A.A.A Junior Indoor Championships.
Birmingham. Sun. 25th Feb.
North Easr athletes gained medals at the A.A.A Junior Indoor Championships,
at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. Gateshead Harriere Sally Scott
won the Under 17 Pole Vault, on countback, with a height of 3.70m.
Shildon's Melissa Carr took the silver medal in the Under 20 Triple
Jump with a leap of 12.31m. Jayne Hansom of Gateshead finished 2nd in the
Under 15 High Jump, with a personal best clearance of 1.65m.
Sigourney Bell of Gateshead took bronze in the Under 15 800m, clocking
a personal best time of 2mins 14.11secs.
Jessica Read of Gateshead finished 3rd in the Under 15 Long Jump with
a leap of 5.17m. Jarrow's Ashleigh Stone finished 4th with a personal best
distance of 5.09m.
Other top six placings went to Stacey Howden of Gateshead (4th in Under
15 Pole Vault - 2.70m), Lauren Dewdney of Gateshead (5th in Under 20 60m
Hurdles - 9.09secs), Nicola Pearson of Gateshead (6th in Under 17 300m
- 41.71secs).
(Newcastle Journal: Tues. 27th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Surprisingly all info used. Information courtesy
of Kevin Flannery initially (Monday am) + additional full results e mail.
Nearly all decent North East performances are included here. Nicola P clocked
slightly faster 41.57secs in heat.
Club record for Sigourney, who led with 100m to go. She won heat in
2mins 18.13secs. Like Inter Counties XC, Scottish/Irish athletes upset
some of the English form.
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Veterans - A.A North East Cross Country Championships.
Farringdon Sports College, Sunderland. Sat. 24th Feb.
Sunderland's Brian Rushworth comfortably won the Over 40 title for
the fifth successive year, at Saturday's Veterans-North East Cross Country
Championships at Farringdon. In the ideal conditions, Rushworth shared
the lead on the first of the three laps with clubmate Tim Field before
dropping his rival on the second circuit. Durham's Ian Crampton finished
strongly in 3rd, claiming the Over 45 title. Gateshead's Michael Thompson
finished 4th to repeat his 2006 victory in the Over 35 category. As expected,
host club Sunderland won the team event for the third successive year.
Morpeth's Archie Jenkins and Elswick's Jimmy Bell took the Over 50 and
Over 55 titles, respectively. Harry Matthews of Elswick, 60 in January,
won his first title in his new age-group. Morpeth's Walter Ryder travelled
down from Fife, to retain his Over 65 title, while Darlington's Ian Barnes
was successful in the Over 70 category.
Heather Robinson of Chester Le Street, won the Womens' race from fellow
Over 45 athlete, Fiona Shenton of Elvet, with Durham's Debby Hales, the
first W35 in third place. Caroline Ratcliff of Durham was first in the
Over 45 category. Elvet Striders retained the team title.
Results.
Men
M35+ (9.3km): 1 B Rushworth (Sun, M40) 30:16; 2 T Field (Sun,
M40) 30:58; 3 I Crampton (Dur, M45) 31:29; 4 M Thompson (Gate) 31:48; 5
J Dobson (Sun, M40) 32:12; 6 A Dent (Blay, M45) 32:30; 7 I Archbold (Leeds
C, M40) 32:44; 8 K Mackey (SSh, M45) 32:50; 9 P Merrison (Sun. M45) 33:04;
10 G Lancaster (Sun) 33:04; 11 T Livingston (N Marske, M45) 33:42; 12 G
Harden (Sun, M45) 33:44; 13 A Jenkins (Morp, M50) 34:05; 14 P Redman (Sun,
M40) 34:21; 15 Jim Bell (Els, M55) 34:31; 16 T McPhail (Walls, M50) 34:51;
17 M Jones (SSh, M40) 35:03; 18 T Tait (Dur, M45) 35:14; 19 H Matthews
(Els, M60) 35:31; 20 V Hemy (NSP, M40) 35:50
M50: 3 K Freeman (Blyth) 36:12; 4 P Sloan (Els) 38:00; 5 G Pemberton
(NE Vets) 38:17; 6 V Emmett (Elv) 38:30 M55: 2 E Wilson (SSh) 37:22;
3 A Rowell (Dur) 38:12 M60: 2 L Christopher (Sun) 36:39; 3 M Relton
(NE Vets) 41:30 M65: 1 W Ryder (Morp) 38:58; 2 R Pinkney (SSh) 45:54;
3 F Strand (SSh) 46:21
Teams: M40: 1 Sunderland 17; 2 South Shields 40 M50: North Shields
Poly 141
M70+ (6.2km): 1 I Barnes (Darl) 29:18; 2 E Appleby (Heat) 31:03;
3 R Checkley (Heat) 31:52; 4 B Emmerson (Bill MH, M75) 37:00; 5 H Craven
(Heat, M75) 43:36
Team: Heaton 10
Women (6.2km): 1 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 24:18; 2 F Shenton (Elv,
W45) 25:10; 3 D Hales (Dur, W35) 25:46; 4 S Scott (Tyne, W35) 26:12; 5
C Ratcliff (Dur, W40) 26:53; 6 L Walker (Walls, W35) 27:03; 7 K Davison
(Els, W45) 27:16; 8 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 27:26; 9 K Bentley (Birt, W40)
27:29; 10 L Marr (Tyne, W45) 28:56
W50: J Young (Elv) 29:55 W55: W Rowell (Elv) 31:26 W65:
K Stewart (NSP) 32:22
Team: Elvet Striders 27
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th February 2007).
Additional Comments: All info used. Weather dry and bright after earlier
rain. Course heavy in parts. 57 runners in main race and 20 in W/M70. Rushworth's
lap times were 9:59 (with TF) and 20:06 (14secs lead). Apologies to Caroline
Ratcliff but reference should read W40 not 45. Only three M35 athletes.
Other Heaton performances were: 47 A Mulliss 42:09 (14th M45) and 57 G
Routledge 59:45 (8th M55).
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Inter Counties Cross Country Championships.
Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Sat. 24th Feb.
Gateshead Harrier Ross Murray gained victory for the North East, at
Saturday's Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, at Wollaton Park,
Nottingham. Murray, who has gained two English Schools vests, took the
lead after the first Mile, and pulled away to a 13secs victory. Crook-based
Dominic Bannister surrendered his Senior Mens' title to Avon's Frank Tickner,
finishing in third place. Bannister had opened up a 50m lead in the early
stages, but was caught by his rivals approaching the halfway point.
Alyson Dixon of Chester Le Street had an excellent run, to finish 6th
in the Senior Womens' race, behind Hayley Yelling of Middlesex.
Mark Shaw from New Marske, lost his season's unbeaten record, finishing
fourth behind Ireland's Monaghan twins. Close behind in 5th was Fergus
Roberts from Richmond. Kate Avery of Shildon, had to settle for 5th in
the Under 15 Girls' race, behind Scotland's Beth Potter. Cumbria's Laura
Park finished in 4th place.
The North East took silver medals in the two Under 20 races.
Leading Results.
Senior Men: 12km: 1 F Tickner (Avon & Som) 39:25; 2 B Noad
(Avon & Som) 39:35; 3 D Bannister (NE) 39:46; 4 J Mays (Kent) 40:14;
5 A Buckley (Notts) 40:25; 6 K Deighton (Humb) 40:29
Under 20 Men: 8km. 1 J Pepper (Herts) 27:04; 2 C McNulty (Scot
W) 27:07; 3 A Hickey (Ess'x) 27:13 Team: 2 North East Counties
Under 17 Men: 6.5km. 1 R Murray (NE) 21:33; 2 D Easter (Herts)
21:46; 3 S Hawkins (Scot W) 21:47
Under 15 Boys: 4.5km. 1 C Hawkins (Scot W) 16:14; 2 D Forrester
(Mers) 16:15; 3 S Harding (Kent) 16:18
Under 13 Boys: 3.3km. 1 A Monaghan (N Ire) 12:58; 2 P Monaghan
(N Ire) 12:58; 3 Z Sedd (Berks) 13:13; 4 M Shaw (NE) 13:22; 5 F Roberts
(Yorks) 13:27
Senior Women: 8km. 1 H Yelling (Midd'x) 29:33; 2 L Damen (Hants)
29:54; 3 H Dean (Ox) 30:11; 4 J Wilkinson (Ess'x) 30:31; 5 V Webster (Herts)
30:47; 6 A Dixon (NE) 30:49
Team: 5 North East Counties
Under 20 Women: 6.5km. 1 C Purdue (Hants) 24:07; 2 O Kenney (Warw)
24:23; 3 S Stockton (Ches) 24:32 Team: 2 North East Counties
Under 17 Women: 5km. 1 H Timmins (Ches) 19:45; 2 K Knowles (Corn)
19:51; 3 A Smith (Kent) 19:54
Under 15 Girls: 4.5km. 1 B Potter (Scot W) 16:00; 2 M Hawtin
(Ox) 16:03; 3 B Carter (Kent) 16:12; 4 L Park (Cumb) 16:12; 5 K Avery (NE)
16:15
Under 13 Girls: 3.3km. 1 E Gorecka (Surr) 14:18; 2 R Haynes (Surr)
14:24; 3 R Weston (Kent) 14:32
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th February 2007).
Additional Comments: All info used. These are only relevant results
available (courtesy of UK Athletics website) as at Sunday midnight. Extra
info ( inc teams) courtesy of George Patterson. North East only had four
runners in SM event and had a poor day overall. Weather seemed to be be
rain threatened but dry. Course looked to be heavy underfoot, in parts.
Race progress info courtesy of Sky Sports Xtra, but only results given
were first six in each race. It seems in some races the quality of the
Scottish/Irish challenge was under-estimated.
Additional Results (courtesy of AW): SM: Team: 1 Avon & Somerset
163 U20M: 17 A Wiles 28:24; 21 J Martin 28:29; 32 N Swinburn 28:48;
33 D Shaw 28:53; 35 R Stevenson 29:04; 38 R Floyd 29:11 Team: 1 Scotland
West 84; 2 North East 103 U17M: 21 C Smith 22:43; 35 T Farrell (Cumb)
22:56; 44 T Addison (Cumb) 23:06 Team: 1 Yorkshire 58; 7 North East
176 U15B: 44 L Baister 17:18; 57 T Venus 17:25 Team: 1 Kent
37;12 North East 234 U13B: 15 L Hogg 13:53 Team: 1 Yorks 63;
15 North East 300 (nb: Shaw won UK Challenge series) SW: 15
M McDonnell 31:38; 48 A Woodvine (Yorks) 32:55; 62 J Mooney 33:15; 78 T
Laws 33:36; 79 D James 33:39 Team: 1 Hampshire 231; 6 North East
345 U20W: 7 M Ferrier 25:12; 10 D James 25:31; 25 L Patton 26:48;
37 A Wilson 27:42; 46 A Porteous 28:22; 52 L Roche 28:41; 70 G Campbell
29:36 Team: 1 Hampshire 64; 2 North East 79 U17W: 24 C Arter
(Cu) 21:05; 26 K Legg 21:12; 47 N Young 21:41; 59 C Baudouin 21:59
Team: 1 Hampshire 55; 11 North East 246 U15G: 65 D Pickavance Clarke
17:51; 71 Z Armstrong 17:57; 77 R King 18:03 Team: 1 Surrey 82; 9
North East 218 U13G: 44 H Rank 15:51; 52 F Higgin 15:53; 89 R Denton
16:04 Team: 1 Surrey 34; 17 North East 305
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Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
Saltwell Park. Wed. 21st Feb.
Result. Distance 5km.
1 E Joynson (Gate) 32:51; 2 G Russell (Low F) 33:02; 3 A Elders (Low
F) 33:13
Fastest: G Harden (Sun, M45) 17:37; H Matthews (Els, M60) 19:03; S
White (Els, M55) 19:34; G Pemberton (NE Vets, M50) 19:50
Women: Y Thiru (Els, W40) 20:00; M Martin (unatt, W35) 22:05
Series Winner: I Nicholson (Salt)
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th February 2007).
Additional Comments: These are only available results as at 26th Feb
(6.00pm). Collected by me on day. Apologies if there are errors in fastest
times. Overcast but remained dry. 32 finishers. Ted J went off 12mins early,
but suspiciously his time is about 4mins quicker than normal ! Next
series likely to be at same venue. Six races starting in October.
Late News: Full amended results on Low Fell website (Wednesday pm).
Actually 34 finishers. As expected there were some inaccuracies in fastest
times. N Morris (Low F) (M45 I think) was second fastest (18:06). A few
faster than those listed, but they were probably ignored as they started
ahead in handicap. George Harden (off 17:40) finished 25th. Yam Thiru (14mins)
finished 10th. Other placings (actual time): 4 A Langley (unatt)
23:37; 5 D Whitmore 25:45; 6 I Nicholson 19:50; 30 J Prudham 23:06. Heaton
performances were: 10 E Appleby 24:06; 12 R Checkley 24:59; 13 A Mulliss
22:36; 27 P Gold 25:30 (L); 34 J Norwood 26:52.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 18th Feb).
David Wardle won the Ashford 10km by a large margin of 1min 38secs,
in a time of 30mins 11secs.
Ceri Rees (Poole) won the Lytchett Manor 10M in Dorset by a 22secs
margin in a time of 55mins 18secs.
At the Eastern Veterans Indoor Championships at Lee Valley, John Moore
won the Open 800m in a time of 2mins 4.3secs. His spilts were 32, 64, 1:33.
He also won 400m (r3) in 55.0secs.
Results from the Scottish Junior Indoor Championships at Kelvin Hall
(23rd Feb) included: U17: 60: 6 J Summers 7.34 400: 3 A Rowland 52.86
800: 4 O Cartwright 2:04.90 PV: 1 T Parkin 3.80 U20W: SP: 2
V Young 10.29
Results from 22nd Feb, included: U15G: 60: 5 A Stone 8.22 (8.16ht);
L Goldsmith 8.19 semi 60H: 1 R Liddell 9.32 (9.34 ht) LJ: 1
A Stone 4.92; 3 J Read 4.82
Congratulations to Kenenisa Bekela for breaking World Indoor 2000m
record at Birmingham Grand Prix (17th Feb). His time was 4mins 49.99secs,
the main splits being 56.73 (400), 1:55.50 (800), 2:57.02 (1200), 3:54.85
(Mile). Other leading results included: 60: 1 J Gardener 6.57; 2 C Pickering
6.58 LJ: 5 C Tomlinson 7.82 W: 400: 1 N Sanders 50.60
800: 1 J Meadows 1:59.88 2M: 1 J Pavey 9:32.00 (UK Rec); 2 L Dobriskey
9:33.78
All info courtesy of AW, where the following 2006 Veterans Road rankings
were published: W40: 5km: 2 D Henaghan 17:17 10M: 3 A Raw 60:02;
6 D Henaghan 61:03 Half Mar: 7 A Raw 82:03 nb. V Oldham (Nor)
is credited with a 5km (17:07) but I am suspicious of this performance.
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Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.
Edmond Campion School, Wrekenton, Sat. 17th Feb.
Wallsend Harriers opened up a 1 point lead over title-holders, Sunderland
when winning the Mens' Division 1 team event at the 4th fixture of the
Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League at Edmond Campion School, Wrekenton
on Saturday. Chester Le Street easily won the Womens' event as defending
champions Elvet Striders, extended their lead at the top of the table.
In the bright sunshine, teenager Robert Balmbra of Morpeth easily won
the Mens' Individual race, from Durham's Rob Walker. Medium pack runners,
James Buis of Heaton and Kurt Heron of Gosforth finished 3rd and 4th, while
Sunderland's Brian Rushworth was the quickest runner overall, finishing
6th from the fast pack. Mark Hall led the Wallsend challenge in 7th. Sunderland
Strollers extended their lead at the top of Division 2, while Claremont
gained victory in Division 3.
It was a good day for fast pack runners, with Alyson Dixon outclassing
the opposition, winning by over a minute in the Senior Womens' race from
Chester Le Street clubmate, Heather Robinson. Elvet's Donna James in 3rd
place, was second fastest overall.
Monique Howell of Birtley (Junior Women) and Zoe Armstrong of Morpeth
(Under 15 Girls) also won from the fast pack, who occupied the first three
places in the latter event.
Though running from the slow pack, Karl Taylor of Morpeth still clocked
the fastest time in the Under 17 Mens' race.
Marcus Cram of Morpeth, on half term holiday from boarding school in
Scotland, comfortably won the Under 15 Boys' race. Tristan Venus of Tynedale
in 5th place, recorded the fastest time for the 4th successive meeting.
Newcomers, Charmaine Porter of Sunderland and Adam Harrington of Morpeth,
won the two Under 13 races.
Results.
Senior Men (9.7km Handicap): 1 R Balmbra (Morp, U20) 34:17; 2 R Walker
(Dur) 35:21; 3 J Buis (Heat) 36:27; 4 K Heron (Gosf, U20) 36:36; 5 S Mayer
(Dur) 36:52; 6 B Rushworth (Sun, M40) 37:00; 7 M Hall (Walls) 37:07; 8
C Mustill (N Ayc) 37:17; 9 J Dobson (Sun) 37:22; 10 T McPhail (Walls, M40)
37:27; 11 L Talbot (Blyth) 37:29; 12 S Hall (Gate, U20) 37:41; 13 D Cheshire
(CleS, M40) 37:43; 14 S Potts (Sun) 37:53; 15 D Young (Walls, M40) 37:55;
16 D Richardson (Aln) 37:58; 17 John Bell (Els, M40) 38:05; 18 M Fenwick
(Walls) 38:10; 19 K Stephenson (Els, M40) 38:12; 20 P Howe (Heat) 38:16
Fastest: B Rushworth 32:00; S Hall 32:41; S Potts 32:53; M Fenwick
33:10; J Buis 33:57; K Heron 34:06; I Crampton (Dur, M40) 34:07
Teams: Div 1: 1 Wallsend 71; 2 Sunderland 121; 3 Durham City 139; 4
Elswick 158; 5 South Shields 159; 6 Alnwick 212. Div 2: 1 Sunderland Strollers
96; 2 Heaton 119; 3 Tynedale 165. Div 3: 1 Claremont 70; 2 Low Fell 104;
3 Birtley 112
Under 17 Men (6.4km Handicap): 1 K Taylor (Morp) 21:38; 2 J Scott
(Morp) 22:49; 3 A Richardson (Tyne) 23:11; 4 B Chadwick (Shil) 23:15; 5
C Rutherford (Tyne) 24:30; 6 M Cochrane (Morp) 24:44; 7 D Watt (NSP) 25:38;
8 S Robson (Tyne) 26:33; 9 R Lindsay (Dur) 26:56; 10 J Costello (Gate)
27:14
Fastest: K Taylor 21:38; C Rutherford 21:50; M Cochrane 22:04
Teams: 1 Morpeth 9; 2 Tynedale 16
Under 15 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 M Cram (Morp) 11:06; 2 A Clenton
(Gate) 11:07; 3 M Gilham (Dur) 11:42; 4 W Buswell (Gosf) 11:50; 5 T Venus
(Tyne) 11:53; 6 G Howe (Blay) 12:01; 7 A Douglass (Morp) 12:08; 8 C Gaffney
(N Ayc) 12:12; 9 J Scott (Birt) 12:12; 10 G Urwin (Tyne) 12:16
Fastest: T Venus 10:33; G Howe 10:41; A Douglass 10:48
Teams: 1 Gosforth 33; 2 Gateshead 43; 3 Blaydon 45
Under 13 Boys (3.2km handicap): 1 A Harrington (Morp) 12:25;
2 L Hogg (Gate) 12:44; 3 J Brown (Tyne) 12:48; 4 S Greenwood (Tyne) 13:00;
5 S Barras (J&H) 13:06; 6 G Lowry (J&H) 13:07; 7 A Bailes (Birt)
13:09; 8 K Robley (Tyne) 13:12; 9 R Walton (Shil) 13:13; 10 B Davison (Aln)
13:26
Fastest: L Hogg 11:24; J Brown 11:28; S Greenwood 11:40
Teams 1 Tynedale 15; 2 Jarrow & Hebburn 30; 3 Gateshead 33
Senior Women (6.4km Handicap): 1 A Dixon (CleS) 25:55; 2 H Robinson
(CleS, W40) 27:10; 3 D James (Elv, W40) 27:50; 4 C Millne (Gate) 28:07;
5 E Bain (Elv) 28:17; 6 J Tinkler (CleS, W45) 28:22; 7 J Nutt (Els) 28:23;
8 K Robertson (Tyne, W40) 28:26; 9 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 28:48; 10 J Zoppi
(Heat) 29:02; 11 L Walker (Walls, W35) 29:22; 12 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 29:29;
13 R Tinsley (Clare) 29:35; 14 G McKernan (Blay, W45) 29:37; 15 C Hamson
(Heat) 29:39
Fastest: A Dixon 23:15; D James 25:10; J Nutt 25:43; K Robertson 25:46;
J Zoppi 26:22; F Shenton 26:49
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 9; 2 Elvet Striders 20; 3 Tynedale 44; 4
Heaton 50; 5 Claremont 52; 6 North Shields Poly 64
Junior Women (6.4km Handicap): 1 M Howell (Birt, U17) 28:55;
2 S Favier (Gate, U17) 29:53; 3 J Fenwick (Walls) 29:54; 4 R Collins (Tyne,
U17) 32:04; 5 K Walker (Gate) 32:19; 6 V Brewis (H&P, U17) 32:39; 7
C Potts (H&P, U17) 33:25; 8 R Daniel (Tyne, U17) 36:07
Fastest: M Howell 26:15; J Fenwick 27:14; S Favier 29:53
Team: Houghton & Peterlee 22
Under 15 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 Z Armstrong (Morp) 13:41;
2 R Lundgren (Gosf) 13:58; 3 S Smith (Tyne) 14:07; 4 R Bennett (Gate) 14:22;
5 L Cairns (Morp) 14:24; 6 R Grieves (Blay) 14:30; 7 R Oldham (Gate) 14:31;
8 S Crosby (Sun) 14:32; 9 B Curran (Gate) 14:35; 10 H Waddell (Gosf) 14:38
Fastest: Z Armstrong 12:21; R Lundgren 12:38; S Smith 12:47
Teams: 1 Gatehead 20; 2 Gosforth 28; 3 Morpeth 31
Under 13 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 C Porter (Sun) 13:20; 2 Z Hewitson
(Shil) 14:02; 3 H Gordon (Tyne) 14:05; 4 F Lockhart (Gate) 14:30; 5 M Simpson
(Morp) 14:32; 6 R Cram (Els) 14:35; 7 P Jones (Gate) 14:42; 8 J Wood (Gate)
14:49; 9 S Taylor (Birt) 14:52; 10 S Edwards (Gate) 14:53
Fastest: F Lockhart 13:10; M Simpson 13:12; C Porter 13:20
Teams: 1 Gateshead 19; 2 Sunderland 38; 3 Shildon 40
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th February 2007).
Additional Commerts: Only results used (there seemed to be a cut
in Sports pages). Results courtesy of Hugh/Steph Bingham. Could not attend
as my leg caused great pain if standing/walking for more than 5mins. 248
finishers SM (last time: 63:29). 57 SW (41:53). Only 9 JW and 13 U17M.
Slight confusion as Christina Millne was listed as fast pack. If she did,
iit is a remarkable improvement on recent performances. Heaton performances
on a very good day were: SM: 60 S Daley 38:55; 80 P Bhogal 40:18; 117 M
Gibson 41:22; 133 D Robins 39:16; 180 J Gibson 44:07; 182 D Wright 44:11;
185 P Inskip 44:23; 192 E Baty 44:43; 197 C Burn 45:28; 211 A Mulliss 47:06;
224 L Wilkinson 48:22; 248 G Routledge 63:29 (Overall placing: now 4th)
SW: C Hamson 26:59; 25 A Peace 27:42 (Overall placing: now joint 2nd).
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Gateshead Indoor Arena. Thu. 15th Feb.
Gateshead Harrier, Sam Hall gained an impressive treble victory, at
the penultimate Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting, winning the Under 13
60m, High Jump and Shot.
Results.
Senior Men: 60: 1 F Kaldeh (Newc U) 7.4; 2 G Charlton (Gate,
M40) 7.5; 3 C Hunter (J&H) 7.6; 4 E Smart (Gate, M50) 7.8; 5 P Jones
(Gate, M45) 7.8 60H: 1 C Hunter 9.1; 2 R Hunter (Tyne) 9.6
HJ: B Robertson (NSP, M40) 1.56 PV: M Christie (Sale) 5.05
SP: R Hunter 11.31
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 C Craigs (Darl) 7.2; 2 J Kilbirige (Darl)
7.3; 3 D Robinson (NSP) 7.4 HJ: 1 L Powell (M'bro) 1.86; 2 M Winter (M'bro)
1.86 PV: R Dixon (Gate) 4.00
Under 17 Men: 60: r1: 1 C Stewart (Tyne) 7.6; 2 A Wilkinson (Gate)
7.6 r2: M Davison (Gate) 7.4 HJ: J Unwin (Gate) 1.61
PV: T Parkin (Gate) 3.70
Under 15 Boys: 60: M Young (Gate) 8.0 HJ: S Markwell (CleS)
1.46 SP: G Cryer (Gate) 2.40
Under 13 Boys: 60: S Hall (Gate) 8.4 HJ: S Hall 1.41
SP: S Hall 8.77
Senior Women: HJ: S Gibbons (Milt K) 1.51
Under 20 Women: 60: A Ramsey (SSh) 8.4 HJ: 1 L Watt (SSh)
1.56; 2 T Kennedy (Darl) 1.51; 3 R Pottinger (Birt) 1.51; 4 E Clifford
(Darl) 1.51
Under 17 Women: 60: r1: 1 F Bowles (Darl) 8.0; 2 K Blaylock (Darl)
8.3; 3 A Wood (SSh) 8.4. r2: J Hudson (Gate) 8.3. HJ: A Wood 1.51
PV: S Scott (Gate) 3.45 LJ: A Dobson (Gate) 4.73
Under 15 Girls: 60: r1: 1 E Hastings (Morp) 8.5; 2 K Marriott
(Gate) 8.6; 3 R Pow (Gate) 8.8 r2: L Goldsmith (Darl) 8.4 HJ: 1 J
Hansom (Gate) 1.56; 2 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.51 PV: Stacey Howden (Gate)
2.50 LJ: 1 J Hansom 4.67; 2 E Hastings 4.50
Under 13 Girls: 60: r1: 1 A Hollings (Gate) 9.0; 2 R Quinn (Blay)
9.2 r2: G Dawson (Gate) 9.0 HJ: 1 Shannon Howden (Gate) 1.31;
2 N Teasdale (J&H) 1.26 PV: Shannon Howden 2.20 LJ: Shannon
Howden 3.91
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results used. These courtesy of Angus Lumb.
Could not attend due to "dodgy" leg. Better entry in U15 Boys but only
one Senior Woman. Not many U20's either. Faye Bowles remarkably quicker,
than other recent performances.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 11th Feb).
Leading North East performances from A.A.A Indoor Championships at
Sheffield (10th/11th Feb) were: (nb. 200m finals on Day 1 were not televised).
SM: 200: Semi: 2 R Kilty 21.73 Ht: 1 R Kilty 21.73 800: Ht
1: 4 D Graham 1:52.76 1500: 6 S Moralee 3:59.50 (3rd ht: 3:52.76;
7 P Hutton 4:01.09) 3000: 2 N McCormick 8:01.35 60H: Ht 2:
4 A Sturrock 8.44 Ht 4: 3 S Nyananyo 8.33 PV: 6 M Christie
5.00 LJ: 3 C Kirk 7.38; 8 S Nyananyo 6.98 SP: 6 C Sturrock
16.00 SW: 60: Ht 4: 6 L Arthur 7.87 200: 2 S Deacon 24.03; 6 V Barr
24.96 (24.57 3rd ht) 800: Ht 4: 4 N Desai 2:12.31
Results from the Scottish Indoor Combined Events Championships included:
U20: Hept: 3 N Ridgeon 4091 (12.18 SP) SW: Hept: 3 C Huck 3160 (9.23
H, 1.62 HJ); 4 K Huck 3062 U20: Pent: 3 A Ramsey 2793 (9.93 H); 4
M Bratton 2650 (1.57 HJ): 5 L Watt 2474 (9.97 H, 1.57 HJ) U17: Pent:
1 A Fleming 3076 (9.43, 1.52, 9.73, 5.01, 2:43.30); 3 J Hudson 2763 (9.99
H): 5 A Wood 2432 (9.56 H, 1.52 HJ); 6 A Coyne 2381 U15: Pent: 3
J Hansom 2967 (4.91, 9.81, 8.50, 1.63, 2:48.36); 5 A Stone 2423 (5.00 LJ,
9.95 H) U13: Pent: 3 Sh Howden 1719 (10.88 H)
Freya Murray won the Scottish Womens' Cross Country title at Falkirk
(10th Feb) by 15secs, in a time of 29mins 40secs.
David Anderson won the Surrey League Div 1 race at Richmond Park (10th
Feb) by 4secs in a time of 28mins 53secs.
Results from the Scottish Masters Indoor Championships at Kelvin Hall
(extra info from George Harden): M35: 60: 1 P Donaghy 7.50 200: 1
P Donaghy 24.24 M40: 60: 1 G Charlton 7.70 200: 1 G Charlton
24.47 M45: 800: 2 G Harden 2:08.08 1500: 4 G Harden 4:23.10
M50: 60: 1 E Smart 7.68 200: 1 E Smart 24.93 1500: 2 A Jenkins
4:42.56 3000: 1 A Jenkins 10:11.80 W45: 3000: 2 L Marr 12:13.92.
Results from an Open Indoor Meeting at Manchester (7th Feb) included:
60: r3: 3 R Davison (U20) 7.48 400: r5: 3 V Barr (SW) 56.74
SW: 60: r1: 1 S Deacon 7.60; 3 J Graham (Hudd U) 8.13
Results from the North Shields Poly Handicap (6th Feb): Fastest: I
Hollingsworth (Morp) 18:31; B McMillan (Clare) 18:54 Women: A Higgs
(Clare) 22:07; H Lambert 23:01
Most of info courtesy of AW where the British Veteran Road Rankings
for 2006 were included: M70: Mar: 3 J Prudham 3:32:53 (only NE entry).
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North Eastern Counties Road Relay Championship.
Watergate Park, Lobley Hill, Gateshead. Sat. 10th Feb.
Sunderland Harriers successfully defended their North Eastern Counties'
A.A Road Relay title on Saturday, retaining the Royal Signals Trophy.
Athletes competed on a new off-road course at Watergate Park, but the
persistent heavy rain, had made parts of the route, quite treacherous.
Gavin Massingham led for the Wearsiders on leg 1, holding off a late
challenge from Tynedale's Andy Caine. Morpeth through Jon Taylor were lying
third. Jack Martin took Sunderland into an unassailable lead of 53secs
over North Shields Poly on leg 2, with Brian Rushworth, Tim Field, Patrick
Martin and Tom Doughty extending the advantage to over 2mins at the finish
line, over Morpeth. Ian Hudspith clocked the day's fastest time, moving
Morpeth from 4th to 2nd on leg 4. New Marske, whose line-up included four
U20 athletes, finished in an excellent third position. Gateshead took fourth
place but lost any chance of medals, when fourth leg-runner Sean Hall missed
the change over.
The presence of Rushworth, Field and Doughty in their Senior team,
meant that Sunderland had to surrender the Veterans' title to Elswick.
The Newcastle club, who included two M55 athletes, were second after the
first two legs, and again after leg 4, but pulled away in the later stages.
Sunderland took second, with Blaydon, for whom Phil Walker clocked the
fastest time on leg 1, finishing 3rd.
Chester Le Street easily retained their Womens' title, winning by over
4mins. They were never headed after Tracy Laws' first leg, with Angela
Hunter, Kathryn Waugh and Morag McDonnell extending the advantage. McDonnell's
time was easily the fastest. Gina Rutherford of North Shields Poly overhauled
Lauren Roche of Middlesbrough & Cleveland on the final leg, to decide
the minor medals.
Results.
Men (6 x 3.2km): 1 Sunderland 62:20 (G Massingham 10:00, J Martin 10:25,
B Rushworth 10:24, T Field 10:42, P Martin 10:07, T Doughty 10:42); 2 Morpeth
64:17 (J Taylor 10:17, M Cochrane 11:02, M Hegarty 11:44, I Hudspith 9:57,
D Swinburne 10:48, M Hudspith 10:29); 3 New Marske 65:55 (L Gamble-Thompson
10:36, T Livingstone 11:19, D Shaw 11:02, M Gamble-Thompson 11:50, R Best
10:54, R Stevenson 10:14); 4 Gateshead 66:27 (K Flannery 10:53, T Perrins
11:25, J Gibson 11:07, R Murray 10:17, S Hall 12:12, J Leinonen 10:33);
5 North Shields Poly 66:54 (T Brannon 11:01, R Stephenson 10:17, I Twaddle
10:36, J Tuton 12:04, D Watt 11:27, G Moore 11:29); 6 Chester Le Street
67:30 (D Cheshire 11:25, S Bell 11:04, M Tomlinson 11:33, S Grey 11:32,
A Coffer 11:05, C Smith 10:51); 7 Elswick 69:09; 8 Hartlepool Burn
Road 69:58; 9 Heaton 72:04; 10 Birtley 73:14; 11 Gateshead B 74:51;
12 Saltwell 75:38; 13 Blyth 76:51; 14 Newton Aycliffe 77:33; 15 Sedgefield
79:00; 16 New Marske B 79:32; 17 Low Fell 82:51; 18 North Shield Poly B
83:56; 19 Houghton & Peterlee 84:12; 20 Newton Aycliffe B 84:45; 21
Ponteland 87:02
Fastest: I Hudspith 9:57; G Massingham 10:00; A Caine (Tyne) 10:01;
P Martin 10:07; R Stevenson (U20) 10:14; R Murray (U17), J Taylor
(U20), R Stephenson 10:17; B Rushworth (M40) 10:24; J Martin (U20) 10:25
Veteran (6 x 3.2km):
1 Elswick 70:07 (A Thompson 11:43, John Bell 11:29, M McNally 12:19,
K Stephenson 11:44, Jim Bell 11:28, P Dixon 11:24); 2 Sunderland 71:02
(G Armstrong 12:05, P Redman 12:03, S Coxon 11:45, P Merrison 11:20, R
Rush 12:17, J Dobson 11:32); 3 Blaydon 76:33 (P Walker 11:11, A Dent 11:52,
B Liddle 13:21, S Beryl 13:21, D Mitchinson 12:54, A Storey 13:54); 4 North
Shields Poly 77:11; 5 Blyth 81:51; 6 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 82:26;
7 Heaton 84:51
Fastest: P Walker (Blay) 11:11; P Merrison (M45) 11:20; P Dixon (M45)
11:24; Jim Bell (M55) 11:28; John Bell 11:29; J Dobson 11:32
Women (4 x 3.2km): 1 Chester Le Street 48:58 (T Laws 12:25, A Hunter
12:42, K Waugh 12:13, M McDonnell 11:38); 2 North Shields Poly 53:14 (J
Goble 13:17, K Davis 13:41, H Lambert 13:15, G Rutherford 13:01); 3 Middlesbrough
& Cleveland 53:35 (C Summersgill 12:42, A Ansell 14:19, F Buckton 13:10,
L Roche 13:24): 4 Heaton 55:05 (H Astley 13:10, A Peace 13:56, L Gibson
14:37, C Hamson 13:22); 5 Sunderland 55:21 (M Holt 13:32, G Barry 13:08,
N Miller 14:25, L Tweddle 14:16); 6 Claremont 57:02; 7 Gateshead 58:20;
8 New Marske 60:08; 9 North Shields Poly B 60:22; 10 Tynedale 61:09; 11
Blyth 61:36; 12 North Shields Poly C 64:42; 13 Saltwell 66:02
Fastest: M McDonnell 11:38; K Waugh 12:13; T Laws 12:25; C Summersgill,
A Hunter 12:42; A Watson (CleS B) 12:45; G Rutherford (U17) 13:01; A Hibbs
(Clare) 13:02
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather quite windy and wet
most of time, though eased off for 30mins in early stages. Plenty of "pools"
on course, which was really Multi Terrain. All finishers are listed, but
turn-out still poor compared to Team Valley venue. For Elswick, Mark McLeod.finished
5th on leg 1 (10:50) and Mark Armstrong ran final leg for Hartlepool (11:09).
Chester Le Street B Women splits were: J Tinkler 14:11 (9), A Watson 12:45
(3). North Shields Poly running order was incorrect on results. GR definitely
ran leg 4, but others may not be fully correct. Saltwell fielded a veterans'
team (would have been 3rd), but they wore Senior numbers. Hall missed changeover
by at least a minute.
Heaton spilts with positions were: J Moore 10:51 (7), J Buis 11:05
(5), M Gibson 12:41 (9), D Robins 12:30 (9), D Burn 12:25 (9) and A Bartram
12:25. B: S McEntee 13:14 (32), C Burn 13:36 (22), I McKinnon 13:49 (22)
and E Appleby 16:03 (23).
Vets: P Bhogal 12:43 (7), L Ingham (a new name with a good run) 13:09
(6), C McEntee 14:00 (7), E Baty 13:55 (6), D Brignall 14:36 (7), D Young
16:28 (7). Womens' positions for A team were: 4,7,6,4. B: J Brignall 15:01
(14), R Maclenan 15:42 (13), R Kane 15:12 (12)..
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Weekly Round-up
(to 4th Feb).
Leading results from the Alsager 5 (not a great N.E presence this year):
1 J Mays 23:39; 14 D Bannister 24:26; 16 R Stephenson 24:35.
Results from the Dewsbury 10km: 1 W Farquharson (Notts) 30:13; 2 S
Hepples 30:24; 3 M Scaife 30:36; 6 G Dunn 31:25 (3rd Yorks Champs); 15
I Twaddle 32:32; 19 M Grainger 33:32 (1st M40) SW: 1 A Gostling (Leeds)
35:23; 3 A Raw (now Bingley) 36:29 (1st W40/2nd Yorks Champ).
Results from the British Universities Cross Country Championships,
which incorporated the World Trials, at Bath (3rd Feb).
SM: 1 F Tickner (B'ham) 33:13; 2 B Noad 33:21; 3 P Nichols 33:24; 8
A Buckley 33:53; 30 R McLeod (Lough) 35:21; 32 A Holliday (B'ham) 35:24;
44 C Parr (Lough) 35:57; 47 J Powell (Dur) 36:11; 54 J Leinonen (Newc)
36:44 SW: 1 K Reed 21:25; 2 H Dean 21:46; 3 F Milton (Dur) 21:54;
8 S Thomas 22:20; 13 A Woodvine (B'ham) 22:44; 26 M Ferrier (Liv) 23:04;
27 S Maude (Lough) 23:06; 41 D James (B'ham) 23:44; 61 L Young (Newc) 24:25;
77 J Orr (Dund) 24:49
SM: 8km. 1 S Perkins (B'ham) 23:16; 5 L Moses (Lough) 23:42; 14 A Duffield
(York) 24:25; 23 N Zissler (Dur) 24:54
Notable results from North Yorkshire Schools Championships at Catterick
(not sure what some abbreviations mean): SB: 1 A Mason (HR) 21:07;
2 T Anderson (HC) 21:18; 3 J Kraft (Scar) 21:45 IB: 1 D Roberts (HR)
21:47 JB: 1 A Rhodes (HC) 16:42; 2 D Collins (Scar) 16:54 SG:
1 V Graves (York) 15:16; 2 V Needham (York) 15:50; 5 J Adams (HR) 16:40;
6 J Roberts (HR) 16:47; 7 K Roberts (HR) 16:56; 8 C Maxted (York) 17:05
IG: 1 L Day (York) 15:38; 2 R Kitchen (Scar) 15:46; 3 A Wheatman (Scar)
15:51 JG: 1 C Lambert (HR) 14:34; 3 S Allison (HR) 14:40; 4 G Rodgers
(Scar) 14:45
Results from the Celtic Indoor Cup at Cardiff: U20: 200: 2 R Kilty
(Eng) 22.6 SW: Inv: 60: 2 L Arthur 8.0 TJ: 3 M Carr 11.94
All info from AW, where the following Veterans' 2006 rankings were
published: M50: 5km: 9 L Atkinson 16:31 5M: 10 L Atkinson 27:32
10km: 5 L Atkinson 33:22 10M: 7 I Bloomfield 57:10; 9 I Scott 57:40
Half Mar: 10 I Scott 76:16 M55: 5km: 3 J Bell 16:52 10km:
3 J Bell 34:28; 5 S White 35:20 Mar: 4 J Bell 2:47:47
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League.
Blakeston School, Stockton. Sun. 4th Feb.
Middlesbrough Mandale junior, Andrew Wiles was a comfortable winner
of the Senior event, at yesterday's penultimate fixture of the Noth Yokshire
and South Harier League, at Stockton. Wiles led all the way on the mud-covered
4 lap course, coming home with 15secs to spare over clubmate, Richard Morrell,
with Richmond veteran Jon Orange, moving through to take third place. Race
Walking International, Johanna Jackson was untroubled in winning the Womens'
race from Middlesbrough and Cleveland clubmate, Carolyn Summersgill.
Fergus Roberts of Richmond, second in last weekend's Northern Championship,
won the Under 13 race. A day earlier he had won the North Yorkshire Schools'
title.
Results.
Senior Men: 8.2km. 1 A Wiles (M'bro, U20) 27:02; 2 R Morrell (M'bro,
U20) 27:17; 3 J Orange (R&Z, M40) 27:49; 4 A Churchill (Hart) 28:01;
5 D Middlemas (Loft) 28:23; 6 C Mustill (N Ayc) 28:26; 7 T Danby (N Marske)
28:31; 8 M Armstrong (Hart) 28:36; 9 A Mitchell (M'bro, U20) 28:40; 10
T Livingston (N Marske, M40) 29:07
Under 17 Men: 6.2km. 1 R Best (N Marske) 20:51; 2 L Rodgers (Loft)
21:15; 3 D Roberts (R&Z) 21:36
Under 15 Boys: 3.3km: 1 D Schofield (Scar) 12:16; 2 D Collins (Scar)
12:32; 3 J Rowe (Bev) 12:40
Under 13 Boys: 2.2km. 1 F Roberts (R&Z) 7:23; 2 M Scott (R&Z)
7:33; 3 D Maw (Scar) 7:39
Senior Women: 4.2km. 1 J Jackson (M&C) 15:23; 2 C Summersgill
(M&C) 15:45; 3 V Annis (Loft) 16:12; 4 F Bailey (Quak, W35) 16:14;
5 J Mastrolanardo (Loft, W35) 16:25; 6 L Roche (M&C, U20) 16:38
Under 17 Women: 4.2km. 1 J Russon (N Marske) 16:09; 2 J Adams
(R&Z, U17) 17:12; 3 S Penny (M'bro) 17:16
Under 15 Girls: 3.3km. 1 S Allison (M'bro) 14:33; 2 H Taylor (Bev)
14:38; 3 C Lappin (M'bro) 14:42
Under 13 Girls: 2.2km. 1 G Rodgers (Loft) 8:29; 2 E Harper (Scar) 8:39;
3 J Dalton (Bev) 8:57
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results used. Despite overnight frost,
course churned up a lot after it thawed. Very heavy in start/finishing
straight. Results courtesy of displayed entry lists. Not a great turn-out
especially in youngrer races, due to Schools' clash the day before. Only
5 U17 Men. Russell Best not allowed to run at South Shields, as his excuse
for not running Cleveland Schools XC, was considered not good enough. Ian
Barnes clocked 37:41. Further results: SM: 11 K Harker 29:12; 12 J Hunter
(M40) 29:16 M50: 1 K Edwards (Hart) 31:07 Teams: 1 Hartlepool
Burn Road 74; 2 Loftus & Whitby 97; 3 Richmond & Zetland 219
SW: W45: S Milburn 18:39 Teams: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 21;
2 Loftus & Whitby 36; 3 New Marske 79
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Inter County Schools Cross Country.
Temple Park, South Shields. Sat. 3rd Feb.
Northumberland won both Boys' and Girls' Overall trophies, retaining
the latter, at Saturday's Inter Counties' Schools Cross Country match at
Temple Park, South Shields.
On a spring-like day, 2006 English Schools silver medallist Ricky Stevenson,
who also competed for Great Britain in the European Cross County Championship,
dominated the Senior Boys' event coming home ahead of Cleveland team-mate
Dominic Shaw. Mark Shaw (brother of Dominic), unbeaten in the Under 13
events in the UK Challenge Series, finished strongly to win the Junior
Boys' race.
For Durham, Kate Avery, the 2006 English Schools' Junior champion,
had to work hard for victory in the Intermediate event. Leading from the
start, Avery lost a shoe, in the early stages and had to withhold the persistent
challenge of Fell Running specialist Laura Park of Cumbria. North of England
Indoor Under 15 800m champion, Sigourney Bell of Durham easily won the
Junior Girls' race from Northumberland's Rachel Lundgren.
Lydia Patton of Northumberland won the Senior Girls' race, holding
off the challenge of Cleveland's Kirsty Legg. Tom Farrell provided Cumbria's
sole victory in the Intermediate Boys' event, winning in impressive style.
In the non-scoring Minor events, Simon Robson and Hannah Jones, gained
victories for Northumberland.
Results.
Boys Overall: 1 Northumberland 195; 2 Cumbria 241; 3 Durham 271
Senior (5.9km): 1 R Stevenson (Cleve) 19:12; 2 D Shaw (Cleve) 19:38;
3 P Huck (Cumb) 19:43; 4 C Smith (Dur) 19:58; 5 J Gibson (North'd) 20:24;
6 W Nicholson (Cumb) 20:32; 7 R Balmbra (North'd) 20:54; 8 K Anderson (Cumb)
20:59; 9 A Mitchell (Cleve) 21:04; 10 D Crawley (Cumb) 21:13; 11 D Garbutt
(Dur) 21:19; 12 T Graham (Cleve) 21:22; 13 D Watt (North'd) 21:25; 14 J
Costello (Dur) 21:30; 15 S Fox (Cumb) 21:40; 16 M Williams (North'd) 21:44;
17 D Graham (North'd) 21:48; 18 S Potter (North'd) 21:48; 19 J Wright (Cumb)
22:03; 20 T Perrins (North'd) 22:05
Teams: 1 Cumbria 61; 2 Northumberland 76; 3 Durham 95
Intermediate (5.2km): 1 T Farrell (Cumb) 17:09; 2 K Taylor (North'd)
17:31; 3 P Hurst (North'd) 17:36; 4 A Morrell (Cleve) 17:38; 5 G Hawkins
(Cleve) 18:01; 6 G Rowe (Dur) 18:09; 7 C Rutherford (North'd) 18:11; 8
J Hewitt (North'd) 18:14; 9 J Lazenby (Cleve) 18:19; 10 T Calder (North'd)
18:22; 11 C Gaffney (Cleve) 18:23; 12 T Murphy (Cleve) 18:24; 13 J Benjamin
(Cumb) 18:24; 14 A Douglass (North'd) 18:26; 15 T Venus (Cumb) 18:33; 16
N Flannery (North'd) 18:34; 17 M Richardson (Cleve) 18:35; 18 S Ruddick
(Dur) 18:35; 19 S Wilson (Cumb) 18:38; 20 M Rice (North'd) 18:39
Teams: 1 Northumberland 44; 2 Cumbria 56; 3 Durham 97
Junior (3.7km): 1 M Shaw (Cleve) 12:43; 2 S Younger (Dur) 12:50; 3
M Priestley (North'd) 12:53; 4 J Forrest (Cleve) 13:00; 5 D Redpath (North'd)
13:09; 6 J Archer (Dur) 13:09; 7 C Boyek (Dur) 13:09; 8 J Addison (Cumb)
13:11; 9 P Clifford (Dur) 13:17; 10 J Phillips (Dur) 13:27; 11 R Flint
(Cumb) 13:29; 12 M Grieve (Cumb) 13:32; 13 J Arris (Cumb) 13:36; 14 N Johnson
(North'd) 13:37; 15 S Greenwood (North'd) 13:37; 16 S Till (Cumb) 13:38;
17 R Pearse (Cleve) 13:39; 18 P Shuttleworth (North'd) 13:40; 19 J Marshall
(Dur) 13:40; 20 J Robson (North'd) 13:41
Teams: 1 Durham 53; 2 Northumberland 75; 3 Cumbria 83
Minor (2.3km): 1 S Robson (North'd) 8:16; 2 J Hepple (North'd) 8:20;
3 A Bailes (Dur) 8:26; 4 S Gardiner (Cleve) 8:27; 5 B Wright (Cleve) 8:28;
6 T Messenger (Cumb) 8:29; 7 E Hetherington (North'd) 8:30; 8 A Harrington
(North'd) 8:32; 9 J Kirkpatrick (Cumb) 8:33; 10 J Pendon (Cleve) 8:34;
11 D Turner (Dur) 8:35; 12 M Grundy (North'd) 8:37
Teams (n/s): 1 Northumberland 43; 2 Cleveland 91; 3 Durham 92
Girls Overall: 1 Northumberland 153; 2 Durham 185; 3 Cumbria 365; 4
Cleveland 386
Senior (3.7km)
1 L Patton (North'd) 14:15; 2 K Legg (Cleve) 14:21; 3 C Baudouin (North'd)
14:25; 4 A Wilson (Dur) 14:35; 5 R Phillips (Cleve) 14:42; 6 A Porteous
(North'd) 14:44; 7 S Duffy (North'd) 14:47; 8 G Rutherford (North'd) 14:59;
9 R Shield (Dur) 15:05; 10 L Smith (North'd) 15:07; 11 L Roche (Cleve)
15:08; 12 S Gray (Dur) 15:24; 13 L Dodsworth (Dur) 15:32; 14 L Dixon (North'd)
15:37; 15 S Coleby (Dur) 15:41; 16 S Tomaszczyk (North'd) 15:43; 17 M Andrews
(Cumb) 15:44; 18 J Stephenson (Dur) 15:44; 19 S Cervenak (North'd) 15:46;
20 C Potts (Dur) 15:51
Teams: 1 Northumberland 35; 2 Durham 71; 3 Cleveland 93
Intermediate (3.7km): 1 K Avery (Dur) 13:16; 2 L Park (Cumb) 13:31;
3 C Arter (Cumb) 13:51; 4 H Gertig (Dur) 14:08; 5 N Young (North'd) 14:14;
6 Z Armstrong (North'd) 14:33; 7 J Russon (Cleve) 14:41; 8 S Smith (North'd)
14:41; 9 D Pickavance-Clarke (Dur) 14:47; 10 R Stuart (Cumb) 14:53; 11
F Buckton (Cleve) 14:59; 12 R Jamieson (Dur) 15:02; 13 M Howell (Dur) 15:07;
14 A Ewen (Dur) 15:11; 15 S Favier (North'd) 15:12; 16 E Toogood (Dur)
15:14; 17 A Smith (Cleve) 15:15; 18 S Crosby (Dur) 15:18; 19 H Nagel (Dur)
15:23; 20 S Penny (Cleve) 15:28
Teams: 1 Durham 53; 2 Northumberland 83; 3 Cleveland 106
Junior (3km): 1 S Bell (Dur) 11:04; 2 R Lundgren (North'd) 11:15; 3
R King (North'd) 11:31; 4 R Denton (North'd) 11:38; 5 E Wilson (Cumb) 11:50;
6 H Rank (North'd) 11:54; 7 F Higgin (Dur) 12:01; 8 N Burlinson (Dur) 12:02;
9 H Waddell (North'd) 12:08; 10 J Sisson (Cumb) 12:10; 11 V Johnstone (Cumb)
12:10; 12 M Simpson (North'd) 12:13; 13 R Smedley (North'd) 12:14; 14 L
Richardson (Dur) 12:19; 15 E Ward (Dur) 12:21; 16 S Loraine (Dur) 12:24;
17 E Findlay (Dur) 12:25; 18 R Brown (Dur) 12:26; 19 R Ferguson (Dur) 12:28;
20 A Casement (Cumb) 12:31
Teams: 1 Northumberland 36; 2 Durham 61; 3 Cumbria 97
Minor (2.3km): 1 H Jones (North'd) 9:03; 2 P Howell (Dur) 9:07; 3 S
Taylor (Dur) 9:09; 4 S Coutley (North'd) 9:10; 5 S Bruce (North'd) 9:11;
6 F Lockhart (Dur) 9:14; 7 C Porter (Dur) 9:17; 8 L Howard (Cumb) 9:18;
9 E Garner (Dur) 9:21; 10 C Falconer (North'd) 9:22; 11 S Robinson (North'd)
9:23; 12 H Bradley (Dur) 9:25
Teams (n/s): 1 Durham 39; 2 Northumberland 47; 3 Cumbria 134
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of Paul
Ponton/Ian Beck. Weather bright and sunny. Quite firm underfoot. A lot
warmer than early morning, when there was heavy frost. Excellent from Elswick's
Philip Hurst (IB).
Other Placings: IB: 22 J Falconer (N) 18:40; 24 K Chirnside (D) 18:47;
25 P De Winter (D) 18:48; 26 M Jones (Cl) 18:51; 27 J Moore (D) 18:53
JB: 21 J Brown (N) 13:41; 22 C Bunn (D) 13:44
SG: 21 K Walker (D) 15:53; 23 K Grant (Cl) 16:07; 25 K Abel (Cl) 16:26
IG: 21 B Curran (D) 15:29; 22 S Goodfellow (N) 15:30; 24 D Bell (D)
15:31; 25 E Williams (Cl) 15:31; 26 C Lappin (Cl) 15:33; 27 E Masson (N)
15:41
JG: 21 R Oldham (D) 12:33
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Jarrow Indoor Grand Prix.
Monkton Stadium. Thu. 1st Feb.
Results.
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 P Goessen (J&H) 7.6; 2 A Wilkinson (Gate)
7.6 B: M Davison (Gate) 7.5 600: 1 A Rowland (Gate) 1:44.8;
2 E Gill (Gate) 1:50.4
Under 15 Boys: 60: M Young (Gate) 7.9 600: 1 P Clifford (Darl)
1:55.9; 2 M Young 1:56.3
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J Young (Morp) 9.0; 2 K Currie (Birt) 9.0
600: A Bailes (Birt) 2:12.3
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 N Pearson (Gate) 8.1; 2 F Bowles (Darl)
8.2; 3 K Blaylock (Darl) 8.4 600: 1 S-K Crowell (J&H) 1:59.7;
2 R Bennett (SSh) 2:06.5; 3 E Murray (J&H) 2:06.8 B: N Pearson
2:08.7
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 L Goldsmith (Darl) 8.2; 2 A Stone (J&H)
8.2; 3 E Hastings (Morp) 8.2 B: K Baxter (SSh) 8.5 600:
1 S Loraine (Birt) 2:03.5; 2 A Watt (CleS) 2:05.9; 3 E Watt (CleS) 2:08.9
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 K Murphy (Birt) 8.9 (8.8ht); 2 A Smith
(SSh) 9.1 (8.9ht) 600: 1 A Archbold (Shil) 2:09.0; 2 S Taylor
(Birt) 2:11.0
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th February 2007).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. Meeting longer than previous
one (over by 9.20pm). Most notable results included here, but L Goldsmith
won D U15 600m in 1:25.8. This was best supported age-group. Nicola P started
probably too cautiously in her 600m. Tristan Peel pulled out through illness
(also kept him out of Inter County schools XC).
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