February 2008
Start
Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.
Prudhoe
High School. Sat. 1st March.
The final
fixture of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League was held in
extremely windy conditions at Prudhoe on Saturday, but there was
some exciting battles for the League titles.
As
expected Sunderland won the Senior Mens' Division 1 title for the 10th
successive year, though they were beaten on the day by Gateshead. For
the Wearsiders, Tom Doughty (not competing here) took the Overall
Veterans' Individual award. Elswick took 2nd place ahead of Durham City.
Morpeth
won a close contest for the Division 2 championship from Heaton, with
Mark Brown, who clocked the fastest time in 8th place, taking the
Senior Individual title.
Birtley
won the Division 3 Trophy from Gateshead.
In the
Senior Womens' race for the league title, Heaton narrowly defeated
Sunderland to take the Trophy, for the first time. The pair were
level before this fixture, and with two runners in the first four
Sunderland looked set for victory. However, with the Newcastle club
closing in four athletes before the Wearsiders' third counter, victory was gained by 2pts.
In what
was a good day for fast pack runners, Donna James took the individual
honours, and also retained the Veterans' Overall Trophy.
Kim
Simpson in 2nd place won the Senior competition.
Rachael
Lundgren of Gosforth (Under 15) and Steph Bruce (Under 13) won
their races from the fast pack and also won the Individual competition,
Lundgren for the second consecutive year.
This feat
was matched by Marc Newby in the Under 15 Boys' race.
Last
year's Under 15 champion, Tristan Venus of Tynedale, took the
Under 17 title this time. On the day Venus finished 2nd from the fast
pack behind Louis Batista of Gosforth.
Adam
Harrington of Morpeth, absent on this occasion, won the Under 13
championship. Clubmate Jonny Nisbet was fastest on the day finishing
2nd
to Tom Johnson of Sunderland.
Northern
champion Mary Ferrier of Gateshead won the Junior Women's race from the
fast pack and Deborah Oakley of Morpeth (3rd) gained the Individual
title.
Other team
honours went to Gateshead (Under 13 and Under 15 Girls), Morpeth (Under
13 Boys), Jarrow and Hebburn (Under 15 Boys), and Houghton took both
Junior Women and Under 17 Mens' titles.
Results.
Senior Men
(8.5km Handicap): 1 M Smith (Dur) 31:19; 2 N Younger (Sun) 31:56; 3 S
Stratton (Gate) 32:39; 4 M Coffey (Ox C-gst) 32:41; 5 J Larkin (Gate,
M40) 32:58; 6 A Green (Tyne, M40) 33:16; 7 R Crellin (Dur) 33:30; 8 M
Brown (Morp) 33:32; 9 P Dodd (Els) 33:46; 10 A Macdonald (Morp, M40)
33:47; 11 D Milliken (Heat) 33:53; 12 P Newton (Clare) 33:59; 13 M
Mallen (Crook, M40) 34:00; 14 J Buis (Heat) 34:01; 15 O Weightman
(Crook) 34:19; 16 M Hill (Sun, M40) 34:23; 17 T Carter (Walls, U20)
34:32; 18 R Hall (Gate) 34:34; 19 R Hand (Dur, M45) 34:35; 20 C Burrows
(Gate) 34:37
Fastest: M
Brown 28:32; P Newton 28:59; J Buis 29:01; T Carter 29:32; R Hand
29:35; S Bell (CleS, M40) 29:38; M Dawson (NSP) 29:43; S Potts
(Sun) 30:04
Teams: Div
1: 1 Sunderland 80; 2 Durham City 101; 3 Elswick 142; 4 Tynedale 149; 5
Crook & District 149; 6 Wallsend 198 Div 2: 1 Morpeth 70; 2
Heaton 78; 3 North Shields Poly 121 Div 3: 1 Gateshead 131; 2
Blackhill Bounders 138; 3 Birtley 138
Under 17
Men (5.4km Handicap): 1 L Battista (Gosf) 20;25; 2 T Venus (Tyne)
20:33; 3 C Hood (Hough) 20:35; 4 T Grey (Hough) 20:52; 5 J Scott (Morp)
21:23; 6 T Calder (Tyne) 21:41; 7 G Ritchie (J&H) 21:58; 8 J Askew
(N Ayc) 22:28
Fastest: T
Venus 17:53; J Scott 18:43; T Calder 19:01
Teams: 1
Tynedale 17; 2 Houghton 19
Under 15
Boys (3.4km Handicap): 1 M Newby (J&H) 13:48; 2 G Lowry (J&H)
13:56; 3 J Brown (Tyne) 13:57; 4 S Barras (J&H) 14:08; 5 S Hearn
(Tyne) 14:10; 6 J Campbell (Sun) 14:11; 7 S Greenwood (Tyne) 14:25; 8 P
Shuttleworth (Morp) 14:30
Fastest: M
Newby 12:08; G Lowry 12:16; J Brown 12:17
Teams: 1
Jarrow & Hebburn 7; 2 Tynedale 15; 3 Alnwick 35
Under 13
Boys (2.8km Handicap): 1 T Johnson (Sun) 11:09; 2 J Nisbet (Morp)
11:26; 3 B Maskell (Gate) 11:32; 4 K Hurst (Blyth) 11:36; 5 D Waters
(Derw) 11:39; 6 J Reed (Gosf) 11:40; 7 R Dodds (Morp) 11:44; 8 M
Jackson (Blyth) 11:44
Fastest: J
Nisbet 10:06; B Maskell 10:12; K Hurst 10:26
Teams; 1
Blyth 23; 2 Sunderland 26; 3 Morpeth 30
Senior
Women (5.4km Handicap): 1 D James (Elv, W40) 23:20; 2 K Simpson (Gate)
23:36; 3 M Holt (Sun) 23:42; 4 L Noble (Sun) 23:46; 5 H Johnson (Heat)
23:56; 6 J Nutt (Els) 24:07; 7 J Zoppi (Heat) 24:10; 8 A Lorenzi (Heat,
W35) 24:14; 9 R Kerr (Clare) 24:19; 10 K Robertson (Tyne, W35) 24:27;
11 L Walker (Walls, W35) 24:29; 12 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 24:34; 13 J
Friend (Heat, W45) 24:41; 14 T Rich (Gate) 24:42; 15 H Reed (Sun) 24:43
Fastest: D
James 20:40; K Simpson 20:56; M Holt 21:06; H Johnson 21:16; J Nutt
21:27; J Zoppi 21:30
Teams: 1
Heaton 20; 2 Sunderland 22; 3 Elvet Striders 46; 4 Claremont 55; 5
Tynedale 59; 6 Wallsend 66
Junior
Women (4.5km Handicap): 1 M Ferrier (Gate) 19:58; 2 M Lewis (Tyne, U17)
21:47; 3 D Oakley (Morp, U17) 22:14; 4 R Jamieson (Gate, U17) 22:54; 5
L Dodsworth (Gate) 23:39; 6 M Bell (Black B) 23:40; 7 R Grieves (Blay)
24:03
Fastest: M
Ferrier 17:38; M Lewis 19:27; D Oakley 19:54
Team: 1
Gateshead 10
Under 15
Girls (3.4km Handicap): 1 R Lundgren (Gosf) 15:31; 2 H Waddell (Gosf)
15:55; 3 R Ferguson (Gate) 16:24; 4 R Steel (Morp) 16:27; 5 S Loraine
(Birt) 16:43; 6 K Johnson (Blyth) 16:46; 7 R Cram (Els) 16:53; 8 L Bain
(Blyth) 17:13
Fastest: R
Lundgren 13:51; H Waddell 14:15; R Ferguson 14:44
Teams: 1
Gosforth 15; 2 Gateshead 33; 3 Blyth 37
Under 13
Girls (2.8km Handicap): 1 S Bruce (Tyne) 12:40; 2 S Forster (Birt)
12:43; 3 S Taylor (Birt) 12:49; 4 S Wilkes (Morp) 13:00; 5 D Mombeyara
(Gate) 13:02; 6 S Robinson (Blyth) 13:08; 7 F Lockhart (Gate) 13:09; 8
A Waites (Sun) 13:16
Fastest: S
Bruce 11:20; S Forster 11:23; S Taylor 11:29
Teams: 1
Birtley 14; 2 Gateshead 22; 3 Houghton 62
Final
Standings:
Individual:
Senior Men: 1 M Brown 40; 2 P Newton 36; 3 S Potts 30
Veteran Men: 1 T Doughty (Sun) 38; 2 S Bell 38; 3 T Field (Sun) 34
Teams: Div
1: 1 Sunderland 13; 2 Elswick 19; 3 Durham City 20; 4 Tynedale 28; 5
South Shields 29; 6 Wallsend 32 Div 2: 1 Morpeth 11; 2 Heaton 14;
3 North Shields Poly 16 Div 3: 1 Birtley 16; 2 Gateshead 18; 3
Blackhill Bounders 24
Under 17
Men: Ind: 1 T Venus 40; 2 J Moore (J&H) 36; 3 G Ritchie
(J&H) 32 Teams: 1 Houghton 23; 2 Tynedale 24; 3
Sunderland 35
Under 15
Boys: Ind: 1 M Newby 40; 2 J Brown 30; 3 G Lowry 29 Teams: 1
Jarrow & Hebburn 12; 2 Tynedale 16; 3 Gosforth 32
Under 13
Boys: Ind: 1 A Carrington (Morp) 40; 2 J Nisbet 34; 3 R Loraine (Birt)
33 Teams: 1 Morpeth 12; 2 Blyth 24; 3 Birtley 26
Individual:
Senior Women: 1 K Simpson 36; 2 M Holt 35; 3 H Johnson
24 Veteran Women: 1 D James 40; 2 K Robertson 38; 3 H
Robinson 35 Teams: 1 Heaton 16; 2 Sunderland 17; 3 Tynedale 29; 4
Wallsend 32; 5 Claremont 38; 6 Elvet Striders 41
Junior
Women: Ind: 1 D Oakley 34; 2 M Lewis 27; 3 R Jamieson 25 Teams: 1
Houghton 20; 2 Gateshead 25; 3 Morpeth 37
Under 15
Girls: Ind: 1 R Lundgren 39; 2 H Waddell 35; 3 R Oldham (Gate) 32
Teams: 1
Gateshead 10; 2 Houghton 29; 3 Tynedale 35
Under 13
Girls: Ind: 1 S Bruce 40; 2 C Porter (Sun) 37; 3 S Taylor 31
Teams: 1 Birtley 8; 2 Gateshead 13; 3 Houghton 31
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 3rd March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used, but under heading relating to
Liz Yelling. Sunny early on (clouds later) and dry. Got colder and wind
got stronger, as meeting progressed. Course fairly dry. Thanks to
Binghams for excellent results service throughout season. Also for very
quick final standings results. 255 finishers SM (254 Denis Young 50:58;
255 Patrick Kelly 54:53). 58 finishers SW (last time 2@38:39). Only 2
runners in U15B slow pack, 17 finishers (U17M) and only listed 7 (all
fast pack) in JW race. Apologies to Mark Smith (SM winner) who I
overlooked in report. Not sure how races developed as courses were
hidden. I understand Louise Noble went off course when holding a 50m
lead, and got back in 5th position. This would not have affected
final result. Some serious thought needs to be given to Senior
Womens' Pack
promotion and overall handicapping (especially SW) for next season. Too
many fast pack runners seem to be getting through. Congratulaions to
Heaton Womens' team and also Senior Men for promotion. George Patterson
caused a slight scare when he thought only 5 Morpeth runners had
started (including B Cordes). However, 7 finished (excluding BC). All
Heaton performances on HH website.
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(to 24th Feb).
Results from Snake Lane 10 at Pocklington included: 1 S Hepples 50:37
(by 1min 28secs); 11 R Bellamy 56:11 (2nd M40); 12 M Armstrong 56:16
(3rd M40); 16 P Whalley 57:50; 17 A Chadfield 57:54 M50: 2
I Scott 59:52 M55: 3 R Hall 61:20 M65: 1 R Sherwood
71:56 M70: 3 J Conaghan 76:29 W: 1 J Nutt 62:20 (by
10secs) W50: 1 C Young 71:57 W60: 1 S Gibson 74:48.
Result of Ripon 10km: 1 S O'Neill (Darl) 36:47 (by 16secs).
Results from the Scottish Cross Country Championships at Falkirk (23rd
Feb) included: SW: 1 S Partridge (Vic P) 28:01; 2 C Morrison
(Edin) 28:24; 3 F Murray (Edin) 28:33; 7 M Czarnecka 29:50; 13 R Smith
(Edin U) 30:33 U20: 1 E Potter (VP, U17) 16:31; 4 H Dix (Fife)
(3rd U20) 16:51.
Results from Welsh Cross Country Championships at Swansea included: SW:
1 C Martin (Card) 27:37; 2 C Dugdale (Swan) 28:44; 3 D James 28:47 (an
excellent run !).
Johanna Jackson broke the UK record for the 20km Walk, with a time of
1hr 31mins 40secs to win the Australian Open Championship at Melbourne
on 22nd Feb. She was 2mins 27secs inside the old figures and passed
through 10km in 46mins 22secs. Both her splits were also pb's.
Results from the Inter Varsity Indoor match at Birmingham (20th Feb)
included: LJ: 2 M Carr (Lough) 5.60 TJ: 2 M Carr 11.93.
Results from Silksworth Throws Meeting (20th Feb): M75: DT/JT: 1 D
Field 28.99/26.20 M80: SP/DT/HT/JT: 1 R Laidler
8.01/16.90/22.30/20.45.
All info courtesy of AW, which arrived 2 days late.
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England Athletics Junior Indoor
Championships.
Birmingham. Sat/Sun. 23rd/24th
Feb.
Middlesbrough's Richard Hodgson easily
won the Under 15 60m at this weekend''s National Indoor Championships
at Birmingham. Gateshead Harrier Tim Parkin took the Under 17 Pole
Vault title.
Clubmate Sally Scott took silver on
countback in the Under 20 Pole Vault and Melissa Carr of Shildon
finished 2nd in the Under 20 Triple Jump.
Gateshead's Rebecca Ferguson took a
surprise bronze medal in the Under 17 800m.
Selected Results.
Under 20 Men: 400: 1 J McGrath (Sol)
47.67; 4 N Flannery (Gate) 49.32
Under 17 Men: PV: 1 T Parkin (Gate)
4.30
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 R Hodgson
(M'bro) 7.08 200: 1 J Hughes (Southp't) 23.52; 2 R Thompson
(Carl) 23.65
Under 20 Women: PV: 1 M Seger
(Poole) 3.70; 2 S Scott (Gate) 3.70 TJ: 1 M Haave (Norway) 12.89;
2 M Carr (Shil) 12.10
Under 17 Women: 800: 1 C Thackery
(Hall) 2:13.07; 3 R Ferguson (Gate) 2:15.82
Under 15 Girls: LJ: 1 J Sawyers
(CoStoke) 5.48; 4 J Read (Gate) 4.90
(Newcastle Journal: Wed. 27th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Sent in for 26th (not
used) due to lateness of any results (Monday pm). Further results
included: U20: 400: N Flannery 49.30 (1st in semi) 800: 5 A Stanton
1:57.52 (1:54.50 - won ht) LJ: 7 C Dryden 6.69 TJ: 9 C
Fiddes
13.52 U15: R Hodgson 1st in 7.11 (semi) and 7.17 (ht) U20W:
60H: L Dewdney 8.96 (3rd in ht) U17: 60H: 7 A Wood 9.02 (8.85semi
- 2nd , 8.88ht - 1st) U15: 60: J Readd 8.36ht (4th).. .
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British Masters Indoor Championships.
Lee Valley Stadium. Sat/Sun.
23rd/24th Feb.
The North East gained several medals
at this weekend's British Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley.
Cleveland's Joss Harwood broke her own
British record to win the Over 50 60m Hurdles title, and was also 2nd
fastest in the 60m.
Tommy Brannon of North Shields Poly
won the Over 40 800m and 1500m.
Gateshead's Eric Smart lost out in a
photo finish in the 60m but won the Over 50 200m.
Houghton's Jon Evans gained victory in
the Over 45 Triple Jump and Middlesbrough's Jim Caddy won the Over 80
800m and 1500m.
Selected Results.
M40: 800: 1 T Brannon (NSP)
2:06.32 1500: 1 T Brannon 4:13.61
M45: 1500: 2 J Lisiewicz (Mid Vets)
4:28.51 TJ: 1 J Evans (Hough) 12.13
M50: 60: 1 K Burgess (E Vets) 7.66; 2
E Smart (Gate) 7.66 200: 1 E Smart 24.70 HT (outdoors) 2 D
Maggs 40.24
M55: 3000: 2 A Jenkins (Morp) 10:28.68
M75: 1500: 2 E Appleby
(Heat) 6:43.73 3000: 2 E Appleby 14:08.4
M80: 800: 1 J Caddy (M&C)
4:54.52 1500: 1 J Caddy 9:29.33
W45: 1500: 3 L Marr 5:29.29
3000: 2 L Marr 12:26.90
W50: 60: 2 J Harwood (NE Vets)
8.73 60H: 1 J Harwood 9.71 (UK Rec)
(Newcastle Journal: Tues. 26th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Sent in late, as results did
not appear on BMAF website until Midday Mon. Eric A (2nd of 2) was
behind William Davies (Wales) in 1500m (6:31.91) and 3000m (13:46.7).
Davies also won 400m (83.01) and 800m (3:16.74).
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Saucony National Cross Country
Championships.
Alton Towers, Staffordshire. Sat. 23rd
Feb.
Gateshead's Ross Murray was the only
North East medallist at Saturday's Saucony National Cross Country
Championships at Alton Towers. Murray took second place in the Under 17
race, behind Daniel Clorley of Luton.
Athletes from just outside the region
fared a lot better, with Fergus Roberts of Richmond & Zetland,
maintaining his unbeaten record to easily won the Under 13 Boys' race.
Morpeth's Adam Carrington ran well to finish 7th.
Cumbrian Laura Park (Ellenborough),
last year's Under 15 champion, was an unexpected winner of the Under 17
Womens' race, comfortably defeating European Junior bronze medallist
Charlotte Purdue of Aldershot, Farnham & District. Park, last
year's English Schools Intermediate champion, had finished 27th in the
European event.
Park's clubmate Hannah Bethwaite
finished 3rd in the Under 13 Girls' race. Morpeth finished just outside
the medals in 4th place in the Under 20 Mens' race. They were led home
by Nick Swinburn in 10th position, who finished just behind 8th-placed
Ricky Stevenson of New Marske.
Liz Yelling of Bedford retained her
Senior Womens' title (her fourth win in this Championship), with Gemma
Miles of Kendal in 2nd place. Kendal athletes Sarah Tunstall and
Rebecca Robinson finished 7th and 12th places respectively, while North
Eastern champion Sonia Thomas of Sale finished 8th. Winchester and
District retained the team title.
Mary Ferrier of Gateshead finished
10th in the Junior Womens' race behind European champion Steph Twell,
whose club Aldershot, Farnham & District won seven of the ten team
titles on offer, and were placed in another two.
Cannock's Tom Humphries won his first
Senior Mens' title ahead of Belgrave's Phil Wicks. Sunderland's Mark
Hood finished in a creditable 21st position. Leeds City, led home by
former Durham University student, James Walsh in
6th, took the team honours for the third successive year.
Apart from the Under 13 races, all
other events on the demanding course, covered a much shorter distance than that
advertised.
Results.
Senior Men (10.2km): 1 T Humphries
(Cannock) 32:03; 2 P Wicks (Belg) 32:16; 3 S Vernon (Stock) 32:32; 4 A
Jones (Salf) 32:37; 5 M Skinner (Blackhth) 32:47; 6 J Walsh (Leeds)
32:51; 7 G Raven (Sale) 32:56; 8 M Coleman (Med) 33:04; 9 L Merrien
(Guerns) 33:04; 10 A Vernon (AF&D) 33:05
Other Placings: 21 M Hood (Sun) 33:50;
49 T Cornthwaite (B'burn) 34:45; 122 J Powell (WG&EL) 36:23; 127 P
Lowe (NYM) 36:28; 150 M Coffey (Ox) 36:52
Teams: 1 Leeds City 183; 2 Notts AC
192; 3 Bristol & West 303; 4 O.W.L.S 367; 5 Newham & Essex
Beagles 395; 6 Bedford & County 417; 49 Elswick 2966; 88 Sunderland
Strollers 5152; 99 Aurora 6985
Under 20 Men (8.5km): 1 L Carey (Nun)
27:19; 2 A Brownlee (Bing) 27:49; 3 D Forrester (St Helens) 28:08; 4 B
Lindsay (AF&D) 28:20; 5 A Livingstone (Thurr) 28:25
Other Placings: 8 R Stevenson (N
Marske) 28:52; 10 N Swinburn (Morp) 28:59; 15 A Duffield (Loft) 29:20;
21 J Taylor (Morp) 29:40; 60 R Floyd (Morp) 31:06; 86 J Young (Morp)
31:42
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 86; 2 City of Norwich 139; 3 O.W.L.S 163; 4 Morpeth 177
Under 17 Men (4.8km): 1 D Clorley
(Luton) 14:39; 2 R Murray (Gate) 14:43; 3 R Sparke (WG&EL) 14:47; 4
D Cliffe (Warr) 14:53; 5 J Gilmour (Traff) 14:56
Other Placings: 14 D Schofield (Scar)
15:24; 20 T Farrell (Bord) 15:28; 42 D Roberts (R&Z) 15:48; 83 K
Taylor (Morp) 18:17; 85 J Scott (Morp) 18:18; 96 A Douglass (Morp) 18:28
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 150; 2 Tonbridge 173; 3 Bedford & County 191; 21 Morpeth
554
Under 15 Boys (3.3km): 1 S Webb (Ips)
11:25; 2 D Mills (Nun) 11:35; 3 T Curr (Stroud) 11:41; 4 P Seasman
(Blackhth) 11:42; 5 R Goodman (Shaft B) 11:55 Other Placings: 20
D Collins (Scar) 12:16; 23 S Wood (R&Z) 12:17; 28 M Cram (Morp)
12:20; 32 J Schofield (Scar) 12:23; 48 P Clifford (Darl) 12:35; 50 C
Boyek (Shil) 12:37; 81 M Scott (R&Z) 12:53; 82 G Robinson (R&Z)
12:53
Teams: 1 Bedford & County 131; 2
Aldershot, Farnham & District 170; 3 Tonbridge 211
Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 F Roberts
(R&Z) 10:21; 2 L Gregory (E Chesh) 10:39; 3 A Carter (T Bath)
10:40; 4 A Hulin (Dorking) 10:43; 5 R Hindley (Stock) 10:44
Other Placings: 7 A Harrington (Morp)
10:47; 26 J Nisbet (Morp) 11:08; 42 J King (R&Z) 11:19; 47 E
Hetherington (Blyth) 11:22; 58 M Coulthard (Shil) 11:33; 64 D Overin
(R&Z) 11:36; 84 J Hepple (Morp) 11:45; 86 B Maskell (Gate) 11:46;
92 R Loraine (Birt) 11:48
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 137; 2 East Cheshire 157; 3 Chilton 183; 8 Morpeth 274; 10
Richmond & Zetland 320; 22 Blyth 520
Senior Women (7km): 1 L Yelling (Bed)
23:44; 2 G Miles (Kend) 24:25; 3 R Townend (Winch) 24:29; 4 J Wilkinson
(Bed) 24:36; 5 F Fullerton (Hav) 24:50; 6 A Whitcombe (Harr) 24:55; 7 S
Tunstall (Kend) 24:59; 8 S Thomas (Sale) 24:59; 9 S Johnson (Cann)
25:03; 10 L Kenney (R Sutton C) 25:04
Other Placings: 12 R Robinson (Kend)
25:13; 28 A Woodvine (AF&D) 25:53; 30 B Penty (York) 25:58; 33 O
Walwyn (CoNorw) 26:09; 36 J Heslop (Clap) 26:32; 51 F Burnie (CleS)
27:10; 63 C Robson (Tees) 27:41; 66 T Laws (CleS) 27:50; 68 S Graham
(Morp) 27:52; 76 J Trowbridge (Gate) 28:05; 86 A Fox (Morp) 28:20; 98 K
Simpson (Gate) 28:31; 125 K Haniver (R&Z) 29:13
Teams: 1 Winchester & District 96;
2 Aldershot, Farnham & District 112; 3 Havering 118; 12 Kendal 418;
23 Morpeth 659; 30 Gateshead 831
Under 20 Women (4km): 1 S Twell
(AF&D) 13:53; 2 J Harvey (Ex) 14:19; 3 C Roach (Vale R) 14:33; 4 E
Pallant (AF&D) 14:38; 5 S Waldow (Shaft B) 14:41
Other Placings: 10 M Ferrier (Gate)
15:03; 35 A Wilson (Darl) 15:51; 47 A Snook (Shil) 16:22; 65 C Baudouin
(Gate) 17:05; 90 J Adams (R&Z) 18:14; 99 L Dixon (Morp) 18:27
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 55; 2 Royal Sutton Coldfield 84; 3 Rotherham 114
Under 17 Women (4km): 1 L Park (Ellen)
14:24; 2 C Purdue (AF&D) 14:44; 3 L Small (AF&D) 14:48; 4 B
Carter (Inv) 14:58; 5 V Rollins (Kett) 14:59
Other Placings: 15 K Avery (Shil)
15:28; 17 L Weightman (Morp) 15:43; 19 C Arter (Eden) 15:49; 31 R
Stuart (Kes) 16:13; 60 N Young (Morp) 17:04; 92 Z Armstrong (Morp)
17:46; 103 D Oakley (Morp) 17:57
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 34; 2 Royal Sutton Coldfield 210; 3 Kettering 225; 6 Morpeth
272
Under 15 Girls (3.3km): 1 E Gorecka
(AF&D) 12:27; 2 R Haynes (AF&D) 12:37; 3 N Speake (Bris&W)
12:46; 4 A Gummon (Bris&W) 12:49; 5 E Wallbank (Bed&C) 13:05
Other Placings: 25 R Denton (Morp)
13:55; 62 F Higgin (Shil) 14:34; 79 H Rank (Morp) 14:46; 83 R
Olddam (Gate) 14:52; 101 R Clarke (Darl) 15:01
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 47; 2 Bedford & County 142; 3 Mansfield 153; 16 Morpeth 545
Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 J Judd (Thurr)
11:22; 2 G Howie (Poole) 11:42; 3 H Bethwaite (Ellen) 11:43; 4 R Bourne
(AF&D) 11:49; 5 J Bird (Cann) 11:52 Other Placings: 76 S
Taylor (Birt) 12:48; 79 S Forster (Birt) 12:52; 95 B Oakes (Birt)
13:00; 102 F Dewar (Darl) 13:01
Teams: 1 Aldershot, Farnham &
District 53; 2 Leicester C 90; 3 Bedford & County 161; 35 Morpeth
1068
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 25th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results (rather surprisingly
with "chip" system) on English Cross Country website by 8.00pm. However
U13 Boys results were missing at start. Weather was overcast but dry
with a slight breeze. Course very tough but no excuses for short
distances (extra info from Kevin Carr and George Patterson). Have
guessed at revised distances. 1244 finishers in SM race (last time:
69:13). Patrick Kelly finished 1293rd (67:59). 495 finishers SW
(52:28). Further results: U17: 120 L Baister 16:41; 139 C Gaffney
16:50 SW: 156 M Turner 30:16; 167 S Jackson 30:28.
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Indoor Performance Centre. Thurs.
21st Feb
Results.
Senior Men: 60: 1 A Magwidi
(unatt) 7.3 HJ: 1 L Powell (Bord) 2.00 PV: 1 C Boundy
(Gate) 4.55; 2 G Blenkinsop (M'bro) 3.70 SP: 1 L Richards (York)
17.03; 2 S Stanislaus (Shil) 10.20
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 D Robinson
(Gate) 7.4 HJ: 1 P Collins (unatt) 2.00 PV: 1 G Howard
(Gate) 3.70
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 J Lovatt
(J&H) 7.5; 2 M Gibson (unatt) 7.5 HJ: 1 M Boddice (Dur)
1.65 PV: 1 T Lazenby (M'bro) 2.80; 2 G Cryer (Gate) 2.70
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 S Hall
(Gate) 7.9; 2 R Garricks (J&H) 8.0 60H: 1 S Hall 9.7; 2 J
Gardener (Leeds) 9.8 HJ: 1 S Hall 1.65 SP: 1 T Willis
(Gate) 11.36
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J
Robertshaw (Morp) 8.8 60H: 1 J Wilkinson (Gate) 11.4 HJ: 1 J Young (Gate) 1.20 LJ: 1 J Young
3.93
Senior Women: 60: 1 M Anderson
(Morp) 8.2 HJ: 1 S Gibbens (M Keynes) 1.50 PV: 1 H Alali
(unatt) 2.30 SP: 1 V Young (Gate) 10.47
Under 20 Women: 60: 1 S Coleby
(Dur) 8.3 60H: 1 S Coleby 9.4
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 A
Wood (M'bro) 8.2 60H: 1 A Wood 9.0 HJ: 1 A Wood 1.55; 2 L
Kennedy (Darl) 1.55; 3= I Sharpe (SSh) & G Johnson
(NSP) 1.55 PV: 1 Stacey Howden (Gate) 2.50 SP: 1 E
Pringle (Gate) 10.10; 2 K Bulmer (J&H) 8.85
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 K Marriott
(Gate) 8.6; 2 A Hollings (Gate) 8.7; 3 L Mole (NSP) 8.9 60H: 1 K
Corner (J&H) 10.1 HJ: 1 Shannon Howden (Gate) 1.35; 2 N
Teasdale (J&H) 1.35; 3 J Wood (Gate) 1.35 SP: 1 V Jacques
(unatt) 7.94
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 K Murphy
(Gate) 8.6; 2 L Mulvain (J&H) 8.9; 3 G Blythe (J&H) 9.0
60H: 1 K Murphy 11.2 HJ: 1 S Purkis (Gate) 1.10 SP: 1
K Brown (Birt) 6.22
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 25th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. These courtesy of Gateshead H
website (Sat am). Unfortunately I forgot to make note, of who ran in
which heat, including 5 Mixed 60m races. Melissa Anderson
ran with Men, coming in alongside Wayne Gedge. Entry/Turn-out not
as large as usual.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 17th Feb).
Results from Castleton Beacon Fell Race at Guisborough: 1 C Stead
55:09; 2 R Bellamy (M40) 55:37; 3 D Middlemas 56:37 M50: P Kelly
61:29 W: 1 A Raw (Bing) 61:57; 2 E Johnson 66:45.
Result from Keswick Buttermere Round 22: 1 S Littler (Wesh) 2:03:13 (by
5mins 15secs); 3 P Waterston (M40) 2:17:40 M45: 1 G Dixon
2:20:44:
Results from (University) Cathedral Relays at Durham: (a few
athletes seemed to run more than one leg): 1 Belgium Silhouette
38:51; 2 BMC North East 40:25 (A Teate 9:54, D Garbutt 10:34, S Moralee
9:58; G Lloyd 9:59); 3 Dream Team 41:40 (N Shrubb 10:09, E Knudson
10:07, M Coffey 10:33, N Rooke 10:51) Fastest: J Walsh (Bel S)
9:35
Women: 1 Durham University OG 37:45 :(J Trowbridge 11:48, C Green
14:22, A Fox 11:35); 2 Solihull & Small Heath 37:53; 3 Durham
University 39:11 (A Firth 12:41, E Lines 13:28, B Howarth 13:02)
Fastest: A Fox 11:35
Results from Scottish Indoor Combined Events Championships at Kelvin
Hall (16th/17th Feb): SM: 1 D Feeney (Amb) 4881; 3 J Stacey 3558 (7.42,
6.67, 11.88, 1.94, 9.05 x x) U17W: 1 A Wood 3214 (8.94, 1.59,
8.11, 4.98, 2:37.0) (by 159pts); 4 J Baker 2790 (1.68 HJ) U15: 1
R Whittle (Ayr) 3173; 7 Shannon Howden 1950; 8 A Smith 1919.
Programme also incorporated Scottish Masters Championships: Results
included: M45: 60: 1 A Crawford (NI) 7.76; 2 G Charlton 7.85 200:
1 G Charlton 25.12 M50: 60: 1 E Smart 7.79 200: 1 E Smart
24.98 M55: 1500: 1 E Leitch (EK) 4:43.35; 2 A Jenkins
4:52.65 3000: 1 A Jenkins 10:34.02 W50: 60H: 1 J Harwood
9.83 (UK rec by 0.19secs).
Results from the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix at Birmingham (16th
Feb) included: 400: 1 T Christopher (Can) 45.80; 3 R Buck 46.34
2M: 1 K Bekele (Eth) 8:04.35 (World rec); 7 N McCormick 8:26.44 (7:51
at 3km). nb. No splits given apart from 4:04 second Mile.
Results from the North Shields Poly Handicap (12th Feb): (fastest
times): 1 C Morley (TWFB) 19:27; 2 B McMillan (Clare) 20:00; 3 K Robson
(M45) 20:50 W: 1 A Hibbs (CleS) 21:00; 2 S Rutherford (Darl)
21:49 W35: M Herworth (Clare) 24:07 W50: H Lambert 22:50.
All info courtesy of AW. :
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Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier
League.
Cardinal Hume School, Wrekenton,
Gateshead. Sat. 16th Feb.
Sunderland Harriers extended their
advantage at the top of the Division 1 table by winning the Senior
Mens' event at the penultimate Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier
League fixture at Wrekenton on Saturday.
The Wearsiders, going for a tenth
successive title, now hold a 4 point lead over Elswick, with
Durham a further 2 points behind in third.
Morpeth hold a narrow lead in a highly
competitive Division 2 championship.
Alyn Woodward comfortably won the
individual race from North Shields Poly clubmate, Michael Dawson who
moved through from the medium pack. Brian Rushworth of Sunderland
clocked the fastest time, finishing 8th from the fast pack.
Alyson Dixon of Chester Le Street
quickly moved through the field to win the Senior Womens' race, for the
second successive year. The longer distance meant that ten of the first
fifteen home were like Dixon, from the fast pack.
Chester Le Street won the team event,
while 3rd placed Sunderland now join Heaton at the top of the table.
The other Women winners Deborah
Oakley of Morpeth (Under 17), Sigourney Bell of Gateshead (Under
15) and Chamaine Porter of Sunderland (Under 13) were
also from the fast pack.
The latter also won the corresponding
race in 2007.
Nathan Reed (Under 17 Men) and Luca
Irvine (Under 13) also provided victory, on what was a successful day
for Sunderland, in their respective races, while Lewis Hogg of
Gateshead comfortably won the Under 15 Boys' race.
Results.
Senior Men (9.6km Handicap): 1 A
Woodward (NSP) 34:56; 2 M Dawson (NSP) 35:06; 3 J Raven (CleS) 35:31; 4
D Milliken (Heat) 35:34; 5 P Coulson (CleS) 35:57; 6 A Knox (Low F,
U20) 36:04; 7 W Kemp (Dur) 36:16; 8 B Rushworth (Sun, M45) 36:58; 9 J
Gibson (Gate, U20) 37:04; 10 S Potts (Sun) 37:14; 11 R Kemp (Sun)
37:18; 12 D Masterman (Dur) 37:19; 13 R Scott (Black B) 37:30; 14
G Bishop (Low F) 37:36; 15 B McMillan (Clare) 37:52; 16 I Hardy (Els)
37:59; 17 P Chaffer (Blay, M40) 38:02; 18 D Robins (Heat) 38:04; 19 M
Lown (Birt) 38:06; 20 C Hainsworth (Gate) 38:07
Fastest: B Rushworth 31:58; S Potts
32:14; M Dawson 32:36; P Coulson 33:27; T Carter (Walls, U20) 33:35; C
Paton (Gate) 33:40; W Kemp 33:46; S Bell (CleS, M40) 33:50
Teams: Div 1: 1 Sunderland 77; 2
Durham City 128; 3 Elswick 150 ; 4 Tynedale 152; 5 Wallsend
185; 6 Crook & District 201
Div 2: 1 Low Fell 64; 2 Heaton
68; 3 North Shields Poly 92 Div 3: 1 Gateshead 59; 2 Birtley 88;
3 Blackhill Bounders 118
(Team points in these events are
unofficial).
Under 17 Men (6.4km Handicap): 1 N
Reed (Sun) 23:21; 2 T Venus (Tyne) 23:45; 3 N Montgomery (Blay) 23:49;
4 J Moore (J&H) 23:55; 5 K Taylor (Morp) 24:05; 6 C Hood (Hough)
24:07; 7 C Rutherford (Tyne) 24:18; 8 J Scott (Morp) 24:28
Fastest: T Venus 21:05; J Moore 21:15;
K Taylor 21:25
Teams: 1 Tynedale 18; 2 Morpeth 27; 3
Houghton 34
Under 15 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 L
Hogg (Gate) 11:13; 2 L Houghton (Sun) 11:27; 3 L Creagh (NSP) 11:51; 4
M Hardy (Aln) 11:53; 5 B Davison (Aln) 12:11; 6 M Newby (J&H)
12:13; 7 S Smith (Sun) 12:20; 8 J Brown (Tyne) 12:29
Fastest: M Newby 10:53; S Smith 11:00;
J Brown 11:09
Teams: 1 Sunderland 20; 2 Jarrow &
Hebburn 29; 3 Tynedale 33
Under 13 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 L
Irvine (Sun) 12:12; 2 A Harrington (Morp) 12:34; 3 J Stewart (Tyne)
12:37; 4 L Brooks (Morp) 12:47; 5 J Nisbet (Morp) 12:48; 6 M Signore
(Sun) 12:48; 7 J Hepple (Morp) 12:51; 8 J Robertshaw (Morp) 12:54
Fastest: A Harrington 11:14; J Nisbet
11:28; J Hepple 11:31
Teams: 1 Morpeth 11; 2 Sunderland 26;
3 Blyth 49
Senior Women (6.4km Handicap): 1 A
Dixon (CleS) 25:43; 2 K Simpson (Gate) 27:22; 3 M Holt (Sun) 27:37; 4 D
James (Elv, W40) 27:48; 5 M Herworth (Clare, W35) 27:58; 6 M Turner
(CleS) 28:01; 7 V Hindson (Walls) 28:08; 8 J Nutt (Els) 28:21; 9 E
Walton (Walls) 28:25; 10 H Reed (Sun) 28:39; 11 H Robinson (CleS, W45)
28:41; 12 L Walker (Walls, W35) 28:43; 13 J Zoppi (Heat) 28:49; 14
K Robertson (Tyne, W35) 28:57; 15 R Kerr (Clare) 29:01
Fastest: A Dixon 23:03; K Simpson
24:42; M Holt 24:57; D James 25:08; M Turner 25:21; J Nutt 25:41
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 18; 2
Wallsend 28; 3 Sunderland 36; 4 Elvet Striders 39; 5 Claremont 53; 6
Heaton 54
Junior Women (6.4km Handicap): 1 D
Oakley (Morp, U17) 29:08; 2 M Lewis (Tyne, U17) 29:34; 3 H Nagel (CleS,
U17) 30:15; 4 R Jamieson (Gate, U17) 30:20; 5 S Crosby (Sun, U17)
30:27; 6 L Dodsworth (ate, U20) 30:40; 7 E Thompson (Sun, U17) 31:15; 8
S Favier (Gate, U17) 31:51
Fastest: D Oakley 26:28; M Lewis
26:54; R Jamieson 27:40
Teams: 1 Gateshead 18; 2 Houghton 36
Under 15 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 S
Bell (Gate) 13:04; 2 R Lundgren (Gosf) 13:31; 3 H Waddell (Gosf) 13:42;
4 A Hall (Gate) 14:05; 5 R Oldham (Gate) 14:06; 6 S Loraine (Birt)
14:28; 7 L Swordy (Aln) 14:42; 8 L Page (Hough) 14:48
Fastest: S Bell 11:44; R Lundgren
12:11; H Waddell 12:22
Teams: 1 Gateshead 10; 2 Gosforth 20;
3 Houghton 45
Under 13 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 C
Porter (Sun) 13:39; 2 S Forster (Birt) 13:48; 3 S Bruce (Tyne) 13:53; 4
B Oakes (Birt) 13:55; 5 R Burnett (Sun) 14:06; 6 D Mombeyara (Gate)
14:13; 7 F Lockhart (Gate) 14:18; 8 A Calder (Tyne) 14:20
Fastest: C Porter 12:19; S
Forster 12:28; S Bruce 12:33
Teams: 1 Birtley 16; 2 Sunderland 21;
3 Gateshead 24
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 18th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather bright and getting
warmer. Course frost covered early on, but thawed away. Course seemed
quite dry
overall. Full results not available yet, and Senior team scores quite
unofficial. 270 finishers SM (270 G Routledge 61:10), 62 SW (42:36).
Good turn-out of 22 in U17M but only 13 JW (only one U20). Hannah Nagel
ran from slow pack and had a large lead at halfway, but forced to slow
due to stitch. Footnote: Full results (courtesy of Binghams) received
Tuesday. No significent
changes. Heaton performances on HH website.
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Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
Saltwell Park. Wed. 13th Feb.
Result: Distance 5km: 1 L Johnson (Low
F) 34:09; 2 A Longley (unatt) 34:27; 3 P Kelly (Birt) 34:28; 4 S White
(Low F) 34:30; 5 J Macdonald (Gate) 34:44; 6 J Scorer (SSh) 34:48; 7 P
Cairns (unatt) 34:58; 8 L Long (unatt) 35:04; 9 E Cowler (unatt) 35:04;
10 G Smith (Gate) 35:05
Fastest Times: C Paton 17:05 (rec); G
Harden (Sun, M45) 17:30; V Hemy (NSP, M40) 19:20
Women: E Gibson (Els) 20:21; M Moran
(NE Vets, W35) 22:34
Series: 1 M Holmes (unatt, L) 39; 2 L
Johnson 75; 3 L Long 76
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 18th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. These courtesy of Low Fell
website, Thurs pm. Weather bright and getting warmer, but slippy in
parts due to early frost. 47 finishers (Ted Joynson 47th in 51:36 off
-12mins Handicap). Apologies to G Russell ((Low F) who I overlooked, and
he clocked 19mins 1secs Chris Paton finished 25th (off 18:30) and
George
Harden 18th (off 17:50). Emma Gibson finished 28th (off 15:20). Other
results included: 27 Dave Whitmore 26:10 and 33 S Robson 34:29. Extra
Series placings included: 4 J McDonald 77; 5 J Stephenson 79. Heaton
performances were: 26 H Gold 22:07; 32 A Mulliss 22:55; 40 E Appleby
26:36; 42 R Checkley 25:30; 43 P Gold (L) 25:49.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 10th Feb).
Result from Blackburn 10km (10th Feb): 1 B Fish (Blackb'n) 31:29; 2 S
Littler (Wesh) 32:33; 3 A Duffield 32:52.
Result from the Nick Beer 10km at Llandudno: 1 N Swinburn (Bangor U)
32:01 (by 1min 6secs).
Results from the World Indoor Trials Meeting at Sheffield (9th/10th
Feb) include: 400: 1 R Buck 46.53 1500: 1 J McIlroy (WSE)
3:44.90; 6 L Moses 3:48.97 3000: 1 N McCormick 8:16.73; 2 A
Bowden (Harr) 8:19.97; 4 C Parr 8:20.68 60H: Ht 3: 5 A Sturrock
8.46
PV: 1 S Lewis (N&EB) 5.61; 3 M Christie 5.16 LJ: 1 C
Tomlinson 7.80; 4 C Kirk 7.46 SP: 1 G Johnson (SB/USA) 20.66; 7 L
Richards 16.19; 12 C Sturrock 14.73 W: 800: Ht 1: 5 N Desai
2:11.57 3000: 1 H Clitheroe (Pres) 8:56.13; 8 S Maude
9:39.26 PV: 1 K Dennison (Sale) 4.25; 8 S Scott 3.70 TJ: 1
N Williams (SB) 13.39; 6 M Carr 12.13.
Results from the Scottish Junior Indoor Championships (10th Feb): U17M:
400: 1 G Louden (Lass) 50.88; 4 A Rowland 52.59 PV: 1 T Parkin
4.21 U17W: 60H: 1 K McManus (Celt) 8.80; 3 R Liddell 9.16
(9.13ht) PV: 1 A Grant (Falk) 2.90; 2 S Howden 2.60 LJ: 1 L
McKenna (Glas) 5.32; 4 A Stone 4.99 TJ: 1 C King (Lim) 11.04; 5 A
Stone 10.12 (9th Feb): U15B: 200: 1 R Thompson (Carl) 23.99
U15G: 60: 1 R Whittle (Ayr S) 8.12; 6 J Read 8.47 (8.33ht) LJ: 1
E Dawson (Perth) 5.06; 7 J Read 4.62.
Results from Mid Lancashire League at Preston (9th Feb) include: SM: 1
R Lightfoot (Ellen) 33:17; 2 T Cornthwaite (B'burn) 33:25; 3 J Douglas
(Bord) 33:42 SW: 1 C Betmead (B&F, W35) 23:10; 2 A Cook
(Southp't) 24:00; 3 C McKeown (Bord, W35) 24:06; 7 A Raw (Bing-gst)
24:34 U17: 1 L Park
(Ellen) (by 41secs) U13: 1 H Bethwaite (Ellen) 8:56 (by 14secs) .
Result from Birmingham & District Cross Country League at
Gloucester (9th Feb): 1 B Jones (Cov) 33:57; 8 A Holliday (B'ham U)
35:05.
All info courtesy of AW that lacked a few results (including Signals
Relay !).
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross
Country League.
Blakeston School, Stockton. Sun. 10th
Feb.
Middlesbrough's Andrew Wiles was a
convincing winner of the Senior Mens' race at the penultimate North
Yorkshire and South Durham League fixture at Blakeston School,
Stockton.
Wiles came hom 100m clear of Paul Lowe
of North Yorks Moors, with John Hunter of Loftus the leading
veteran in third place.
Middlesbrough's Adam Morrell, who ran
alongside Wiles for three of the four laps, easily won the shorter
Under 17 race.
Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill
led all the way, to win the Senior Womens' event.
Results.
Senior Men: 7.5km. 1 A Wiles
(M'bro, U20) 25:03; 2 P Lowe (NYM) 25:20; 3 J Hunter (Loft, M40) 25:34;
4 L Rodgers (Loft, U20) 26:16; 5 R Bellamy (NYM) 26:20; 6 R Hunt
(R&Z) 26:27; 7 A Mitchell (M'bro, U20) 26:28; 8 K Harker (R&Z)
26:33; 9 G Grounds (Bill MH) 26:46; 10 J Orange (R&Z, M40) 27:00
M50: 1 T Livingston (N Marske) 27:38
Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 91; 2 Richmond & Zetland 94; 3
Hartlepool Burn Road 204
Under 17 Men: 5.7km: 1 A Morrell
(M'bro) 18:33; 2 A Blowers (N Marske) 20:20; 3 J Askew (N Ayc) 21:05
Under 15 Boys: 3.2km: 1 D Collins
(Scar) 12:07; 2 J Schofield (Scar) 12:18; 3 G Robinson (R&Z) 12:29
Under 13 Boys: 2km. 1 J King (R&Z)
7:01; 2 M Rhodes (M'bro) 7:12; 3 D Owen (R&Z) 7:15
Senior Women: 3.8km. 1 C Summersgill
(M'bro) 14:12; 2 T Clark (R&Z) 14:25; 3 K Haniver (R&Z) 14:39;
4 J Russon (N Marske, U17) 15:14; 5 A Owen (Loft) 15:21; 6 J
Matrolanardo (Loft, W35) 15:32; 7 K White (NYM, W35) 15:44; 8 J Adams
(R&Z, U20) 16:05; 9 A Smith (M&C, U17) 16:14; 10 R Barnes
(CleS-gst, U20) 16:32
Teams: 1 Richmond & Zetland 24; 2 Middlesbrough &
Cleveland 32; 3 Loftus & Whitby 46
Under 15 Girls: 3.2km: 1 M Winzer
(R&Z) 13:30; 2 G Rodgers (Loft) 13:35; 3 R Clarke (Darl) 14:18
Under 13 Girls: 2km: 1 D Braithwaite
(Loft) 7:25; 2 F Dewar (Darl) 8:00; 3 N Dawson (Bev) 8:03
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 11th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Report not used (see below). Results courtesy of
Graham Hall (teams and some Vets results, late additions). Weather dry,
sunny and mild. Courses seemed shorter than
usual. 88 finishers (SM) (last time: 46:00) (I think this time was
generous, as he was about 24mins 30secs at halfway). 33 SW (26:30).
Morrell was probably 100m clear of Wiles, when finishing.
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North Eastern Counties' A.A Road Relay
Championship.
Watergate Park, Gateshead. Sat.
9th Feb.
In one of the closest contests yet, a New Marske squad
consisting of four Juniors gained the first Cleveland victory for many
years, to take the Royal Signals Trophy for the regional Road Relay
Championship, at Watergate Park, Gateshead on Saturday..
For good measure Ricky Stevenson's 4th leg proved to be the
fastest of the day.
Defending champions Sunderland led on the first leg with Patrick
Martin coming home 25secs ahead of Lewis Gamble-Thompson of New
Marske with Gosforth's Matthew Nicholson in third (10:17). Jon Taylor
moved Morpeth from 5th to 1st on leg 2, with Sunderland 26secs adrift
in 2nd and New Marske a further 13secs behind in third.
Brian Rushworth regained the lead for Sunderland on leg 3, gaining
a further 11secs on Russell Best of New Marske, with Morpeth now in a
distant third position.
Mark Hood extended the advantage on leg 4 with Morpeth's Chris
Sampson moving into 2nd place.
Ricky Stevenson, taking over in 3rd place for the Teessiders, soon
made inroads into the 74secs deficit on the leader, and after
overhauling Morpeth, took the lead in the final 50m of his leg.
A close race was now expected with New Marske leading by 3secs
from Sunderland with Morpeth's last leg runner, Ian Hudspith having to
make up a 49secs deficit in third.
Both Dominic Shaw of New Marske and Steve Potts of Sunderland were
well watched on the final leg, with Shaw, returning to competition
after injury, holding off his rival by 2secs. Hudspith finished
only another 6secs behind in third.
With the conditions bright, mild and little wind, it was not
surprising that all of last year's inaugural course records (this was
2nd time race was held at this venue), set in cold, wet and windy
conditions, were torn apart.
Sunderland gained some consolation when they regained the
Veterans' title.
The Wearsiders held off the challenge of Morpeth, with 2007
champions, Elswick in third place.
Phil Walker's fifth leg when he lifted Morpeth from 4th to 1st was
the fastest of the day.
Chester Le Street won the Womens' title for the third successive
year. The team of Kathryn Waugh, Fiona Burnie, Alyson Dixon and Maxine
Czarnecka led all the way with Morpeth, through Laura Weghtman
overhauling their B team on the final leg to take second place.
Elswick in 4th place took the Counties' bronze medals.
Chester Le Street's winning squad also posted the fastest 4 times,
with Waugh the quickest.
Results.
Senior Men (6 x 3.2km):
1 New Marske 61:37 (L Gamble-Thompson
10:08, S O'Grady 10:32, R Best 10:24, J Fahey 10:47, R Stevenson 9:29,
D Shaw 10:17); 2 Sunderland 61:39 (P Martin 9:43, T Field 10:44, B
Rushworth 10:11, M Hood 9:59, D Weston 10:46, S Potts 10:16); 3 Morpeth
61:45 (R Floyd 10:22, J Taylor 9:39, J Scott 11:17, C Sampson 10:07, R
Balmbra 10:44, I Hudspith 9:36); 4 Gateshead 63:59 (J Gibson 10:35, A
Teate 10:16, T Perrins 11:09, R Murray 10:08, M Thompson 10:52, C Paton
10:59); 5 North Shields Poly 64:45 (M Dawson 10:19, A Woodward 10:36, S
Maley 11:41, R Stephenson 9:59, I Twaddle 10:37, D Watt 11:33): 6
Heaton 66:59 (L Longman 11:03, J Buis 10:28, D Burn 12:03, P Howe
11:26, D Robins 11:22, J Moore 10:37): 7 Gateshead B 67:10; 8 Birtley
67:42; 9 New Marske B 70:04; 10 Durham City 70:41; 11 Chester Le Street
72:56; 12 Elswick 73:44; 13 Sunderland B 73:52; 14 Newton Aycliffe
73:57; 15 Wallsend 74:26
Fastest: R Stevenson (U20) 9:29;
I Hudspith 9:36; J Taylor (U20) 9:39; P Martin 9:43; M Hood & R
Stephenson 9:59; C Sampson 10:07; R Murray (U17) & L
Gamble-Thompson (U20) 10:08; B Rushworth (M45) 10:11.
Veteran Men (6 x 3.2km): 1 Sunderland
67:58 (G Harden 11:06, J Dobson 11:20, P Collins 11:14, D Ellis 11:52,
R Rush 11:30, P Merrison 10:56): 2 Morpeth 68:09 (P Waterston 10:51, G
Dixon 11:57, L Atkinson 11:01, I Corner 11:53, P Walker 10:42, G Bayne
11:45): 3 Elswick 68:27 (A Thompson 11:00, K Stephenson 11:09, S Grey
11:27, D Appleby 12:05, J Bell 11:24, P Nixon 11:22): 4 North Shields
Poly 69:22 (M Frost 10:49, T Brannon 10:43, A Catley 12:19, K Robson
11:44, S Clark 12:01; V Hemy 11:46): 5 Low Fell 72:02 (K Watson 11:54,
J Stephens 11:49, D McAtominey 11:50, S Dunlop 12:29, N Morris 11:45, M
Graham 12:15); 6 Crook & District 75:16; 7 North Shields Poly B
76:36; 8 Blyth 78:52
Fastest: P Walker 10:42; T Brannon
10:43; M Frost 10:49; P Waterston 10:51; P Merrison (M45) 10:56; A
Thompson 11:00; L Atkinson (M50) 11:01; G Harden (M45) 11:06
Women (4x3.2km): 1 Chester Le Street
45:52 (K Waugh 11:21, F Burnie 11:35, A Dixon 11:23; M Czarnecka
11:33); 2 Morpeth 47:36 (A Fox 11:42, S Graham 12:24, J Mooney 11:45, L
Weightman 11:45): 3 Chester Le Street B 48:29 (T Laws 11:35, A Hunter
12:18, A Hibbs 11:43, H Robinson 12:53): 4 Elswick 51:42 (J Nutt 12:12,
G Mould 13:51, E Gibson 13:11, Y Thiru 12:28); 5 North Shields Poly
52:40 (H Lambert 12:29, A Johnson 14:00, K Davis 13:51, G Rutherford
12:20); 6 Gateshead 54:38 (K Simpson 12:07, H Blair 14:21, K Anderson
13:57, L Dodsworth 14:13); 7 Morpeth B 54:43; 8 Heaton 55:17; 9
Wallsend 55:29; 10 New Marske 56:59; 11 North Shields Poly B 57:48; 12
Sedgefield 58:20
Fastest: K Waugh 11:21; A Dixon 11:23;
M Czarnecka 11:33; T Laws & F Burnie 11:35; A Fox 11:42; A Hibbs
11:43; J Mooney & L Weightman (U17) 11:45.
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 11th
February 2008).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited and in "Sports Shorts"
(probably due to Dwain Chambers story). Results courtesy of manuel team
followed by GeorgeOgle. Entry poorer than usual on what was a lovely
day. 22 Senior Mens' teams closed in (last time: 83:51). 9 Veterans
(86:11) and 13 Women (69:15). Did not know Angela Hibbs had joined
CleS. South Shields were disqualified as Chris
Muir ran two legs, cutting part of course on final leg. Dave Whitmore
clocked 16:42 on leg 4. Jess Russon clocked 13mins 4secs on final leg
for N Marske. Heaton B finished 21st (82:51). Full performances on HH
website.
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Jarrow Indoor Standards Meeting.
Monkton Stadium. Thurs. 7th Feb.
Results.
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 J Lovatt (J&H)
7.5; 2 M Gibson (Hough) 7.6 600: 1 M Wright (Gate) 1:53.9; 2 M
Gibson 1:55.4
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 M Antons
(Gate) 8.0 600: 1 T Peel (J&H) 2:01.6; 2 M Fearn (J&H)
2:02.0
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J Robertshaw
(Morp) 8.7 600: 1 H Danby Platt (Hough) 2:02.2
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 A Wood (M'bro)
8.1 600: 1 S Loraine (Birt) 1:59.0
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 K Marriot (Gate)
8.3; 2 K Corner (J&H) 8.5 600: 1 S Taylor (Birt) 2:01.9; 2 A
Watt (Gate) 2:05.5
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 K Murphy (Gate)
8.7 (8.6ht); 2 G Blythe (J&H) 9.0 (8.9ht) 600: 1 R
Todd Hunter (Birt) 2:04.8
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 11th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. Poor turn-out. Even 600m races
went quite quickly. Kirsty Thomas clocked 8.4secs, running as guest in
U17 60m.
I understand format may be changed for 2008/2009 season.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 3rd Feb).
Result from the ASICS Alsager 5M (again a small N.E. turn-out): 1 P
Wicks (Bel) 23:50; 2 J Ndaysenga (Bir) 24:09; 3 N Speight (Bel) 24:14;
6 A Buckley (Leeds) 24:20 W: 1 N Archer (Vale R) 27:51 (by
24secs); 8 J Heslop (Clap) 29:16.
Result from the ASICS Watford Half Marathon: 1 J Lawler (Bed) 70:24 (by
26secs): 5 J Buis 72:26 W: 1 N Harvey (S Lond) 74:25 (8th) (by
1min 23secs) (also 207 C Buis 1:30:54 - 18th lady) (this info courtesy
of Watford H website).
Result from the Dewsbury 10km: 1 D Bannister (SB) 31:03; 2 D Norman
(Alt) 31:06; 7 P Lowe 32:28; 9 J Bulman 32:47; 11 R Hand 32:56 (1st
Vet) M50: 1 T Livingston 35:09; 3 S Marshall 37:27 W: 1 A
Gostling (Leeds) 37:16; 2 Y Thiru (W40) 38:56; 3 E Johnson 39:00..
Chris Tomlinson won the Long Jump with a leap of 8.18m at the
Sparkasse Cup Indoor Meeting at Stuttgart (2nd Feb). This broke
his UK Indoor record by 1cm. Craig Pickering won the 60m (6.58secs).
Results from the British Universities Cross Country Championships at
Swansea (2nd Feb):. SM: 1 A Vernon (St Marys) 33:16; 2 K Gerreard (St
Marys) 33:18; 3 R Bugden (Univ Wales) 33:42; 19 A Holliday (B'ham)
34:51; 38 A Duffield (York St J) 36:03; 47 T Phillips (Dur) 36:39; 56 T
Carter (North'b) 36:58; 58 D Garbutt (Leeds Met) 37:01; 63 A Teate
(North'b) 37:13; 64 N Shrubb (Dur) 37:14; 83 A Carmichael (Leeds)
37:50; 84 M Coffey (Dur) 37:51; 90 N Rooke (Dur) 38:16 B
race: 1 F Baddick (Lough) 26:38; 5 L Moses (Lough) 27:15; 14 J Pearson
(Ox) 27:41 W: 1 S Twell (St Marys) 23:45; 2 E Pidgeon (Lough)
24:12; 3 S Johnson (B'ham) 24:16; 4 A Woodvine (B'ham) 24:29; 6 F
Milton (Dur) 24:36; 19 M Ferrier (Leeds) 25:38; 21 D James (B'ham)
25:40; 52 S Graham (Leeds) 27:05; 53 R Smith (Edin) 27:14; 55 A Snook
(Lough) 27:18; 66 J Orr (Dund) 27:35 (also courtesy of J Lee website:
210 J Brignall (Sheff) 33:19).
Results from a Representative Indoor Match at Cardiff: 60H: 1 S
Lawler (Ire) 8.69; 2 L Dewdney (Eng Sch) 8.74 TJ: 1 M Carr (Eng
Sch ?) 12.19.
Result from Yorkshire Veterans Grand Prix MT race at Horsforth: W: 1 A
Raw (Bing) 33:24 (by 1min 5secs).
Result from Wimbledon Common 5km Time Trial (muddy in parts): 1 J Moore
16:57 (by 1min 47secs) (original info from JM. Ran at 9.00am)..
Most of info courtesy of AW.
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Inter County Schools Cross Country.
Acklam Grange School,
Middlesbrough. Sat. 2nd Feb.
Durham proved to be the strongest
overall team at Saturday's Schools Inter Counties' match at Acklam
Grange School, Middlesbrough, winning six of the eight team events.
The partial closure of the A66 due to
adverse weather conditions caused the withdrawal, of the Cumbria team.
North Yorkshire contested this annual fixture after a lengthy
absence.
In temperatures that barely rose above
zero,
Northern Under 17 silver medallist
Philip Hurst of Durham gained victory in the Senior Boys' race
holding off the challenge of Cleveland's Russell Best.
Stacey Smith of Northumberland, the
2006 English Schools Intermediate 800m silver medallist, competing
in her first Cross Country race for nearly 2 years, again showed her
excellent finishing speed, pulling away in the final 400m of the Senior
Girls' event, from team mate Gina Rutherford and Helen Gertig of
Durham.
Jack Moore of Durham won a hard
fought Intermediate Boys' event from Northern Under 15 silver medallist
Michael Priestley of Northumberland.
Kate Avery of Durham (Inter Girls) and
Mark Shaw of Cleveland (Junior Boys) were untroubled in
repeating their 2007 victories in their respective events.
Rachel Denton of Northumberland easily
won the Junior Girls' race, while Robbie Loraine and Sophie Forster,
dominated the Minor Boys and Minor Girls races, respectively.
Results.
Senior Boys (6.8km): 1 P Hurst (Dur)
22:59; 2 R Best (Cleve) 23:08; 3 M Jones (Cleve) 24:04; 4 J Scott
(North'd) 24:27; 5 A Blowers (Cleve) 24:39; 6 K Thompson (Dur) 24:51; 7
J Hewitt (North'd) 24:56; 8 A Knox (Dur) 25:00; 9 T Murphy (Cleve)
25:19; 10 M Hallam (N Yorks) 25:20; 11 J Askew (Dur) 25:25; 12 E
Jackson (Cleve) 25:30; 13 J Rutherford (Dur) 25:37; 14 B Chadwick (Dur)
25:47; 15 D Graham (North'd) 26:12; 16 D Watt (North'd) 26:18; 17 A
Wann (N Yorks) 26:34; 18 T Mason (Dur) 26:41; 19 T Forrester (North'd)
26:43; 20 A Moss (Dur) 26:48
Teams: 1 Durham 53; 2 Cleveland 66; 3
Northumberland 84
Inter Boys (5.3km): 1 J Moore (Dur)
18:03; 2 M Priestley (North'd) 18:05; 3 C Gaffney (Dur) 18:09; 4 J
Phillips (Dur) 18:43; 5 G Hawkins (Cleve) 18:45; 6 B Pearson (North'd)
18:47; 7 A Douglass (North'd) 18:51; 8 J Gibson (Dur) 18:55; 9 M
Grimes (Dur) 18:56; 10 M Rice (North'd) 19:00; 11 G Ritchie (Dur)
19:01; 12 G Robinson (N Yorks) 19:02; 13 D Collins (N Yorks) 19:04; 14
L Wintrip (Dur) 19:06; 15 K Chirnside (Dur) 19:09; 16 D Birtwistle (N
Yorks) 19:14; 17 A Crichton (North'd) 19:15; 18 L Baister (North'd)
19:17; 19 J Day (North'd) 19:18; 20 T West (Dur) 19:20
Teams: 1 Durham 36; 2 Northumberland
60; 3 North Yorkshire 121
Junior Boys (3.7km): 1 M Shaw (Cleve)
12:45; 2 J Schofield (N Yorks) 13:07; 3 C Boyek (Dur) 13:16; 4 S Smith
(Dur) 13:22; 5 A Metcalfe (N Yorks) 13:22; 6 J Forest (Cleve) 13:25; 7
L Hogg (North'd) 13:33; 8 M Hipkin (N Yorks) 13:39; 9 T Orr (Cumb)
13:40; 10 A Grundman (Cleve) 13:41; 11 S Barras (Dur) 13:42; 12 A
Harrington (North'd) 13:43; 13 J Brown (North'd) 13:44; 14 S Greenwood
(North'd) 13:47; 15 J Boyd (North'd) 13:54; 16 L Minter (Cleve) 13:56;
17 O Walker (Dur) 13:58; 18 J Nisbet (North'd) 14:00; 19 M Scott (N
Yorks) 14:02; 20 T Allan (North'd) 14:04
Teams: 1 North Yorkshire 77; 2
Northumberland 79; 3 Durham 82
Minor Boys (2.7km): 1 R Loraine (Dur)
9:54; 2 C Peverley (Dur) 10:04; 3 M Wilson (Dur) 10:07; 4 L Green (N
Yorks) 10:11; 5 L Clark (Dur) 10:12; 6 P O'Connor (Cleve) 10:13; 7 M
Bunn (Dur) 10:18; 8 L Boyek (Dur) 10:21; 9 R Ramsay (North'd) 10:22; 10
K Coates (Cleve) 10:22; 11 C Pascoe (Cleve) 10:25; 12 T Mitchinson
(Cleve) 10:26; 13 R Scarborough (N Yorks) 10:33; 14 S Brown (North'd)
10:28; 15 R Harbottle (Dur) 10:30
Teams: 1 Durham 26; 2 Cleveland 82; 3
North Yorkshire 103
Senior Girls (3.7km): 1 S Smith
(North'd) 14:16; 2 G Rutherford (North'd) 14:20; 3 H Gertig (Dur)
14:27; 4 J Russon (Cleve) 14:44; 5 C Baudouin (North'd) 14:48; 6 F
Buckton (Cleve) 15:04; 7 S Gray (Dur) 15:07; 8 E Williams (Cleve)
15:15; 9 N Young (North'd) 15:23; 10 C Lilley (N Yorks) 15:25; 11 K
Grant (Cleve) 15:41; 12 S Coleby (Dur) 16:06; 13 A Smith (Cleve) 16:11;
14 A Johnson (North'd) 16:15; 15 B Mason (N Yorks) 16:17; 16 G
Taylor (North'd) 16:21; 17 S Cervenak (North'd) 16:30; 18 L Dixon
(North'd) 16:31; 19 E-J Saxby (Dur) 16:32; 20 K Roberts (N Yorks) 16:33
Teams: 1 Northumberland 47; 2
Cleveland 64; 3 Durham 102
Inter Girls (3.7km): 1 K Avery (Dur)
14:04; 2 P De La Rosee (N Yorks) 14:35; 3 S Bell (Dur) 14:39; 4 R
Lundgren (North'd) 14:50; 5 E Toogood (Dur) 14:53; 6 D
Pickavance-Clarke (Dur) 15:01; 7 R King (North'd) 15:08; 8 H Waddell
(North'd) 15:20; 9 K Coupland (N Yorks) 15:26; 10 H Nagel (Dur) 15:31;
11 R Oldham (Dur) 15:33; 12 Z Armstrong (North'd) 15:36; 13 R Ferguson
(North'd) 15:38; 14 S Crosby (Dur) 15:39; 15 J Parker (N Yorks) 15:40;
16 S Allinson (N Yorks) 15:42; 17 S Loraine (North'd) 15:45; 18 C Pitt (North'd) 15:49; 19 A
Poremba (North'd) 15:53; 20 D Oakley (North'd) 15:55
Teams: 1 Durham 36; 2 Northumberland
61; 3 North Yorkshire 88
Junior Girls (3.2km): 1 R Denton
(North'd) 12:05; 2 G Rodgers (N Yorks) 12:24; 3 N Burlinson (Dur)
12:27; 4 D Braithwaite (N Yorks) 12:29; 5 F Higgin (Dur) 12:29; 6 Z
Hewitson (Dur) 12:36; 7 H Rank (North'd) 12:40; 8 C Porter (Dur) 12:42;
9 A Archbold (Dur) 12:48; 10 C Richardson (N Yorks) 12:51; 11 B Jones
(Dur) 12:52; 12 J Riley (N Yorks) 12:55; 13 E Harper (N Yorks) 13:00;
14 S Taylor (Dur) 13:00; 15 C Lambert (N Yorks) 13:06; 16 B Oakes (Dur)
13:08; 17 R Steel (North'd) 13:12; 18 E Bradbury (Dur) 13:16; 19 H
Jones (North'd) 13:19; 20 D Mombeyarara (Dur) 13:21
Teams: 1 Durham 42; 2 North Yorkshire
58; 3 Northumberland 92
Minor Girls (2.7km): 1 S Forster (Dur)
10:44; 2 L Pages (North'd) 10:49; 3 K Wood (N Yorks) 10:55; 4 A
Etherington (Dur) 10:59; 5 H Small (N Yorks) 11:11; 6 L Bird (N Yorks)
11:14; 7 L Wright (Dur) 11:14; 8 H Warburton (North'd) 11:18; 9 F Dewar
(Dur) 11:21; 10 A Waites (Dur) 11:22; 11 G Birley (N Yorks) 11:27; 12 S
Parkin (Cleve) 11:29; 13 M Roberts (Cleve) 11:31; 14 E Megarry (N
Yorks) 11:35; 15 B Gill (North'd) 11:38
Teams: 1 Durham 44; 2 North Yorkshire
57; 3 Northumberland 87
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 4th February 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Very cold but quite bright.
Start and finish area frosty at start, but got muddy later. Main laps
were quite muddy. No overall places given his time. I think some of
better runners from North Yorkshire (team managed by Dave Pavers) were
absent. Disappointing not to see one or two Cumbria stars (they looked
to have one individual competing).
Results courtesy of Graham Hall. Further results included: IB: 22 J
Archer 19:33 JB: 26 J Hepple 14:07 MB: 19 A Wallett 10:36;
22 H Danby Platt 10:45 SG: 21 H Blair 16:47 IG: 22 B Curran
16:02; 29 R Jamieson 16:34 (a bad run here would probably have cost her
an English Schools place, but she is better than some that will be
selected); 39 S Goodfellow 17:12; 42 M Bell 17:22 JG: 24 F
Lockhart 13:24; 25 S Bruce 13:38; 27 M Reed 13:34; 33 S Robinson 13:45.
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