North of England A.A Indoor Championships.
Sheffield Arena. Sun. 30th Jan.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 60: 1 G Phiri (Sheff, U17) 6.87; 3 B Geddes (Gate)
7.07 400: 1 R Yusuf (Bord) 48.57; 3 A Rogers (Sale) 48.76 800:
1 D Graham (Gosf) 1:53.97; 2 M Nicholson (Gosf) 1:55.48 PV: 1 M Christie
(Sale) 4.80 LJ: 1 R Childs (Sheff) 7.23; 2 G Jackson (N&EB) 7.01;
3 S Nyananyo (Gate) 7.00 SP: 1 J Williamson (Sheff) 15.40; 3 C Sturrock
(Gate) 15.11
Senior Women: 200: 1 S Deacon (Edin) 24.35 800: 1 P McCrea
(Gate) 2:13.53
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 7th February 2005).
Additional Comments: This info from NoEAA website, but too late
for Journal (31st). Thought results should go in albeit a week late.
Mark Buckingham (4th in JM race at Consett) comfortably won 1500 (3:52.01).
Only 2 ran in both 3000 races. Philippa McCrea (a pb Indoors ?) won W800
by 15secs. Rabah Yusuf won 400 in last strides. Drew Graham pulled away
from long-time leader Matt Nicholson on last lap. Susan Deacon ran 2nd
leg for GB 4 x 200 team (4th), at Glasgow, the day before.
Other placings included: 60H: 4 J Fleary 8.32; 5 A Sturrock 8.86
LJ: 4 J Stacey 6.58 HJ: 5 E Morris 1.65 LJ: 5 E Smith 5.48.
Extra Heat info: Adam Rogers won 400 semi in 48.69. Andrew Strurrock clocked
8.61 in 60H semi.
Congratulations to all North East medallists.
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North of England Cross Country Championships
Berry Edge, Consett. Sat. 29th Jan.
The region gained it's usual haul of medals, at Saturday's North of
England Cross Country Championships at Berry Edge, Consett. Morpeth Harriers
were overall the strongest team, winning two individual, two team gold
and one individual bronze medal. Conditions were surprisingly ideal, bright
mild and dry with little wind. Conditions underfoot were on the whole good,
but a severe hill on each lap, provided a tough test of stamina. Durham
University student Aiveen Fox was a surprise winner of the Under 20 Womens'
race. Fox, only third in the North Eastern championship, gained her first
major title, pulling away from her rivals on the 2nd of the two laps. Fox
was ably backed by Danielle Watts (13th), Rebecca Adams (27th) and Sarah
Graham (37th) as Morpeth successfully defended the team title.
North Eastern champion, Delyth James of Morpeth, who five days earlier
won the Northumberland Schools' title (ahead of Mary Ferrier), was a gun-to-tape
winner of the Under 17 event. James, 5th in 2004, won by 25secs, with defending
champion Ferrier of Gateshead, coming with a late run to take third place.
The Northumberland club also took gold in the Under 17 Mens' team event,
with Jonathan Young their first counter in 8th place. Young was supported
by Ross Floyd (13th), Robert Balmbra (24th) and Nick Swinburn (39th). Morpeth's
Laura Weightman finished in 3rd place in the Under 15 Girls' race, after
holding a 30m lead for the first 1.5 km. Shildon's Kate Avery convincingly
won the Under 13 Girls' event by a margin of 16secs. Avery, who has also
an easer winner of the North Eastern and Durham Schools Championships,
came home 100m clear of her rivals.
North Eastern champions, Sunderland gained the gold medals in the Under
13 Boys' event, with Nathan Reed leading the challenge in 2nd position.
Reed was ably supported by James Chapman (12th), Liam Wintrip (26th) and
Scott Younger (40th). A far-from-full strength Chester Le Street took the
silver medals in the Senior Womens' race with Alyson Dixon their first
counter in 11th position. Pauline Powell of Blackburn was the surprise
winner of the individual event. Former Wallsend Harrier, Sonia Thomas,
champion in 2002 and 2003, finished 4th, while an eye-catching run in 10th,
came from Heather Monro of Durham, who is an international Orienteer. Kevin
Farrow of Derby won the Senior Mens' race, becoming only the 2nd person,
to win four titles at different age-groups.
Results.
Senior Men: 12km. 1 K Farrow (Derby) 39:43; 2 G Raven (Sale)
40:04; 3 J Ward (Alt) 40:08; 4 A Jones (Salf) 40:20; 5 J Brown (Salf) 40:27;
6 M Watson (Bing) 40:37; 7 S North (Sale) 40:49; 8 M Roscoe (Leeds C) 41:00
Other Placings: 15 S Platts (Morp) 41:34; 19 M Brown (Morp) 41:45; 21 N
Wilkinson (Morp) 41:55; 29 C Sampson (Morp) 42:09; 35 B Rushworth (Sun)
42:40; 41 M Hood (Sun) 43:03; 44 M Donnelly (Tyne) 43:08; 46 G Massingham
(Sun) 43:11; 47 R Hunt (R&Z) 43:14; 48 D Swinburne (Morp) 43:15; 51
R Cole (M'bro) 43:25; 53 S Bell (CleS) 43:33; 58 A Shepherd (Morp) 43:48;
64 M Armstrong (Hart) 43:59; 69 C Roberts (Gate) 44:08; 70 P Given (Sun)
44:10; 73 T Brannon (NSP) 44:13; 76 M McDonald (Low DF) 44:27; 86 J Orange
(R&Z) 44:53; 94 P Newton (Clare) 45:11; 98 M Thompson (Gate) 45:19;
99 M Grainger (Darl) 45:25 Teams: 1 Leeds City 122; 2 Altrincham
150; 3 Salford 156; 4 Sale, Manchester 182; 5 Morpeth 190; 6 Hallamshire
312; 7 Sunderland 399; 14 Richmond & Zeland 948; 17 Darlington 1196;
21 N Yorks Moors 1421; 23 Chester Le Street 1421; 24 Gateshead 1434; 28
Sunderland Strollers 1555; 34 Saltwell 1861; 35 Claremont 1918; 37 South
Shields 1958; 38 Wallsend 1977; 41 Derwentside 2186; 43 Jarrow and Hebburn
2258; 44 Elvet Striders 2263; 46 Middlesbrough and Cleveland 2453; 47 Houghton
and Peterlee 2477; 50 Blyth 2614; 51 Aurora 2741
Under 20 Men: 8km. 1 L Gunn (Derby) 25:53; 2 J Thewlis (Roth)
25:59; 3 M Pierson (Holm) 26:01; 4 M Buckingham (Holm) 26:10; 5 T Boardman
(Leigh) 26:32; 6 T Cornthwaite (Blackb) 26:38 Other Placings: 8 R
Stephenson (NSP) 26:52; 9 A Holliday (Traff) 26:54; 11 C Lamb (CleS) 27:05;
16 P Martin (Sun) 27:33; 20 N Shrubb (Morp) 27:51; 24 M Atkin (CleS) 28:00;
25 J Creegan (Gate) 28:08; 26 L Moses (N Ayc) 28:14; 27 A Lawrence (Morp)
28:16; 29 A Dougal (Tyne) 28:20; 38 S Kirkley (Morp) 28:46; 41 A Piggford
(Hart) 28:51; 46 N Zissler (R&Z) 29:23 Teams: 1 Trafford 48;
2 Sale, Manchester 87; 3 Blackburn 107; 4 Morpeth 141; 5 Chester Le Street
164
Under 17 Men: 6km. 1 K Deighton (Brid) 20:26; 2 A Brownlee (Brad
GS) 20:45; 3 A Peers (Wirr) 21:03; 4 J Peacock (Brid) 21:08; 5 A Duffield
(Loft) 21:13; 6 R Stones (Blackb) 21:20 Other Placings: 8 J Young
(Morp) 21:22; 9 J Martin (Sun) 21:23; 11 S Watson (Gate) 21:26; 12 A Coffer
(CleS) 21:26; 13 R Floyd (Morp) 21:29; 15 S Hall (Gate) 21:38; 16 J Taylor
(M'bro) 21:40; 19 A Mitchell (M'bro) 21:47; 21 J Pearson (Els) 21:50; 24
R Balmbra (Morp) 21:55; 25 M Crawley (Dur) 21:56; 35 T Carter (Walls) 22:11;
36 A Wiles (M'bro) 22:12; 39 N Swinburn (Morp) 22:15; 48 A Colwell (Morp)
22:29; 49 W Roberts (Shil) 22:29 Teams: 1 Morpeth 84; 2 Sale, Manchester
99; 3 Liverpool H 158; 4 Gateshead 159; 8 Middlesbrough Mandale 185; 14
Houghton and Peterlee 486
Under 15 Boys: 4km. 1 S Horsfield (E Ches) 12:55; 2 D Forrester
(St Helens) 13:06; 3 R Millington (Stock) 13:23; 4 N Bibby (Pres) 13:34;
5 J Wilkinson (Leeds C) 13:35; 6 T Madden (Wirr) 13:37 Other Placings:
12 S Potter (NSP) 13:51; 18 R Murray (Gate) 13:59; 20 J Gibson (Gate) 14:02;
24 D Gibbon (M'bro) 14:07; 33 D Roberts (R&Z) 14:17; 41 B Walker (M'bro)
14:26; 47 T Perrins (Gate) 14:31 Teams: 1 Leeds City 78; 2 Warrington
101; 3 Kingston-upon-Hull 115; 5 Gateshead 182; 14 Morpeth 338
Under 13 Boys: 3km. 1 D Beckett (Sale) 11:03; 2 N Reed (Sun)
11:05; 3 J Skeete (Linc W) 11:07; 4 S Hutchinson (Skip) 11:13; 5 T Venus
(Tyne) 11:14; 6 J Moody (Mat) 11:15; 7 G Hawkins (M'bro) 11:19; 9 J Robson
(Gate) 11:20; 12 J Chapman (Sun) 11:30; 24 C Gaffney (N Ayc) 11:43; 26
L Wintrip (Sun) 11:46; 40 S Younger (Sun) 11:55 Teams: 1 Sunderland
80; 2 Sale, Manchester 118; 3 Liverpool H 121; 8 Gateshead 262
Senior Women: 8km. 1 P Powell (Blackb) 28:33; 2 G Phillips (Kend)
28:43; 3 A Hoban (Wake) 28:47; 4 S Thomas (Sale) 29:16; 5 H Lawrence (Wirr)
29:37; 6 J Clague (Liv H) 30:01 Other Placings: 10 H Monro (Dur)
30:36; 11 A Dixon (CleS) 30:44; 12 B Taylor (Darl) 30:50; 27 H Robinson
(CleS) 32:23; 28 D James (Elv) 32:25; 36 A Watson (CleS) 32:41; 38 M Czarnecka
(CleS) 32:49; 41 C Simpson (J&H) 33:05; 43 C McKeown (Bord) 33:20;
44 P Whitehouse (Dur U) 33:23; 47 K Chapman (Clare) 33:25; 48 G Rutherford
(Darl) 33:26; 50 M Holt (Sun) 33:32; 52 S Jackson (M&C) 33:40; 53 D
Hales (Dur) 33:46; 54 C Summersgill (M&C) 33:48; 62 F Shenton (Elv)
34:27; 64 J Smith (Heat) 34:31; 65 J Nutt (Els) 34:39; 66 L Walker (Walls)
34:43; 68 S Oesterle (NSP) 34:59; 70 S Ellison (Morp) 35:18; 74 T Barnett
(Aln) 35:41 Teams: 1 Derby AC 97; 2 Chester Le Street 112; 3 Horwich
197; 9 Elvet Striders 359; 10 Sunderland 378; 11 Alnwick 379; 12 North
Shields Poly 406; 13 Claremont 410
Under 20 Women: 6km. 1 A Fox (Morp) 23:51; 2 K Ingram (Horw)
23:53; 3 N Griffith (N Rownt) 24:02; 4 L O'Gorman (Wake) 24:03; 5 R Smith
(Dur) 24:04; 6 J Jackson (M&C) 24:23 Other Placings: 9 S Tunstall
(N Rownt) 24:51; 10 A Gibson (Els) 24:51; 12 J Orr (Quak) 24:57; 13 D Watts
(Morp) 25:01; 18 S Hart (Gate) 25:41; 20 S Evans (J&H) 25:42; 27 R
Adams (Morp) 26:32; 28 S Crowe (Els) 26:45; 36 L Huston (Gate) 27:54; 37
S Graham (Morp) 28:03; 39 N Owens (Shil) 28:49 Team: Morpeth
78
Under 17 Women: 5km. 1 D James (Morp) 18:24; 2 L Mayho (Bing) 18:49;
3 M Ferrier (Gate) 19:08; 4 R Edwards (Hal) 19:14; 5 A Wilks (Hall) 19:20;
6 S Stockton (Vale R) 19:27 Other Placings: 28 A Porteous (Morp)
20:40; 30 J Roberts (R&Z) 20:44; 44 S Duffy (Gate) 21:14; 47 A Wilson
(N Ayc) 21:22 Teams: 1 Vale Royal 85; 2 Hallamshire 104; 3 Rotherham
135; 5 Gateshead 167; 6 Morpeth 175
Under 15 Girls: 4km. 1 K Hindle (Pres) 15:04; 2 N Grant (Roth) 15:11;
3 L Weightman (Morp) 15:26; 4 J Coulson (Stock) 15:35; 5 L Kay (Stock)
15:36; 6 D Allen (Leigh) 15:37 Other Placings: 8 H Gertig (Blay)
15:40; 10 A Wheatman (Scar) 15:45; 11 J Russon (N Marske) 15:46; 26 R Adams
(Morp) 16:19; 40 A Suffield (Shil) 16:37; 41 G Rutherford (NSP) 16:38
Teams: 1 Leigh 58; 2 Stockport 94; 3 Kingston-upon-Hull 112; 10 Morpeth
232; 13 Middlesbrough and Cleveland 307; 14 Houghton and Peterlee 461
Under 13 Girls: 3km. 1 K Avery (Shil) 11:29; 2 T Armoush (Amb V) 11:45;
3 R Craigie (Macc) 11:52; 4 K Leybourne (Blackp) 12:00; 5 B Pearce (Stock)
12:06; 6 E Fisher (Chest) 12:04
Other Placings: 15 S Crosby (Sun) 12:23; 24 S Bell (Gate) 12:37; 34
C Fletcher (Gate) 12:51; 35 Sh Smith (Tyne) 12:53; 42 S Goodfellow (Morp)
13:11 Tems: 1 Stockport 97; 2 Liverpool H 100; 3 Holmfirth 143; 6
Gateshead 210; 12 Morpeth 281; 15 Sunderland 383
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 31st January 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Apologies for any inaccuracies,
but I also had to compose 900 words for AW. Everything seemed to
go ok, and weather was kind. Advertised distances seemed to be accurate.
Congratulations to all medallists, but I think Robert Balmbra would be
the only member of winning Morpeth team to be happy with his run.
Natalie Dawson dropped out in U20W event after being passed by Sarah
Graham approaching halfway. Disappointed with strength of Morpeth SM team,
but good runs from Platts and Brown. Brian Rushworth moved up to 1st 20
afer lap 1, bu then dropped back. The Browns (from Nestle Rowntrees) although
delighted with Nina Griffith's run, were annoyed that a good 4th runner
( L Gibbs ?) did not compete, as they would have taken team title at U20W
level. Quite a good turn-out even in U20 races (83M + 48W). 556 Senior
Men (last time: 88:10) and 168 Women (last time: 59:54). Other SM placings
included: 102 S Potts 45:29; 112 I Cook 46:00; 113 J Lisiewicz 46:01; 128
A Swinburne 46:32; 137 P Addyman 46:46; 143 N Orr 46:56; 156 A Dent 47:15;
164 M Jones 47:33; 165 P Dodd 47:33; 198 C Dentice 48:18; 303 G Harden
51:31; 318 M Brooks 51:57; 331 R Driscoll 52::13; 354 B Groves 52:57; 460
I Barnes 58:05; 469 F Docherty 58:31; 513 J Prudham 61:28; 543 R Laverick
67:09; 547 M Stephenson 68:29; 555 G Routledge 84:57 (only other Heaton
H to take part).
SW: 80 S Milburn (NA) 36:18; 84 L Marr 36:27; 90 J Elliott 36:59; 130
L Brown 39:45.
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Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships.
Exhibition Park, Newcastle. Mon. 24th Jan.
Newcastle's Lewis Timmins comfortably won the Senior Boys' race at
yesterday's re-arranged Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships
at Newcastle's Exhibition Park. Timmins. who won the Senior Mens' event
at the Sherman Cup two days earlier, came home ahead of North Eastern Under
17 champion, Jonathan Young and Fell running specialist, Nick Swinburn,
both of East Northumberland. The region's Under 17 Womens' champion, Delyth
James of East Northumberland won the Senior Girls' event, with Tynedale's
Stacey Smith taking the Intermediate title. Another regional champion,
Laura Weightman (North Northumberland) easily won the Junior Girls' event.
Jonathon Pearson of Tynedale (Inter Boys), Ross Taylor of North Tyneside
(Junior Boys), James Robson of Newcastle (Minor Boys) and Steph Lorraine
(Newcastle) (Minor Girls) were also crowned as county champions.
Results.
Senior Boys: 8km. 1 L Timmins (Nc) 28:43; 2 J Young (EN) 28:58;
3 N Swinburn (EN) 29:12; 4 R Floyd (EN) 29:15; 5 T Carter (NT) 30:33; 6
A Colwell (Nc) 30:43 Team: North Tyneside 70
Intermediate Boys: 5.5km. 1 J Pearson (Tyne) 19:53; 2 R Balmbra
(EN) 20:21; 3 (Nc) 20:49; 4 T Perrins (Nc) 21:02; 5 S Potter (NT) 21:12;
6 L Ferguson (NT) 21:19 Team: Newcastle 49
Junior Boys: 5.2km. 1 R Murray (NT) 18:55; 2 L Taylor (NN)
19:08; 3 T Forrester (NT) 19:34; 4 M Jones (NT) 19:40; 5 L Richardson (EN)
19:45; 6 T Ellan (Nc) 19:45 Team: North Tyneside 66
Minor Boys: 3km. 1 J Robson (Nc) 11:55; 2 O Juggins (Nc) 12:36; 3 S
Cochrane (EN) 13:00 Team: Tynedale 52
Senior Girls: 5.2km. 1 D James (EN) 19:19; 2 M Ferrier
(Tyne) 20:11; 3 S Crowe (Nc) 21:18; 4 N Dawson (EN) 22:07; 5 H Oakley (T)
22:21; 6 L Oliver (Nc) 22:33 Team: Newcastle 61
Intermediate Girls: 5.2km. 1 S Smith (Tyne) 19:58; 2 A
Porteous (EN) 20:49; 3 S Duffy (T) 20:51; 4 R Adams (EN) 20:55; 5 C Baudouin
(Nc) 20:57; 6 L Smith (Nc) 21:28 Team: Newcastle 54
Junior Girls: 3km. 1 L Weightman (NN) 12:32; 2 E Masson
(Nc) 13:07; 3 S Goodfellow (NN) 13:19; 4 S Favier (Nc) 13:35; 5 N Young
(EN) 13:41; 6 L Bronze (NN) 13:45 Team: North Northumberland 46
Minor Girls: 2.7km. 1 S Lorraine (Nc) 12:42; 2 E
Petifer (Nc) 13:25; 3 K McArdle (Nc) 13:31 Team: Newcastle 27
(Newcastle Journal: Tues. 25th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of Paul Ponton.
Missing were names of Newcastle counters in IB event. Knew Perrins finished
4th, but other names supplied by Kevin Flannery on Wed (26th). W Pike finished
3rd. Weather was cold and quite breezy but was at least dry. This is a
good venue for this meeting and the different date seemed to be more popular.
G Cockburn was listed as 4th SG, but I am sure this was Nat Dawson. Sam
Crowe did not look well. Miss Lorraine certainly has a wide range of talent
and was especially impressive here. Nathan Shrubb did not run and Kieran
Flannery dropped out on 1st lap (of three). Only 15 finished SB race (11
runners). Other leading posiions were: SB: 7 A Welford (Nc) 31:32 (looked
to be wearing a Wallsend vest !); 8 R Foster (T) 31:36 IB: 7 J Gibson
(Nc) 21:24; 8 C Parker (Nc) 21:28; 9 M Cochrane 21:49 SG: 7 C Gilmore
(NT) 22:37; 8 R Forster (Nc) 22:38 IG: 7 G Rutherford (NT) 21:50;
8 H Davies (NT) 21:52 (times of lower positions in SG/IG could be
subject to change, as both races were combined). However ND and CG have
correct times.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 23rd Jan).
Steve Platts took third place in the Marksfield 10km at Leicester (23rd
Jan). He clocked 32mins 16secs, 11secs behind winner M Geele of Leicester
C.
The region's athletes performed well in the Brass Monkey Half Marathon
at York (23rd Jan). Leading results were: 1 D Watson (Holm) 69:07; 3 J
Bateman 70:19; 8 M Grainger 71:47 (2nd M40) M50: 3 I Scott 79:58
Women: 1 H Haining 73:31 (rec by 13secs); 2 T Morris 74:47; 4 B Taylor
78:40; 5 J Nutt 81:44 (a pb); 6 A Raw 83:01 (1st W40); 8 D Richardson 84:14
Results from the Scottish Indoor Championships at Kelvin Hall included:
SM: LJ: 2 G Jackson 6.76; 3 C Weitz 6.59 SP: 1 N Elliott 16.60; 2
C Sturrock 14.58 SW: 200: 1 C Sheehy (Ire) 23.87; 2 S Deacon 23.89
800: 1 Philippa McCrea 2:15.63 (congratulations) TJ: 1 M McLoune
(Ire) 12.01; 2 J Straker 11.99
Tim Lawrence (Newc U) was 3rd in Sunday League XC event, at Digswell
(36:51) behind K Skinner (Garden C) (36:22).
The Cumbrian Cross Country Championships, were held with a Mid Lancs
League meeting, at Kendal (22nd Jan). Leading results: SM: 1 C Winward
(B&F) 35:23 U20: 1 A Holliday 24:58 U15: 1 W Nicholson
(Bord) 14:49 SW: 1 J Hargreaves (Cumb) 25:01 U20: 1 S Tunstall
24:42; 2 C Rodham 26:00
The local results from North Yorkshire Schools XC at Tadcaster were:
SB: 1 B Rusius (Harr) 20:28; 2 A Duffield 20:32; 4 P Fitzpatrick 21:37
IB: 1 D Edmondson (Harr) 18:41; 3 D Gibbon 18:44 JB: 1 S Hutchinson
(Harr) 13:49; 2 D Roberts 13:51 SG: 1 T Rowe (Harr) 15:30; 2 T Wheatman
16:14 IG: 1 V Graves (York)15:15; 5 J Roberts 15:45 JG: 1 A
Wheatman 12:19
Results from the Reebok Challenge Cross Country at Cardiff (22nd Jan)
included:
SM: 1 P Riley 30:06; 6 D Bannister 30:37; 11 A Caine 31:06 SW:
1 H Yelling 22:28; 8 S Thomas 23:30 JW: 1 E Pidgeon 20:12
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North of England Indoor Championships.
Sheffield Arena. Sun. 23rd Jan.
The North East provided three winners at yesterday's second part of
the Northern Indoor Championships, at Sheffield, all breaking the existing
record. Kieran Flannery of Gateshead, 3rd in the 2004 English Schools 400m
Hurdles, easily won the Under 20 800m, taking just over 2secs off the previous
figures. Sam Hart of Gateshead won the corresponding Womens' race, bettering
the old record by 3secs. Emma Morris of South Shields, gained some consolation
for a disappointing High Jump competition, by winning the Under 20 200m,
shaving five- hundredths of a second off the old figures. It was a good
day for the Flannery family as younger brother Niall, was a close 2nd in
the Under 15 Hurdles (inside the old record) and was also runner-up in
the Long Jump. Gateshead's Nicola Pearson also gained two silver medals
in the Under 15 60m and Long Jump.
Day 2 Selected Results.
Under 20 Men: 800: 1 K Flannery (Gate) 1:55.93
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 H Foster (Bing) 7.63; 2 J Summers (Gate)
7.64 60H: 1 C Roberts (Hunt) 9.28; 2 N Flannery (Gate) 9.29
LJ: 1 M Wright (Kend) 5.27; 2 N Flannery 5.08
Under 20 Women: 200: 1 E Morris (SSh) 25.30 (CBP); 3 J Graham (NSP)
25.90 800: 1 S Hart (Gate) 2:14.42 (CBP)
Under 17 Women: HJ: 1 V Hubbard (Gran) 1.75; 2 R Pottinger (Birt)
1.62
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 R Wilson (Al) 7.80; 2 N Pearson (Gate)
8.21 800: 1 A Glover (Derby) 2:20.64; 2 S-K Crowell (J&H) 2:21.71
LJ: 1 L Sabel (Sale) 5.01; 2 N Pearson 5.00
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th January 2004).
Addiitional Comments: Only results used (probably due to lateness).
Apologies but CBP should of course be added to U20 800 winning time. Congratulations
to all North East medallists. It was a pleasure to officiate at a magnificent
venue. The lane draw also seemed to have less influence on the result,
than at other Indoor Arenas, which is a good thing. Both 800m winners led
all the way. Sam Hart won Cleveland Schools XC two days earlier. D Hastings
Long finished 2nd and only 5 ran.in SG event. Of course re records, there
have been only two previous Championships, on a full 200m circuit. In U17
200, Gerald Phiri set record of 21.82, also bettering old figures in semi.
In U15G 200, Rebekah Wilson beat record 3 times, winning final in 25.31.
They were the two main stars. Other performances included: U17: 200: 4
R Kilty 23.66 (23.35ht); 5 L McElwee 24.17 (24.02s/f); 6 J Sinclair 24.62
(23.77ht) U15: 200: 5 J Summers 25.32 (25.05ht) U20W: 4 S De
La Hunt 26.29
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DP Furniture Express North Eastern Harrier
League Sherman Cup and Davison Shield.
Temple Park, South Shields. Sat. 22nd Jan.
Morpeth Harriers won the Sherman Cup for the fourth successive year,
at Saturday's DP Furniture Express North Eastern Harrier League promotion,
at a cold and frosty Temple Park, South Shields. Morpeth had to wait until
the final event, for Under 15 Boys to overhaul long-time leaders Sunderland
to gain victory by 3pts, in a competition, which determines the overall
strength in all the four male age-groups. Sunderland won the Under 13 and
Senior Mens' team events, but a victory in the Under 17 event for Morpeth,
set the scene for the finale where Sunderland still led by 3pts. Morpeth
also regained the Davison Shield, the corresponding Womens' competition,
but in this case were the only club to complete full teams in all age-groups,
winning three of the four events..
2004 Northern Under 17 champion, Lewis Timmins of Gosforth, proved
too strong for his older rivals, in the Senior Mens' individual race. The
Heaton Manor sixth-form student, who runs in today's Northumberland Schools
Championships, pulled away from his main rival, Stewart Bell of Chester
Le Street, on the 2nd of the 3 laps. Guesting athlete, David Wardle of
London Irish finished 3rd. Morpeth's Mark Brown finished 4th, while Mark
Hood in 5th, was the first Sunderland counter. Jonathan Young (Morpeth)
(Under 17), Sam Potter of North Shields (Under 15) and North Eastern champion,
Tristan Venus of Tynedale (Under 13), won the other male events.
Claremont's Kate Chapman, winner of last weekend's Great North Winter
Run at Edinburgh, was again successful in the Senior Womens' race, pulling
away from Sunderland's Michelle Holt after the halfway point. Heaton's
Jo Smith took third place. Holt led Sunderland to their one Womens' team
victory. Natalie Dawson of Morpeth easily won the Junior race and clubmate
Laura Weightman, the North Eastern champion, was successful at Under 15
level. Durham Schools' Year 7 champion, Sigorney Bell of Gateshead was
a runaway winner in the Under 13 event.
Results.
Sherman Cup (Male): 1 Morpeth 81; 2 Sunderland 84; 3 Houghton and Peterlee
Senior Men: 9.3km. 1 L Timmins (Gosf, U20) 29:32; 2 S Bell (CleS)
29:57; 3 D Wardle (Lond I) 30:17; 4 M Brown (Morp) 30:21; 5 M Hood (Sun)
30:38; 6 J Archer (Low F) 30:40; 7 A Shepherd (Morp) 31:02; 8 P Given (Sun)
31:10; 9 P Hutton (Gosf) 31:18; 10 D Robertson (Sun, M40) 31:22; 11 T Brannon
(NSP) 31:33; 12 S Potts (Sun) 31:44; 13 A Dougal (Tyne) 31:45; 14 P Merrison
(Walls, M45) 32:08; 15 C Lamb (CleS, U20) 32:34; 16 A Lawrence (Morp, U20)
32:40; 17 M Wilson (J&H, U20) 33:00; 18 C Robson (J&H) 33:02; 19
J Blackett (NWM, M40) 33:14; 20 K Mackey (SSh, M45) 33:23 Teams:
1 Sunderland 20; 2 Morpeth 24; 3 Chester Le Street 44; 4 Gosforth 52; 5
Jarrow and Hebburn 63; 6 South Shields 66
Under 17 Men: 5.4km. 1 J Young (Morp) 18:32; 2 R Floyd (Morp)
18:43; 3 J Martin (Sun) 18:48; 4 R Balmbra (Morp) 19:17; 5 T Carter (Walls)
19:32; 6 A Colwell (Morp) 19:52; 7 M Wallace (H&P) 20:20; 8 J Woods
(Morp) 20:37 Teams: 1 Morpeth 7; 2 Sunderland 29; 3 Tynedale 30
Under 15 Boys: 3.2km. 1 S Potter (NSP) 11:17; 2 C Parker (Gosf)
11:26; 3 M Williams (Tyne) 11:30; 4 M Cochrane (Morp) 11:32; 5 M Foggin
(Sun) 11:35; 6 G Scrafton (Sun) 11:48; 7 M Cairns (Morp) 11:53; 8 R Kirkup
(Morp) 12:03 Teams: 1 Morpeth 19; 2 Sunderland 25; 3 Tynedale 28
Under 13 Boys: 3.2km. 1 T Venus (Tyne) 11:34; 2 N Reed (Sun)
11:36; 3 L Wintrip (Sun) 12:01; 4 L Baister (Blyth) 12:06; 5 S Younger
(Sun) 12:17; 6 G Urwin (Tyne) 12:20; 7 L Battista (Gosf) 12:26; 8 A Douglas
(Morp) 12:32 Teams: 1 Sunderland 10; 2 Morpeth 31; 3 Gateshead 40
Davison Shield (Women): 1 Morpeth 8; 2 Sunderland; 3 Gosforth
Senior Women: 6.3km. 1 K Chapman (Clare) 25:19; 2 M Holt (Sun) 25:39;
3 J Smith (Heat) 25:58; 4 L Walker (Walls) 26:05; 5 T Brown (Derw) 26:05;
6 K Davis (NSP, W35) 26:49; 7 S Youden (Gate) 27:02; 8 M Woodley (Morp)
27:26; 9 J Walker (Morp, W35) 27:30; 10 A Nott (CleS, W40) 27:41; 11 L
Marr (Tyne, W40) 27:55; 12 E Wilson (Gate) 28:10
Teams: 1 Sunderland 31; 2 Claremont 36; 3 Morpeth 37
Junior Women: 5.4km. 1 N Dawson (Morp) 23:17; 2 C Gilmore (Gate,
U17) 24:04; 3 L Dodsworth (Gate, U17) 24:15; 4 L Oliver (Tyne, U17) 24:56;
5 N Miller (Sun, U17) 25:41; 6 E Sibley (Walls, U17) 25:49; 7 L Tweddle
(Sun) 26:05; 8 L Macdonald (Morp, U17) 26:31 Team: Morpeth 18
Under 15 Girls: 3.2km. 1 L Weightman (Morp) 12:15; 2 R Adams
(Morp) 12:50; 3 E Spoor (Sun) 13:31; 4 L Smith (Gosf) 13:39; 5 L Dixon
(Morp) 13:46; 6 A Toman (Gosf) 13:52; 7 A Ewen (H&P) 14:07; 8 L Patterson
(Gosf) 14:14 Teams: 1 Morpeth 8; 2 Gosforth 18; 3 Houghton and Peterlee
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Under 13 Girls: 3.2km. 1 S Bell (Gate) 12:55; 2 S Crosby (Sun)
13:08; 3 E Masson (Gosf) 13:21; 4 S Goodfellow (Morp) 13:21; 5 Z Armstrong
(Morp) 13:55; 6 V Addison (J&H) 14::05; 7 C Samuelson (Gate) 14:12;
8 A Park (Morp) 14:17 Teams: 1 Morpeth 17; 2 Gateshead 19; 3 Gosforth
26
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Very cold and hard frost underfoot,
however it was bright. 122 Senior Men finished (last time 47:38) and 22
Senior Women (last time 33:19). Not a great turn-out. Partly due to these
being scratch races, and partly due to date (should be back in late November).
Heaon (for their Club Championship) fielded 4 Men and 1 Woman. George
Routledge withdrew due to "slight" injury.
Placings were: 21 John Moore 33:45 (on way back ?); 56 Par Bhogal 36:57;
80 Mal Gibson 38:19; 112 Allen Mulliss 43:02
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North of England Indoor Championships.
Sheffield Arena. Sat. 22nd Jan.
Sally Scott of Gateshead, still in the Under 15 age-group, was the
region's only winner, on the first day of the North of England Junior Indoor
Championships, at Sheffield Arena. Sally took gold in the Under 17 Pole
Vault.
Selected Results.
Under 20 Men: 400: 1 M Grimshaw (Liv P) 49.6; 3 T Paton (Gate) 51.0
PV: 1 M Eaves (B&F) 4.33; 3 James Stacey (Gate) 3.30
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 Y Phin (Sheff) 6.88; 3 Y Aliu (M'bro) 7.23
400: 1 C Smith (Wirr) 51.96; 2 A Allison (M'bro) 52.73
Under 20 Women: HJ: 1 J Lumley (Leeds C) 1.74; 3 E Morris (SSh) 1.65
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 H Jones (Vale R) 7.87; 2 L McMichael (CleS) 7.87
PV: 1 S Scott (Gate) 3.00 SP: 1 R Hall (Gran) 11.22; 3 K Wilson (Birt)
10.55
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Info (all used) courtesy of NoEAA website (Saturday
pm). Lorna McMichael (7.84 in semi) was also in 5th in 60m Hurdles (9.22)
(9.05ht) and did not run final of 300m after winning heat (43.30) and semi
(41.47). Three rounds of 300m seems a bit too many in one day. Kirsty Thomas
was 4th in U20 60 (8.01). The winner of U17 60 should read G Phiri (see
Day 2). Emma Morris won Hurdles heat (8.96) but did not run final. Adam
Dalby clocked 53.00 in 400m semi, but the final result now seems to have
disappeared from website. Heat times when better than above included: T
Patton 50.63, Other leading North East performances included: U17:
60: 4 R Kilty 7.24; 60H: 4 A Dalby 9.20 (9.14ht) U17W: 60: 6 F Winspear
8.04; 7 L Arthur 8.05 (8.03s/f) .
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
International Stadium. Thurs. 20th Jan.
Recently crowned North Eastern champions and new record holders, Mark
Christie of Sale and Lorna McMichael of Chester Le Street, were in action
at the 4th Gateshead Indoor League fixture of the season. Christie easily
won the Senior Pole Vault and McMichael won the Under 17 Triple Jump (for
which she took the area title) and also the 50m and 50m Hurdles. Gateshead's
Kirsty Thomas maintained her unbeaten record in the Under 20 50m, but was
given a close race, by her great rival, Jenny Graham of North Shields.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 50: P Donaghy (Dur) 6.3 PV: 1 M Christie (Sale)
4.70; 2 J Stacey (Gate) 3.30; 3 J Loughran (Gosf, M55) 2.70
Under 20 Men: PV: 1 L Robson (Gate) 3.30; 2 James Stacey (Gate)
3.10
Under 17 Men: 50: J Cowen (NSP) 6.8 TJ: D Blackett (Gate)
12.92
Under 15 Boys: 50: J Summers (Gate) 6.6 PV: G Howard (Gate)
2.20
Under 13 Boys: 50: 1 C Hedley (Gate) 7.4; 2 G Hill (Gate) 7.5
Senior Women: 50: N Roe (Morp) 7.4
Under 20 Women: 50: 1 K Thomas (Gate) 6.8; 2 J Graham (NSP) 6.8;
3 R Willi (Gate) 7.3
Under 17 Women: 50: 1 L McMichael (CleS) 6.9; 2 S Brown (Tyne)
7.1 50H: L McMichael 7.9 TJ: 1 L McMichael 10.44; 2 M Wilkinson
(CleS) 9.78; 3 T Kennedy (Darl) 9.77 SP: S Hopkinson (Birt) 8.76
Under 15 Girls: 50: 1 N Pearson (Gate) 7.1; 2 C Gill (Gate) 7.2;
3 J Baron (Gate) 7.3 50H: E Pringle (Gate) 9.1 PV: S Scott
(Gate) 2.80 SP: T Breen (Black B) 8.56
Under 13 Girls: 50: J Hewson (Gate) 8.1 50H: 1 S Bell (Gate)
9.2; 2 J Hewson 9.3 SP: J Hewson 6.06
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th January 2005).
Additional Comments: All info used. Some good performances, but turn-out
not great. Bob Smoult clocked 7.7, finishing 3rd in B 50.
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Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
International Stadium. Wed. 19th Jan.
Some good handicapping, saw only 4secs separating the first six runners
at yesterday's 4th Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race fixture, at the International
Stadium. Jayne Norwood narrowly won from Helen Mitford, while veteran Steve
White of Elswick clocked the fastest time, finishing in 28th position overall.
Result. Distance 5km.
1 J Norwood (unatt, L) 28:21; 2 H Mitford (Heat, L) 28:21; 3 H Jones
(Morp, L) 28:22; 4 A Okay (Newc U) 28:23; 5 P Jones (unatt) 28:24; 6 A
Mulliss (Heat) 28:25; 7 F Turley (Heat, L) 28:33; 8 J Prudham (J&H)
28:35; 9 R Balmer (SSh) 28:36; 10 M Graham (Low F) 28:37
Fastest Times: S White (Els, M55) 17:52; P Jones 18:04; G Harden (Sun,
M40) 18:06
Women: Y Thiru (Gosf, W35) 20:03; F Turley 20:33; S Betteridge (Newc
U) 21:56
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 20th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Info not used, so resubmitted results for Mon (24th).
Weather was dry, bright and not too cold. 48 finishers (Ken Sutton dropped
out early).
Norwood led into stadium, was passed by Mitford, but overtook her near
finish. A non-runner was Dave Whitmore who had prior appointment.
Bernie Cordes clocked 21:32 and Joe Prudham's actual time was 22:05.
Christine Lee on a comeback run after injury, clocked 22:57. Helen Mitford's
actual time was 23:51 and Allen Mulliss 21:05. Other Heaton performances
were: 19 Trevor Hopkins 22:45; 24 Reg Checkley 21:58; 40 Dave Wright 21:13;
46 Harry Craven 30:47.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 16th Jan).
Late results from North of England Combined Events Indoor Championships,
at Sheffield (15th/16th Jan) incorporating NECAA event, included (top three
North East athletes listed) SM: 5 J Stacey 4371 U17M: 1 Nick Ridgeon
2873 (9.50, 11.99, 5.45, 1.65, 2:06.75) (congratulations); 8 A Dalby 2675;
23 J Newby 2145 U15B: 2 J Corrigan 2317 (9.49, 1.62, 9.49, 5.44,
2:34.49) U17W: 3 L McMichael 3110 (8.99, 7.14, 1.47, 4.96, 2:28.05);
5 Sar Lamb 2977; 9 R Pottinger 2743 U15G: 5 A Fleming 2532; 13 C
Gill 2156; 17 A Coyne 1973
Courtesy of AW (19th Jan). Only performances of 1st three overall were
listed.
Result from the East Borders Cross Country at Spittal (16th Jan): 1
C Menzies (Dumb) 28:41; 3 Keith Mackey (Wooler, M45) 29:45.
At the Scottish East Indoor Championships at Kelvin Hall (16th Jan),
Susan Deacon won the 60 (7.53) and 200 (24.37).
Paul Lowe won the Eston Nab Knee Knocker (16th Jan) in a time of 35mins
5secs, beating Charles Stead by 15secs. Alison Raw won the Womens' race
(45:54) from Sharon Gayter (48:29). Sarah Tunstall was the first lady in
the Kendal Firbank Fell Race in 25mins 13secs.
Johanna Jackson was the overall winner of the Yorkshire League 10km
Walk at York, in a time of 49mins 2secs, beating the first male by 38secs.
Congratulations to Nick McCormick on his win in the Short Course event,
at the Great North Cross Country at Edinburgh (15th Jan). Leading results
are: Senior Men: 1 E Kipchoge (Ken) 27:43; 2 D Berhanu (Eth) 27:44; 3 G
Gebremariam (Eth) 27:45; 4 S Shaheen (Quat) 28:06; 5 S Lebid (Ukr) 28:08;
9 C Mottram 29:13; 12 C Thompson 29:51; 13 Andy Caine 30:23 Short
Course (4km): 1 Nick McCormick 12:22; 2 M Skinner 12:29; 3 A Baddeley 12:34;
12 Ryan Stephenson 13:03; 17 Gavin Massingham 13:29; 18 Matthew Nicholson
13:30 Women: 1 T Dibaba (Eth) 21:35; 2 B Johnson 21:36; 3 M
Melkanu (Eth) 21:44; 8 H Yelling 22:28; 24 Rosie Smith 24:54; 35 Fiona
Lothian 26:44. Great North Winter Run: 1 I Munro (RTL) 17:52; 5 A Dougal
(Tyne) 18:26; 6 Mark McLeod 18:30 Women: 1 K Chapman (Gars) 21:13
(This is the Claremont athlete, who is a student at Newcastle Univ)
W40: 1 Anita Nott 23:57
Local results from Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Skipton
(15th Jan) are: SM: Team: 12 Richmond & Zetland U17M: 1 A Brownlee
(Bradford GS) 21:11; 2 A Duffield (Loft) 21:41 U15G: 9 D Roberts
17:25 U17W: 9 J Roberts 20:33
At the Open Indoor Meeing at Cardiff (14th Jan), Stephen Hepples won
the BMC 3000 (8:10.12) and Emily Pidgeon set a UK age-best when winning
the Womens' race (9:19.31).
Fastest time at the NSP Handicap (11th Jan) was guest Peter Newton
of Claremont (19:11).
Info courtesy of AW, where in the British Veterans Marathon rankings
for 2004, the following athletes were included: M40: 6 Ian Crampton 2:30:54
M50: 1 Peter Embleton 2:34:34 M55: 6 Lenny Christopher 2:55:24
W45: 5 Sarah Heatley 3:04:56 (thought she was in the W40 category)
W65: Kath Stewart 3:56:33
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Durham Cathedral Relays.
Durham Cricket Club. Sun. 16th Jan.
Sunderland Harriers ended Morpeth's 3 year dominance, by comfortably
winning yesterday's 22nd Durham Cathedral Cross Country Relay event, at
the Race Course. Tom Ranger led for the Morpeth B team after leg 1, ahead
of Sunderland's Patrick Martin, with North Eastern Cross Country champion,
Neil Wilkinson of Morpeth A, close behind in 3rd. Mark Hood soon pulled
away for the Wearsiders on leg 2, with Gavin Massingham maintaining the
advantage on the final leg. Gosforth took second place after moving from
4th to 2nd on leg 2. Although crossing the finish line in 3rd, Morpeth
A were disqualified after an infringement on the first take-over, leaving
their B team to take the third place awards. Ranger's time remained the
fastest overall.
Sunderland also won the Veterans' race, which incorporated the Veterans
A.A - North East Championships. Despite Rob Rush losing his balance and
falling when finishing 3rd on leg 1, Brian Rushworth soon made up the lost
ground, to open up a sizeable lead on leg 2, which was maintained by Dave
Robertson on leg 3. The Morpeth Over 50 team took 2nd place ahead of early
leaders, Wallsend.
Chester Le Street won the Womens' race for the 4th successive year.
Claire Simpson led for Jarrow and Hebburn on leg 1, 8 secs ahead of Steph
Robson, However, Morag McDonnell soon made up the deficit taking Chester
Le Street well ahead of their rivals, clocking the day's fastest time.
Alyson Dixon increased the advantage to 1min 17secs at the finish line.
Morpeth took the runners-up awards after a fine run by Delyth James moved
them into 2nd place on leg 2. Like Sunderland in the Mens' events, Chester
Le Street also completed the double by retaining the Veterans' title. They
led throughout with the ever-reliable Heather Robinson, clocking the fastest
time on leg 1.
Morpeth held off a strong challenge from Sunderland to win the Young
Athletes Relay for the 2nd successive year.
Results.
Senior Men: 3 x 3km.
1 Sunderland 26:02 (P Martin 8:33, M Hood 8:42, G Massingham 8:47);
2 Gosforth 26:17 (L Timmins 8:35, D Graham 8:51, P Hutton 8:51); 3 Morpeth
B 26:38 (T Ranger 8:31, T Wall 9:10, D Swinburne 8:57); 4 North Shields
Poly 26:55 (T West 8:48, R Walker 9:15, R Stephenson 8:52); 5 Chester Le
Street 27:33 (S Bell 8:43, G Thraves 9:37, M Tomlinson 9:13); 6 Gateshead
27:40; 7 Morpeth D 27:46; 8 Elswick 28:12; 9 Durham City 28:36; 10 Low
Fell 28:39; 11 Chester Le Street B 29:04; 12 Durham University 29:06; 13
Morpeth C 29:09; 14 Wallsend 29:10; 15 Gateshead B 29:13 Disq: Morpeth
A 26:19 (N Wilkinson 8:34, D Samuels 8:58. C Sampson 8:47)
Fastest: T Ranger 8:31; P Martin 8:33; N Wilkinson 8:34; L Timmins
(U20) 8:35; M Hood 8:42; S Bell 8:43
Veteran Men: 3 x 3km.
1 Sunderland 27:54 (R Rush 9:44, B Rushworth 8:50, D Robertson 9:20);
2 Morpeth 29:19 (A Jenkins 9:54, C Dentice 9:57; L Atkinson 9:28); 3 Wallsend
29:22 (P Merrison 9:22, D Anderson 10:08, D Embleton 9:52); 4 Sunderland
B 30:03 (D Ellis 9:40; G Armstrong 10:04, G Harden 10:19); 5 Elswick 30:08
(S White 10:03, M McNally 10:11, Jim Bell 9:54); 6 North Shields Poly 30:30;
7 Blaydon 30:33; 8 Crook and District 30:58; 9 Wallsend B 31:35; 10 North
Shields Poly B 32:01
M50: Morpeth 29:19 M60: South Shields 39:57 (F Strand 12:39,
M Stehenson 13:40, D Whitmore 13:38)
Fastest: B Rushworth 8:50; D Robertson 9:20; P Merrison (M45) 9:22;
L Atkinson (M50) 9:28; D Ellis 9:40
Senior Women: 3 x 3km.
1 Chester Le Street 30:45 (S Robson 10:38, M McDonnell 9:56, A Dixon
10:11); 2 Morpeth 32:02 (D Watts 11:07, D James 10:18, J Mooney 10:37);
3 Jarrow and Hebburn 32:57 (C Simpson 10:30, A Hunter 11:24, S Evans 11:03);
4 Durham University 33:19 (S Murray 11:19, H Blamire-Brown 11:35, A Fox
10:25); 5 Chester Le Street B 33:29 (M Czarnecka 10:46, S Hawley 11:50,
A Watson 10:53); 6 Wallsend 36:01; 7 Blaydon 37:14; 8 Morpeth B 37:32;
9 North Shields Poly C 37:40; 10 Alnwick 38:19; 11 Claremont 38:38; 12
Gateshead 38:41
Fastest: M McDonnell 9:56; A Dixon 10:11; D James (U17) 10:18; A Fox
10:25; C Simpson 10:30
Veterans: 1 Chester Le Street 35:10 (H Robinson 11:02, J Tinkler 12:32,
C Bowman 11:36); 2 North Shields Poly 37:00 (K Davis 11:50, H Morris 12:50,
C Bruce 12:20); 3 North Shields Poly B 40:12 (M Paul 12:17, C Padds 13:56,
V Gilroy 13:59); 4 Alnwick 41:13; 5 Birtley 44:07; 6 Birtley B 44:42
Fastest: H Robinson 11:02
Young Athletes; 4 x 1.5km.
(Under 15 Girl, Under 13 Boy, Under 13 Girl, Under 15 Boy)
1 Morpeth 20:17 (L Weightman 5:00, A Douglas 5:20, S Goodfellow 5:18,
M Cochrane 4:39); 2 Sunderland 20:37 (E Spoor 5:31, N Reed 4:53, S Crosby
5:15, M Foggin 4:58); 3 Morpeth B 21:36 (R Adams 5:16, S Cochrane 5:23,
L Cairns 5:58, R Kirkup 4:59); 4 Morpeth C 21:58; 5 Morpeth D 22:57; 6
Sunderland B 23:11
Fastest (Leg Order): L Weightman 5:00; N Reed 4:53; S Crosby 5:15;
M Cochrane 4:39.
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th January 2005).
Additional Comments: 30 Senior Men, 35 Veteran Men, 19 Senior Womens'
teams completed. Sadly only six Young Athletes teams. Rebecca Shield (2nd
on leg 1) (5:06) was only Durham runner. Morpeth set course record bettering
previous figures by 19secs, Weightman's time on leg 1, was easily a U15G
record (by 12secs). Crosby set new figures by 7secs. Also Reed bettered
the old record by 5secs. Weather was bright and got quite mild as meeting
progressed with early frost, quickly disappearing. Trish West, now wearing
the Wallsend colours, clocked 14:23 on leg 2 as a non-scorer on incomplete
team.
Results couresy of Andrew Billett. Heaton fielded 4 athletes. Jo Smith
clocked 11:19 in Senior Women's event. The Senior Mens' team of Scott McEntee
(11:25), Malcolm Gibson (10:58) and John Moore (a pleasing 9:57 to make
up 3 places) finishing 30th in 32:20. Unfortunately no positions were given
after each leg, and with incomplete teams not included, difficult to pinpoint
exact placing.
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Durham Schools Cross Country Championships.
Meadowfield, Durham. Sat. 15th Jan.
Lewis Moses and Julia Orr, both of Darlington, retained their Senior
titles at Saturday's Durham Schools Cross Country Championships, at a cold
and frosty Meadowfield Sports Centre.The pair also took the Intermediate
titles, 2 years ago.
Moses passed early leader Sean Hall of Gateshead at the halfway point,
and with a good quality in depth, in this event, Durham must have a good
chance of gaining medals in the National Championships, at Norwich, in
March. Orr was the easiest winner of the day, but . the most impressive
performance came from Kate Avery of South West Durham. The current North
Eastern Under 13 champion, was a runaway winner of the Junior Girls' event,
coming home 52secs ahead of her nearest rival. Warren Roberts (SW Durham),
Carl Bell (West Wearside), and Rebecca Shield (Derwentside) won the Intermediate
Boys, Junior Boys and Intermediate Girls events, respectively. Scott Younger
of Wearside and Sigourney Bell of Gateshead, took the two Minor (Year 7)
titles. Though no full team completed in the Senior Girls' event, Durham
Central once more proved to be the strongest area overall.
Results.
Senior Boys: 7.4km. 1 L Moses (D) 25:14; 2 S Hall (G) 25:26; 3 J Creegan
(Dw) 25:33; 4 M Atkin (DC) 25:38; 5 J Martin (W) 25:40; 6 S Watson (DC)
25:58; 7 A Carmichael (G) 26:12; 8 M Crawley (DC) 26:20; 9 N Zissler (SWD)
26:33; 10 S Brewis (DC) 26:36 Team: Durham Central 62
Intermediate Boys: 5.2km. 1 W Roberts (SWD) 20:19; 2 R Cunningham (G)
20:24; 3 C Smith (DC) 20:51; 4 J Donnelly (W) 21:09; 5 T Mason (DC) 21:10;
6 K Thompson (DC) 21:16; 7 P Moore (SWD) 21:22; 8 M Foggin (W) 21:36; 9
D Marr (DC) 21:48; 10 D Garbutt (DC) 21:49 Team: Gateshead
70
Junior Boys: 4.3km. 1 C Bell (WW) 17:36; 2 S Ruddick (G) 17:50; 3 P
De Winter (WW) 17:59; 4 N Reed (W) 18:00; 5 M Hand (DC) 18:12; 6 D Groves
(D) 18:21; 7 L Harrison (DC) 18:24; 8 M Bramley (DC) 18:27; 9 D Burnage
(DC) 18:31; 10 M Brown (DC) 18:32 Team: Durham Central 50
Minor Boys: 2.2km. 1 S Younger (W) 9:13; 2 J Phillips (D) 9:24; 3 J
Archer (W) 9:31; 4 G Upton (SWD) 9:39; 5 P Clifford (D) 9:46; 6 S Blackett
(DC) 9:52 Team: Wearside 61
Senior Girls: 4.3Km. 1 J Orr (D) 19:07; 2 H Dix (G) 20:44; 3 G Zissler
(SWD) 21:06; 4 K James (D) 21:13; 5 R Barnes (ST) 21:53; 6 S James (D)
22:16; 7 L Tweddle (W) 22:21; 8 L Stronach (SWD) 22:24; 9 F Parkinson (W)
23:02; 10 L Frappell (DC) 23:28
Intermediate Girls: 3.9km. 1 R Shield (Dw) 17:36; 2 A Wilson
(D) 17:45; 3 S Miller (G) 17:52; 4 A Suffield (DC) 17:55; 5 J Stephenson
(G) 18:09; 6 S Coleby (DC) 18:25; 7 G McMeiken (G) 18:41; 8 S Cassidy (SWD)
18:44; 9 L Dodsworth (DC) 18:46; 10 L Wright (Dw) 18:57 Team:
Durham Central 73
Junior Girls: 3km. 1 K Avery (SWD) 12:22; 2 S Crosby (W) 13:14; 3 C
Fletcher (G) 13:23; 4 H Nagel (WW) 13:33; 5 S Wood (D) 13:43; 6 D Pickavance-Clarke
(Dw) 13:47; 7 A Ewer (W) 13:52; 8 C Mitchie (W) 13:55; 9 V Brewis (W) 13:56;
10 E Spoor (W) 13:57 Team: Wearside 63
Minor Girls: 2.2km. 1 S Bell (G) 9:34; 2 K Taylor (D) 10:13; 3 C Gray
(DC) 10:15; 4 C College (DC) 10:20; 5 N Marsh (D) 10:22; 6 A Allen (DC)
10:23 Team: Durham Central 53
Key: D = Darlington Dw = Derwentside DC = Durham Central
G = Gateshead ST = South Tyneside SWD = South West Durham
WW = West Wearside W = Wearside
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th January 2005).
Additional Comments: All of info used. Weather bright and dry, with
thawing frost throughout meeting. Distances were as listed on race info,
but times seemed slow. Some names of non-regular athletes, might be subject
to change, as writing on results sheets was not brilliant. Apologies for
this (problem mainly in IB and IG events, where overall standard was not
high). Poor performance overall from South Tyneside. Steph Crowell, an
absentee, has been sidelined with illness since before Xmas. Other results
included: SB: 11 A Coffer (DC) 26:49; 12 A Muir (G) 27:01 IG: 15
A Bell (ST) 19:25 JG: 14 E Murray (ST) 14:05
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North Eastern Counties A.A Indoor Championships.
Gateshead International Stadium. Wed.12th Jan.
At the 3rd part of the North Eastern Counties' Indoor Championships,
English Schools Junior champion, Phillip Collins bettered the Under 17
High Jump record of 1.85m, on two occasions, equalling his personal best
outdoor clearance. Competing in his first Indoor competition, Collins cleared
1.89m on his 3rd attempt, 1.92m on his 2nd, and narrowly failed at 1.95m.
Mark Christie of Sale was also in record breaking form in the Senior Pole
Vault, adding 10cm to his own figures. Lianne Tucker of Blaydon, whose
preferred event is the Discus, set new figures in the Under 20 Shot, adding
38cms to her previous best distance. She also narrowly missed the Senior
record by 3cms.
Sally Scott of Gateshead, ranked in the top fifty UK Senior list, set
inaugural figures to win the Under 15 Pole Vault.
English Schools champion, Emma Morris of South Shields in her first
competion of the indoor season, was untroubled in winning the Senior High
Jump. Paul Reed of Morpeth took the Senior Shot, and now approaches the
60 mark of county titles won.
Senior Men: HJ: 1 J Stacey (Gate) 1.92; 2 B Robertson (NSP, M40)
1.65 PV: 1 M Christie (Sale) 4.70 (CBP); 2 J Stacey 3.00; 3
J Loughran (Gosf, M55) 2.60 SP: P Reed (Morp, M40) 14.85
Under 20 Men: PV: 1 L Robson (Gate) 3.20; 2 James Stacey (Gate)
3.20; 3 R Dixon (Gate) 3.00
Under 17 Men: HJ: 1 P Collins (Gate) 1.92 (CBP); 2 A Dalby (Gate)
1.60 SP: 1 P Brown (Black B) 11.75
Under 15 Boys: HJ: R Kaufman (Gate) 1.50 PV: 1 T
Parkin (Gate) 2.70; 2 G Howard (Gate) 2.30 SP: A Chapman (Manor Coll)
6.95
Under 13 Boys: SP: C Avers (Hart) 6.25
Senior Women: HJ: E Morris (SSh) 1.73 PV: S Harrison (Rugby)
2.60 (CBP) SP: 1 L Tucker (Blay, U20) 11.47; 2 N Baker (Gate) 10.25
Under 20 Women: SP: 1 L Tucker 11.47 (CBP); 2 V Young (Gate)
10.80
Under 17 Women: HJ: R Pottinger (Birt) 1.60 SP: 1 K Wilson
(Birt) 10.08; 2 S Hopkinson (Birt) 8.95
Under 15 Girls: HJ: A Fleming (Shil) 1.40 PV: S Scott
(Gate) 3.00 SP: 1 T Breen (Black B) 8.93; 2 A Fleming 8.66
Under 13 Girls: SP: K Fanning (Birt) 7.05
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used despite time lapse. Quite a good
meeting. Christie equalled record before his winning vault. Stacey failed
at 1.95m in High Jump, but slightly unlucky as he had to divert to Pole
Vault, between attempts. Big poser is that Breen topped U13 rankings in
2004, but is throwing as far with heavier Shot and is not gaining AW U15
standard. Inaugural record for Parkin. Did not mention SW PV record as
it is not as good as U15. Pottinger would haver needed to clear 1.80m even
to equal Mandy Humble's 1994 U17 HJ record.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 9th Jan).
Chris Smith (Thames Valley) won Senior event at Metropolitan League
XC meeting, at St Albans. He clocked 25mins 21secs, ahead of David Wardle
(25:40).
Leading results from the Belfast International Cross Country meeting
(8th Jan) were:
Senior Men: 1 Dathan Ritzhein (USA) 29:26; 18 Andy Caine 31:30
U20: 1 D Awde (Mids) 19:21; 4 Adrian Holliday 19:38; 12 Nathan Shrubb 20:10
U17: 1 C McNulty (Ire) 19:10; 5 Jon Young 20:02; 7 Sean Hall 20:11; 9 Ross
Floyd 20:23; 14 Simon Watson 20:48 U15: 1 S Horsfield (East) 13:10;
11 Khalid Thompson 14:19; 15 Richard Cunningham 14:32
Senior Women: 1 Etalemaha Kidane (Eth) 20:26
At the Garstang 10km in Lancashire (8th Jan), Antony Ford was the winner
(31:09), with Steve Murdoch, the leading veteran in 6th (33:35).
The North East were well represented in the British Veterans'
2004 Male rankings. Top three placings were: M40: 1500: 2 Mike Trees 3:59.73
3000: 2 Trees 8:33.98 5000: 3 Trees 14:51.86 M45: 200: 3 Eric
Smart 23.62 M55: 5000: 3 Jim Bell 17:20.8 10000: 2 Harry Matthews
36:23.9 M65: 1 Ian Barnes 5:10.25 5000: 3 Barnes 19:40.75
10000: 1 Walter Ryder 39:46.2 M70: 3000: 2 Eric Appleby 12:44.2
LJ: 1 Barry Parnaby 3.81 DT:1 Denis Field 36.96 JT: 2 Field
32.88 M75: 1 Jim Caddy 15:30.74 10000: 2 Caddy 54:25.79
SP: 1 Bob Laidler 8.40 DT: 1 Laidler 28.18 JT: 1 Laidler 24.90
Most of info courtesy of AW.
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League.
Whitby. Sun. 9th Jan.
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 1 R Cole (M'bro) 30:32; 2 J Rafferty (M'bro) 30:55; 3 J
Bateman (Scar) 31:20
Under 17 Men: 1 R Stevenson (N Marske) 20:15; 2 A Duffield (Loft) 20:32;
3 D Shaw (N Marske) 20:45
Senior Women: 1 B Taylor (Darl) 18:25; 2 J Jackson (M&C, U20) 18:30;
3 M Stansmore (Darl) 18:54
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 15th January 2005).
Additional Comments: With John Kettle away, only leading results were
received (courtesy of Peter Johnson). However, these were too late for
next day. Extra results (courtesy of AW / 19th Jan): SM: 4 R Hunt
31:24; 5 A Churchill 31:27; 9 M Armstrong 31:49; 10 N Zissler 32:01 (1st
U20); 11 M Grainger 32:12 (1st M40); 15 J Hunter 33:13 (2nd M40)
Team: Hartlepool BR 103 U15B: D Gibbon 10:56 U13B: G Hawkins
9:03 SW: 4 D Richardson 19:16; 5 C Summersgill 19:42; 6 C Hare 19:55
U17W: J Roberts 20:01 W45: S Milburn 21:31 Team: Nestle Rowntrees
48 U15G: J Russon (N Marske) 12:19 U13G: H Rodgers 10:41
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Jarrow Standards Meeting.
Monkton Stadium. Thurs. 6th Jan.
Selected Results.
Under 17 Men: 600: M Donnelly (Gate) 1:51.2
Under 15 Boys: 60: J Summers (Gate) 7.6 600: 1 J Summers 1:56.0;
2 P Goosen (J&H) 1:56.5
Under 17 Women: 60: L McMichael (CleS) 8.2 600: 1 L McMichael
2:05.6; 2 A Bell (CleS) 2:07.5
Under 15 Girls: 60: N Pearson (Gate) 8.4 600: 1 E Winter
(J&H) 2:07.5; 2 C Mitchie (H&P) 2:08.7; 3 V Addison (J&H) 2:09.4
Under 13 Girls: 60: S Loraine (Els) 9.0 600: S Loraine 2:26.7
(Newcastle Jornal: Mon. 10th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Only used due to "quiet" weekend. Listed were most
noteworthy results. Nicola Pearson won heat of U17 60m as guest (8.4) ahead
of Steph Lamb (8.6). This was because her U15 event was straight final.
Apologies to Eleanor Murray who was actually 3rd fastest overall in U15
600m, winning her heat (there were 4) in 2:09.3. Donnelly's 600m time is
fastest for a while.
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North Eastern Counties A.A Championships.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. Part 1. Wed. 5th Jan.
Chris Weitz of Gateshead improved his own Senior Long Jump record by
27cms, and also bettered his previous best distance by 1cm, at the first
day of the North Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Jarrow.
English Schools Intermediate 400m champion Lewis Robson of Gateshead, won
the Under 20 Junior Long Jump. Lorna McMichael of Chester Le Street , 3rd
in the English Schools 300m Hurdles, bettered the Under 17 Triple Jump
record, with her first effort, adding 49cms on to the previous figures.
The previous holder, Julia Straker of Morpeth won the Senior event. Scotland's
Commonwealth Games representative, Ruth Irving won a good quality Senior
Women's Long Jump.
Results.
Senior Men: LJ: 1 C Weitz (Bord) 7.07 (CBP); 2 G Jackson (NEB)
6.74; 3 J Stacey (Gate) 6.41; 4 A Sturrock (Gate) 6.36
Under 20 Men: LJ: 1 L Robson (Gate) 6.59; 2 C Crawford-Glanville
(Gate) 6.01
Under 17 Men: LJ: 1 P Allen (Gate) 6.24; 2 A Dalby (Gate) 5.82
TJ: 1 P Allen 11.57
Under 15 Boys: LJ: A Williamson (CleS) 5.02 TJ: R Best
(N Marske) 10.44
Under 13 Boys: LJ: C Avery (Hart) 3.87
Senior Women: LJ: 1 R Irving (EWM) 5.49; 2 E Smith (Sale) 5.44;
3 J Straker (Morp) 5.06 TJ: 1 J Straker 11.80
Under 20 Women: LJ: S De la Hunt (Gate) 4.98 TJ: J Wilkinson
(Gate) 9.50
Under 17 Women: LJ: 1 K Kelsall (Gate) 5.02; 2 T Kennedy (Darl)
4.59; 3 S Hopkinson (Birt) 4.42 TJ: 1 L McMichael (CleS) 10.92 (CBP);
2 T Kennedy 9.45
Under 15 Girls: LJ: 1 N Pearson (Gate) 4.97; 2 C Gill (Gate)
4.59
Under 13 Girls: LJ: L Kennedy (Darl) 3.65
(Newcastle Journal: Mon.10th January 2005).
Additional Comments: Due to cancellations this became main story. All
of info used. Jacqui Elliott finished 4th in Long Jump, but not sure of
her distance. Juilia Straker only gained marks with final 2 efforts, after
4 no-jumps, though her first leap was very close. Weitz also beat record
with earlier leap (6.85m ?). I think his record (a pb. by 2 not 1cm) came
in Round 4., Russell Best's Triple Jump was an inaugural record. Though
not a great turn-out, there were good quality performances, especially
in Senior events. Meeting lasted 3.5hrs. Triple Jump did not attract many
entries.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 3rd Jan).
Richmond and Zetland won a novelty Cross Country event at York racecourse
(3rd Jan), in a time of 47mins 17secs from Rowntrees (48:04).
Paul Lowe won the Captain Cook Hill Race at Great Ayton (1st Jan).
Johanna Jackson got the better of Morag McDonnell in a sprint finish to
the Womens' race.
Result: 1 P Lowe 32:00 Women: 1 J Jackson 36:53; 2 M McDonnell
36:55 W40: S Gayter 44:46
At the Hill Forts and Headache (?) Hill Race at Rothbury, Pudsey's
N Armitage was the winner (24:08) from Steve Pigford (24:09). Anghared
Porteous won the Womens' race (28:37) from J Walker (30:52) (later to run
at Morpeth) and Sian Porteous (33:29).
The Resolution Run on the Town Moor (1st Jan), saw a win for Chris
Hainsworth (Gosf) (34:47) from Conrad White (Elvet) (36:35) and Robert
Unwin (Long) (36:41). Also M40: K Allen (NSP) 37:11 M50: Gary Pemberton
37:38 M60: Phil Lancaster 42:23 M70: C Shuchin (Thai) 52:01
Women: 1 Mary Ferrier 40:11; 2 S Hunter 42:41 (later ran at Morpeth); 3
Jenny Friend 44:53 W40: J Archibald 45:57 W50: J Kilgour 50:31
87 runners took part. This info surprisingly from Journal, but why
does full result not appear on All Terrain events website ?
The only North East veteran to gain a top three place in the 2004 British
rankings was Christine Lee, who topped the 3000m (12:35.5) and 5000m (21:38.2)
lists. Most of info courtesy of AW.
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Old Monks 6 Multi Terrain
Hart Village nr Hartlepool. Sun. 2nd Jan.
Sunderland Harrier, Steven Potts was a comfortable winner of yesterday's
Old Monk 6 Multi Terrain event, at Hart Village. In the cold windy conditions,
Potts headed a breakaway group of three in the early stages, before Hartlepool's
Adam Churchill took the lead for a short time after 1.5M. Potts broke away
again on the more difficult part of the course, extending his advantage
to 150m at the finish line over Mark Armstrong of the host club, with Churchill
dropping back to third. Paul Frodsham of West Cheshire was the leading
veteran in 4th place. Hartlepool also provided the Womens' winner, with
veteran Tracey Waller coming home 200m ahead of early leader, Kerry Matthew
with Emma Palleschi of Billingham Marsh House taking third place.
Result. Distance 9.1km.
1 S Potts (Sun) 31:57; 2 M Armstrong (Hart) 32:26; 3 A Churchill (Hart)
32:59; 4 P Frodsham (W Ches, M40) 34:00; 5 A Minister (Hart) 34:36; 6 M
Bell (N Ayc) 35:05; 7 J Mason (Darl, M40) 35:59; 8 A Hardy (Hart) 36:20;
9 K Edwards (Hart, M40) 36:40; 10 G Reid ( N Ayc, M40) 37:10; 11 K Galbraith
(Hart, M40) 37:45; 12 P Kelly (Darl, M40) 38:28
Further Veterans: M50: 1 D Warnaby (Sun S) 39:06; 2 D Kirk (Hart) 39:50
M60: A Purdham (Crook) 47:32
Women: 1 T Waller (Hart, W35) 39:20; 2 K Matthew (unatt) 40:00; 3 E
Palleschi (Bill MH, W35) 41:20; 4 S Milburn (N Ayc, W45) 41:58; 5 A Fusco
(unatt) 44:30; 6 S Gayter (N Marske, W35) 44:49
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 3rd January 2005).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. 70 finishers (last time: 72:40).
Results courtesy of Peter Johnson. A good low-key event, which deserved
a bigger field. Had lift (along with Kevin Carr) to 1.5M point.
Both winning times bettered the course records, but I understand around
200m was taken off the normal route. Venue (now Village Hall) change, also
meant new start/finish area. Fiona Beedle finished 9th lady (50:48). George
Routledge (a better run) finished 66th (58:45).
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Morpeth Harriers 11km Road Race.
Sat. 1st Jan.
Morpeth Harriers dominated their own 11km Road Race on Saturday as
Nathan Shrubb gained victory for the second successive year. Unlike in
2004 when he took the lead in the final mile, the sixth form student from
Seaton Burn, this time pulled away from the leading group of 8 runners
after the first mile. On the tough hilly course, which was exposed to the
strong wind, Shrubb extended his advantage throughout to cross the finish
line on Morpeth Common, 250m ahead of clubmate and leading veteran, Les
Atkinson. Another Morpeth athlete, Ian Harding finished in 3rd place. Not
surprisingly Morpeth also took the team title.
The host club also provided the winner of the Womens' race, with new
recruit Sarah Heatley gaining a convincing victory.The former Gateshead
athlete, 2nd in the North Eastern Counties' 10M championship, came home
with 300m to spare over 2003 winner Erika Johnson of Swaledale, with another
Morpeth athlete, Gwenda Cavill finishing 3rd as veterans occupied the first
three places.
Result.
1 N Shrubb (Morp, U20) 35:55; 2 L Atkinson (Morp, M50) 36:38; 3 I Harding
(Morp) 36:42; 4 J Ross (North'd FR, M40) 37:18; 5 N Armsworth (Morp) 37:31;
6 A Lawrence (Morp, U20) 37:39; 7 A Swinburne (Morp) 37:43; 8 P Walker
(Blay) 37:53; 9 R Jacobson (Blay, M40) 38:43; 10 G Dixon (Morp, M40) 39:00;
11 P Jameson (Tyne) 39:21; 12 A Jenkins (Morp, M50) 39:29; 13 R Johnson
(Swale) 39:40; 14 M McNally (Els, M55) 39:42; 15 D Armstrong (Els) 39:42
Further Veterans: M45: 1 P Grey (Aln) 39:52; 2 R Sewell (Morp) 40:24
M50: 3 B Jameson (unatt) 39:48 M55: 2 C Dentice (Morp) 40:07
M60:1 C Utterson (York A) 46:04; 2 R Pinkney (SSh) 48:40 Team: Morpeth
8
Women: 1 S Heatley (Morp, W40) 42:59; 2 E Johnson (Swale, W35) 43:54;
3 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 44:12; 4 N Duggan (Morp) 46:15; 5 E Christie (Bella,
W45) 46:40; 6 H Ross (unatt, W45) 47:39; 7 J Walker (Morp, W40) 47:51;
8 K Bentley (Birt, W35) 49:21; 9 R Sills (Heat) 50:32; 10 S Hunter (Blyth,
W35) 50:59
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 3rd January 2005).
Additional Comments: All info used. 124 finishers which is easily the
most since ran on New Year's Day, and I think also the most since race
on this course, was revived around 1990. Last time was 69:14. Results courtesy
of the Batemans. Heatley (34th) is (I think) daughter of former Marathon
specialist Basil. Apologies to Christine Courtney (86th in 50:54), who
was actually 10th lady (she was listed as male).
Went in lead car with Jim Alder (later went to match). McDonald of
South Shields (21st) led briefly in early stages. No veterans over M60
were denoted but either Pinkney (not sure of age) or Bob Moore (95th in
52:26) was leading M65. Not sure if any M70's. Women only listed until
W45. Dave Whitmore finished 107th (55:08)..
Heaton had small turn-out (Newcastle match and Moor Run were possible
reasons). Placings were: 78 Colin McEntee 49:10 (SM went to match); 83
Ruth Sills; 99 Kelly McEntee 53:27 (13L) and 123 George Routledge 66:36.
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