March 2008
Weekly Round-up
(to 30th March).
Results from the Doctors Gate Race at Hamsterley: 1 W Horsley (NFR)
46:20; 2 K Maynard (DFR, M40) 46:40; 3 P Sanders (NFR, M40) 46:50
M50: 1 N Cassidy (Tyne) 50:47 W: 1 V Butler (Els) 60:20 (by 1min
53secs).
Result from Wakefield 10km: 1 D Bannister 30:51 (by 30secs); 8 J Bulman
(NYM, M40) 33:35 W: 1 J Briscoe (Wake) 35:43; 7 G Rutherford
(Darl) 39:25; 9 E Johnson (Swa) 40:05.
Congratulations to Kenenisa Bikele and Tirunesh Dibaba for
winning World Cross Country titles at Edinburgh (30th Mch).
Also to Charlotte Purdue, Laura Park, David Forrester and Liz Yelling
for their excellent runs. Leading results were: SM: 1 K
Bekele (Eth) 34:38; 2 L Komen (Ken) 34:41; 3 Z Tadesse (Er) 34:43; 63 T
Humphries 37:27; 66 M Skinner 37:38; 73 F Tickner 37:49 Teams: 1
Kenya 39; 2 Ethiopia 105; 3 Qatar 44; 11 Great Britain 444 JM: 1
J Jeilan (Eth) 22:38; 2 A Abshero (Eth) 22:40; 3 L Rotich (Ken) 22:42;
24 D Forrester 24:14; 55 M Goose 25:06; 56 R Murray 25:10
Teams: 1 Kenya 21; 2 Ethiopia 28; 3 Uganda 37; 9 Great Britain
202 SW: 1 T Dibaba (Eth) 25:10; 2 M Tufa (Eth) 25:15; 3 L Masai
(Ken) 25:18; 15 L Yelling 26:13; 21 H Yelling 26:39; 38 L Kenney
27:15 Teams: 1 Ethiopia 18; 2 Kenya 22; 3 Australia 84; 6 Great
Britain 116 JW: 1 G Dibaba (Eth) 19:59; 2 I Cheptai (Ken)
20:04; 3 E Etea (Eth) 20:06; 16 C Purdue 20:52; 17 L Park 20:58; 27 E
Pallant 21:17; 35 J Harvey 21:32 Teams: 1 Ethiopia 16; 2 Kenya
20; 3 Japan 57; 4 Great Britain 95.
I had an enjoyable day watching. Trip courtesy of England Athletics
"treat" for kids. These youngsters (medallists from NEXC Champs) were
really well behaved. Weather wet at start, but luckliy cleared during
opening ceremony and it became sunny and quite warm. Saw BBC coverage
(not interactive). As usual Junior races were virtually ignored. Would
prefer to see more highlights of these ( I realise "live" coverage was
for Senior races), and surely we do not need to see a "Brendan"
interview.
Results of the International at the same venue (29th Mch) included: SM:
1 T Lancashire (Eng) 24:39; 2 T Russell (Sco) 24:42; 3 D Webb (Eng)
25:14 Team: 1 England 14 W: 1 G Miles (E) 20:30; 2 V
Wilkinson (Eng) 20:37; 3 F Murray (Sco) 20:53; 4 F Milton (Eng) 21:10;
14 D James (Wal, U20) 22:47 Team: 1 England 14.
Results from Schools International at Perth (28th Mch) include: IB: 1 C
Hawkins (Sco) 19:22; 2 T Carson (Eng) 19:26; 3 J Hay (Eng) 19:41; 4 D
Schofield (Eng) 19:48 Team: 1 England 28 JB: 1 C Robinson
(Eng) 13:33; 2 Z Seddon (Eng) 13:35; 3 R Charles (Eng) 13:39
Team: 1 England 25 IG: 1 B Potter (Sco) 14:32; 2 L Small (Eng)
14:36; 3 B Carter (Eng) 14:39 Team: 1 England 31 JG: 1 E
Gorecka (Eng) 10:29; 2 R Haynes (Eng) 10:41; 3 A Gummow (Eng) 10:52.
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British Masters Cross Country Championships.
Banbury. Sat. 29th March.
Sunderland Harrier Brian Rushworth won
his fourth British Masters Cross Country title, at Banbury.
Rushworth in his first season
in the Over 45 age-group gained a comfortable victory finishing in
4th place overall (29:44), behind Midlander Rob Whalley. Rushworth had
previously won the Over 40 category 3 times.
Sunderland took second place in the
35-49 Team event, behind Herne Hill, with Rushworth, supported by Tom
Doughty (11th), Tim Field (14th) and Paul Merrison (48th).
Morpeth's Walter Ryder finished 2nd in
the Over 70 event (28:50), behind Southport's Steve James.
Heaton's Eric Appleby won the Over 75
category (35:40).
(Newcastle Journal: Wed. 2nd April 2008).
Additional Comments: Results sent on Tues from AW as up to that time,
they were not on any website. Congratulations to Eric A, who has kept
very quiet about this. I understand Rushworth has only won M40 title,
twice. Extra details: M35+ 1 R Whalley (M40) 28:07; 2 I Lockett (HHH,
M40) 29:16; 3 H Evans (Ton, M35) 29:22. T Doughty(31:04; T Field
31:25; P Merrison 32:52. M70+ 1 S James 28:30; 11 E Appleby; 12 D
Howarth (N Vets, M75) 36:10.
Belated results (courtesy of BVAF website): M50+ 133 A Mulliss 43:16;
152 G Routledge 58:09 (153 finishers: last time: 72:15).
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Cyril
Elliott Memorial Open Medal
Meeting.
Clairville Stadium, Middlesbrough. Sat. 29th March.
The wet and windy conditions affected
performances at Saturday's Cyril Elliott Meeting at Middlesbrough,
which opened the Track and Field season.
Best performances came from the female
competitors.
Middlesbrough's Ashleigh Wood
continued her fine form from the Indoor season, by winning the
Under 17 100m, 80m Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump.
Also in the 80m Hurdles, Joss Harwood,
who recently won the World Masters Indoor Over 50 60m Hurdles title, in
a European record of time of 9.62secs, despite the conditions was just
three-tenths of a second outside the British record for the outoor
distance.
The best performances as
expected came in the Throwing events. English Schools Junior
Discus champion from 2006, Tyne Breen of Blaydon won the Under 17 Shot
and Discus.
Lisa-Marie Shippen of Gateshead won
the Senior Womens' Hammer and MIddlesbrough's Kayleigh Mills won a good
quality Under 17 copmpetition.
Andrew Smith of Gateshead won the
Senior Mens' event.
Darlington's Paul Clifford won a
competitive Under 17 800m, while Rob Patton of Chester Le Street easily
won the Senior 200m..
Selected Results.
Senior Men: 100: 1 Y Aliu
(M'bro, U20) 11.7; 2 R Patton (CleS, U20) 11.7 200: 1 R Patton
22.9 3000: 1 A Wiles (Gate) 9:20.4; 2 J Scott (Morp, U20) 9:46.2
400H: 1 A Rogers (Sale) 55.7; 2 N Phelps (M'bro, U20) 58.8 HJ: 1
L Powell (Bord) 1.90 PV: 1 F Porticorvi (M'bro) 3.40; 2 G
Blenkinsop (M'bro) 3.40 LJ: 1 S Nyananyo (N&EB) 6.76; 2 C
Waugh (N Marske) 6.27; 3 L McDonnell (M'bro, U20) 6.10 TJ: 1 C
Dryden (M'bro, U20) 13.77 HT: 1 A Smith (Gate) 49.04 JT: 1
S Humphreys (Hough) 38.54
Under 20 Men: SP: 1 P Brown (Blay)
14.11 DT: 1 P Brown 32.00
Under 17 Men: 100: 1 O McArdle
(CleS) 12.4; 2 P Jefferson (Darl) 12.4 200: 1 O McArdle 24.9; 2 S
Markwell (CleS) 25.0 800: 1 P Clifford (Darl) 2:06.6; 2 N Reed
(Sun) 2:07.2 1500: 1 J Phillips (Darl) 10:01.6 HJ: 1 V
Perry (unatt) 1.75 PV: 1 T Lazenby (M'bro) 2.40 HT: 1 M
Potts (M'bro) 30.17
Under 15 Boys: 800: 1 M Fearn
(J&H) 2:22.6
Under 13 Boys: 75: 1 M Routh (M'bro)
11.1 150: 1 M Routh 21.4 LJ: 1 P O'Connor (M'bro)
4.15 SP: 1 J Thompson (CleS) 6.70
Under 11 Boys: 60: 1 M Routh 9.0
LJ: 1 P Wilson (N Marske) 3.17
Senior Women: 100: 1 F Winspear
(M'bro, U20) 13.3 200: 1 F
Winspear 27.0 400: 1 J Norton (M'bro, U17) 61.0; 2 S Loraine
(Birt, U17)61.8 80H: 1 J Harwood (NE Vets, W50) 13.1 HJ: 1
S Giibbons (Milt K) 1.50 LJ: 1 T Kennedy (Darl, U20) 4.74 TJ: 1 J
Wilkinson (M'bro) 11.36 SP: 1 K Sullivan (M'bro, U20) 9.72
HT: 1 L-M Shippen (Gate) 43.08; 2 K Sullivan 44.39
Under 17 Women: 100: 1 A Wood
(M'bro) 13.0 200: 1 K Welford (M'bro) 21.4 3000: 1 R
McGuire (M'bro) 11:41.8 80H: 1 A Wood 12.5 HJ: 1 A Wood 1.55; 2 L
Kennedy (Darl) 1.55 LJ: 1 A Wood 5.44 TJ: 1 A Stone (M'bro)
10.08 SP: 1 T Breen (Blay) 11.57 DT: 1 T Breen 34.76 HT: 1
K Mills (M'bro) 44.45; 2 H Corrigan (M'bro) 33.54; 3 K Corrigan (M'bro)
33.17
Under 15 Girls: 100: 1 E Mullen
(M'bro) 13.9 200: 1 E Mullen 28.8 800: 1 G Rodgers (Loft)
2:21.5 HJ: 1 C Porter (Sun) 1.30 SP: 1 V Jacques (M'bro)
8.08 DT: 1 V Jacques 21.16
Under 13 Girls: 75: 1 R Highfield
(M'bro) 11.1; 2 J Archbold (Darl) 11.4 150: 1 R Highfield
21.8 800: 1 A Waites (Sun) 2:34.7 LJ: 1 C Bigland (N
Marske) 3.51 SP: 1 K Brown (Birt) 6.75
Under 11 Girls: 60: 1 G
Roben-Dodd (CleS) 10.1 600: 1 S Burnett (Sun) 2:03.6 LJ: 1
C Sadler (Tyne) 3.07
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 31st Mrch 2008).
Additional Comments: Report used, but results not included. Weather
quite warm and sunny early on, but cold wind quickly picked up. Went
cloudy and rain started midway through meeting. Apologies to Michael
Wilson of Sunderland who won U13B 800m in 2mins 27.7secs. This
result was not listed in original set, but included later. Charmaine
Porter finished 4th in 800m (2:29.3). Info re W50 records courtesy of
Charles Stuart. Footnote: AW seemed to get results from another source.
Some were omitted, but it shows Chloe Gill winning U17 Triple Jump
(11.44m), but she is not listed in my info.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 23rd March).
Results from the World Indoor Masters Indoor Championships at Clermont
Ferrand, France included a win for Joss Harwood in the W50 60m Hurdles.
Her time of 9.62secs (also clocked in heat) was a European record
(extra info from Charles Stuart).
Result from Wilkinson Ackworth Half Marathon (listed as being in Wales
! I think it is in Yorkshire): 1 D Bannister 66:24 (by 1min 1sec); 6 N
Williams 68:47; 13 R Hand (1st M45) 72:40; 14 I Crampton 73:00 (2nd
M45); 17 P Waterston 75:32 M50: 1 S Marshall 79:06.
Andrea Woodvine won the Overall award at the Guernsey Easter Festival
(21st-24th Mch). She was 2nd in the 10km (35:48), 1st in 4.75M Road
Race (27:37), 2nd fastest in Relay (11:11) and won Half Marathon
(76:23).
Sarah Tunstall clocked the fastest overall time at the Leeds
Hyde Park
5km (22nd Mch) with a time of 17mins 53secs.
Info courtesy of AW.
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North
Tyneside 10km
North Shields to Whitley Bay. Sun. 23rd March.
Morpeth Harrier Nick Swinburn won yesterday's highly
competitive fourth North Tyneside 10km Road Race.
In the event ran from North Shields Sports Centre to St Mary's
Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, Swinburn waited until the final 400m before
sprinting away from clubmate Nathan Shrubb, with 2007 winner, James
Buis of Heaton close behind in 3rd place.
The winner, a student at Bangor University, was also a member of
the winning North East team at last weekend's Inter Counties Cross
Country Championships.
The extremely windy conditions, meant that no one was prepared, to
make an early bid for victory, though Swinburn had tried three times to
pull away from the leading group of five. but decided against it.
Mike Grifiiths from Newcastle, Staffs (2nd in 2007)
finished fourth and Stewy Bell of Chester Le Street was the
leading veteran in 5th place.
Morpeth easily won the team event for the 3rd successive year.
Gateshead Harrier, Jessica Trowbridge, 2nd in the Elswick race, 2
days earlier, was a convincing winner of the Womens' race finishing in
21st position, in the record field of 1900 runners.
Marathon specialist Angela Hibbs of Chester Le Street took second
place ahead of Loughborough student, Alex Snook of Shildon. Heather
Robinson of Chester Le Street led the veterans home, in 11th place.
Heaton unofficially regained the team title, they last won in
2005.
Result.
1 N Swinburn (Morp, U20) 33:21; 2 N Shrubb (Morp) 33:23; 3 J Buis
(Heat) 33:27; 4 M Griffiths (Newc) 33:33; 5 S Bell (CleS, M40) 33:46; 6
J Bulman (NYM) 34:35; 7 P Turner (Els) 34:57; 8 M Dawson (NSP) 34:59; 9
R Floyd (Morp, U20) 35:00; 10 P Besford (Unatt) 35:00; 11 I Crampton
(Dur, M45) 35:12; 12 C Paton (Gate) 35:55; 13 C Muir (SSh) 36:19; 14 J
Moore (Heat) 36:36; 15 G Hetherington (Sedge, M45) 36:42; 16 T Carter
(Walls, U20) 37:02; 17 P Whalley (Blyth) 37:11; 18 J Donneky (Derw)
37:12; 19 W Gilroy (Morp, M45) 37:14; 20 A Dent (Blay, M50) 37:15
M40: 2 K Robertshaw (unatt) 37:40; 3 G Armstrong (Sun) 37:43
M50: 2 P Grey (Aln) 39:27 M55: 1 K Elliott (Sun) 39:50; 2 D
Wright (Sun S) 42:19 M60: 1 M McNally (Els) 39:24; 2 H Gold
(Heat) 45:06 M65: 1 J Stephenson (Crook) 45:49
Teams (unofficial): 1 Morpeth 30; 2 Heaton 80; 3 North Yorks Moors
103
Women: 1 J Trowbridge (Gate) 37:17; 2 A Hibbs (CleS) 38:08; 3 A
Snook (Shil, U20) 39:42; 4 A-L McAree (unatt) 39:43; 5 M Holt (Sun)
39:52; 6 H Johnson (Heat) 40:06; 7 K Simpson (Gate) 40:19; 8 E Gibson
(Els) 40:56; 9 L Spence (Camb U H&H) 40:59; 10 C Dickie (WSE&H)
41:03; 11 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 41:18; 12 C Buis (Heat) 42:03; 13 C
Jackson (Aln V, W35) 42:51; 14 J Dooley (Tyne) 42:53; 15 L Ansbro
(unatt, W35) 42:54
W40: 1 L Laverton (unatt) 44:16 W45: 2 A Clarke (Quak)
44:35; 3 D Elliott (Sun S) 44:56 W50: 1 C Young (Blyth) 45:47
Team (unofficial): 1 Heaton 78
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of Phil
Lancaster. Only first 350 available on day, therefore some older
Veterans' results and teams ( Heaton only Womens' team with four or
more, on these sheets) not available yet. 1903 entries. Race progress
courtesy of George Patterson, who was announcing in lead car. Very cold
but bright, and wind seemed to be at it's strongest when race was in
progress. Only a breeze an hour before start. Other Heaton counters
were: SM: 30 D McAllister-Hewlings 38:19; 38 L Smith 39:25 SW: 23
S Auld 44:23; 37 N Cameron 46:31. Extra results (Tues pm) (1522
finishers: last
time: 89:28) included: M70: 1 R Pinkney (SSh) 57:37; 2 D Whitmore 63:27
(1270th) W50: 2 C Baudouin (Gate) 48:30 W55: 1 J Kilgour
(Clare)
46:59 W60: 1 S Kirkup (CleS) 52:07; 2 P Gold 52:47 W65: 1 C
Lee (Els) 50:19; 2 J Bell (Black B) 55:03; 3 K Stewart (NSP) 56:28.
"Personality" performances included: 1119 D Lawther 60:23; 1394 G
Routledge 67:46; 1449 S Robson 70:36; 1501 D Tait 77:31. It would
appear that wind affected "slower" runners a lot more than leaders.
Amended team results were: SM: 1 Morpeth 31; 2 Heaton 81; 3 N Yorks
Moors 103; 4 North Shields Poly 130; 5 Gateshead 156; 6 Wallsend
197 SW: 1 Heaton 78; 2 Wallsend 148; 3 Chester Le Street 153; 4
Elswick 187; 5 Gateshead 188; 6 Sunderland 192. Full Heaton
results on HH website.
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Isle of Man Easter
Festival.
21st - 23rd March.
Durham University student, Emma Waterhouse won the Womens' Overall
Trophy at this weekend's Isle of Man Easter Festival.
Waterhouse won the 10km on Friday (38:37), finished 4th in the
Hill Race on Saturday (18:37) and won the 5km yesterday (18:12).
Morpeth's Sarah Graham (Leeds University) finished 2nd overall
finishing 4th in the 10km (38:37), 3rd in the Hill Race (18:27) and 3rd
in the 5km (18:26).
Durham's Rosie Smith (Edinburgh Univ) competing in 2 events won
the Hill Race (18:25) and was 2nd in the 5km (18:30).
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 24th March 2008).
Additional Comments: All info used. Original info from George Patterson
(by phone). Results courtesy of AW website. Waterhouse listed as Leeds
!
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Marske-by-the-Sea. Fri. 21st March.
Sunderland Harrier Patrick Martin
overcame the windy conditions to win the Mermaid 10km at Marske.
Cumbrian Sarah Tunstall, who
represented Great Britain in December's European Cross Country
Championships in the Under 23 race, comfortably defeated local
favourite Carolyn Summersgill of Middlesbrough in the Womens' race.
Result.
1 P Martin (Sun) 33:10; 2 A Adams
(Leeds) 33:42; 3 D Shaw (N Marske, U20) 34:00; 4 T Wall (Morp) 34:13; 5
S O'Grady (N Marske) 34:30; 6 N Williams (NYM) 35:08; 7 J Fahey (N
Marske) 35:41; 8 T Danby (N Marske) 35:49; 9 A Chadfield (Bill MH)
36:00; 10 D Parkin (Loft) 36:27
M40: 1 G Hetherington (Sedge)
36:42 M50: 1 D Horness (Loft) 41:25 M60: 1 N Scruton (Scar)
41:19
Women: 1 S Tunstall (York A) 37:51; 2
C Summersgill (M&C) 39:31; 3 J Atkinson-Tait (N Ayc, W35) 43:15; 4
A Clarke (Quak, W45) 44:09; 5 J Parkin (N Marske) 44:44
(Newcastle Journal: Sat. 22nd March 2008).
Additional Comments: Not used but resubmitted for Mon 24th.
Results courtesy of Graham Hall. 222 finishers (last time: 71:54).
Allen Mulliss finished 99th (46:17).
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Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road
Races.
Newburn Riverside Park. Fri. 21st
March.
Morpeth Harriers repeated their 2007
victory in the Senior Mens' Relay at yesterday's Elswick Harriers Good
Friday Road Race promotion.
Morpeth were lying in 4th place,
21secs behind leaders Claremont on leg 1, before Lewis Timmins moved
them into a 41 secs lead over Gosforth, after the second leg. Timmins
on a break from his American University, also clocked the day's
fastest time.
Mark Hudspith, sidelined for several
weeks, returned to action and extended the advantage on leg 3, before
Ian Hudspith brought the Northumberland club home with nearly 2
mins to spare.
Chester Le Street held off a late
challenge from Sunderland for second.
The cold windy conditions,
intermingled with heavy showers. meant times were a lot slower than in
previous years.
The exception was the Senior Womens'
race where Alyson Dixon of Chester Le Street, gained a decisive victory
over Gateshead's Jessica Trowbridge. Dixon bettered the old record
figures set by Dianne Henaghan in 2003, by 2secs. Mary Ferrier of
Gateshead, who finished 3rd took 6 secs off the old Junior record set
in 2006.
Elswick's Grace Taylor was the leading
Under 17 athlete.
With eight runners in the first
fifteen Chester Le Street easily won the team event.
Sunderland won the Veteran Mens' Relay
for the 5th successive year. Tim Field clocked the fastest time on leg
1. Sunderland were only headed by Elswick on leg 3, but came home with
23secs to spare at the finish.
Philip Hurst gained a comfortable
victory for host club Elswick in the Under 17 Mens' race.
Morpeth's Marcus Cram was untroubled
in winning the Under 15 Boys' event.
Morpeth also gained victories in the
Under 13 Boys' and Under 15 Girls' races, thanks to Adam Harrington and
Rachel Denton.
Sophie Forster narrowly defeated
Birtley clubmate Sophie Taylor in the Under 13 Girls' race.
Results.
Senior Men (4 x 2.2M): 1 Morpeth 43:58
(N Swinburn 11:18, L Timmins 10:38, M Hudspith
11:17, I Hudspith 10:45); 2 Chester Le Street 45:56 (S Bell 11:15, C
Smith 11:25, P Coulson 11:29, A Coffer 11:47); 3 Sunderland 45:58 (D
Weston 11:47, M Foggin 12:28, M Hood 10:47; G Massingham 10:56); 4
Morpeth B 46:13 (R Floyd 11:34, N Wilkinson 11:37, N Shrubb 11:24, D
Swinburne 11:38); 5 Gosforth 47:29 (M Nicholson 11:11, P Hutton 11:26,
S Findlay 13:34, D Graham 11:18); 6 Gateshead 48:20 (J Pearson 11:45, A
Carmichael 11:23, C Paton 12:18, C Franks 12:54); 7 North Shields Poly
48:40; 8 Wallsend 49:19; 9 Birtley 50:25; 10 Elswick 50:47; 11 Heaton
51:08; 12 Claremont 51:33; 13 Low Fell 51:37; 14 Blyth 53:07; 15
Elswick B 54:03
Fastest: L Timmins 10:38; I Hudspith
10:45; M Hood 10:47; G Massingham 10:56; P Newton (Clare) 10:57; R
Stephenson (NSP) 11:08; M Nicholson 11:11; S Bell (M40) 11:15
Veterans (4 x 2.2M): 1 Sundereland
49:38 (T Field 11:53, P Redman 13:12, P Collins 12:33, T Doughty
12:00); 2 Elswick 50:06 (P Dixon 12:12, K Stephenson 12:25, J Bell
12:42, A Thompson 12:47); 3 Morpeth 50:27 (D Steele 13:01, P Waterston
12:20, G Dixon 13:02, P Walker 12:04); 4 Wallsend 52:42; 5 North
Shields Poly 53:19; 6 Low Fell 53:48; 7 Blyth 55:19; 8 Sunderland B
55:22; 9 Gateshead 56:11; 10 Jarrow & Hebburn 56:55; 11 Gosforth
57:27; 12 Chester Le Street 57:48
Fastest: T Field 11:53; T Doughty
12:00; P Walker 12:04; P Dixon (M45) 12:12; T Bird (Gosf) 12:17; P
Leigh (Walls) 12:18
Under 17 Men (2.2M): 1 P Hurst (Els)
11:24; 2 T Venus (Tyne) 11:33; 3 G Ritchie (J&H) 11:34; 4 L Baister
(Gate) 11:39; 5 T Calder (Tyne) 11:47; 6 M Rice (Gosf) 11:58; 7 J
Hewitt (Gosf) 12:07; 8 A Douglass (Morp) 12:18
Teams: 1 Tynedale 18; 2 Gosforth 22; 3
Sunderland 40
Under 15 Boys (2.2M): 1 M Cram (Morp)
11:54; 2 J Archer (Sun) 12:16; 3 M Newby (J&H) 12:32; 4 J Robson
(Gosf) 12:34; 5 L Hogg (Gate) 12:40; 6 S Barras (J&H) 12:41; 7 G
Lowery (J&H) 12:51; 8 P Shuttleworth (Morp) 12:55
Teams: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 16; 2
Sunderland 25; 3 Tynedale 32
Under 13 Boys (1.8M): 1 A Harrington
(Morp) 9:46; 2 J Nisbet (Morp) 9:50; 3 B Maskell (Gate) 9:54; 4 K Hurst
(Blyth) 10:15; 5 E Hetherington (Blyth) 10:16; 6 R Loraine (Birt)
10:25; 7 C Peverley (CleS) 10:33; 8 A Wallett (NSP) 10:34
Teams: 1 Morpeth 14; 2 Blyth 32; 3
Sunderland 37
Senior Women (2.2M): 1 A Dixon (CleS)
12:10 (rec); 2 J Trowbridge (Gate) 12:25; 3 M Ferrier (Gate, U20) 12:38
(rec); 4 F Burnie (CleS) 12:43; 5 A Gibson (Els) 12:54; 6 K Waugh
(CleS) 13:02; 7 C Simpson (CleS) 13:09; 8 A Hunter (CleS) 13:19; 9 S
Wilkinson (CleS, W35) 13:23; 10 J Nutt (Els) 13:26; 11 M Turner (CleS)
13:35; 12 E Gibson (Els) 13:41; 13 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 13:48; 14 J Zoppi
(Heat) 13:57; 15 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 13:59
Under 20: 2 L Dixon (Morp) 14:52; 3 K
Walker (Gate) 15:31
Under 17: 1 G Taylor (Els) 14:35; 2 M
Lewis (Tyne) 15:11; 3 A Johnson (NSP) 15:12
Teams: 1 Chester Le Street 11; 2
Chester Le Street B 24; 3 Elswick 27; 4 Gateshead 38; 5 Chester Le
Street C 46; 6 Elswick B 52
Under 15 Girls (1.8M): 1 R Denton
(Morp) 10:16; 2 R King (Gosf) 10:23; 3 H Rank (Morp) 10:34; 4 R
Lundgren (Gosf) 10:51; 5 H Waddell (Gosf) 10:52; 6 M Reed (Sun) 10:52;
7 R Steel (Morp) 11:26; 8 K Johnson (Blyth) 11:37
Teams: 1 Gosforth 11; 2 Morpeth 11; 3
Tynedale 50
Under 13 Girls (1.8M): 1 S Forster
(Birt) 10:41; 2 S Taylor (Birt) 10:44; 3 S Bruce (Tyne) 10:45; 4 B
Oakes (Birt) 11:15; 5 A Fawcett (CleS) 11:16; 6 S Robinson (Blyth)
11:30; 7 C Sloan (Els) 11:37; 8 L Turner (Birt) 11:40
Teams: Birtley 7; 2 Gosforth 30; 3
Chester Le Street 33
(Newcastle Journal: Sat. 22nd March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info surprisingly used. Weather cold,
windy with regular heavy showers. Wind was probably at strongest from
leg 3 of Seniors onwards. Durham finished 6th in SM Relay in 47mins
36secs, but Ian Crampton ran leg 2 (11:49) and leg 4 (12:22). Rob Hand
ran leg 3 (11:50). Other splits included: K Carr (Sun Vets C -leg 2)
15:34, S White (Els Vets B-leg 1) 13:31, M McNally (Els Vets B-leg 2)
13:39, P Kelly (Birt Vets-leg 1) 19:30 . Heaton splits were: J
Buis 11:22 (5), M Gibson 13:36 (13), J Moore 12:16 (11) and M Likeman
13:54. J Buis 12th fastest overall. B team finished 17th (56:34).
Splits were: I McKinnon 13:43 (26), L Smith 13:23 (22), S McEntee 14:08
(20), C Burn 15:20. 24 teams finished (last time: 64:25). Vets splits
were: D Young 16:55 (28), E Appleby 18:21 (27) and G Routledge 21:49
(22). 19 teams completed (65:35). In SW race 48 finishers (last time:
17:58) Only 5 U17 and 4 U20 runners. Zoe Armstrong 27th (4th U17)
15:15.
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.
Indoor Performance Centre.
Thurs. 20th March.
Results.
Senior Men: 60: 1 M Ferguson (Gate)
7.56; 2 P Donaghy (Dur, M35) 7.61 HJ: 1 S Stanislaus (Shil)
1.75 SP: 1 L Richards (York) 16.70; 2 S Stanislaus 10.11
Final Grand Prix Standings: 1 S
Stanislaus 61; 2 W Gedge (Morp) 35; 3 S Garcon (Dur U) 26
Under 20 Men: 60: 1 J Abladey
(J&H) 7.37; 2 C Craigs (Darl) 7.38 PV: 1 James Stacey (Gate)
3.60
Final Grand Prix Standings: 1 A James
(J&H) 21; 2 P Goessen (J&H) 17; 3 N Robinson (Bing) 13
Under 17 Men: 60: 1 J Bissett (Gate)
7.54; 2 J Lovatt (J&H) 7.61 HJ: 1 M Gibson (unatt) 1.65
PV: 1 G Cryer (Gate) 2.70
Final Grand Prix Standings: 1 E Gill (Gate) 29; 2 J Lovatt 26; 3 G
Cryer 23
Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 R Garricks
(J&H) 7.94; 2 S Hall (Gate) 7.98 60H: 1 S Hall 9.57 HJ:
1 S Hall 1.55
Final Grand Prix Standings: 1 S
Hall 89; 2 D Thompson (Gate) 31; 3 R Garricks 28
Under 13 Boys: 60: 1 J Robertshaw
(Morp) 8.63; 2 J Young (Gate) 8.72 60H: 1 J Wilkinson (Gate)
11.48 HJ: 1 D Jackson (Blay) 1.30
SP: 1 J Young 7.31
Final Grand Prix Standings
1 J Young 105; 2 J Wilkinson 49; 3 R
Sutton (Shil) 40
Senior Women: 60: 1 M Anderson (Morp)
8.04 HJ: 1 A Berry (J&H) 1.50 LJ: 1 A Berry 4.43
SP: 1 V Young (Gate) 10.22; 2 A Berry 9.48
Final Grand Prix Standings:
1 A Berry 29; 2 N Terry (Gate)
24; 3 V Young 24
Under 20 Women: LJ: 1 A Ramsey
(SSh) 4.61 SP: 1 A Ramsey 9.29
Final Grand Prix Standings:
1 A Ramsey 45; 2 S Coleby (Dur)
36
Under 17 Women: 60: 1 A Wood (M'bro)
8.12 60H: 1 A Wood 8.98 HJ: 1 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.55; 2 G
Johnson (NSP) 1.55; 3 J Baker (Dur) 1.50 PV: 1 Stacey Howden
(Gate) 2.70; 2 J Lawton (Gate) 2.70 LJ: 1 J Hansom (Gate) 4.99; 2
C Gill (M'bro) 4.98; 3 E Pringle (Gate) 4.87 SP: 1 E Pringle 10.54; 2 K
Bulmer (J&H) 8.97; 3 J Hansom 8.86
Final Grand Prix Standings:
1 A Wood 64; 2 L Kennedy 42; 3 K
Bulmer 32
Under 15 Girls: 60: r1: 1 K
Marriott (Gate) 8.47 r2: 1 J Read (Gate) 8.42; 2 K Corner
(J&H) 8.61 60H: 1 K Corner 9.97 HJ: 1 N Teasdale
(J&H) 1.35; 2 J Wood (Gate) 1.35 LJ: 1 J Read 4.91 SP:
1 P Howell (unatt) 6.30
Final Grand Prix Standings: 1 N
Teasdale 59; 2 K Corner 47; 3 P Howell 39
Under 13 Girls: 60: r1: 1 G
Blythe (J&H) 9.07 r3: 1 K Murphy (Gate) 8.67; 2 L Mulvain
(J&H) 8.85 60H: 1= K Murphy & S Purkis (Gate)
11.11 HJ: 1 S Addison (J&H) 1.15 LJ: 1 K Murphy 4.08
SP: 1 K Brown (Birt) 6.62
Final Grand Prix Standings:
1 K Murphy 98; 2 S Purkis 83; 3 S
Addison 49
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 31st March 2008).
Additional Comments: Full results (courtesy of Janice Kaufman) not
obtained until Tues 25th (pm). Will resubmit for Monday (31st). No more
competitors than usual. Under 17 and older sprints ran as "mixed", but
difficult to find who was in which race ? Melissa Anderson was I
suspect 3rd in race 3. However, I think Rachel Archer was 5th in race 2
(8.51).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 16th March)
Result from the Elterwater Fell Race at
Langdale, Cumbria (16th Mch) included: 1 N Swinburn 23:29; 2 A Duffield
24:10; 3 T Addison 25:01.
Result of Eston Nab Nec Knocker (FR) at Middlesbrough (16th Mch): 1 C
Stead 33:52; 2 D Middlemas 34:16; 3 J Henderson (NYM) 38:39 Team:
North Yorkshire Moors W: 1 E Johnson (Scar) 42:16.
Results from British Universities Indoor Championships at Sheffield
(15th/16th Mch): 800: 1 E Aston (Birm) 1:51.87; 4 A Teate (North'b)
1:53.42 1500: 1 T Penfold (Birm) 3:49.67; 3 G Owen-Lloyd (Dur)
3:51.39; 9 J Young (St M) 4:03.50 3000: 1 R Stevenson (Tees)
8:30.89; 3 J Taylor (Tees) 8:34.44; 11 A Carmichael (Leeds M)
8:53.02 HJ: 1 L Powell (Tees) 1.95 TJ: 1 J Odomcky (Birm)
14.93; 3 A Babatunde (Tees) 14.41; 4 G Jackson (North'b) 14.37 W:
60: 1 Z Hohn (Sheff) 7.63; 8 F Winspear (Tees) 8.02 (7.98 semi)
Sf2: 3 M Anderson (North'b) 8.05 Ht2: 2 M Anderson 8.04
Ht3: 4 J Graham (Hudd) 8.41 200: Sf1: 4 P McGregor (St M)
26.83 Ht2: 1 P McGregor 26.87
1500: 1 R Gilligan (St M) 4:28.85; 5 E Waterhouse (Dur) 4:37.62.
Result from Haish Hall Relays at Wigan (15th Mch): 1 Loftus &
Whitby 81:12 (R Cole 19:32, S Mussett 22:11, S Hepples 18:42, J Hunter
20:47); 2 Horwich 84:20 Fastest: S Hepples 18:42 (rec); R Cole
19:32.
Result from Great Grizdale Forest Trail 10 in Cumbria: 1 A Duffield
52:08 (by 4mins 4secs).
Results from North Shields Poly Handicap (11th Mch): (fastest times): 1
C Morley 19:51; 2 B McMillan (Clare) 20:24; 3 G Jones (Blyth)
20:59 W: 1 H Lambert (W50) 23:33; 2 M Murdoch (Clare) 24:10; 3 L
Miller (W50) 25:57.
All info courtesy of AW.
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross
Country League.
Richmond Racecourse. Sun. 16th
March.
Gary Dunn of Thirsk won the Senior
Mens' event at the final North Yorkshire and South Durham fixture, at a
cold and windy Richmond Racecourse, yesterday.
Carolyn Summersgill of Middlesbrough
and Cleveland comfortably won the Senior Womens' event. Fergus Roberts
of Richmond and Zetland won the Under 13 Boys' race, 25 hours after
gaining victory in the Inter Counties Championship.
Results. Senior Men (9.8km): 1 G Dunn
(T&S) 33:20; 2 R Hunt (R&Z) 34:22; 3 J Fahey (N Marske) 34:34;
4 J Orange (R&Z, M40) 35:12; 5 S Owen (Nene V-gst, M50) 35:27; 6 L
Rodgers (Loft, U20) 35:46; 7 K Harker (R&Z) 35:55; 8 I Archbold
(Quak, M40) 36:20; 9 D Middlemas (Loft) 36:26; 10 D Parkin (Loft) 36:30
Under 17 Men (7.2km): 1 D Schofield
(Scar) 24:19; 2 D Roberts (R&Z) 25:05; 3 A Blowers (N Marske) 26:45
Under 15 Boys (4km): 1 D Collins (Scar) 14:30; 2 J Schofield (Scar)
14:39; 3 S Wood (R&Z) 14:57
Under 13 Boys (2.6km): 1 F Roberts
(R&Z) 8:54; 2 J King (R&Z) 9:15; 3 D Overin (R&Z) 9:26
Senior Women (5.2km): 1 C Summersgill
(M&C) 19:30; 2 A Snook (Shil, U20) 20:05; 3 M Stansmore (M&C)
20:06; 4 A Owen (Loft) 20:38; 5 T Waller (Hart, W35) 20:48; 6 J
Mastrolonardo (Loft, W35) 21:30; 7 M Ellis (Loft, U17) 21:45; 8 J Adams
(R&Z, U20) 21:57
Under 15 Girls (4km): 1 R Clarke
(Darl) 17:20; 2 M Winzer (R&Z) 17:20; 3 E Harper (Scar) 18:13
Under 13 Girls (2.6km): 1 A
Etherington (Shil) 9:59; 2 E Archer (N Ayc) 10:25; 3 F Dewar (Darl)
10:36
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th March 2008).
Additional Comments: All of info used. A nice venue but could have done
with less wind, which made it cold. Results courtesy of Graham Hall
during afternoon (full set Sunday pm). Further results included: SM: 11
J Rutherford (U20) 36:51; 66 I Barnes 47:24 (only M60 + listed)
Teams: 1 Richmond & Zetland 57; 2
Loftus & Whitby 128; 3 Hartlepool Burn Road 197 (77
finishers: last time 55:41). SW: 9 R Barnes (gst) 22:13
Teams: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 25; 2 Loftus & Whitby 31; 3
Richmond & Zetland 47 (27 finishers-28:56).
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Inter Counties Cross Country
Championships.
Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Sat.
15th March.
The North East Counties' gained a
welcome victory in the Senior Mens' race, the final event at Saturday's
Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, at Wollaton Park,
Nottingham.
In the race which served as the World
Championship Trial, Morpeth's Ian Hudspith moved through strongly to
finish 9th behind runaway winner, the National champion, Tom Humphries
of Staffordshire.
Hudspith was supported by Lewis
Timmins (16th), Mark Hood (19th), David Wardle (23rd), Andy Caine
(25th), and Nick Swinburn (48th), the team regaining the title they
last won several years ago.
Gateshead Harrier Ross Murray was the
top North East idividual performer. Murray,
still in the Under 17 age-group took part in the Under 20 World
Trial and finished in 5th place behind English Schools' champion, David
Forrester of Merseyside. This performance almost certainly gained
Murray a place in the Great Britain team for the Championship
event at Edinburgh in 2 weeks time. Murray had also represented Britain
in the European Championships last December.
Cumbria's Laura Park, who won the
English Schools' Intermediate title, 7 days earlier, rose from her sick
bed to win the World Trial for Junior Women. Park,16, had to work hard
catching long-time leader Emma Pallant of Hampshire, in the final 600m.
Park was a non-counter for the Great Britain team, that won the
European title.
Fergus Roberts from Richmond,
representing Yorkshire, maintained his unbeaten record in the Under 13
age-group to easily win his event.
Durham City Harrier, Felicity Milton,
representing Leicestershire, finished 6th in the Senior Womens' race,
behind surprise winner, Laura Kenney of Warwickshire. Cumbrians Gemma
Miles and Sarah Tunstall finished 5th and 8th respectively. Sonia
Thomas of Sale led the North East challenge to finish 15th, the squad
finishing in 4th place..
The County also finished 4th in the
Under 15 Boys' race, led home by Michael Priestley in 15th position.
Selected Results.
Senior Men (12km): 1 T Humphries
(Staffs) 37:03; 2 P Wicks (Surr) 37:11; 3 M Skinner (Kent) 37:19; 4 A
Lemoncello (Scot East) 37:23; 5 A Vernon (Hants) 37:42; 6 J Walsh
(Warw) 37:44; Other Placings: 9 I Hudspith (NE) 37:55; 16 L Timmins
(NE) 38:17; 19 M Hood (NE) 38:22; 23 D Wardle (NE) 38:33; 25 A Caine
(NE) 38:42; 44 A Holliday (Cumb) 39:06; 48 N Swinburn (NE) 39:33;
77 B Rushworth (NE) 40:43
Teams: 1 North East 139; 2 Hampshire
191; 3 Greater Manchester 248
Junior Men (8km): 1 D Forrester (Mers)
25:37; 2 S Horsfield (Gt Manch) 25:48; 3 P Bernsten (Hants) 25:49; 4 D
Griffiths (W Wales) 25:51; 5 R Murray (NE) 25:55; 6 M Goose (Norf'k)
26:06 Other Placings: 34 T Addison (Cumb) 27:32; 36 C Smith (NE)
27:35; 65 A Miles (NE) 28:39
Teams: 1 Greater Manchester 63; 2
Yorkshire 106; 3 Merseyside 115; 10 North East 197
Under 17 Men (6km): 1 A Ahmed (Yorks)
20:04; 2 C O'Hare (Scot East) 20:07; 3 J Robinson (Norf'k) 20:14
Other Placings: 10 T Farrell (Cumb) 20:44; 13 P Hurst (NE) 20:50; 14 A
Morrell (NE) 20:50; 15 D Schofield (Yorks) 20:55; 19 R Best (NE) 21:01
Teams: 1 Yorkshire 80; 2 Cheshire 86;
3 Scotland East 88; 9 North East 152
Under 15 Boys (4km): 1 T Curr (Gloucs)
14:57; 2 S Webb (Suff'k) 15:04; 3 D Vernon (Surr) 15:08 Other
Placings: 15 M Priestley (NE) 15:32; 19 M Cram (NE) 15:38; 38 J
Phillips (NE) 15:54; 50 P Clifford (NE) 16:03
Teams: 1 Scotland West 40; 2 Middlesex
67; 3 Yorkshire 106; 4 North East 121
Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 F Roberts
(Yorks) 12:09; L Gregory (Gt Manch) 12:18; 3 F Rae (Scot West)
12:21 Other Placings: 35 J Nisbet (NE) 12:56; 37 A Harrington
(NE) 12:57; 50 S Little (Cumb) 13:07; 65 B Maskell (NE) 13:14
Teams: 1 Kent 66; 2 Greater Manchester
72; 3 Surrey 106; 10 North East 217
Senior Women (8km): 1 L Kenney (Warw)
27:56; 2 J Wilkinson (Ess'x) 28:09; 3 R Townend (Hants) 28:10; 4 F
Fullerton (Ess'x) 28:20; 5 G Miles (Cumb) 28:23; 6 F Milton (Leics)
28:27 Other Placings: 8 S Tunstall (Cumb) 28:31; 15 S Thomas (NE)
29:00; 36 C Wickham (NE) 30:14; 39 R Robinson (Cumb) 30:27; 52 M
Czarnecka (NE) 30:49; 58 J Trowbridge ( NE) 31:06; 62 F Burnie (NE)
31:10; 79 J Mooney (NE) 31:38
Teams: 1 Yorkshire 155; 2 Essex 168; 3
Leicestershire 277; 4 North East 301; 13 Cumbria 590
Junior Women (6km): 1 L Park (Cumb)
22:31; 2 E Pallant (Hants) 22:35; 3 L Partridge (Surr) 22:37; 4 H Avil
(North'ts) 22:42; 5 L Howarth (Gt Manch) 22:44; 6 B Potter (Scot West)
22:46 Other Placings: 25 K Legg (NE) 24:32; 32 A Wilson (NE)
25:05; 40 L Roche (NE) 25:25; 74 C Baudouin (NE) 27:08
Teams: 1 Hampshire 34; 2 Greater
Manchester 66; 3 Scotland West 81; 7 North East 171
Under 17 Women (5km): 1 J Burns
(Devon) 18:06; 2 A Jarman (Lancs) 18:09; 3 I Brin (Surr) 18:15
Other Placings: 12 K Avery (NE) 18:49; 70 N Young (NE) 20:19
Teams: 1 Lancashire 42; 2 Hampshire
102; 3 Surrey 106; 16 North East 330
Under 15 Girls (4km): 1 E Gorecka
(Surr) 14:22; 2 R Haynes (Surr) 14:45; 3 E Wallbank (Beds) 14:48
Other Placings: 58 R Denton (NE)
16:13; 66 S Bell (NE) 16:20; 70 R King (NE) 16:26; 72 E Wilson (Cumb)
16:29
Teams: 1 Surrey 50; 2 Yorkshire 59; 3
Scotland East 83; 13 North East 286
Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 J Judd (Ess'x)
13:19; 2 L Blea (Wilts) 13:23; 3 R Bourne (Hants) 13:24
Other Placings: 13 H Braithwaite
(Cumb) 13:50; 40 Z Hewitson (NE) 14:11; 41 C Porter (NE) 14:12; 63
S Taylor (NE) 14:25; 68 A Etherington (NE) 14:27
Teams: 1 Hampshire 52; 2 Surrey 85; 3
Leicestershire 119; 9 North East 209
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used. Results courtesy of UK results
website, but not unfortunately until Sunday am, so I had to cut results
due to time factor (nb. First six in Trial events plus other
event
winners, were on site 5.00pm Saturday). Congratulations to SM team and
to team manager, Steve O'Gara. Watched selected highlights of Sky TV
coverage. Apart from spelling a few names wrong, they seemed to only
show the first six or so, through, and no team results were
given. In SM race, I saw a few North East athletes during race.
Hudspith was about 18th at halfway. Unfortunately the first North East
athlete to be shown crossing the finish line was Andy Caine (David
Waddle was just ahead queuing in funnel), as they broke off after first
six. Hence I did not know we had won until full results were on
website.
Fergus Roberts looked very impressive, pulling away afer 1km.
Additional info: NE Counties regained Overall Trophy. Yorkshire "threw
it away" by surprisingly not closing in a complete SM team. They also
won 9-man SM team (1 NE 485; 2 Lincs 1367; 3 Northants 1503).
Additional Results: 115 M Brown 41:38; 154 L Gamble-Thompson
42:26 U20: 80 W Nicholson (Cumb) 29:01; 91 M Cochrane 29:14; 102
K Thompson 29:35; 120 J Rutherford 30:02; 130 T Perrins 30:19; 157 J
Gibson 31:00 U17: 106 T Calder 22:21; 108 L Baister 22:22; 134 J
Hewitt 22:37; 140 T Venus 22:41; 145 J Scott 22:43 U15: 79 M Shaw
16:14; 112 M Newby 16:33; 138 J Archer 16:47; 158 C Boyek 16:56
U13: 80 L Coyle 13:20; 90 E Hetherington 13:23; 141 M Coulthard 13:44;
182 J Hepple 13:52 SW: 30 O Walwyn (Ches) 30:04; 47 J Heslop
(Surr) 30:39; 57 H Dix (Scot E) 31:02; 66 R Smith (Scot E) 31:19; 77 D
James (w/c) 31:37; 86 C Robson 31:53; 114 T Laws 32:27; 159 S Jackson
(Mers) 33:59 U20: 104 H Blair 28:46; 11 L Dixon 29:24 U17:
93 H Gertig 20:39; 155 R Jamieson 22:01 U15: 92 R Lundgren 16:46;
95 H Rank 16:47; 128 H Waddell 17:02; 143 R Oldham 17:11 U13: 82
S Bruce 14:32; 85 S Forster 14:32; 144 D Mombeyara 14:47; 185 B Oakes
15:20. .
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Heaton H Club Championships.
St. Peters, Wallsend. Sat. 15th
March.
Result.
Senior Men (8.8km): 1 J Buis 31:34; 2
D Robins 34:34; 3 D McAllister-Hewlings (M40) 36:03; 4 L Smith (M35)
37:18; 5 M Gibson 37:44; 6 S Daley (M50) 38:19
M45: 1 K McEntee 40:44 M55:
1 E Baty 42:27
M70 (6.6km): 1 R Checkley 36:12
M75: 1 E Appleby 38:28
Senior Women (6.6km): 1 C Buis 29:02;
2 J Critchley (W35) 30:46; 3 N Cameron (W35) 31:15; 4 A Lorenzi (W35)
31:22; 5 J Friend (W45) 31:32
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 17th March 2008).
Additional Comments: Only results sent. Weather overcast and damp.
Going was firm. James Buis lap times (2.2km) were 7:48, 15:37 and 23:26
(very even pace to this point). 23 runners (16 Men, 5 Women).
George Routledge clocked 60:12 (1st M60). Full results on
HH website.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 9th March).
Results from the European Indoor Champiobships at Valencia (7th-9th
Mch) included: 60: 1 O Fasuba (Nig) 6.51; 2= K Collins (SKN)
& D Chambers 6.54 400: Sf 2: 5 R Buck 47.60 Ht 1: 2 R
Buck 47.54 3000: Ht 2: 9 N McCormick 8:00.01 LJ: 1 G
Mokoena (RSA) 8.08; 2 C Tomlinson 8.06 TJ: 1 P Idowu 17.75 (UK
Rec) W: 60: 1 A Williams (USA) 7.06; 2 J Kwakye 7.08 (UK Rec)
1500: 1 V Soboleva (Rus) 3:57.71 (World Rec) 3000: 1 M Defar
(Eth) 8:38.79 Pent: 1 T Hellebant (Bel) 4867; 2 K Sotherton 4852
(8.25, 1.81, 14.57, 6.45, 2:09.95). Congratulations to all British
medallists.
Results from the England Athletics Indoor Combined Events Championships
at Sheffield (8th/9th Mch) included: U17W: Pent: 1 L O'Reilly (Newp)
3478; 8 A Wood 3178 (8.95, 5.32, 1.56, 7.36, 2:45.35).
Results from the Reebok Open Indoor Meeting at Sports City (8th Mch)
include: 60: r1; 4 Y Aliu (U20) 7.15 r7: 1 Y Aliu 7.09; 2 S
Nyananyo 7.19 60H: 1 S Nyananyo 8.50 W: 60: r1: 6 J Graham
8.46.
Results from Dentdale Run 14.2M (did not see any advanced info this
year !): 1 S Littler (Wesh) 78:15; 5 G Hetherington (2nd Vet) 85:16; 8
A Chadfield 87:13; 10 C Jefferies 89:06 W: 1 F Shenton
98:38; 2 E Johnson 99:23; 4 S Jackson (Liv) 1:41:25.
Results from Scottish Schools Championships at Irvine: IB: 1 F Scott
19:21; 8 M Cram 20:00.
Result from Teddy Hall Relays at Oxford (5th Mch): 1 Cambridge Univ
72:32; 3 Oxford Univ 73:29 (J Pearson 18:25 leg 1, J Blackledge 17:06
leg 4-fastest time). All info from AW, which was 1 day late.
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Trafford 10km
Road Race.
Manchester. 9th March.
Morpeth Harrier Nick Swinburn was the
leading Junior athlete, at yesterday's Trafford 10km, finishing in 16th
place behind Belgrave's Nick Speight. Track specialist Katrina Wootton
of Bedford, won the Womens' race.
Result.
1 N Speight (Bel) 29:45; 2 M Miles
(Belg) 29:45; 3 L Merrion (Guerns) 29:57; 16 N Swinburn (Morp) (1st
U20) 31:40
Women: 1 K Wootton (Bed & C)
33:38
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 10th March 2008).
Additional Comments: All info used but in "Sports Shorts" (with
results). Original story phoned up by George Patterson. Results on
race-results website. Olivia Walwyn finished 4th lady (35:25).
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Sainsbury's
English Schools Cross
Country Championships. Sefton Park, Liverpool. Sat. 8th
March.
North East athletes struggled at
Saturday's Sainsbury's English Schools Cross Country Championships at
Sefton Park, Liverpool. The event was held as part of
the City's European Year of Culture celebrations.
Top performance came from Durham's
Philip Hurst in the Senior Boys' race, the final
event, which took place during torrential rain. The rain which
always threatened had luckily not prevailed in any of the
programme's previous races.
Hurst, a Gateshead College student and
the current North Eastern Counties' Under 17 champion, was always
running strongly finishing in 6th place behind 2007 European
Junior 4th-placer, David Forrester of Greater Manchester.
Closest race of the day came in the
Senior Womens' event, fought out between two members of the winning
European Junior team. Joanne Harvey of Devon (8th on that occasion)
held off the persistent challenge of bronze medallist Charlotte Purdue
of Hampshire. Northumberland's Laura Weightman finished a creditable
22nd.
Not for the first time this season, it
was athletes on the borders of the region who shone.
Cumbria's Laura Park, was untroubled
in retaining her Intermediate Girls' title. Kate Avery of Durham
finished in 15th place.
Dan Schofield of North Yorkshire
finished a fine 5th in the Intermediate Boys' race, winning an England
vest for the International match at Edinburgh in 3 weeks time.
His younger brother Josh finished 10th
in the Junior Boys' race, just missing out on an automic England spot.
National Under 13 champion Fergus Roberts finished 13th enabling North
Yorkshire to take the silver medals behind rivals, West Yorkshire.
Northumberland's Lewis Hogg came home in a creditable 29th position.
Rachel Denton of Northumberland
finished a respectable 24th in the Junior Girls' race.
Cleveland's best performances came in
the Senior events. Russell Best and Adam Morrell finished 23rd and 26th
(Boys), while Kirsty Legg came home in 28th position (Girls).
Results.
Senior Boys (6.5km): 1 D Forrester (Gt
Manch) 20:50; 2 P Berntsen (Hants) 21:12; 3 J Wilkinson (W Yorks)
21:13; 4 S Horsfield (Gt Manch) 21:17; 5 B Hunter (Essex) 21:25; 6 P
Hurst (Dur) 21:33 Other Placings: 23 R Best (Cleve) 22:19; 26 A
Morrell (Cleve) 22:21; 34 T Addison (Cumb) 22:32; 44 P Huck (Cumb)
22:39; 51 J Kraft (N Yorks) 22:46; 60 M Jones (Cleve) 22:52; 67 W
Nicholson (Cumb) 22:55; 82 I Lynn (N Yorks) 23:08; 87 J Gibson
(North'd) 23:11; 95 D Roberts (N Yorks) 23:17
Teams: 1 West Yorkshire 199; 2
Hertfordshire 201; 3 West Midlands 282; 16 Cleveland 764; 21 North
Yorkshire 840; 22 Cumbria 846; 27 Durham 961; 30 Northumberland 1094
Intermediate Boys (5.9km): 1 J Hay
(Surrey) 19:35; 2 T Carson (Gt Manch) 19:49; 3 R Gait (Glouc) 19:52; 4
S Webb (Suff) 19:59; 5 D Schofield (N Yorks) 20:00; 6 P Thompson (W
Mids) 20:01 Other Placings: 38 M Priestley (North'd) 20:55; 42 T
Venus (Cumb) 20:57; 44 K Smith (N Yorks) 20:00; 51 D Collins (N Yorks)
21:03; 59 S Thwaites (Cumb) 21:10; 68 A Crichton (North'd) 21:18; 72 L
Baister (North'd) 21:22; 74 G Hawkins (Cleve) 21:23; 100 M Rice
(Northd) 21:38
Teams: 1 Kent 367; 2 Bedfordshire 369;
3 Greater Manchester 379; 13 North Yorkshire 569; 15 Northumberland
598; 21 Cumbria 771; 33 Cleveland 1117; 34 Durham 1182
Junior Boys (3.5km): 1 C Robinson
(Corn) 12:54; 2 T Purnell (Gloucs) 12:55; 3 K Hayer (Beds) 12:59;
4 R Charles (Midd'x) 13:01; 5 Z Seddon (Berks) 13:04; 6 L Carroll
(Gloucs) 13:06 Other Placings: 10 J Schofield (N Yorks) 13:16; 13
F Roberts (N Yorks) 13:22; 20 M Hipkin (N Yorks) 13:29; 29 L Hogg
(North'd) 13:39; 37 F Ismail (N Yorks) 13:39; 42 M Shaw (Cleve) 13:43;
57 J Forrest (Cleve) 13:50; 69 M Scott (N Yorks) 13:55; 73 T Orr (Cumb)
13:57; 81 A Metcalfe (N Yorks) 14:00; 85 C Boyek (Dur) 14:01; 92 B
Wheeler (Cleve) 14:03; 96 S Smith (Dur) 14:04
Teams: 1 West Yorkshire 202; 2 North
Yorkshire 230; 3 Kent 280; 20 Durham 783; 21 Cumbria 785; 25
Northumberland 852; 35 Cleveland 1041
Senior Girls (4.2km): 1 J Harvey
(Devon) 15:01; 2 C Purdue (Hants) 15:02; 3 H Timmins (Ches) 15:23; 4 H
Avil (Northants) 15:02; 5 K Knowles (Corn) 15:35; 6 L Webb (Hants)
15:40 Other Placings: 20 V Graves (N Yorks) 16:07; 22 L Weightman
(North'd) 16:11; 28 K Legg (Cleve) 16:29; 34 R Stuart (Cumb)
16:37; 52 G Rutherford (North'd) 16:57; 84 J Spencer (N Yorks) 17:25;
90 H Gertig (Dur) 17:28; 92 H Simms (N Yorks) 17:30; 93 F Buckton
(Cleve) 17:31; 101 N Young (North'd) 17:39
Teams: 1 Hampshire 124; 2 Lancashire
327; 3 Cambridgeshire 354; 18 North Yorkshire 676; 20 Northumberland
695; 23 Cleveland 767; 32 Cumbria 1177; 35 Durham 1330
Intermediate Girls (3.7km): 1 L Park
(Cumb) 13:22; 2 L Small (Hants) 13:33; 3 R Craigie (Ches) 13:42; 4 A
Jarman (Lancs) 13:48; 5 M Courtney (Dors) 13:50; 6 B Carter (Kent)
13:52 Other Placings: 15 K Avery (Dur) 14:14; 38 E Wilson (Cumb)
14:42; 50 S Bell (Dur) 14:51; 54 R King (North'd) 14:56; 77 C Rickards
(Cumb) 15:09; 80 D Pickavance-Clarke (Dur) 15:11; 84 R Lundgren
(North'd) 15:12; 95 E Toogood (Dur) 15:19
Teams: 1 Surrey 210; 2 Hampshire 227;
3 Greater Manchester 276; 12 Durham 597; 22 Northumberland 863; 30
Cumbria 933; 34 North Yorkshire 1155; 42 Cleveland 1555
Junior Girls (3.5km): 1 E Gorecka
(Surrey) 12:21; 2 R Haynes (Surrey) 12:43; 3 J Spannagi (Suss'x) 12:49;
4 E Wallbank (Beds) 13:00; 5 J Judd (Ess'x) 13:10; 6 A Gummow (Corn)
13:14 Other Placings: 24 R Denton (North'd) 13:49; 29 H Makin (N
Yorks) 13:55; 39 G Rodgers (N Yorks) 14:01; 60 D Braithwaite (N Yorks)
14:14; 62 Z Hewitson (Dur) 14:15; 81 N Burlinson (Dur) 14:23; 100 J
Riley (N Yorks) 14:31; 102 C Porter (Dur) 14:32
Teams: 1 Surrey 148; 2 Essex 178;
3 Greater Manchester 225; 9 North Yorkshire 559; 22 Northumberland 834;
26 Durham 876; 43 Cumbria 1615; 44 Cleveland 1877
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 10th March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used but in "Sports Shorts" (with
results). A very poor day for North East athletes. Weather overcast but
breezy early on. Quite mild. Sun came out briefly. Began to rain as
Seniors started and course, dry at start, became very soggy. Dried up
again, about 15mins after race finished. Roberts and Cole in leading
group of ten, after first loop of JB race. Further local placings
included: SB: 108 A Mason (NY) 23:27; 131 K Thompson (D)
23:42; 145 J Scott (N) 23:49; 148 B Chadwick (D) 23:50 IB: 123 M
Grimes (D) 21:53; 140 T Marrs (Cleve) 22:02; 146 A Douglass (N)
22:07 JB: 108 S Barras (D) 14:09; 125 D Waller (D) 14:18; 150
B Maskell (D) 14:22 SG: 110 E Williams (Cl) 17:45; 113 K Grant
(Cl) 17:48; 124 C Baudouin (N) 17:57; 149 S Coleby (D) 18:12 (also: 159
J Russon (Cl) 18:20) IG:
117 H Waddell (N) 15:33; 134 A Dobson (Cl) 15:39 (also: 164 R
Oldham (D) 15:53; 187 C Pitt (N) 15:58; 193 H Nagel (D) 16:02; 195 R
Jamieson (D) 16:02; 203 R Ferguson (N) 16:05; 218 Z Armstrong (N)
16:14) JG: 112 F Kankowski (N) 14:39; 135 H Rank (N) 14:46;
137 S Bruce (N) 14:46. Both Faye Kankowski and Andrew Crichton
look to be classy athletes, if they take up the sport on a regular
basis. Kankowski, I understand is a rowing partner of Zoe Armstrong.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 2nd March).
Results from the Reading Half Marathon included: 1 P Makau
(Bir/Ken) 61:19; 2 M Miles (Belg) 64:47; 3 P Riley (Leigh) 64:47; 5 D
Wardle 65:42; 9 I Hudspith 66:26 W: 1 L Yelling (Bed) 69:35
(20th): 2 H Haining (Kilb, W35) 71:03; 3 N Harvey (S Lond) 71:27; 7 A
Woodvine 75:56.
Result from Hawsewater Half Marathon at Bampton, Cumbria: 1 I Crampton
73:17 (by 10secs) W: 1 E Hawker (RRC) 80:52; 4 C Jackson 89:08
(1st W35) W60: 1 S Gibson 1:43:03.
Result from Little Strickland 10 at Penrith: 1 B Harrison 58:56; 2 S
Murdoch 63:06 (also 7 L Smith 67:31).
Results from the Welsh/International (U23) 5km at Cardiff: 1 F Milton
(Eng) 15:43; 2 N Archer (Eng) 15:52; 3 S Tunstall (Eng) 16:11; 5 D
James (Wal) 16:50.
Results from the Commondale Magical Mystery Tour (somewhere in
Cleveland): 1 R Bellamy (M40) 36:02; 2 D Middlemas 37:03; 3 R Addyman
(unatt) 37:40 W: 1 R Johnson (Scar) 43:50; 4 J Mastrolonardo (W40)
48:34.
Results from Greys Pike Fell Race at Kielder Castle: 1 I Nixon
(P&B) 38:36; 2 S Birkinshaw (NFR) 39:55; 3 M Frost (M40) 41:49; 4 G
Jones 42:04 M50: 1 N Cassidy 46:35 W: 1 R Fletcher (NFR)
62:41; 2 P Cooper 75:00
Results from the Scottish Indoor Championships at Kelvin Hall (1st
Mch): SW: PV: 1 K Skinner (Falk) 4.00; 2 S Scott 3.80
SP: 1 K Law (SB) 12.22; 2 S Hopkinson 11.19; 3 C Reid 11.18.
All info courtesy of AW, which arrived 4 days late (Mon).
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Start
Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.
Prudhoe
High School. Sat. 1st March.
The final
fixture of the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League was held in
extremely windy conditions at Prudhoe on Saturday, but there was
some exciting battles for the League titles.
As
expected Sunderland won the Senior Mens' Division 1 title for the 10th
successive year, though they were beaten on the day by Gateshead. For
the Wearsiders, Tom Doughty (not competing here) took the Overall
Veterans' Individual award. Elswick took 2nd place ahead of Durham City.
Morpeth
won a close contest for the Division 2 championship from Heaton, with
Mark Brown, who clocked the fastest time in 8th place, taking the
Senior Individual title.
Birtley
won the Division 3 Trophy from Gateshead.
In the
Senior Womens' race for the league title, Heaton narrowly defeated
Sunderland to take the Trophy, for the first time. The pair were
level before this fixture, and with two runners in the first four
Sunderland looked set for victory. However, with the Newcastle club
closing in four athletes before the Wearsiders' third counter, victory was gained by 2pts.
In what
was a good day for fast pack runners, Donna James took the individual
honours, and also retained the Veterans' Overall Trophy.
Kim
Simpson in 2nd place won the Senior competition.
Rachael
Lundgren of Gosforth (Under 15) and Steph Bruce (Under 13) won
their races from the fast pack and also won the Individual competition,
Lundgren for the second consecutive year.
This feat
was matched by Marc Newby in the Under 15 Boys' race.
Last
year's Under 15 champion, Tristan Venus of Tynedale, took the
Under 17 title this time. On the day Venus finished 2nd from the fast
pack behind Louis Batista of Gosforth.
Adam
Harrington of Morpeth, absent on this occasion, won the Under 13
championship. Clubmate Jonny Nisbet was fastest on the day finishing
2nd
to Tom Johnson of Sunderland.
Northern
champion Mary Ferrier of Gateshead won the Junior Women's race from the
fast pack and Deborah Oakley of Morpeth (3rd) gained the Individual
title.
Other team
honours went to Gateshead (Under 13 and Under 15 Girls), Morpeth (Under
13 Boys), Jarrow and Hebburn (Under 15 Boys), and Houghton took both
Junior Women and Under 17 Mens' titles.
Results.
Senior Men
(8.5km Handicap): 1 M Smith (Dur) 31:19; 2 N Younger (Sun) 31:56; 3 S
Stratton (Gate) 32:39; 4 M Coffey (Ox C-gst) 32:41; 5 J Larkin (Gate,
M40) 32:58; 6 A Green (Tyne, M40) 33:16; 7 R Crellin (Dur) 33:30; 8 M
Brown (Morp) 33:32; 9 P Dodd (Els) 33:46; 10 A Macdonald (Morp, M40)
33:47; 11 D Milliken (Heat) 33:53; 12 P Newton (Clare) 33:59; 13 M
Mallen (Crook, M40) 34:00; 14 J Buis (Heat) 34:01; 15 O Weightman
(Crook) 34:19; 16 M Hill (Sun, M40) 34:23; 17 T Carter (Walls, U20)
34:32; 18 R Hall (Gate) 34:34; 19 R Hand (Dur, M45) 34:35; 20 C Burrows
(Gate) 34:37
Fastest: M
Brown 28:32; P Newton 28:59; J Buis 29:01; T Carter 29:32; R Hand
29:35; S Bell (CleS, M40) 29:38; M Dawson (NSP) 29:43; S Potts
(Sun) 30:04
Teams: Div
1: 1 Sunderland 80; 2 Durham City 101; 3 Elswick 142; 4 Tynedale 149; 5
Crook & District 149; 6 Wallsend 198 Div 2: 1 Morpeth 70; 2
Heaton 78; 3 North Shields Poly 121 Div 3: 1 Gateshead 131; 2
Blackhill Bounders 138; 3 Birtley 138
Under 17
Men (5.4km Handicap): 1 L Battista (Gosf) 20;25; 2 T Venus (Tyne)
20:33; 3 C Hood (Hough) 20:35; 4 T Grey (Hough) 20:52; 5 J Scott (Morp)
21:23; 6 T Calder (Tyne) 21:41; 7 G Ritchie (J&H) 21:58; 8 J Askew
(N Ayc) 22:28
Fastest: T
Venus 17:53; J Scott 18:43; T Calder 19:01
Teams: 1
Tynedale 17; 2 Houghton 19
Under 15
Boys (3.4km Handicap): 1 M Newby (J&H) 13:48; 2 G Lowry (J&H)
13:56; 3 J Brown (Tyne) 13:57; 4 S Barras (J&H) 14:08; 5 S Hearn
(Tyne) 14:10; 6 J Campbell (Sun) 14:11; 7 S Greenwood (Tyne) 14:25; 8 P
Shuttleworth (Morp) 14:30
Fastest: M
Newby 12:08; G Lowry 12:16; J Brown 12:17
Teams: 1
Jarrow & Hebburn 7; 2 Tynedale 15; 3 Alnwick 35
Under 13
Boys (2.8km Handicap): 1 T Johnson (Sun) 11:09; 2 J Nisbet (Morp)
11:26; 3 B Maskell (Gate) 11:32; 4 K Hurst (Blyth) 11:36; 5 D Waters
(Derw) 11:39; 6 J Reed (Gosf) 11:40; 7 R Dodds (Morp) 11:44; 8 M
Jackson (Blyth) 11:44
Fastest: J
Nisbet 10:06; B Maskell 10:12; K Hurst 10:26
Teams; 1
Blyth 23; 2 Sunderland 26; 3 Morpeth 30
Senior
Women (5.4km Handicap): 1 D James (Elv, W40) 23:20; 2 K Simpson (Gate)
23:36; 3 M Holt (Sun) 23:42; 4 L Noble (Sun) 23:46; 5 H Johnson (Heat)
23:56; 6 J Nutt (Els) 24:07; 7 J Zoppi (Heat) 24:10; 8 A Lorenzi (Heat,
W35) 24:14; 9 R Kerr (Clare) 24:19; 10 K Robertson (Tyne, W35) 24:27;
11 L Walker (Walls, W35) 24:29; 12 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 24:34; 13 J
Friend (Heat, W45) 24:41; 14 T Rich (Gate) 24:42; 15 H Reed (Sun) 24:43
Fastest: D
James 20:40; K Simpson 20:56; M Holt 21:06; H Johnson 21:16; J Nutt
21:27; J Zoppi 21:30
Teams: 1
Heaton 20; 2 Sunderland 22; 3 Elvet Striders 46; 4 Claremont 55; 5
Tynedale 59; 6 Wallsend 66
Junior
Women (4.5km Handicap): 1 M Ferrier (Gate) 19:58; 2 M Lewis (Tyne, U17)
21:47; 3 D Oakley (Morp, U17) 22:14; 4 R Jamieson (Gate, U17) 22:54; 5
L Dodsworth (Gate) 23:39; 6 M Bell (Black B) 23:40; 7 R Grieves (Blay)
24:03
Fastest: M
Ferrier 17:38; M Lewis 19:27; D Oakley 19:54
Team: 1
Gateshead 10
Under 15
Girls (3.4km Handicap): 1 R Lundgren (Gosf) 15:31; 2 H Waddell (Gosf)
15:55; 3 R Ferguson (Gate) 16:24; 4 R Steel (Morp) 16:27; 5 S Loraine
(Birt) 16:43; 6 K Johnson (Blyth) 16:46; 7 R Cram (Els) 16:53; 8 L Bain
(Blyth) 17:13
Fastest: R
Lundgren 13:51; H Waddell 14:15; R Ferguson 14:44
Teams: 1
Gosforth 15; 2 Gateshead 33; 3 Blyth 37
Under 13
Girls (2.8km Handicap): 1 S Bruce (Tyne) 12:40; 2 S Forster (Birt)
12:43; 3 S Taylor (Birt) 12:49; 4 S Wilkes (Morp) 13:00; 5 D Mombeyara
(Gate) 13:02; 6 S Robinson (Blyth) 13:08; 7 F Lockhart (Gate) 13:09; 8
A Waites (Sun) 13:16
Fastest: S
Bruce 11:20; S Forster 11:23; S Taylor 11:29
Teams: 1
Birtley 14; 2 Gateshead 22; 3 Houghton 62
Final
Standings:
Individual:
Senior Men: 1 M Brown 40; 2 P Newton 36; 3 S Potts 30
Veteran Men: 1 T Doughty (Sun) 38; 2 S Bell 38; 3 T Field (Sun) 34
Teams: Div
1: 1 Sunderland 13; 2 Elswick 19; 3 Durham City 20; 4 Tynedale 28; 5
South Shields 29; 6 Wallsend 32 Div 2: 1 Morpeth 11; 2 Heaton 14;
3 North Shields Poly 16 Div 3: 1 Birtley 16; 2 Gateshead 18; 3
Blackhill Bounders 24
Under 17
Men: Ind: 1 T Venus 40; 2 J Moore (J&H) 36; 3 G Ritchie
(J&H) 32 Teams: 1 Houghton 23; 2 Tynedale 24; 3
Sunderland 35
Under 15
Boys: Ind: 1 M Newby 40; 2 J Brown 30; 3 G Lowry 29 Teams: 1
Jarrow & Hebburn 12; 2 Tynedale 16; 3 Gosforth 32
Under 13
Boys: Ind: 1 A Carrington (Morp) 40; 2 J Nisbet 34; 3 R Loraine (Birt)
33 Teams: 1 Morpeth 12; 2 Blyth 24; 3 Birtley 26
Individual:
Senior Women: 1 K Simpson 36; 2 M Holt 35; 3 H Johnson
24 Veteran Women: 1 D James 40; 2 K Robertson 38; 3 H
Robinson 35 Teams: 1 Heaton 16; 2 Sunderland 17; 3 Tynedale 29; 4
Wallsend 32; 5 Claremont 38; 6 Elvet Striders 41
Junior
Women: Ind: 1 D Oakley 34; 2 M Lewis 27; 3 R Jamieson 25 Teams: 1
Houghton 20; 2 Gateshead 25; 3 Morpeth 37
Under 15
Girls: Ind: 1 R Lundgren 39; 2 H Waddell 35; 3 R Oldham (Gate) 32
Teams: 1
Gateshead 10; 2 Houghton 29; 3 Tynedale 35
Under 13
Girls: Ind: 1 S Bruce 40; 2 C Porter (Sun) 37; 3 S Taylor 31
Teams: 1 Birtley 8; 2 Gateshead 13; 3 Houghton 31
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 3rd March 2008).
Additional Comments: Most of info used, but under heading relating to
Liz Yelling. Sunny early on (clouds later) and dry. Got colder and wind
got stronger, as meeting progressed. Course fairly dry. Thanks to
Binghams for excellent results service throughout season. Also for very
quick final standings results. 255 finishers SM (254 Denis Young 50:58;
255 Patrick Kelly 54:53). 58 finishers SW (last time 2@38:39). Only 2
runners in U15B slow pack, 17 finishers (U17M) and only listed 7 (all
fast pack) in JW race. Apologies to Mark Smith (SM winner) who I
overlooked in report. Not sure how races developed as courses were
hidden. I understand Louise Noble went off course when holding a 50m
lead, and got back in 5th position. This would not have affected
final result. Some serious thought needs to be given to Senior
Womens' Pack
promotion and overall handicapping (especially SW) for next season. Too
many fast pack runners seem to be getting through. Congratulaions to
Heaton Womens' team and also Senior Men for promotion. George Patterson
caused a slight scare when he thought only 5 Morpeth runners had
started (including B Cordes). However, 7 finished (excluding BC). All
Heaton performances on HH website.
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