Woodlawn Christmas Pudding Run.
Whitley Bay. Mon. 26th Dec.
Elswick's Ryan McLeod strode to a comfortable victory in yesterday's
annual Boxing Day Woodlawn Christmas Pudding Run, at Whitley Bay. McLeod,
second in 2004, soon joined early leader Ivan Hollingsworth and Micky Morris,
both of Morpeth, the trio pulling well clear of the 700-strong field. Hollingsworth
was the first to lose contact at halfway, with McLeod waiting until the
final 300m before kicking away from Morris. Les Atkinson also of Morpeth,
finished strongly to take 4th place, and was also the leading veteran
Angie Watson of Chester Le Street, second in 2003 and third in
2004, this time easily won the Womens' race from Wallsend's Danielle Hodgkinson,
with former Chester athlete, Louise Hayes, finishing third.
Result. Distance 3.2M.
1 R McLeod (Els) 15:53; 2 M Morris (Morp) 15:57; 3 I Hollingsworth
(Morp) 16:47; 4 L Atkinson (Morp, M50) 17:13; 5 D Kirkland (Aln) 17:15;
6 S Kirtley (Morp) 17:27; 7 P Walker (Blay) 17:29; 8 K Flannery (Gate,
U20) 17:35; 9 M McDonald (Low F) 17:40; 10 R Balmbra (Morp, U17) 17:41;
11 R Floyd (Morp) 17:42; 12 AN Other 17:44; 13 T Brannon (NSP) 18:03; 14
T Carter (Walls, U20) 18:04; 15 R Cunningham (Birt, U17) 18:17; 16 A Jenkins
(Morp, M50) 18:18
Women: 1 A Watson (CleS) 19:46; 2 D Hodgkinson (Walls) 20:23; 3 L Hayes
(unatt) 20:26; 4 F Little (unatt) 20:36; 5 G Rutherford (NSP, U17) 20:41;
6 L Marr (Tyne, W40) 21:04
(Newcastle Journal: Tues. 27th December 2005).
Additional Comments: All of info used. Not sure of number of runners,
but probably not as many as 2004. Weather was raining on and off, getting
colder and windier. As usual a ruuner among leading fifteen I did not recognise.
Looked to have a Tynedale (perhaps Birchfield) vest. Not sure if Louise
Hayes (obviously still running well) is still with Chester Le Street,
but suspect not. Rutherford was third lady after first loop. Denis Lawther
clocked 26;04. Heaton performances (no positions) were: C Auld 19:57; M
Gibson 20:03; P Bhogal 20:13; J Wilson 21:04; S McEntee 21:34; H Gold 21:37;
J Friend (L) 23:02; J Josephs 23:18; A Mulliss 23:23; E Appleby 24:37;
J Brignall 24:51 (L); R Checkley 25:26; G Routledge 26:46; C McEntee 27:16;
K Mcentee 27:16 (L).
Apologies to anyone omitted. I know I did not clock Dave Briignall
or Pam Gold.
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Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
International Stadium. Wed. 21st Dec.
Vanessa Butler of Elswick just held off the fast finishing Dan Robins
of Heaton, in probably the closest race in the event's history, to win
the third of the Gateshead Lunchtime Handicap series at the International
Stadium, yesterday.
Sunderland's Gavin Massingham off a handicap of 13mins, clocked the
fastest time finishing in 43rd position overall. Melissa Turner of Chester
Le Street was the fastest lady.
Result. Distance 5km.
1 V Butler (Els, L) 26:34; 2 D Robins (Heat) 26:34; 3 A Billett (Dur)
26:48; 4 N Storey (NE Vets) 26:58; 5 P Cairns (NE Vets) 26:59; 6 K Beaumont
(Heat, L) 27:01; 7 L Swanson (Heat, L) 27:03; 8 D Mills (J&H) 27:05;
9 R Hunter (Tyne) 27:07; 10 C Crawford Glanville (Gate) 27:13
Fastest: G Massingham (Sun) 15:23; D Samuels (Morp) 15:27; D Robins
17:34; C Crawford Glanville 17:43; M McNally (Els, M55) 17:57
Women: M Turner (CleS) 19:45; K Kelly (CleS) 20:08; K Davison (Els,
W45) 20:23
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 22nd December 2005).
Additional Comments: Not used. If appearing on Monday (26th), I will
not be happy as on this (and New Years' Day) it is difficult to buy any
papers. Weather overcast but dry, little wind and mild. 68 finishers. Results
on Low fell website by Thurs pm. Dan Samuels was giving Massingham 1min.
He had made up 1sec after 400m. Turner, a new name to me, finished 56th.
She has been with CleS for 12 months. Other times included: H Matthews
(M55) 18:09; S White (M55) 18:29; K Alnwick (M60) 20:55; B Cordes (M65)
21:48; J Prudham (M65) 21:57; S Laws (W50) 21:18; C Lee (W60) 22:21. Dave
Whitmore clocked 26:16 (52nd) and Sid Robson (30:45) (67th). Butler's actual
time was 20:44. Other Heaton performances (actual time): K Beaumont 23:21;
L Swanson 24:23; 41 A Mulliss 21:42; 42 H Mitford 23:43; 44 E Appleby 24:03;
47 H Gold 20:46; 50 R Checkley 24:33; 58 T Hopkins 24:17; 61 P Bhogal 19:34;
65 P Gold 24:17.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 18th Dec).
Results of Loftus Poultry Run (sadly once again, I saw no advance details)
ncluded: 1 J Taylor 43:50; 2 V Brudenell 44:57; 5 A Lawrence 45:14
M60: J Kettle 57:02 Women: 1 S Rutherford 50:20; 2 A Raw 50:52; 3
C Hare 51:38; 4 J Jackson 52:57.
Charlotte Moore was first lady in the Poole 5km Road Race, in a time
of 17mins 57secs.
Rebecca Robinson won the Mid Lancs League XC race at Leyland (17th
Dec), in a time of 23mins 31secs (by a 58secs margin).
All info from AW, where the 2005 Under 13 Boys Track and Field rankings
appeared. Notable listings included: 1500: 4 J Robson 4:40.51 HJ:
8 T Kill (M'bro) 1.52 SP: 17 A Laing-Barras (Gate) 10.40.
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Saltwell Road Races.
Gateshead. Sun. 18th Dec.
Sunderland Harrier, Mark Hood was a comfortable winner of yesterday's
Pre-Christmas Saltwell 10km Road Race. In the biting cold conditions, 270
runners set out on the loop of Saltwell Park, before going on to the traditional
route down to the Team Valley and up the notorious Chowdene Bank. A leading
group of twenty left the park, and as runners started gradually dropping
off the pace, Hood made his bid for victory halfway along the Team Valley
(3.5M). Elswick's Ryan McLeod was the only one to challenge but Hood was
clear at the top df Chowdene Bank (5M), picking up the £25 Prime
prize in the process. The margin of victory back in the Park, was 14secs
over the strong finishing Chris Parr of Gateshead, with McLeod finishing
3rd ahead of clubmate Steven Horn.
Hood had previously won this race in the spring of 2002, when bad weather
forced the postponement from the previous Christmas. Darlington's Martin
Grainger was the leading veteran in 6th position. With Mark McLeod finishing
in 11th place, Elswick took the team awards. The Newcastle club gained
further honours when Judith Nutt won the Womens' race, reversing 2004 placings,
with Avon based Tynesider, Zoe Tucker. Nutt, who finished in 33rd position
had previously won the 2003 race. Jarrow's Angela Hunter finished 3rd,
ahead of North Eastern Junior Cross Country champion, Mary Ferrier of Gateshead
and leading veteran, Fiona Shenton of Elvet. Elswick again took the team
title.
Elswick's Jonathan Pearson, winner of the Junior Great North Run in
September, comfortably won the Under 17 race, with Gateshead's Lyndsey
Dodsworth repeating her 2004 victory in the Womens' race (she also won
the under 15 race in 2003).
Carl Bell of Gateshead, 2nd in last weekend's North Eastern Cross Country
Championship, easily won the Under 15 event, with Morpeth's Zoe Armstrong
successful in the Girls' race.
In an exciting Under 13 event, Morpeth's Marcus Cram, son of former
World record holder and now TV commentator, Steve, caught long-time leader
Jamie Robson of Gateshead with 30m remaining, sprinting to a 5m victory.
The pair had finished 4th and 2nd respectively in the Cross Country Championship.
Birtley's Steph Loraine comfortably won the Girls' race.
Results.
Senior Men: 10km. 1 M Hood (Sun) 32:00; 2 C Parr (Gate) 32:14;
3 R McLeod (Els) 33:11; 4 S Horn (Els) 33:21; 5 S Bell (CleS) 33:35; 6
M Grainger (Darl, M40) 33:37; 7 R Hand (Dur, M40) 33:41; 8 M Armstrong
(Blay, U20) 33:48; 9 T Field (Sun, M40) 33:57; 10 A Carmichael (Gate, U20)
34:05; 11 M Thompson (Gate) 34:22; 12 M McLeod (Els) 34:33; 13 M Smith
(unatt, M40) 34:57; 14 J Moore (Heat) 35:08 15 J S Donneky (Derw) 35:14;
16 P Besford (Gate) 35:32; 17 C Ridley (SSh, M45) 35:41; 18 J Bell (Els,
M55) 35:48; 19 C Robson (J&H) 36:02; 20 M Jones (SSh, M40) 36:04; 21
P Branston (Gate) 36:24; 22 R Collins (Tees, M40) 36:34; 23 P Dixon (Els,
M45) 36:35; 24 D Robins (Heat) 36:40; 25 D Robertson (Sun, M40) 36:47
Veterans: M45: 3 S Marshall (Dur) 37:04 M50: 1 A Jenkins
(Morp) 37:00; 2 J A Donneky (Derw) 39:15; 3 D Mitchinson (Blay) 39:28
M55: 2 I Richardson (NSP) 39:44 M60: A Potter (NE Vets) 47:06
M70: E Appleby (Heat) 49:30
Teams: 1 Elswick 16; 2 Gateshead 17; 3 Heaton 44
Veterans: 1 South Shields 22; 2 Sunderland 27; 3 Elswick 30
Women: 1 J Nutt (Els) 37:14; 2 Z Tucker (Bitt) 38:06; 3 A Hunter (J&H)
38:52; 4 M Ferrier (Gate, U20) 39:41; 5 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 41:12; 6 Y
Thiru (Gosf, W35) 42:08; 7 I Hope (Sun, W45) 42:36; 8 L Marr (Tyne, W40)
42:49; 9 C Jackson (unatt, W40) 42:50; 10 A Easoz (Clare) 43:28; 11 J Elliott
(Blay) 44:06; 12 V Butler (Els) 44:08; 13 J Cross (Clare, W35) 44:09; 14
G Barry (Sun) 44:29; 15 A Banner (Els) 44:43
W40: 3 A Nott (Heat) 44:50 W50: M Loraine (Birt) 51:10
W55: P Gold (Heat) 49:29 W65: E Armstrong (Tyne) 56:04
Teams: 1 Elswick 24; 2 Sunderland 29; 3 Heaton 48
Under 17 Men: 4.5km. 1 J Pearson (Els) 14:32; 2 S Foy (unatt)
14:39; 3 J Gibson (Gate) 14:59; 4 M Cochrane (Morp) 15:38; 5 R Robinson
(Blyth) 15:52; 6 D Watt (NSP) 16:26
Under 15 Boys: 2.5km. 1 C Bell (Gate) 8:03; 2 A Southern (Els)
8:57; 3 B Pearson (Els) 9:04; 4 G Ritchie (J&H) 9:14; 5 S Hogarth (Birt)
9:26; 6 S Rutter (Gate) 9:32
Under 13 Boys: 2.5km. 1 M Cram (Morp) 8:35; 2 J Robson (Gate)
8:37; 3 M Hardy (Gate) 9:27; 4 S Cochrane (Morp) 9:55; 5 M Bennett (Gate)
10:09; 6 C Slack (Els) 10:13
Under 17 Women: 4.5km. 1 L Dodsworth (Gate) 17:48; 2 C Donnan
(Birt) 25:35; 3 F Hopkins (Birt) 28:48
Under 15 Girls: 2.5km. 1 Z Armstrong (Morp) 9:31; 2 D Bell (Gate)
10:03; 3 E Murray (J&H) 10:39; 4 L McDonald (Morp) 10:52; 5 V Brewis
(H&P) 10:57; 6 M Bell (Black B) 11:14
Under 13 Girls: 2.5km. 1 S Loraine (Birt) 10:05; 2 C Samuelson
(Gate) 10:12; 3 S Robinson (Blyth) 10:27; 4 J Bunn (J&H) 10:57; 5 L
Clement (H&P) 11:15; 6 L Page (H&P) 11:48
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th December 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Very cold. Hard frost
overnight which did not clear. However it was better underfoot than expected.
Stayed dry and bright. 267 finishers (last time: 65:21). Apologies to older
veterans if omitted but only listed to M/W55 age-group. I think Ken Alnwick
(48:59) was probably 1st M60. Again team results affected by splitting
Male Seniors and Veterans (certainly helped Heaton team). Dave Whitmore
finished 230th (53:07).
Heaton fielded 24 athletes. Other performances were: 37 D Burn 37:40;
56 P Bhogal 39:43; 59 C Auld 39:48; 107 J Gibson 43:38; 129 M Gibson 44:37;
130 S McEntee 44:38; 135 A Nott (16L); 138 D Brignell 45:00; 158 A Mulliss
46:19; 161 D Wright 46:32; 166 J Friend 46:53 (17L); 192 P Gold (20L);
193 E Appleby; 194 J Brignell 49:40 (21L); 198 A Tunmore 50:04 (24L); 203
K Beaumont 50:23 (25L); 205 D Parker 50:27 (26L); 222 L Swanson 51:57 (33L);
223 A Grenfell 51:57 (34L); 227 G Routledge 52:54; 228 I McKinnon 52:57;
252 J Padden 57:18 (54L). 10th Vets Team.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 11th Dec).
Congratulations to all the British medallists at The European Cross
Country Championships at Tilburg in Denmark (11th Dec). Pleased to say
BBC showed a fair bit of Junior races.
Leading results were: SM: 1 S Lebid (Ukr) 27:09; 2 A Garcia (Sp) 27:21;
3 D Maazoozi (Fr) 27:26; 21 M Farah 27:57 Team: 1 France 21; 7 Great
Britain 129 JM: 1 B Bene (Hun) 18:41; 2 A Vernon 18:42; 13 A Hickey
19:00; 24 K Hardy 19:06; 29 T Minshull 19:09 Team: 1 Poland 60; 2
Great Britain 68 SW: 1 L Kiplagat (Neth) 19:55; 2 S Mockenhaupt (Ger)
20:00; 3 J Nilsson (Swe) 20:01; 6 H Yelling 20:16; 8 L Yelling 20:17; 16
K Reed 20:29; 24 N Harvey 20:39 Team: 1 Russia 52; 2 Great Britain
54 JW: 1 A Bobocel (Rom) 15:23; 2 E Pidgeon 15:25; 6 M Maclartey
15:42; 7 S Twell 15:45; 15 S Edwards 15:55; 17 G Turtle 15:57 Team:
1 Great Britain 30; 2 Romania 49
Nick Swinburn won Simonside Cairns Fell Race (11th Dec) in a time of
78mins 10secs. A Mudge won Womens' race (84:19) from K Robertson (92:53)
and H Wootton (92:54). Alison Raw was 1st W40 (97:48).
Leading results from Cumbria XC Champs at Keswick (11th Dec) included:
SM: 1 M Sawrey (Tr) 34:15; 2 C Doyle(Tr) 34:44 U15: 1 T Farrell (Bord)
12:15 SW: 1 G Phillips (Kend) 27:25; 2 R Robinson (Kend) 27:58; 3
S Tunstall (NR) 30:41 U15G: 1 L Park (Ellen) 12:54
Freya Murray (apparently based in Sunderland), won Scottsh Eastern
XC title at Aberdeen (10th Dec). Her time was 23mins 46secs. Emma Waterhouse
finished 11th (26:25).
Results from Sheffield Open Indoor Meeting (10th Dec) included (not
very easy to follow, not all positions given, so apologies if any glaring
omissions): 60: 1 T Ward 7.01; 2 R Kilty 7.08 B: 1 R Buck 7.22
D: J Sinclair 7.48 J: N Pearson (U17W) 8.17 300: 1 R Buck 33.96;
4 R Yusuf 35.98 B: 1 T Ward 35.20 L: N Pearson 42.91
LJ: 1 S Nyananyo 6.90 SW LJ: 3 N Pearson 5.03.
John Moore (info direct) also clocked 41.00 in 300m heat and was 3rd
in 1000m race (2:45.97). He mistook number of laps and should have won
latter.
Belated results of Newcastle Schools Boys' XC at St Cuthberts (6th
Dec) were:
IB: 1 J Gibson (RGS) 15:02; 2 T Perrins (RGS) 15:48; 3 K Moloney (St
Cuth) 15:57 Team: St Cuthberts 21 JB: 1 J Robson (RGS) 11:43;
2 J Day (St Cuth) 11:51; 3 T Walker (Heat M) 12:04 Team: Royal Grammar
37 MB: 1 A Davies (Gosf C) 9:49; 2 L Hogg (Gosf E) 9:50; 3 C Johnson
(Walb) 9:55
Most of info courtesy of AW, where the Girls' U13 rankings for 2005
were included: Congratulations in particular to Gateshead H.. All listed
are from Gateshead unless stated otherwise.
75: 5 A Stone (J&H) 10.10; 9 C Gray (Dur) 10.2 100: 1 J Read
13.0; 3 A Stone 13.04; 16 J Ellis 13.34 150: 8 J Ellis 20.1
200: 6 J Ellis 27.5 800: 2 S Bell 2:22.12 1200: 7 S Bell 3:57.4
1500: 10 S Bell 5:01.64; 15 S Loraine (Birt) 5:05.4 75H: 1 R Liddell
11.3; 14 S Bell 12.0 LJ: 10 J Read 4.72 SP: 7 A Welsh 9.11
Pent: 4 S Bell 2241; 18 R Liddell 2086
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100th North Eastern Counties A.A Cross
Country Championships.
Bishop Auckland College. Sat. 10th Dec.
David Wardle won the title for the first time, and Sunderland ended
Morpeth's eight year reign as team champions, in the 100th running of the
Senior Mens' event at Saturday's North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships
at Bishop Auckland College. Conditions were bright and dry with the going
fairly firm underfoot. The course though mainly flat, was described by
one of the past champions, who were invited as guests to the event, as
"not for the rhythm runners" due to the many twists and turns.
Wardle, from Jarrow, but now based in London, made the long journey
worthwhile, when he dropped the large leading group on the 2nd of the four
laps. Race favourite Martin Scaife of Morpeth, running with a strained
back, tried in vain to close the 50m gap on his rival, managing only
to reduce the deficit to 3secs at the finish line. Mark Brown also of Morpeth
took third place though was in some distress in the final 20m. Mark Hood
overtook Sunderland clubmate and 10-times past champion, Brian Rushworth,
on the final lap to take 4th place. Despite Patrick Martin dropping out
at halfway, Sunderland still managed to take the team title, by 16pts from
Morpeth, who were hit by the late withdrawal of defending champion, Neil
Wilkinson.
The Wearsiders included 4 veterans among their counters as Seniors
Hood and Steve Potts (13th) were joined by Rushworth, Tim Field (16th),
Tom Doughty (18th) and George Harden (34th). Morpeth's 6th counter was
53-year-old Archie Jenkins (49th), who has now gained team medals in each
of the past four decades. Chester Le Street took the bronze medals.
Rosie Smith of Durham, a student at Edinburgh University, was another
to take ther first Senior title, impressively winning the Womens' race.
After a cautious start, Smith caught long-time leader Alyson Dixon of Chester
Le Street approaching halfway. After running with her rival for 600m, Smith,
who has won several of the younger age-group titles at both local and regional
level, then pulled away opening up a 40secs gap at the finish line. Aiveen
Fox of Morpeth finished in an isolated third place ahead of clubmate Jane
Mooney. Durham won a closely contested team event from Chester Le Street
and Morpeth.
Morpeth once more won the overall team award for the Middlesbrough
and Cleveland Trophy. Their two team victories came in the Junior Men and
Under 15 Girls' events.
John Taylor of Middlesbrough, a 1500m track specialist, continued his
improved Cross Country form to comfortably win the Under 20 title. In the
corresponding Womens' race, Mary Ferrier of Gateshead added another title
to her already impressive list, to comfortably defeat her arch rival, Delyth
James of Morpeth. Stacey Smith of Tynedale, who crossed the line in 4th
place, took the Under 17 title. Gateshead easily won the team event.
Ricky Stevenson of New Marske and Ross Murray of Gateshead, both runners-up
at last season's English Schools Champiionship, easily won the Under 17
and Under 15 races, respectively. Middlesbrough Mandale and Tynedale (for
the 1st time), took the corrsponding team titles. Two more Schools Internationals
Kate Avery of Shildon and Laura Weightman of Morpeth, fought out a tough
battle in the Under 15 Girls' race. Avery, last year's Under 13 champion,
who also took the Northern and National titles, dropped Weightman, the
2004 winner in the last 1000m.
Easiest winner of the day rather surprisingly came in the first event
for Under 13 Girls. Sigourney Bell of Gateshead dominated this race from
the start winning by 47secs. Clubmate Rebecca Oldham finished 2nd as Gateshead
took the team title with the day's lowest score.
Mark Shaw of New Marske, 2nd in the recent Liverpool challenge event,
easily won the Under 13 Boys' race. Defending champion, Jamie Robson had
to settle for 2nd, but had the consolation of leading Gateshead to the
team title.
Results.
Senior Men: 12km.
1 D Wardle (Lon I) 39:11; 2 M Scaife (Morp) 39:14; 3 M Brown (Morp)
39:58; 4 M Hood (Sun) 40:14; 5 B Rushworth (Sun, M40) 40:18; 6 C Sampson
(Morp) 40:25; 7 C Parr (Gate) 40:34; 8 P Hutton (Gosf) 41:16; 9 S Bell
(CleS) 41:23; 10 D Swinburne (Morp) 41:40; 11 J Archer (Low F) 41:56; 12
J Powell (Dur) 42:11; 13 S Potts (Sun) 42:16; 14 K Forster (Dund U) 42:20;
15 M Tomlinson (CleS) 42:30; 16 T Field (Sun, M40) 42:36; 17 A Tatham (Quak)
42:52; 18 T Doughty (Sun, M40) 43:06; 19 M Thompson (Gate) 43:08; 20 R
Hand (Dur, M40) 43:13; 21 D Purvis (CleS) 43:15; 22 D Inglis (Darl) 43:15;
23 M Grainger (Darl, M40) 43:22; 24 J Donneky (Derw) 43:45; 25 M McLeod
(Els) 44:00
Teams: 1 Sunderland 90; 2 Morpeth 106; 3 Chester Le Street 165; 4 Gateshead
198; 5 Darlington 239; 6 Durham City 309
Under Men: 7.8km.
1 J Taylor (M'bro) 25:58; 2 L Timmins (Gosf) 26:15; 3 N Shrubb (Morp)
26:19; 4 R Stephenson (NSP) 26:33; 5 N Swinburn (Morp) 26:34; 6 M Armstrong
(Blay) 26:46; 7 A Wiles (M'bro) 26:54; 8 M Crawley (Dur) 27:03; 9 R Floyd
(Morp) 27:18; 10 A Lawrence (Morp) 27:23; 11 R Morrell (M'bro) 27:26; 12
M Atkin (CleS) 27:34; 13 A Coffer (CleS) 27:42; 14 S Kirtley (Morp) 27:51;
15 J Creegan (Gate) 28:08
Teams: 1 Morpeth 17; 2 Middlesbrough Mandale 19; 3 Chester Le Street
45
Under 17 Men: 6.1km.
1 R Stevenson (N Marske) 21:09; 2 C Smith (CleS) 21:25; 3 A Stanton
(CleS) 21:30; 4 J Pearson (Els) 21:34; 5 J Gibson (Gate) 21:41; 6 D Evans
(CleS) 21:58; 7 M Cochrane (Morp) 22:06; 8 A Mason (M'bro) 22:09; 9 A Mitchell
(M'bro) 22:11; 10 K Thompson (Shil) 22:19; 11 P Moore (N Ayc) 22:36; 12
R Balmbra (Morp) 22:50; 13 B Wears (M&C) 22:55; 14 D Watt (NSP) 23:11;
15 S Readman (N Marske) 23:16
Teams: 1 Middlesbrough Mandale 61; 2 Morpeth 66; 3 Tynedale 98
Under 15 Boys: 4km.'
1 R Murray (Gate) 13:40; 2 C Bell (Gate) 13:52; 3 R Best (N Marske)
14:11; 4 T Venus (Tyne) 14:21; 5 P De Winter (CleS) 14:26; 6 A Morrell
(M'bro) 14:28; 7 A Wears (M&C) 14:32; 8 T Hinchcliffe (Dur) 14:37;
9 R Moody (M'bro) 14:40; 10 C Rutherford (Tyne) 14:44; 11 S Ruddick (Blay)
14:46; 12 J Lazenby (M&C) 14:49; 13 M Grimes (Dur) 14:51; 14 B Chadwick
(Shil) 14:53; 15 J Hewitt (Gosf) 14:53
Teams: 1 Tynedale 76; 2 Blaydon 81; 3 Gateshead 81
Under 13 Boys: 3.2km.
1 M Shaw (N Marske) 11:20; 2 J Robson (Gate) 11:51; 3 G Wright (M'bro)
12:04; 4 M Cram (Morp) 12:14; 5 B Pearse (N Marske) 12:17; 6 J Archer (Sun)
12:17; 7 J Philips (Darl) 12:19; 8 S Younger (Sun) 12:22; 9 S Pratt (Gate)
12:32; 10 P Shuttleworth (Morp) 12:33; 11 P Hope (Sun) 12:37; 12 B McGrath
(M&C) 12:38; 13 L Hogg (Gate) 12:40; 14 M Bennett (Gate) 12:42; 15
M Hardy (Gate) 12:45
Teams: 1 Gateshead 38; 2 Sunderland 42; 3 Morpeth 63
Senior Women: 7.8km.
1 R Smith (Dur) 29:20; 2 A Dixon (Sun) 30:00; 3 A Fox (Morp) 30:45;
4 J Mooney (Morp) 31:05; 5 H Monro (Dur) 31:25; 6 J Jackson (M&C) 31:41;
7 L Noble (Sun) 31:46; 8 K Matthew (CleS) 31:48; 9 M Czarnecka (CleS) 31:54;
10 J Nutt (Els) 32:07; 11 D Hales (Dur, W35) 32:32; 12 C Summersgill (M&C)
32:50; 13 T Laws (CleS) 33:16; 14 D Richardson (Quak) 33:18; 15 J Smith
(Heat) 33:23; 16 M Holt (Sun) 33:53; 17 H Astley (Heat) 34:31; 18 L Marr
(Tyne, W40) 34:33; 19 E Wilson (Gate) 34:34; 20 F Turley (Heat) 34:37
Teams: 1 Durham City 17; 2 Chester Le Street 19; 3 Morpeth 29;
4 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 46; 5 Sunderland 47; 6 Heaton 52
Under 20 Women: 4.9km.
1 M Ferrier (Gate) 18:21; 2 D James (Morp) 18:33; 3 A Gibson (Els)
18:55; 4 A Snook (Shil) 19:40; 5 S Evans (J&H) 20:11; 6 N Owens (Shil)
21:38; 7 R Barnes (CleS) 21:43; 8 L Tweedle (Sun) 24:54
Under 17 Women: 4.9km.
1 S Smith (Tyne) 19:36; 2 L Patton (Gate) 19:47; 3 S Duffy (Gate) 20:02;
4 C Baudouin (Gate) 20:17; 5 A Wilson (N Ayc) 20:25; 6 R Turnbull (Morp)
20:27; 7 A Porteous (Morp) 20:29; 8 J Stephenson (Blay) 20:31; 9 L Dodsworth
(Gate) 20:50; 10 G Rutherford (NSP) 20:52; 11 N Wheatley (M&C) 20:53;
12 A Suffield (Shil) 21:04; 13 K Legg (M'bro) 21:07; 14 L Roche (M&C)
21:14; 15 L Dixon (Morp) 21:23
Teams (Combined with Under 20): 1 Gateshead 14; 2 Morpeth 25; 3 Shildon
43
Under 15 Girls: 4km.
1 K Avery (Shil) 14:56; 2 L Weightman (Morp) 15:01; 3 H Girtig (Blay)
15:41; 4 N Young (Morp) 16:03; 5 S Wood (Dur) 16:33; 6 Z Armstrong (Morp)
16:34; 7 H Nagel (CleS) 16:40; 8 E Toogood (Dur) 16:41; 9 A Smith (M&C)
16:58; 10 M Howell (Birt) 17:08; 11 D Pickavance Clarke (CleS) 17:12; 12
E Masson (Gosf) 17:14; 13 S Crosby (Sun) 17:15; 14 S Goodfellow (Morp)
17:21; 15 F Buckton (M&C) 17:25
Teams: 1 Morpeth 12; 2 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 46; 3 Chester
Le Street 55
Under 13 Girls: 3.2km.
1 S Bell (Gate) 12:23; 2 R Oldham (Gate) 13:10; 3 H Rank (Morp) 13:13;
4 C Samuelson (Gate) 13:16; 5 R King (Gosf) 13:18; 6 S Loraine (Birt) 13:25;
7 L Richardson (Dur) 13:27; 8 S Bailey (N Marske) 13:29; 9 K McArdle (Gosf)
13:33; 10 B Ward (Darl) 13:36; 11 M Simpson (Morp) 13:39; 12 E Stone (M'bro)
13:41; 13 R Ferguson (Gate) 13:43; 14 R Mackenzie (N Marske) 13:47; 15
R Lundgren (Gosf) 13:51
Teams: 1 Gateshead 7; 2 Gosforth 29; 3 Morpeth 37
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th December 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of report used but in small(er) print. Quite
mild early on but got cold later. Little bit of mud but not much. Among
the old champions present were: Jim Alder, John Anderson, Kevin Forster,
Colin Walker, Bill Boak, John Bell and Graham Smith. 241 finishers in SM
event (last time: 71:09 ) and 65 Senior Women (last time: 46:21) which
are an improvement on recent years. George Harden clocked 45:41 and Archie
Jenkins 46:30. Other results included: SM: 36 P Waterson 45:46; 39 N Orr
45:53; 45 P Walker 46:11; 48 M Jones 46:24; 202 I Barnes 57:41; 213 J Prudham
59:16; 229 M Stephenson 61:59 U20: 29 A Colwell (not fully fit) 33:43
SW: 21 J Atkinson 34:39; 22 G Cavill 34:46; 25 Susan Milburn 35:20; 26
H Lambert 35:22; 27 L Brown 35:28; 29 L Walker 35:52; 32 H Robinson 36:21;
33 A Banner 36:26. Non- finishers included: M.Nicholson, D Tait (
tailed off after 1 lap), J Young (early on due to illness), S Maude (breathing
problems approaching halfway. Went off with Dixon but dropped to 4th).
The absence of Templeman twins (due to School Swimming Gala) could cause
selectors some problems in U13 girls' age-group.
A good performance by Heaton Women. However, there could have been
more competing. Only minimum six men also. Performances were: 62 D Robins
47:32; 126 P Bhogal 51:52; 161 J Wilson 54:14; 178 S McEntee 55:39; 224
A Mulliss 54:59 (before going to match: Newcastle 1 Arsenal 0); 231 C McEntee
62:16. Team 22nd (of 23) 978pts.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 4th Dec).
Result of Xmas Pudding 10km at Ulverston was: 1 M Aspinall (L&M)
31:16: 2 I Rawlinson (Bord) 31:51; 3 C Doyle (Tr) 32:37; 4 B Harrison (Morp)
33:39; 5 M Amor (Cum FR) 33:59 M50: I Scott 35:50. Leading local
results from English Schools Cup Final at Leeds GS on 3rd Dec were: IB:
1 C Bull (Kenil) 14:37; 3 R Best (LJ) 14:47 IG: 1 S Hopkinson (Chelt)
10:38 JG: 1 N Raymond (Coopers) 9:42; 3 K Templeman (LJ) 10:03; 8
C Colledge (Dur) 10:15; 11 E Templeman (LJ) 10:17 Team: 5 Laurence
Jackson 115
Result of Hexamshire Hobble: 1 N Swinburn 67:29 (by 1min 6secs)
Women: 1 K Robertson 80:29; 2 A Raw 81:01
Leading results from Oxford/Cambridge University match at Wimbledon
Common: 1 J Blackledge (O) 38:07; 8 M Armstrong (C) 40:15 Women:
1 C Birch (O) 23:52. Oxford won both team events.
Results from Leeds University Relays included: Men: 1 St Mary's 64:10;
2 Loughborough 64:39 (C Parr 10:19 leg 4, T Settle 10:56 leg 6) Fastest:
E Jackson (Notts) 10:08; C Parr 10:19 Women: 1 Loughborough 36:07;
3 Loughborough B (A Gibson 12:19 leg 3) Fastest: L Dobriskey (Lough
Past) 11:11
Jessica Read broke the Gateshead club record when winning her heat
of the U13 60m at the Jarrow Indoor Standards Meeting (1st Dec) (info courtesy
of Bill). Leading results: U17: 60: 1 J Summers 7.5; 2 AN Other 7.5 (do
not agree with judges on this) 600: M Donnelly 1:47.3 B: M
Toward (J&H) 1:45.3 U15B: 60: A Jones (Darl) 7.9 B: P Jeffrey
(Darl) 7.8 600: C: E Gill (Gate) 1:59.7 D: A Rowland (Gate)
1:55.8 U13B: 60: J Burns (J&H) 8.8 U17W: 60: 1 N Pearson
8.1; 2 LWelsh 8.2 600: S-K Crowell 2:02.6 U15G: 60: A Stone
(J&H) 8.4 B: F Bowles (Darl) 8.3 600: 1 S Loraine 2:04.0;
2 J Hudson 2:07.4 U13G: 60: J Read 8.4 (8.3ht) 600: A Watt
(CleS) 2:09.5
Result from Civil Service XC Champs at Solihull (30th Nov): Women:
1 E Adams (MD) 23:23; 4 S Robson (MT) 24:44.
All info courtesy of AW.
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier
League.
Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough. Sun. 4th Dec.
Martin Scaife, running in the colours of 2nd claim club, North Yorkshire
Moors, comfortably won the Senior Mens' event at yesterday's third North
Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League fixture at Laurence Jackson
School, Guisborough.
Catherine Hare of Loftus maintained her 100% record when winning the
Senior Womens' race.
Results.
Senior Men: 8.8km. 1 M Scaife (NYM) 31:37; 2 J Taylor (M'bro,
U20) 32:17; 3 J Rafferty (M'bro, U20) 33:00 Team: Loftus 123
Under 17 Men: 6.8km. 1 S Batchelor (N Rown) 27:11; 2 A Mitchell
(M'bro) 27:22; 3 J Kraft (Scar) 27:29 Team: Middlesbrough Mandale
22
Senior Women: 5km, 1 C Hare (Loft) 20:40; 2 K Matthew (CleS-gst)
21:05; 3 J Jackson (M&C) 21:31; 4 S Tunstall (N Rown, U20) 21:31
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th December 2005).
Additional Comments: Info from John Kettle. Only results used. Apparently
course turned very "heavy" as afternoon progressed, which can be seen by
times. Further details (by e mail): SM: 4 G Dunn 33:11; 5 N Zissler (U20)
33:41; 6 P Lowe 33:55; 7 A Wiles (U20) 34:16; 8 J Hunter (M40) 34:28; 9
J Orange (M40) 34:29; 10 M Grainger (M40) 34:35; 20 NOrr (M40) 36:26;
40 K Edwards (Hart, M50) 38:35; 67 M Brooks (M55) 40:50; 98 J Kettle (M60)
44:09; 127 I Barnes (M70) 48:14. 144 finishers (last time: 57:17). U15B
(3.9km): 1 A Wears (M&C) 13:57 U13B (3km): D Collins (Scar) 11:49
SW: 5 V Needham (Rown, U17) 21:26; 6 D Richardson 21:33; 7 C Summersgill
21:56; 9 J Orr (U20) 22:09 (nice to see back in action); 17 L Dodsworth
(N Ayc, U17) 23:09. 64 finishers (last time: 36:25). U15G (3.9km): 1 J
Russon 15:00; 2 A Wheatman 15:26 U13G (3km): 1 S Bell (gst) 12:31;
2 S Sojkovic (Bev) 12:57
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46th Blyth Sands Handicap.
Sun. 4th Dec.
Morpeth teenager, Anghared Porteous took advantage of a generous handicap,
to easily win yesterday's 46th Blyth Sands Race. Competitors ran in the
opposite direction to previous years, this time from Seaton Sluice to Blyth
and return. Apart from the start/finish area conditions were quite firm
underfoot with some fast times being clocked. Porteous off 9mins through
being in the Under 18 age-group, had made up the deficit on the high handicappers
at the turn, and came home 73secs ahead of clubmate and 2003 winner, Archie
Jenkins with Cath Young of host club Blyth taking third. Robert Balmbra
of Morpeth also in the Under 18 category, clocked the fastest overall time
finishing in 4th place off a 2mins handicap. Morpeth comfortably won the
team event.
Result. Distance 5M.
1 A Porteous (Morp, U18W) 24:32; 2 A Jenkins (Morp, M50) 25:45; 3 C
Young (Blyth, W45) 26:00; 4 R Balmbra (Morp, U18M) 26:15; 5 I Richardson
(NSP, M55) 2:36; 6 L Marr (Tyne, W40) 27:05; 7 R Hall (Blyth, M55) 27:25;
8 C Morley (TWFB, M40) 27:47; 9 G Pemberton (NE Vets, M50) 27:53; 10 M
Gaughian (Blylth, M45) 28:05; 11 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 28;16; 12 S Kirtley
(Morp, SM) 28:17; 13 J Young (Morp, SM) 28:18; 14 E Appleby (Heat, M70)
28:20; 15 P Turnbull (Blyth, M40) 28:25; 16 M Henry (Aln, M55) 28:28; 17
A Watt (NSP, M45) 28:52; 18 G Steanson (NE Vets, M55) 29:08; 19 S Greener
(Blyth, W55) 29:12; 20 G Sword (Sun S, M45) 29:21
Fastest Times: R Balmbra 28:15; S Kirtley 28:17; J Young 28:18
Women: A Porteous 33:32; L Marr 36:05; C Young 37:00
Teams: 1 Morpeth 19; 2 Blyth 31; 3 North East Veterans 78
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th December 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather bright and dry and quite
mild. 119 finishers (last time 45:56 + 5mins handicap). Very soft sand
at start/finish and it was taking 5secs to cover last 10m. Also sore on
legs if standing for a while. Mike Bateman (who tipped winner) acted as
timekeepers' recorder. Eric A (actual time 39:20) was 9th with 100m remaining.
Other Heaton placings were: 68 A Mulliss 37:58; 116 G Routledge 48:31.
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Warburtons Norman Woodcock 6M Road Race.
High Gosforth Park. Sat. 3rd Dec.
Ryan McLeod of Elswick gained victory for the host club at Saturday's
Warburton-sponsored Norman Woodcock Road Race at High Gosforth Park. The
prevailing damp conditions meant that many parts of the course through
the Park grounds, were nearly waterlogged. McLeod, the 2004 A.A.A Junior
5000m champion, was joined by clubmate Steven Horn and Stewie Bell of Chester
Le Street in the early stages, before the latter lost contact at the 1M
point. McLeod edged away from Horn approaching halfway, holding a 1sec
lead at that stage (15:05). Bell was another 3secs adrift. McLeod extended
his advantage, while Bell fought back to overhaul Horn at 5M. McLeod's
margin of victory was 16secs over Bell, with Horn close behind in third.
A distant 80secs behind in 4th place was the leading veteran, Tim Field
of Sunderland. With Ryan's brother Mark in 11th position (their father
being top North East distance runner, Mike McLeod), Elswick easily won
the team event.
Cumbrian Rebecca Robinson, a student at Newcastle University, was easily
the fastest lady finishing in 16th place overall. However, Robinson only
arrived as the race started and was not entered officially. Victory thus
went to Judith Nutt of the host club, running this race for the first time,
who finished 2mins 40secs behind Robinson. Lisa Walker of Wallsend finished
2nd ahead of Emily Watson of Gateshead. Morpeth took the team awards.
Result
1 R McLeod (Els) 30:34; 2 S Bell (CleS) 30:50; 3 S Horn (Els) 30:53;
4 T Field (Sun, M40) 32:13; 5 D Kirkland (Aln) 32:18; 6 L Atkinson (Morp,
M50) 32:43; 7 M Smith (unatt, M40) 32:54; 8 M McDonald (Low F) 32:55; 9
J Moore (Heat) 33:04; 10 J Donneky (Derw) 33:23; 11 M McLeod (Els) 33:26;
12 P Walker (Blay) 33:28; 13 P Besford (unatt) 33:37; 14 C Ridley (SSh,
M45) 33:41; 15 C Robson (J&H) 34:05; 16 M Jones (SSh, M40) 34:08; 17
S Hilton (Blay, M45) 34:17; 18 A Lilliendale (Sun) 34:21; 19 S Hargreaves
(Walls) 34:22; 20 P Waterson (Morp, M40) 34:34
Further Veterans: M45: 3 P Dixon (Els) 34:46 M50: 2 R Driscoll
(Morp) 37:10; 3 E Baldwin (Dur) 38:53 M55: 1 C Dentice (Morp) 35:40;
2 W Doidge (Low F) 42:15 M60:1 M Henderson (Blay) 40:25 ; 2 R Pinkney
(SSh) 42:45 M65: B Cordes (Morp) 43:31
Teams: 1 Elswick 14; 2 South Shields 45; 3 Morpeth 49; 4 Wallsend 62;
5 Heaton 63; 6 Blaydon 73
Women: R Robinson (Kend-gst) 34:05; 1 J Nutt (Els) 36:47; 2 L Walker
(Walls) 39:52; 3 E Wilson (Gate) 40:11; 4 M Woodley (Morp) 40:18; 5 F Turley
(Heat) 41:15; 6 A Mason (Gosf, W45) 41:35; 7 A Nott (Heat, W40) 42:11;
8 J Walker (Morp, W40) 42:37; 9 P Woodcock (Morp, W50) 43:40; 10 G Miller
(Aln, W35) 43:59; 11 M Pude (Walls) 44:21; 12 C Lee (Els, W60) 44:27; 13
S Welsh (Morp, W40) 44:46; 14 J Friend (Heat, W40) 45:08; 15 S Jeffrey
(Morp, W40) 45:55 W55: P Gold (Heat) 46:34 W65: E Armstrong
(Tyne) 51:00
Teams: 1 Morpeth 21; 2 Heaton 26; 3 Elswick 39
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th December 2005)
Additional Comments: All info used. 151 finishers (joint last time:
59:59). Fixture clashed with (Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 1) match. Weather
damp all time. I have seen so much water on the park roads/paths. I understand
Robinson, who arrived by taxi, may have joined in 30m into race. Chris
White made a rare appearance handing out entry forms. David Tait started
but dropped out early on. Good quality up front. Dave Whitmore finished
137th. Heaton had a good turn-out of 21 runners. Other placings were: 29
D Burn 35:50; 30 D Robins 35:55; 38 M Gibson 38:00; 39 C Auld 38:01; 46
P Bhogal 38:43; 63 F Turley; 68 E Baty 41:45; 74 A Nott; 83 D Bignall 42:58;
101 J Friend; 107 S Allan 45:42; 111 J Brignall 46:10 (16L); 115 P Gold
(18L); 118 D Parker 47:00 (20L); 122 L Swanson 47:27 (23L); 132 G Routledge
50:08; 134 I McKinnon 50:43; 143 P Robinson 52:48; 145 T Robinson 53:25;
146 A Benbow 56:31 (35L).
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