January 2009
Weekly Round-up
(to 31st Jan).
Results
from the Glasgow Indoor International included:
60: 1 C Pickering (GB) 6.57 400: 1 T Christopher (Can/Com) 47.19;
2 R Buck (GB) 47.29 3000: 1 M Farah (GB) 7:40.99 (UK
Rec) W: 200: 1 V Hodge (St K/Com) 24.29; 4 V Barr (GB)
24.96 60H: 1 L Jones (USA) 7.95.
Results
from the Birmingham Games (Indoors) included: 60: 1 D Chambers (Bel)
6.54 (6.52s/f) W: 800: 1 D CHristmas (Craw) 2:08.87; 6 N Desai
(Traff) 2:12.48 U20: 400: 1 F Foster (S Lon) 57.26; 4 S Coleby
(Dur) 60.66.
Results
from the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships at
Tadcaster: SB: 1 D Schofield 21:19 (by 9secs); 4 D Roberts 21:54
IB: 1 D Collins 17:19 (by 5secs); 3 J Schofield 17:39; 6 M Scott
18:08 JB: 1 F Roberts 13:20 (by 31secs) IG: 1 P De La Rosee
15:02; 2 G Rodgers 15:07; 5 S Allison 15:19; 7 K Paxton 15:39 JG:
1 T Lowther 11:53; 5 D Braithwaite 11:59.
Results courtesy of AW.
Veterans A.A - North East Cross
Country Championships.
Holy Cross, Wallsend. Sat. 31st
Jan.
Sunderland's Brian Rushworth gained
his 7th successive overall victory at Saturday's Veterans A.A-North
East Cross Country Championships at Holy Cross, Wallsend.
In the biting cold conditions,
Rushworth took an early lead on the testing 4 lap course, coming home
1min 30secs ahead of Durham's Rob Hand, who like the winner is in the
Over 45 category. Tommy Brannon of North Shields Poly took
third place leading home the Over 40 competitors. Richmond's Ken Harker
was the leading Over 35 athlete in 4th position.
John Stephens of Low Fell took the
Over 50 title.
Neil Cassidy of Tynedale (Over 55),
Mark McNally of Elswick (Over 60) and Terry O'Gara of Wallsend were the
other category winners.
North Shields Poly won the Over 40
team title.
Morpeth's Walter Ryder travelled down
from the North of Scotland to retain his Over 70 title, with Heaton's
Eric Appleby repeating his 2008 victory in the Over 75 age-group.
Kathryn Foley (formerly Waugh) of
Chester Le Street easily win the Womens' race from Hartlepool's Tracey
Waller, with Tynedale's Joanne Dooley taking third place. All three are
in the Over 35 category. Claremont's Mandy Herworth won the Over 40
event, with Tynedale's Steph White successful in the Over 45 category.
Maggie Loraine of Gateshead maintained her excellent form to win the
Over 50 age-group while Janette Kilgour of Claremont took the Over 55
title. As expected Kath Stewart of North Shields was successful in the
Over 65 age-group.
Tynedale took the team title.
Results.
Men (10km): M35: 1 K Harker (R&Z)
37:02; 2 C Robson (J&H) 37:28; 3 L Smith (Heat) 38:26
M40: 1 T Brannon (NSP) 35:55; 2 M
Thompson (Sun) 37:11; 3 V Hemy (NSP) 39:14
M45: 1 B Rushworth (Sun) 34:21; 2 R
Hand (Dur) 35:51; 3 M Frost (NSP) 37:31; 4 M Jones (SSh) 38:21; 5 G
Bell (Black B) 38:52
M50: 1 J Stephens (Low F) 38:19; 2 K
Mackey (SSh) 39:35; 3 M Bunn (J&H) 40:18; 4 D Nicholson (Low F)
41:09; 5 S Marshall (Dur) 41:28
M55: 1 N Cassidy (Tyne) 40:15; 2 K
Elliott (Sun) 41:00; 3 A Jenkins (Morp) 41:32; 4 S Daley (Heat) 42:11;
5 S Borlos (NSP) 42:27
M60: 1 M McNally (Els) 40:37; 2 A
Rowell (Dur) 44:57; 3 B Hume (Low F) 47:44
M65: 1 T O'Gara (Walls)
45:17; 2 M Relton (NE Vets) 47:52; 3 J
Stephenson (Crook) 48:37
Teams: 40-49: 1 North Shields Poly 69;
2 Wallsend 100; 3 South Shields 132 50-59: 1 Elvet Striders 164;
2 Heaton 194; 3 North Shields Poly 198 60-69: 1 Low Fell 259; 2
North East Vets AC 268
M70 (5km): 1 W Ryder:(Morp) 22:15; 2 I
Barnes (Darl) 24:46; 3 D Whitmore (SSh) 25:34
M75: 1 E Appleby (Heat) 28:22; 2 B
Emmerson (Bill MH) 32:48
M85: 1 E Joynson (Gate) 65:57
Women (5km): W35: 1 K Foley (CleS)
19:18; 2 T Waller (Hart) 19:40; 3 J Dooley (Tyne) 21:00; 4 L Walker
(Walls) 22:47; 5 S Scott (Tyne) 23:29
W40: 1 M Herworth (Clare) 21:23;
2 C Ratcliff (Dur) 21:41; 3 K Jones (NSP) 21:51; 4 K Davis (NSP) 22:04;
5 C Bruce (Morp) 22:17
W45: 1 S White (Tyne) 22:25; 2 L Marr (Tyne)
22:32; 3 J Friend (Heat) 22:52; 4 H Morris (Blyth) 23:02; 5 S Davis
(Elv) 23:44
W50: 1 M Loraine (Gate) 21:57; 2 S Preston
(Heat) 25:06; 3 J Gillespie (Elv) 25:37
W55: 1 J Kilgour (Clare) 25:17; 2 W Rowell
(Elv) 25:58; 3 J Young (Elv) 29:15
W65: 1 K Stewart (NSP) 28:26; 2 E Enisz (Bill
MH) 31:20
Teams: 1 Tynedale 28; 2 North Shields Poly 36;
3 Wallsend 60
Heaton Harriers Club Championships.
Men: 1 J Buis 34:29; 2 L Smith (M35)
38:28; 3 L Longman 39:43
Women: 1 F Turley 22:01; 2 J Friend
(W45) 22:52; 3 J Critchley (W35) 23:23
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 2nd February 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of
Barbara Wood (Sunday 11.00am for main race due to a "technical hitch").
101 finishers (Race1) (last time: D Routledge 63:10), 49 (Race 2) (last
time: EJ). Ted J started 18mins early and was caught by almost all of
field after 1 lap. Weather bright but got very cold and quite windy as
meeting progressed. Brian Bewick must have dropped out (not sure
when) which cost Sunderland team title. Heaton Championship results on
HH website. M50 counters were: S Daley (42:11), D Wright (46:01) and D
Sanders 49:27 (all M55). Reg Checkley was 4th M70 (27:04). James Buis a
close second to Rushworth throughout. Fiona Turley 8th across line.
Middlesbrough. Sat. 31st Jan.
Morpeth veteran Craig McBurney took
12secs off the course record, when winning Saturday's Albert Park 5km
at Middlesbrough.
Carolyn Summersgill of Middlesbrough
finished 4th overall, missing the Womens' course record by 1sec.
Result.
1 C McBurney (Morp, M40) 15:55 (rec);
2 R Thompson (N Marske, M45) 16:53; 3 M Jones (M&C, U20)
17:02; 4 C Summersgill (M&C, SW) 17:04
Women: 1 C Summersgill 17:04; 2 S
Thornton (N Marske, W35) 19:47; 3 J Jones (unatt) 20:26; 4 S Gayter
(NYM, W45) 20:34 W60: 1 S Gibson (Darl) 22:0
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 2nd February 2009).
Additional Comments: Only results used. Courtesy of Park Run website,
2.00pm. 45 finishers (last time: 36:54).
Weekly Round-up
(to 25th Jan).
Result of the Chernobyl 10km at Preston: 1 S Hepples 32:34 (by
28secs) W: 1 P Powell (B'burn, W35) 35:18; 2 R Robinson (listed
as unatt) 35:51.
Result of the Scottish Short Course Cross Country Championship at
Glasgow:
SW (4km): 1 F Murray 14:41 (by 27secs); 4 R Smith (HBT) 15:25; 14 E
Waterhouse (Cent) 15:53.
Result of East Borders Series League at Norham: SM: 1 A Crichton (Dunb,
U20) 26:43 (by 23secs).
Results from the Southern Cross Country Championships at Uxbridge (24th
Jan): SM: 1 P Wicks (Belg) 51:08; 2 B Whitby (WSE&H) 52:00
SW: 1 K Sparke (WG&EL) 31:50; 2 F Fullerton (Hav) 32:14; 4 O Walwyn
(Nor) 32:27; 7 J Heslop (Clap) 32:52 U20W: 1 S Twell (AF&D)
21:05 (by 1min 26secs).
Results from the Midland Cross Country Championships at Berry Hill
Park, Mansfield: SM: 1 P Nicholls (Tip) 36:26; 2 M Lole (Cov) 36:36; 3
R McLeod (Tip) 36:56. Team: 1 Tipton 67.
Result from the Albert Park 5km: 1 D Moore (unatt) 17:56; 2 A Pearson
(NYM) 18:18 W: 1 S Gayter (NYM, W45) 20:54 (by 1min 22secs).
Northern Athletics Junior Indoor
Championships.
English Institute of Sport,
Sheffield. Sun. 25th Jan.
The region's few
representatives were among the medals at yesterday's Northern
Athletics Indoor Championships at Sheffield.
Gateshead's Sam Hall won the 60m
Hurdles and High Jump for Under 15 Boys and was also second in the 60m.
Both track performances were personal bests and he equalled his best in
the High Jump.
Jarrow's James Lovatt won the Under 17
60m and after a heavy racing schedule in the programmes, finished 2nd
in the 200m. Both medal winning performances were personal bests.
Gateshead's Nathan Mersh also set new
figures finishing 3rd in the Under 17 60m Hurdles.
Jack Greenwell of Gateshead finished
2nd to Hall in the Hurdles.
Results.
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 J Lovatt (J&H)
7.25 200: 1 L Clewes (Crewe) 22.49; 2 J Lovatt 22.95 60H: 1
D Needham (Wig) 8.36; 3 N Mersh (Gate) 8.65
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 A Kiwomye (Roth)
7.51: 2 S Hall (Gate) 7.71 60H: 1 S Hall 8.98; 2 J Greenwell
(Gate) 9.58
HJ: 1 S Hall 1.65
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited. Lovatt ran three 60m races
between 200m Semis and Final. An excellent entry in shorter events but
not many from North East. Those that did compete performed well. More
Results: U17: 60: SF 3: 1 J Lovatt 7.38 Ht5: 1 J Lovatt
7.43 200: SF1: 1 J Lovatt 23.06 Ht2: 1 J Lovatt 23.88
U15: 60: Ht2: 1 S Hall 7.76 U17W: 60: 1 G Christopher (Leeds C)
8.02; 5 L Walker (Shil) 8.25 (8.20ht) TJ: 1 S Brown (Sheff)
11.23; 3 C O'Connor (M'bro) 10.31 (apologies for omission, but this
event had not started when Track events were comleted at 4.45pm). U15:
60: 1 A Bishell (Sheff) 7.83; 4 E Mullen (M'bro) 8.16 (8.21ht)
60H: 1 Y Miller (Derby) 9.05 (CBP); 5 A Smith (J&H) 9.87 (9.87ht):
7 N
Teasdale (J&H) 10.18 (9.88ht).
Northern Athletics
Cross Country Championships.
Sherdley Park, St Helens. Sat.
24th Jan.
New Marske's Ricky Stevenson provided
the region's only gold medal at Saturday's Northern Athletics Cross
Country Championships at Sherdley Park, St Helens.
Stevenson soon headed the field on the
muddy course, pulling away to an easy victory. Clubmates Dominic
Shaw and Russell Best also gained top ten places, but with Adam Blowers
in 31st, the Teesiders missed out on the team gold medals finishing 2nd
to Liverpool. Chester Le Street also gained silver in the Senior
Womens' race behind Hallamshire. Alyson Dixon led home the counters in
6th followed by Maxine Czarnecka (14th), Melissa Forman (21st) and
Kathryn Foley (28th). Gemma Miles of Kendal was the individual winner,
retaining her title. Sarah Tunstall (3rd) and Rebecca Robinson (7th)
also gained top ten places for Kendal, while former North Eastern
champion, Sonia Thomas of Sale finished 4th.
Laura Park of Ellenborough, 6th in the
recent European Junior Championship, easily won the Under 17 Womens'
race from Shildon's Kate Avery. Cumbria also provided the Under 13
Girls' winner, Abbie Hetherington of Carlisle. Third in this race was
North Eastern champion, Anna Fawcett of Chester Le Street.
Shildon's Cameron Boyek took third
place in the Under 15 Boys' race, behind Scarborough's Josh Schofield.
It was a good day for the Schofield family as older brother Daniel had
earlier taken the Under 17 title.
European bronze medallist Lauren
Howarth of Leigh easily won the Under 20 Womens' race.
In the feature event for Senior Men,
Stockport's Steve Vernon comfortably defeated defending champion, David
Webb of Leeds. Sunderland's Mark Hood finished 4th with Leeds taking
the team title for the 5th successive year.
Results.
Senior Men (12km): 1 S Vernon (Stock)
34:18; 2 D Webb (Leeds) 34:56; 3 G Raven (Sale) 35:05; 4 M Hood (Sun)
35:21; 5 A Jones (Salf) 35:28; 6 J Gilby (Derby) 35:40; 7 D Bilton
(Leeds, M40) 35:45; 8 T Lancashire (Bolt) 35:49; 9 M Bowser (Linc W)
35:54; 10 A Brownlee (Bing) 36:00
Other Placings: 13 N Swinburn (Morp)
36:05; 19 C Sampson (Morp) 36:26; 22 P Martin (Sun) 36:29; 34 M Brown
(Morp) 37:35; 44 S Bell (CleS, M40) 38:47; 46 M Gamble-Thompson (N
Marske, M40) 38:30; 48 M Dawson (NSP) 38:31; 73 D Swinburne (Morp)
39:45
Teams: 1 Leeds City 115; 2 Liverpool H
325; 3 Salford 327; 4 Trafford 332; 5 Sale, Manchester 348; 6
Hallamshire 366; 8 Morpeth 380; 13 Elswick 1085; 30 Wallsend 1906; 32
Saltwell 2069; 43 Aurora 3108
Under 20 Men (8km): 1 R Stevenson (N
Marske) 24:51; 2 G Gundersen (Liv H) 25:19; 3 J Brownlee (Bing) 25:28;
4 L Walker (Warr) 25:33; 5 M Williams (Leeds) 25:45; 6 R Challinor (Liv
H) 25:49 Other Placings: 8 D Shaw (N Marske) 26:07; 10 R
Best (N Marske) 26:19; 13 C Smith (CleS) 26:55; 31 A Blowers (N Marske)
27:55; 37 D Roberts (R&Z) 28:12
Teams: 1 Liverpool H 44; 2 New Marske
50; 3 Warrington 54
Under 17 Men (5.7km): 1 D Schofield
(Scar) 17:21; 2 S Atkin (Linc W) 17:34; 3 C Hulson (Sale) 17:39; 4 K
Billington (B'burn) 17:50; 5 J Roden (Sale) 17:51; 6 A Clews (Vale R)
17:59 Other Placings: 7 D Collins (Scar) 18:05; 20 M Grimes (Dur)
18:32; 21 J Phillips (Darl) 18:39; 27 C Gaffney (Darl) 18:46; 35 S Wood
(R&Z) 18:57; 36 T West (Darl) 18:58
Teams: 1 Lincoln Wellington 74; 2
Sale, Manchester 77; 3 Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton 99; 4 Darlington
129; 11 Richmond & Zetland 287; 17 Blaydon 444
Under 15 Boys (3.5km): 1 J Schofield
(Scar) 11:50; 2 E Tood (Leeds) 11:52; 3 C Boyek (Shil) 12:03; 4 A
Nelson (Liv P) 12:13; 5 S-K Roberts (Hal'x) 12:14; 6 S Robinson (Wirr)
12:15
Other Placings: 14 F Roberts (R&Z)
12:28; 17 J Nisbet (Morp) 12:31; 24 M Scott (R&Z) 12:40
Teams: 1 Wirral 79; 2 Lancaster &
Morecambe 80; 3 Holmfirth 95;
Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 J Knox (Helm
Hill) 11:24; 2 A Howard (Old) 11:30; 3 B Everson (Black'l) 11:37; 4 L
Stedman (Scar) 11:46; 5 M Murphy (E Ches) 11:50; 6 R Loraine (Gate)
11:53
Other Placings: 10 C Peverley (CleS)
12:06; 23 L Irvine (Sun) 12:22; 30 P Harmsworth (R&Z) 12:30; 31 M
Wilson (Sun) 12:31; 35 A Wallett (NSP) 12:41
Teams: 1 Wirral 93; 2 Lincoln
Wellington 144; 3 Liverpool H 167; 6 Sunderland 245
Senior Women (8km): 1 G Miles (Kend)
25:47; 2 H Dean (Hall) 26:02; 3 S Tunstall (Kend) 26:18; 4 S Thomas
(Sale) 26:42; 5 V Wilkinson (Bing) 26:48; 6 A Dixon (CleS) 27:08; 7 R
Robinson (Kend) 27:32; 8 L Adams (Hall) 27:36; 9 T Walker (Salf) 27:54;
10 J Russell (Hall) 28:02 Other Placings: 11 C Summersgill
(M&C) 28:04; 14 M Czarnecka (CleS) 28:20; 15 M Ferrier (Gate)
28:26; 21 M Forman (CleS) 28:45; 24 J Mooney (Morp) 28:54; 28 K Foley
(CleS, W35) 29:08; 33 T Laws (CleS) 29:28; 35 J Trowbridge (Gate)
29:32; 40 S Graham (Morp) 29:49; 49 A Fox (Morp) 30:25; 54 A Snook
(Shil) 30:53; 61 J Zoppi (Heat) 31:14
Teams: 1 Hallamshire 57; 2 Chester Le
Street 69; 3 Sale, Manchester 80; 4 Kendal 99; 5 Leeds City 106; 6
Bingley 106; 7 Morpeth 213; 12 Gateshead 349; 28 Saltwell 848
Under 20 Women (5.7km): 1 L Howarth
(Leigh) 20:07; 2 K Milner (Traff) 21:32; 3 V Graves (York) 21:37; 4 K
Cheshire (Roth) 21:50; 5 B Haywood (Linc W) 22:01; 6 N Grant (Roth)
22:17 Other Placings: 8 L Roche (Gate) 22:22; 11 C Arter (Eden)
22:38; 20 H Schofield (Scar) 23:21; 33 H Gertig (Blay) 24:52
Teams: 1 Rotherham 55; 2
Kingston-upon-Hull 63; 3 Blackburn 136
Under 17 Women (4.5km): 1 L Park
(Ellen) 14:37; 2 K Avery (Shil) 15:14; 3 H Doherty (Sale) 15:56; 4 R
Craigie (Vale R) 16:07; 5 S Burns (Roth) 16:10; 6 A Bell (Puds)
16:12 Other Placings: 19 E Toogood (Dur) 17:16; 20 Z Armstrong
(Morp) 17:18; 22 D Pickavance-Clarke (CleS) 17:31; 30 V Johnston (Eden)
17:55
Teams: 1 Vale Royal 55; 2 Rotherham
63; 3 Sale, Manchester 157; 5 Morpeth
217
Under 15 Girls (3.5km): 1 K Reynolds
(E Ches) 13:29; 2 G Taylor-Brown (E Ches) 13:31; 3 D Wallis (Macc)
13:44; 4 F Bell (Hall) 13:54; 5 T McCormick (Vale R) 13:57; 6 S Smith
(Wake) 13:58
Other Placings: 7 F Higgin (Shil)
14:03; 9 Z Hewitson (Shil) 14:07; 13 M Winzer (R&Z) 14:14; 18 C
Porter (Sun) 14:27; 41 G Rodgers (Loft) 14:49
Teams: 1 East Cheshire 28; 2 Vale
Royal 119; 3 Wakefield 134; 8 Shildon 192
Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 A Hetherington
(Carl) 12:02; 2 E Tonner (Linc W) 12:25 3 A Fawcett (CleS) 12:26; 4 A
Fitton (Sale) 12:31; 5 B Tynan (Liv H) 12:33; 6 B Haywood (Linc W)
12:35 Other Placings: 7 S Forster (Birt) 12:39; 8 L Turner (Birt)
12:43; 33 R Waugh (Gate) 13:17; 35 C Loredo (Shil) 13:18
Teams: 1 Lincoln Wellington 61; 2
Liverpool H 115; 3 Stockport 159; 17 Morpeth 402
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited. Result Sheets courtesy of
Bill McGuirk/Graham Fecitt. 604 finishers SM (last time: 78:33) and 238
SW (53:29). Weather was bright and quite mild. Course
muddy around start and finish area. Going very testing underfoot. A
good venue but I gather there were problems at the Sports Centre
regarding changing/showering etc. Hannah Rank
finished in the 30's (?) (U15G) but is missing from results. George
Routledge dropped out on first lap (injured). Scott McEntee (439th in
50:44), Colin
McEntee (524th in 54:46) and Allen Mulliss (582nd in 60:17) were other
Heaton competitors. Further Placings: SM: 93 R Hunt (R&Z) 40:37; 97
D Parkin (Loft) 40:39; 104 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 40:49; 113 K
Stephenson (Els, M40) 41:02; 116 G Hunt (Dur) 41:07; 135 K Harker
(R&Z) 41:52; 137 C Paton (Gate) 41:58; 144 C Hainsworth (Gate)
42:08; 145 R Floyd (Morp) 42:09 U20M: 40 J Kraft (Scar) 28:22; 42
E Jackson (N Marske) 28:28; 45 M Jones (M&C) 29:44; 48 J Askew (N
Ayc) 28:50 U17: 45 P Clifford (Darl) 19:13 U15: 44 R Walton
(Shil) 12:55; 54 L Brooks (Morp) 13:01 SW: 100 G Cavill (Morp,
W40) 33:05 U20: 50 L Dixon (Morp) 27:41 U15: 59 B Ward
(Darl) 15:21 U13: 42 S Montgomery (Blay) 13:32; 44 A Etherington
(Shil) 13:35; 47 S Parkin (Loft) 13:38.
Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Indoor Sports Centre. Thurs.
22nd Jan.
Results.
Mixed
60: r1: 1 G Swinburn (Morp, U20) 7:30;
2 J Lovatt (J&H, U17) 7.32; 3 A Wilkinson (Gate, U20) 7.47
r2: 1 M Ferguson (Gate) 7.41; 2 M
Briggs (SSh) 7.48; 3 B Porter (Gate, U17) 7.69 r3: 2 P Donaghy
(Dur, M40) 7.56 r4: 2 S Smith (NE Vets, M45) 7.80 r5: 1 G
Hill (Gate) 7.67; 2 E Smart (Gate, M50) 7.75 r6: 1 L Goldsmith
(Darl, U17W) 8.16; 2 J Read (Gate, U17W) 8.25; 3 R Conlon (Gate, U17W)
8.46 r7: 1 K Corner (J&H, U17W) 8.47
Senior Men: HJ: 1 S Stanislaus (Gate)
1.70; 2 M Roach (Poole, M40) 1.60 PV: 1 G Blenkinsop (M'bro) 3.00
Under 20 Men: HJ: 1 M McCartney (Dur)
1.60
TJ: 1 R Kaufman (Gate) 11.71
Under 17 Men: 60H: 1 N Wood (J&H)
9.00 TJ: 1 B Porter 12.07
Under 15 Boys: 60: r3: 1 J
Greenwell (Gate) 7.69; 2 S Hall (Gate) 7.74 60H: 1 S Hall 9.11; 2
J Greenwell 9.21; 3 R King (unatt) 9.83 HJ: 1 R King 1.55; 2 J
Williams (unatt) 1.50; 3 J Roach (unatt) 1.50 TJ: 1 R King 11.64;
2 N Purvis (CleS) 10.19 SP: 1 J Williams 10.28
Under 13 Boys: 60: r3: 1 T Clough
(Gate) 8.72; 2 J A Da Costa (CleS) 8.74 60H: 1 D Kirtley (Blay)
11.42 HJ: 1 D Kirtley 1.25; 2 J A Da Costa 1.25 TJ: 1 J A
Da Costa 6.19 SP: 1 R Sutton (Shil) 6.40
Senior Women: SP: 1 V Young (Gate)
11.13
Under 20 Women: HJ: 1 G Johnson (NSP)
1.50
Under 17 Women: 60H: 1 K Corner
10.20 HJ: 1 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.45 SP: 1 K Bulmer (J&H)
10.20
Under 15 Girls: 60: r2: 1 L Mole
(NSP) 8.61 r3: 1 K Murphy (Gate) 8.57 r5: 1 L Mulvain
(J&H) 8.35 60H: r1: 1 A Smith (J&H) 9.95 r2: 1 N
Teasdale (J&H) 10.17 HJ: 1 N Teasdale 1.40; 2 F Holliday
(J&H) 1.35 PV: 1 E Brown (unatt) 2.00 SP: 1 V Jacques
(M'bro) 8.97
Under 13 Girls: 60: r1: 1 A-M Lonsdale
(Shil) 8.54 r2: 1 S Robertson (Gate) 8.84 r3: 1 H Lancaster
(Sun) 8.88 60H: 1 S Addison (J&H) 11.01; 2 A Bainbridge
(J&H) 11.18; 3 B Pringle (Gate) 11.28
HJ: 1 A Bainbridge 1.25 SP: 1 K
Brown (Gate) 7.60
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 26th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. These courtesy of Janice
Kaufman (Fri). A good turn-out in sprints this time (8 Mixed 60m
races), but less Field eventers. Numbers in Sen and U20 women still
poor. Claire Turnbul (formerly Eyeington) was sole SW sprinter
(8.64secs). Meeting finished at a relatively late 8.45pm.
Gateshead Lunchtime Road Race Handicap.
Saltwell Park. Wed. 21st Jan.
Result. Distance 5.2km.
1 J Henderson (NE Vets) 33:32; 2 L
Johnstone (Low F) 34:29; 3 M Burns (unatt, W) 35:13; 4 G Hume (Low F)
35:17; 5 A Langley (unatt) 35:18; 6 G Pemberton (NE Vets) 35:21
Fastest Times: C Paton (Gate) 17:47; J
Welsh (Tees, M45) 19:35 Women: M Moran (NE Vets, W40) 22:34
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 2nd February
2009).
Additional Comments: Long Delay as full results did not appear on Low
Fell website until Thurs 29th (pm). Only 37 finishers. Weather fine but
quite cold. Ted Joynson did not turn up until Chris Paton (off 18mins
50secs) was about to start. He was only allowed to run inside Park and
did not complete course. Paton finished 28th and Moran (off 14:30)
finished 33rd. Dave Whitmore finished 16th (26:40). Heaton performances
were: 12 E Appleby 27:35; 32 R
Checkley 25:09; 34 A Mulliss 22:43; 36 G Routledge 31:55.
Northumberland Schools Cross Country
Championships.
Kirkley Hall, Ponteland. Tues.
20th Jan
English Schools 1500m champion, Laura
Weightman won her 5th consecutive title at the Northumberland Schools
Cross Country Championships, at Kirkley Hall.
Weightman, now at Newcastle College,
easily repeated her 2008 victory in the Senior Girls' race, adding to
previous wins in the Junior and Intermediate age-groups.
Andrew Crichton, who competes in
Scotland, but attends Berwick High School, was a surprise winner of the
Senior Boys' race, defeating in-form Tynedale athlete, Tim Calder.
Rachael Lundgren and Helen Waddell,
representing Newcastle occupied the first two places in the
Intermediate Girls' race, as they did in 2008.
Newcastle's Michael Priestley won the
Intermediate Boys' race, while Jonathan Nisbet of East Northumberland
was succesful in the Junior Boys' event. Newcastle's
Stephanie Bruce took the Junior Girls'
title.
The Gill Mooney Cup, presented for the
first time to the best overall Team, went to Newcastle.
Results.
Senior Boys (5.5km): 1 A Crichton
(N North) 17:52; 2 T Calder (Tyne) 18:23; 3 B Pearson
(Newc) 19:05; 4 L Baister (E North) 19:40; 5 T Forrester (N Tyne)
20:32; 6 J Scott (N North) 20:53
Team: Newcastle 60
Inter Boys (4.5km): 1 M Priestley
(Newc) 15:17; 2 L Hogg (Newc) 15:55; 3 J Robson (Newc) 16:03; 4 S Hearn
(Tyne) 16:10; 5 C Johnson (Newc) 16:26; 6 H Lawson (Newc) 16:33
Team: Newcastle 28
Junior Boys (3.5km): 1 J Nisbet (E
North) 13:16; 2 J Reed (Newc) 13:40; 3 K Hurst (E North) 13:43; 4 T
Peel (N Tyne) 13:45; 5 C Lishman (N Tyne) 13:47; 6 S Anderson (Newc)
13:52
Team: North Tyneside 85
Minor Boys (2.4km): 1 P Winkler (N
North) 9:09; 2 O Dent (E North) 9:11; 3 M Jackson (E North) 9:13; 4 L
Cosgrove (Newc) 9:14; 5 J Cripwell (Tyne) 9:25
Team: Newcastle 57
Senior Girls (3.5km): 1 L Weightman
(Newc) 14:04; 2 Z Armstrong (E North) 14:57; 3 G Taylor (Newc) 15:31; 4
M Lewis (Newc) 16:05; 5 A Thomas (N North) 16:20; 6 A Poremba (N North)
16:26
Team: Newcastle 34
Inter Girls (3.5km): 1 R Lundgren
(Newc) 14:45; 2 H Waddell (Newc) 14:47; 3 P Williams (Newc) 15:03; 4 H
Rank (E North) 15:07; 5 R Denton (Newc) 15:18; 6 F Kankowski (E North)
15:25
Team: Newcastle 30
Junior Girls (3.2km): 1 S Bruce (Newc)
14:34; 2 L Pages (Newc) 14:49; 3 H Warburton (Newc) 14:52; 4 H Jones (N
North) 15:08; 5 C Falconer (E North) 15:13; 6 B Larby (N
Tyne)15:19 Team: Newcastle 38
Minor Girls (2.4km): 1 R Waugh (Newc)
9:56; 2 A Barnes (Tyne) 10:08; 3 J Gilmour (Newc) 10:11; 4 S
Barwise-Munro (Newc) 10:16; 5 A Brown (N Tyne) 10:24 Team:
Newcastle 57
(Newcastle Journal: Thurs. 22nd January 2009).
Addiional Comments: Report edited. Limited amount of results due to
"midweek" spot. Results courtesy of Ian Beck. Weather fine and
dry, but got colder as meeting progressed. Course was mainly frozen but
muddy in parts. Further results included: IB: 7 J Brown
(Tyne) 16:33; 8 S Greenwood (Tyne) 16:46 SG: 7 K Rowley (Newc)
17:24; 8 A Johnson (N Tyne) 17:43 IG: 7 R Steel (E North) 15:36;
8 R Oram (Tyne) 15:41; 9 A McGregor (Newc) 15::47.
Weekly Round-up
(to 18th Jan).
Results from the Brass Monkey Half Marathon at York: 1 M Pierson (Holm)
66:34; 2 D Bilton (Leeds, M40) 68:38; 4 J Bulman 71:25; 7 D Parkin
73:24; 11 A Chadfield 74:10; 15 R Bellamy (M40) 75:28 (2nd
M40) M40: 7 M Connelly 77:51 M55: 1 I Scott 81:36 W:
1 K Fawke (Tel) 76:20 (by 37secs): 3 B Penty (York) 81:38; 14 E Johnson
86:45 (4th W35); 21 S Lister 89:15; 22 A Hunter 89:23 W60: 1 S
Gibson 1:41:22.
Results from the North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League at
Whitby: SM: 1 A Duffield (Loft) 30:09; 2 R Cole (N&EB-gst) 31:29; 3
L Gamble-Thompson ( N Marske) 32:09; 4 T Bean (York) 32:11; 5 L Rodgers
(Loft, U20) 32:25; 11 G Hetherington (Sedge, M40) 34:42 Teams: 1
Loftus & Whitby 78; 2 New Marske 115; 3 Middlesbrough &
Cleveland 187 U17: 1 D Schofield (Scar) 20:16 ( by 1min
40secs) U15: 1 M Scott (R&Z) 10:38; 2 F Roberts (R&Z)
10:39; 3 J Schofield (Scar) 10:40 U13: 1 P Harmsworth (R&Z)
9:03 (by 22secs) SW: 1 C Summersgill (M&C) 21:05; 2 T
Waller (Hart, W35)
22:10; 3 H Schofield (Scar, U20) 22:25; 4 A Owen (Loft) 23:04; 5 J
Mastrolonardo (Loft, W35) 23:18; 7 S Allison (M'bro, U17)
23:58 Teams: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 60; 2 City of
York 65; 3 Loftus & Whitby 65 U15: 1 M Lowther
(Eden-gst) 12:03; 2 M Winzer (R&Z) 12:27; 3 G Rodgers (Loft)
12:48 U13: 1 S Parkin (Loft) 9:57 (by 12secs).
Results from the Cardiff Cross Country Challenge (17th Jan): SW: 1 S
Hignett (B'mth) 22:24 (by 24secs); 8 M Ferrier 24:03.
Result from Vault Meeting at Sport City: PV: 5 S Scott (U20W) 4.06.
Results from the Midlands Womens' League at Coventry: SW: 1 S
Stockton (Lough) 21:23; 2 D James (B'ham U) 21:33; 3 C Wickham (Lough)
21:49.
Result of Poole Runners 5km (16th Jan): 1 W Chinhanhu (Poole)
15:18; 2 C Powner (Winch) 15:30; 3 N Shrubb 15:44.
Results from the North Shields Poly Grand Prix (13th Jan) (fastest
times): 1 C Morley (TWFB, M45) 19:13; 2 G Moore 19:38; 3 B
McMillan (Clare) 19:55 W: 1 L Hayes (unatt, W35) 22:56; 2 M
Herworth (Clare, W40) 24:12.
Durham Cathedral Cross Country Relays.
Race Course, Durham City. Sun.
18th Jan.
Sunderland Harriers were clear winners
of the Senior Mens' race at yesterday's Durham Cathedral Relays at the
Race Course.
In the biting cold conditions, Patrick
Martin led for the Wearsiders on Leg 1 coming home 9secs ahead of
Durham's Dan Garbutt. North Eastern Cross Country champion, Mark Hood
extended the advantage on leg 2 to 50secs over 2008 winners, New
Marske. Hood's time was identical to that of Martin, the pair
clocking the fastest legs of the day.
Gavin Massingham maintained the
advantage over New Marske on the final leg, though the region's Junior
Cross Country champion, Ricky Stevenson made some inroads on the first
of the two laps. Morpeth finished in third place.
Sunderland nearly repeated their
victory in the Veterans' race but North Shields Poly's more youthful
squad had the edge.
The Poly, winners in 2008, led on leg
1 through Tommy Brannon, with Sunderland lying in 4th place. Brian
Rushworth moved the Wearsiders into a 10secs lead on leg 2, with the
day's fastest time.
Ian Twaddle of North Shields caught
Sunderland's Tom Doughty in the closing stages kicking away from his
rival in the final 200m.
Elswick finished in 3rd place.
Chester Le Street easily won the
Womens' race. Kathryn Foley (formerly Waugh) led after leg 1 with
Melissa Turner and Alyson Dixon extending the advantage to 53secs over
Morpeth. Dixon clocked the fastest time. Heaton finished in a
creditable third position.
Results.
Senior Men (3x2.9km): 1 Sunderland
26:40 (P Martin 8:49, M Hood 8:49, G Massingham 9:02); 2 New Marske
27:30 (D Shaw 9:02, R Best 9:26, R Stevenson 9:02); 3 Morpeth 28:25 (M
Brown 9:30, D Swinburne 9:40, M Nicholson 9:15); 4 Durham City 28:42 (D
Garbutt 8:58, G Hunt 10:02, M Grimes 9:42); 5 Gateshead 28:49 (C Paton
10:08, C Parr 9:07, M Elliott 9:34); 6 Durham University 29:01; 7
Gateshead B 29:53; 8 North Shields Poly 30:04; 9 New Marske B 30:21; 10
Durham University B 30:30; 11 Sunderland B 30:51; 12 Low Fell 30:54; 13
Birtley 31:21; 14 Gateshead C 31:37; 15 Wallsend 31:47
Fastest: P Martin & M Hood 8:49; D
Garbutt 8:58; J Martin 8:59; S Moralee (Belg-gst) 9:00; G Massingham, D
Shaw (U20) & R Stevenson (U20)9:02
Veteran Men (35+): 1North Shields Poly
28:58 (T Brannon 9:50, T West 9:43, I Twaddle 9:25); 2 Sunderland 29:02
(B Bewick 10:04, B Rushworth 9:19, T Doughty 9:39); 3 Elswick 30:35 (K
Stephenson 10:00, S Grey 10:37, P Turner 9:58); 4 North Shields Poly B
32:04; 5 Elswick B 32:07; 6 Sunderland C 32:59
M45-54: 1 Sunderland 32:24 (G
Harden 10:17, P Redman 11:08, G Armstrong 10:59); 2 Wallsend 33:01; 3
Low Fell 33:36 M55-64: 1 North Shields Poly 36:38 (S Borlos
11:35, P Rees 12:20, D Morris 12:43): 2 Sunderland 36:57; 3 Durham City
37:36 M65+: 1 South Shields 45:28 (F Strand 14:15; D Whitmore
15:00, K McDonald 16:13)
Fastest: B Rushworth (M45) 9:19; I
Twaddle (M35) 9:25; T Doughty (M40) 9:39; T West (M40) 9:43; P Walker
(Morp, M40) 9:45; T Brannon (M40) 9:50; P Turner (M35)
9:58 .
Senior Women (3x2.9km): 1 Chester Le
Street 31:53 (K Foley 10:46, M Turner 10:50, A Dixon 10:17); 2 Morpeth
32:46 (A Fox 11:04, J Mooney 10:57, L Weightman 10:45); 3 Heaton 34:47
(J Zoppi 11:41, A Turvey 11:29, L Spence 11:37); 4 Gateshead 35:06 (L
Roche 10:40, S Youden 12:56, K Simpson 11:30); 5 Sunderland 35:58 (H
Reed 11:36, I Hope 12:17, G Barry 12:05); 6 Wallsend 36:59 (V Hindson
12:10, J Fenwick 12:29, E Walton 12:20); 7 Durham University 37:25; 8
Heaton B 38:11; 9 Morpeth B 38:35; 10 North Shields Poly 38:38
Fastest: A Dixon 10:17; L Roche (U20)
10:40; L Weightman (U20) 10:45; K Foley (W35) 10:46, M Turner 10:50; T
Laws (CleS B) 10:56; J Mooney 10:57
Veteran Women: 1 Morpeth 38:15 (S
Calvert 12:54, C Bruce 13:11, G Cavill 12:10); 2 North Shields Poly
38:22 (K Jones 12:31, K Loughney 13:04, K Davis 12:47); 3 Claremont
38:36 (B Pearce 12:48, R Mellor 13:26, M Herworth 12:22); 4 Tynedale
39:18; 5 Wallsend 40:18; 6 North Shields Poly B 43:31
W45-54: 1 Gateshead 38:51 (M Loraine
12:35, H Patton 13:04, A Gilmour 13:12)
Fastest: F Shenton (Elv, W45) 12:01; G
Cavill (W45) 12:10; M Herworth (W40) 12:22
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th
January 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used, but distorted editing gave
wrong
impression of Stevenson' run. Weather bright but very frosty. Thawed
slightly later as wind increased. 30 teams finished in SM (last time:
41:41). VM: 40 (45:28) and SW 25 (47:17). Bewick was actually 5th on
Leg 1 in Vets race. A lot of errors (partly on my part) in Veterans'
results.
Amendments: M45: 1 Elswick 32:07 (M Crowe 11:05, P Dixon 10:30, A
Thompson 10:32); 2 Sunderland; 3 North Shields Poly 32:38 M65: 1
NE Veterans 42:20 (M Relton 13:11, A Potter 14:57, A Lindsay 14:12); 2
South Shields. A fine run by Heaton SW team (leg positions 7,3,3), with
Laura Spence's 26secs lead over Kim Simpson being halved on first lap,
but like Stevenson, Simpson ran too hard in early stages. Heaton B
splits were R Majumdar 11:47 (9), S Lemon 12:48 (7) and J Archibold
13:56 (8). Veterans splits were: A: 35:30 - L Smith 10:29 (11), C Burn
13:09 (22), M Gibson 11:52 (18) (10th M35 team) B: 45:08 - S
Daley 11:38 (23), E Appleby 15:48 (38), G Routledge 17:42 (39)
(8th M55 team). Only one SM ( I Robinson 19th on leg 1 in 10:24)..
Northern Athletics Indoor
Championships.
English Institute of Sport, Sheffield.
Sat / Sun. 17th/18th Jan.
North East athletes took five golds at
this weekend's Northern Athletics Indoor Championships at Sheffield.
On Saturday, Morpeth's Jon Taylor
easily won the 3000m by a massive margin of nearly 20secs. In so doing
he took 1.3secs off the previous Championship Best Performance set by
International Steeplechaser, Stuart Stokes.
Gateshead's Lauren Dewdney, the 2008
English Schools champion, won the Under 20 60m Hurdles from clubmate
Rebecca Liddell, who is still in the Under 17 age-group.
Middlesbrough's Charlie Dryden won the
Under 20 Long Jump, which was some consolation after being edged out of
the medals in the 60m.
Gateshead's Richard Kilty equalled his
personal best time, narrowly losing out on first place in the Senior
60m.
Yesterday, Craig Sturrock of Gateshead
won the Senior Shot, throwing a mere 1 cm short of his personal best.
Chris Kirk, competing in the Newham
& Essex Beagles colours, won the Long Jump.
Day 2 Results.
Senior Men: LJ: 1 C Kirk (N&EB) 7.30 SP: 1 C Sturrock
(Gate) 16.28
Under 20 Men: 800: 1 R Schofield
(N&EB) 1:53.23; 4 G Urwin (Tyne) 2:00.99
Senior Women: 800: 1 R Sweeney (Sale)
2:15.21; 2 N Desai (Traff) 2:20.82 3000: 1 H Singleton (Wake)
9:48.15; 4 E Waterhouse (CleS) 10:04.06 SP: 1 A Hill (Sheff)
14.50; 4 C Reid (Morp) 11.07
Under 20 Women: 3000: 1 A Talbot
(Warr) 10:30.48; 2 C Arter (Eden) 10:33.23
Day 1 Results
Senio Men: 60: 1 A Robertson (Sale)
6.83; 2 R Kilty (Gate) 6.84 1500: 1 N Samuels (Sale) 4:02.68; 2 R
Morrell (M'bro) 4:05.79 3000: 1 J Taylor (Morp) 8:13.66 (CBP); 3
A Wiles (N Marske) 8:43.44 60H: 1 M Sutton (Leeds) 8.19; 2 S
Nyananyo (N&EB) 8.35 HJ: 1 B Mourbey (Chest'd) 2.05; 3 L
Powell (Bord) 2.05 TJ: 1 M Barton (Leeds) 15.00; 3 A Babatunde
(M'bro) 13.56
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 J Meredith (Liv H)
7.06; 4 C Dryden (M'bro) 7.11 (7.08ht) LJ: 1 C Dryden 6.78
Senior Women: 1500: 1 H Singleton
(Wake) 4:33.37; 4 E Waterhouse (CleS) 4:44.42
Under 20 Women: 400: 1 L Lennon
(N&EB) 56.44; 4 N Pearson (Gate) 58.79 60H: 1 L Dewdney
(Gate) 8.77; 2 R Liddell (Gate, U17) 9.03
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results of NoEAA website (by
6.00pm on both days). Record for U20W 60m Hurdles (courtesy of website)
is a very fast 7.82secs (equivalent to about 12.5secs for 100mH), and
half-a-second quicker than Senior record.
Extra results included: SM: LJ: 6 C Weitz 6.59 SW: 60: 7 F
Winspear 7.99 400: 5 N Desai 59.41 (58.75ht) 3000: 7 A
Snook 10:37.55.
Durham Schools Cross Country
Championships.
Meadowfield Sports Centre,
Durham. Sat. 17th Jan.
Kate Avery running for the Darlington
Area, won her 6th successive Durham Schools Cross Country title at
Meadowfield on Saturday.
Avery has gained victories in the
Minor, 2 Junior, 2 Intermediate and now in her first Senior race.
The English Schools Junior champion in
2006, was untroubled here winning by over 2mins 30secs.
Chris Gaffney also competing for
Darlington won the Senior Boys' race comfortably defeating North
Eastern Under 17 champion, Michael Grimes of Durham Central.
Cameron Boyek (SW Durham) the 2008
Junior champion, won the Intermediate Boys' race and Nicole
Burlinson of Darlington, the North Eastern Under 15 champion, came
through strongly to win the Intermediate Girls' event. Zoe Hewitson of
Darlington, repeated her 2008 victory in the Junior Girls' race, while
Barry Maskell (West Wearside) won the Junior Boys' event.
Best finish of the day came in the
Minor Girls' race as North Eastern Under 13 champion, Anna Fawcett of
West Wearside outsprinted Derwentside's Lydia Turner.
Wearside's Luca Irvine easily won the
Minor Boys' race..
Results.
Senior Boys (6.5km): 1 C Gaffney
(Darl) 24:15; 2 M Grimes (Dur C) 24:35; 3 G Ritchie (Gate) 25:01; 4 T
West (Darl) 25:19; 5 L Johnston (Gate) 25:22; 6 N Reed (Wear) 25:46; 7
J Askew (Darl) 26:05; 8 M Kilbride (Wear) 26:21; 9 T Grey (Wear) 26:42;
10 J McEnaney (Gate) 26:50
Team: Gateshead
Inter Boys (5.2km): 1 C Boyek (SW Dur)
19:06; 2 J Phillips (Darl) 19:25; 3 M Roberts (W Wear) 19:34; 4 A
Kitching (SW Dur) 19:39; 5 G Lowry (S Tyne) 19:40; 6 P Clifford (Darl)
19:43; 7 M Newby (S Tyne) 19:45; 8 S Barras (S Tyne) 19:45; 9 S Smith
(Wear) 20:03; 10 J Hardwick (SW Dur) 20:13
Team: South West Durham
Junior Boys (4.3km): 1 B Maskell (W
Wear) 16:46; 2 C Roberts (W Wear) 16:59; 3 M Coulthard (SW Dur) 17:05;
4 R Loraine (Gate) 17:13; 5 C Peverley (W Wear) 17:31; 6 M Wilson
(Wear) 17:44; 7 D Turner (Derw) 17:47; 8 W Crossen (Darl) 17:51; 9 R
Walton (Dur C) 17:53; 10 M Bunn (S Tyne) 17:57
Team: South West Durham
Minor Boys (2.2km): 1 L Irvine (Wear)
8:29; 2 J Findlay (SW Dur) 8:51; 3 D Sharpe (Gate) 8;59; 4 A Short (Dur
C) 9:01; 5 C Dummett (Darl) 9:03; 6 B Oliver (W Wear) 9:06
Team: Durham Central
Senior Girls (4.3km): 1 K Avery (Darl)
16:18; 2 E Toogood (SW Dur) 18:50; 3 H Gertig (Gate) 19:19; 4 D
Pickavance-Clarke (Derw) 19:29; 5 R Jamieson (Gate) 19:54; 6 S Crosby
(S Tyne) 19:59; 7 H Nagel (W Wear) 20:39; 8 C Phipps (Dur C) 21:38; 9 S
Kelvey-Brown (Darl) 21:41; 10 R Grieves (Gate) 21:44
Inter Girls (3.8km): 1 N Burlinson
(Darl) 16:32; 2 F Higgin (Dur C) 16:44; 3 S Bell (Gate) 17:01; 4 E Ward
(Darl) 17:48; 5 E Bradbury (Gate) 17:57; 6 K Maw (Dur C) 18:03; 7 R
Oldham (Gate) 18:06; 8 P Henaghan (W Wear) 18:10; 9 E Findlay (SW
Dur) 18:18; 10 E Wood (SW Dur) 18:27
Team: Gateshead
Junior Girls (3km): 1 Z Hewitson
(Darl) 12:10; 2 C Porter (Wear) 12:28; 3 S Forster (Derw) 12:47; 4 L
Wright (SW Dur) 12:42; 5 H Bradley (SW Dur) 12:52; 6 A Etherington (SW
Dur) 12:58; 7 S Taylor (Gate) 13:06; 8 F Lockhart (Gate) 13:15; 9 C
Simpson (Sedge) 13:28; 10 C Price (Eas) 13:31
Team: Durham Central
Minor Girls (2.2km): 1 A Fawcett (W
Wear) 8:42; 2 L Turner (Derw) 8:43; 3 S Montgomery (Gate) 9:21; 4 A-M
Lonsdale (SW Dur) 9:37; 5 L Marsh (SW Dur) 9:46; 6 T Cox (Dur C) 9:53
Team: Durham Central
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of Lisa
Lumsdon (Durham Schools) via Bill McGuirk. Not enough facilities at
Centre on day (to sum up briefly), so results had to be taken away. to
be compiled. Weather bright but cold and a little windy. Course quite
firm underfoot. A better run from Sarah Crosby (presumably at South
Tyneside College). Gertig moved from 4th to 3rd in latter stages.
.
Middlesbrough. Sat. 17th Jan.
Result.
1 C McBurney (Morp, M40) 16:18; 2 M
Jones (M&C, U20) 17:43; 3 D Moore (unatt) 17:54
Women: 1 S Gayter (NYM, W45)
20:38
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 19th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Only results sent (due to "Morpeth" interest). 55
finishers (last time: 39:56).
Weekly Round-up
(to 11th Jan).
Result from the Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships (at St
Neots): 1 W Mackay (Riv, U20) 34:40 (by 41secs); 4 P Halford (Werr)
35:49
Results from the Great North Cross Country at Edinburgh (10th
Jan): SM (4km): 1 A Baddeley (Harr) 12:17; 2 A Vernon (Stock)
12:20; 3 T Lancashire (Bolt) 12:23; 7 R McLeod 12:38; 13 G Massingham
13:01; 18 C Parr 13:12; 22 L Moses 13:27; 25 M Elliott 13:58 SM
(8.9km): 1 A Dinkesa (Eth) 26:51; 2 M Ndiwa (Ken) 26:54; 3 Z Tadesse
(Er) 26:55; 11 F Tickner 27:41; 17 N McCOrmick 28:37 W (5.6km): 1
L Masai (Ken) 19:02; 2 M Tufa (Eth) 19:13; 3 V Kibiwott (Ken) 19:14; 4
S Twell 19:16; 9 F Murray 19:59; 11 S Tunstall 20:09; 17 G Miles 20:21;
18 L Park (U17) 20:23; 34 C Wickham 21:37; 35 R Smith 21:40; 39 E
Waterhouse 22:02; 42 M Czarnecka 22:17.
Results from the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Rotherham:
SM: 1 J Thomas (Card) 32:51; 2 M Warmby (N&EB) 33:00; 3 A Brownlee
33:07; 5 A Duffield 33:24 U20: 1 A Heyes (Hall) 26:53; 5 L
Rodgers 27:49; 8 D Roberts 28:50 U17: 1 D Schofield 19:32; 2 D
Collins 19:49 U15: 1 J Schofield 14:32; 6 F Roberts 14:58; 8 M
Scott 15:05 U13: 1 L Speadman (Spen) 10:57; 3 P Harmsworth
11:03 SW: 1 H Dean (Hall) 20:37; 2 L Adams (Hall) 21:23; 3 M
Wilkinson (Bing) 21:28; 7 B Penty (York) 21:59; 10 C Robson (Hall)
22:14; 13 J Trowbridge 22:31; 11 N Grant (Roth, U20) 22:15; 15 V Graves
(York, U20) 22:44; 26 H Schofield (Scar, U20) 23:48 U17: 1 L
Proctor (Wake) 15:31; 10 S Allinson 18:13 U15: l M Winzer 15:26;
9 D Braithwaite 16:11.
Result from the Cardiff Open Vault (Outdoors): 1 L Butterworth (Birch)
4:06; 5= S Scott 3.85.
Result of the Albert Park 5km: 1 T Danby 17:02; 2 C Summersgill (SW)
17:42; 3 D Moore (unatt) 17:54 W: 2 A Scott (Darl) 21:18.
All info courtesy of AW, where the 2008 Road Rankings for Senior Women
were listed: Athletes in Top 30 included: 5km: 7 F Murray 16:13; 12 R
Robinson 16:23; 15 A Dixon 16:28; 23 G Miles 16:39 5M: 2 G Miles
27:02 10km: 16 A Dixon 33:38; 19 F Milton 33:52; 21 R Robinson
33:53; 22 G Miles 33:54; 27 L Park (U17) 34:09 10M: 9 R Robinson
57:47 Half M: 15 A Dixon 74:37; 18 R Robinson 74:53.`
North Eastern Counties Indoor
Championships.
Gateshead Indoor Performance
Centre. Sat/Sun. 10th/11th Jan.
Five records were set at this
weekend's North Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Gateshead
Indoor Centre.
The outstanding performances however,
came from other events. On Saturday, Gateshead's Craig Strurrock threw
a personal best distance to win the Senior Shot. Yesterday, Junior
International Richard Kilty of Gateshead, narrowly missed Jonathan
Edward's 1998 record when easily winning the Senior Mens' 60m.
Teesside University student, Adebayo
Babatunde of Middlesbrough added 12cms to his own figures in the Senior
Mens' Triple Jump.
Gatteshaed's Sam Hall won the Under 15
Boys Hurdles taking 0.19secs off the old record. For good measure Hall
also won the 60m.
The three other records came in the
Under 13 Girls' age-group. Stephanie Addison of Jarrow & Hebburn
won the 60m Hurdles bettering the old figures by 0.16secs. Addison also
won a close 60m. Sophie Hindhaugh of Chester Le Street added 35cms
to the old record in the Shot. Jarrow's Alex Bainbridge bettered the
old figures in the High Jump by 8cms.
Multi Eventer Jayne Hansom of
Gateshead (4th in the English Schools Long Jump in 2008), had a good
weekend winning the Under 17 High Jump, Long Jump and Hurdles.
Unluckiest athlete was Shildon's Alona
Mae Lonsdale, who clocked a faster time than the main final to win the
B Under 13 Girls 60m. Lonsdale lost any hope of making the main
final when stumbling near the finish, in her heat. Lonsdale had
already won the Long Jump, 24 hours earlier.
Day 2 Results .
Senior Men: 60: 1 R Kilty (Gate) 6.84;
2 S Langley (Gate) 7.36; 3 P Donachy (Dur, M40) 7.53
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 J Kibirige
(Gate) 7.15; 2 C Dryden (M'bro) 7.16; 3 A Kurkmas (Gate)
7.25 60H: 1 N Phelps (M'bro) 8.95
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 G Hill
(Gate) 7.52; 2 B Porter (Gate) 7.64; 3 J Gilmour (Gate) 7.66 In
ht: R Hodgson (M'bro) 7.41 60H: 1 N Mersh (Gate) 8.81
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 S Hall (Gate)
7.78; 2 A Fuller (Shil) 8.20 60H: 1 S Hall 9.21; 2 J Williams
(Park View Sch) 10.12; 3 J Wilkinson (Gate) 10.48
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 M Routh
(M'bro) 8.50; 2 J Da Costa (CleS) 8.54 60H: 1 D Kirtley
(Blay) 11.47
Senior Women: 60: 1 F Winspear (M'bro)
8.01
Under 20 Women: 60: 1 N Pearson
(Gate) 8.10; 2 A Wood (M'bro) 8.34; 3 E Masson (Gate) 8.42 60H: 1
A Wood 9.42
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 K Welford
(M'bro) 7.92; 2 A Stone (M'bro) 8.08 (8.05ht) ; 3 L Goldsmith (Darl)
8.12 60H: 1 J Hansom (Gate) 9.34; 2 K Corner (J&H)
9.89; 3 C O'Connor (M'bro) 10.41
Under 15 Girls: 60: 1 E Mullen
(M'bro) 8.16; 2 L Mulvain (J&H) 8.24; 3 R Highfield (M'bro)
8.41 (8.37 semi) 60H: 1 A Smith (J&H) 9.70; 2 N Teasdale
(J&H) 10.03; 3 K Rodgers (Blay) 10.16
Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 S Addison
(J&H) 8.73; 2 H Lancaster (Sun) 8.75; 3 S Robertson (Gate)
8.76 B: 1 A-M Lonsdale (Shil) 8.54 60H: 1 S Addison
10.62 (CBP; 2 S Hindhaugh (CleS) 11.12; 3 A Bainbridge (J&H)
11.24
Day 1 Results.
Senior Men: PV: 1 G Blenkinsop (M'bro)
3.40 LJ: 1 A Babatunde (Gate) (gst) 6.45; 2 M Briggs (SSh)
6.30 TJ: 1 A Babatunde 14.35 (CBP); 2 S Stanislaus (Gate)
13.26 SP: 1 C Sturrock (Gate) 16.29; 2 N Ridgeon (unatt) 11.83:
Under 20 Men: LJ: 1 C Dryden (M'bro)
6.76 TJ: 1 E Hills (M'bro) 10.10
Under 17 Men: HJ: 1 Richard Best (N
Marske) 1.55 LJ: 1 J Gill (M'bro) 5.07 TJ: 1 B Porter
(Gate) 12.86
Under 15 Boys: HJ: 1 P O'Connor
(M'bro) 1.70; 2 J Roach (unatt) 1.55; 3 J Williams (Park View Sch)
1.50 LJ: 1 J Williams 5.24; 2 M Dias (Gate) 4.99; 3 P O'Connor
4.74 TJ: 1 P O'Connor 9.83 SP: 1 J Williams 10.23
Under 13 Boys: HJ: 1 D Kirtley (Blay)
1.25 LJ: 1 J Da-Costa (CleS) 4.33 SP: 1 R Sutton (Shil) 5.82
Senior Women: HJ: 1 A Richards
(Wig-gst) 1.60 SP: 1 S Hopkinson (Birt) 11.60; 2 V Young (Gate)
10.67; 3 C Reid (Morp) 10.49
Under 20 Women: HJ: 1 J Baker (Dur)
1.60; 2 G Johnson (NSP) 1.55; 3 T Kennedy (Darl) 1.45 LJ: 1 A
Wood (M'bro) 5.11 TJ: 1 S Goodfellow (Morp) 8.79 SP: 1 T
Breen (Blay) 10.64; 2 A Wood 8.89
Under 17 Women: HJ: 1 J Hansom
(Gate) 1.60; 2 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.50; 3 L Walker (Shil) 1.50 LJ:
1 J Hansom 5.37; 2 A Stone (M'bro) 4.73; 3 C O'Connor (M'bro) 4.62 TJ: 1 C O'Connor 9.75 SP: 1 R Butler (Dur
C) 9.53; 2 K Bulmer (J&H) 9.50; 3 J Hansom 8.17
Under 15 Girls: HJ: 1 N Teasdale
(J&H) 1.45; 2 F Holliday (J&H) 1.40; 3 H Craig (Gate)
1.35 LJ: 1 N Teasdale 4.75; 2 E Mack (M'bro) 4.55; 3 R McHugh
(Shil) 4.31 SP: 1 V Jacques (M'bro) 9.06; 2 E Mack 8.46
Under 13 Girls: HJ: 1 A Bainbridge
(J&H) 1.36 (CBP); 2 S Addison (J&H) 1.25 LJ: 1 A-M
Lonsdale (Shil) 4.32; 2 J Gilmour (Gate) 4.11 SP: 1 S Hindhaugh
(CleS) 8.09 (CBP)
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used but in "Sports Shorts". A good
meeting but poorly supported by Senior athletes. Apologies to Paul but
his surname is spelt Donaghy. Kilty's time (he eased up 5m from finish)
was probably a personal best (Confirmed: it was 6.91).. AW Standards
are very kind to U13/U15
Girl sprinters, as nearly every entry clocked a quicker time. This
would cerrtainly not be the case in Outdoor 100m races. A late
amendment was that Da Costa's winning leap in U13 Long Jump was 4.46m.
Saturday meeting concluded about 4.30pm and Sunday at 2.00pm.
Thanks to Kevin, Janice and Chris for their efforts.
Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier
League.
Farringdon College, Sunderland.
Sat.10th Jan.
Competition intensified after the
second fixture of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League at
Farringdon, on Saturday. Three teams share the lead in the Mens'
Division 1 table and there are joint leaders in the Womens' competition.
Athletes ran on a frozen course in
sub-zero temperatures, as Gateshead Junior Tim Calder gained a runaway
victory in the Senior Mens' race. Calder led all the way on the
three-lap course, coming home with
39secs to spare over Newcastle University student and Middlesbrough
Harrier, Andrew Mason. Gateshead's Jonathan Pearson, a student at
Oxford took third place ahead of in-form Sunderland Harrier, Brian
Bewick, who led the Veterans home. Clubmate Jack Martin was the leading
Medium Pack runner in 5th. Chris Sampson of Morpeth clocked the fastest
time finishing in 14th place from the fast pack.
Morpeth won the team event and now
share the League leadership with Heaton and Wallsend.
Sunderland finished 2nd and now move
to 4th overall after an indifferent performance in the opening
fixture.Gateshead maintained their 100% record to win Division 2 and
Jarrow and Hebburn were successful in Division 3.
In the Senior Womens' race,
Loughborough student, Alexandra Snook of Shildon, was a clear
winner from the Heaton pair of Laura Spence and Rachel Majumdar.
The Newcastle club, the defending
champions, won the team event from Chester Le Street, the pair
now holding a joint lead in the table.
Kathryn Foley (formerly Waugh) of
Chester Le Street, now a Veteran, clocked the fastest time finishing in
6th place.
Middlesbrough's Kirsty Legg, returning
to competition, after a lengthy lay-off through injury, comfortably won
the Junior Womens' race from the first Under 17 athlete, Sigourney Bell
of Gateshead. Lauren Roche of Gateshead clocked the fastest time
finishing in 5th place from the fast pack. The Tyneside club maintained
their domination in this age-group, to win the team event.
In the Under 17 Mens' race, Grant
Hawkins of Middlesbrough and Gareth Lavan of Chester le Street, had
some consolation after going off course, in the opening fixture, by
occupying the first two places here.
In the Under 13 Girls' race, Anna
Fawcett of Chester Le Street, the North Eastern champion and succesful
in the opening fixture from the slow pack, gained victory from the fast
pack, passing long-time-leader and clubmate, Tara Eams in the final 50m.
Tristan Peel of Jarrow & Hebburn
(Under 15 Boys), Daniel Pickering of Chester Le Street (Under 13 Boys)
and Faye Lockhart of Gateshead (Under 15 Girls) won the other
races.
Results.
Senior Men: (8.4km Handicap): 1 T
Calder (Gate, U20) 28:38; 2 A Mason (Newc U, U20) 29:17; 3 J Pearson
(Gate, U20) 29:38; 4 B Bewick (Sun, M40) 29:59; 5 J Martin (Sun) 30:18;
6 M Davies (Morp) 30:23; 7 D Kirkland (Aln) 30:50; 8 D Swinburne (Morp)
31:03; 9 L Roe (Heat) 31:21; 10 H Paton (Newc U) 31:46; 11 C McDonald
(SSh, M40) 31:59; 12 S Laws (Birt) 32:01; 13 I Robinson (Heat) 32:02;
14 C Sampson (Morp) 32:07; 15 K Forster (Morp) 32:12; 16 M Brown (Morp)
32:19; 17 K Axon (Newc U, U20) 32:23; 18 G Watson (Dur) 32:26; 19 L
Lorraine (Gate) 32:28; 20 M Fenwick (Walls) 32:30
Fastest: C Sampson 27:07; M Brown
27:19; J Martin 27:48; B Rushworth (Sun, M45) 27:54; J Buis (Heat)
28:02; D Kirkland 28:20.
Teams: Div 1: 1 Morpeth 85; 2
Sunderland 93; 3 Heaton 103; 4 Wallsend 146; 5 Alnwick 200; 6 South
Shields 213 Div 2: 1 Gateshead 68; 2 Low Fell 108; 3 Sunderland
Strollers 116 Div 3: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 67; 2
Blackhill Bounders 158; 3 Derwentside 169
Under 17 Men (5.6km Handicap): 1
G Hawkins (M'bro) 18:43; 2 G Lavan (Cles) 19:12; 3 M Newby (J&H)
20:06; 4 L Johnston (J&H) 20:06; 5 L McCourt (J&H) 20:07;
6 A Rowland (Gate) 21:27; 7 J Bosman (Blay) 22:00; 8 C Bradbury (Blay)
22:01; 9 T West (Darl) 22:06; 10 B Pearson (Gate) 22:15
Fastest: G Hawkins 18:43; G Lavan
19:12; T West 19:26 Teams: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 12; 2 Gateshead
31; 3 Sunderland 44
Under 15 Boys (2.8km Handicap): 1 T
Peel (J&H) 10:18; 2 D Turner (Birt) 10:21; 3 C Pick (Tyne) 10:26; 4
D Rutter (Gate) 10:54; 5 J Brown (Tyne) 10:58; 6 D Cunnington (Tyne)
10:59; 7 J Nisbet (Morp) 11:03; 8 C Roberts (CleS) 11:05; 9 T Oliver
(Gate) 11:08; 10 J Boyd (Gate) 11:08
Fastest: D Rutter 9:34; J Brown 9:38;
J Nisbet 9:43
Teams: 1 Tynedale 16; 2 Gateshead 26;
3 Jarrow & Hebburn
29
Under 13 Boys (2.8km Handicap): 1 D
Pickering (CleS) 10:51; 2 B Craig (Sun) 10:52; 3 J Cripwell (Gate)
11:09; 4 C Peverley (CleS) 11:35; 5 M Wilson (Sun) 11:36; 6 J Currie
(Tyne) 11:36; 7 H Danby-Platt (Hough) 11:50; 8 A Wallett (NSP) 11:52; 9
L Irvine (Sun) 12:00; 10 G Gill (Gosf) 12:01
Fastest: C Peverley 10:15; M Wilson
10:16; H Danby-Platt 10:30
Teams: 1 Sunderland 16; 2 Houghton 40;
3 Morpeth 44
Senior Women (5.6km Handicap): 1 A
Snook (Shil) 22:03; 2 L Spence (Heat) 22:47; 3 R Majumdar (Heat) 23:13;
4 L Young (Newc U) 23:16; 5 G Barry (Sun) 23:32; 6 K Foley (CleS, W35)
23:56; 7 E Thompson (Dur) 23:59; 8 L Brown (Blay) 24:09; 9 T Laws
(CleS) 24:20; 10 K Walker (Gate) 24:27; 11 M Loraine (Gate, W50) 24:32;
12 J Lapping (Tyne) 24:34; 13 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 24:42; 14 C Bruce
(Morp, W35) 24:45; 15 H Gibbin (Jes J) 24:46
Fastest: K Foley 21:16; T Laws 21:40;
A Snook 22:03; A Hunter (CleS) 22:09; J Zoppi (Heat) 22:29; H Reed
(Sun) 22:45
Teams: 1 Heaton 23; 2 Chester Le
Street 32; 3 Morpeth 43; 4 Tynedale 53; 5 North Shields Poly 80; 6
Sunderland 84
Under 20 Women (5.6km Handicap): 1 K
Legg (M'bro) 21:59; 2 S Bell (Gate, U17) 22:26; 3 A Smith (M&C)
22:40; 4 F Buckton (M'bro) 23:02; 5 L Roche (Gate) 23:40; 6 E Toogood
(Dur, U17) 24:42; 7 A Wilson (Darl) 24:57; 8 Z Armstrong (Morp, U17)
25:16; 9 S Murray (Gate, U17) 25:42; 10 E Hope (Sun, U17) 25:50
Fastest: L Roche 21:00; K Legg 21:59;
E Toogood 22:02
Teams: 1 Gateshead 16; 2 Morpeth 39; 3
Sunderland 55
Under 15 Girls (2.8km Handicap): 1 F
Lockhart (Gate) 11:25; 2 G Wallett (NSP) 11:36; 3 R Oram (Els) 11:39; 4
H Warburton (Gosf) 11:52; 5 C Webster (Morp) 12:14; 6 C Sloan
(Els) 12:22; 7 S Bruce (Tyne) 12:33; 8 R Clennell (Hough) 12:41; 9 P
Williams (Els) 12:44; 10 R Maugham (Hough) 12:45
Fastest: S Bruce 11:13; P Williams
11:24; F Lockhart 11:25
Teams: 1 Elswick 18; 2 Gateshead
26; 3 Houghton 44
Under 13 Girls (2.8km Handicap): 1 A
Fawcett (CleS) 12:03; 2 T Eams (CleS) 12:07; 3 L Turner (Birt) 12:09; 4
S Forster (Birt) 12:10; 5 N Nelson (CleS) 12:19; 6 T Cox (Dur)
12:26; 7 C Ramsay (Blyth) 12:32; 8 R Simpson (Hough) 12:36; 9 F McPatie
(Gosf) 12:37; 10 P Byron (Tyne) 12:37
Fastest: A Fawcett 10:43; L Turner
10:49; S Forster 10:50
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 8; 2
Birtley 23; 3 Alnwick 47
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 12th Janury 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used but in "Sports Shorts" Weather
bitterly cold and bone hard underfoot (est -2). Wind grew stronger in
latter stages of meeting. results courtesy of Binghams + Brenda + Vera.
319 finishers in SM race (last time: GR
58:13). SW 99 (38:34). U20W: 24. Making a comeback in U20 race
was Helen Gertig (11th in 23:54).
Weekly Round-up
(to 4th Jan).
Results from Data Connection Games at Lee Valley: 60: r1: 2 C Tomlinson
6.84 R2r1 5 C Tomlinson 7.03.
Results from the Antrim Cross Country Meeting (3rd Jan): SM: 1 I Merga
(Eth) 27:32; 2 B Kiprop (Ug) 27:34; 3 A Lemoncello 27:49; 8 L Timmins
28:25 U20: 1 A Bitchell (Can) 17:44; 2 E Rowan (Ire) 17:46; 3 P
Hurst 17:51 SW: 1 S Twell 18:25; 2 D Byrne (Ire) 18:26; 3 F
Murray 18:32; 9 S Tunstall 19:07.
Result of the Albert Park 5km: 1 T Graham (N Marske) 17:28; 2 D Moore
(unatt) 17:34; 3 M Murray (NYM, M40) 17:46 W: 1 S Gayter (W45)
21:32; 2 C Pearson 22:35.
Result of New Year Resolution Run on Town Moor (1st Jan) (some info
from All Terrain website). 1 T Carter 32:24; 2 R Bellamy (M40) 33:03; 3
A Woodward 33:16; 4 C Franks 33:58; 5 P Smith (unatt) 34:37; 6 D
Embleton (M45) 34:41; 7 M Jones (M45) 34:44; 8 L Smith 35:01; 9 A McRae
36:01; 10 M Bunn (M50) 36:21 M50: 2 S Daley 37:59 M55: 1 N
Goode (Blay) 37:34 W: 1 V Thompson (W35) 38:29 (19th); 2 A
Dargie 39:01; 3 C Gibson (Camb H) 39:16; 4 L Robinson 40:32; 5 S Birch
(unatt) 41:07; 6 M Evans 41:14 W40: 1 M Herworth 41:19; 2 S
Hunter (Blyth) 43:54; 3 M Moran 44:03 (115 finishers: Last time:
58:11).
Result of Captain Cook Fell Race at Great Ayton (1st Jan): 1 M Speake
(Knave) 30:53; 2 J Bowman (NYM) 31:33; 3 C McBurney (M40) 32:16
M65: 1 R Sherwood 46:13 U20: 1 E Jackson 33:37 W: 1 E
Johnson (Swale) 38:30 (by 6secs) W40: 1 K White 42:11 W60:
1 I Conaghan 59:47.
Result of Hill Forts & Headaches Fell Race at Rothbury (1st Jan): 1
P Sanderson (NFR, M40) 22:33; 2 W Horsley (NFR) 22:49 M50: 1 S
Borlos 27:00 W: 1 K Davies (NFR) 29:31; 2 C Bruce 31:00; 3 S
Henry (Aln) 31:30.
All info courtesy of AW, where the following UK Road rankings for 2008
appeared: SM: 5km: 9 C Parr 14:20; 16 R McLeod 14:24; 25 R Stevenson
14:41; 30 M Hood 14:45 10km: 6 N McCormick 29:18; 19 S
Hepples 29:40 10M: 4 S Hepples 49:09; 6 I Hudspith 49:22
Half Mar: 6 I Hudspith 64:55; 10 S Hepples 65:37.
Hart Village. Sun. 4th Jan.
Sunderland Harrier, Brian Rushworth
gained a hard fought victory in yesterday's Hartlepool Old Monk Multi
Terrain race at Hart Village.
A record field of 131 runners took
part in the cold but dry conditions.
Rushworth was in the leading group of
three along with the Billingham pair of Andy Chadfield and Gary
Grounds, approaching the 5M point. However a misplaced sign, sent the
trio off course. Rushworth hurredly made up the lost ground passing the
then-leader Richard Darling of Nottingham with only 100m remaining.
It was Rushworth's first outing since
sustaining an injury in November.
Darling finished in 2nd place ahead of
Rushworth's clubmate and fellow veteran, Brian Bewick. Chadfield and
Grounds recovered to finish 6th and 10th respectively.
Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill
repeated her 2008 victory in the Womens' race smashing her own year-old
course record by a massive 1min 50secs. Summersgill finished in 13th
position overall two places ahead of 2007 winner, Tracey Waller of
Hartlepool, who was also the first veteran. Waller also bettered the
old figures. Kendra White from North York Moors finished
3rd.
Result.
1 B Rushworth (Sun, M45) 32:44; 2 R
Darling (Notts)32:45; 3 B Bewick (Sun, M40) 32:54; 4 A Minister (Hart)
33:00; 5 V Godber (Hart) 33:09; 6 A Chadfield (Bill MH) 33:13; 7 J
Askew (N Ayc) 33:32; 8 N Reed (Sun, U17) 33:42; 9 J Allison (Crook)
33:54; 10 G Grounds (Bill MH) 34:00; 11 A Macrae (Sun) 34:20; 12 P
Teece (Bill MH, M40) 34:27; 13 C Summersgill (M&C, SW) 34:41; 14 A
Kelly (Hart) 35:41; 15 T Waller (Hart, W35) 35:49
M50: 1 K Elliott (Sun) 37:07; 2 G Reid
(N Ayc) 37:26; 3 N Jobson (unatt) 37:28 M60: 1 B Moody
(NYM) 44:49; 2 B Howe (NYM) 47:54 M70: 1 B Emmerson (Bill MH)
60:57
Women: 1 C Summersgill 34:41 (rec); 2
T Waller 35:49; 3 K White (NYM, W35) 40:27; 4 V Law (unatt, W35) 41:37;
5 G Bell (Sedge) 41:50; 6 S Gayter (NYM, W45) 42:27; 7 S Rogers (N
Marske, W35) 42:50; 8 J Atkinson-Tait (N Ayc, W35) 43:06; 9 S Milburn
(N Ayc, W45) 43:15; 10 D Tunstall (Tees, W35) 43:47
W45: 3 J McRae (N Ayc) 44:33
W55: 1 J Kilgour (Clare) 46:51 W65: 1 E Enisz (Bill MH) 57:03
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 5th January 2009).
Additional Comments: Report severely edited (in Sports Shorts). 131
finishers (last time: 61:49). Results courtesy of Peter Johnson and
team. Weather dry but slight bitterly cold wind. Guest of honour (also
timing race) was Alf Walsh (90 on 6th). Ian Cook returned to action (he
has turned to Rugby coaching) (36th in 38:57). George Routledge
finished 129th (60:40).
Morpeth 11km Road Race.
Thurs. 1st Jan.
Morpeth Harrier Nick Swinburn was a
convincing winner of his club's New Years Day 11km Road Race.
The Fell Running specialist and North
Eastern Counties Cross Country silver medallist, soon headed the field
closely followed by Northumberland-based Bingley Harrier, Matt
Whitfield. The pair had broken clear from the chasing group
of Mark Brown and Nathan Shrubb of Morpeth, both past
winners, and Michael Dawson of North Shields Poly after the first
mile of the hilly course. Whitfield made a brave attempt to break away
approaching the second mile, but the move was covered by Swinburn, who
promptly started to pull away from his rival.
Swinburn extended his advantage to the
finish line, with Brown passing Whitfield after halfway.
The margin of victory over
Brown was 54secs, with Whitfied,finishing in 3rd place.
Another Morpeth Harrier, Phil Walker
was the leading veteran, finishing in 7th position.
Morpeth also won the team event.
Chester Le Street's Angela Hibbs
easily won the Womens' race.
The ideal conditions meant that both
winning times, were the quickest for many years..
2008 winner, Mary Ferrier of Gateshead
finished in 2nd positon, with Bev Whitfield (wife of Matt) taking third
place. Tynedale's Lynne Marr was the leading veteran, while Gateshead
won the team event.
Result: Distance 10.7km.
1 N Swinburn (Morp) 33:36; 2 M Brown
(Morp) 34:30; 3 M Whitfield (Bing) 34:59; 4 N Shrubb (Morp) 35:02; 5 M
Dawson (NSP) 35:32; 6 P Walker (Morp, M40) 36:16; 7 P Waterston (Morp,
M40) 36:22; 8 J Prest (Traff) 37:16; 9 G Moore (NSP) 37:36; 10 J
Donneky (Derw) 38:31; 11 R Floyd (Morp) 38:41; 12 P Duffy (unatt)
39:11; 13 G Dixon (Morp, M45) 39:20; 14 M Davies (Morp) 39:35; 15 C
Walker (NSP, M40) 39:43
M45: 2 P Doxford (SSh) 41:59
M50: 1 P Grey (Aln) 40:42; 2 D Nicholson (Low F) 41:06; 3 G Owens (NFR)
42:53 M55: 1 A Jenkins (Morp) 43:38; 2 E Wilson (SSh) 43:51
M60: 1 M McNally (Els) 41:20 M65: 1 R Moore (Tyne) 50:50
Team: 1 Morpeth 7; 2 Morpeth B 24; 3
North Shields Poly 29
Women: 1 A Hibbs (CleS) 39:46; 2 M
Ferrier (Gate) 41:00; 3 B Whitfield (Bing) 42:58; 4 C Baudouin (Gate,
U20) 43:58; 5 J Clark (Morp) 46:09; 6 L Marr (Tyne, W45) 46:28; 7 R
Chinnery (Tyne, W40) 46:38; 8 H Ross (unatt, W50) 46:45; 9 D Ford
(unatt, W35) 47:29; 10 M Loraine (Gate, W50) 48:15; 11 M Muller (Morp,
W35) 49:49; 12 M Moran (NE Vets, W40) 50:11
W55: 1 J Kilgour (Clare) 53:05
Team: 1 Gateshead 16
(Newcastle Journal: Fri. 2nd January 2009).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. 138 finishers (last time:
GR 71:45) (the largest field since revival of race on January date).
Thanks to Mike Bateman/Tony Bray for results. Weather overcast but dry
and quite mild. Approximate Mile
splits
were (these according to Hud's car readings): 5:29, 10:18, 15:47,
20:57, 25:23, 30:03 (20m before Park gates). Dave Whitmore was
unofficially 1st M70 (110th in 55:40).. Apart from George
Routledge, who completed 1 lap, Michelle Moran ran at Town
Moor in morning. Result on All Terrain website (Mon. 5th) and further
details to follow.
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