March 2009

Weekly Round-up
(to 29th March).
Results from the Carlisle Aspatria Open Meeting included: U13B: 100: 1 T Clough (Gate) 13.5 200: 1 T Clough 27.5 U17W: 100: 1 R Clough (Gate) 12.9 200: 1 R Clough 26.4 U13G: 100: 2 H Lancaster (Sun) 13.7 200: 1 H Lancaster 29.3 800: 2 L Turner (Birt) 2:33.7 SP: 1 K Brown (Gate) 7.94 DT: 1 K Brown 19.75.
Results from Liverpool Half Marathon:: 1 S Stokes (Sale) 70:20; 7 D Flint 74:53 W: 1 S Ridehalgh (Acc) 83:46 (by 3mins) W50: 1 L Chapman (Gars) 93:52.
Result from the B&Q Eastleigh 10km: 1 R Dessiax-Chin (Belg/Aus) 30:18 (by 12secs); 8 N Shrubb 31:54.
Results from the World Cross Country Championships in Jordan (28th March): SM: 1 G Gebremarian (Eth) 35:02; 2 M Kipsiro (Uga) 35:04; Z Tadesse (Eri) 35:04; 74 F Tickner 37:58; 78 A Vernon 38:04; 86 P Nicholls 38:15 Teams: 1 Kenya 28; 2 Ethiopia 28; 3 Eritria 50; 14 Great Britain 325 U20: 1 A Abshero (Eth) 23:26; 2 T Mbishei (Ken) 23:30; 3 M Kibet (Uga) 23:35; 58 T Farrell 26:13; 83 R Sparke 26:59; 85 J Wilkinson 27:04 Teams: 1 Kenya 20; 2 Ethiopia 22; 3 Eritria 72; 15 Great Britain 316 SW: 1 F Kiplagat (Ken) 26:13; 2 L Masai (Ken) 26:16; 3 M Melkina (Eth) 26:19; 38 S Twell 28:46; 49 H Dean 29:00; 51 J Potter 29:04; 55 S Tunstall 29:07 Teams: 1 Kenya 14; 2 Ethiopia 28; 3 Portugal 72; 9 Great Britain 193 U20: 1 G Dibaba (Eth) 20:14; 2 M Cherono (Ken) 20:17; 3 J Cheprigeno (Ken) 20:27; 13 L Howarth 21:14; 14 C Purdue 21:23; 25 K Avery 21:53; 30 L Partridge 22:00; 33 L Small 22:13; 75 L Park 23:45
Teams: 1 Ethiopia 18; 2 Kenya 18; 3 Japan 76; 4 Great Britain 82.
A good run from Kate Avery and four of the other members of the Great Britain U20W team. Laura Park has lost form since February, and probably should not have been selected.
Results from the Home Internatonal Cross Country match at Bangor: SM: 1 N Hall (Eng) 33:35; 2 A Hay (Scot) 33:41; 3 N Garnester (Eng) 33:47 Team: 1 England 8 U20: 1 D Hawkins (Scot) 23:57; 2 C Hawkins (Scot Sch) 23:59; 3 S McDonald (Scot) 24:03; 4 P Hurst (Eng) 24:10 Team: 1 Scotland 8 U16 (Schools): 1 T Curr (Eng) 20:57; 2 R Goodman (Eng) 21:08; 3 RMatheson (Scot) 21:16 Team: 1 England 34 U14 (Schools): 1 F Rae (Scot) 16:04; 2 S Fitzsimons (Ire) 16:10; 3 G Power (Ire) 16:12; 5 F Roberts (Eng) 16:31 Team: 1 England 39 SW: 1 S Hignett (Eng) 22:41; 2 C Martin (Eng) 22:55; 3 J Heslop (Eng) 23:12 ; 4 R Robinson (Eng) 23:18; 8 M Czarnecka (Scot) 24:21; 9 D James (Wales) 24:34 Team: 1 England 6 U20: 1 E Pallant (Eng) 18:31; 2 C Mageean (Ire Sch) 18:49; 3 E Sprake (Eng) 18:56 Team: 1 England 8 U16 (Schools): 1 E Gorecka (Eng) 16:21; 2 A Gummow (Eng) 16:38; 3 E Wallbank (Eng) 17:03 Team: 1 England 21 U14 (Schools): 1 J Judd (Eng) 13:22; 2 S Cleirigh-Buttner (Ire) 13:33; 3 A Wright (Eng) 13:37; 6 A Hetherington (Eng) 13:59 Team: 1 England 27.
Result from the Coniston 14: 1 N Leigh (Alt) 75:57; 2 S Littler (Wesh) 76:52; 6 J Hunter (Loft, M40) 81:06 (1st Vet) W: 1 P Veazey-French (Mat) 89:39 (by 2mins 27secs).
Result of the Albert Park 5km: 1 T Danby (NM) 16:40; 2 G Wilson (NYM) 17:32 W: 1 S Rogers (NM, W35) 21:24; 2 S Gibson (Darl, W60) 22:10.
Results from the Arizona State International (27th/28th March): 5000: 7 L Timmins 14:06.55 W: 5000: 16 A Gibson 17:07.56.

Middlesbrough Festival of Road Running.

Sun. 29th March.

New Marske's Ricky Stevenson maintained his excellent form, to win yesterday's Elite mile at the Middlesbrough Road Race Festival.

Conditions were sunny but cold, but thankfully the wind which had been prevalent 24 hours earlier had abated.

On the course which started at the Riverside Stadium and finished at the Town Hall, Stevenson representing the North Eastern Counties, kicked away from the opposition in the final 200m, with Scotland's Bruce Raeside taking second place. Morpeth Harriers John Taylor and Nick McCormick (running for the BMC) finished 4th and 5th.

Scotland's Susan Scott continued from her successful Indoor season, to win the Womens' Mile holding off the late challenge of Kerry Harty.

The early pace like the Mens' race had been slow.

Gateshead's Stacey Smith, the British Universities Indoor 800m champion, finished 5th for the North East, with Laura Weightman of Morpeth, the 2008 English Schools 1500m champion in 6th place.

The region took the bronze medals in both team events.

The Tees Pride 5km attracted over 1000 runners.

Morpeth's Ian Hudspith held a slight lead after halfway, but pulled out with a hamstring injury.

Loughborough student, Rob Whittle from Basingstoke, proved the stongest at the finish, pulling away to a 12secs victory over Gateshead's Chris Parr. Steve Hepples of Loftus took third place, while Thirsk's Gary Dunn was the leading veteran in 5th.

Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill easily won the Womens' race finishing in 18th place overall.

New Marske Junior Jess Russon took second place ahead of Elswick veteran, Yam Thiru.

Results.

Elite Mile:

Men: 1 R Stevenson (NE) 4:07.4; 2 B Raeside (Scot) 4:06.6.; 3 G Balch (Eng) 4:09.0; 4 J Taylor (Morp-gst) 4:09.6; 5 N McCormick (BMC) 4:11.3; 6 D Forrester (Eng, U20) 4:13.0; 7 G Massingham (Sun-gst) 4:13.2; 11 R Best (NE, U20) 4:25.7

Women: 1 S Scott (Scot) 4:46.0; 2 K Harty (Ire) 4:46.1; 3 R Ogden (BMC) 4:46.7; 4 A Leonard (BMC, U20) 4:47.8; 5 S Smith (NE, U20) 4:50.1; 6 L Weightman (NE, U20) 4:52.7; 9 J Meadows (Eng) 4:56.6

Tees Pride 5km

1 R Whittle (Lough U) 14:47; 2 C Parr (Gate) 14:59; 3 S Hepples (Loft) 15:02; 4 A Wiles (N Marske) 15:13; 5 G Dunn (T&S, M40) 15:17; 6 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 15:19; 7 M Nicholson (Morp) 15:20; 8 S Bell (CleS, M40) 15:28; 9 P Lowe (NYM, M35) 15:33; 10 S Cook (Leeds C) 15:35; 11 M Dawson (NSP) 15:35; 12 D Shaw (N Marske) 15:41; 13 J Bulman (NYM, M35) 15:55; 14 D Swinburne (Morp) 16:02; 15 M Shaw (N Marske, U15) 16:24; 16 P Wilkinson (NYM) 17:09; 17 K Patterson (Loft, M40) 17:14; 18 C Summersgill (M&C, SW) 17:22; 19 V Hemy (NSP, M40) 17:30; 20 F Llewellyn Jones (N Ayc, M$5) 17:32

Veterans: M45: 2 M Cara (unatt) 17:34; 3 T Baker (M&C) 18:01 M50: 1 R Neate (unatt) 19:52; 2 M Pearson (N Marske) 19:54 M55: 1 A Jenkins (Morp) 18:26; 2 G Pemberton (NE Vets) 20:09 M60: 1 H Matthews (Els) 18:56

M70: 1 I Barnes (Darl) 20:55

Women: 1 C Summersgill 17:22; 2 J Russon (N Marske, U20) 18:23; 3 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 18:32; 4 Z Armstrong (Morp, U17) 19:31; 5 L Trainor (unatt, W35) 19:56; 6 C Loredo (Shil, U15) 20:33; 7 S Whitley (Leeds) 20:47; 8 K Matthews (Els, W45) 20:56; 9 J Murfin (unatt) 21:07; 10 L Marr (Tyne, W45) 21:03
W50: 1 S Milburn (N Ayc) 21:26

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Report edited. Results courtesy of www.chipresults.co.uk. First 140 on day and rest Monday am. 857 finishers (last time = 58:16). Christine Lee was 1st W65 (27th) in 24:08. Dave Whitmore finished 249th (2nd M70 I think) in 24:29. I think a lot of competitors did not declare age on entry form, as some definite Veterans (including first two) were not indicated as such. Apologies therefore if there are errors in some category winners. A good event, which is worth repeating. I gather prize structure (especially for Mile) needs to be re-assessed..

Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.

Temple Park, South Shields. Sat. 28th March.

The Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League held it's final fixture of the season, at Temple Park on Saturday with the Team and Individual titles, being eventually decided.

Conditions were cold and very windy, but thankfully the morning's rain had cleared.

Wallsend Harriers (3rd on the day) ended Sunderland's 10-year reign as Division 1 champions, winning by 5pts from neighbours Heaton (2nd here), with Sunderland having to settle for third place.

Victory on the day went to Elswick Harriers, who were led home by emphatic race winner, Ieuan Ellis, the former Welsh Marathon International. Claremont's Peter Newton clocked the fastest time finishing 4th from the fast pack, ahead of James Buis of Heaton, who claimed the Individual title.

British Masters champion, Stewart Bell of Chester Le Street, absent here, had gained enough points previously to fitingly win the Veterans' title.

Low Fell (2nd overall on the day) won the Division 2 title, with host club Jarrow and Hebburn taking the honours in Division 3.

There was an exciting finish to the Senior Womens' competition. Tynedale held a 2pt lead over defending champions, Heaton, but victory on the day for the Newcastle club, ahead of Chester Le Street, who split the pair, saw them edge out their rivals and retain the title, by the higher place ruling.

Gemma Floyd (formerly Taylor) of Morpeth returned to competition to claim the individual victory. Gateshead's Kim Simpson took second place from the fast pack, successfully defending her Individual title.

Sunderland had some consolation taking the titles, in the Junior Women, Under 17 Men and Under 13 Boys age-groups.

Sarah Crosby won the Junior race from the fast pack, while Jarrow's Catlin Lloyd won the Individual title.

Tynedale also did well with Steph Bruce (victorious on the day) taking the Under 15 title and Samuel Hearn the Under 17 Mens' award.

The Hexham club also won the Under 15 title and provided the Individual winner, Josh

Brown. Birtley won the Under 13 Girls' title and Sophie Forster (a close second on the day), won the Individual award.

Gateshead took the honours in the Under 15 girls'' section.

Chris Peverley of Chester Le Street won the Under 13 Boys' individual title.

North Eastern champion, Michael Grimes of Durham, running from the slow pack, won the Under 17 Mens' race by a massive margin of 2mins 36secs.

Results.

Senior Men (9km Handicap): 1 I Ellis (Els, M45) 32:54; 2 N Camilleri (Gate) 34:56; 3 R Parker (Tyne, M40) 35:02; 4 P Newton (Clare) 35:28; 5 J Buis (Heat) 35:38; 6 L Morgan (Walls) 35:51; 7 S McEntee (Heat) 35:56; 8 C Guy (Walls, M45) 36:00; 9 N Atkinson (SSh) 36:01; 10 J Allison (Crook) 36:09; 11 L Smith (Heat) 36:12; 12 I Fenwick (Els) 36:19; 13 G Bishop (Low F) 36:20; 14 D McAtominey (Low F, M40) 36:23; 15 B Bailes (Birt, M45) 36:24; 16 K Knight (Dur) 36:24; 17 M Small (Birt) 36:25; 18 G Robson (NSP) 36:26; 19 J Skilling (Low F) 36:28; 20 I Simon (Aln) 36:29

Fastest: P Newton 30:28; J Buis 30:38; D Kirkland (Aln) 31:31; T Doughty (Sun, M45) 31:44; S Hall (Gate) 31:56; L Roe (Heat) 32:00; C Franks (Gate) 32:18; R Hand (Dur, M45) 32:45

Teams: Div 1: 1 Elswick 83; 2 Heaton 103; 3 Wallsend 110; 4 Sunderland 192; 5 South Shields 193; 6 Tynedale 204 Div 2: 1 Low Fell 51; 2 Sunderland Strollers 102; 3 Gateshead 121 Div 3: 1 Gosforth 78; 2 Jesmond Joggers 96; 3 Derwentside 106

Under 17 Men (6.1km): 1 M Grimes (Dur) 22:32; 2 J Waite (Sun) 25:08; 3 N Reed (Sun) 25:15; 4 S Hearn (Tyne) 25:27; 5 J Campbell (Sun) 25:33; 6 M Kilbride (Sun) 25:46; 7 J Archer (Sun) 25:52; 8 C Walker (Gate) 26:02; 9 A Bennett (Birt) 26:06; 10 J Moore (J&H) 26:06

Fastest: J Waite 22:08; N Reed 22:15; S Hearn 22:27

Teams: 1 Sunderland 10; 2 Birtley 52

Under 15 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 S Anderson (Morp) 12:03; 2 L Hogg (Gate) 12:06; 3 G Lowry (J&H) 12:39; 4 R Costello (Gate) 12:40; 5 S Barras (J&H) 12:46; 6 J Nisbet (Morp 12:48; 7 S Greenwood (Tyne) 12:52; 8 T Peel (J&H) 12:59; 9 J Boyd (Gate) 13:04; 10 K Robley (Tyne) 13:12

Fastest: L Hogg 10:46; G Lowry 11:19; R Costello 11:20

Teams: 1 Gateshead 15; 2 Jarrow & Hebburn 16; 3 Tynedale 33

Under 13 Boys (3.2km Handicap): 1 T Goulden (CleS) 13:10; 2 M Wilson (Sun) 13:11; 3 C Peverley (CleS) 13:12; 4 L Irvine (Sun) 13:19; 5 R Loraine (Birt) 13:31; 6 D Hill (Sun) 13:46; 7 H Danby-Platt (Sun) 13:50; 8 P Winkler (Aln) 13:50; 9 A Wallett (NSP) 13:54; 10 B Steel (Morp) 14:04

Fastest: M Wilson 11:51; C Peverley 11:52; L Irvine 11:59

Teams: 1 Sunderland 12; 2 Chester Le Street 19; 3 Houghton 50

Senior Women (6.1km Handicap): 1 G Floyd (Morp) 26:38; 2 K Simpson (Gate) 26:43; 3 K Quigley (Birt) 26:50; 4 T Laws (CleS) 27:19; 5 L Pringle (Blyth) 27:22; 6 A Turvey (Heat) 27:38; 7 S White (Tyne, W45) 27:46; 8 V Stevenson (NSP) 27:48; 9 R Lowther (J&H) 27:49; 10 S Lemon (Heat) 27:50; 11 A Hunter (CleS) 27:58; 12 J Zoppi (Heat) 28:03; 13 K Robertson (Tyne, W40) 28:05; 14 L Tweddle (CleS) 28:13; 15 C Simpson (CleS) 28:16

Fastest: K Simpson 23:43; T Laws 24:19; A Turvey 24:38; A Hunter 24:58; J Zoppi 25:03; K Robertson 25:05

Teams: 1 Heaton 28; 2 Chester Le Street 29; 3 Tynedale 43; 4 Blyth 46; 5 Gateshead 65; 6 North Shields Poly 70

Junior Women (6.1km Handicap): 1 S Crosby (Sun, U17) 29:08; 2 L Cairns (Morp, U17) 29:23; 3 C Macdonald (Morp, U17) 29:55; 4 M Lewis (Tyne, U17) 30:05; 5 R Oldham (Gate, U17) 30:08; 6 B Campbell (Sun, U17) 30:39; 7 E Freeman (Blyth, U17) 31:23; 8 S Robinson (Birt, U17) 31:24

Fastest: S Crosby 26:08; M Lewis 27:05; R Oldham 27:08

Teams: 1 Sunderland 16

Under 15 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 S Bruce (Tyne) 14:09; 2 C Porter (J&H) 14:17; 3 B Larby (Gosf) 14:31; 4 L Shuttleworth (Morp) 14:43; 5 R Steel (Morp) 14:45; 6 F Lockhart (Gate) 14:47; 7 B Taylor (Els) 14:57; 8 H Warburton (Gosf) 14:58; 9 P Williams (Els) 14:59; 10 B Oakes (Birt) 15:07

Fastest: S Bruce 12:49; C Porter 12:57; R Steel 13:25

Teams: 1 Gosforth 27; 2 Elswick 28; 3 Gateshead 44

Under 13 Girls (3.2km Handicap): 1 R Scott (Hough) 13:58; 2 S Forster (Birt) 13:59; 3 L Turner (Birt) 14:09; 4 I Bosanko (Hough) 14:25; 5 A-B Coulson (Sun) 14:25; 6 A Fawcett (CleS) 14:32; 7 S Montgomery (Blay) 14:57; 8 A Barnes (Els) 14:59; 9 F McPatie (Gosf) 15:08; 10 A Brown (Morp) 15:45

Fastest: S Forster 12:39; L Turner 12:49; A-B Coulson 13:05

Teams: 1 Birtley 18; 2 Houghton 27; 3 Morpeth 38

Final League Standings:

Senior Men: Div 1: 1 Wallsend 14; 2 Heaton 19; 3 Sunderland 22; 4 South Shields 31; 5 Alnwick 36; 6 Elswick 39; 7 Morpeth 40; 8 Tynedale 43; 9 Durham City 43; 10 Crook & District 49

Div 2: 1 Low Fell 10; 2 Sunderland Strollers 12; 3 Gateshead 15; 4 Saltwell 30; 5 Birtley 32; 6 North Shields Poly 36 Div 3: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 10; 2 Blackhill Bounders 18; 3 Derwentside 19; 4 Aurora 33; 5 Gosforth 44; 6 Jesmond Joggers 47

Indiv: 1 J Buis 33; 2 D Kirkland 31; 3 L Roe 20

Veterans: 1 S Bell (CleS, M40) 39; 2 T Doughty 36; 3 R Hand 31

Under 17 Men: Teams: 1 Sunderland 10; 2 Jarrow & Hebburn 26; 3 Gateshead 34 Indiv: 1 S Hearn 30; 2 J Waite 28; 3 N Reed 28

Under 15 Boys: Teams: 1 Tynedale 13; 2 Jarrow & Hebburn 24; 3 Gateshead 27 Indiv: 1 J Brown (Tyne) 35; 2 S Barras 31; 3 J Nisbet 30.5

Under 13 Boys: Teams: 1 Sunderland 12; 2 Gosforth 23; 3 Houghton 30 Indiv: 1 C Peverley 39; 2 H Danby-Platt 34; 3 L Irvine 30

Senior Women: 1 Heaton 16; 2 Tynedale 16; 3 Chester Le Street 41; 4 Blyth 42; 5 North Shields Poly 42; 6 Morpeth 45

Indiv: 1 K Simpson 37; 2 T Laws 36; 3 A Hunter 26

Veterans: 1 K Robertson 37; 2 C Ratcliff (Dur, W40) 31.5; 3 M Loraine (Gate, M50) 27.5

Junior Women: Teams: 1 Sunderland 13; 2 Gateshead 24; 3 Morpeth 28 Indiv: 1 C Lloyd (J&H, U20) 36; 2 S Crosby 31; 3 M Lewis 17

Under 15 Girls: Teams: 1 Gateshead 11; 2 Tynedale 20; 3 Gosforth 29 Indiv: 1 S Bruce; 2 P Williams; 3 R Steel

Under 13 Girls: Teams: 1 Birtley 12; 2 Morpeth 28; 3 Houghton 40 Indiv: 1 S Forster 39; 2 L Turner 37; 3 S Montgomery 28

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Most of info used. 1000 apologies, but I omitted to mention that this fixture marked the 100th anniversary of the Men' League, hence a larger field than usual. Too many stats to think of, throughout a busy weekend. Sun came out late in afternoon, but very cold. Thanks to the Binghams for on-the-day results, and their successful reign as League Sectretaries. Major problems with funnels in SM race which meant only about 30 times were taken, before going to random. Not sure what problem was but there were queues of 50m, for a good 5 minute period. 359 finishers in SM race (last time: 58:38). (356 P Kelly 55:53; 357 G Routledge 58:35). 106 in SW (42:13). Congratultions to the Heaton Womens' team, who overcame the odds, and James Buis and Lee Roe for their individual success. Heaton's other SM counters were: 41 I Robinson 33:59; 43 L Roe; 59 O Jardine 37:14

Northumberland Schools Minor Indoor Championships.

Gateshead Indoor Performance Centre. Wed. 25th March.

Results.

Under 14 Boys (Year 8):

80: 1 L Malloy (Burns) 8.54; 2 J Harvey (Burns) 8.55 (8.54ht) 60H: 1 D Liddane (St Cuth) 10.93 (10.86ht) HJ: 1 D Walsh (Burn) 1.40 LJ: 1 C Harrison (St Cuth) 4.02 SP: 1 H Snowdon (Burns) 10.82; 2 A Grey (Burns) 10.82; 3 L Wright (St Cuth) 10.09

Under 13 Boys (Year 7) 60: 1 M Charlton (St Cuth) 8.83; 2 J Wilkes (RGS) 9.01 60H: 1 R Jardine (Burn) 11.75 HJ: 1 M Rogers (RGS) 1.20; 2 M Charlton 1.20 LJ: 1 M Charlton 4.03; 2 J Wilkes 3.98 SP: 1 K Davies (St Cuth) 7.02

Under 14 Girls (Year 8):

60: 1 A Hutchinson (Nunny'k) 8.64 60H: 1 B Gill (Cent HS) 11.92 HJ: 1 B Gill 1.25 LJ: 1 C Hudson (RGS) 3.15 SP: 1 B Gill 7.13

Under 13 Girls (Year 7): 60: 1 S Robertson (Newb M) 9.11 (8.93 ht) 60H: 1 S Robertson 10.69

HJ: 1 S Robertson 1.25; 2 K Cole (RGS) 1.20 LJ: 1 R Smith (RGS) 3.13; 2 C McNamara (Walb) 3.13 SP: 1 H Joyce (Walb) 6.04

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Only results sent (these courtesy of Kevin Flaanery / Jon Pearson). An interesting meeting, tthough only a limited amount of schools (rather than areas) took part. Not sure where Nunnykirk is ?

Weekly Round-up
(to 22nd March).
Result from the Ashby De La Zouch 20M: 1 N Williams (NYM) 1:49:48 (by 2mins 18secs); 8 P Halford 1:58:39.
Result from the Atlantic College 10km at Llantwit Major (presumably in Wales): 1 J Wills (B&W) 30:24 (by 2secs) W: 1 C Jones (TROTS) 36:03; 2 E Waterhouse 36:14.
Result from the South Leed 5 (looks like a tough course): W: 1 J Trowbridge 31:24 (by 3mins 10secs).
Result from Brough Law Fell Race at Ingram: 1 W Horsley (NFR) 36:38; 2 P Sanderson (NFR) 37:21; 3 A Fletcher (Berw, M40) 39:42 W: 1 C Bagness (Wool, W40) 48:35; 2 K Davis (NFR, W40) 49:59.
Results from the Spar Competition at Loughborough: 60H: 1 R Liddell (U17) 8.81 100H: 1 R Liddell 14.76
Result from the Albert Park 5km (21st March): 1 R Thompson (N Marske, M45) 16:09; 2 D Moore (unatt) 17:00; 3 J Blackett (NYM, M45) 17:31 M55: 1 G Youngson (Loft) 19:28 W: 1 J Jones (unatt, U15) 20:31; 2 S Rogers (N Marske, W35) 20:46 W45: 1 S Gayter (NYM) 21:43.
Results from the NARWA 20km Championship at Sinister (?): 1 P Evenett (Red, M40) 1:40:32; 2 M Byrne (Red, M45) 2:03:16; 7 D Jones (Red, M60) 2:09:09 W: 1 H Starling (Red) 2:28:25 Team: 1 Redcar .

North Eastern Counties A.A Road Relay Championships.

Watergate Park, Lobley Hill. Sat. 21st March.

Gateshead Harriers gained an impressive victory at Saturday's North Eastern Counties' Road Relay Championship at Watergate Park, Low Fell. It was their first victory in this event for the Royal Signals Trophy, since 1984.

Conrad Franks handed over in 5th pace on leg 1, to Andrew Teate who moved them through to 2nd position. Chris Paton and Sean Hall maintained their placing, before Chris Parr took the lead for the Tyneside club on leg 5.

Mark Elliott maintained the advantage on the final leg, coming home 19secs clear of Morpeth.

Defending champions New Marske crossed the line in 3rd place but were disqualified for fielding an ineligible athlete. The Cleveland club led for the first three legs, with Ricky Stevenson the British Universities Indoor 3000m champion, breaking his own course record by 4secs on leg 1.

Morpeth through Matt Nicholson held a temporary lead on leg 4.

North Shields Poly were promoted to third place.

The rearranged date, together with the inevitable fixture clash, meant that the overall number of completing teams was well down on previous years.

Only 4 teams finished in the Veterans' race, which was won by Sunderland, who defended their title. They also broke their own course record by 1min 21secs. Sunderland led all the way, with Elswick 2mins behind in 2nd place. Michael Thompson (leg 2) and Tom Doughty (leg 4) shared the fastest time for the Wearsiders.

The closest contest came in the Senior Womens' race over 4 legs.

North Shields Poly held a sizeable lead on leg 1 after Karen Johns broke the course record by 2secs. Gina Rutherford and Louise Hayes maintained the advantage with Chester Le Street 50secs behind after leg 3. Maxine Czarnecka soon made up the deficit on the final leg, pulling away to a 59secs victory. Morpeth, through Jane Mooney snatched second place on the line from the Poly.

It was Chester Le Street's 4th successive victory in this event.

Results.

Senior Men (6 x 2M): 1 Gateshead 62:31 (C Franks 10:37, A Teate 10:28, C Paton 10:52, S Hall 10:24, C Parr 9:42, M Elliott 10:28); 2 Morpeth 62:49 (R Floyd 10:53, B Harrison 10:45, N Wilkinson 10:24, M Nicholson 10:08, M Brown 10:18, D Swinburne 10:21); 3 Sunderland 64:18 (S Potts 10:45, J Archer 11:21, J Waites 11:21, D Weston 11:14, G Massingham 9:38, M Hood 9:59); 4 North Shields Poly 69:33; 5 Birtley 69:53; 6 Elswick 69:59; 7 Gateshead B 71:36; 8 Sedgefield 73:25; 9 Sunderland B 74:44; 10 Gosforth 74:53; 11 Low Fell 76:19; 12 Blyth 76:48; 13 Saltwell 77:35; 14 Claremont 79:28

Fastest: R Stevenson (N Marske) 9:25 (rec); G Massingham 9:38; C Parr 9:42; M Hood 9;59; R Stephenson (NSP) 10:03; M Nicholson 10:08; L Gamble-Thompson ( Marske) 10:15; M Brown 10:18; C Lamb (Gate C) 10:19; A Wiles (N Marske) 10:20

Veteran Men (6 x 2M): 1 Sunderland 66:37 (rec) (K Bell 11:04, M Thompson 10:46, B Bewick 11:04, T Doughty 10:46, P Redman 11:50, P Merrison 11:07); 2 Elswick 68:35 (G Bell 11:17, K Stephenson 11:00, S Grey 11:24, M Connelly 11:45, A Thompson 11:41, P Dixon 11:28); 3 North Shields Poly 82:08; 4 Sedgefield 84:21

Fastest: M Thompson (M40) & T Doughty (M45) 10:46; K Stephenson (M40) 11:00; B Bewick (M40) & K Bell (M40) 11:04; P Merrison (M50) 11:07; G Hetherington (Sedge, M45) 11:15; G Bell (M40) 11:17

Senior Women (4 x 2M): 1 Chester Le Street 49:18 (A Hibbs 11:41, J Tinkler 14:10, T Laws 11:50, M Czarnecka 11:37); 2 Morpeth 50:17 (C Bruce 14:19, A Fox 11:57, S Graham 12:22, J Mooney 11:39); 3 North Shelds Poly 50:18 (K Johns 11:19, G Rutherford 13:00, L Hayes 12:32, W Pawsey 13:27); 4 New Marske 56:26; 5 PB Fitness 56:52; 6 Elswick 57:21; 7 Blyth 58:17; 8 Sedgefield 59:22; 9 Claremont 60:15; 10 North Shields Poly B 60:24; 11 Saltwell 68:55; 12 PB Fitness B 69:49

Fastest: K Johns 11:19 (rec); M Czarnecka 11:37; J Mooney 11:39; A Hibbs 11:41; T Laws 11:50; A Fox 11:57; Y Thiru (Els, W40) & S Graham 12:22
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd March 2009).

Additional Comments: Report "savagely edited" and in "Sports Shorts". Weather bright and dry. Warm in sheltered parts, but windy in exposed sections. Tom Danby ran second leg for New Marske (10:21) but his first claim club is Pocklington. Heaton (like a few other teams) did not field a full squad. Splits were :L Roe 10:26 (2), L Smith 11:14 (5), M Likeman 11:42 (5), I Robinson 11:25 (5), P Inskip 12:35 (5). Lee Roe challenged Stevenson for 300m, and was 20m adrift at 600m, when they went out of sight. Have to say that event lost it's prestige after being cancelled on original date.

Sainsbury's English Schools Cross Country Championships.

Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leics. Sat. 21st March.

The region's athletes struggled for success at Saturday's Sainsbury's English Schools Cross Country Chammpionships at Stanford Hall, in Leicestershire.

Best performances came in the Senior races.

Durham's Phil Hurst improved on his 6th position in 2008, to finish 4th behind Ryan Parker of Bedfordshire. Only 1 sec adrift in 5th place was Russell Best of Cleveland.

In the corresponding Womens' race, Northumberland's Laura Weightman finished 6th with Surrey's Loulou Rowlands taking the title. Cleveland's Jess Russon came home in 8th position.

Northumberland's Jonathan Nisbet finished a creditable 12th in the Junior Boys' race.

Cumbria's Abbie Hetherington, the National Under 13 champion, finished 7th in the Junior Girls' race, behind race favourite Jessica Judd of Essex.

Fergus Roberts from Richmond, representing North Yorkshire, took second place in the Junior Boys' race, which was won by Michael McKeown of the West Midlands.

Both Roberts and Hetherington will represent England in this weekend's International match at Bangor.

Results.

Senior Boys (7km): 1 R Parker (Beds) 23:13; 2 P Thompson (W Mids) 23:15; 3 D Clorley (Beds) 23:25; 4 P Hurst (Dur) 23:34; 5 R Best (Cleve) 23:35

Other Placings: 24 D Schofield (N Yorks) 24:19; 72 A Blowers (Cleve) 25:21

Teams: 1 Kent 282; 2 Cheshire 294; 3 Bedfordshire 311; 17 Durham 770; 33 Northumberland 1112

Inter Boys (5.5km): 1 R Goodman (Mdx) 17:29; 2 T Curr (Gloucs) 17:32; 3 D Mills (Warw) 17:35; 4 J Grace (Sy) 17:41; 5 S Webb (Suff) 17:43

Other Placings: 15 M Grieve (Cumb) 18:17; 22 J Schofield (N Yorks) 18:26; 23 D Collins (N Yorks) 18:31; 33 C Boyek (Dur) 18:45; 45 M Shaw (Cleve) 18:56; 58 M Scott (N Yorks) 19:07; 64 L Hogg (North'd) 19:09; 76 S Wood (N Yorks) 19:15; 80 J Phillips (Dur) 19:19; 89 S Hearn (North'd) 19:24

Teams: 1 Surrey 228; 2 Dorset 273; 3 Kent 306; 6 North Yorkshire 387; 10 Cumbria 574; 26 Durham 928; 29 Northumberland 964; 35 Cleveland 1136

Junior Boys (4km): 1 M McKeown (W Mids) 14:52; 2 F Roberts (N Yorks) 14:59; 3 P Chambers (Sy) 15:04; 4 A Nelson (Lancs) 15:11; 5 B Weathenry (Dors) 15:15

Other placings; 12 J Nisbet (North'd) 15;39; 21 A Weymouth (Cumb) 15:45; 22 J Knox (Cumb) 15:46; 43 T Peel (North'd) 16:03

Teams: 1 Greater Manchester 251; 2 Kent 278; 3 Lancashire 318; 11 Norrth Yorkshire 602; 12 Cumbria 624; 26 Durham 991; 32 Northumberland 1141; 43 Cleveland 1432:

Senior Girls (4.5km): 1 L Rowlands (Sy) 17:32; 2 H Walker (Herts) 17:48; 3 L Webb (Hants) 17:48; 4 G-L Sales (Essx) 17:54; 5 R Craigie (Ches) 18:02 Other Placings: 6 L Weightman (North'd) 18:04; 8 J Russon (Cleve) 18:10; 40 R Stuart (Cumb) 19:11; 57 A Smith (Cleve) 19:36; 61 D Pickavance-Clarke (Dur) 19:39; 90 G Taylor (North'd) 20:05; 97 E Toogood (Dur) 20:12

Teams: 1 Kent 330; 2 Somerset 347; 3 Surrey 358; 17 Northumberland 733; 22 Cumbria 908; 23 Durham 940

Inter Girls (4km): 1 E Gorecka (Sy) 15:12; 2 L Proctor (W Yorks) 15:37; 3 A Gummow (Corn) 15:47; 4 G Peel (Hants) 15:58; 5 L Warwick (Hants) 16:02

Other Placings: 60 S Bell (Dur) 17:43; 88 E Wilson (Cumb) 18:02; 88 N Burlinson (Dur) 18:03; 98 P Wlliams (North'd) 18:07

Teams: 1 Surrey 133; 2 Buckinghamshire 303; 3 Hampshire & Vectis 404; 18 Durham 786; 21 Northumberland 813; 27 Cumbria 953; 42 Cleveland 1502

Junior Girls (3km): 1 J Judd (Essx) 10:34; 2 R Knapton (Hants) 11:00; 3 A Wright (Here) 11:05; 4 S Shiel-Rankin (Sy) 11:05; 5 D Leerson (Ch I) 11:08

Other Placings:7 A Hetherington (Cumb) 11:17; 34 C Porter (Dur) 11:49; 39 H Bethwaite (Cumb) 11:51; 50 S Forster (Dur) 11:58; 58 Z Hewitson (Dur) 12:03; 100 S Bruce (North'd) 12:16

Teams: 1 Surrey 123; 2 Kent 298; 3 Essex 318; 6 North Yorkshire 497; 14 Durham 659; 20 Cumbria 883; 33 Northumberland 1076; 43 Cleveland 1461
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd March 2009).

Additional Comments: Report not used. Nothing much to say on North East performances, but both Northumberland and Durham were short of the eight runners in a few races. Good run also from Tristan Peel. Further info: Course very tough and hilly. Many athletes came home in distressed state and First Aid were busy.. Michael Priestley was lying around 6th in IB race with about 600m to go, but dropped out as he felt unwell. More minor results: SB: 84 M Jones (Cl) 25:33; 106 M Grimes (Dur) 25:50; 130 T West (Dur) 26:08; 134 T Calder (North'd) 26:11; 151 J Scott (North'd) 26:26 IB: 103 J Robson (North'd) 19:31; 114 P Clifford (Dur) 19:39 JB: 104 C Peverley (Dur) 16:34; 124 B Maskell (Dur) 16:40; 130 B Wright (Cleve) 16:42; 131 D Turner (Dur) 16:42 SG: 111 H Gertig (Dur) 20:26; 132 Z Armstrong (North'd) 20:48; 140 S Crosby (Dur) 20:57; 149 A Oswald (North'd) 21:08 IG: 111 F Kankowski (North'd) 18:18; 116 H Waddell (North'd) 18:19; 130 F Higgin (Dur) 18:24; 141 H Rank (North'd) 18:32; 150 S Allison (N Yorks) 18:38 JG: 101 H Jones (North'd) 12:17.

British Masters Cross Country Championships.

Ruthin School, Denbighshire. Sat. 21st March.

Two of the region's athletes gained gold medals at Saturday's British Masters Cross Country Championships at Ruthin School, Denbighshire.

Stewy Bell of Chester Le Street won the Over 40 title, with Sunderland's Brian Rushworth repeating his 2008 victory in the Over 45 race.

Morpeth's Walter Ryder took second place in the Over 70 age-group.

Ian Twaddle of North Shields Poly finished 3rd in the Over 45 category, with Thirsk's Gary Dunn taking the bronze in the Over 40 age-group.

Results.

Over 35: 1 D Marwood (N Ire) 27:37; 3 I Twadde (NSP) 28;36

Over 40: 1 S Bell (CleS) 27:42; 3 G Dunn (T&S) 27:52

Over 45: 1 B Rushworth (Sun) 28:04

Over 70: 1 F Gibbs (Bing) 26:09; 2 W Ryder (Morp)

26:54
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd March 2009).

Additional Comments: Not used. This was sent later as results were not available (via Bill McGuirk via Martin Duff) until 6.30pm Sunday. George Routledge's video gave some indication of these results. Looked to be a dry sunny day. Walter Ryder had a sizeable lead in his category shortly after start. Bell and Rushworth were 2nd and 6th overall. GR finished 113th overall in M50+ race (54:52). Further results: W: 1 T Krzywicki (Charn, W35) 21:48 (by 38secs); 10 M Laney (CleM) (1st W55) 24:07 (by 1min 26secs) W55: 11 J Kilgour 29:36..
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Gateshead Indoor Standards Meeting.

Indoor Performance Centre. Thurs. 19th March.

Mixed: 60: r1: 1 A Boyd (Wirr, SM) 7.29; 2 J Abladey (J&H, SM) 7.40; 3 J Andrew (J&H, U20) 7.46 rr4: 1 A Craig (J&H, U17) 7.89; 4 C Smith (CleS, U17W) 8.45

Senior Men: HJ: 1 S Garcon (Dur U) 1.80

Under 17 Men: HJ: 1 D Dixon (Gate) 1.35 PV: 1 G Cryer (Gate) 2.65.

Under 15 Boys: 60: 1 S Hall (Gate) 7.77; 2 J Greenwell (Gate) 7.80 60H: 1 S Hall 9.32; 2 J Greenwell 9.65 r2: 1 J Wilkinson (Gate) 10.03 HJ: 1 J Roach (unatt) 1.65; 2 J Williams (CleS) 1.65; 3 R King (CleS) 1.60 SP: 1 J Williams 9.82; 2 R Lawson (Gate) 9.29

Under 13 Boys: 60: r1: 1 T Clough (Gate) 8.64 r2: 1 J Anderson Da Costa (CleS) 8.67 60H: 1 D Kirtley (Blay) 10.76

HJ: 1 D Kirtlley 1.35; 2 E Baines (Bord) 1.35 SP: 1 J Anderson Da Costa 6.86

Under 17 Women: HJ: 1 L Kennedy (Darl) 1.55 LJ: 1 J Read (Gate) 4.79 SP: 1 K Bulmer (J&H) 10.20

Under 15 Girls: 60: r1: 1 L Mole (NSP) 8.64; 2 N Teasdale (J&H) 8.79 r2: 1 A Hutchinson (unatt) 8.56 r3: 1 K Davies (Gate) 8.79 60H: 1 K Rodgers (Blay) 9.93; 2 N Teasdale 10.08 HJ: 1 N Teasdale 1.45; 2 F Holliday (J&H) 1.40 LJ: 1 N Teasdale 4.56 SP: 1 V Jacques (Dur) 9.18

Under 13 Girls: 60: 1 A-M Lonsdale (Shil) 8.46; 2 H Lancaster (Sun) 8.83; 3 E Johnston (J&H) 9.13 60H: 1 A-M Lonsdale 10.59 HJ: 1 A Bainbridge (J&H) 1.40 LJ: 1 A-M Lonsdale 4.16 SP: 1 K Brown (Gate) 8.23; 2 A-M Lonsdale 7.65

Final League Placings.

Under 17 Men: 1 B Porter (Gate) 33; 2 J Tumilty (Gate) 24; 3 D Dixon 15

Under 15 Boys: 1 S Hall 56; 2 J Williams 49; 3 J Greenwell (Gate) 47

Under 13 Boys: 1 J Anderson Da Costa 68; 2 P Skirrow (Aln) 67; 3 R Sutton (Shil) 64

Under 17 Women: 1 L Kennedy 50; 2 K Corner (J&H) 28; 3 K Bulmer 24

Under 15 Girls: 1 N Teasdale 81; 2 F Holliday 39; 3 H Wilson (J&H) 32

Under 13 Girls: 1 A Bainbridge 51; 2 A-M Lonsdale 43; 3 B Pringle (Gate) 30
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd March 2009).

Additional Comments: Only results sent but they missed Girls' final standings out. Results courtesy of Janice Kaufman (Friday pm). Smaller turn-out than normal. Meeting finished at 8.25pm.

Weekly Round-up
(to 15th March).
Result of Bath Half Marathon: 1 S Tanui (Ken) 63:09; 2 T Abyu (Salf) 64:57; 5 I Hudspith 65:34.
Result from Spen 20 at Cleckheaton: 1 I Fisher (Ot) 1:53:47; 2 K Gray (Stain) 1:54:52; 3 J Kovacs (Salf) 1:55:27; 4 J Buis 1:55:52 (negative splits 59mins app at halfway); 8 P Coulson 1:58:38.
Result from the Trimpell 20M at Lancaster: 1 M Aspinall (L&M) 1:50:01 (by 3mins 19secs) W: 1 S Lomas (Stock) 2:13:17 (by 21secs) W55: 1 J King (Eden0 2:21:40; 2 J Kilgour 2:54:07 (also G Routledge 4:01a).
Result from Trafford 10km: 1 M Miles (Bel) 29:25; 2 A Jones (Salf) 29:41; 5 A Buckley (Leeds) 30:10; 9 C Parr 30:44 W: 1 M Ross-Cope (Stoke, W35) 32:45; 2 R Robinson (Kend) 33:28; 5 J Heslop (Clap) 34:22
Result from the Scottish Schools Championships at Irvine (14th) IB: 1 R Matheson 18:04; 10 M Cram 19:18
Result from the USA: Indoor Meeting in Houston (13th/14th Mch): 800: 2 D Graham 1:53.21 (1:53.86ht).
Result from the Albert Park 5km (14th): 1 J Raven (CleS) 17:02; 2 E Jackson (N Marske, U20) 17:04; 3 T Livingston (N Marske, M50) 17:14 W: 1 S Rogers (N Marske, W35) 21:22 (by 1min 18secs).
Result from the week's main event, the Silksworth Throws (14th Mch): M70: DT/JT: 1 D Field 29.02/25.75 M80: SP/DT/HT/JT/WT: 1 R Laidler 7.73/18.94/19.66/19.75/9.24.
Result from NSP Grand Prix (10th) (fastest times): 1 M Morris (Morp) 18:41; 2 C Morley (TWFB, M45) 19:13; 3 G Moore 19:51 M40: V Hemy 20:24 W: 1 L Hayes (W35) 22:42; 2 V Butler (Clare) 23:07 W45: H Morris (Blyth) 24:52 W50: C Young (Blyth) 25:20.
All info courtesy of AW.

North Eastern Counties A.A Indoor Championships.

Gateshead Indoor Performance Centre. Sun. 15th March.

Results.

Pentathlon (60H, LJ, SP, HJ, 60)

Senior Men: 1 C Hunter (J&H) 3254 (8.95, 6.30, 10.29, 1.81, 7.52); 2 M Ferguson (Gate) 2612.

Under 20 Men: 1 S Etherington (Liv H -gst) 3395; 2 M McCarthy (Dur) 2563 p; (10.12, 5.58, 8.77, 1.72, 7.95)

Under 17 Men: 1 N Wood (J&H) 2871 (8.99, 5.53, 10.41, 1.60, 7.66); 2 D Dixon (Gate) 1731

Under 15 Boys: 1 S Hall (Gate) 2798 (CBP) (9.16, 5.25, 10.91, 1.63, 7.77); 2 J Turner (Derby-gst) 2702; 3 J Williams (Park View Sch) 2241; 4 M Dias (Gate) 1814

Under 13 Boys: 1 J Anderson-Da Costa (CleS) 1545 (10.93, 4.55, 6.31, 1.27, 8.72); 2 T Clough (Gate) 1290; 3 D Kirtley (Blay) 1230

Senior Women: 1 K Huck (Kend-gst) 3275; 2 R Cook (Barr-gst) 3204; 3 J Binks (N Vets, W35-gst) 2090

Under 20 Women: 1 A Wood (M'bro) 3344 (CBP) (9.26, 5.23, 8.97, 1.50, 8.22); 2 C Cassidy (Pres-gst) 2846; 3 K Jenkinson (Liv H-gst) 2757

Under 17 Women: 1 S Palmer (Derby-gst) 3501; 2 J Hansom (Gate) 3258 (10.49, 5.31, 8.18, 1.68, 8.33); 3 L Kennedy (Darl) 2339; 4 C Pepper (Red House Sch) 2300

Under 15 Girls: 1 N Teasdale (J&H) 2743 (9.96, 4.45, 7.51, 1.46, 8.64); 2 K Rogers (Blay) 2467; 3 E Johns (Derby-gst) 2267; 4 F Holliday (J&H) 2127

Under 13 Girls: 1 K Molineaux (Derby-gst) 2452; 2 A-M Lonsdale (Shil) 2429 (CBP) (10.79, 4.38, 7.82, 1.23, 8.39); 3 S Hindhaugh (CleS) 2260; 4 S Addison (J&H) 2114

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd March 2009).

Additional Comments: Results courtesy of Janice Kaufman and AW. Did not receive until Monday pm, so I am sending in a week late (not used). Meeting was successful and ran to timetable. Have put the results in order of listed events, for simplicity. However order of field events, were varied with age-groups.

British Universities Indoor Championships.

Sheffield Indoor Arena. Sat/Sun. 14th/15th March.

Teesside University gained two gold medals at yesterday's British Universities Indoor Championships at Sheffield.

Ricky Stevenson won the 3000m in a personal best time from team mate Jon Taylor, while Stacey Smith took the Womens' 800m title.

Gosforth Harrier, Paul Hutton running for Loughborough, finished 2nd in the 1500m.

Results.

1500: 1 J Mills (Bath) 3:55.72; 2 P Hutton (Lough) 3:56.25 3000: 1 R Stevenson (Tees) 8:01.56; 2 J Taylor (Tees) 8:05.87

Women: 800: 1 S Smith (Tees) 2:11.53
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 16th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Only results used. These courtesy of BUSA website (7.00pm Sun), with only first three listed in each event. Further info: 1500: 4 D Garbutt (Leeds M) 3:52.28 Ht 2: 1 G Lloyd (Dur) 4:03.71 3000: Ht 1: 1 J Taylor 8:36.55 Ht 2: 1 R Stevenson 8:33.34; 3 A Carmichael (Leeds M) 8:47.60 TJ: 1 D Babrauskas (Cov) 14.92; 5 A Babatunde (Tees) 14.49; 10 S Stanislaus (North'b) 13.20 Women: 60: sf2: 5 R Davidson (North'b) 8.03 800: sf2: 2 S Smith 2:12.52; 5 A Snook (Lough) 2:21.13 3000: 1 E Pallant (Brun) 9:50.26; 6 R Howarth (Dur) 10:17.11

North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League.

Richmond Racecourse. Sun. 15th March.

Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill easily won the Senior Womens' race at the final North Yorkshire and South Durham fixture at Richmond Racecourse.

Former Newcastle student Anghared Owen of Loftus took second place.

Tom Bean of City of York won the Senior Mens' event overhauling early leader Gary Dunn of Thirsk, now a veteran, after halfway.

Results.

Senior Men (9.4km): 1 T Bean (York) 32:55; 2 G Dunn (T&S, M40) 33:24; 3 R Hunt (R&Z) 33:30; 4 S O'Grady (N Marske) 34:13; 5 M Habteab (M'bro) 34:39; 6 R Morrell (unatt) 35:01; 7 M Jones (M&C, U20) 35:42; 8 G Grounds (Bill MH) 35:50; 9 A Blowers (N Marske, U20) 35:55; 10 J Askew (N Ayc, U20) 37:09; 11 G Hetherington (Sedge, M45) 37:15; 12 J Orange (R&Z, M45) 37:30

Under 17 Men (6.8km): 1 D Schofield (Scar) 25:54; 2 J Rowe (Bev) 26:10; 3 S Woods (R&Z) 26:58

Under 15 Boys (4.2km):

1 J Schofield (Scar) 14:32; 2 F Roberts (R&Z) 14:35; 3 M Scott (R&Z) 14:59

Under 13 Boys (2.6km): 1 W Smith (Warf) 8:53; 2 B Scarborough (Scar) 9:15; 3 P Harmsworth (R&Z) 9:20

Senior Women (5.2km): 1 C Summersgill (M&C) 19:06; 2 A Owen (Loft) 20:03; 3 H Schofield (Scar, U20) 20:39; 4 J Mastrolonardo (Loft, W35) 20:55; 5 N Kent (Loft) 21:06; 6 S Allison (M'bro, U17) 21:11; 7 M Ellis (Loft, U20) 21:28; 8 R Adams (R&Z, U20) 22:10; 9 S Phillips (Darl, W45) 22:15; 10 F Atkinson (R&Z, W35) 22:19

Under 15 Girls (4.2km): 1 M Winzer (R&Z) 16:49; 2 G Rodgers (Loft) 17:39; 3 R Mills (Scar) 17:44

Under 13 Girls (2.6km): 1 C O'Neill (York) 9:45; 2 H McLean (M'bro) 10:02; 3 L Marsh (Darl) 10:05
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 16th March 2009).

Additional Comments: All info used, though little of local interest. Very nice day, mild, sunny and dry. Also firm underfoot. Morrell (since learnt to be brother Adam) wanted to run as guest, so not sure of current status. Further results: SM: 13 A Chadfield (BMH) 37:34 Teams: 1 Richmond & Zetland 107; 2 Loftus & Whitby 169; 3 Thirsk & Sowerby 195 SW: U17: 2 S Dick (York) 22:19; 3 R McGuire (M'bro) 23:22 Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 18; 2 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 56; 3 Billingham Marsh House 98.

Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League.

Prudhoe High School. Sat. 14th March.

Wallsend Harriers took a step closer to winning the Senior Mens' Division 1 title, at Saturday's penultimate Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League fixture at Prudhoe High School. The North Tyneside club now hold a 6pts lead over Heaton, the pair occupying the first two places, on the day. Sunderland, champions for the last 10 years, lie another 1pt adrift in third.

In the Individual race, Blyth's Gary Jones held off the challenge of Ryton's Phil Addyman. Given the cold and windy conditions and the nature of the course, it was not surprising that the leading pair are experienced Fell runners.

Graeme Taylor of Jarrow and Hebburn, finished 3rd from the medium pack, while Heaton's James Buis clocked the fastest time, finishing in 4th place from the fast pack.

Low Fell's victory in Division 2, means they now join Gateshead at the head of the table, while Jarrow and Hebburn extended their lead at the top of Division 3.

Gateshead's Kim Simpson easily won the Senior Womens' race from the fast pack.

2nd placed Samantha Scott led host club Tynedale to the team title. They now hold a 2pts lead in the table, over defending champions, Heaton, who were led home on this occasion by 3rd placed Anna Turvey.

The timing of the event plus the conditions, meant that six of the eight races were won by fast pack runners. Liam Johnston of Jarrow and Hebburn (Under 17 Men), Josh Brown of Tynedale (Under 15 Boys), Caitlin Lloyd of Jarrow & Hebburn (Junior Women), Steph Bruce of Tynedale (Under 15 Girls) and Sophie Forster of Birtley (Under 13 Girls) were also successful.

Arren Skipsey of Blaydon broke the sequence with a slow pack victory in the Under 13 Boys' event.

Results.

Senior Men (9km Handicap): 1 G Jones (Byth) 34:24; 2 P Addyman (Ryton Tri) 34:42; 3 G Taylor (J&H) 35:19; 4 J Buis (Heat) 35:28; 5 G Hunt (Dur) 35:56; 6 M Davies (Morp) 36:00; 7 S Bell (CleS, M40) 36:05; 8 D Kirkland (Aln) 36:12; 9 W Horsley (Elv) 36:20; 10 P Leigh (Walls, M40) 36:22; 11 I Bromley (Tyne) 36:24; 12 T Allsopp (Sun S) 36:26; 13 B Kelly (Low F, M40) 36:34; 14 P Duffy (Crook) 36:37; 15 C Franks (Gate) 36:39; 16 I Coulson (Clare, M40) 36:45; 17 G Huxley (Walls) 36:49; 18 M Hall (Walls, M40) 36:53; 19 A Roberts (Heat) 36:57; 20 P Moore (Darl) 37:00

Fastest: J Buis 30:28; S Bell 31:05; D Kirkland 31:12; C Franks 31:39; T Doughty (Sun, M45) 32:07; L Roe (Heat) 32:14; R Hand (Dur, M45_ 32:16; H Paton (Newc U) 32:33

Teams: Div 1: 1 Wallsend 82; 2 Heaton 106; 3 Tynedale 184; 4 South Shields 191; 5 Sunderland 214; 6 Durham City 219 Div 2: 1 Low Fell 72; 2 Sunderland Strollers 98; 3 Gateshead 145 Div 3: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 62; 2 Blackhill Bounders 142; 3 Derwentside 153

Under 17 Men (6km Handicap): 1 L Johnston (J&H) 24:11; 2 N Reed (Sun) 24:14; 3 S Hearn (Tyne) 24:29; 4 J Waite (Sun) 24:44; 5 M Kilbride (Sun) 25:02; 6 J Turnbull (Gate) 25:20; 7 J Woolett (Aln) 25:20; 8 N Montgomery (Blay) 25:42; Fastest: L Johnston 21:11; N Reed 21:14; S Hearn 21:29

Teams: 1 Sunderland 11

Under 15 Boys (3.8km Handicap): 1 J Brown (Tyne) 14:40; 2 S Greenwood (Tyne) 14;54; 3 K Robley (Tyne) 15:15; 4 S Hancox (Morp) 15:27; 5 J Stewart (Tyne) 15:34; 6 D Turner (Birt) 15:44; 7 C Laidlaw (Els) 15:51; 8 P Coulson (Sun) 15:54

Fastest: J Brown 13:00; S Greenwood 13:14; K Robley 13:35

Teams: 1 Tynedale 6; 2 Birtley 35; 3 Elswick 40

Under 13 Boys (2.8km Handicap): 1 A Skipsey (Blay) 12:34; 2 J Elder (Morp) 12:54; 3 L Irvine (Sun) 12:55; 4 J Trotter (Derw) 13:13; 5 H Danby-Platt (Sun) 13:14; 6 A Wallett (NSP) 13:18; 7 M Hood (Morp) 13:25; 8 G Dobinson (Gosf) 13:28

Fastest: L Irvine 11:35; H Danby-Platt 11:54; A Wallett 11:58

Teams: 1 Morpeth 24; 2 Sunderland 26; 3 Gosforth 50

Senior Women (6km Handicap): 1 K Simpson (Gate) 25:37; 2 S Scott (Tyne) 26:00; 3 A Turvey (Heat) 26:03; 4 T Laws (CleS) 26:15; 5 M Holt (Sun) 26:17; 6 S Scott (Tyne, W35) 26:38; 7 J Lapping (Tyne) 26:48; 8 K Jones (NSP, W35) 26:48; 9 K Robertson (Tyne, W40) 26:54; 10 P White (Dur) 26:56; 11 J Zoppi (Heat) 27:01; 12 T Sample (Aln, W35) 27:02; 13 M Magowan (Sun S, W35) 27:06; 14 D Lonsdale (Blyth, W35) 27:11; 15 S White (Tyne, W45) 27:16

Fastest: K Simpson 22:37; A Turvey 23:03; T Laws 23:15; M Holt 23:17; K Robertson 23:54; J Zoppi 24:01

Teams: 1 Tynedale 15; 2 Heaton 30; 3 Durham City 69; 4 Blyth 71; 5 Wallsend 74; 6 Sunderland Strollers 87

Junior Women (6km Handicap): 1 C Lloyd (J&H, U20) 26:16; 2 K O'Mahony (Dur, U20) 27:35; 3 E Freeman (Blyth, U17) 28:25; 4 S Crosby (Sun, U17) 28:43; 5 E Hope (Sun, U17) 29:54; 6 S Robinson (Birt, U17) 29:54

Fastest: C Lloyd 23:16; K O'Mahony 24:35; S Crosby 25:43

Team: 1 5underland 17

Under 15 Girls (3.8km Handicap): 1 S Bruce (Tyne) 16:54; 2 R Oram (Els) 17:09; 3 C Price (Gate) 17:16; 4 R Steel (Morp) 17:18; 5 G Wallett (NSP) 17:31; 6 F Lockhart (Gate) 17:36; 7 E Bradbury (Blay) 17:51; 8 D Mombeyara (Gate) 17:59

Fastest: S Bruce 15:14; R Oram 15:29; C Price 15:36

Teams: 1 Gateshead 17; 2 Tynedale 30

Under 13 Girls (2.8km Handicap): 1 S Forster (Birt) 13:01; 2 L Turner (Birt) 13:13; 3 E Wilde (Blay) 13:57; 4 S Montgomery (Blay) 13:59; 5 S Burnett (Sun) 14:06; 6 J Richardson (Els) 14:46; 7 A Brown (Morp) 15:03; 8 L Dixon (Blay) 15:15

Fastest: S Forster 11:41; L Turner 11:53; S Montgomery 12:39

Teams: 1 Blaydon 15; 2 Birtley 15; 3 Morpeth 33
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 16th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Most of info used. 262 finishers SM (last time: 61:54) (261 P Kelly 58:54), SW 73 (40:34). Results courtesy of the Binghams. On original overall results, in SM race Sunderland were ahead of Durham. Weather was very windy making it quite cold at "altitude". Firm under foot at start/finish area. Apparently Low Fell lead Sunderland Strollers and Gateshead in Division 2, though my figures show that listed in report. Not sure of runner-up in Junior Womens' race, either pack or age-group ? (she actually ran from slow pack, now third fastest, she is U20)..
Other Heaton counters in SM race were: 29 L Roe; 34 L Smith 34:51; 57 I McKinnon 37:43; 59 S McEntee 37:46 SW: 16 S Lemon 27:17.
In Individual competitions, James Buis is 1pt ahead of Dave Kirkland with Lee Roe in 3rd. Stewy Bell leads in Vets event, while Kim Simpson is ahead of Tracy Laws with Jo Zoppi and Angela Hunter joint 3rd.
Late news: Jesmond Joggers finished 2nd in Division 3, 1pt ahead of Blackhill Bounders.

Weekly Round-up
(to 8th March).
Result from the Milton Keynes Half Marathon: W: 1 A Hibbs 78:50 (by 2mins 16secs).
Result from the Kielder Borderer Fell Race: 1 P Sanderson (NFR, M40) 3:14:14; 2 P Addyman (NFR) 3:15:13 W: 1 H Jackson (Bing) 3:39:39; 2 L Wilkinson (NFR) 3:39:45; 3 S Davis (NFR, W40) 4:46:15.
Results from the Spar European Indoor championships in Turin (5th-7th March): 60: 1 D Chambers 6.46 (6.42 s/f - European rec) 400: 1 J Wissman (Swe) 45.89; 5 R Buck 46.93 (46.76 s/f) 3000: 1 M Farah 7:40.17; 6 N McCormick :7:52.07 4x400: 1 Italy 3:06.68; 2 Great Britain 3:07.04 (R Buck 46.65, N Leavey 46.65, N Levine 46.76, P Taylor 46.98) W: 800: 1 M Savina (Russ) 1:58.10; 4 J Meadows 2:00.42; 5 M Okoro 2:03.30 4x400: 1 Russia 3:29.12; 2 Great Britain 3:30.42 (D Fraser 53.33, K Wall 52.71, V Barr 52.18, M Okoro 52.20).
I felt Richard Buck lost any chance of a medal, because of a bad lane draw both in Semi Final and Final. The TV experts do not seem to notice that most athletes have no chance in the inside lanes, over 400m. The Russian Womens' 4x400m team even struggled to win from the inside lane. An excellent run from Vicky Barr took the British team into a temporary lead on leg 3. Okoro's first lap in 800m final was 56.10secs. No further comment.
Result from the Albert Park 5km (7th Mch): 1 R Thompson (N Marske, M45) 16:17; 2 T Danby 16:26 W: 1 J Jones (unatt, U15) 21:09; 2 S Gibson (W60) 21:54
Result of the Edinburgh University Kings Building 5: 1 D Simpson (C'gie) 25:30 (by 23secs): 5 K Forster 26:34.
All info courtesy of AW.

Inter Counties Cross Country Championships.

Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Sat. 7th March.

Shildon's Kate Avery proved to be the region's best performer at Saturday's McCain Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at a windy Wollaton Park, Nottingham.

Avery took third place in the Under 20 Womens' race, which incorporated the Trial for the World Championships in Jordan on 29th March.

Avery finished close behind the Aldershot pair of Lily Partridge (Surrey) and Charlotte Purdue (Hants) gaining automatic selection for the Jordan team.

Avery, still in the Under 17 age-group, led the North East team to the bronze medals, with good support from Laura Weightman of Morpeth (15th), Jess Russon of New Marske(16th) and Kirsty Legg of Middlesbrough(31st). Scotland West took the title.

The North East also took the bronze medals in the Senior Womens' race, led by Sale Harrier, Sonia Samuels in 6th position.

The other scorers were Alyson Dixon of Chester Le Street (30th), Carolyn Summersgill of Middlesbrough & Cleveland (37th), Mary Ferrier of Gateshead (38th), Maxine Czarnecka of Chester Le Street (40th) and Tracy Laws of Chester Le Street (144th).

This event was won easily by European Junior Champion, Steph Twell of Hampshire. Cumbria's Sarah Tunstall finished 2nd, with Chester Le Street's Freya Murray, running for the winning Scotland East team, in 5th.

Border Harrier, Tom Farrell running for Cumbria finished 5th in the Under 20 Mens' trial, behind recent English National winner, Nick Goolab of Middlesex.

Like Murray, Farrell's participation in Jordan, will be in the hands of the selectors, who meet on Tuesday.

The North East finished 5th team behind Yorkshire. Elswick's Philip Hurst (13th) and New Marske's Russell Best (14th) led home the counters.

Hampshire's Andy Vernon won the Senior Mens' event, outsprinting long-time leader and National champion, Frank Tickner of Avon, in the final 100m.

Guernsey's Lee Merrion finished third ahead of 1500m International, Tom Lancashire, who led Greater Manchester to the team title.

Tipton's Ryan McLeod (22nd) led the North East, the defending champions, into 4th place.

Carlisle's Amy Hetherington, the National champion, finished 2nd in the Under 13 Girls' race, with Cumbria team mate Hannah Bethwaite finishing 7th. The Birtley pair of Sophie Forster and Lydia Turner finished in a respectable 20th and 22nd place, respectively.

Cumbria finished an excellent 4th in the Under 15 Boys' race. They were led home by Northern and National champion, James Knox who finished 12th on this occasion.

Michael Priestley (North Shields Poly) ran well to finish 14th in the Under 17 Mens' race.

Results.

Senior Men (12km): 1 A Vernon (Hants) 37:23; 2 F Tickner (Avon) 37:26; 3 L Merrion (Guern) 37:52; 4 T Lancashire (Gt Manch) 37:54; 5 P Nicholls (Staffs) 37:56; 6 K Gerrard (Lancs) 37:57; 7 P Wicks (Sy) 38:02; 8 T Woldermichael (Scot W) 38:17

Other Placings: 22 R McLeod (NE) 39:17; 29 A Holliday (Cumb) 39:36; 36 N Swinburn (NE) 39:48; 39 C Sampson (NE) 39:50; 54 D Shaw (NE) 40:09; 55 P Martin (NE) 40:09

Teams: 1 Greater Manchester 204; 2 Lancashire 228; 3 Surrey 254; 4 North East 329; 18 Cumbria 219

Under 20 Men (8km): 1 N Goolab (Mdx) 25:40; 2 J Wilkinson (Yorks) 25:56; 3 S Horsfield (Gt Manch) 26:01; 4 J Hay (Sy) 26:03; 5 T Farrell (Cumb) 26:04; 6 R Sparke (Sx) 26:06

Other Placings: 13 P Hurst (NE) 26:55; 14 R Best (NE) 26:56; 33 C Smith (NE) 27:40; 75 A Blowers (NE) 28:09

Teams: 1 Yorkshire 66; 2 Surrey 68; 3 Essex 87; 5 North East 135

Under 17 Men (6km): 1 P Thompson (Warw) 20:30; 2 C Hawkins (Scot W) 20:31; 3 T Curr (Glouc) 20:43; 4 B Norris (Notts) 20:46; 5 R Goodman (Mdx) 20:48; 6 S Stabler (Leics) 20:50 Other Placings: 14 M Priestley (NE) 21:18; 39 M Grieve (Cumb) 21:44; 62 M Cram (NE) 22:04; 75 G Hawkins (NE) 22:08

Teams: 1 Scotland West 60; 2 Kent 129; 3 Warwickshire 174; 17 North East 312

Under 15 Boys (4km): 1 C Robinson (Corn) 15:01; 2 K Clements (Suff) 15:02; 3 C Wallcoat (Scot W) 15:05; 4 R Farnham (Kent) 15:07; 5 H Dixon (Herts) 15:10; 6 G Grice (Sx) 15:11

Other Placings: 25 F Roberts (Yorks) 15:47; 35 M Shaw (NE) 15:54; 40 L Hogg (NE) 16:01; 90 J Nisbet (NE) 16:30

Teams: 1 Kent 60; 2 Yorkshire 68; 3 Surrey 95; 13 North East 305; 26 Cumbria 537

Under 13 Boys (3km): 1 A Howard (Gt Manch) 12:36; 2 T Starling (Hants) 12:39; 3 M Bull (Dev) 12:40; 4 L Stedman (Yorks) 12:43; 5 X Tansley (Leics) 12:46; 6 O Terry (Hants) 12:47

Other Placings: 12 J Knox (Cumb) 12:55; 24 C Peverley (NE) 13:06; 40 S Johnston (Cumb) 13:17; 43 W King (Cumb) 13:18; 55 M Wilson (NE) 13:22; 58 R Campbell (Cumb) 13:23; 66 L Irvine (NE) 13:26

Teams: 1 Hampshire 46; 2 Kent 62; 3 Yorkshire 125; 4 Cumbria 153; 13 North East 265

Senior Women (8km): 1 S Twell (Hants) 28:15; 2 S Tunstall (Cumb) 28:40; 3 J Potter (Notts) 28:43; 4 H Whitmore (Leics) 28:48; 5 F Murray (Scot E) 28:49; 6 S Samuels (NE) 28:59; 7 J Harvey (Dev) 29:04; 8 L Kenney (Warw) 29:15

Other Placings: 10 G Miles (Cumb) 29:23; 11 J Heslop (Sy) 29:29; 14 R Robinson (Cumb) 29:49; 16 S Maude (Notts) 29:54; 30 A Dixon (NE) 30:24; 37 C Summersgill (NE) 30:47; 38 M Ferrier (NE) 30:51; 40 M Czarnecka (NE) 30:59; 124 T Laws (NE) 33:00

Teams: 1 Scotland East 253; 2 Yorkshire 272; 3 North East 275; 17 Cumbria 673

Under 20 Women (6km): 1 L Partridge (Sy) 22:55; 2 C Purdue (Hants) 22:57; 3 K Avery (NE) 22:59; 4 L Small (Hants) 23:04; 5 B Potter (Scot W) 23:13; 6 H Walker (Hants) 23:23

Other Placings: 15 L Weightman (NE) 24:09; 16 J Russon (NE) 24:30; 31 K Legg (NE) 25:11; 45 C Arter (Cumb) 25:41; 50 K Grant (NE) 25:43

Teams: 1 Scotland West 42; 2 Hertfordshire 64; 3 North East 65

Under 17 Women (5km): 1 L Proctor (Yorks) 17:53; 2 L Rowlands (Sy) 18:29; 3 M Hawtin (Ox) 18:42; 4 H Alderson (Avon) 18:45; 5 R Craigie (Ches) 18:57; 6 K Holt (Staffs) 19:01 Other Placings: 57 S Bell (NE) 20:29; 69 E Toogood (NE) 20:42; 79 D Pickavance-Clarke (NE) 20:58; 87 Z Armstrong (NE) 21:08

Teams: 1 Surrey 57; 2 Yorkshire 58; 3 Hampshire 128; 14 North East 292

Under 15 Girls (4km): 1 E Gorecka (Sy) 14:22; 2 A Gummow (Corn) 14:29; 3 G Peel (Sy) 14:51; 4 J Spannagl (Sx) 14:56; 5 E Wallbank (Beds) 14:57; 6 F Scrafton (Avon) 15:09 Other Placings: 77 M Lowther (Cumb) 16:32; 101 F Higgin (NE) 16:54

Teams: 1 Surrey 29; 2 Buckinghamshire 115; 3 Scotland East 122; 30 North East 485

Under 13 Girls (3km): 1 L Bleaken (Gloucs) 13:31; 2 A Hetherington (Cumb) 13:38; 3 F McLeish (Lancs) 13:42; 4 C Cayten-Smith (Corn) 13:43; 5 E Wilson (Humb) 13:44; 6 H Brown (Avon) 13:47 Other Placings: 7 H Bethwaite (Cumb) 13:50; 20 S Forster (NE) 14:07; 22 L Turner (NE) 14:07; 73 A Etherington (NE) 14:41

Teams: 1 Surrey 70; 2 Yorkshire 122; 3 Hampshire 157; 11 North East 229; 17 Cumbria 320

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 9th March 2009).

Additional Comments: Report savagely edited and in "Sports Shorts" (a lot of imput on one race only at European Indoor Champs, and no mention of Vicky Barr's silver medal in the Relay !).. Watched Sky Sports coverage where few North East athletes were spotted. It would appear that the weather was good at start of meeting, but it got colder and definitely windier. Results courtesy of Kevin Carr via e-mail (from Cliff Robinson).(about 8.00pm). No mention on UK Athletics website before that time.
Laura Park, with leaders early on, dropped out after losing contact (since selected for Worls Cross team). Surprisingly no mention of her in AW report.. It would seem all the region's U15 Girls had bad runs (they are definitely better than that showing). Further results included: SM: 123 L Gambe-Thompson 41:48; 124 S Bell 41:49; 153 A Wiles 42:32 U20: 85 M Jones 29:24; 107 L Rodgers (Yorks) 30:07; 108 J Askew 30:08 U15: 140 S Barras 16:52; 142 C Boyek 16:53 U13: 120 R Loraine 13:46; 147 M Bunn 13:55 SW: 50 B Penty (Yorks) 31:14; 111 C Robson (Yorks) 32:44; 135 J Trowbridge (Yorks) 33:19 U20: 65 H Schofield (Yorks) 26:27; 101 C Baudouin 27:37; 104 F Buckton 27:41 U17: 117 R Lundgren 21:37; 146 H Waddell 22:09 U15: 121 S Bruce 17;03; 127 Z Hewitson 17:05; 136 N Burlinson 17:09 U13: 114 R Waugh 15:02.

Weekly Round-up
(to 1st March).
Result of the Haweswater Half Marathon: 1 J Bulman (NYM 74;11; 2 M Pluckrose (Bord) 75:06; 4 G Moore (NSP) 75:41 W: 1 L Finlay (Dumf) 84:21 W60: 1 S Gibson (Darl) 1:46:13

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