January 2007

North of England Indoor Championships.
Sheffield Performance Centre.  Sun. 28th Jan.
It was a good day for North East athletes at yesterday's North of England Senior Indoor Championships at Sheffield.
Former Gateshead Harrier, Vicky Barr won the 200m bettering the previous championship record. In second place was South Shields-based Susan Deacon, who had earlier won the 60m title. Richard Kilty of Gateshead, who last week, broke the record in the Under 20 200m, this time won the Senior title. He had earlier gained silver in the 60m.
Gosforth's Drew Graham, regained the 800m title, he won in 2005. Clubmate, Kurt Heron finished 3rd.
Former Morpeth Harrier, Julia Straker took the Triple Jump title. Gateshead teenager, Sally Scott took third place in the Pole Vault, clearing a personal best height.
Results.
Senior Men:  60: 1 T Martin (Sale) 6.88; 2 R Kilty (Gate, U20) 6.96  200: 1 R Kilty 21.92  400: 1 R Buck (N Rown) 47.60  800: 1 D Graham (Gosf) 1:53.69; 3 K Heron (Gosf) 1:55.70  60H: 1 R Henry (BoEnf) 8.13; 3 S Nyananyo (N&EB) 8.28  TJ: 1 M Barton (Leeds) 14.96; 3 G Jackson (N&EB) 14.10
Senior Women:  60: 1 S Deacon (CoEdin) 7.59  200: 1 V Barr (Rugby) 24.10 (CBP); 2 S Deacon 24.20  400: 1 R Sweeney (Sale) 55.38; 2 N Desai (Traff) 56.92  PV: 1 F Harrison (Traff) 3.70; 3 S Scott (Gate, U17) 3.60  TJ: 1 J Straker (Traff) 12.07
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 29th January 2007).

Additional Comments:  All info used. Results courtesy of NoEAA website (about 6.30pm). Much better performances here for North East athletes here, than at Manchester. Straker won title for 3rd successive year. John Moore finished 4th in 800m heat (2:04.83) and just missed out getting in final. Additional info: (note some results from previous years, were inavertantly used in AW): 60H: 6 A Sturrock 8.74  SP: 5 C Sturrock 15.82  SW: 60: 4 L Arthur 7.87; 7 S Burns 7.92 (7.90ht)  200: V Barr corrected time:24.17; 4 L Arthur 25.34; 5 S Burns 25.95  HJ: 2 C Huck (Kend) 1.60  LJ: 2 K Huck (Kend) 5.01. Updated info: SM: 1500: 1 M Coltherd 3:51.64 (CBP)  SW: 800: 5 N Youden 2:23.40  60H: 6 C Huck 9.81
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North of England A.A Cross Country Championships.
Heaton Park, Manchester.  Sat. 27th Jan.
It was on the whole, a disappointing day for North East athletes at Saturday's North of England Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park, Manchester. Competitors covered a testing course, mainly firm, but with sticky conditions in part. The wind was also getting stronger as the meeting progressed.
The best performances came in the final race for Junior men. Morpeth's Nick Swinburn came with a strong finish to move from 4th to 2nd in the final 200m. However, he was unable to challenge runaway winner, Kevin Deighton of Bridlington, who finished 16th in the recent European Championship. Cumbria-based Adrian Holliday finished 4th ahead of Jack Martin (Sunderland), Lewis Gamble-Thompson (New Marske) and non-scoring Morpeth runner, Jon Taylor. Swinburn also led Morpeth to the bronze medals in the team event.
Kate Avery of Shildon, surrendered her Under 15 Girls' title finishing 2nd to the in-form Sale Harrier and 2006 Under 13 champion, Sarah Barker.
Morag McDonnell of Chester Le Street, finished 3rd in the Senior Womens' race, behind runaway winner, Hatti Dean of Hallamshire. McDonnell was supported by Alyson Dixon (7th), Tracy Laws (35th) and Angela Hunter (45th) as the Durham club took the bronze medals in the team event.
Mary Ferrier of Gateshead put on her usual strong finish to finish third in the Under 20 Womens' race.
Tynedale took the silver medals in the Under 13 Boys' event.
They were led home by Simon Greenwood and Josh Brown who crossed the line together in 11th and 12th places, respectively. Fergus Roberts from Richmond took the individual silver and Cameron Boyek of Shildon, third with 50m to go, was denied a medal finishing 4th.
Other top six finishers were Blaydon's Helen Gertig (6th in Under 17) and Rachel Denton of Morpeth (5th in Under 13).
Andi Jones of Salford retained his Senior Mens' title holding off a very late challenge from Sale's Gareth Raven. Mark Hood of Sunderland led the region's challenge in 13th position. Morpeth Harriers finished 6th behind runaway winners, Leeds City.
Results.
Senior Men: 10.8km.  1 A Jones (Salf) 33:35; 2 G Raven (Sale) 33:38; 3 M Barnes (Alt) 33:59; 4 D Webb (Leeds C) 34:07; 5 K Critchley (Knave) 34:14; 6 J Gilby (Derby) 34:15; 7 D Norman (Alt) 34:19; 8 S Deakin (Leeds) 34:27; 9 A Pilcher (Derby) 34:32; 10 J Heneghan (Puds) 34:34  Other Placings: 13 M Hood (Sun) 34:50; 18 C Sampson (Morp) 35:02; 28 P Martin (Sun) 35:36; 32 M Brown (Morp) 35:51; 45 D Swinburne (Morp) 36:46; 51 J Fletcher (Bord) 37:10; 56 N Wilkinson (Morp) 37:17; 61 J Douglas (Bord) 37:24; 67 S Potts (Sun) 37:51; 76 J Orange (R&Z) 38:07; 84 M Fenwick (Walls) 38:20; 100 A Dougal (Els) 38:44
Teams: 1 Leeds City 80; 2 Sale, Manchester 149; 3 Salford 279; 4 Pudsey & Bramley 297; 5 Bingley 340; 6 Morpeth 382; 17 Wallsend 1199; 22 Elswick 1439; 35 Sunderland Strollers 2013; 36 Saltwell 2024; 39 Darlington 2083; 40 Alnwick 2097; 44 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 2582; 53 Aurora 3720
Under 20 Men: 7.1km.  1 K Deighton (Brid) 22:47; 2 N Swinburn (Morp) 23:05; 3 J Mellor (Liv H) 23:07; 4 A Holliday (Traff) 23:08; 5 J Martin (Sun) 23:47; 6 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 23:58; 7 J Taylor (Morp) 23:59  Other Placings: 10 A Wiles (M'bro) 24:04; 11 M Crawley (Dur) 24:04; 12 L Moses (N Ayc) 24:09; 18 R Morrell (M'bro) 24:34; 23 J Young (Morp) 24:51; 25 R Floyd (Morp) 25:03; 31 Z Scott (Birt) 25:16; 32 T Carter (Walls) 25:17; 40 A Carmichael (Gate) 25:48; 44 A Mitchell (M'bro) 25:57; 50 R Balmbra (Morp) 26:04
Teams: 1 Liverpool H 49; 2 Trafford 54; 3 Morpeth 100
Under 17 Men: 5.4km.  1 D Forrester (St Hel) 17:47; 2 J Brownlee (Brad GS) 17:55; 3 J Wilkinson (Leeds) 18:17; 4  S Horsfield (E Ches) 18:23; 5 P Huck (Barr) 18:25; 6 J Townsend (Leeds) 18:30  Other Placings: 13 T Farrell (Bord) 18:44; 24 A Mason (M'bro) 19:10; 37 L Rodgers (Loft) 19:24; 38 K Taylor (Morp) 19:25; 39 D Roberts (R&Z) 19:27; 45 M Cochrane (Morp) 19:37; 51 A Morrell (M'bro) 19:50
Teams: 1 Leeds City 33; 2 Warrington 110; 3 East Cheshire 133; 13 Morpeth 321
Under 15 Boys: 3.4km.  1 D Forrester (Liv P) 11:41; 2 J Moody (Mat) 11:49; 3 Y Mohamed (Sheff) 11:55; 4 K Smith (N Rown) 11:57; 5 A Clewes (Vale R) 12:05; 6 T Venus (Tyne) 12:07  Other Placings: 10 G Hawkins (M'bro) 12:17; 17 G Rowe (Blay) 12:36; 26 A Douglass (Morp) 12:39; 31 G Urwin (Tyne) 12:41; 38 S Wood (R&Z) 12:46; 42 L Wintrip (Sun) 12:48; 43 S Younger (Sun) 12:48; 49 J Archer (Sun) 12:50
Teams: 1 Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton 78; 2 Sale, Manchester 150; 3 Lincoln Wellington 154; 8 Sunderland 237; 10 Tynedale 321; 16 Blaydon 395; 18 Morpeth 437
Under 13 Boys: 2.7km.  1 M Kaye (Holm) 9:56; 2 F Roberts (R&Z) 10:06; 3 C Murray (Macc) 10:08; 4 C Boyek (Shil) 10:11; 5 G Benson (Leeds) 10:18; 6 O Dixon (N Rown) 10:22  Other Placings: 8 M Scott (R&Z) 10:30; 11 S Greenwood (Tyne) 10:37; 12 J Brown (Tyne) 10:37; 30 A Bailes (Birt) 10:57; 32 D Parker (Tyne) 10:58
Teams: 1 Wirral 105; 2 Tynedale 119; 3 East Cheshire 176; 14 Sedgefield 511
Senior Women:  7.1km.  1 H Dean (Hall) 24:44; 2 V Gill (Chorl) 25:49; 3 M McDonnell (CleS) 26:19; 4 R Robinson (Kend) 26:22; 5 N White (Bing) 26:29; 6 C Leah (Clayton LM) 26:36; 7 A Dixon (CleS) 26:44; 8 C Entwistle (Wig P) 26:48; 9 K Ingram (Hor) 26:50; 10 N Squires (Hall) 26:57  Other Placings: 23 J Mooney (Morp) 27:54; 35 T Laws (CleS) 28:22; 38 C Summersgill (M&C) 28:34; 45 A Hunter (CleS) 28:45; 48 A Fox (Morp) 28:49; 50 C McKeown (Bord) 28:53; 56 J Nutt (Els) 29:01; 57 K Haniver (R&Z) 29:04; 63 J Zoppi (Heat) 29:29; 64 K Chapman (Morp) 29:31; 70 S Graham (Morp) 29:42; 73 H Robinson (CleS) 29:57
Teams: 1 Bingley 60; 2 Hallamshire 81; 3 Chester Le Street 90; 7 Morpeth 205; 26 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 621; 30 Alnwick 831; 31 Saltwell 864; 32 Sedgefield 915
Under 20 Women: 5.4km.  1 S Stockton (Vale R) 20:45; 2 L Mayho (Bing) 21:23; 3 M Ferrier (Gate) 21:29; 4 R Edwards (Roth) 21:37; 5 C O'Connell (Wirr) 21:44; 6 D James (Morp) 21:47  Other Placings: 11 J Orr (Quak) 22:58; 15 A Wilson (N Ayc) 23:16; 26 A Snook (Shil) 24:50; 31 J Stephenson (Blay) 25:14; 42 L Roche (M&C) 25:24
Teams: 1 Vale Royal 59; 2 Trafford 61; 3 Rotherham 105
Under 17 Women: 4.2km.  1 H Timmins (Warr) 15:58; 2 B Haywood (Linc W) 16:03; 3 H Bateson (Lanc & M) 16:20; 4 N Grant (Roth) 16:23; 5 L Howarth (Leigh) 16:38; 6 H Gertig (Blay) 16:41  Other Placings: 12 N Young (Morp) 16:49; 13 C Arter (Bord) 16:59; 18 C Baudouin (Gate) 17:22; 21 K Legg (M'bro) 17:30; 41 R Adams (Morp) 18:15; 42 E Williams (M'bro) 18:16; 55 L Dixon (Morp) 18:43
Teams: 1 Leigh 94; 2 Warrington 102; 3 Blackburn 142
Under 15 Girls: 3.4km.  1 S Barker (Sale) 12:48; 2 K Avery (Shil) 12:59; 3 R Craigie (Vale R) 13:14; 4 S Burns (Roth) 13:17; 5 L Riches (Leigh) 13:31; 6 G Ball (Linc W) 13:36  Other Placings: 42 E Toogood (Dur) 15:01; 43 R Jamieson (Gate) 15:03
Teams: 1 Vale Royal 95; 2 Lincoln Wellington 142; 3 Hallamshire 162; 9 Gateshead 241; 15 Middlesbrough Mandale 374; 17 Morpeth 488
Under 13 Girls: 2.7km.  1 K McAslan (E Ches) 10:48; 2 S Sajkovic (KuHull) 10:57; 3 K Reynolds (E Ches) 11:00; 4 V Newell (E Ches) 11:04; 5 R Denton (Morp) 11:10; 6 P Cooper (Grims) 11:13  Other Placings: 17 F Higgin (Shil) 11:34; 25 M Winzer (R&Z) 11:46; 31 H Rank (Morp) 11:55; 45 E Templeman (N Marske) 12:08; 46 E Findlay (Shil) 12:09; 50 B Ward (Darl) 12:11; 51 S Edwards (Gate) 12:11
Teams: 1 East Cheshire 15; 2 Blackburn 118; 3 Leigh 126; 11 Shildon 270; 16 Morpeth 358; 17 Gateshead 374
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 29th January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Most of info used, but strange editing at end of report. Weather showery at start but bright most of time.Got very churned-up in final 50m, as meeting progressed. Results courtesy of Ian Thomas (U20 Men from website). 651 finishers in SM race (last time: 69:25); 262 SW (46:31). 51 finishers JW (50 H Dix 30:43; 51 J Fenwick (R&Z) 32:19). Advertised distances seemed on long side, so I have adapted knocking off 300m per medium/long lap. Laura Weightman (U17) was spiked early on and had to be taken to hospital. Morpeth could have finished 3rd if Laura ran to her potential. Even with Jon Taylor counting, Morpeth would have still taken bronze (U20). I think Jonathan Powell (SM) who was in 20's after lap one, must have dropped out. A "ghost " runner was placed third in SW race, but pulled out before finish (do not know the story about this). Other Heaton performances: SM: 507 A Mulliss 53:59; 650 G Routledge 69:12 ("outsprinted" in last 100m). Additional info:  SM: 111 B Harrison 38:58; 120 A Lawrence 39:17; 127 P Waterston 39:30  U17: 27 J Kraft (Scar) 19:12; 57 C Rutherford 19:55  U17: 57 T Allen (R&Z) 12:59; 59 L Baister 13:00; 65 R Pearse 13:09  U13: 64 K Robley (Tyne) 11:25  SW: 76 S Jackson (Liv H) 30:03; 77 G Barry 30:05  U13: 58 L Richardson (Dur) 12:18
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Weekly Round-up
(to 21st Jan).
Results from the Inter City Indoor Challenge at Glasgow:  Match: 1 Manchester 118; 2 Glasgow 115; 3 Sheffield 110; 4 Newcastle 99; 5 Edinburgh 92; 6 Belfast 73 ( a better regional performance than in previous seasons)
SM: 60: 4 Y Aliu 7.05  400: 1 R Buck (Sheff) 48.56; 4 J Lowden 50.48  800: 5 A Teate 1:56.97  1500: 2 S Moralee 3:58.86  60H: 2 S Nyananyo 8.21  PV: 3 C Boundy 4.20  LJ: 1 S Nyananyo 6.96  TJ: 4 A Babatunde 13.90  SP: 1 C Sturrock 15.87  SW: 60: 3 V Barr 7.87  Gst: 2 S Burns 8.00; 3 S Todd 8.03  200: 4 S Burns 25.77  400: 2 V Barr 55.07  800: 2 N Desai 2:11.96  60H: 3 S Todd 9.02  LJ: 4 J Straker 5.36  TJ: 2 J Straker 11.97  SP: 6 C Reid 10.68.
Results from the Durham Cathedral Cross Country Relays at the Racecourse (21st Jan) are as follows (courtesy of Andy Billett): SM: 3 x 3km: 1 Sunderland 26:13 (P Martin 8:34, B Rushworth 8:58, G Massingham 8:41); 2 Morpeth 26:22 (D Swinburne 9:07, T Ranger 8:53, N McCormick 8:22); 3 New Marske 26:26 (D Shaw 8:55, L Gamble-Thompson 8:56, R Stevenson 8:35); 4 Morpeth C 26:27 (M Brown 8:40, N Wilkinson 9:03, M Hudspith 8:44); 5 Durham City 26:43 (M Crawley 8:54, G Lloyd 8:56, J Powell 8:53); 6 Morpeth B 26:45 (D Samuels 8:30, T Wall 9:36, I Hudspith 8:39); 7 North Shields Poly 26:55 (R Stephenson 8:49 leg 2): 8 Gateshead 27:02 (R Murray 8:49 leg 2); 16 Gosforth 28:28 (D Graham 8:46 leg 1); 17 Elswick 29:33 (R McLeod 8:31 leg 2); 19 Heaton 30:23 (J Moore 9:25, M Gibson 10:59, J Buis 9:59)  33 teams finished (Last time: 40:54). Incomplete teams included: A Caine (Tyne) 8:51 leg 1 and T Field (Sun) 9:17 leg 1. Fastest: N McCormick 8:22, D Samuels 8:30; R Stevenson 8:35.  Leg Positions were: Sun (3,1,1); Morp (12,7,2); New Marske (10,5,3); R Stephenson 8th-2nd, R Murray 13th to 6th, R McLeod 34th-16th. Heaton (19,22,19).
Vets 3 x 3km: 1 Sunderland 28:08 (P Merrison 9:42, T Field 9:17, T Doughty 9:09); 2 Durham City 29:41 (I Crampton 9:41, R Hand 9:38, S Marshall 10:22); 3 Elswick 29:54 ((John Bell 10:01, P Nixon 9:47, A Thompson 10:06); 4 North Shields Poly 30:29; 5 Sunderland B 30:43; 6 Blaydon 31:01 (P Walker 9:36 leg 1); 7 Wallsend 31:38; 8 New Marske 32:07
Fastest: T Doughty 9:09; T Field 9:17; P Walker 9:36
M50: 1 Morpeth 31:32 (A Jenkins 10:27, L Atkinson 9:36, G Bayne 11:29); 2 Blaydon 33:45; 3 North Shields Poly 34:34  Fastest: L Atkinson 9:36
M60: 1 North East Vets 38:36 (M Relton 12:24, A Potter 13:23, A LIndsay 12:49); 2 Blaydon 39:06; 3 South Shields 41:40 (F Strand 13:12, M Stephenson 13:57, D Whitmore 14:31)  Fastest: L Christopher (Sun) 11:41
Overall: 36 teams finished (last time: 43:37).
Leg positions were: Sun (4,1,1); Dur (3,2,2); Els (6,3,3)  Incomplete: G Harden (Sun D) 9:38 (leg 1).
SW: 3 x 3km:  1 Chester Le Street B 30:56 (E Waterhouse 10:33, F Murray 9:50, T Laws 10:33); 2 Chester Le Street 30:58 (D Henaghan 10:13, A Hunter 10:57, M McDonnell 9:48); 3 Durham University 33:03 (K Morrison 12:02, H Finch 11:09, F Milton 9:52); 4 Gateshead 33:39 (L Patton 10:42, H Patton 11:51, S Duffy 11:06); 5 Chester Le Street C 34:35 (J Tinkler 12:03, H Robinson 11:38, A Watson 10:54); 6 North Shields Poly 35:16 (G Rutherford 11:01, A Flynn 12:42, J Goble 11:33)
Fastest: M McDonnell 9:48; F Murray 11:50; F Milton 9:52
Veterans: 1 Tynedale 35:21 (S Scott 11:38, K Robertson 11:04, L Marr 12:39); 2 North Shields Poly 35:44 (H Lambert 11:13, K Davis 12:10, L Miller 12:21); 3 Elvet 37:05 (F Shenton 11:44, L Lamb 13:28, K Elliott 11:53)  Fastest: K Robertson 11:04
Overall: 16 teams (10+ 6) closed in (last time: 49:23)
Leg Positions were: CleS B (2,1,1); CleS (1,2,2); Dur U (12,5.3). Incomplete: SW: J Zoppi (Heat) 11:10 (leg 1-5th), D Horne (Walls) 11:57 (leg 1). VW: C Ratcliff (Dur) 11:34 (Leg 1-1st).
Results from the Brass Monkey Half Marathon at York included: 1 G Dunn 68:50; 2 D Bilton (Leeds, M40) 68:56; 5 M Grainger 71:53; 8 M Armstrong 73:29; 11 A Churchill 75:05; 14 J Bell 76:19 (1st M55)  M50: 1 I Scott 78:40  M65: 1 R Sherwood 94:50  Women: 1 H Haining (Kilb) 72:07 (rec) (won by 7mins 17secs !)  W60: 1 S Gibson 1:50:13: Also: G Routledge 2:11:44.
Results from the Cardiff UK Challenge Races (20th Jan) included: SM: 1 B Noad (Bris) 32:23; 2 A Buckley 32:29  U20: 1 L Carey (Nun) 26:26; 4 J Martin 27:09  U13: 1 M Shaw 13:24 (by 14secs) (did he compete in Cleveland Schools' XC a day earlier ? answer: no)  SW: 1 H Dean (Hall) 23:40
Results from the Scottish Senior Indoor Championships (Kelvin Hall) (20th Jan) included: 60H: 3 A Sturrock 8.16  SP: 1 C Sturrock 15.68  W60: 4 S Burns 7.84  200: 1 V Barr 24.41; 4 S Burns 26.39  SP: 2 C Reid 10.72
All info courtesy of AW (M Shaw on front cover).
Results from Cleveland Schools Cross Country (19th Jan) (courtesy of AW) (at Laurence Jackson School - I think, corrected to Stewart Park) (no times provided and no Senior results) (also SB: 1 R Stevenson  SG: 1 K Legg - info courtesy of Andy Ward).
IB: 1 A Morrell (Hart); 2 G Hawkins (Stock); 3 J Lazenby (Stock)  JB: 1 J Forest (Red); 2 R Pearse (Red); 3 A Grundman (Stock)  MB: 1 S Gardiner (Red); 2 B Wright (Hart); 3 J Pendon (Stock)  IG: 1 J Russon (Red); 2 E Williams (Stock); 3 A Smith (Stock)  JG: 1 K Templeman (Red); 2 L Templeman (Red); 3 C Bruce (Stock)  MG: 1 M Buckley (Red); 2 AN Other; 3 V Nimmo (Red)
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North of England Junior Indoor Champioships.
Sheffield Performance Centre. Day 2. Sun. 21st Jan.
The region gained three more gold medals at yesterday's second day of the North of England Indoor Championships for Juniors, at Sheffield Performance Centre.
Richard Kilty of Gateshead added to his 60m title won 24 hours earlier, by breaking the record by 0.14secs in the Under 20 200m. It was also his personal best time both indoors and outdoors.
Shildon's Melissa Carr retained her Under 20 Triple Jump title, bettering her old record of 10.60m on two occasions. She also gained the silver medal in the Long Jump.
Gateshead's Sigourney Bell gained a memorable weekend double. On Saturday, she took the Durham Schools Cross Country title, and today won the Under 15 Girls' 800m in convincing fashion.
Day 2 Results.
Under 20 Men:  200: 1 R Kilty (Gate) 21.70 (CBP)
Under 17 Men:  HJ: 1 M Ehlen (Sale) 1.90; 2 N Williams (Bord) 1.80
Under 20 Women:  200: 1 H Jones (Wig) 24.53; 2 L Arthur (Gate) 25.33  LJ: 1 E Markendale (Pend) 5.56; 2 M Carr (Shil) 5.39  TJ: 1 M Carr 12.08 (CBP)
Under 17 Women:  1500: 1 L Lennon (Ribb V) 4:43.38; 2 C Arter (Bord) 4:49.45
Under 15 Girls:  800: 1 S Bell (Gate) 2:18.12  60H: 1 G Christopher (Leeds Carn) 9.24; 2 R Liddell (Gate) 9.35
LJ: 1 K Thompson (Liv H) 5.29; 2 J Read (Gate) 5.09
(Newcastle Journal:  Tues. 23rd January 2007).
Additional Comments: Sent a day late as I got home later than expected. Sigourney made a decisive kick in middle of race, but was visibly tired (not surprising) on final lap. Carl Thackrey's daughter (third) set fast pace. Very hard qualifying in some 200m races (winner only in 4/5 heats). Further results included:  U20: LJ: 1 J Wright 6.96  U17: 60: 8 J Summers 7.38 (7.35ht)  TJ: 5 N Flannery 12.73  U20W: 200: 4 R Wilmshurst 26.20  U17: HJ: 1 K Jenkinson 1.63; 4 J Baker 1.55  U15: 60: 4 A Stone 8.34  HJ: 4 L Kennedy 1.50  LJ: 4 A Stone 4.91.
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North of England Junior Indoor Championships.
Sheffield Arena.  Day 1. Sat. 20th Jan.
North East athletes gained medals on the first day of the North of England Junior Championships at Sheffield Indoor Arena, on Saturday. Richard Kilty, the 2006 English Schools Intermediate 100m champion, took the Under 20 60m title. In the same age-group, Blaydon's Philip Brown won the Shot.
Results.
Under 20 Men:  60: 1 R Kilty (Gate) 6.91  SP: 1 P Brown (Blay) 14.14
Under 17 Men:  400: 1 D Higham (Liv P) 51.48; 2 M Greenwood (Dur) 52.31  800: 1 R Schofield (Ribb V) 2:00.32; 2 R Best (N Marske) 2:01.06 (1:59.88ht)
Under 20 Women:  60: 1 L Davies (Blackp'l) 7.77; 2 F Winspear (M'bro) 7.87  60H: 1 A Helsby (Liv H) 8.89; 2 L Dewdney (Gate) 9.01
Under 17 Women:  300: 1 L Brennan (Southp't W) 41.11; 3 N Pearson (Gate) 41.81  60H: 1 D Rooney (Pres) 8.75; 3 A Fleming (Shil) 9.42 (9.39ht)  PV: 1 A Haywood (Sale) 3.50; 2 S Scott (Gate) 3.40
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 22nd January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Only results used. These were courtesy of NoEAA website (Sat pm). Further results included: U20: 60: 4 A Todd 7.19  60H: 1 J Wright (Sale) 8.20  HJ: 4 L Powell 1.90  U15: 400: 4 A Rowland 52.70  800: N Flannery 2:02.73ht; O Cartwright 2:03.35ht  60H 5 N Flannery 8.79  PV: 4 T Parkin 3.70  U20W: 60: 5 R Wilmshurst 8.05  400: 4 L McMichael 60.31 (59.9ht)  60H: 7 M Bratton 9.89; 8 L Watt 9.92  HJ: 4 L Watt 1.55  U17: 60: 5 N Pearson 8.23 (8.11ht)  R Hill (R&Z) 8.23ht; K Jenkinson (Liv H) 8.23ht; L Shaw (R&Z) 8.35ht  200: L Shaw 26.69ht  300: 5 L Shaw 42.89: R Hill 43.39ht  60H: 6 A Wood 9.87 (9.70ht)  LJ: 5 A Fleming 5.18.
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Durham Schools Cross Country Championships.
Meadowfield Sports Centre, Durham City. Sat. 20th Jan.
Last year's English Schools' Junior champion, Kate Avery moved up an age-group. to easily win the Intermediate title, at a windy Meadowfield on Saturday. Avery, representing South West Durham, led all the way to easily defeat defending champion, Helen Gertig of Gateshead. Sigourney Bell (Gateshead), 2nd in 2006, was a runaway winner of the Junior event.
Carl Smith (Durham Central), who won the Intermediate event last year, was an easy winner of the Senior Boys' race. Abby Wilson (Darlington) (Senior Girls), Carl Bell (Wearside) (Inter IBoys), Scott Younger (Wearside) (Junior Boys), Adrian Bailes (Durham Central) (Minor Boys) and Paige Howell (Gateshead) (Minor Girls) took the other titles.
Results.
Senior Boys (7km): 1 C Smith (DC) 24:57; 2 D Garbutt (DC) 25:57; 3 M Foggin (Wear) 26:18; 4 J Costello (Gate) 27:14; 5 J Woods (DC) 27:35; 6 J Sprigett (Darl) 27:53; 7 T Mason (Darl) 28:00; 8 J Rutherford (Darl) 28:10; 9 P Moore (Darl) 28:19; 10 J Proudfoot (DC) 28:28  Team: Durham Central 17
Intermediate Boys (5.2km): 1 C Bell (Wear) 20:11; 2 J Moore (ST) 20:21; 3 G Rowe (Gate) 20:29; 4 K Chirnside (Derw) 20:29; 5 P Rudkin (Wear) 20:32; 6 S Ruddick (Gate) 20:55; 7 P De Winter (W Wear) 21:06; 8 L Wintrip (Eas) 21:08; 9 A Cummings (SWD) 21:15; 10 B Chadwick (DC) 21:25  Team: Durham Central 100
Junior Boys (4.3km): 1 S Younger (Wear) 17:07; 2 J Archer (Wear) 17:14; 3 C Boyek (SWD) 17:24; 4 J Phillips (Darl) 17:47; 5 P Clifford (Darl) 17:52; 6 C Bradley (Gate) 18:02; 7 C Bunn (ST) 18:08; 8 H Medgwick (SWD) 18:16; 9 AN Other 18:17; 10 J Holland (Gate) 18:24  Team: Durham Central 112
Minor Boys (2.2km): 1 A Bailes (DC) 8:51; 2 J Basham (ST) 8:56; 3 Z Atkinson (Gate) 9:22; 4 T Maidsall (DC) 9:23; 5 L Oman (Gate) 9:23; 6 D Turner (Derw) 9:24; 7 J Gibson (DC) 9:26; 8 K Martin (Wear) 9:29  Team: South Tyneside 111
Senior Girls (4.3km): 1 A Wilson (Darl) 18:53; 2 S Gray (Darl) 19:34; 3 R Shield (DC) 19:51; 4 L Dodsworth (DC) 20:15; 5 S Coleby (DC) 20:50; 6 K Walker (Derw) 21:25; 7 J Stephenson (Gate) 21:27; 8 C Potts (Wear) 22:12; 9 S Urwin (DC) 22:32; 10 N Cross (Darl) 22:42  Team: Durham Central 14
Intermediate Girls (3.9km): 1 K Avery (SWD) 15:34; 2 H Gertig (Gate) 16:23; 3 D Pickavance-Clarke (Derw) 17:04; 4 A Ewan (Wear) 17:10; 5 E Toogood (SWD) 17:33; 6 R Jamieson (Gate) 17:37; 7 D Bell (W Wear) 18:01; 8 A Foster (DC) 18:11; 9 C McGarry (Darl) 18:12; 10 S Crosby (Wear) 18:15  Team: Gateshead 109
Junior Girls (3km): 1 S Bell (Gate) 12:15; 2 F Higgin (DC) 13:10; 3 S Loraine (Gate) 13:20; 4 N Burlinson (Darl) 13:26; 5 L Richardson (SWD) 13:41; 6 R Oldham (Gate) 13:44; 7 J Bunn (ST) 13:46; 8 S Brown (SWD) 13:47; 9 B Jones (DC) 13:50; 10 L Davidson (Gate) 13:53  Team: Gateshead 72
Minor Girls (2.2km): 1 P Howell (Gate) 9:46; 2 H Bradley (DC) 9:48; 3 E Stevenson (DC) 9:56; 4 C Parker (Wear) 9:57; 5 M Saynwell (SWD) 10:04; 6 S Taylor (Gate) 10:14; 7 C Price (Eas) 10:17; 8 E Gardner (ST) 10:18  Team: Gateshead 63
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 22nd January 2007).

Additional Comments: Only results used. Results had to be copied by hand, and therefore depth not as much as I would have liked. Apologies therefore for any incorrect name spelling, and also accuracy of area, athlete competed for. The balance of points for winning teams in Senior events, does not add up. Weather very windy (wondered if event would go ahead in early hours), but stayed bright and dry. Underfoot conditions quite firm. Steph Crowell and Eleanor Murray fiinished about 15th and 25th respectively, in IG race.
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Gateshead Indoor Centre.  Thurs. 18th Jan. .
Results.
Senior Men:  60: r1: 1 P Donachy (Dur C) 7.6; 3 E Smart (Gate, M50) 7.7  r2: N Wiscombe (J&H) 7.3  HJ: 1 C Hunter (J&H) 1.85; 2 B Robertson (NSP, M40) 1.80  PV: C Boundy (Gate) 4.20  TJ: C Hunter 12.59
Under 20 Men:  60: 1 L Milburn (unatt) 7.5; 2 D Robinson (NSP) 7.5  HJ: L Powell (M'bro) 1.90  PV: R Dixon (Gate) 3.40  TJ: D Downey (H&P) 11.32
Under 17 Men:  60: r1: 1 M Davison (Gate) 7.3; 2 P Goessen (J&H) 7.7  r2: C Stewart (Tyne) 7.5  HJ: E Gill (Gate) 1.60
Under 15 Boys:  60: M Wright (Gate) 8.1  HJ: M Densthorpe (Gate) 1.30  PV: G Cryer (Gate) 2.50
Under 13 Boys:  60: S Holt (Gate) 8.2  HJ: N Kennedy (Darl) 1.15
Senior Women:  HJ: S Gibbons (Milt K) 1.50
Under 20 Women:  60: 1 R Davidson (Gate) 8.2; 2 A Ramsey (SSh) 8.6  60H: L Dewdney (Gate) 9.3  TJ: T Kennedy (Darl) 10.00  SP: 1 S Hopkinson (Birt) 10.37; 2 A Ramsey 8.97
Under 17 Women:  60: 1 L Welsh (Gate) 8.2; 2 J Hudson (Gate) 8.5  60H: 1 L Welsh 9.4; 2 A Wood (SSh) 9.8  HJ: 1 I Sharp (SSh) 1.60; 2 J Hudson 1.40  TJ: 1  E Pringle (Gate) 10.26; 2 G Davidson (Black B) 9.03  SP: 1 T Breen (Blay) 10.24; 2 E Pringle 9.00
Under 15 Girls:  60: r1: K Baxter (SSh) 8.8  r2: E Hastings (Morp) 8.6  60H: R Liddell (Gate) 9.6  PV: Stacey Howden (Gate) 2.40  SP: K Balmer (J&H) 8.26
Under 13 Girls:  60: 1 G Dawson (Gate) 9.1; 2 A Hollings (Gate) 9.2; 3 A Boulding (Gate) 9.3  60H: 1 Shannon Howden (Gate) 10.8; 2 N Teasdale (J&H) 11.0  HJ: N Teasdale 1.25  SP: B Kerrigan (J&H) 5.35
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 22nd. Jan 2007).

Additional Comments:  Only results sent. Latter Field event details courtesy of Angus Lumb. Track events concluded by 8.10pm. Good quality in Girls' Hurdles, with all four North East champions gaining victory. PB for India Sharp in HJ. Poor turn-out (again) in SW and U15B events. Actually four ran 60m in latter.
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Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
Saltwell Park. Wed. 17th Jan.
Result.  Distance 5km.
1 M Johnson (NSP) 24:26; 2 J Prudham (J&H) 33:30; 3 B Cordes (Morp) 33:35; 4 K  Weavers (Aur) 33:51; 5 L Billicliffe (Elv, L) 33:52; 6 N Jobson (unatt) 33:57; 7 A Longley (unatt) 34:16; 8 P Gold (Heat, L) 34:18; 9 D Whitmore (SSh) 34:19; 10 P Oakley (Salt) 34:21
Fastest: G Harden (Sun, M45) 17:37; K Wood (Salt, M45) 19:04; H Matthews (Els, M55) 19:13; M Johnson 19:36; G Pemberton (NE Vets, M50) 19:37  M60: K Alnwick (Gate) 22:49  M70: B Cordes 23:05  Women: Y Thiru (Els, W40) 20:44; M Moran (unatt, W35) 22:24  W60: P Gold 25:28
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 22nd January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Only results sent. These courtesy of Low Fell RC website (Thurs pm). 36 finishers. Ted Joynson finished 36th with an actual time of 47mins 30secs. He was sent off 7mins before zero. Weather heavy showers during race but fared up after. The winner was sent off 4mins 50secs, after clocking sub 20mins the previous race. No wonder he won by 9mins. George Harden (off 17mins) finished 13th and Yam Thiru (off 14mins) finished 15th. Joe Prudham's time was 23:30 and David Whitmore (27:19). Heaton performances were (actual times): P Gold 25:28; 22 A Mulliss 22:59; 23 R Checkley 24:42; 31 E Appleby 25:35.
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Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships.
Temple Park, South Shields. Tues. 16th Jan.
Laura Weightman from Duchess School, Alnwick, 2nd in the 2006 Home Countries' International at Stowe, easily retained her Intermediate Girls' title, at yesterday's Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships, at Temple Park Ross Murray (St Thomas More, Tynemouth), who like Weightman has ran for England for the past two seasons, retained the Intermediate Boys' title by a large margin.
The pair had also won their respective Junior event in 2005.
Jonathan Pearson, the 2005 Junior Great North Run winner, came home ahead of his 2006 successor John Gibson, in the Senior Boys' race. With Tom Perrins in third, the first three competitors are students at Newcastle's Royal Grammar School.
Lydia Patton (Dame Allans) comfortably won the Senior Girls' event, while Rosie King (Central High) finished strongly to overhaul long-time leaders Hannah Rank (East North'd)and Rachel Denton (Newcastle) in the Junior Girls' race.
Results.
Senior Boys (5.2km): 1 J Pearson (Nc) 17:31; 2 J Gibson (Nc) 17:41; 3 T Perrins (Nc) 18:34; 4 R Balmbra (NN) 18:47; 5 M Williams (Tyne) 19:04; 6 D Graham (NT) 19:07
Team: Newcastle 35
Inter Boys (5.2km): 1 R Murray (NT) 16:54; 2 K Taylor (NN) 17:41; 3 J Hewitt (Nc) 18:14; 4 C Rutherford (Tyne) 18:22; 5 A Douglass (NN) 18:52; 6 T Calder (Tyne) 19:02
Team: Newcastle 70
Junior Boys (3.8km): 1 D Redpath (EN) 13:33; 2 M Priestley (Nc) 13:34; 3 L Hogg (Nc) 13:40; 4 P Shuttleworth (EN) 13:48; 5 J Brown (Tyne) 13:50; 6 S Greenwood (Tyne) 13:56
Team: Newcastle 55
Minor Boys (2.4km): 1 S Robson (Nc) 8:31; 2 M Hall (Nc) 8:35; 3 J Hepple (EN) 8:43; 4 T Peel (NT) 8:48; 5 E Hetherington (EN) 8:49; 6 G Honeyman (Tyne) 8:50
Team: East Northumberland 53
Senior Girls (3.8km): 1 L Patton (Nc) 14:20; 2 G Rutherford (NT) 14:42; 3 S Duffy (Tyne) 14:50; 4 C Baudouin (Nc) 14:59; 5 A Porteous (EN) 15:34; 6 L Dixon (EN) 15:58
Team: Newcastle 39
Inter Girls (3.8km): 1 L Weightman (NN) 13:51; 2 N Young (EN) 14:32; 3 S Smith (Tyne) 15:04; 4 E Masson (Nc) 15:35; 5 S Goodfellow (NN) 15:42; 6 A Johnson (NT) 16:04
Team: North Northumberland 43
Junior Girls (3km): 1 R King (Nc) 11:35; 2 H Rank (EN) 11:36; 3 R Denton (Nc) 11:38; 4 R Lundgren (Nc) 11:47; 5 K Dawson (Nc) 12:18; 6 R Shedley (Tyne) 12:34
Team: Newcastle 30
Minor Girls (2.5km): 1 H Jones (NN) 9:25; 2 C Falconer (EN) 9:27; 3 S Bruce (Nc) 9:38; 4 E Jones (NN) 9:52; 5 A Purdy (Tyne) 9:53; 6 R Carpenter (Tyne) 9:54
Team: North Northumberland 62
(Newcastle Journal:  Thurs. 18th January 2007).

Additional Comments: All info used. Sent for Thurs as I only had patched results for Tues deadline. Main results courtesy of Paul Ponton. Weather dry, bright and breezy. Quite mild and mostly firm underfoot. Further results can be found in AW coverage (enclosed). Jenny Brignall did not run in SG race. Some mix-up with her School, Heaton Manor. She probably would have made top ten. Zoe Armstrong also absent due to injury.
Enc.
Senior Boys (5.2km)
1 J Pearson (Nc) 17:31; 2 J Gibson (Nc) 17:41; 3 T Perrins (Nc) 18:34; 4 R Balmbra (NN) 18:47; 5 M Williams (Tyne) 19:04; 6 D Graham (NT) 19:07; 7 S Potter (NT) 19:11; 8 C Parker (Nc) 19:34; 9 D Watt (NT) 19:52; 10 F Burdon (Nc) 20:11; 11 S Findlay (Nc) 20:35; 12 L Lowden (Tyne) 20:38
TEAM: 1 Newcastle 35; 2 North Tyneside 76
Inter (5.2km)
1 R Murray (NT) 16:54; 2 K Taylor (NN) 17:41; 3 J Hewitt (Nc) 18:14; 4 C Rutherford (Tyne) 18:22; 5 A Douglass (NN) 18:52; 6 T Calder (Tyne) 19:02; 7 A Richardson (Tyne) 19:04; 8 J Scott (NN) 19:09; 9 M Rice (NT) 19:11; 10 N Flannery (Nc) 19:22; 11 J Falconer (EN) 19:23; 12 T Walker (Nc) 19:34
TEAM: 1 Nc 70; 2 North North'd 103; 3 NT 110
Junior (3.8km)
1 D Redpath (EN) 13:33; 2 M Priestley (Nc) 13:34; 3 L Hogg (Nc) 13:40; 4 P Shuttleworth (EN) 13:48; 5 J Brown (Tyne) 13:50; 6 S Greenwood (Tyne) 13:56; 7 J Robson (Nc) 13:57; 8 K Laidlow (EN) 14:08; 9 S Hearn (Tyne) 14:09; 10 O Craig (EN) 14:12; 11 T Allen (NN) 14:13; 12 J Woolett (NN) 14:14
TEAM: 1 Nc 55; 2 East North'd 55; 3 Tynedale 82
Minor (2.4km)
1 S Robson (Nc) 8:31; 2 M Hall (Nc) 8:35; 3 J Hepple (EN) 8:43; 4 T Peel (NT) 8:48; 5 E Hetherington (EN) 8:49; 6 G Honeyman (Tyne) 8:50; 7 J Nisbit (EN) 8:52; 8 M Grundy (NN) 8:54
TEAM: 1 EN 53; 2 Nc 74; 3 Tyne 93
Senior Girls (3.8km)
1 L Patton (Nc) 14:20; 2 G Rutherford (NT) 14:42; 3 S Duffy (Tyne) 14:50; 4 C Baudouin (Nc) 14:59; 5 A Porteous (EN) 15:34; 6 L Dixon (EN) 15:58; 7 L Smith (Nc) 16:10; 8 S Cervenak (Nc) 16:27; 9 S Tomasczyk (Nc) 16:35; 10 H Blair (Nc) 16:56; 11 H Scott (Nc) 17:25; 12 A Bell (Nc) 17:57
TEAM: Nc 39
Inter (3.8km)
1 L Weightman (NN) 13:51; 2 N Young (EN) 14:32; 3 S Smith (Tyne) 15:04; 4 E Masson (Nc) 15:35; 5 S Goodfellow (NN) 15:42; 6 A Johnson (NT) 16:04; 7 J Patterson (NN) 16:05; 8 A Thomas (NN) 16:14; 9 S Favier (Nc) 16:15; 10 L Bronze (NN) 16:21; 11 M Lewis (Nc) 16:25; 12 A Poremba (NN) 16:31
TEAM: 1 NN 43; 2 Nc 69; 3 Tyne 98
Junior (3km)
1 R King (Nc) 11:35; 2 H Rank (EN) 11:36; 3 R Denton (Nc) 11:38; 4 R Lundgren (Nc) 11:47; 5 K Dawson (Nc) 12:18; 6 R Shedley (Tyne) 12:34; 7 R Ferguson (NT) 12:38; 8 H Waddell (Nc) 12:42; 9 S Edwards (Nc) 12:46; 10 A McGregor (Nc) 12:47; 11 H Murray (NN) 12:48; 12 C Samuelson (Nc) 12:53
TEAM: 1 Nc 30; 2 Nc B 85; 3 NN 111
Minor (2.5km)
1 H Jones (NN) 9:25; 2 C Falconer (EN) 9:27; 3 S Bruce (Nc) 9:38; 4 E Jones (NN) 9:52; 5 A Purdy (Tyne) 9:53; 6 R Carpenter (Tyne) 9:54; 7 S Courtly (NN) 9:58; 8 L Moffat (EN) 9:59
TEAM: 1 NN 62; 2 Tyne 71; 3 Nc 96
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Weekly Round-up
(to 14th Jan).
Results from the North Yorkshire and South Durham League meeting at Whitby included:  SM (9.3km): 1 S Hepples 30:31; 2 D Agustus (Scar) 30:52; 3 J Taylor (gst-U20) 31:27; 4 L Gamble-Thompson (U20) 31:36; 5 G Dunn 31:54; 6 A Wiles (U20) 31:59; 9 J Orange (M40) 32:18; 14 M Grainger (M40) 33:24  Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 131; 2 Hartlepool BR 142; 3 Richmond & Zetland 171  U17: 1 L Rodgers (Loft) 21:36  U15: 1 D Schofield (Scar) 10:41  U13: 1 M Shaw 8:41  (by 8secs)  SW: 1 C Summersgill 21:32; 2 J Jackson 21:56; 3 T Waller (W35) 22:01; 5 K Legg (U17) 22:33  Team: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 35; 2 Loftus & Whitby 41; 3 Middlesbrough Mandale 74  U15: 1 H Taylor (Bev) 12:53  U13: 1 G Rodgers (Loft) 9:36
Leading resuts from Great North Cross Country at Edinburgh (13th Jan):  SM: 1 K Bekele (Eth) 28:14; 2 Z Tadesse (Er) 28:24; 3 E Kipchoge (Ken) 28:51; 10 T Abyu (Salf) 30:51  Short Course: 1 S Labid (Ukr) 12:20; 2 M Farah 12:21; 3 M Skinner 12:25; 4 N McCormick 12:43; 15 R McLeod 13:08; 16 C Parr 13:15; 17 C Sampson 13:22; 25 D Samuels 13:40; 26 M Morris 13:43; 28 J Powell 13:57  SW: 1 G Burka (Eth) 23:25; 2 V Cheruiyet (Ken) 23:34; 3 B Johnson (Aus) 23:34; 10 S Twell 24:35; 23 F Milton 24:54; 14 S Thomas 25:03
Results from the Birmingham League Division 1 fixture at Coventry (?): 1 F Tickner (B'ham U) 28:44; 9 A Holliday (B'ham U) 30:03.
Result from Scottish Closed Indoor Championships: SW: 2 S Deacon 7.64 (7.62ht)
Results from Loughborough Open Indoor Meeting: SM: 60: Ser 1: r1: 3 Y Aliu 7.10  r2: 1 R Yusuf 6.97  Ser 2: r1: 5 Y Aliu 7.06  60H:  Ser 1: r1: 4 A Sturrock 8.29  r2: 1 S Nyananyo 8.23  Ser 2: r1: 4 S Nyananyo 8.25  LJ: 3 S Nyananyo 7.01.
All info courtesy of AW.
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North Eastern Counties A.A Indoor Championships.
Gateshead Indoor Centre.  Sat. 13th Jan.
Female athletes took the honours at the second part of the North Eastern Counties' Indoor Championships, at Gateshead on Saturday. Former Gateshead Harrier, Vicky Barr now running in the Rugby colours, bettered the old figures in the Senior 60m, by a significant margin of fourteen-hundredths of a second, winning a good quality race. Barr was a joint holder of the old record along with another 3 athletes. Sheona Burns of Gateshead was also inside the old record in second place ahead of clubmate, Lauren Arthur who later won the Under 20 title. Fourth place went to Sara Todd of Border, who earlier broke her own record in the 60m Hurdles.
Rebecca Liddell of Gateshead broke the record in the Under 15 60m Hurdles, by the smallest margin of one-hundredth of a second.
English Schools Intermediate 100m champion, Richard Kilty of Gateshead was the fastest sprinter on view, winning the Under 20 60m. Adam Rogers of Sale easily won the Senior title.
Jessica Read of Gateshead, successful in the Under 13 race in 2006, won a hghly competitive Under 15 60m, adding to her Long Jump title from last weekend. Nicola Pearson of Gateshead, Under 15 champion, 2 years ago, won the Under 17 60m from clubmate, Laura Welsh, who had earlier won the Hurdles. Lauren Dewdney of Gateshead took the Under 20 Hurdles title.
Gateshead's John Summers won the Under 17 60m, with his clubmate Martin Young easily taking the Under 15 title.
Part 2.  Results.
Senior Men:  60: 1 A Rogers (Sale) 7.12 (7.09ht); 2 N Wiscombe (J&H) 7.41; 3 J Lowden (Tyne) 7.41; 4 C Glanville (Gate) 7.44
Under 20 Men:  60: 1 R Kilty (Gate) 7.02; 2 A Todd (Shil) 7.22; 3 S Dale (Morp) 7.24; 4 J Kiribige (Darl) 7.31
Under 17 Men:  60: 1 J Summers (Gate) 7.25; 2 M Davison (Gate) 7.28; 3 J Cowie (Gate) 7.46; 4 C Stewart (Tyne) 7.58  60H: N Phelps (M'bro) 9.60
Under 15 Boys:  60: 1 M Young (Gate) 7.90; 2 J Gilmour (Gate) 8.06; 3 C Cheneyn Rob (CleS) 8.18 (8.17ht)   60H: 1 N Mersh (Sun) 9.80; 2 C Cheneyn Rob 10.85; 3 N Yeoman (NSP) 11.91
Under 13 Boys:  60: 1 J Robertshaw (Morp) 8.92; 2 Z Kibirige (Darl) 9.01; 3 M Dias (Gate) 9.44  60H: 1 J Jama (Blay) 11.08; 2 M Bowers (Blay) 11.31
Senior Women:  60: 1 V Barr (Rugby) 7.76 (CBP); 2 S Burns (Gate) 7.87; 3 L Arthur (Gate, U20) 7.90; 4 S Todd (Bord) 7.93  60H: S Todd 9.01 (CBP)
Under 20 Women:  60: 1 L Arthur 7.91 (7.90ht); 2 R Wilmshurst (Dur) 8.02; 3 R Davidson (Gate) 8.10 (8.08ht); 4 L McMichael (CleS) 8.20 (8.19ht)  60H: 1 L Dewdney (Gate) 9.11; 2 L Watt (SSh) 10.14; 3 A Ramsey (SSh) 10.14
Under 17 Women:  60: 1 N Pearson (Gate) 8.01; 2 L Welsh (Gate) 8.09; 3 J Hudson (Gate) 8.33 (8.30ht)  60H: 1 L Welsh 9.43; 2 A Wood (SSh) 9.80; 3 E Pringle (Gate) 9.85
Under 15 Girls:  60: 1 J Read (Gate) 8.27; 2 A Stone (J&H) 8.37; 3 E Hastings (Morp) 8.45; 4 L Goldsmith (Darl) 8.54  60H: 1 R Liddell (Gate) 9.59 (CBP); 2 G Casey (SSh) 11.10; 3 C Syron (Blay) 11.85
Under 13 Girls:  60: 1 K Murphy (Birt) 8.89; 2 A Smith (SSh) 9.07 (9.02ht); 3 G Dawson (Gate) 9.12   60H: 1 Shannon Howden (Gate) 10.78; 2 N Teasdale (J&H) 11.02; 3 A Smith (SSh) 11.15
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 15th January 2007).

Additional Comments: Most of info used. Duration of Meeting was quite quick (11.00am - 2.00pm). Results courtesy of Richard Hunter/Mrs Dewell. Kilty (7.03secs ht) I think had false start in final (could not see), which is probably why his time was outside 7secs. Other performances included Kieran Flannery 7.54secs (=3rd in ht and 6th in A Final). Eric Smart (5th in ht 7.65, 4th in B Final 7.72).
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Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.
Farringdon School, Sunderland.  Sat. 13th Jan.
Sunderland Harriers drew level with league-leaders Wallsend and now look set for another Division 1 title, after victory at Saturday's third Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League fixture, at Farringdon. 10-times North Eastern champion, Brian Rushworth led home the Sunderland counters, clocking the day's fastest time moving through into 8th position from the fast pack.
Individual victory in the windy conditions, went to new Heaton recruit James Buis, who came home with 10secs to spare over Tynedale veteran, Tim Wylie. Wallsend's Tony Carter maintained his recent excellent form, to finish third from the medium pack.
Elvet Striders extended their lead at the top of the Senior Womens' table but had to settle for second position on the day to Morpeth. Gillian Barry of Sunderland won the race, with the minor places going to fast pack runners Donna James of Elvet and Jane Mooney of Morpeth.
Fast pack runners dominated the Under 17 Mens' race. Mark Cochrane of Morpeth gained victory, over what was once again, a very small field.
Natalie Young of Morpeth easily won the Junior Womens' race, clocking the fastest overall time. Tristan Venus of Tynedale clocked the fastest time for the third successive occasion, finishing second from the fast pack in the Under 15 Boys' race. The Hexham-based club had an excellent day, winning all the male young athletes' races and they also gained victory, in the Senior Division 2 team event.
Results.
Senior Men: 9.3km.  1 J Buis (Heat) 32:03; 2 T Wylie (Tyne, M40) 32:13; 3 T Carter (Walls) 33:21; 4 D Daniels (Walls) 33:23; 5 A Banakiewicz (unatt) 33:44; 6 E Makin (Dur) 33:53; 7 C Franks (Gate) 33:57; 8 B Rushworth (Sun, M40) 34:10; 9 I Rutherford (Newc U) 34:18; 10 P Walker (Blay, M40) 34:19; 11 P Branston (Gate, M40) 34:24; 12 P Merrison (Sun, M45) 34:29; 13 G Bell (Els) 34:31; 14 P Leigh (Walls, M40) 34:51; 15 T Doughty (Sun, M40) 34:54; 16 S Potts (Sun) 34:55; 17 D Kirkland (Aln 34:55; 18 A Wilton (Sun S) 34:58; 19 M McDonald (Low F) 35:01; 20 A Lawrence (Morp) 35:12
Fastest: B Rushworth 29:10; T Doughty 29:54; S Potts 29:55; D Kirkland 29:55; T Field (Sun, M40) 30:33; T Carter 30:51
Teams: 1 Sunderland 100; 2 Wallsend 272; 3 Elswick 275; 4 South Shields 289; 5 Alnwick 295   Div 2: 1 Tynedale 300; 2 Sunderland Strollers 305; 3 Elvet Striders 606  Div 3: 1 Low Fell 320; 2 Claremont 711; 3 Chester Le Street 737
Under 17 Men: 6.2km.  1 M Cochrane (Morp) 22:53; 2 C Rutherford (Tyne) 23:06; 3 M Foggin (Sun) 23:49; 4 M Williams (Tyne) 24:38; 5 S Robson (Tyne) 25:05; 6 R Hopkins (Birt) 25:41  Fastest: M Cochrane 20:33; C Rutherford 20:46; M Foggin 21:29  Team: Tynedale 11
Under 15 Boys: 3.1km.  1 M Newby (J&H) 10:47; 2 T Venus (Tyne) 10:51; 3 O Craig (Morp) 10:55; 4 J Campbell (Sun) 11:15; 5 J Moore (J&H) 11:17; 6 S Cochrane (Morp) 11:25; 7 G Urwin (Tyne) 11:29; 8 P Hope (Sun) 11:31; 9 S Younger (Sun) 11:32; 10 S Causebrook (Tyne) 11:35  Fastest: T Venus 9:41; J Moore 10:07; G Urwin 10:19  Teams: 1 Tynedale 19; 2 Morpeth 20; 3 Sunderland 21
Under 13 Boys: 3.1km.  1 K Robley (Tyne) 10:50; 2 M Wilson (Sun) 11:40; 3 J Brown (Tyne) 11:41; 4 J Boyd (NSP) 11.51; 5 D Parker (Tyne) 11:52; 6 S Greenwood (Tyne) 12:02; 7 H Danby Platt (H&P) 12:05; 8 L Irvine (Sun) 12:05; 9 J Murphy (NSP) 12:06; 10 A Bailes (Birt) 12:15  Fastest: J Brown 10:31; D Parker 10:42; K Robley 10:50  Teams: 1 Tynedale 9; 2 Sunderland 26; 3 North Shields Poly 57
Senior Women: 6.2km.  1 G Barry (Sun) 24:35; 2 D James (Elv, W40) 24:58; 3 J Mooney (Morp) 25:11; 4 C Hamson (Heat) 25:21; 5 J Hodge (Newc U) 25:35; 6 J Nutt (Els) 25:39; 7 K Robertson (Tyne, W40) 25:50; 8 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 25:55; 9 A Fox (Morp) 25:56; 10 D Hales (Dur, W35) 26:28; 11 K Elliott (Elv, W35) 26:29; 12 L Walker (Walls, W35) 26:41; 13 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 26:45; 14 C Bruce (NSP, W35) 26:57; 15 J Elliott (Phoenix) 27:02
Fastest: D James 22:38; J Mooney 22:51; J Nutt 23:19; K Robertson 23:30; A Fox 23:36; D Hales 24:08  Teams: 1 Morpeth 20; 2 Elvet Striders 33; 3 Tynedale 45; 4 North Shields Poly 72; 5 Blaydon 75; 6 Sunderland Strollers 76
Junior Women: 6.2km.  1 N Young (Morp, U17) 23:56; 2 M Howell (Birt, U17) 25:51; 3 A  Johnson (NSP, U17) 26:52; 4 L Smith (Sun, U17) 27:13; 5 G Campbell (J&H) 27:16; 6 J Brignall (Heat) 27:52; 7 L Dodsworth (Gate) 28:19; 8 N Miller (Sun) 29:04; 9 C Potts (H&P, U17) 29:20; 10 L Tweddle (Sun) 29:31  Fastest: N Young 23:56: G Campbell 24:56; M Howell 25:51  Teams: 1 Sunderland 22; 2 Houghton and Peterlee 37
Under 15 Girls: 3.1km.  1 C Drew (Gate) 12:39; 2 E Toogood (Dur) 12:49; 3 R Jamieson (Gate) 12:56; 4 S Woods (NSP) 13:09; 5 R Bennett (SSh) 13:19; 6 S Goodfellow (Morp) 13:21; 7 S Crosby (Sun) 13:27; 8 R Oldham (Gate) 13:31; 9 G Ellman (Tyne) 13:45; 10 C Macdoald (Morp) 13:45  Fastest: E Toogood 11:39; R Jamieson 11:46; S Goodfellow 12:11
Teams: 1 Gateshead 12; 2 Durham City 27; 3 Sunderland 33
Under 13 Girls: 3.1km.  1 L Minnis (Sun) 13:21; 2 B Oakes (Birt) 13:23; 3 M Reed (Sun) 13:25; 4 M Simpson (Morp) 13:25; 5 C Sloan (Els) 13:28; 6 P Howell (Birt) 13:36; 7 C Sadler (Tyne) 13:41; 8 S Taylor (Birt) 13:44; 9 S Edwards (Gate) 13:56; 10 B Taylor (Els) 13:57
Fastest: M Reed 12:15; M Simpson 12:15; P Howell 12:26
Teams: 1 Sunderland 15; 2 Birtley 16; 3 Morpeth 43
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 15th January 2007).

Additional Comments: Report edited. Also results cut off in mid-stream (halfway through SW). Results courtesy of Hugh and Steph Bingham, by e mail. I assumed as it was windy at Gateshead on Saturday pm (though not in morning), it was also windy at Sunderland (since confirmed). 263 finishers in SM (last time: 1:31:04 ?), 63 SW (34:23). Only eight runners in U17M race.Congratulations to James Buis, who I understand was 2nd with a lap to go. Claire H looked to be unlucky not to make first 3, as their race was longer than usual. Other Heaton performances were: 76 S Daley 36:42; 92 J Moore 32:03 (same time as JB !); 143 M Gibson 38:25; 145 A Ball 38:28; 150 D Robins 36:17 (back after injury); 155 S McEntee 38:50; 169 J Gibson 39:16; 172 I McKinnon 39:32; 187 E Baty 39:58; 197 D Wright 40:29; 203 C Burn 41:09; 209 C McEntee 41:42; 216 A Mulliss 42:27; 238 D Brignall 43:52; 255 R Checkley 46:47; 261 G Routledge 54:55  (4th team Div 2, by my calculations one point behind 3rd - lie 6th overall). SW: 31  A Peace 25:42; 56 S King 30:41 (7th team - 2nd overall).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 7th Jan).
Results from the Belfast International Cross Country (6th Jan) (not a great presence of North East athletes):  SM: 1 M Kipsiru (Ug) 28:20; 13 A Buckley 30:39; 17 M Hood 30:52; 33 P Martin 32:07  U20: 1 L Carey 18:17; 13 J Martin 19:43  SW: 1 E Kidane (Eth) 19:29; 9 S Thomas 20:51  U15: 1 S Barker (Sale) 14:09; 2 L Park 14:42
Results from the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Skipton: SW: 1 A Hoban (Wake) 23:06; 6 A Woodvine (AF&D) 24:30  U17W: 1 N Grant (Roth) 19:33; 3 S Gray (Shil) 20:12  U13G: 1 M Winzer (R&Z) 13:33; 2 C Rodgers (Loft) 13:36
Results from City of Manchester Open Indoor Meeting:
SM:  Series 2: 60: r2: 2 R Kilty 6.95  SW: 60: r2: 1 V Barr (Rugby) 7.70; 2 L Arthur 7.98  r3: 2 S Burns 7.93  Series 2: r1: 1 J Taker 7.56; 4 V Barr 7.80; 6 L Arthur 7.99; 7 S Burns 8.03  300: 1 V Barr 38.90  r2: 1 S Burns 42.35
Jonathan Powell won the Hyde Park 10km on New Years' Day, in a time of 32mins 30secs (by 18secs).
All info courtesy of AW.
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Hartlepool Old Monk 6 Multi Terrain Race.
Hart Village, Cleveland.  Sun. 7th Jan.
Richard Bellamy of North Yorks Moors, strode to a convincing victory, at yesterday's Old Monk 6 Multi Terrain event, at Hart Village. Bellamy came home with 24secs to spare ahead of Adam Churchill of  host club, Hartlepool, who improved on his third placings in 2005 and 2006. Former Durham City Harrier, Gary Hetherington, now running in the Sedgefield colours, was the leading veteran, in third place.
Tracy Waller of Hartlepool was a runaway winner of the Womens' race. She crossed the line in 17th position, nearly 6mins ahead of another veteran, Denise Tunstall of Teesdale. Rosie Sims of Sedgefield finished 3rd.
Result.
1 R Bellamy (NYM) 31:54; 2 A Churchill (Hart) 32:18; 3 G Hetherington (Sedg, M40) 32:34; 4 M Armstrong (Hart) 33:10; 5 R Kemp (Sun) 33:46; 6 G Grounds (Hart) 34:00; 7 A Hardy (Hart, M40) 34:20; 8 V Godber (unatt) 35:07; 9 A Macrae (Sun) 35:25; 10 C Butcher (Hart) 35:34; 11 P Kelly (Darl, M40) 35:43; 12 A Minister (Hart) 35:52
M50: D Kirk (Hart) 38:53  M60: D Bell (Redcar) 42:28  M70: B Emmerson (Bill MH) 56:55
Women: 1 T Waller (Hart, W35) 37:38; 2 D Tunstall (Tees, W35) 43:34; 3 R Sims (Sedg) 44:45; 4 S Gayter (N Marske, W35) 45:07; 5 J Pratt (Hart, W35) 45:43; 6 G Bell (Sedg) 46:25
W45: A Kirk (Sun S) 55:51  W55: E Enisz (Bill MH) 56:17
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 8th January 2007).

Additional Comments: Most of info used but some strange editing. Weather overcast but stayed dry. Quite mild. 101 finishers (last time: 58:14). George Routledge finished 100th (57:57). Sedgefield, a relatively new club, were out in force.
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Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.
Berry Hill, Consett.  Sat. 6th Jan.
After a setback in the first meeting, Sunderland Harriers moved a step closer to the defence of their Senior Mens' Division 1 title, when winning the team event at the second fixture at Berry Hill. Wallsend (3rd here) now lead the Wearsiders by just one point.
In the bright but cool conditions, Drew Graham, a former North of England Indoor  800m champion, easily won the individual event pulling away from his Gosforth clubmate, Kurt Heron on the second of the three laps. Tony Carter of Wallsend finished 3rd ahead of Conrad Franks of Gateshead and Sunderland's first counter, Paul Merrison. Fastest time went to Mark Brown of Morpeth who finished in 9th place overall from the fast pack.
Tracy Laws of Chester Le Street, easily won the Womens' race, with veteran Donna James of Elvet clocking the fastest time in 5th position. Heaton took the team title from the new League leaders, Elvet Striders.
Morpeth's Laura Weightman was the fastest lady on the day, easily winning the Junior event from the fast pack.
The Under 13 event was also dominated by fast pack runners, with Rachel Denton of Morpeth an emphatic winner.
Gateshead's Sigourney Bell running from the fast pack, hauled back long-time leader and clubmate, Catherine Samuelson, to comfortably win the Under 15 Girls' race.
Tynedale's Tristan Venus and Shildon's Cameron Boyek, were again the fastest in the Under 15 and Under 13 Boys' races, respectively.
Results.
Senior Men: 9km.  1 D Graham (Gosf) 32:41; 2 K Heron (Gosf) 33:39; 3 T Carter (Walls, U20) 34:10; 4 C Franks (Gate) 34:33; 5 P Merrison (Sun, M45) 35:02; 6 D Cheshire (CleS, M40) 35:30; 7 P Hutton (Gosf) 36:06; 8 P Dixon (Els, M45) 36:13; 9 M Brown (Morp) 36:31; 10 T Brannon (NSP) 36:35; 11 B McMillan (Clare) 36:36; 12 A Macrae (Sun) 36:40; 13 C Parr (Gate) 36:43; 14 B Rushworth Sun, M40) 36:59; 15 S Hall (Gate, U20) 37:05; 16 E Gowland (Sun S) 37:19; 17 M Hegarty (Morp) 37:23; 18 K Wood (Salt, M40) 37:29; 19 L Millmore (Birt) 37:34; 20 G Harden (Sun, M45) 37:55
Fastest: M Brown 31:31; C Parr 31:43; B Rushworth 31:59; S Hall 32:05; D Graham 32:41; L Moses (N Ayc) 33:17; T Field (Sun, M40) 33:18; D Kirkland (Aln) 33:23
Teams:  Div 1: 1 Sunderland 102; 2 Morpeth 163; 3 Wallsend 210; 4 Elswick 351; 5 Alnwick 363; 6 Blaydon 395  Div 2: 1 Sunderland Strollers 332; 2 Gateshead 346; 3 Tynedale 523  Div 3: 1 Low Fell 529; 2 Gosforth 546; 3 Claremont 561
Under 17 Men: 5km.  1 S Ruddick (Blay) 18:32; 2 P Hurst (Els) 19:24; 3 M Cochrane (Morp) 20:16; 4 C Rutherford (Tyne) 20:34; 5 M Williams (Tyne) 21:03; 6 J Costello (Gate) 21:05; 7 D Watt (NSP) 21:09; 8 A Smith (Blyth) 21:51; 9 S Robson (Tyne) 21:55; 10 D Regan (Blay) 22:24  Fastest: M Cochrane 17:56; C Rutherford 18:14; M Williams 18:43
Team: Tynedale 18
Under 15 Boys: 3.5km.  1 J Archer (Sun) 12:27; 2 S Younger (Sun) 12:36; 3 N Montgomery (Blay) 12:47; 4 T Venus (Tyne) 13:08; 5 D Watson (Sun) 13:09; 6 R White (Tyne) 13:10; 7 C Bradbury (Blay) 13:12; 8 J Robson (Gate) 13:26; 9 L Baister (Gate) 13:32; 10 K Amoss (Blay) 13:45  Fastest: T Venus 11:38; L Baister 12:02; G Urwin (Tyne) 12:22; J Moore (J&H) 12:22
Teams: 1 Sunderland 8; 2 Blaydon 20; 3 Tynedale 22
Under 13 Boys: 2.5km.  1 L Ayton (Dur) 10:04; 2 L Boyek (Shil) 10:10; 3 C Boyek (Shil) 10:19; 4 L Hogg (Gate) 10:33; 5 J Brown (Tyne) 10:35; 6 S Greenwood (Tyne) 10:42; 7 D Parker (Tyne) 10:43; 8 J Oram (Els) 10:50; 9 M Bunn (J&H) 10:51; 10 R Loraine (Birt) 10:58
Fastest: C Boyek 9:09; L Hogg 9:23; J Brown 9:25
Teams: 1 Shildon 16; 2 Tynedale 18; 3 Gateshead 39
Seniior Women: 5km.  1 T Laws (CleS) 20:02; 2 K Slater (Sun S, W35) 21:08; 3 S Christie (Aln) 21:35; 4 A Peace (Heat) 21:47; 5 D James (Elv, W40) 21:51; 6 N Batey (Ryton Tri) 22:09; 7 N Owens (Shil) 22:17; 8 J Nutt (Els) 22:17; 9 G Cavilll (Morp, W40) 22:33; 10 J Zoppi (Heat) 22:39; 11 K Elliott (Elv, W35) 22:40; 12 L Walker (Walls, W35) 22:43; 13 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 23:08; 14 K Robertson (Tyne, W40) 23:10; 15 S White (Tyne, W40) 23:13   Fastest: D James 19:31; T Laws 20:02; J Nutt 19:57; K Robertson 20:50; K Slater 21:08
Teams: 1 Heaton 35; 2 Elvet Striders 38; 3 Tynedale 57; 4 Sunderland Strollers 63; 5 Blaydon 84; 6 Claremont 93
Junior Women: 5km.  1 L Weightman (Morp, U17) 21:31; 2 L Patton (Gate) 22:16; 3 S-K Crowell (J&H, U17) 22:49; 4 A Wilson (N Ayc) 22:57; 5 A Snook (Shil) 23:27; 6 E Murray (J&H, U17) 23:38; 7 R Shield (Dur, U17) 23:44; 8 G Campbell (J&H) 23:49; 9 L Smith (Sun, U17) 24:07; 10 J Brignall (Heat) 24:11
Fastest: L Weightman 19:11; L Patton 19:56; A Wilson 20:37
Teams: 1 Jarrow and Hebburn 17; 2 Houghton and Peterlee 46
Under 15 Girls: 3.5km.  1 S Bell (Gate) 15:02; 2 C Samuelson (Gate) 15:08; 3 R Lundgren (Gosf) 15:19; 4 S Smith (Tyne) 15:29; 5 E Masson (Gosf) 15:47; 6 R Jamieson (Gate) 15:48; 7 B Campbell (Sun) 15:53; 8 R Oldham (Gate) 15:54; 9 G Wilkinson (CleS) 15:55; 10 E Hope (Sun) 16:04  Fastest: S Bell 13:32; R Lundgren 13:49; S Smith 13:59
Teams: 1 Gateshead 9; 2 Sunderland 29; 3 Gosforth 39
Under 13 Girls: 2,5km.  1 R Denton (Morp) 11:05; 2 F Higgin (Shil) 11:39; 3 E Findlay (Shil) 11:44; 4 H Rank (Morp) 11:50; 5 A Waites (Sun) 11:57; 6 M Simpson (Morp) 11:59; 7 A Watt (CleS) 12:00; 8 S Parker (Sun) 12:04; 9 E Wood (Shil) 12:06; 10 S Taylor (Birt) 12:08
Fastest: R Denton 9:55; F Higgin 10:29; E Findlay 10:34
Teams: 1 Morpeth 11; 2 Shildon 14; 3 Sunderland 35
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 8th January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Most of info used but some strange editing. Weather was fine but cold. Underfoot conditions were surprisingly firm on most of course. 281 finishers in SM event (last time: 60:37). 66 in SW (last time: 29:24). Sadly only 12 in U17 Mens' race. Excellent run by Eleanor Murray in JW event.
Apolgies to Jo Zoppi, who was omitted from fastest times (not sure why ?), with 20:19. Other Heaton performances were (slight advance worry about turn-out, due to long holiday period):  SM: 77 J Moore 34:51; 125 A Ball 41:10; 170 M Gibson 42:32; 194 J Gibson 43:33; 202 E Baty 44:15; 237 A Mulliss 47:01; 240 D Brignall 47:04; 281 G Routledge 60:37  (Team 24th/10th in Div 2, now lie 7th overall) SW: 21 H Astley 21:15; 33 J Critchley 24:09.
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North Eastern Counties' A.A Indoor Championships.
Gateshead Indoor Centre. Sat. 6th Jan.
There were several Championship bests at the first part of the North Eastern Counties' A.A Indoor Championships, at the new Gateshead Indoor Centre. Britain's 5th-ranked Long Jumper, Chris Kirk, now studying at Northumbria University, in order to be close to coach, Peter Stanley added 13cms to the old figures in the Senior Mens' Long Jump. Philip Brown of Blaydon added 34cms to the record in the U20 Shot. Sally Scott of Gateshead broke her own record in the Under 17 Pole Vault by 50cms. Middlesbrough's Lloyd Powell improved the Under 20 High Jump record, held by Senior winner, John Stacey by 1cm. Adebayo Babatunde of Middlesbrough bettered the old figures in the Senior Mens' Triple Jump by 18cms. Mark Christie of Sale, who missed the whole of the 2006 season, through injury, equalled his own record in the Senior Pole Vault.
Results.
Senior Men:  HJ: John Stacey (Gate) 1.91  PV: 1 M Christie (Sale) 4.70 (=CBP); 2 John Stacey 3.75  LJ: 1 C Kirk (North'd U) 7.20 (CBP); 2 John Stacey 6.72  TJ: A Babatunde (M'bro) 14.14 (CBP)  SP: C Sturrock (Gate) 15.33
Under 20 Men:  HJ: L Powell (M'bro) 1.91 (CBP)  PV: R Dixon (Gate) 3.60  LJ: 1 C Dryden (M'bro) 6.00; 2 S Stanislaus (Shil) 5.82; 3 N Sevior (Gate) 5.54  TJ: C Dryden 12.61  SP: P Brown (Blay) 13.81 (CBP)
Under 17 Men:  HJ: E Gill (Gate) 1.60  PV: T Parkin (Gate) 3.62  LJ: 1 A Rowland (Gate) 5.74; 2 M Halewood (Gate) 5.41
Under 15 Boys:  PV: G Cryer (Gate) 2.30
Under 13 Boys:  HJ: 1 D Thompson (Gate) 1.30; 2 J Jama (Blay) 1.27; 3 N Kennedy (Darl) 1.05  LJ: 1 J Robertshaw (Morp) 3.70; 2 N Kennedy 2.97  SP: N Kennedy 5.34
Senior Women:  LJ: 1 M Carr (Shil) 5.34; 2 E Wooff (Gate) 5.18  TJ: 1 J Straker (unatt) 12.39; 2 M Carr 11.82  SP: 1 C Reid (Morp) 10.15; 2 V Young (Gate, U20) 10.06
Under 20 Women:  HJ: 1 R Pottinger (Birt) 1.58; 2 T Kennedy (Darl) 1.55; 3 M Bratton (SSh) 1.50   LJ: 1 T Kennedy 4.93; 2 A Ramsey (SSh) 4.78; 3 L Watt (SSh) 4.67  TJ: T Kennedy 9.76  SP: 1 S Hopkinson (Birt) 10.83; 2 V Young 10.31; 3 A Ramsey 8.46
Under 17 Women:  HJ: 1 J Baker (Dur) 1.55; 2 I Sharp (SSh) 1.50; 3 G Johnson (NSP) 1.45  PV: S Scott (Gate) 3.50 (CBP)  LJ: 1 A Fleming (Shil) 5.16; 2 A Dobson (Gate) 4.77; 3 H Robertson (NSP) 4.62  TJ: E Pringle (Gate) 10.38  SP: 1 T Breen (Blay) 10.11; 2 E Pringle 9.16; 3 K Burt (Gate) 8.61
Under 15 Girls:  HJ: 1 J Hanson (Gate 1.55 (=CBP); 2 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.55  PV: 1 Stacey Howden (Gate) 2.50; 2 Shannon Howden (Gate, U13) 2.00  LJ: 1 J Read (Gate) 5.08; 2 A Stone (J&H) 4.65; 3 J Hansom 4.46  SP: 1 A Welsh (Gate) 8.75; 2 D High (unatt) 8.23; 3 L Kennedy 7.76
Under 13 Girls:  HJ: 1 Shannon Howden 1.28 (CBP); 2 N Teasdale (J&H) 1.25; 3 B Kerrigan (J&H) 1.20  LJ: 1 A Smith (SSh) 3.70; 2 B Kerrigan 3.68; 3 K Murphy (Birt) 3.67  SP: 1 V Jacques (unatt) 6.32; 2 B Kerrigan 5.44; 3 N Teasdale 5.27
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 8th January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Most of info used but in small print. Results compiled by Jenny Tinkler posted through door (probably by Dick Balding), before I returned from Consett. Meeting must have finished quite early. Dreadful turn-out in U15 Boys' category (1 athlete ?), and not many Senior Women either.
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Jarrow Indoor Grand Prix
Monkton Stadium.  Thurs. 4th Jan.
Results.
Under 17 Men:  60: 1 A Wilkinson (Gate) 7.7; 2  P Jobling (SSh) 7.7  600: 1 A Rowland (Gate) 1:44.8; 2 E Gill (Gate) 1:54.5; 3 P Jobling 1:55.3
Under 15 Boys:  60: M Young (Gate) 7.9  600: M Young 1:59.5
Under 13 Boys:  60: T Peel (J&H) 8.8  600: 1 T Peel 2:01.8; 2 R Loraine (Birt) 2:02.9
Under 17 Women:  60: 1 N Pearson (Gate) 8.2; 2 B Frazer (R&Z) 8.3  B: A Wood (SSh) 8.3
600: 1 S-K Crowell (J&H) 2:03.6; 2 E Winter (J&H) 2:05.7
Under 15 Girls:  60: 1 A Stone (J&H) 8.3; 2 E Hastings (Morp) 8.4  600: 1 S Loraine (Birt) 2:02.5; 2 A Watt (CleS) 2:05.8; 3 E Watt (CleS) 2:07.9
Under 13 Girls:  60: K Murphy (Birt) 8.7  600: 1 A Archbold (Shil) 2:10.0; 2 S Taylor (Birt) 2:11.4
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 8th January 2007).

Additional Comments: Only results sent. Meeting finished a lot earlier (about 8.50pm). U17W sprints were straight finals. Eleanor Murray won B 600m in 2mins 07.2secs.
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Morpeth 11km Road Race.
Mon. 1st Jan.
Britain's 6th ranked 10000m runner, David Wardle returned to his native North East, to win yesterday's Morpeth 11km Road Race, for the third time. Wardle, who was successful in the first two years that the event was moved to New Years Day in 2002 and 2003, was content to stay in the leading group of four after the first 1.5M. He was joined by 2006 winner and runner-up, Mark Brown and Neil Wilkinson of Morpeth and their clubmate, Nick Swinburn, who had won a Fell race at Rothbury in the morning. Not surprisingly Swinburn lost contact after 2M, before Wardle pulled away from the opposition on the hilliest section of the course after 2.5M. Wilkinson offered a brief challenge but was overhauled by Brown soon after.
Wardle increased the advantage at the finish line to 51secs, with Brown holding off a revived challenge from Wikinson for second place. Another Morpeth athlete, Les Atkinson was the first veteran finishing in 6th position overall.
Jayne Goble of North Shields Poly, won a hard fought Womens' race from North Eastern Junior Cross Country champion, Mary Ferrier of Gateshead. Gwen Cavill of Morpeth was the leading veteran in third place.
Result.
1 D Wardle (London I) 33:47; 2 M Brown (Morp) 34:38; 3 N Wilkinson (Morp) 34:45; 4 N Swinburn (Morp, U20) 35:55; 5 D Swinburne (Morp) 36:33; 6 L Atkinson (Morp, M50) 36:57; 7 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 37:19; 8 N Shrubb (Morp) 38:15; 9 S Rutherford (Darl) 38:57; 10 A Lawrence (Morp) 39:20; 11 D Embleton (Walls, M40) 39:35; 12 G Jones (Blyth) 40:00; 13 M McNally (Els, M55) 41:05; 14 K Wood (Salt, M40) 41:52; 15 G Scott (unatt, M45) 42:03
M45: 2 P Doxford (SSh) 42:33  M50: 2 A Jenkins (Morp) 42:57  M55: 2 E Wilson (SSh) 44:03  M60: 1 L Christopher (Sun) 44:51; 2 T Went (NSP) 46:31  M70: 1 J Prudham (J&H) 50:22; 2 E Appleby (Heat) 53:54
Team: Morpeth 9
Women: 1 J Goble (NSP) 43:54; 2 M Ferrier (Gate, U20) 44:08; 3 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 46:24; 4 H Ross (unatt, W50) 47:16; 5 G Campbell (Newc U, U20) 47:50; 6 S Calvert (Morp, W35) 48:39; 7 N Batey (Ryton Tri) 48:52; 8 J Hetherington (unatt) 49:02; 9 J Kilgour (Clare, W55) 50:12; 10 P Woodcock (Morp, W45) 51:09
Team: Morpeth 19
(Newcastle Journal:  Tues 2nd January 2007).

Additional Comments:  Only report used (footnote: results in 3rd Jan edition). 122 finishers (last time: 72:32). Thanks to Mike Bateman for results. Weather cold and windy but bright and dry. Wind had abated since overnight gales. Race partly sponsored (and prizes presented) by Jim Alder, who received MBE in New Years' Honours List. I understand Andrew Lawrence and probably Georgia Campbell, competed on Town Moor in morning. Poor turn out from Heaton. Performances were: 72 C McEntee 50:06; 99 E Appleby; 119 G Routledge 63:25.
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