December 2008
Weekly Round-up
(to 28th Dec).
Result of the Cleveland Open Cross Country: 1 J Buis 36:32 (by 1minute).
Result of the Ayhope Skyline Trail Race in Hamsterley Forest: 1 I
Twaddle 61:53; 2 P Sanderson (NFR, M40) 63:47; 3 R Johnson (Sun)
68:27 M50: 1 J Stephens 69:28 M60: 1 J Stephenson
87:37 W: 1 S Lister 77:20; 2 J Keavney (Swale, W40) 80:23; 3 S
Jackson (Liv) 81:52 W40: 1 S Milburn 89:02.
Result of the Ribble Valley 10km: 1 B Lindsay (AF&D) 29:55; 2 B
Fish (B'burn) 29:57; 5 A Buckley (Leeds) 30:06; 6 A Duffield
30:35 W: 1 H Clitheroe (Pres) 32:32 (by 2mins 30secs).
Result of the Albert Park 5km (27th Dec): 1 G Jones 16:36; 2 C
Summersgill (SW) 17:22; 3 B Astill (Hart, M40) 18:28 M55: 1 G
Youngson 19:50 W: 2 S Gayter (W45) 22:00.
Result of the Lee Valley 5km: W: 1 C Ohuruogu (N&EB) 20:27 (by
1sec)..
Result of the Guisborough Woods Race: 1 M Speake (Knave) 35:20; 2 C
Stead 38:21 M45: 1 A Macdonald 41:45 W: 1 M Ellis
(Loft) 48:12; 2 K Whiite (NYM, W40) 49:43; 3 J Keavney (Swale,
W40) 50:05.
Result of the Leyland Boxing Day 10km: W: 1 S Tunstall (Kend) 34:41 (by
4mins 24secs).
All info courtesy of AW.
Ripon Jolly Holly Jog 10km.
Sun. 28th Dec.
New Marske teenager, Russell Best
outclassed the opposition to win yesterday's Ripon Holly Jog 10km Multi
Terrain event.
The Cleveland sixth form student, 5th
in 2007, soon headed the field on the hilly course, pulling away
to a massive 2mins 37secs victory over Billingham's Andy Chadfield.
Sunderland veteran Brian Bewick finished in 3rd place.
York's Becky Penty won the Womens'
race for the third successive year, finishing in 15th.position overall
in the 470-strong field.. Former Quakers athlete, Julia Orr now running
in the Dundee Hawkhill colours finished in 2nd place, with York's Dawn
Gibbs, the leading veteran in third.
Result.
1 R Best (N Marske, U20) 33:27; 2 A
Chadfield (Bill MH) 36:04; 3 B Bewick (Sun, M40) 36:38; 4 A Normandale
(York A, M50) 37:29; 5 D Roberts (R&Z, U20) 38:08; 6 T Massey (Nidd
V, M45) 38:43; 7 J Norton (T&S) 38:46; 8 M Raynes (York A) 39:15; 9
D Jefferies (unatt, M45) 39:34; 10 J Oliver (Knave, M50) 39:36; 11 G
Armstrong (Sun, M45) 39:41; 12 D Taylor (Valley S, M45) 39:42
M70: 1 I Barnes (Darl) 50:35
Women: 1 B Penty (York A) 40:13; 2 J
Orr (Dund H) 41:29; 3 D Gibbs (York A, W50) 41:37; 4 E Yates (Knave,
W35) 42:49; 5 I Rowe (Harr'gte) 43:12; 6 K Hawwood (Swale, W35)
43:46; 7 C Maxted (MK, U20) 43:54; 8 C
Smith (unatt) 44:23
W60: 1 S Gibson (Darl) 49:23
(Newcastle Journal: Mon.
29th December 2008).
Additional Comments:
All of info used. 471 finishers (last
time: 82:37). Full Results courtesy of Ripon Runners website (about
4.00pm). Weather overcast but dry and reasonably mild.
Woodlawn Christmas
Pudding Run.
Whitley Bay. Fri. 26th Dec.
Ryan McLeod repeated his 2007 victory
in yesterday's annual Woodlawn Christmas Pudding Run at Whitley Bay. A
record field of 1000 runners took part, in this annual Boxing Day
event, in aid of the Woodlawn School.
In the cold and dry conditions, the Tipton Harrier was content to follow early
leader Lewis Timmins of Morpeth, before pulling away after the opening
Mile. The margin of victory was 11secs, with another Morpeth Harrier,
Mark Brown finishing in 3rd position.
Schools Cross Country International,
Kate Avery of Shildon passed 2007 winner, Justina Heslop of
Clapham at the halfway point in the Womens' race, coming home 12secs
ahead of her rival. Avery finished in an excellent 13th position
overall.
Although the course was slightly
adjusted from previous years the two winning times compared well with
the existing course records.
Result. Distance 5km.
1 R McLeod (Tipt) 15:12; 2 L Timmins
(Morp) 15:23; 3 M Brown (Morp) 15:42; 4 M Dawson (NSP) 16:00; 5 D
Kirkland (Aln) 16:05; 6 T Calder (Gate, U20) 16:14; 7 P Walker (Morp,
M40) 16:24; 8 T Brannon (NSP, M40) 16:30; 9 A Woodward (NSP) 16:49; 10
C Paton (Gate) 16:53; 11 K Flannery (Gate) 16:58; 12 P Waterston (Morp,
M40) 17:00
Women: 1 K Avery (Shil, U17) 17:02; 2
J Heslop (Clap) 17:14; 3 D Nagazina (Morp) 18:35; 4 S Bell (Gate, U17)
18:42; 5 L Hayes (unatt, W35) 20:16; 6 V Hindson (Walls) 20:46; 7 J
Clark (Morp) 21:16; 8 G Wallett (NSP, U15) 21:21
(Newcastle Journal: Fri. 27th December 2008).
Additional Comments: All info used. Organisers said all 1000 numbers
had been taken, but I suspect about 600-700 actually took part. Other
performances included: 14 M Frost (NSP, M40) 17:09; A Jenkins 18:50
(1st M55 ?). Thanks to Bill McGuirk for obtaining leading names.Course
estimated to be about 100m shorter than usual, which suggests Kate
Avery's time was equivilent to well inside the record. Heaton
performances included (missed a few due to trying to get main
result): C Auld 18:48; S McEntee 19:47; A Mulliss 23:08; J & C Buis
23:23; J Friend (L) 23:40; K Sloan (L) 24:05.
Weekly
Round-up
(to 21st Dec).
Result of the Albert Park 5km (20th Dec): 1 T Danby 16:07 (rec): 2 D
Moore (unatt) 18:16 W: 1 R Watson (unatt) 22:35.
Result of the Leeds Hyde Park 5km: 1 S Tunstall (Kend, SW) 17:13
(Womens' rec); 2 O Hoffman (unatt) 18:48 W: 2 L Addy (Leeds U)
21:49
Result of Serpentine Last Friday of Month 5km (19th Dec): W: S Bush
(AF&D) 16:36; 2 J Heslop (Clap) 17:07.
All info courtesy of AW (2nd Jan). The 24th December edition contained
the UK and World Senior rankings for 2008.
.
Loftus, Cleveland. Sun. 21st Dec.
Result. Distance 7.5M.
1 R Stevenson (Loft, U20) 41:27; 2 L
Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 43:12; 3 D Bilton (Leeds C, M40) 43:14; 4 J
Bulman (NYM) 44:17; 5 L Rodgers (Loft, U20) 45:18; 6 S O'Grady (N
Marske) 45:31; 7 D Parkin (Loft) 45:44; 8 T Danby (Pock) 45:48; 9 R
Bellamy (NYM, M40) 46:42; 10 D Schofield (Scar, U17) 47:01; 11 E
Jackson (N Marske, U20) 47:05; 12 A Chadfield (Bill MH) 47:24; 13 B
Bewick (Sun, M40) 47:28; 14 C Dunne (NYM) 47:34; 15 J Kraft (Scar, U20)
47:46
M40: 4 M Gamble-Thompson (N Marske)
47:41 M50: 1 R Pollard (NYM) 52:06; 2 C Wright (NYM) 54:17
M60: 1 N Scruton (Scar) 52:48; 2 A Rowell (Dur) 56:03; 3 R Howard
(Loft) 56:05 M70: 1 J Conaghan (N Marske) 65:54
Teams: 1 New Marske 20; 2 North York
Moors 48; 3 Loftus & Whitby 73
Women: 1 A Dixon (CleS) 49:33; 2 C
Summersgill (M&C) 49:51; 3 J Jackson (M&C) 50:56; 4 T Laws
(CleS) 52:27; 5 A Hibbs (CleS) 52:54; 6 J Mastolonardo (Loft, W35)
53:39; 7 H Schofield (Scar, U20) 54:02; 8 K Ball (Ack) 55:02; 9 N Kent
(Loft, W35) 56:47; 10 S Thornton (N Marske, W35) 57:14
W45: 1 C McCarthy (Ack) 57:59; 2 S
Gayter (NYM) 61:33 W55: 1 S Gibson (Darl) 67:35 W65: 1 I
Conaghan (N Marske) 81:11
Team: 1 Chester Le Street 10.
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 29th December 2008).
Additional Comments:: Results courtesy of AW/UK Results. Unfortunately
the 9.00pm arrival, was too late for Journal (22nd) so have
resubmitted. 493 finishers (last time: 1:56:57).
Saltwell Harriers Road Races.
Saltwell Park. Sun. 21st Dec.
Former Elswick Harrier, Ryan McLeod
now running in the Tipton colours repeated his 2007 victory in
yesterday's popular re-Christmas Saltwell 10km Road Race.
McLeod soon headed the field of 260
runners, closely followed by Morpeth's Nick Swinburn, silver medallist
in the recent North East Counties' Cross Country Championships. They
were chased by Morpeth's Lewis Timmins, on vacation from his American
University and 2006 winner, Chris Parr of Gateshead.
McLeod had opened up a 30m over
Swinburn after the second of the three laps. The nature of the course
clearly suited Swinburn, who won a Fell Race 7 days earlier, as he
caught and passed his rival moving into a 10m lead with 1km remaining.
However, McLeod's stronger finish prevailed in the final section in the
Park grounds, as he pulled away to a 9secs victory over Swinburn. The
pair were also well inside McLeod's 2007 course record of 31mins 27secs.
Timmins finished in a distant 3rd
place ensuring Morpeth retained the team title. Stewie Bell of Chester
Le Street was the leading veteran in 10th position, while local club,
Low Fell won the Veterans' team event.
Tynedale's Sonia Morley was a surprise
winner of the Womens' race. The 42-year-old overhauled early leader and
North Eastern Cross Country champion, Mary Ferrier of Gateshead on the
second lap, pulling away to a 44secs victory over her rival. Morley
also bettered the Veterans' course record by over 2mins. Dawn Nagazina,
the Canadian girlfriend of Timmins, wearing the Morpeth colours,
finished 3rd. Heaton took the team title.
Marcus Cram of Morpeth, winner of the
Under 15 race in 2007, this time strode to victory in the Under 17
event, taking 19secs off the previous best figures.
Hannah Nagel of Chester Le Street won
the corresponding Womens' race.
The Jarrow pair of Shaun Barras and
Mark Bunn won the Under 15 and Under 13 Boys' races, respectively.
Rebecca Oran of Elswick (Under 15
Girls) and Lydia Turner of Birtley (Under 13 Girls) won their
respective events.
Results.
Senior 10km: 1 R McLeod (Tip) 31:08
(rec); 2 N Swinburn (Morp) 31:17; 3 L Timmins (Morp) 32:36; 4 C Parr
(Gate) 32:44; 5 J Martin (Sun) 33:06; 6 J Archer (Low F) 33:08; 7 J
Buis (Heat) 33:13; 8 R Stephenson (NSP) 33:27; 9 M Dawson (NSP) 33:50;
10 S Bell (CleS, M40) 33:59; 11 K Forster (Morp) 34:10; 12 R Hand (Dur,
M45) 34:17; 13 A Adams (Leeds C) 34:21; 14 A Henderson (Blyth) 34:41;
15 A Carmichael (Gate) 34:49; 16 P Besford (unatt) 35:11; 17 A Woodward
(NSP) 35:31; 18 G Moore (NSP) 35:42; 19 G Jones (Blyth) 35:53; 20 J
Cook (Camb U) 35:58
M40: 2 S Still (Lut) 36:19; 3 M Hall
(Walls) 37:39 M45: 2 A Thompson (Els) 36:55; 3 D Embleton (Walls)
37:55 M50: 1 J Stephens (Low F) 37:50; 2 D Nicholson (Low F)
39:03; 3 M Bunn (J&H) 39:15 M55: 1 A Jenkins (Morp) 38:52; 2
K Elliott (Sun) 40:15; 3 S Daley (Heat) 40:30 M60: 1 J Bell (Els)
41:15; 2 R Wright (Dur) 46:15 M65: 1 R Moore (Tyne) 48:04; 2 F
Strand (SSh) 52:08 M70: 1 A McKellor (unatt) 53:40; 2 D Whitmore
(SSh) 54:02
Teams: 1 Morpeth 16; 2 North Shields
Poly 34; 3 Gateshead 48; 4 Wallsend 131; 5 Heaton 136; 6 Elswick 258
Veterans: 1 Low Fell 115; 2
Wallsend 213; 3 Durham City 232
Women: 1 S Morley (Tyne, W40) 38:14; 2
M Ferrier (Gate) 38:58; 3 D Nagazina (Morp) 40:14; 4 C Jackson (Aln V,
W45) 40:34; 5 L Spence (Heat) 41:19; 6 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 41:27; 7J
Carter (Cumb FR, W40) 42:16; 8 M Evans (Low F) 42:38; 9 A Dargie (Els)
42:45; 10 A Hunter (CleS) 43:29; 11 C Buis (Heat) 43:45; 12 S Birch
(unatt) 44:26; 13 J Clark (Morp) 45:02; 14 G Charlton (Redhill) 45:07;
15 R Elder (Hall) 46:54
W40: 3 M Moran (NE Vets)
47:46 W55: 1 S Parr (CleS) 49:46; 2 S Clughen (Sun)
53:14 W60: 1 P Gold (Heat) 54:01
Team: 1 Heaton 33
Under 17 Men: 4.4km. 1 M Cram (Morp)
16:10 (rec); 2 S Still (Lut) 16:46; 3 C Walker (Gate) 20:05
Under 15 Boys: 2.8km. 1 S Barras
(J&H) 9:56; 2 L Hogg (Gate) 9:59; 3 J Nisbet (Morp) 10:00; 4 D
Turner (Birt) 10:52; 5 C Laidlaw (Els) 11:18
Under 13 Boys: 2.8km. 1 M Bunn
(J&H) 10:54; 2 A Wallett (NSP) 11:04; 3 L Irvine (Sun) 11:25; 4 J
Myers (Sun) 12:10; 5 P Baldwin (Gate) 12:36
Under 17 Women: 4.4km. 1 H Nagel
(Gate) 20:16; 2 R Oldham (Gate) 20:43; 3 R Jamieson (Gate) 20:57
Under 15 Girls: 2.8km. 1 R Oran (Els)
11:27; 2 S Taylor (Birt) 11:37; 3 G Wallett (NSP) 11:50; 4 F Lockhart
(Gate) 11:51; 5 P Williams (Els) 12:03
Under 13 Girls: 2.8km. 1 L Turner
(Birt) 11:16; 2 S Forster (Birt) 11:42; 3 P Gillespie (Birt) 12:43
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 22nd December 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of
George/Audrey/Vera (possiibly one of the farewell appearances by the
Ogles).
254 finishers in 10km (last time: 67:29). Weather overcast, dry and
quite mild (usually freezing cold here). James Buis was 5th (just
behind Parr) after 2nd lap. Poor entries in YA races, but a lot of late
entries. Not sure if leading M70 is correct. Dave Whitmore finished
191st. Heaton results on HH website.
Gateshead Lunchtime Handicap.
Saltwell Park. Wed. 17th Dec.
Result. Distance 5.2km.
1 P Freestone (unatt) 33:12; 2 R
Jackson (unatt) 34:15; 3 G Bull (unatt) 34:24; 4 J Welsh (Tees) 34:32;
5 J Vary (NE Vets, W) 34:55; 6 M Burns (unatt, W) 35:00; 7 J Wilcock
(unatt) 35:06; 8 L Brown (Blay, W) 35:07; 9 G Hurst (unatt) 35:14; 10 M
Todd (unatt) 35:17
Fastest: C Paton (Gate) 17:06; J Welsh
19:12; P Morgan (SSh, M50) 19:39
Women: L Brown 21:47; P Gold (Heat,
W60) 25:02
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 22nd December 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. These courtesy of Low
Fell website (Friday pm). Ted Joynson started 4mins late (-6:00 rather
than -10.00), and was not surprisingly last of the 52 finishers (actual
time: 57:07). Weather bright, dry and quite mild. Not as good a quality
field as normal. Chris Paton finished 25th (off 18:50). Dave Whitmore
finished 26th (26:38). Heaton placings were: 16 R Checkley 25:23; 24 D
Wright 21:03; 28 A Mulliss 23:04; 32 P Gold; 50 E Appleby 27:52.
Weekly Round-up
(to 14th Dec).
Congratulations to our competitors at the Spar European Cross Country
Championships at Brussels, especially the Junior Women. TV coverage was
more extended. I felt Mo Farah could have committed himself more when
taking the lead. Leading results: SM: 1 S Lebid (Ukr) 30:49; 2 M Farah
30:57; 3 M Mohamed (Swe) 31:13; 10 F Tickner 31:39; 20 M Skinner 31:50;
22 L Merrion 31:55 Teams: 1 Spain 39; 2 France 49; 3 Great
Britain 54 U23M: 1 A Lalli (It) 24:56; 2 A Vernon 25:04; 4 B
Lindsay 25:18; 6 J Beattie 25:18; 7 K Gerrard 25:21 Teams: 1
Great Britain 19; 2 Italy 42 U20M: 1 F Corvella (Fra) 18:42; 2 S
Moen (Neth) 18:47; 5 D Forrester 18:58; 14 R Murray 19:19; 15 M Goose
19:19; 18 P Bernsten 19:22 Teams: 1 France 30; 2 Norway 51; 3
Great Britain 52 SW: 1 H Kibet (Neth) 27:45; 2 J Augusto (Port)
27:54; 3 I Monteiro (Port) 28:02; 4 M Cullen (Ire) 28:04; 8 H Dean
28:30; 9 L Damen 28:33; 13 L Kenney 28:40; 19 H Yelling 28:45; 34 G
Miles 29:24
Teams: 1 Portugal 29; 2 Great Britain 49 U23W: 1 S Kujiken
(Neth) 21:02; 2 S Tunstall 21:10; 4 M McLarty 21:24; 7 K Sparke 21:47;
11 S Johnson 22:02 Teams: 1 Great Britain 24; 2 Russia 44
U20W: 1 S Twell 13:28; 2 C Purdue 13:39; 3 L Howarth 13:55; 4 E Pidgeon
14:00; 5 E Pallant 14:05; 6 L Park 14:08 Teams: 1 Great Britain
10; 2 Ukraine 58.
Result of the Simonside Cairns Fell Race at Rothbury: 1 N Swinburn
82:34; 2 A Horsfield (Gosf) 87:03; 3 P Sanderson (NFR) 89:38 W: 1
R Vincent 1:41:55; 2 K Robertson 1:42:45 W40: 1 C Bagness (Wool)
1:48:58
Results from the Cumbria Cross Country Championships at Maryport:
SM:
1 R Lightfoot (Ellen) 38:01; 2 T Farrell (Bord, U20) 38:42; 3 T Addison
(Helm, U20) 39:07 U17: 1 M Grieve (Bord) 21:27 SW: 1 P
Jackson (Kes) 37:34; 2 P Wakefield (Bord) 37:56 U17: 1 V Johnston
(Eden) 27:04 U13: 1 H Bethwaite (Ellen) 11:17 (by 27secs).
At the Majorca Half Marathon, George Routledge clocked 2hrs 16mins.
Michelle Moran finished 5th in Marathon (3:32).
Results from the Sheffield Indoor Open Meeting (13th Dec): 60: r1: 5 C
Dryden 7.22 r2: 5 A Babatunde 7.28 r13: 3 A Wood (U20W)
8.11; 7 J Phelps (M'bro, U20W) 8.43 300: r4: 1 N Phelps (U20)
36.49 r13; 1 N Pearson (U20W) 41.37 U20W: HJ: 1 A Wood
1.55 LJ: 1 A Wood 5.32 U15: 60: r5: 2 R McHugh (Shil) 8.57;
6 A Lonsdale (Shil) 8.87.
Results from the International Schools Pentathlon at Glasgow: U18W: 1 J
Mills (Ire) 3463; 5 E Pringle (Eng) 3201 (10.71, 9.32, 5.19, 1.65,
2:59.02) (led after 4 events) Team: 1 England 9480..
Result of the Albert Park 5km: 1 S O'Grady 16:39; 2 M Murray (NYM, M40)
18:06 W: 1 S Rogers (N Marske, W35) 22:06; 2 E Morley (Darl, W40)
22:46 W60: 1 S Gibson 23:14..
All info courtesy of AW, where the following 2008 UK Rankings were
included: SM: 4x400: 17 Border 3:17.88; 18 Gateshead 3:18.45
U20M: 5000W: 1 B Wears 21:24.5 5km Road: 1 B Wears
21:32 10km Road: 1 B Wears 44:20 4x400: 24 Gateshead
3:30.58 U17M: 4x100: 4 Middlesbrough Mandale 43.9; 13 Gateshead
45.02 4x400: 5 Gateshead 3:30.8 U15B: 4x400: 8 Gateshead
3:48.7 U13B: 2000W: 2 Z Wears 11:01.3 U17W: 4x100: 8
Middlesbrough Mandale 50.3 4x300: 9 Gateshead 2:57.7; 17
Middlesbrough Mandale 3:02.0
North Eastern Counties A.A Cross
Country Championships.
Cardinal Hume Catholic School,
Wrekenton, Gateshead. Sat. 13th Dec.
Sunderland Harrier Mark Hood won his
third consecutive Senior title at Saturday's 103rd North Eastern
Counties Cross Country Championships, at Cardinal Hume Catholic School,
Wreckenton.
Conditions as in 2007, were atrocious,
wet and windy, with the temperature dropping throughout the meeting.
Hood soon headed the field on the
testing 3 lap course, with former Junior champion NIck Swinburn of
Morpeth the only athlete to raise any challenge. The pair were
well clear after lap 1, when Hood started to pull away from his
rival. The winning margin was 29 secs, while Andrew Wiles of New
Marske, finishing in an isolated third position.
Morpeth Harriers retained the team
title from Gateshead, with Elswick finishing in a surprise third
position.
Mary Ferrier of Gateshead, the Junior
champion in 2006 and 2007, stepped up an age-group to win her first
Senior Womens' title. Her clubmate Charlotte Wickham (2nd in 2007), led
for most of the race, before Ferrier's usually strong finish again
prevailed. Maxine Czarnecka of Chester Le Street finished 3rd, leading
her club to a successful defence of the team title.
Junior International, Ricky Stevenson
of New Marske easily repeated his 2007 victory in the Under 20
race, winning by over 2mins from clubmate Dominic Shaw.
With five runners in the first twelve,
New Marske successfully defended the team title.
Kate Avery of Shidon, was an emphatic
winner of the combined Under 17 and Under 20 Womens' race. Still in the
younger age-group Avery, the defending champion, led all the way,
to win by 32secs, from the Under 20 gold medallist, Jessica Russon of
New Marske. Gateshead retained the team title.
Durham's Michael Grimes won the Under
17 Mens' race.
Darlington's Nicole Burlinson
comfortably won the Under 15 Girls' race from Shildon's Fiona Higgin.
Mark Shaw of New Marske easily retained the Under 15 Boys' title.
Anna Fawcett of Chester Le Street won
the Under 13 Girls' race from Birtley's Sophie Forster.
Robbie Loraine of Gateshead won the
opening race for Under 13 Boys' from Chris Peverley, whose club
Chester Le Street dominated this age-group with victory in both
team events.
Gateshead won the Middlesvbrough &
Cleveland Trophy, for the best overall Team performance.
Results.
Senior Men (12km): 1 M Hood (Sun)
39:26; 2 N Swinburn (Morp) 39:55; 3 A Wiles (N Marske) 41:32; 4 L Moses
(Darl) 41:58; 5 P Newton (Clare) 41:59; 6 S Bell (CleS, M40) 42:22; 7 M
Elliott (Gate) 42:43; 8 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 43:05; 9 J Buis
(Heat) 43:11; 10 R West (Gate) 43:25; 11 M Dawson (NSP) 43:26; 12 D
Swinburne (Morp) 43:36; 13 S Potts (Sun) 43:58; 14 N Armsworth (Morp)
44:14; 15 R Hand (Dur, M45) 44:20; 16 C Paton (Gate) 44:26; 17 T Carter
(Walls) 44:40; 18 D Kirkland (Aln) 44:58; 19 M Habteab (M'bro) 45:06;
20 C Franks (Gate) 45:08; 21 P Walker (Morp, M40) 45:14; 22 G Jones
(Blyth) 45:42; 23 K Stephenson (Els, M40) 46:07; 24 G Hetherington
(Sedge, M45) 46:15; 25 P Merrison (Sun, M45) 46:30
Teams: 1 Morpeth 123; 2 Gateshead 157;
3 Elswick 242; 4 Sunderland 257; 5 Chester Le Street 285; 6 Wallsend 319
Under 20 Men (8km): 1 R Stevenson (N
Marske) 25:26; 2 D Shaw (N Marske) 26:53; 3 D Garbutt (Dur) 27:04; 4 P
Hurst (Els) 27:10; 5 R Best (N Marske) 27:13; 6 T Calder (Gate) 28:21;
7 C Smith (CleS) 28:27; 8 M Jones (M&C) 28:59; 9 A Blowers (N
Marske) 29:13; 10 J Gibson (Gate) 29:37; 11 A Mitchell (M'bro) 29:44;
12 E Jackson (N Marske) 29:56
Teams: 1 New Marske 8
Under 17 Men (7km): 1 M Grimes (Dur)
24:00; 2 C Gaffmey (Darl) 24:32; 3 L Baister (Gate) 24:37; 4 J Phillips
(Darl) 24:40; 5 G Hawkins (M'bro) 24:44; 6 M Cram (Morp) 24:52; 7 G
Ritchie (J&H) 25:09; 8 G Urwin (Tyne) 25:13; 9 J Waite (Sun) 25:22;
10 T West (Darl) 25:32; 11 L McCourt (J&H) 25:50; 12 L Johnson
(J&H) 25:55; 13 R Julier (M&C) 26:27; 14 N Reed (Sun) 26:34; 15
M Kilbride (Sun) 27:00
Teams: 1 Sunderland 61
Under 15 Boys (4km): 1 M Shaw (N
Marske) 13:45; 2 C Boyek (Shil) 14:10; 3 G Lowry (J&H) 14:16; 4 L
Hogg (Gate) 14:31; 5 J Nisbet (Morp) 14:32; 6 B Maskell (Gate) 14:41; 7
S Barras (J&H) 14:43; 8 J Brown (Tyne) 14:47; 9 C Roberts (CleS)
14:51; 10 S Smith (Sun) 14:52; 11 L Ayton (Dur) 14:55; 12 T Oliver
(Gate) 15:03; 13 S Greenwood (Tyne) 15:13; 14 J Bawes (Sedge) 15:21; 15
J Boyd (Gate) 15:28
Teams: 1 Gateshead 37; 2 Tynedale 70;
3 Shildon 94
Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 R Loraine
(Gate) 12:40; 2 C Peverley (CleS) 12:45; 3 R Jordan (CleS) 13:01; 4 L
Irvine (Sun) 13:06; 5 M Bunn (J&H) 13:08; 6 M Wilson (Sun) 13:13; 7
J Bolam (Aln) 13:14; 8 A Short (CleS) 13:16; 9 R Liddell (CleS) 13:30;
10 R Walton (Shil) 13:32; 11 P O'Connor (M'bro) 13:41; 12 P Winkler
(Aln) 13:48; 13 C Sweeney (Aln) 13:54; 14 C Weightman (Morp) 13:56; 15
J Cripwell (Gate) 13:57
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 22; 2
Sunderland 52; 3 Alnwick 53
Senior Women (8km): 1 M Ferrier (Gate)
31:32; 2 C Wickham (Gate) 31:40; 3 M
Czarnecka (CleS) 31:57; 4 C
Summersgill (M&C) 32:06; 5 M McDonnell (CleS, W35) 32:15; 6 M
Turner (CleS) 32:24; 7 J Mooney (Morp) 32:33; 8 A Fox (Morp) 33:12; 9 C
Simpson (CleS) 33;31; 10 J Nutt (Els) 33:46; 11 T Waller (Hart, W35)
33:57; 12 S Graham (Morp) 34:05; 13 A Snook (Shil) 34:16; 14 K Simpson
(Gate) 34:20; 15 T Laws (CleS) 34:42; 16 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 34:59;
17 R Vincent (Tyne, W35) 35:32; 18 B Whitfield (Bing) 35:45; 19 A
Hunter (CleS) 35:49; 20 D Horne (Walls) 36:40 Also: 23 H Lambert
(NSP, W50) 37:17
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 14; 2
Gateshead 17; 3 Morpeth 27; 4 Tynedale 70; 5 North Shields Poly 71; 6
Elswick 76
Under 20 Women (5km): 1 J Russon (N
Marske) 20:53; 2 L Roche (Gate) 21:07; 3 A Wilson (Darl) 22:06; 4 C
Baudouin (Gate) 22:42; 5 K Grant (M'bro) 22:46; 6 F Buckton (M'bro)
22:52; 7 A Smith (M&C) 23:17; 8 K Walker (Gate) 25:04; 9 L Dixon
(Morp) 25:36
Under 17 Women (5km): 1 K Avery (Shil)
20:21; 2 S Bell (Gate) 22:26; 3 R Lundgren (Gosf) 22:38; 4 D
Pickavance-Clarke (CleS) 23:30; 5 M Lewis (Tyne) 24:14; 6 R Jameson
(Gate) 24:43; 7 R Clarke (Darl) 26:10; 8 E Hope (Sun) 26:16; 9 R
McGuire (M'bro) 26:25; 10 E Thompson (Sun) 26:34; 11 G Varly (Sedge)
26:57; 12 C MacDonald (Morp) 27:03
Team (Combined with Under 20): 1
Gateshead 15; 2 Middlesbrough, Mandale 35; 3 Morpeth 59
Under 15 Girls (4km): 1 N Burlinson
(Darl) 16:35; 2 F Higgin (Shil) 16:44; 3 S Bruce (Tyne) 16:53; 4 Z
Hewitson (Shil) 17:06; 5 H Rank (Morp) 17:15; 6 R Steel (Morp) 17:16; 7
E Bradbury (Blay) 17:17; 8 J Wilkinson (M'bro) 17:18; 9 B Oakes (Birt)
17:19; 10 P Williams (Els) 17:22; 11 B Jones (CleS) 17:23; 12 B Ward
(Darl) 17:28; 13 C Falconer (Gosf) 17:40; 14 C Price (Gate) 17:45; 15 L
Cuggy (M'bro) 17:48
Teams: 1 Shildon 27; 2 Morpeth 33; 3
Middlesbrough, Mandale 42
Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 A Fawcett
(CleS) 13:19; 2 S Forster (Birt) 13:34; 3 L Turner (Birt) 13:46;
4 A Etherington (Shil) 14:08; 5 R Waugh (Gate) 14:48; 6 C Loredo
(Shil) 14:57; 7 S Montgomerie (Blay) 15:02; 8 T Eames (CleS) 15:22; 9 A
Barnes (Els) 15:32; 10 G Tindale (Dur) 15:43; 11 S Purvis (Morp) 15:50;
12 G Simpson (Gate) 15:58; 13 R Simpson (Hough) 15:59; 14 L Dixon
(Blay) 16:00; 15 E Wilde (Blay) 16:06
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 25; 2
Shildon 33; 3 Blaydon 36
(Newcastle Journal: Mon 15th December 2008).
Additional Comments: All info used. Results courtesy of Vera, Brenda
and Ogles. I have to admit I had to go inside
after SM event, due to adverse conditions. I was not alone as Jim
Alder, Mick Groves and Bill Woods did the same. Underfoot conditions
around finish area, wet rather than heavy. 183 finishers in SM event
(last time: P Kelly 1:29:28). SW 62 (54:15). SM positions in first ten
mostly unchanged throughout race, but Moses made up a few places on 2nd
lap. Overall quality at front
of field poorer than normal. Further SM team places: 7 South Shields
413; 8 Alnwick 448; 9 North Shields Poly 470; 10 Claremont 488 (16
teams completed). SW: 7 Wallsend 92; 8 Middlesbrough & Cleveland
109 (10 teams completed). Gateshead also won Overall Trophy for Women.
In U20W race, E Williams (M'bro) finished 7th (25:02) but was
disqualified for
wearing Kirsty Legg's number. Kirsty is sidelined at the moment. A
disgraceful turn-out from Heaton.
James Buis (an excellent run) backed up by Allen Mulliss (168th in
66:02). (GR running in Majorca Half Marathon clocking 2:16). No Senior
Women
(J Zoppi has knee injury and C Buis working).
Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Indoor Performance Centre.
Thurs. 11th Dec.
Selected Results.
Mixed: 60: r1: A Aurkars (Gate) 7.36;
2 H Harris (M'bro, U20) 7.43; 3 C Connor (Gate) 7.43; 4 C Craigs
(North'd U, U20) 7.46 r2: 1 A Wilkinson (Gate, U20) 7.48
r3: 3 P Donachy (Dur, M40) 7.67; 5 E Smart (Gate, M50) 7.94
r4: 1 J Lovatt (J&H, U17) 7.47 r5: 3 J Read (Gate, U17W) 8.42; 5 K
Corner (J&H, U17W) 8.62 r6: 1 L Goldsmith (Darl, U17W) 8.34
Senior Men: 60H: 1 C Hunter (J&H)
9.26 HJ: 1 C Hunter 1.80
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 S Hall (Gate)
7.72; 2 R Garricks (J&H) 7.77 60H: 1 S Hall 9.23; 2 J
Greenwell (Gate) 9.66 HJ: 1 S Hall 1.60; 2 J Roach (unatt)
1.55 SP: 1 K Foy (Aln) 8.30
Under 13 Boys: 60: r1: 1 M Charlton
(Gate) 8.86 r2: 1 J Da Costa (CleS) 8.95 HJ: 1 D Kirtley
(Blay) 1.30 SP: 1 R Sutton (Gate) 6.18
Senior Women: HJ: 1 A Richards (Newc
U) 1.60; 2 R Pottinger (Birt) 1.55
Under 20 Women: HJ: 1 G Johnson (NSP)
1.55 LJ: 1 A Wood (M'bro) 5.16
Under 17 Women: 60H: 1 K Corner
(J&H) 10.07; 2 H Lambert (Gate) 10.25 HJ: 1 L Kennedy (Darl)
1.60; 2 H Lambert 1.50
Under 15 Girls: 60: r1: 1 A Hollings
(Gate) 8.57; 2 A Smith (J&H) 8.64 r2: 1 L Mole (NSP)
8.72 r4: 1 L Mulvain (J&H) 8.55; 2 R Quinn (Blay)
8.79 60H: r1: 1 A Smith 9.89; 2 N Teasdale (J&H) 10.23
HJ: 1 N Teasdale 1.40; 2 F Holliday (J&H) 1.40 LJ: 1 N
Teasdale 4.35 SP: 1 V Jacques (M'bro) 8.49
Under 13 Girls: 60: r1: 1 L
Richards (Gate) 9.24 r2: 1 H Lancaster (Sun) 8.80; 2 B
Pringle (Gate) 9.11 HJ: 1 A Bainbridge (J&H) 1.35 LJ: 1
J Gilmour (Gate) 4.09
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 15th December 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. These courtesy of Janice
Kaufman (via AW and Kevin Flannery) on Friday pm. A reasonable turn-out
with improved entries for younger age-groups. However, there is a
distinct lack of Junior/Senior Women athletes. Sadly no Pole
Vaulters..Meeting finished later than usual (8.25pm).
Weekly Round-up
(to 7th Dec).
Result of the Hexhamshire Hobble: 1 B Abdelnnor (Amb) 70:27; 2 P
Sanderson (NFR, M40) 73:24 M50: 1 J Stephens 77:54 Team:
Durham FR 17 W: 1 R Vincent 82:09; 2 K Robertson (NFR)
83:25 W45: 1 C Jackson 87:01 Team: Tynedale 16
Result of the Nene Valley 10M: 1 N Addison (SB) 51:27; 2 D Wardle
(WG&EL) 51:33.
Results from the NorthYorkshire and South Durham League Meeting at
Acklam Grange School: SM: 1 A Duffield 32:48; 2 G Dunn 35:04; 3 L
Gamble-Thompson 35:47; 4 L Rodgers (U20) 35:32; 5 D Parkin 35:54; 6 A
Blowers (U20) 36:06; 13 G Hetherington (M45) 37:51 Teams: 1
Thirsk & Sowerby 287; 2 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 270; 3
Quakers 361 (would query this !) U17M: 1 D Schofield 25:42 (by
1min 27secs) U15: 1 C Boyek 8:36; 2 J Schofield 8:39; 3 F Roberts
8:56 U13: 1 R Scarborough 9:59 (by 6secs) SW: 1 C
Summersgill 19:34; 2 T Waller (W35) 20:20; 3 A Owen 20:48; 4 H
Schofield (U20) 21:02; 5 J Mastrolonardo (W35) 21:09; 7 S Allinson
(U17) 21:47 Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 23; 2 Richmond
& Zetland 77; 3 Billingham Marsh House 88 U15: 1 G Rodgers
10:01; 2 F Higgin 10:09 U13: 1 A Etherington 10:30
(by 18secs).
Results from the Oxford v Cambridge match at Roehampton (6th Dec): Old
Blues: 1 A Hennessy (Ox) 21:10; 2 M Armstrong (Camb) 21:16 W: 1 E
Pooley (Camb) 24:29 (by 18secs); 7 C Baudouin (Ox) 27:07.
Results from the SE Lancs League at Leigh: 1 I Grime (N&EB-gst)
34:48 (by 44secs); 4 B Harrison (Morp-gst) 36:37.
All info courtesy of AW, where the 2008 UK Rankings for Under 13 Boys
included: 800: 15 M Wilson 2:19.84 1500: 5 M Wilson 4:42.16; 11 R
Loraine 4:45.35 75H: 11 J Wilkinson 12.6 (12.91); 16 P O'Connor
12.68 HJ: 1 P O'Connor 1.69 SP: 15 D Kilpatrick (Blay)
9.69 DT: 11 G Antons 26.18 .
49th Blyth Sands Handicap.
Sun. 7th Dec.
Lesley Miller of North Shields Poly improved on her third placing
in 2007, to win yesterday's 49th Blyth Sands Handicap, ran on a return
route from South Beach, Blyth to Seaton Sluice.
Miller in the Over 50 category, was off the maximum mark of
12mins, and was never headed. For good measure Miller was also the
fastest lady overall. In second place was Wallsend's Terry O'Gara,
in the Men's Over 65 category, who finished 2mins adrift, off 9mins.
Cath Young of Blyth, 2nd in 2007, finished third, starting off the same
time as the winner.
Ash Henderson of the host club, clocked the fastest overall
time finishing in 8th place off scratch.
Blyth retained the team title.
Result. Distance 5M.
1 L Miller (NSP, W50) 27:06; 2 T O'Gara (Wals, M65) 29:08; 3 C
Young (Blyth, W50) 29:17; 4 L Marr (Tyne, W45) 29:54; 5 H Morris (NSP,
W45) 29:58; 6 A Jenkins (Morp, M55) 30:15; 7 J Draper (N Ayc, W45)
30:23; 8 A Henderson (Blyth, SM) 30:32; 9 K Heron (Gosf, SM) 31:03; 10
G Jones (Blyth, SM) 31:04; 11 I Twaddle (NSP, SM) 31:05; 12 M Gaughan
(Blyth, M50) 31:09; 13 M Moran (NE Vets, W40) 31:10; 14 C Walker (NSP,
M40) 31:11; 15 G Arthur (SSh, M40) 31:44; 16 S Borlos (NSP, M55) 31:55;
17 J Stephenson (Crook, M65) 32:09; 18 J McRae (N Ayc, W45) 32:15; 19 Z
Armstrong (Morp, U18W) 32:21; 20 A Wilson (Blay, U18M) 32:28
Other Placings: 26 B Hume (Low F, M60) 33:17; 35 R Checkley (Heat,
M70) 34:23; 47 L Herron (Blyth, SW) 40:58
Fastest: A Henderson 30:32; K Heron 31:03; G Jones 31:04; I
Twaddle 31:05
Women: L Miller 39:06; M Moran 40:10; L Marr 40:54.
Teams: 1 Blyth 26; 2 North Shields Poly 44; 3 Blyth B 78
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 8th December 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of Eddie
Woods. 85 finishers (lowest for some years) (last time: GR 62:40).
Weather was bright and quite mild, with a cool breeze. A little frost
around. New start and finish area on South Beach with a loop of about
1.5M to Blyth turn and return, which made race much more "spectator
friendly". Other Heaton performances were (actual times): 25 D Boardman
37:15; 32 D Wright 38:15; 56 L Boardman (L) 48:13; 64 A Mulliss 42:46.
.
Sainsbury's
English Schools Cross Country Cup.
Shepshed, Leics. Sat. 6th Dec.
Robbie Loraine (Whickham HS) put in the best individual
performance by a North East athlete at Saturday's English Schools Cross
Country Cup Final in Leicestershire. Loraine finished 3rd in the Junior
Boys' race. Best team
performance came from Newcastle Royal Grammar School, who finished
8th in the Intermediate Boys' event.
The Cumbria pair of Abbie Hetherington and Hannah Bethwaite
occupied the first two places in the Junior Girls' race. .
Results.
Inter Boys: 1 Z Seddon (Pigg) 15:48; 2 B Austin (FItz) 16:04; 3 J
Rees (Sth'd) 16:12 Other placings: 16 M Roberts (Park V) 16:50;
18 H Lawson (RGS) 16:52; 27 T Oliver (Eman) 17:09; 29 R Morris (RGS)
17:21
Teams: 1 Southend HS 31; 8 Royal Grammar 160; 12 Emanuel College
230; 16 Park View 263
Junior Boys: 1 T Biegel (L Sher) 10:12; 2 M Westby (St Ans)
10:18; 3 R Loraine (Whick) 10:20 Other Placings: 19 R Harbottle
(Whick) 10:40
Teams: 1 St Anselms 76; 15 Whickham 261
Inter Girls: 1 R Haynes (Guild GS) 10:10; 2 A Gummow (Pen) 10:29;
3 I Wolsey (S Wilts) 10:30 Other Placings: 8 R Denton (Dame A)
11:00; 23 P Williams (Cent HS) 11:25; 28 A McGregor (Cent HS) 11:30
Teams: 1 St Antonys, Dorset 105; 11 Central HS 199; 19 Dame Allans
270
Junior Girls: 1 A Hetherington (Nelson) 8:44; 2 H Bethwaite
(Nelson) 8:46; 3 M Smith (Lough) 8:50 Other Placings: 13 L Pages
(Cent HS) 9:16; 17 L Wright (Dur J) 9:25; 23 G Morgan (Dur J) 9:34
Teams: 1 Dr Challiners 69: 7 Durham Johnston 173; 19 Central HS
243
(Newcastle
Journal: Mon. 8th December 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of
info used. Results courtesy of ESAA website.
Jarrow Indoor Standards Meeting.
Monkton Stadium. Thurs. 4th Dec.
Results.
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 M Young
(Gate) 7.8; 2 M Craig (J&H) 7.9 600: 1 M Young 1:53.1
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 R Garricks
(J&H) 7.8 600: 1 H Danby Platt (Hough) 1:59.3
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J De Costa (CleS)
8.8; 2 C Winn Davison (J&H) 8.9 600: 1 C Winn Davison
2:17.8
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 A Stone
(M'bro) 8.3
Under 15 Girls: 60: A: 1 L
Mulvain (J&H) 8.4; 2 A Smith (J&H) 8.6 B: 1 N Teasdale
(J&H) 8.8; 2 S Taylor (Birt) 8.9 600: r1: 1 S Taylor 2:05.3;
2 A Smith 2:12.7
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 S Addison
(J&H) 8.8; 2 S Robertson (Gate) 8.9 600: 1 L Turner (Birt)
2:07.2; 2 S Addison 2:10.8
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 8th December 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. Not a great turn-out (no
U17W 600m runners). Probably affected by day's weather (heavy snow from
8.00am - 1.00pm, followed by rain). U15 Girls age-group well supported,
though. Stadium outside covered by freezing slush.
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