holt took 2nd
place, with three times-winner Claire Smallwood of Jarrow and Hebburn finishing
third. The host club won the team event for the 4th successive year.
Result. Distance: 5.9M.
1 S O'Donnell (CleS) 32:00; 2 S Potts (Sun) 32:03; 3 R Walker (NSP)
32:44; 4 M Wilson (J&H, U20) 32:54; 5 W Gilroy (Morp, M40) 32:56; 6
G Lancaster (Sun) 33:14; 7 N Armsworth (Morp) 33:15; 8 M Donkin (Sun) 33:18;
9 P Besford (Gate) 33:41; 10 I Waterhouse (Els) 33:43; 11 P Given (unatt)
33:54; 12 S Gray (unatt) 34:09
Further Veterans: M45: P Morgan (SSh) 34:44 M50: C Dentice (Morp)
35:28 M55: J Frazer (Blyth) 39:01 M60: H Gold (Heat) 40:57
M65: R Moore (Tyne) 43:56 M70: E Appleby (Heat) 46:18
Teams: 1 Sunderland 16; 2 Morpeth 31; 3 Wallsend 41
Women: 1 H Wootton (Newc U) 35:19; 2 M Holt (Sun) 36:31; 3 C Smallwood
(J&H) 36:42; 4 A Hunter (J&H) 38:37; 5 A Onsia (J&H) 39:44;
6 D Elliott (CleS, W45) 40:25; 7 V Booth (Sun) 40:50; 8 H Ross (unatt,
W45) 41:28; 9 C Horsfield (Conc, W40) 41:38; 10 J Young (Heat) 42:06
W35: D Todd (Sun S) 43:42 W50: A Potts (Blyth) 42:14 W55:
P Gold (Heat) 47:04 U20: C Gilmore (Gate) 45:26
Teams: 1 Jarrow and Hebburn 12; 2 Heaton 35; 3 Sunderland 35
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 19th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Sent a day late due to late finish. Not used. Will
resubmit results for Monday (23rd). 221 finishers (last time: 73:21). Fine
dry evening. Quite warm. Apparently slight change of course, meant it was
more difficult with extra hill. Not sure how race went, but looks like
O'Donnell just did enough to win. Angela was still recovering from 200M
Bike Ride, the previous weekend. Personalities taking part included: 28
Mark Slesser (2003 winner) 36:00; 37 Vince Wilson 36:47; 108 Tony Ward
41:57 (2nd M60); 172 Dave Whitmore 47:43; 182 Ray Laverick 49:03. David
Tait dropped out due to a fall.
Heaton fielded 12 athletes: Performances were: 17 John Moore 35:01;
78 Scott McEntee 40:25; 80 Par Bhogal 40:30; 89 Howard Gold; 110 Allen
Mulliss 42:05; 111 Janet Young; 123 Dave Wright 43:13; 127 Susan Auld 43:26
(13L); 133 Jenny Friend 43:44 (15L); 153 Pauline Leslie 45:46 (21L) (2nd
W50); 157 Eric Appleby; 162 Pam Gold
Male Team: 11th.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 15th Aug).
It was a good day for the Deacons at the Scottish Championships, at
Scotstoun (14th/15th Aug). Jared won the 400m and Susan won the 100m and
200m. Claire Moore-Griss took the Discus title, and Kate Ritchie was successful
in the Javelin.
Selected Results: 100: 1 I Mackie 10.43; 4 T Ward 10.91 200:
4 T Ward 21.97 400: 1 J Deacon 46.96 800: 1 N Dougal 1:48.57;
3 G Massingham 1:51.31 HJ: 5 J Stacey 1.90 SP: 1 N Elliott
16.22 HT: 3 D Little 55.88 JT: 3 L Doran 60.84; 4 I Burns 59.34
W100: 1 S Deacon 11.62 200: 1 S Deacon 23.82 1500: 1 S
Scott 4:17.04; 4 C Robson 4:32.51 (also 2:13.86 800 ht) 5000: 1 C
Fagan 16:39.22; 3 M McDonnell 16:52.27 100H: 5 E Morris 14.61
HJ: 4 E Morris 1.75 LJ: 4 R Irving 5.44; 5 E Smith 5.32 DT:
1 C Moore-Griss 49.74 JT: 1 K Ritchie 36.06
The Baltic Square Pole Vault took place on 14th Aug (received no advance
info on this). Janine Whitlock returned to competition.
Leading Results were: Senior: 1 P Simpson (Bir) 5.01; 2 M Christie
5.01 U17: 1 J Stacey 3.50; 2 R Dixon 3.20 Veteran: 1 R Hunter
3.35 (I am sure he is not a vet yet); 2 J Loughran (M50) 2.70 Women:
1 K Dennison (CoStoke) 3.85; 2 J Whitlock (Tr) 3.75 U15: 1 S Scott
2.70
Andy Caine won the Sale Sizzler 5km (12th Aug) in a time of 14mins
49secs, defeating Tom Lancashire by 22secs.
The final tables from the NYSD League (10th Aug) were: Men: 1 Middlesbrough
and Cleveland 117; 2 Billingham Marsh House 115; 3 Darlington 70
Women: 1 Richmond and Zrtland 74; 2 Billingham Marsh House 60; 3 Darlington
58. No individual results were listed.
All info courtesy of AW, where for some reason, result of Heaton WO
Run reappeared.
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New Balance/Running Fitness Auckland Castle
10km Road Race.
Bishop Auckland. Sun. 15th Aug.
Ernest Kimeli, made it six wins out of six for Kenyan athletes, when
gaining an emphatic victory at yesterday's New Balance/Running Fitness
Auckland Castle 10km Road Race. A sedate opening kilometre of 3:07, put
paid to any record times, but the manner of Kimeli's change of pace in
the second half of the race, was eye catching. Kimeli (18), third in this
year's World Junior Cross Championships, was content to run with fellow
countrymen Julius Kimtai (3 times a winner here), and Kipkemoi Katui and
Swiss Ethiopian, Tesfaye Eticha, until the halfway point (14:48), before
opening up a 15m lead in the next kilometre. From 8km to 9km, Kimeli extended
his advantage by another 100m with a 2:41 split, and he came home
33secs clear of Kimtai, with the second 5km covered in a very fast 14mins
8secs. Katui and Eticha came next, followed by the first Briton, Glynn
Tromans, who stayed in contact with the leaders, for 6km. Tromans also
won the incorporated A.A.A of England and Inter Counties' title. He had
already won this year's Inter County Cross Country as well as English National
title. Leading the region's runners home in 7th place, was Steve Hepples,
from Cleveland. Hepples also had the consolation of taking the bronze medal
in the A.A.A and silver in the CAU championship, and leading the North
East team to the silver medals, behind Greater Manchester. He was ably
supported by Mark Hudspith (16th) and Neil Wilkinson (17th), who also (along
with David Swinburne), helped Morpeth to the A.A.A bronze medals. Tom Doughty
of Sunderland was the leading veteran in 35th position.
Natalie Harvey from South London easily won the Womens' race, finishing
in 33rd position in the 650-strong field. The former Australian was never
troubled, passing halfway in 16:12. This was inside course record pace,
but the heat told in the second half of the race, but she still came home
in the fastest time on British roads, this year. Harvey also
had the consolation of leading her club, to the incorporated team title.
Second home was 2002 winner, Miryam Wangari of Kenya, in the same position
she occupied in 2003. Another Kenyan, Monicah Otwori finished 3rd. First
North East athlete was Michelle Holt in 15th place (96th overalll). She
was ably supported by Aiveen Fox (17th) and Judith Nutt (24th), as the
North East took the bronze medals behind Surrey. Durham University student
Olivia Walwyn (14th) helped Norfolk to the silver medals. In the A.A.A
team event, the Newton Aycliffe line-up of Julia Atkinson, Susan Milburn
and Pat Elwood took silver, and the Derwentside squad of Sue Laws, Johanne
Crawford and Carol Greenwood, took bronze.
Result.
1 E Kimeli (Kenya) 28:56; 2 J Kimtai (Kenya) 29:29; 3 K Katui (Kenya)
29:33; 4 T Eticha (Switz) 29:40; 5 G Tromans (Cov G) 29:50; 6 M Smith (Tipt)
30:07; 7 S Hepples (N&EB)30:10; 8 M Tucker (Aust) 30:20; 9 G Raven
(Sale) 30:25; 10 T Abyu (Salf) 30:33; 11 A Jones (Salf) 30:33; 12 D Deed
(Bed) 30:49; 13 M Thompson (Belg) 30:53; 14 D Norman (Alt) 30:56; 15 P
Nicholls 30:59; 16 M Hudspith (Morp) 31:01; 17 N Wilkinson (Morp) 31:05;
18 P Hinch (Tipt) 31:09; 19 D Anderson (Belg) 31:39; 20 S Deakin (Leeds)
31:50; 21 K Tadesse (Belg) 31:53; 22 T Dickinson (Blackhth) 31:53; 23 P
Freary (Belg) 31:56; 24 M Scott (Bord) 32:00; 25 J Walsh (Leam) 32:03
Other placings: 27 D Swinburne (Morp) 32:22; 35 T Doughty (Sun, M40)
33:17; 36 S Bell (CleS) 33:22; 44 J Archer (Low F) 33:48; 50 M Grainger
(Darl, M40) 34:02
Further Veterans: M50: 1 P Embleton (CleS) 34:17; 2 K Archer (Crook)
36:54 M55: 1 M McNally (Els) 36:15; 2 S White (Els) 36:57; 3 Jim
Bell (Els) 37:07 M60: M Relton (NE Vets) 42:53 M65: 1 I Barnes
(Darl) 42:34; 2 F Docherty (J&H) 43:57; 3 R Moore (Tyne) 45:25
M70: 1 E Appleby (Heat) 47:51; 2 W McNeil (Dur) 51:22
Teams: 1 Salford 51; 2 Belgrave 53; 3 Morpeth 60
Women: 1 N Harvey (S Lond) 33:02; 2 M Wangari (Kenya) 33:44; 3 M Otwori
Kenya) 33:56; 4 B Dagne (Belg) 34:24; 5 B Jenkins (Salf) 34:48; 6 D Robinson
(Tipt, W35) 35:35; 7 A Outram (Thames H&H) 36:03; 8 J Keddie (Leeds)
36:42; 9 R Russell (Notts) 36:52; 10 G Greenhaugh (Wood Green) 36:53; 11
L Gardner (Lanc&M) 37:10; 12 R Proctor (Norw) 37:10; 13 S Harris (Valley
S) 37:35; 14 O Walwyn (Norw) 37:52; 15 M Holt (Sun) 37:58; 16 N Nealon
(Hunc, W35) 38:14; 17 A Fox (Morp) 38:18; 18 G O'Connor (S Lond, W35) 38:22;
19 C Evans (S Lond, W40) 38:41; 20 D Sales (Orion) 38:54
Other Placings: 24 J Nutt (Els) 39:53; 26 T Waller (Hart, W35) 40:05;
30 M Czarnecka (CleS) 40:35; 31 L Trainor (Dur) 40:55; 34 J Atkinson (N
Ayc, W35) 41:30
W45: 1 D Elliott (CleS) 42:10; 2 S Milburn (N Ayc) 43:58 W50:
S Laws (Derw) 43:20 W55: S Gibson (Darl) 47:48 W65: 1 K Stewart
(NSP) 49:47; 2 E Armstrong (Tyne) 49:58
Teams: 1 South London 249; 2 Newton Aycliffe 672; 3 Derwentside 980
A.A.A Champs: Men: 1 Tromans; 2 Smith; 3 Hepples Teams: 1 Salford;
2 Belgrave; 3 Morpeth Women: 1 Harvey; 2 Dagne; 3 Jenkins Teams;
1 South London; 2 Newton Aycliffe' 3 Derwentside
CAU Champs: Men: 1 Tromans; 2 Hepples; 3 Raven Teams: 1
Greater Manchester 30; 2 North East 40; 3 Warwickshire 56
Women: 1 Robinson; 2 Outram; 3 Russell Teams: 1 Surrey
319; 2 Norfolk 327; 3 North East 332
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 16th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Most of info used, though preceded by article on
Jared Deacon (see forthcoming Weekly Round -up), which was not written
by me. Since found out that P Nicholls competes for Tipton, which places
them first team (though nothing said at presentation). Also some of Norwich
county runners were not listed as "City Of", which puts them as 2nd A.A.A
womens' team. 643 finishers (joint last time: 73:32). I think this is a
record. Thanks go to Mrs Waugh and assistant for results. Weather very
humid on course, which affected times. A lot cooler in Castle grounds.
Km splits were: 3:07, 5:57, 8:51, 11:45, 14:48, 17:47, 20:39, 23:20, 26:05.
Surprised Womens' teams were worked on overall positions, but as it happens
it made no difference. Not sure if Harvey's time is pb, so did not refer.
Apparently, there were "problems" with Inter County results, so could be
subject to change. If Robinson did win title, what county did she compete
for ?
Celebrity competitors included: 354 M Stephenson 49:03; 378 D Whitmore
49:36; 502 R Laverick 55:17 (3rd M70) (had not been well lately).
Heaton fielded 4 competitors: 238 Allen Mulliss 44:45; 314 David Wright
47:30; 324 Eric Appleby; 610 George Routledge 65:54. They were 29th team.
Congratulations to Max Coleby and team for another excellent event.
Also to Ian Bloomfield who took over from Kevin Archer, as timekeeper's
recorder. Kevin has now moved south, but this time ran race (see results).
The A.A.A Championship is likely to return.
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A.A.A Under 17/15 Championships.
Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Sat/Sun 14th/15th Aug.
The North East gained two gold medals at the A.A.A Youth Championships,
at Birmingham. Gateshead's Philip Collins won the Under 15 High Jump, adding
to his English Schools' title, in Gateshead, last month. Middlesbrough's
Yusuf Aliu, went one better than in Gateshead, to win the Under 15 100m.
Clubmate, Scott Henderson, took the silver medal in the Under 17 400m Hurdles.
Selected Results.
Under 17 Men: 800: 1 M Mitchell (Forf) 1:50.90; 5 A Lagan (M'bro)
1:56.16 1500: 1 K Ganson (Bel) 3:56.34; 4 J Taylor (M'bro) 3:58.71
400H: 1 A Howell (Harr) 54.54; 2 S Henderson (M'bro) 55.41 LJ: 1
O McNeillis (Hales) 7.50; 6 L Robson (Gate) 6.51
Under 15 Boys: 100: 1 Y Aliu (M'bro) 11.34 HJ: 1 P Collins
(Gate) 1.90
Under 17 Women: PV: 1 K Skinner (Falk) 3.65; 7 S Scott (Gate, U15)
3.00 DT: 1 E Francis (Leics) 41.27; 6 A Maddison (Gate) 34.86
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd August 2004).
Additional Comments: Early results courtesy of Glynn Williams. Extracted
from AW. Congratulations to medal winners. Lewis Robson also competed in
100m and Shot. He may have struggled to win 400m, where winner was clocked
a fraction outside 47secs.
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City of Sunderland Sport in Parks Race.
Hetton Lyons Country Park. Wed. 11th Aug.
Morpeth Harrier, Neil Wilkinson gained a comfortable victory in the
final race of the Sunderland Sport in Parks Summer Series, at Hetton Lyons
Country Park, last night. Due to having to avoid the flooding on parts
of the normal route, the course was slightly extended. After a leisurely
first lap, due probably to the foggy conditions, Wilkinson (8:00) dropped
his two main rivals, Tom Doughty and Steve Potts of Sunderland, on the
second circuit. The current North Eastern Cross Country and 10km Road champion,
will have his next race in Sunday's Auckland Castle 10km, when he represents
the North East in the incorporated Inter Counties Championship. Dianne
Henaghan of Chester Le Street, having her second race, on her return to
competition, easily won the Womens' race. Running at very even pace (8:53
at halfway), Henaghan came home with 27secs to spare over Michelle Holt
of Sunderland, with Durham-based Bingley Harrier, Meryl Dodd in third place.
Result. Distance 5km.
1 N Wilkinson (Morp) 15:38; 2 T Doughty (Sun, M40) 15:46; 3 S Potts
(Sun) 16:02; 4 G Lancaster (Sun) 16:40; 5 A Roberts (CleS) 16:47; 6 R Rush
(Sun, M40) 16:51; 7 D Ellis (Sun, M40) 16:52; 8 Mark McLeod (Els) 17:14
M50: G Pemberton (NE Vets) 18:28 M60: R Wilson (Sun) 19:22
Women: 1 D Henaghan (CleS, W35) 17:48; 2 M Holt (Sun) 18:15; 3 M Dodd
(Bing, W35) 18:31; 4 K Waugh (CleS) 18:51; 5 J Battersby (Elv, W40) 19:28;
6 J Elliott (Els) 19:48; 7 G Barry (H&P, U20) 19:55; 8 C Bowman (CleS,
W40) 20:09 W45: D Elliott (CleS) 20:14
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 12th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Not used, but report (edited) appeared on Fri (13th).
Will resubmit results for Mon (16th). Weather very mirky and started to
rain halfway through. A lot colder than of late. Extended course probably
about 5km (was 4.8km). 72 finishers (last time: 31mins approx). Certainly
the classiest (and largest ) Womens' field (about 20), since Series began.
As results were done by hand, could not get as much info as I wanted on
night. The performance of Allen Mulliss was overlooked (about 20:30). George
Routledge was 70th (29:08 e) (only two from Heaton).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 8th Aug).
Several North East athletes competed at the Inter Area match at Derby
(8th Aug).
The U23 performances were: LJ: 6 C Weitz 6.55 W800: 4 N Desai
2:13.49 1500: 5 C Robson 4:37.90 LJ: 3 E Smith 5.52 TJ:
2 J Straker 12.18 DT: 2 C Moore-Griss 50.53 HT: 3 L-M Shippen
40.49 (all North).
The other match looked liked a combined Senior/U20: 400: 1 R Buck 48.16
PV: 1 K Higham 4.70 SP: 2 C Sturrock 13.79 JT: 1 L Doran 59.05
W200: 4 T Ameobi 24.86 PV: 2 R Fairless 3.40.
The BMC Grand Prix meeting at Scotstoun (8th Aug), seemed lack-lustre
compared to others in Series. It could well have been windy (confirmed
by Dave Dixon, though no reference made in report). Leading results.
800: 1 J O'Connell (USA) 1:49.20; 5 G Massingham 1:51.60 1500:
B: 1 A Lemoncello 3:51.41; 3 M Nicholson 3:55.28 W800: 1 K Harewood
(Corby) 2:06.26; 5 P McCrea 2:12.21 3000: 1 L McNeill (Glas) 9:54.28;
4 A Dixon 10:11.15
Lewis Robson took the silver medal in the A.A.A U17 Decathlon at Birmingham.
His score of 6408pts was made up of 11.42, 6.33, 14.06, 1.80, 49.17, 14.13,
36.83, 3.15, 30.92, 4:40.50. the winner was Oliver McNeillis with 6556pts.
Nick Swinburn won the Forest Burn Fell Race at Simonside (8th Aug),
in a time of 25mins 9secs.
The Invo 8 Kirkcarrion Fell Race, at Middleton on Teessdale (6th Aug)
was won by P Brittleton (Helm) (16:32). In 5th place and 1st M50, was Ian
Bloomfield (18:28). Karen Robertson won Womens' race (19:42) from Dawn
Richardson (21:38).
At the Trafford Grand Prix (3rd Aug), James Minter clocked a personal
best time, to share victory in the BMC 800m, with Ben Green (Warr), in
1min 50.95secs. Mark Buckingham finished 3rd (1:51.52). Tom Settle (has
he moved back there ?), won B event (1:53.48 a pb?), with Ketan Desai 7th
(1:54.76). Nick Bradley won the Open B race (1:56.62). Michael Coltherd
won BMC 1500 (3:49.73), and Sarah Maude was 13th in Open event (4:30.11).
All info courtesy of AW.
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Sherwoods Vauxhall Darlington 10km Road
Race.
Sun. 8th Aug.
Border Harrier Mike Scott overcame the hot conditions, to win yesterday's
Sherwoods Vauxhall-sponsored Darlington 10km Road Race. Scott soon dropped
his main challenger, former Quakers athlete, Barry Stephenson, on the two
lap course, holding an 8secs lead at halfway (15:50). The advantage was
extended to 48secs at the finish line, with Scott also leading his club
to the team title. Steve Potts of Sunderland overhauled clubmate and leading
veteran, Tom Doughty, in the closing stages to take third place. Susie
Rutherford of Darlington, successful in 2002, gained victory in the Womens'
race, finishing 40th in the field of over 800 runners. Rutherford dropped
clubmate, Bernadette Taylor (having her first race after being sidelined
since March), shortly after the halfway point (18:30), coming home with
29secs to spare. Another local girl, Dawn Richardson of Quakers finished
3rd.
Result.
1 M Scott (Bord) 31:55; 2 B Stephenson (Blackh'th) 32:43; 3 S Potts
(Sun) 33:31; 4 T Doughty (Sun, M40) 33:37; 5 S Murdoch (Bord, M40) 33:42;
6 I Archbold (unatt) 33:49; 7 D Lockett (Salf) 33:51; 8 M Grainger (Darl,
M40) 33:55; 9 J McCready (Darl) 34:26; 10 S Miller (CoNorwich) 34:37; 11
S O'Neill (Darl) 34:53; 12 M Jeffries (Bill MH) 35:30; 13 C Jeffries (Bill
MH) 35:43; 14 S Angus (Bord) 35:48; 15 B Bingham (Loft, M40) 35:51
Further Veterans: M45: 1 B Shively (York P) 36:34; 2 M Ingram (Crook)
37:50 M50: 1 E Taylor (unatt) 38:44; 2 G Bell (Darl) 38:50
M55: 1 H Matthews (Els) 36:13; 2 M McNally (Els) 36:32; 3 S White (Els)
37:47 M60: 1 R Wilson (Sun) 42:19; 2 M Relton (NE Vets) 42:20 M65:
1 I Barnes (Darl) 42:54; 2 R Sherwood (N Marske) 45:12 M70: B Emmerson
(Bill MH) 58:02
Teams: 1 Border 20; 2 Darlington 28; 3 Sunderland 28
Women: 1 S Rutherford (Darl) 37:57; 2 B Taylor (Darl) 38:26; 3 D Richardson
(Quak) 39:47; 4 E Spencer (Holm) 39:55; 5 T Waller (Hart) 40:19; 6 F Shenton
(Elv, W45) 41:08; 7 J Atkinson (N Ayc, W35) 41:23; 8 C Jackson (unatt,
W40) 42:49
Further Veterans: W50: S Laws (Derw) 44:10 W55: S Gibson (Darl)
48:07 W60: M Blackett (Elv) 65:01 W65: E Armstrong (Tyne) 54:31
Teams: 1 Darlington 24; 2 Newton Aycliffe 35; 3 Quakers 35
Junior Run: 3.5km.
1 K Thompson (Shil) 11:27; 2 P Fitzpatrick (R&Z) 11:40; 3 C Bell
(CleS) 12:12
Girls: 1 S Gray (Scar) 13:30; 2 A Bell (CleS) 14:48; 3 R Barnes (CleS)
14:55
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 9th August 2004).
Additional Comments: 827 finishers (last time: 92:26), though not a
great deal in quality. Not a record number, but most on current course.
Results courtesy of the very efficient Ian Thomas. 25 finishers in Junior
Run (this might not be held next year). Very bright but wind got quite
strong at conclusion of race. Ian Archbold was lying 4th at halfway. Team
results are completely unofficial. Celebrity competitors included: 310
Dave Whitmore 49:14; 354 Mal Stephenson 50:27 (BK is still in IoW). Heaton
had to rely on Allen Mulliss who was 179th (44:51). Eric Appleby was apprehensive
about running in heat. However a last minute call for lift ended in disappointment,
as I had already left home.
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Veterans A.A - North East Pentathlon Championships.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Sat. 7th Aug.
John Scott of North East Veterans, was the only record breaker at Saturday's
Pentathlon Championships, at Jarrow, bettering the old figures in the M65
category by 18pts. Alan Readman of Houghton and Peterlee won the M45 title,
for the 4th successive year.
In the Open 200m, Gateshead's Eric Smart suffered his first ever defeat
by another North East veteran in a sprint event, for 8years, when narrowly
losing to current New Years Day Sprint Handicap champion, George Charlton.
Smart (also a New Year Handicap winner) giving 7 years to Charlton, had
recently gained four medals including a 4 x 400 relay gold, at the European
Veterans Championships, in Denmark.
Results.
Pentathlon (LJ, DT, 200, JT, 1500)
M40: 1 R Anderson (Birt) 1960 (4.56, 19.08, 26.9, 22.28, 5:26.3) 1960;
2 G Harden (Sun) 1907 (4:39.4 1500).
M45: 1 A Readman (H&P) 2740 (4.93, 19.34, 24.9, 29.32, 5:25.0)
M55: 1 G Routledge (Heat) 672
M65: 1 J Scott (NE Vets) 3489 (CBP) (4.34, 29.35, 29.6, 28.90, 7:09.0);
2 R Checkley (Heat) 2214
M70: 1 B Parnaby (NE Vets) 3136 (3.81, 30.73, 31.0, 20.59, 7:12.1)
W40: 1 L Smith (Morp) 2038 (3.86, 16.67, 30.5, 16.4, 3:17.4 800); 2
L Marr (Tyne) 1072 (2:51.5 800)
Open Events:
200: 1 G Charlton (NE Vets, M40) 23.9; 2 E Smart (Gates, M45) 23.9
DT: M45: D Maggs (Gate) 30.15 M50: J Wild (R&Z) 38.51
M55: T Hudson (J&H) 34.74 M60: G Wood (Dur) 21.63
M70: D Field (Sun) 33.43 W35: A-M Larkin (Gate) 14.93
HT: M45: D Maggs 37.50 M50; J Wild 39.11 M55: T Hudson
34.45 W35: A-M Larkin 16.61
JT: M45: D Maggs 33.00 M50: J Wild 32.74 M55: T Hudson
32.12 M60: G Wood 28.50
M70: D Field 29.82
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 9th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Most of report used, but twisted final words, to
suggest Charlton (41) won 4 medals ! Only ten entries for Pentathlon (P
Young was absentee). Weather was bright and hot, but quite windy on back
straight. Meeting lacked a starter and there was only one timekeeper, so
times probably not 100% accurate. George Routledge stats were: 2.93, 18.49,
40.5, 19.49, 7:26.0 (his Long Jump and 200m scored nil points). Reg Checkley's
stats were: 3.10, 17.76, 33.1, 21.52 and 6:18.1.
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Durham Summer Cross Country Relays.
Maiden Castle. Wed. 4th Aug.
A Sunderland veterans' team won the inaugural Durham Summer Cross Country
Relay event, at Maiden Castle. Host club Durham led on leg 1 with Jonathon
Powell, clocking the fastest time of the evening. Close behind was Tom
Doughty, who handed over to Brian Rushworth. The Wearsiders soon took command
and with Dave Ellis on leg 3, the margin of victory extended to 40secs.
Durham took second place ahead of Chester Le Street.
Dianne Henaghan returned to competition after a lengthy break, to anchor
Chester Le Street to victory in the Womens' race. Kathryn Waugh and Stephanie
Robson were unopposed on the opening legs.
Senior: 3 x 3km
1 Sunderland 28:39 (T Doughty 9:17, B Rushworth 9:12, D Ellis 10:10);
2 Durham City 29:19 (J Powell 9:08, S Moralee 9:35, P Kelly 10:36); 3 Chester
Le Street 30:28 (M Tomlinson 9:22, S Winter 11:20, A Roberts 9:46); 4 Sunderland
B 30:31; 5 Crook and District 31:46; 6 Sunderland C 31:44
Fastest: J Powell 9:08; B Rushworth (M40) 9:12; T Doughty (M40) 9:17
Women: 1 Chester Le Street 32:32 (K Waugh 11:05, S Robson 10:53, D
Henaghan 10:34)
Fastest: D Henaghan (W35) 10:34; S Robson 10:53; K Waugh 11:05
Under 13 Girls: 3 x 1.5km
1 Chester Le Street 19:43 (E Watt 6:50, J Wilkins 6:45, A Watt 6:08)
Fastest: A Watt 6:08
(Newcastle Journal: Fri. 6th August 2004).
Additional Comments: Sent a day late due to Morpeth 10km, but not used.
Will resubmit results (courtesy of Andrew Billett) for Monday (9th). Stayed
dry despite some menacing clouds. Again very warm. A nice course and venue,
but entries not great. 13 teams completed. One full Womens' squad finished,
though other women ran on composite teams. Only one young athetes' squad
(they ran with Seniors). Other times included: Sunderland B (again all
veterans): P Collins 10:06, Bob Rush 10:08 (up to 3rd) and George Harden
10:17. J Nunn ran Crook's first leg (10:00) and Louise Trainor clocked
11:26 (leg 2).
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Morpeth 10km Road Race.
Tues. 3rd Aug.
Morpeth Harrier, Neil Wilkinson was a comfortable winner of his own
club's 10km Road Race, pulling away from his nearest challenger, Jonathon
Archer of Low Fell after 2M. David Swinburne also of Morpeth passed
Archer in the closing stages, to take second place. Wilkinson also added
the North Eastern Counties' title, to that won over the Cross Country in
December. The humid conditions affected times, but Alyson Dixon of Sunderland
was untroubled in winning the Womens' race, with Aiveen Fox of Morpeth
and Michelle Holt of Sunderland, taking the minor awards.
Result.
1 N Wilkinson (Morp) 31:58; 2 D Swinburne (Morp) 32:53; 3 J Archer
(Low F) 32:56; 4 R Walker (NSP) 33:22; 5 I Ellis (Els, M40) 33:41; 6 N
Swinburne (Morp) 34:11; 7 N Armsworth (Morp) 34:38; 8 P Walker (Blay) 35:15;
9 M Jones (SSh, M40) 35:22; 10 D Armstrong (Els) 35:34; 11 S Kirtley (Morp,
U20) 35:36; 12 G Dixon (Morp, M40) 35:38; 13 G Bayne (Morp, M45) 35:43;
14 S Wells (CleS) 35:45; 15 A Dixon (CleS, L) 35:49
Further Veterans: M50: 1 T McPhail (Walls) 36:47; 2 C Dentice (Morp)
36:59 M55: H Matthews (Els) 36:59 M60: C Bolton (Els) 39:05
M65: K Sutton (Gosf) 44:38
Women: 1 A Dixon 35:49; 2 A Fox (Morp) 37:30; 3 M Holt (Sun) 37:50;
4 C Smallwood (J&H) 38:30; 5 M Czarnecka (CleS) 39:15; 6 A Hunter (J&H)
39:32; 7 H Robinson (CleS, W40) 39:41; 8 L Walker (Walls) 41:07; 9 Y Thiru
(Gosf, W35) 41:11; 10 D Elliott (CleS, W45) 41:27 W50: A Potts (Blyth)
43:54 W55: P Gold (Heat) 48:53 W60: C Lee (Gosf) 45:25
W65: E Armstrong (Tyne) 49:26
NECAA Champs: 1 Wilkinson; 2 Swinburne; 3 Archer Women: 1 Dixon;
2 Fox; 3 Holt
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 5th August 2004).
Additional Comments: All used. Results courtesy of Val Gill. Sent a
day late as I did not get home till 10.00pm. 225 finishers (last time:
78:59). I gather 108 entries on night and 150 advanced. Weather very warm
but menacing clouds. Started drizzling when race was nearly over. Halfway
time was 15:28, but suspect was placed slightly short of true point. Unfortunately
there were no mile markers (should be for championship race), but as always
an excellent event, and well organised. Went round in lead car driven by
Jim Alder, who said Hudspiths were no longer with LD. Other placings included:
85 Sara Evans (11L) 42:04; 95 Anita Nott (12L) (42:53) and 167 Dave Whitmore
49:07.
Heaton had a good turn out (though only three advance entries): Performances
were: 20 John Moore 36:13 (he seemed a lot happier with run); 56 Chris
Auld 40:31; 63 Jeff Wilson 40::56; 76 Howard Gold 42:27 (2nd M60); 93 Scott
McEntee 42:41; 100 Allen Mulliss 43:08; 103 Janet Young 43:08 (13L); 113
Susan Auld 43:52 (16L); 120 C Dolman 44:09; 140 Jenny Friend 45:50 (21L);
166 Pam Gold (31L); 173 Rachel Kane 49:47 (34L).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 1st Aug).
Ian Twaddle (35:21) won Wooler 10km, from S Hilton (Blay) (37:50) and
A Fletcher (Berw) (38:07). Low Fell won team event. H Paterson (Aln) was
first lady (51:40). Sorry organisers but I did not know this event took
place, until I saw AW result.
Michael Openshaw was 3rd in Harrogate 10km (1st Aug), in 31mins 42secs
behind T Abya (Salf) (31:00) and P Bangani (Scun) (31:22). Ricky Wilson
was 4th (32:23). Steve Hepples was 200m clear in Sale 10M, with 500m remaining,
but was sent on an extra lap. Victory then went to M Shaw (Tipton) (50:46).
Hepples was still awarded 1st prize.
The Kielder Fell Race (1st Aug), was won by Joe Blackett (NY) (3:07:24)
from D Armstrong (NFR) (3:11:22). Phil Addyman was 4th (3:18:43) and L
Wilkinson (NFR) was 1st lady (3:27:44).
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National Young Athletes League.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Sun. 1st Aug.
Hallamshire and Birtley dominated the two final National Young Athletes
matches at Jarrow, yesterday. With still some results to include, Birtley
would still win the Division 2 North East fixture, maintaining their unbeaten
record, taking the title and gaining promotion for next season. The Durham
club also provided the best performer, when Rebecca Pottinger won the Under
15 high Jump, with a Grade 1 standard leap of 1.66m. Unfortunately Rebecca
had been injured early in the season, and was unable to compete in the
major championships. Durham also performed well with North Eastern champion,
Rebekah Wilmshurst gaining a sprint double in the Under 15 age-group. In
the same category, Samantha Coleby, who had just returned from holiday
in Sussex, the same morning, won an exciting 800m from Jarrow's Steph Crowell.
Coleby also won the Long Jump and B 200m. Sunderland's Lisa Cowell, the
National Youth Clubs champion, won the Under 17 300m in a personal best
time. Shildon's Kate Avery made a brave attempt on the League record in
the Under 13 1200m, but still clocked one of the fastest times in the rarely-run
event.
Selected Results.
Division 1: Final Placings not available.
Under 17 Men: LJ: P Allen (H&P) 6.05
Under 15 Girls: 100: N Pearson (H&P) 13.5
Division 2: Final Placings not available.
Under 17 Men: 100: A Todd (Shil) 11.8 200: A Todd 23.7
HJ: S Stanislaus (Shil) 1.81 LJ: S Stanislaus 5.57 4 x 100:
Shildon 47.8
Under 15 Boys: 100: A Hall (J&H) 12.1 200: A Hall 24.1
400: 1 P Thomas (J&H) 56.0; 2 K Thompson (Shil) 58.4 800: K Thompson
2:08.2 DT: 1 P Brown (Black B) 36.56; 2 A Simpson (Birt) 35.20
JT: A Simpson 32.74
Under 13 Boys: 800: G Ritchie (J&H) 2:32.1
Under 17 Women: 300: L Cowell (Sun) 41.4 SP: K Wilson (Birt)
10.83 JT: K Wilson 27.59
Under 15 Girls: 100: R Wilmshurst (Dur) 13.1 200: R Wilmshurst
26.5 B: S Coleby (Dur) 26.9 800: 1 S Coleby 2:27.5; 2 S-K Crowell
(J&H) 2:27.7 HJ: R Pottinger (Birt) 1.66 LJ: S Coleby 4.88
4x100: Darlington 55.6
Under 13 Girls: 75: C Gray (Dur) 10.5 150: C Gray 20.7
1200: 1 K Avery (Shil) 3:52.7; 2 D Pickavance-Clarke (Black B) 4:09.0
SP: T Breen (Birt) 10.01 4 x 100: Durham City 56.9
Sally Briggs of Morpeth won the best performance award at the Division
1 fixture at Rotherham. She clocked 21.0secs to win the Under 13 150m.
Match Result: 1 Rotherham 385; 2 Morpeth 306; 3 Scunthorpe 228; 4 Cleethorpes
209
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 2nd August 2004).
Additional Comments: All info used. Morpeth result rang up by GP. Dull
but became brighter and warm at Jarrow. The double-header ran just about
on time, but major problems with results (recording area like war zone)
(apologies but not all available here). Other performances included:
Match 1: U17 1500: 1 S Haswell 4:38.1 Match 2: U13 1500: 1
G Ritchie 5:08.6 G Henderson of Blackhill B (one of very few male
athletes on their team) won an event in 32.10m. Listed as U15 Javelin,
but this was won by Simpson.
AW extra: Match result for Division 3 was 1 Hallamshire 379; 2 Harrogate
339.5; 3 Bingley 291.5; 4 Houghton and Peterlee 254. Apologies to Nicola
Pearson who also won Long Jump (4.60m) (did not see this result on day),
and was 2nd in 200 (27.6).
For first time this season, Premier League results involving Gateshead
appeared in AW same week: Gateshead comfortably won from Leeds. Selected
results were:
U17: 100/200: R Harrison 11.4/22.9 400: A Dalby 53.1 3000:
S Watson 9:28.3 4 x 100: 1st (44.8) 4 x 400: 1st (3:43.4)
100H: 2 A Kamara 14.5 PV: 2 L Robson 3.10 LJ: 2 A Kamara 6.11
U15: 100: 2 J Summers 12.3 200: 1 J Summers 24.9 3000:
J Gibson 9:52.8 80H: 2 N Flannery 12.8 4 x 100: 1st (49.4)
4 x 400: 1st (3:54.0)
U13: 200: J Cowie 27.8
U17W: 200: K Thomas 26.1 300: 2 L Arthur 42.7 (1st B Staniland
40.8) 80H: A Dopierala 12.1 300H: 2 A Dopierala 48.2 (1 Staniland
44.7) SP: V Young 9.04 DT: A Maddison 35.22 4 x 100:
1st (51.3)
U15G: 75H: 3 L Dewdney 11.8 (1 H Francis Smithson 11.2)
SP: 2 P Maddison 24.74
U13G: 75: C Gill 10.6 B: 2 H Kilty 11.0 150: 2 M
Smith 21.5 B: 2 H Kilty 21.8 1200: S Bell 4:08.6 B: C
Fletcher 4:17.1 75H: 2 E Pringle 12.4 B: 1 M Smith 12.6
LJ: 2 C Gill 4.41 SP: K Best 7.58
New Marske finished 2nd to Wakefield in their Division 1 match. Alex
Duffield won U17 3000 (9:18.9) and D Shaw was 1st in 1500St (4:54.5).
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