December 2007
Weekly Round-up
(to 31st Dec).
Result of Ayhope Skyline Xmas Race, at
Bishop Auckland (30th Dec): 1 N Swinburn 60:44; 2 J Charles (unatt)
62:06; 3 J Buis 63:37 W: 1 K Robertson 73:13; 2 K White 75:32; 3
C Buis 78:48.
Results from New Year Sprints at Musselburgh Racecourse (up to 29th
Dec) (shown on C4 Racing): 110 (Handicap): 1 C Robertson (Gala, U17)
(9.5m) 12.00; 2 D Rae (Haw, M40) (8.5m) 12.03. Heats: Ht 3: 1 P
Brown (12.5m) 12.15 Ht 12: 1 E Smart (13) 12.02 Ht 14: 1 P
Donachy (10.5) 12.34.
Result of Guisborough Woods Race (27th
Dec): 1 C Stead (NFR) 38:37; 2 J Charles (unatt) 39:15; 3 R Bellamy
(NYM, M40) 39:59 W: 1 M McDonnell (NFR) 45:58; 2 E Johnson
(Swale) 47:06.
Result from the New Years Eve Relays
at York Racecourse (27th Dec): 1 Richmond & Zetland 44:07 (F
Roberts 8:37, M Scott 18:20, D Roberts 17:10) (by 2mins
36secs) Fastest: 1.5M: F Roberts 3M: 1 A Hilton (York)
15:48; 2 D Roberts 17:10.
Result of Chevin Chase 7 (in
Yorkshire) (26th Dec): W: 1 A Raw (Bing) 47:46 (by 45secs).
All info courtesy of AW, where the
2007 UK Ranking Lists for Seniors included:
100: 38 R Kilty 10.61 200: 31 R
Kilty 21.37 (also R Yusif 21.07) 400: 6 R Buck 46.13 (also R
Yusif 45.72 - 4th) 800: 24 D Graham 1:49.26; 27 N McCormick
1:49.48; 29 K Flannery 1:49.56; 35 G Massingham 1:50.45 1500: 3 N
McCormick 3:38.46 (5); 19 T Settle 3:43.91 (12); 23 G Massingham
3:45.05; 30 L Moses 3:46.10; 31 J Taylor 3:46.37; 32 S Moralee 3:46.42;
40 R Stevenson 3:47.25; 44 C Parr 3:47.70 3000: 11 N McCormick
8:01.35; 18 R McLeod 8:04.81; 20 I Hudspith 8:04.89; 23 S Hepples
8:08.15; 26 D Samuels 8:10.06; 36 R Stevenson 8:15.87; 40 L Timmins
8:16.49; 44 C Parr 8:17.48 5000: 28 A Buckley 14:17.36; 33 I Hudspith 14:19.99; 39 S
Hepples 14:23.15; 43 M Hood 14:25.80; 47 R McLeod 14:28.66 5km
(Road): 13 D Bannister 14:28; 21 M Hood 14:39 5M (Road): 18 D
Bannister 24:26 10000: 4 I Hudspith 29:17.64 (4): 9 D Wardle
29:47.50 10km (Road): 3 I Hudspith 29:08; 18 S Hepples
29:31 10M: 3 S Hepples 49:22; 8 D Wardle 50:29; 20 G Dunn
51:42 Half Mar: 3 I Hudspith 63:59 (4); 12 S Hepples 65:19; 28 M
Scaife 66:48; 34 C Sampson 67:09; 40 D Wardle 67:34; 50 I Hollingsworth
68:11 Mar: 14 M Scaife 2:25:59; 21 A Buckley 2:28:30
3000St: 19 C Sampson 9:09.11 110H: 24 S Nyananyo 14.58; 40 A
Sturrock 14.85 400H: 21 L Robson 52.79; 30 L Collins 53.46; 39 K
Flannery 53.92 HJ: 36 L Powell 2.02; 42= R Byers
2.00 PV: 8 M Christie 5.15 (7); 9 K Higham 5.10 (8); 35 C
Boundy 4.40 LJ: 1 C Tomlinson 8.29 (1); 6 C Kirk 7.82; 37 S
Nyananyo 7.09 (also R Yusif 7.61-7th) TJ: 35 A Babatunde
14.45 SP: 9 L Richards 17.21 (9); 15 C Sturrock 16.00 DT: 6
L Richards 56.06 (6) HT: 30 D Little 56.57 JT: 4 L
Doran 73.75 (4); 28 I Burns 62.13 Dec: 28 John Stacey 5546
3kmW: 4 B Wears 13:03.80 5kmW: 3 B Wears 22:11.85 10km
(Road): 2 B Wears 44:16
Figures in brackets indicate UK Merit
ranking. Chris Tomlinson placed 9th in World rankings, both performance
and Merit.
Women: 100: 17 S Deacon 11.78
(11.58w) 200: 15 S Deacon 23.70; 18 V Barr 23.67 (23.71w)
400: 8 V Barr 52.85 (7) 800: 30 K Johns 2:05.7 1500: 34 F
Murray 4:20.47 3000: 26 S Thomas 9:27.27; 27 F Murray 9:27.67; 28
A Woodvine 9:28.74 5000: 32 A Dixon 16:58.9; 34 M McDonnell
17:00.08; 39 S Maude 17:16.61; 41 A Woodvine 17:18.24 5km (Road):
5 F Milton 16:07; '6 A Dixon 16:10; 13 F Murray 16:37; 15 R Robinson
16:39; 19 O Walwyn 16:45; 22 G Miles 16:47; 38 S Maude 17:07
10000: 7 G Miles 33:46.05 (7); 9 A Dixon 34:36.57 (9); 10 S Maude
35:11.30; 11 A Woodvine 35:37.87 10km (Road) 18 A Dixon
33:43 10M: 10 R Robinson 57:15; 18 J Trowbridge 58:32 Half
Mar: 30 G Miles 77:06; 48 O Walwyn 78:45 Mar: 42 A Hibbs 2:54:52;
46 H Lawrence 2:55:19 3000St: 7 S Thomas 10:20.24 (7)
100H: 30 L Dewdney 14.36 (14.19w); 34 S Todd 14.44 400H: 17 N
Desai 60.78; 20 S Todd 61.15; 30= S Coleby 62.12; 43= L McMichael
63.6 HJ: 44= L Watt 1.66 PV: 12= S Scott 3.80 (11)
TJ: 15 M Carr 12.48; 17 J Straker 12.39 (11); 39= E Wooff 11.67
DT: 25 C Reid 42.07 HT: 3 S Webb 63.46 (3); 28 K Wilson
48.20; 29 L-M Shippen 47.78; 48 L Weatheritt 44.70 3kmW: 1 J
Jackson 13:10.60 5kmW: 1 J Jackson 22:03.65 10kmW (Road): 1
J Jackson 47:49 20kmW: 1 J Jackson 1:36:28
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Ripon Jolly Holly Jog 10km.
Sun. 30th Dec.
Ricky Stevenson won yesterday's Ripon
Holly Jog 10km, for the third year in succession leading New
Marske to a clean sweep of the individual placings.
Stevenson, who has represented Great
Britain as a Junior on both Cross Country and Track in the past
eighteen months, made short work of the difficult new course consisting
mainly of of muddy grassland, coming home 2mins 30secs clear of
his nearest rival. This was despite wearing Road Running shoes.
The winner had recently clocked a fast
time for 3000m Indoors at Sheffield.
Lewis Gamble-Thompson took second
place ahead of Shaun O'Grady.
For good measure Mark Gamble-Thompson
of New Marske was the leading official veteran in 5th position.
York youngster Becky Pentry repeated
her 2006 victory in the Womens' race with Middlesbrough's Carolyn
Summersgill 1min 27secs adrift in second place.
Result.
1 R Stevenson (N Marske, U20) 31:38; 2
L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske, U20) 34:08; 3 S O'Grady (N Marske) 34:24;
4 T Lambert (Swale, M35) 34:33; 5 R Best (N Marske, U17) 34:46; 6 M
Gamble-Thompson (N Marske, M45) 35:22; 7 D Roberts (R&Z, U17)
35:28; 8 S O'Neill (Darl) 35:53; 9 D Sprot (Hall) 36:25; 10 A
Normandale (York A, M45) 37:00
Women: 1 B Pentry (York A) 38:32; 2 C
Summersgill (M&C) 39:59; 3 D Gibbs (York A, W45) 41:03; 4 C Wright
(Harr, W45) 41:19; 5 A Snook (Shil, U20) 41:26; 6 A Bogie (Char All)
41:49
W60: S Gibson (Darl) 50:19
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 31st December 2007).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather bright (had been
showery) and quite mild. Little wind. Course being described as "very
muddy" seemed to be, on the whole, as quick as the old one. The only
problem was that walk from Cricket club to start, was a lot more than
"advertised" 5mins (nearer 15mins).
Results courtesy of Ripon RR website (by 4.00pm) and some early info
from Roger Norton (in attendance). 472 finishers (last time: 1:34:58).
Heaton performances were 158 A Mulliss 49:20 and by two newcomers (to
me anyway): 79 S Price 43:51; 300 S Walker (L) 56:31.
Woodlawn
Christmas Pudding Run.
Whitley Bay. Wed. 26th Dec.
Elswick's Ryan McLeod reversed 2006
placings with Morpeth's Nick McCormick to win this ever-popular Boxing
Day event.
In the milder conditions, McLeod who
was successful here in
2005, and three days earlier won the Saltwell 10km, fought off the
early challenge of McCormick pulling away from his rival after 2.5km.
The margin of victory was 11secs,
while track specialist Gavin Massingham of Sunderland finished in an
isolated third position.
Former Elswick Harrier, Justina
Heslop, now based in London, easily won the Womens' race from Gateshead
teenager Sigourney Bell.
Result. Distance 5.5km.
1 R McLeod (Els) 16:03; 2 N McCormick
(Morp) 16:14; 3 G Massingham (Sun) 16:37; 4 N Wilkinson (Morp) 17:16; 5
M Dawson (NSP) 17:31; 6 I Twaddle (NSP) 17:42; 7 T Brannon (NSP, M40)
17:47; 8 R Floyd (Morp, U20) 17:51; 9 P Walker (Morp,
M40) 17:54; 10 M Frost (NSP, M40) 18:23; 11 P Waterston (Morp,
M40) 18:29; 12 C Paton (Gate) 18:35
M45: G Harden (Sun) 18:58 M55: S
White (Els) 20:07
Women: 1 J Heslop (Clap) 19:32; 2 S
Bell (Gate, U15) 20:22; 3 F Little (unatt) 22:14; 4 V Butler (Els)
22:23; 5 K Mason (unatt) 22:25
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 27th December 2007).
Additional Comments: All info used. Weather bright and dry and no frost
(compared to previous few days). Little wind. Guessing at about 400
runners. As usual handful of
results compiled by Bill McGuirk and myself. Other performances (though
may not be 100% accurate): 13 D Weston 18:38; 14 A Lawrence 18:41; C
Haimsworth 18:50a; George Harden about 18th, R Balmbra 19:03. Justina
Heslop about 30th. "Personality" performances included: R Ferguson (L)
23:17; D Whitmore 27:50; D Lawther 29:20; S Robson 37:00.
Heaton performances (apologies if omitted): C Auld 21:01; M Gibson
21:48; S McEntee 22:24 (?); E Baty 23:11; J Friend (L) 23:23; A Mulliss
24:00; J Brignall (L) 24:57; J Josephs 25:55; R Checkley 26:13; E
Appleby 26:43; Kate McEntee 28:08; W Brown 29:08; C McEntee/Kelly
McEntee 29:45. Did not see G Routledge come in.
Saltwell
Harriers Road Races.
Saltwell Park, Gateshead. Sun.
23rd Dec.
Ryan McLeod of Elswick strode to an
emphatic victory at yesterday's annual Pre-Christmas Saltwell 10km Road
Race.
McLeod follows in the footsteps of
father, Mike who won this event 16 times.
In the bitterly cold conditions, the
Loughborough University student, recently 18th in the European Under 23
Cross Country Championship, soon headed the 260-strong field on the new
three-and-a-half lap course on the outskirts of Saltwell Park.
He was closely followed by Jon Taylor
of Morpeth and Chris Lamb of Chester Le Street but they soon lost
contact approaching the end of the first lap.
McLeod's winning margin was 43secs
over Taylor, with former winner Stewart Bell moving through to third
position, and taking the first Veterans' prize.
McLeod's winning time broke the
inaugural course record of Gateshead's Chris Parr by 32 secs.
Bell broke the veterans' record by
1min 28secs.
Taylor led Morpeth to the team title
from Elswick.
Wirral's Helen Lawrence also set new
figures in the Womens' race finishing in 25th position overall.
Lawrence took 44secs off the 2006
winning time, coming home with 24secs to spare.
Maxine Czarnecka and Tracey Laws took
the minor awards leading Chester Le Street to the team title.
Elswick's Yam Thiru was the leading
veteran in 6th.
Morpeth's Marcus Cram (Under 15 Boys),
Barry Maskell of Gateshead (Under 13 Boys) and Sophie Taylor of Birtley
(Under 13 Girls) set new records in their respective events. Sigourney
Bell of Gateshead matched her 2006 winning time in the Under 15
Girls' race.
Greg Ritchie of Jarrow and Hebburn and
Helen Gertig of Blaydon were successful in the Under 17 races.
Special mention goes to South Shields
Harrier Dave Whitmore, who has ran this race every time for the last 31
years. Dave, wearing No 1 for the occasion, finished 209th in 53mins
44secs and was the second Over 65 competitor to finish.
Results.
Senior 10km: 1 R McLeod (Els) 31:27
(rec); 2 J Taylor (Morp, U20) 32:10; 3 S Bell (CleS, M40) 32:58; 4 C
Lamb (CleS) 33:10; 5 M Armstrong (Blay) 33:15; 6 N Samuels (Sale)
33:39; 7 J Buis (Heat) 33:50; 8 I Crampton (Dur, M45) 33:52; 9 M Dawson
(NSP) 34:02; 10 R Hand (Dur, M45) 34:10; 11 C Muir (SSh) 34:40; 12 P
Turner (Els) 34:47; 13 A Shepherd (Morp) 35:00; 14 P Walker (Morp, M40)
35:09; 15 B Harrison (Morp) 35:32; 16 M McDonald (Low F) 35:46; 17 J
Prest (Traff) 35:48; 18 J Larkin (unatt, M40) 36:21; 19 S Mussett
(Loft) 36:24; 20 S Grey (Els, M40) 36:25
M45: 3 P Dixon (Els) 36:40
M50: 1 B Jameson (Tyne) 37:22; 2 S
Marshall (Dur) 37:39; 3 G Hewitson (Crook) 39:34 M55: 1 F Devlin
(Gate) 43:23; 2 M Henry (Aln) 43:50 M60: 1 H Gold (Heat)
44:24 M65: 1 F Strand (SSh) 48:29 M70: 1 I Barnes (Darl)
47:06
Teams: 1 Morpeth 23; 2 Elswick 30; 3
Heaton 54
Veterans: 1 Durham City 15; 2 Elswick
18; 3 Low Fell 55
Women: 1 H Lawrence (Wirr) 36:54
(rec): 2 M Czarnecka (CleS) 37:18; 3 T Laws (CleS) 38:32; 4 M Ferrier
(Gate, U20) 38:53; 5 M Holt (Sun) 39:36; 6 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 40:06; 7
H Dix (Blay, U20) 40:12; 8 M Turner (CleS) 40:16; 9 L Spence (Camb
H) 40:20; 10 J Carter (Cumb, W40) 40:35; 11 K Simpson (Gate) 40:35; 12
S Morley (Tyne, W40) 40:43; 13 Claire Baudouin (Gate, U20) 41:15; 14 C
Jackson (Aln V, W45) 41:35; 15 E Gibson (Els) 41:43
W35: 1 V
Thompson (J&H)45:37 W45: 2 D Elliott (Sun S) 44:54; 3 J Friend
(Heat) 46:43 W50: 1 Chris Baudouin (Gate) 48:25; 2 S Parr (CleS)
49:42 W55: 1 P
Woodcock (Morp) 50:48 W60: 1 P Gold (Heat)
51:28
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 13; 2
Gateshead 28; 3 Elswick 43
Under 17 Men: 4.4km: 1 G Ritchie
(J&H) 17:04; 2 A Wilson (Blay) 17:59
Under 15 Boys: 2.8km: 1 M Cram
(Morp) 9:35 (rec); 2 O Walker (Gate) 10:26; 3 R Morris (unatt) 10:58
Under 13 Boys: 2.8km: 1 B Maskell
(Gate) 10:21 (rec); 2 T Peel (J&H) 10:45; 3 A Bailes (Birt) 11:02
Team: Gateshead 18
Under 17 Women: 4.4km: 1 H Gertig
(Blay) 10:56; 2 Z Armstrong (Morp) 19:29; 3 R Jamieson (Gate) 20:58
Under 15 Girls: 2.8km. 1 S Bell (Gate)
10:41 (=rec); 2 R Ferguson (Gate) 11:32; 3 R Cram (Els) 12:39
Team: 1 Gateshead 7
Under 13 Girls: 2.8km: 1 S Taylor
(Birt) 11:15 (rec); 2 L Clement (Gate) 11:47; 3 S Forster (Birt) 12:05
Team: 1 Gateshead 18
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th December 2007).
Additional Comments: All info used. 261 finishers (last
time: 74:24). Results courtesy of George, Audrey and Vera. These
amended from morning, due to some competitors being given the wrong
numbers. Weather very cold. Bright and sunny, but hard frost in early
morning had barely disappeared. McLeod's intermediate times
included
8:50 (1 lap) and 18:01 (2 laps). Heaton H performances will be on HH
website,
after final alterations made. Heaton 4th Ladies' team.
Gateshead
Lunchtime Handicap.
Saltwell
Park. Wed. 19th Dec.
Result:
Distance 5km
1 S Lowrie
(unatt) 32:47; 2 P Lancaster (NSP) 32:58; 3 M Holmes (unatt) 33:15; 4 B
Hurst (J&H) 33:39; 5 A Longley (unatt) 34:31; 6 M Graham (Low F)
34:32; 7 J Stephenson (Gate) 34:35; 8 P Gold (Heat, L) 34:40; 9 G Smith
(Gate) 34:42; 10 R Balmer (SSh) 34:45
Fastest: C
Paton (Gate) 17:18 (rec); N Gold (Heat) 17:57; G Harden (Sun, M45)
18:10; V Hemy (NSP, M40) 18:46; G Russell (Low F) 19:14 M70: J Prudham (J&H) 22:53
Women: L
Roche (M&C, U20) 19:32 (rec); E Gibson (Els) 20:17; J Bradley
(Gate) 21:48; M Moran (NE Vets, W35) 22:30 W60: P Gold 24:40
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results sent to due to time lapse. 54
finishers (last time: Ted Joynson 60:00). Ted started late running off
9mins Handicap (act time 51:00). Results courtesy of Low Fell website
(Thurs afternoon). Weather dry, overcast and quite mild. Lauren Roche
finished.16th (off 15:20), Chris Paton 18th (off 17:40), George Harden
29th (off 18:10) and Nicholas Gold 46th (off 18:40). "Personality"
performances included 28th Dave Whitmore (act time 26:49), 35th Albert
Prouse (26:04) and 51st David Tait (37:55). Joe Prudham finished 25th.
Other Heaton performances were: 23 R Checkley 25:01; 38 A Mulliss
22:45; 41 H Craven 32:50; 47 E Appleby 27:29.
(to 16th Dec).
George Routledge finished 314th (14th M60) in the Majorca Hal Marathon
in a time of 2hrs 6mins 57secs (info from source).
Result of the Bolsover Mizuno 10km near Chesterfield: 1 C Hawkins
(Derby) 31:28; 2 D Bannister 31:51.
Result of Telford 10km: 1 D Webb (Leeds) 29:32; 2 A Buckley (now Leeds)
29:50; 3 L Merrien (Guerns) 29:56; 6 C Parr (Lough) 30:09.
Result of the Great Langdale 10km in Cumbria (15th Dec): 1 E Malloch
(Bath) 30:48; 4 M Scott (M40) 31:39; 7 B Harrison 32:23 W: 1 L
Park (10th overall) 33:59 (by 2mins 3secs).
Belated results from Northern Indoor Meeting at Sheffield (15th Dec):
60: r7: 7 N Pearson (U20) 8.23 r10: 3 A Wood (U17) 8.25
300: Ht 2: 1 N Pearson 42.38 1000: r1: 1 C Reynolds 2:23.21; 3 A
Stanton 2:31.87 r2: 4 L Baister (U17) 2:43.11 r3: 6 S Bell
(U17W) 2:59.83 r4: 3 R Ferguson (U17W) 3:03.69 3000: 1 R
Stevenson 8:15.87; 2 D Shaw 8:49.77 W: HJ: 1 A Wood 1.55.
Result of North Shields Poly Handicap (11th Dec): Fastest times: M
Dawson 19:03; C Morley (M40) 19:40; G Jones (Blyth) 19:41 W: A
Hibbs (Clare) 21:26; S Rutherford (Darl) 21:41; H Lambert (W50)
22:59 W40: H Morris (Blyth) 24:02.
All info courtesy of AW.
Cleveland. Sun. 16th Dec.
Result: Distance 7.5M.
1 S Hepples (N&EB) 41:50; 2 L
Gamble-Thompson (N Marske, U20) 42:09; 3 J Taylor (Morp, U20) 42:53; 4
P Lowe (NYM) 43:33; 5 A Wiles (M'bro, U20) 43:42; 6 S O'Grady (N Marske) 43:47; 7 D Bilton (Leeds, M40) 44:20;
8 A Duffield (Loft, U20) 44:31; 9 J Hunter (Loft, M40) 44:35; 10 A
Lawrence (Morp) 45:16
M45: 1 G Hetherington (Sedge)
45:38 M50: 1 T Livingston (N Marske) 46:27 M60: 1 N Scruton
(Scar) 52:04 M70: 1 J Conaghan (N Marske) 62:07
Women: 1 A Dixon (CleS) 47:46; 2 K
Nelson (Knave, W35) 50:15; 3 A Raw (Bing, W40) 51:19; 4 J Jackson
(M&C) 51:42; 5 C Summersgill (M&C) 52:16; 6 K White (Loft, W35)
53:11; 7 J Mastrolonardo (Loft, W35) 52:44; 8 S Gray (unatt, U20) 53:48
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results (courtesy of ukresults website)
submittted. 506 finishers (last time: 1:47:57). Suzanne Kirkup looked
to be 1st W55 (66:55), though the way results are displayed, it is easy
to miss some Female performances (nb: N McGee listed in AW as 2nd lady
(49:47) but is listed as male in above results). Allen Mulliss finished
206th
(61:36).
Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier
League.
Cramlington. Sat. 15th Dec.
Defending champions Sunderland, were
back on course to retain the Senior Mens' Division 1 title, winning the
team event in the second fixture of the Start Fitness North Eastern
Harrier League fixture at a frostbound Cramlington Nature
Reserve on Saturday.
After an indifferent start in the
first fixture, the Wearsiders now lie fourth behind Elswick, South
Shields and Tynedale. Heaton only 2pts behind Sunderland on the day,
lead Morpeth by 1pt in Division 2. Sadly no Division 3 teams closed in.
Newcomer Kristopher Russell of Low
Fell was an easy winner of the individual event. Medium pack runners
Andrew Teate of Gateshead and Matthew Armstrong of Blaydon
finished 2nd and 4th, with former top Junior Richard Kemp leading
Sunderland home in third place. Mark Brown of Morpeth clocked the
fastest time finishing in 7th from the fast pack.
Kerry Matthew of Chester Le Street was
an emphatic winner of the Senior Womens' race from Helen Johnson of
Heaton. Fast pack runner, Aiveen Fox of Morpeth finished 3rd. North
Shields Poly won the team event from Tynedale and Heaton, who now share
the overall lead.
North Eastern champion, Mary Ferrier
of Gateshead clocked the fastest time in the Under 20 Womens' race
finishing 2nd to Gosforth's Emma Masson.
Liam Ayton of Durham was fastest
overall when winning the Under 15 Boys' race, while in the Under 13
event, regional champions Morpeth excelled with four runners in the
first five. Jonathan Nisbet was the individual winner and North Eastern
champion, Adam Harrington clocked the fastest time in 5th.
Gosforth's Rachael Lundgren again
clocked the fastest time, finishing 2nd in the Under 15 Girls'
race.
Results.
Senior Men (9.6km Handicap): 1 K
Russell (Low F) 34:26; 2 A Teate (Gate) 34:38; 3 R Kemp (Sun) 34:59; 4
M Armstrong (Blay) 35:02; 5 L Longman (Heat) 35:30; 6 M Fenwick (NSP)
35:40; 7 M Brown (Morp) 36:16; 8 R Hand (Dur, M45) 36:42; 9 J Allison (Crook) 36:55; 10 S Marshall
(Dur, M50) 36:57; 11 C Muir (SSh) 37:00; 12 B Jameson (Tyne, M50)
37:02; 13 J Moore (Heat) 37:10; 14 C Cochrane (Heat) 37:18; 15 K Blyth
(Sun S, M40) 37:20; 16 T Wylie (Tyne, M40) 37:23; 17 D Ellis (Sun)
37:25; 18 M Golightly (NSP) 37:32; 19 M Cochrane (Morp, U20) 37:35; 20
H Bingham (Tyne, M40) 37:36
Fastest: M Brown 31:16; A Teate 32:08;
M Armstrong 32:32; T Carter (Walls, U20) 32:39; S Potts (Sun) 32:46; C
Lamb (CleS) 32:59
Teams: Div 1: 1 Sunderland 100; 2
Tynedale 109; 3 South Shields 172; 4 Elswick 173; 5 Alnwick 220; 6
Sunderland Strollers 222 Div 2: 1 Heaton 60; 2 North Shields Poly
89; 3 Morpeth 91
Under 17 Men (6.4km Handicap): 1 G
Rowe (Blay) 23:11; 2 T Walker (Gosf) 23:34; 3 A Wilson (Blay) 24:19; 4
J Moore (J&H) 25:02; 5 G Ritchie (J&H) 25:06; 6 A Douglass
(Morp) 25:33; 7 C Rutherford (Tyne) 25:48; 8 S Causebrook (Tyne) 25:56
Fastest: J Moore 22:22; G Ritchie
22:26; A Douglass 22:53
Team: 1 Blaydon 16
Under 15 Boys (3.2km Handicap):
1 L Ayton (Dur) 11:40; 2 T Oliver (Gate) 12:25; 3 C Laidlaw (Els)
12:44; 4 D Balmain (Els) 12:52; 5 M Lundgren (Gosf) 12:57; 6 M
Fearn (J&H) 13:03; 7 S Blackett (CleS) 13:06; 8 T Bird (Gosf) 13:07
Fastest: L Ayton 11:40; J Brown (Tyne)
11:48; S Barras (J&H) 11:49
Teams: 1 Gosforth 26; 2 Jarrow &
Hebburn 27; 3 Tynedale 37
Under 13 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 J
Nisbet (Morp) 12:28; 2 M Grundy (Aln) 12:39; 3 L Coyle (Morp) 12:44; 4
R Ramsay (Morp) 13:01; 5 A Harrington (Morp) 13:02; 6 C Bell (Aln)
13:05; 7 A Wallett (NSP) 13:08; 8 T Wilkie (Tyne) 13:16
Fastest: A Harrington 11:42; R
Loraine (Birt) 12:03; B Maskell (Gate) 12:06
Senior Women (6.4km Handicap):
1 K Matthew (CleS) 25:34; 2 H Johnson (Heat) 26:04; 3 A Fox (Morp)
27:16; 4 H Lambert (NSP, W50) 27:19; 5 K Simpson (Gate) 27:23; 6 J
Dooley (Tyne) 27:40; 7 D James (Elv, W40) 28:01; 8 L Robinson (NSP)
28:08; 9 M Holt (Sun) 28:28; 10 K Robertson (Tyne, W35) 28:29; 11 L
Miller (NSP, W45) 28:37; 12 D Hales (Dur, W35) 28:40; 13 M Herworth
(Clare, W35) 28:40; 14 E Walton (Walls) 28:41; 15 K Davis (NSP, W35)
28:41
Fastest: A Fox 24:36; K Simpson 24:43;
D James 25:21; K Matthew 25:34; M Holt 25:48; H Johnson 26:04
Teams: 1 North Shields Poly 23; 2
Tynedale 33; 3 Heaton 42; 4 Morpeth 50; 5 Wallsend 61; 6 Sunderland 70
Under 20 Women (6.4km Handicap): 1 E
Masson (Gosf, U17) 27:10; 2 M Ferrier (Gate) 27:17; 3 H Gertig
(Blay, U17) 27:55; 4 M Bell (Black B, U17) 29:39; 5 O Tindale (Dur)
31:49; 6 L Dixon (Morp) 32:18; 7 S Favier (Gate, U17) 32:24; 8 R
Grieves (Blay, U17) 32:58
Fastest: M Ferrier 24:37; H Gertig
25:15; E Masson 27:10
Team: 1 Houghton 39
Under 15 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 E
Bradbury (Blay) 13:46; 2 R Lundgren (Gosf) 13:59; 3 C Bradbury (Blay)
14:00; 4 S Edwards (Gosf) 14:19; 5 H Waddell (Gosf) 14:21; 6 K Johnson
(Blyth) 14:26; 7 C Sadler (Tyne) 14:40; 8 K Lowdon (Tyne) 14:41
Fastest: R Lundgren 12:39; H Waddell
13:01; R Oldham (Gate) 13:24
Teams: 1 Gosforth 11; 2 Tynedale 33; 3
Gateshead 36
Under 13 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 L
Turner (Birt) 13:54; 2 S Bruce (Tyne) 14:17; 3 B Gill (Gate) 14:30; 4 B
Larby (Gosf) 14:37; 5 S Courty (Morp) 14:40; 6 G Tindale (Dur) 14:41; 7
A Stewart (Morp) 14:46; 8 S Taylor (Birt) 14:33
Fastest: S Bruce 12:57; S Taylor
13:33; B Oakes (Birt) 13:44
Teams: 1 Birtley 17; 2 Gateshead 25; 3
Morpeth 30
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather bright but got
colder as meeting progressed. Frost made the "muddy" course firm
underfoot. 267 finishers SM (60:43). 78 finishers SW (41:45). Tim
Calder (1st in U17M in 22:44) and Deborah Oakley (4th in JW in 28:06)
were disqualified for running from wrong pack. Judith Nutt made a
comeback after the birth of her child, finishing 58th from fast pack
(actual time: 29:09). Heaton performances on
HH website.
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Indoor Performance Centre. Thurs. 13th Dec.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 60: 1 A Mesah (Shaft B)
7.1; 2 A Boyd (Dur U) 7.2 HJ: 1 S Stanislaus (Shil) 1.76; 2 S
Garcon (Dur U) 1.71 PV: 1 M Christie (Sale) 5.00 SP: 1 S
Stanislaus 10.51
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 J Andrew (J&H)
7.5 HJ: 1 M McCarthy (Dur) 1.66; 2 A Williamson (CleS) 1.61
PV: 1 G Howard (Gate) 3.60
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 P Jefferson
(Darl) 7.5; 2 H Harris (Darl) 7.6 HJ: 1 S Sinclair (NSP) 1.71; 2
E Gill (Gate) 1.66 SP: 1 J Bowser (Gate) 10.04
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 S Hall (Gate)
8.1; 2 R Garrick (J&H) 8.1 60H: 1 S Hall 9.9
HJ: 1 S Hall 1.56
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J Robertshaw
(Morp) 8.7
Senior Women: 60H: 1 A Berry (J&H)
10.0; 2 J Adams (Dur) 10.0
Under 20 Women: 60: 1 S Coleby (Dur)
8.4; 2 A Ramsey (SSh) 8.5 60H: 1 S Coleby 9.6 LJ: 1 A
Ramsey 4.80
Under 17 Women: 60: r1: 1 F Bowles
(Darl) 7.9; 2 L Goldsmith (Darl) 8.3 r2: 1 J Lawton (Gate)
8.5 60H: 1 A Wood (M'bro) 9.3; 2 S Wood (Dur) 10.1 HJ:
1 G Johnson (NSP) 1.56; 2 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.51 PV: 1 J Lawton
2.85; 2 Stacy Howden (Gate) 2.30; 3 C Winter (J&H) 2.30 LJ: 1
C Gill (M'bro) 4.99; 2 A Stone (M'bro) 4.73; 3 L Kennedy 4.70 SP:
1 K Bulmer (J&H) 9.02
Under 15 Girls: 60: r1: 1 J Read
(Gate) 8.7 r2: 1 K Corner (J&H) 8.7; 2 A Smith (SSh) 8.8
60H: 1 K Corner 10.2 HJ: 1 Shannon Howden (Gate) 1.46; 2 R
Anderson (Walbottle HS) 1.41 LJ: 1 J Read 4.92 SP: 1 V
Jacques (unatt) 8.07
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 K Murphy (Birt)
8.8; 2 J Archbold (Darl) 9.1 LJ: 1 K Murphy 4.06
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Results only obtained on Wednesday (19th).
These courtesy of Janice Kaufman. Actually 9 heats of "mixed" 60m
races, but separated on official results. Bowles won heat 5. New North
Shields Poly recruit Emma Hastings was 2nd to Lawton in Ht 6 (8.7).
However, looking at races, first two in this heat were close, and
Bowle's margin of victory, did not seem as much as times suggest.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 9th Dec).
Result of Simonside Cairns Fell Race at Rothbury: 1 C Stead 80:06; 2 A
Horsfield (Punt Gosf ?) 80:52; 3 J Blackett 81:16 W: 1 R Vincent
92:50; 2 K Robertson 93:20; 3 L Wilkinson 1:43:19.
Results from the European Cross Country Championships at Turo, Spain
(9th Dec) included: SM: 1 S Lebid (Ukr) 31:47; 2 M Mohamed (Swe) 31:56;
3 R Silva (Port) 31:58; 11 A Baddeley 32:14 Teams: 1 Spain 33; 4
Great Britain 81 U23M: 1 K Koyuncu (Tur) 24:31; 2 V Rybakov
(Russ) 24:33; 3 A Vernon (GB) 24:35; 12 A Baker 24:58; 18 R McLeod
25:07; 19 T Lancashire 25:08 Team: 1 Great Britain 52; 2 Poland
52 U20M: 1 M Amdouri (Fra) 20:08; 2 F Carralho (Fra) 20:11; 3 D
Lashyn (Ukr) 20:16; 4 D Forrester 20:21; 5 L Carey 20:22; 12 B Lindsey
20:34; 27 M Goose 20:55; 43 R Murray 21:04 Teams: 1 France 29; 2
Great Britain 48 SW: 1 M Dominguez (Sp) 26:58; 2 I Coulaud (Fra)
27:01; 3 R Morato (Sp) 27:04; 6 K Reed 27:11; 9 H Yelling 27:28; 10 L
Yelling 27:31; 22 H Clitheroe 28:02 Teams: 1 Spain 33; 2 Great
Britain 47; 3 Portugal 69 U23W: 1 A Boboed (Rum) 22:35; 2 A
Herzog (Neth) 22:37; 3 K Kowalska (Pol) 22:44; 5 F Milton 23:02; 8 K
Wootton 23:08; 16 K Sparke 23:32; 18 S Hignett 23:35; 24 S Tunstall
23:46 Teams: 1 Great Britain 47; 2 Russia 55 U20W: 1 S
Twell 14:12; 2 D Urbank (Pol) 14:21; 3 C Purdue 14:22; 4 C Roach 14:27;
6 E Pidgeon 14:31; 8 J Harvey 14:32; 27 L Park 14:58 Teams: 1
Great Britain 14; 2 Russia 50. Again TV coverage (BBC) only showed all
of Senior events where British performances were not great. Only a few
brief glimpses of other races were featured. Certainly more of U20W
race could have been seen.
Results from Cumbria Cross Country Championships at Penrith: SM: 1 R
Lightfoot (Ellen) 33:53; 2 B Taylor (Ellen) 34:07; 3 N Sharp (Amb)
34:14 U20: 1 P Huck (Barr) 34:18 U17: 1 T Marper (Bord)
17:39 SW: 1 R Robinson (Kend) 27:42; 2 C McKeown (Bord) 30:48; 3
K Heaviside (Eden) 33:00 U17: 1 C Arter (Eden) 19:36.
All info courtesy of AW (no report on NE Champs used, the first time
for many years) where the UK 2007 Ranking lists for U13 Boys were
listed (again not many names from North East): 75H: 4 S Hall 12.3
LJ: 17 S Hall 4.90 SP: 3 N Cairns (North'd Sch): 11.62 SP:
13 C Harrison 10.40.
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North Eastern Counties' A.A Cross
Country Championships.
Summerhill Centre, Hartlepool.
Sat. 8th Dec.
Mark Hood of Sunderland easily
retained the Senior Mens' title at Saturday's North Eastern Counties'
A.A Cross Country Championships, dropping the leading group of six
athletes on the second of the four laps.
There was driving rain throughout the
afternoon making the going very heavy in parts, and temperatures
had dropped drastically after the previous few days.
In a close battle for second place,
Chris Sampson of Morpeth fought off the challenge of 10-times-champion,
Brian Rushworth of Sunderland, to take the silver medal.
Sampson led Morpeth to the team title
defeating defending champions, Sunderland.
Hood has now gained medals in the
championships, either individual or team, every year since he won the
Under 13 title in the 1990's.
Sonia Thomas of Sale easily won the
Senior Womens' event, coming home well clear of Gateshead's Charlotte
Wickham. The runner-up is making a welcome return to regular
competition after gaining many titles as a teenager. Jessica
Trowbridge took third place but could not count for her new club
Gateshead, allowing Chester Le Street, led by fifth-placed Maxine
Czarnecka to take the team title.
Ricky Stevenson, who just missed out
on selection for the European Championships, finished well clear of his
rivals in the Under 20 event. With Dominic Shaw and Lewis
Gamble-Thompson taking the minor medals, it was a clean sweep for New
Marske (the first by a club for many years), in the team event.
Mary Ferrier of Gateshead easily
retained her Womens' Under 20 title coming home ahead of
Middlesbrough's Kirsty Legg and leading Under 17 athlete, Kate Avery of
Shildon. Next across the line was Under 17 runner-up, Helen Gertig of
Blaydon. Gateshead retained the combined team title.
The improving Philip Hurst of Elswick
won the Under 17 Mens' race, from TIm Calder who led Tynedale to
victory in the team competition. The Hexham-based club also retained
the Under 15 Boys' title. In a good quality individual race, Mark Shaw
of New Marske, last year's Under 13 champion, held off a strong
challenge from Michael Priestley of Gosforth.
Gateshead's Sigourney Bell. second in
2006, easily won the Under 15 Girls' race, from Rosie King who led
Gosforth to the team title.
Morpeth started the meeting well with
Adam Harrington narrowly winning the Under 13 Boys' race from clubmate
Jonathan Nisbet, and they also took the team awards.
Zoe Hewitson took the Under 13 Girls'
title from Steph Bruce of Tynedale, though 4th placed
Charmaine Porter of Sunderand was sent
off course, when leading.
With third-placed Amy Etherington
backing up the winner, Shildon gained victory in the team event.
Morpeth retained the Middlesbrough and
Cleveland Trophy, for the best overall team performance.
Results.
Senior Men (12km): 1 M Hood (Sun)
39:44; 2 C Sampson (Morp) 40:10; 3 B Rushworth (Sun, M40) 40:17; 4 M
Brown (Morp) 40:31; 5 N Wilkinson (Morp) 40:50; 6 S Bell (CleS,
M40) 40:56; 7 C Lamb (CleS) 41:10; 8 A Teate (Gate) 41:18; 9 T Wall
(Morp) 41:22; 10 L Moses (Darl) 41:46; 11 K Forster (Morp) 41:49; 12 S
Potts (Sun) 41:57; 13 N Williams (NYM) 42:15; 14 T Field (Sun,
M40) 42:20; 15 P Hutton (Gosf) 42:22; 16 R Morrell (M'bro) 43:32; 17 P
Lowe (NYM) 42:56; 18 R Hand (Dur, M45) 42:59; 19 T Doughty (Sun, M40)
43:04; 20 P Newton (Clare) 43:08; 21 D Swinburne (Morp) 43:13; 22 J
Buis (Heat) 43:20; 23 I Twaddle (NSP) 43:31; 24 M Dawson (NSP) 43:40;
25 M Thompson (Gate) 43:45; 26 C Paton (Gate) 43:48; 27 I Crampton
(Dur, M45) 44:18; 28 R West (Gate) 44:22; 29 M Smith (Gate, M40) 44:37;
30 A Lawrence (Morp) 44:39; 31 R Bellamy (NYM, M40) 44:41; 32 G
Hetherington (Sedge, M45) 44:45; 33 P Coulson (CleS) 44:51; 34 M
Tomlinson (CleS) 44:59; 35 Z Scott (Birt) 45:04; 36 J Donneky (Derw)
45:12; 37 P Walker (Morp, M40) 45:25; 38 L Millmore (Birt) 45:32; 39 D
Inglis (Darl) 45:35; 40 S Gray (Els, M40) 45:40; 41 L Longman (Heat)
45:53; 42 I Blakemore (Sedge) 46:00; 43 K Stephenson (Els, M40) 46:07;
44 G Huxley (Walls) 46:09; 45 M Macdonald (Low F) 46:12; 46 C Jackson
(Sun S) 46:31; 47 P Waterson (Morp, M40) 46:31; 48 P Branston (Gate,
M40) 46:39; 49 C Hainsworth (Gate) 46:42; 50 M Armstrong (Hart, M40)
46:50
Teams: 1 Morpeth 52; 2 Sunderland 101;
3 Gateshead 164; 4 North York Moors 273; 5 Elswick 374; 6 Wallsend 416
Under 20 Men (9km): 1 R Stevenson (N
Marske) 28:01; 2 D Shaw (N Marske) 28:58; 3 L Gamble-Thompson (N
Marske) 29:52; 4 A Wiles (M'bro) 30:00; 5 T Carter (Walls) 30:10; 6 C
Smith (CleS) 30:23; 7 A Mason (M'bro) 31:11; 8 J Gibson (Gate) 31:12; 9
K Thompson (Liv H) 31:27; 10 R Floyd (Morp) 32:13; 11 T Perrins
(Gate) 32:41; 12 M Cochrane (Morp) 32:52; 13 R Balmbra (Morp) 33:04; 14
D Watt (NSP) 33:23; 15 T Graham (N Marske) 33:47
Teams: 1 New Marske 6; 2 Morpeth 35; 3
Gateshead 39
Under 17 Men (6km): 1 P Hurst (Els)
19:20; 2 T Calder (Tyne) 19:56; 3 R Best (N Marske) 19:57; 4 M Rice
(Gosf) 20:06; 5 C Rutherford (Tyne) 20:16; 6 K Taylor (Morp) 20:21; 7 J
Moore (J&H) 20:33; 8 L Baister (Gate) 20:36; 9 J Scott (Morp)
20:40; 10 T Walker (Gosf) 20:42; 11 A Blowers (N Marske) 20:50; 12 M
Jones (M&C) 20:54; 13 G Hawkins (M'bro) 20:55; 14 T Murphy
(M&C) 21:13; 15 C Gaffney (Darl) 21:16; 16 T West (Darl) 21:17; 17
A Douglass (Morp) 21:21; 18 L Wintrip (Sun) 21:34; 19 T Venus (Tyne)
21:39; 20 E Jackson (N Marske) 21:54
Teams: 1 Tynedale 54; 2 Gosforth 62; 3
Sunderland 98
Under 15 Boys (3.5km): 1 M Shaw
(N Marske) 11:50; 2 M Priestley (Gosf) 11:57; 3 C Boyek (Shil) 12:09; 4
J Phillips (Darl) 12:13; 5 J Archer (Sun) 12:32; 6 M Newby (J&H)
12:36; 7 J Dowdle (Dur) 12:51; 8 J Marshall (CleS) 12:54; 9 J Brown
(Tyne) 12:56; 10 S Greenwood (Tyne) 12:59; 11 P Clifford (Darl) 13:01;
12 S Barras (J&H) 13:02; 13 P Shuttleworth (Morp) 13:03; 14 S Hearn
(Tyne) 13:04; 15 G Lavan (CleS) 13:05; 16 J Boyd (Gate) 13:09; 17 R
Pearse (N Marske) 13:09; 18 J Campbell (Sun) 13:10; 19 L Ayton (Dur)
13:10; 20 G Lowery (J&H) 13:10
Teams: 1 Tynedale 60; 2 Sunderland 67;
3 Chester Le Street 81
Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 A Harrington
(Morp) 11:30; 2 J Nisbet (Morp) 11:31; 3 B Maskell (Gate) 11:39; 4 R
Loraine (Birt) 11:43; 5 J Hepple (Morp) 11:45; 6 E Hetherington (Blyth)
11:48; 7 C Peverley (CleS) 11:53; 8 M Coulthard (Shil) 11:58; 9 A
Bailes (Birt) 12:01; 10 J Reid (Gosf) 12:02; 11 T Peel (J&H) 12:06;
12 K Newton (Gate) 12:14; 13 L Boyek (Shil) 12:17; 14 A Wallett (NSP)
12:21; 15 M Wilson (Sun) 12:23; 16 M Bunn (J&H) 12:24; 17 H
Danby-Plant (Hough) 12:33; 18 W Crossen (N Ayc) 12:46; 19 L Irvine
(Sun) 12:50; 20 R Jordan (CleS) 12:56
Teams: 1 Morpeth 36; 2 Sunderland 84;
3 Gateshead 88
Senior Women (9.5km): 1 S Thomas
(Sale) 31:29; 2 C Wickham (Gate) 32:55; 3 J Trowbridge (Gate) 33:15; 4
J Mooney (Morp) 33:26; 5 M Czarnecka (CleS) 33:29; 6 F Burnie (CleS)
33:48; 7 K Waugh (CleS) 33:52; 8 A Gibson (Els) 33:54; 9 C Robson
(Tees) 34:33; 10 S Graham (Morp) 34:35; 11 A Geragusian (Traff) 34:46;
12 A Fox (Morp) 34:51; 13 T Laws (CleS) 35:00; 14 M Holt (Sun) 35:22;
15 S Rutherford (Darl) 35:38; 16 K Simpson (Darl) 35:46; 17 B Taylor
(Darl) 35:52; 18 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 35:54; 19 J Zoppi (Heat) 36:16;
20 M Turner (CleS) 36:51; 21 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 37:57; 22 K Heppenstall
(NYM) 38:05; 23 C Buis(Heat) 38:10; 24 H Lambert (NSP, W50) 38:24; 25 K
Chapman (Morp) 38:56; 26 H Reed (Sun) 39:06; 27 V Booth (Sun S) 39:10;
28 G Barry (Sun) 39:22; 29 J Atkinson (N Ayc, W35) 39:58; 30 G Cavill
(Morp, W40) 40:01
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 20; 2
Morpeth 21; 3 Darlington 58; 4 Gateshead 60; 5 Sunderland 62; 6
Elswick 66
Under 20 Women (5.2km): 1 M Ferrier
(Gate) 19:51; 2 K Legg (M'bro) 20:08; 3 A Snook (Shil) 20:54; 4 C
Baudouin (Gate) 21:29; 5 L Roche (M&C) 21:34; 6 R Barnes (CleS)
24:05; 7 L Dixon (Morp) 24:26; 8 H Blair (Gate) 24:31
Under 17 Women (5.2km): 1 K Avery
(Shil) 20:22; 2 H Gertig (Blay) 20:34; 3 J Russon (N Marske) 21:11; 4 E
Toogood (Dur) 21:18; 5 Z Armstrong (Morp) 22:24; 6 E Masson (Gosf)
22:26; 7 D Oakley (Morp) 22:29; 8 C Pitt (Morp) 22:59; 9 A Smith
(M&C) 23:06; 10 E Williams (M'bro) 23:27; 11 G Taylor (Els) 23:39;
12 R Jamieson (Gate) 23:42; 13 A Johnson (NSP) 23:43; 14 S Crosby (Sun)
23:56; 15 R Grieves (Blay) 24:24
Teams (combined with Under 20): 1
Gateshead 26; 2 Morpeth 35; 3 Middlebrough and Cleveland 47
Under 15 Girls (3.5km): 1 S Bell
(Gate) 13:27; 2 R King (Gosf) 13:40; 3 R Denton (Morp) 13:43; 4 R
Lundgren (Gosf) 14:04; 5 H Rank (Morp) 14:09; 6 F Higgin (Shil) 14:24;
7 H Waddell (Gosf) 14:33; 8 R Ferguson (Gate) 14:45; 9 R Clarke (Darl)
14:58; 10 B Jones (CleS) 15:04; 11 E Bradbury (Blay) 15:08; 12 S
Loraine (Birt) 15:10; 13 A McGregor (Morp) 15:16; 14 M Reed (Sun)
15:22; 15 R Oldham (Gate) 15:23; 16 R Steel (Morp) 15:33; 17 E Fields
(M'bro) 15:34; 18 L Page (Hough) 15:38; 19 B Ward (Darl) 15:39; 20 E
Findlay (Shil) 15:49
Teams: 1 Gosforth 13; 2 Morpeth
21; 3 Gateshead 24
Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 Z Hewitson
(Shil) 12:22; 2 S Bruce (Tyne) 12:24; 3 A Etherington (Shil) 12:30; 4 C
Porter (Sun) 12:50; 5 S Robinson (Blyth) 12:53; 6 S Taylor (Birt)
13:10; 7 F Lockhart (Gate) 13:12; 8 C Falconer (Gosf) 13:13; 9 P Jones
(Gate) 13:17; 10 R Derry (CleS) 13:18; 11 B Oakes (Birt) 13:24; 12 D
Mombeyarara (Gate) 13:33; 13 A Waites (Sun) 13:38; 14 K Coulson (N
Marske) 13:39; 15 S Foster (Birt) 13:39; 16 M Murton (Aln) 13:39; 17 F
Dewar (Darl) 13:54; 18 H Slater (Shil) 14:02; 19 A Stewart (Morp)
14:19; 20 C Jordan (M&C) 14:20
Teams: 1 Shildon 21; 2 Gateshead 28;
3 Birtley 32
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 10th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. 215 finishers in SM race (Last
time: ntt P Kelly). 62 SW (56:19). Weather dreadful. Rain got
heavier.and was cold. Extra team positions SM: 7 Hartlepool Burn Road
487; 8 Darlington 493; 9 North Shields Poly 505; 10 Heaton 610. Other
Heaton performances: 84 D Robins 49:24; 117 I McKinnon 50:26; 133 S
McEntee 53:17; 214 G Routledge 74:12.
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Monkton Stadium. Thu. 6th Dec.
Results.
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 J Lovatt (J&H)
7.6 600: 1 B Pearson (Gate) 1:52.5
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 M Antons
(Gate) 7.9; 2 R Garrick (J&H) 7.9 600: 1 T Peel (J&H)
1:57.7
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 H
Danby-Platt (Hough) 9.0; 2 C Day (Gate) 9.0 600: 1 R Loraine
(Birt) 1:59.2; 2 H Danby-Plant 1:59.8
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 A Stone
(M'bro) 8.4; 2 A Wood (M'bro) 8.4 600: 1 S Loraine (Birt)
1:58.4
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 J Read
(Gate) 8.5 (8.4ht); 2 K Corner (J&H) 8.7 (8.6ht) 600: 1 S
Taylor (Birt) 2:05.3; 2 A Watt (Gate) 2:07.5
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 G Blythe
(J&H) 9.1 (8.9ht); 2 S Addison (J&H) 9.2 (9.1ht) 600: 1 R
Hunter (Birt) 2:14.5
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 10th December 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. Not a great entry.
Meeting over by 8.55pm. Very windy outside, and sprinters could well
have had a negative wind reading at the finish. Steph Loraine's splits
in 600m (pb) were: 27.5, 56.5 and 1:27.7. Brother Robbie and Tristan
Peel also gained pb's in
600m.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 2nd Dec).
Results from the Thirsk 10M (transferred to winter date due to Police
concerns): 1 I Fisher (Ot) 51:28; 2 G Dunn 52:52; 3 S Neill (P&B)
54:02; 5 R Bellamy 55:48 (1st M40); 7 P Waterston 56:03 (2nd M40); 8 G
Hetherington 56:24 (1st M45) M60: 1 I Scott 61:00 M70: 1 J
Conaghan 77:06 W: 1 K Nelson (Knave) 62:24; 2 K Simpson 64:04; 3
D James (T&S, W40) 64:15; 4 C Summersgill 64:31 W55: 1 P
Woodcock 77:09 W60: 1 S Gibson 80:59..
Result of Hexhamshire Hobble at Allendale: 1 C Stead 68:01; 2 S
Birkinshaw (NFR) 69:11; 3 P Vincent 72:07 M50: 1 F Smith
74:33 W: 1 R Vincent 78:23; 2 K Robertson 78:37; 3 C Jackson
83:44.
Results from Leeds University Cross Country Relays (1st Dec): SM: 6 x
2.2M. 1 Dream 62:09 (D Graham 10:10 leg 1, A Duffield 10:27 leg 6); 2
Top Dogs 62:34 (A Buckley 9:58 leg 1); 3 Loughborough U 63:14 (L Moses
10:26 leg 3, P Hutton 10:49 leg 5); 4 Durham U 63:58 (N Rooke 10:48, J
Powell 10:32, N Shrubb 10:49, G Lloyd 10:28, M Gunby 10:31, M
Coffey 10:50); 5 Loughborough U B (K Flannery 11:03 leg 6)
Fastest: A Buckley W: 3 x 2.2M. 1 Loughborough Past 35:34 (C
Wickham 11:50 leg 1); 2 Loughborough U 36:01 (A Gibson 11:55 leg
3) Fastest: R Edwards (Sheff Hall) 11:44.
Results from the Birmingham League Meeting at Northampton: 1 M Lole
(Cov G) 32:54; 6 T Settle (Lough S) 33:38; 9 A Holliday (B'ham U) 34:09.
Results from the Varsity match at Thames Hare & Hounds club, Putney
Vale: 1 P Natali (Camb) 39:06; 7 M Armstrong (Camb) 40:17 Team:
Cambridge 32 W: 1 C Birch (Oxf) 24:24; 9 A Porteous (Camb)
26:16 Team: Oxford 19.
Results from the Schools Cross Country Cup Final at St. Albans:
IB: 1 T Curr (Marl) 14:15; 3 M Shaw (Nun) 15:01 JB: 1 F Roberts
(All) 8:28 (by 17secs) IG: 1 A Gummow (Penair) 9:13; 3 R Denton
(DA) 9:25; 19 H Waddell (DA) 10:04 Team: 6 Dame Allans 140
Results from Scottish Universities Championships at Strathclyde: W: 1 E
Mooney (H Watt) 24:25; 4 H Dix (Strath) 25:16; 9 R Smith (Edin) 26:00;
14 J Orr (Dund) 27:04. .
Results from Serpentine Last Friday of Month 5km (30th Nov), at Hyde
Park: 1 R Ward (Bel) 16:00; 2 M Muir (Ilf) 16:17; 3 J Moore 16:37
W: 1 J Heslop (Clap) 18:15 (by 1min 15secs). Original info from John
Moore. Results from Serpentine website: Justina Heslop finished 15th.
91 A Mulliss 21:41 (186 finishers: last time: 36:07).:
All info courtesy of AW, where the UK 2007 ranking lists for U13 girls
appeared: HJ: 19= Shannon Howden 1.44. This is only North East
ranking, but Shannon would probably have topped Pole Vault lists, but
this event was not included.
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48th Blyth Sands Handicap.
Seaton Sluice. Sun. 2nd Dec.
Morpeth Harrier Archie Jenkins
finished strongly to win yesterday's 48th Blyth Sands Handicap race,
ran on an out-and-back course from Seaton Sluice to Blyth Harbour.
Jenkins, who won the event in 2003
when in the Over 50 category, was this time in the Over 55 age-group
with an extra 1min advantage.
Conditions were difficult underfoot
with the loose sand, but weather conditions were ideal for the
event.
Running off 5mins, Jenkins caught long-time leader Cath Young of Blyth, with 50m
remaining. Jenkins was giving 7mins start to Young , who is in the
Womens' Over 50 age-group. Lesley Miller of North Shields Poly, off the
same mark as the runner-up finished in third place.
Heaton's Lucas Longman running off
scratch, clocked the fastest time, moving through the field into 21st
position.
Julia Atkinson of Newton Aycliffe, in
the Over 40 category, was the fastest lady finishing 6th off a mark of
9mins.
With 4 runners in the first 14, host
club Blyth, won the team event.
Result. Distance 5M.
1 A Jenkins (Morp, M55) 27:11; 2 C
Young (Blyth, W50) 27:15; 3 L Miller (NSP, W50) 27:34; 4 R Hall (Blyth,
M55) 27:47; 5 J Kilgour (Clare, W55) 27:52; 6 J Atkinson (N Ayc, W40)
28:20; 7 P Grey (Aln, M50) 28:21; 8 L Marr (Tyne, W45) 28:40; 9 H
Morris (Blyth, W40) 29:02; 10 G Harden (Sun, M45) 29:20; 11 S Borlos
(NSP, M55) 29:27; 12 D Morris (NSP, M55) 29:32; 13 L Baister (Gate,
U18M) 29:45; 14 D Cox (Blyth, M60) 29:47; 15 K Freeman (Blyth, M50)
30:08; 16 P Bentley (Morp, M60) 30:11; 17 I Richardson (NSP, M55)
30:17; 18 S Clark (NSP, M45) 30:25; 19 M Gaughian (Blyth, M50) 30:27;
20 G Pemberton (NE Vets, M50) 31:01
Fastest: L Longman (Heat) 31:13; L
Talbot (Blyth) 31:26; L Baister 31:45
Women: J Atkinson 37:20; K Mason
(Blyth) 37:23; H Morris 38:02
Teams (Mixed): 1 Blyth 29; 2
North Shields Poly 43; 3 Blyth B 82
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 3rd December 2007).
Additional Comments: All info used but in small print with results. 111
finishers (last actual time: 65:21). Results courtesy of Blyth Running
Club. Weather mild and overcast, but rain held off, and strong wind
overnight had virtually disappeared. Other Heaton performances were
(actual times): 24 R Checkley (fastest M70) 42:57; 28 E Appleby 43:08;
75 A Mulliss 41:43; 106 G Routledge 52:38. (7th team).
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