Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League
Sherman Cup and Davison Shield.
Temple Park, South Shields. Sat. 28th Oct.
Morpeth Harriers won both the Sherman Cup and Davison Shield for the
third successive year, at Saturday's opening fixture of the Start Fitness
North Eastern Harrier League at Temple Park, South Shields.
In the Mens' Sherman Cup competition, Morpeth finished well ahead of
Gateshead with Sunderland taking 3rd place. Ironically Morpeth won the
none of the team events in any of the four male races, for which the strongest
team overall takes the trophy. Ryan Stephenson gained a comfortable victory
in the Senior Mens' event leading North Shields Poly to the team title.
Stephenson dropped his main rival, Matthew Nicholson of Gosforth after
the first of the three laps, with Durham's Jonathan Powell finishing in
an isolated third position. Morpeth finished 2nd in the team event, led
by 4th placed Neil Wilkinson. The Northumberland club finished 2nd in the
Under 17 Mens' and Under 15 Boys' team races and 3rd in the Under 13 age-group.
Gateshead gained a clean sweep in the Under 17 Mens' race, with Schools'
International Ross Murray opening his season, with an easy victory. Tynedale,
who finished a creditable 4th overall, got off to a good start, with individual
victories from Josh Brown (Under 13) and Tristan Venus (Under 15). They
also won the Under 13 team event and were third behind Sunderland in the
Under 15 race.
Morpeth, however were unchallenged in taking the corresponding Womens'
trophy, the Davison Shield. They were the only club to finish in a team
in each of the age-groups, the second place going to Tynedale, who closed
in 3 teams.
Performance of the day came from Durham University student, Felicity
Milton, who won the Senior Womens' race by over 2mins. Milton, from Lincoln,
and running in the Durham City colours, has returned to athletics this
autumn after 6 years of playing hockey. She led from the start, withholding
the early challenge of Chester Le Street's Claire Simpson, and pulling
well clear of her rival on the second of the 2 laps. Another Chester Le
Street athlete, Tracy Laws finished strongly to take third place.
Morpeth took the team event and were also successful in the Under 13
and Junior events. They also provided the individual winners, Hannah Rank
and British Schools 1500m champion, Laura Weightman respectively. The latter
gained a hard earned victory, overcoming a strong challenge from
Blaydon's Helen Gertig. Gateshead won the Under 15 event, and also provided
the individual winner, Sigourney Bell. A weakened Morpeth team finished
4th.
Results.
Senior Men: 9km. 1 R Stephenson (NSP) 29:50; 2 M Nicholson (Gosf)
30:12; 3 J Powell (Dur) 30:52; 4 N Wilkinson (Morp) 31:02; 5 P Newton (Clare)
31:03; 6 S Bell (CleS) 31:06; 7 J Archer (Low F) 31:20; 8 R Walker (NSP)
32:11; 9 R Floyd (Morp, U20) 32:24; 10 T Brannon (NSP) 32:26; 11 R Balmbra
(Morp, U20) 32:34; 12 C Lamb (CleS) 32:45; 13 M McLeod (Els) 32:50; 14
I Crampton (Dur, M40) 32:54; 15 S Laws (CleS) 33:01; 16 L Atkinson (Morp,
M50) 33:04; 17 M McDonald (Low F) 33:07; 18 P Branston (Gate) 33:10; 19
P Merrison (Sun, M45) 33:26; 20 C Paton (Gate) 33:34; 21 T Carter (Walls,
U20) 33:44; 22 J Donneky (Derw) 33:52; 23 G Lancaster (Sun) 33:59; 24 L
Millmore (Birt) 34:08; 25 A Lilliendale (Sun) 34:10
Teams: 1 North Shields Poly 19; 2 Morpeth 24; 3 Chester Le Street 33;
4 Gateshead 65; 5 Sunderland 67; 6 Low Fell 68
Under 17 Men: 5.5km. 1 R Murray (Gate) 18:00; 2 J Gibson (Gate)
18:51; 3 T Perrins (Gate) 19:24; 4 M Cochrane (Morp) 19:45; 5 J Hewitt
(Gosf) 19:49; 6 M Williams (Tyne) 19:59; 7 D Watt (NSP) 20:02; 8 J Scott
(Morp) 20:15; 9 C Parker (Gosf) 20:17; 10 M Foggin (Sun) 20:22; 11 S Robson
(Tyne) 20:32; 12 R Hall (Gate) 21:04
Teams: 1 Gateshead 6; 2 Morpeth 26; 3 Tynedale 30
Under 15 Boys: 3km. 1 T Venus (Tyne) 10:44; 2 S Younger (Sun)
10:52; 3 L Wintrip (Sun) 10:56; 4 J Archer (Sun) 10:59; 5 A Douglass (Morp)
11:03; 6 G Urwin (Tyne) 11:09; 7 J Falconer (Gosf) 11:10; 8 M Cram (Morp)
11:21; 9 P Shuttleworth (Morp) 11:23; 10 M Rice (Gosf) 11:30; 11 L Baister
(Gate) 11:32; 12 D Watson (Sun) 11:33
Teams: 1 Sunderland 9; 2 Morpeth 22; 3 Tynedale 23
Under 13 Boys: 3km: 1 J Brown (Tyne) 11:39; 2 D Parker (Tyne)
11:53; 3 R Loraine (Birt) 12:01; 4 K Robley (Tyne) 12:10; 5 R Costello
(Gate) 12:13; 6 J Hepple (Morp) 12:14; 7 M Timmins (Morp) 12:15; 8 L Ayton
(Dur) 12:19; 9 G Lowry (J&H) 12:23; 10 J Thompson (Black B) 12:26;
11 A Bailes (Birt) 12:30; 12 S Robson (Gate) 12:34
Teams: 1 Tynedale 7; 2 Birtley 29; 3 Morpeth 32
Sherman Cup: 1 Morpeth 104; 2 Gateshead 155; 3 Sunderland 185; 4 Tynedale
253
Senior Women: 6km. 1 F Milton (Dur) 21:40; 2 C Simpson (CleS)
23:44; 3 T Laws (CleS) 24:17; 4 J Nutt (Els) 24:26; 5 A Fox (Morp) 24:32;
6 P McCrea (Gate) 24:39; 7 L House (Elv) 24:41; 8 S Graham (Morp) 24:49;
9 K Chapman (Morp) 25:00; 10 S Murray (Dur) 25:21; 11 J Zoppi (Heat) 25:31;
12 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 25:45; 13 H Lambert (NSP, W45) 25:56; 14 M Holt
(Sun) 26:03; 15 J Dooley (Tyne) 26:07; 16 C Ratcliff (Dur, W40) 27:05;
17 I Hope (Sun, W45) 27:15; 18 K Elliott (Elv) 27:27; 19 D Horne (Walls)
27:30; 20 V Butler (Els) 27:35
Teams: 1 Morpeth 22; 2 Durham City 27; 3 Elvet Striders 52; 4 Sunderland
56; 5 Gateshead 62; 6 North Shields Poly 67
Junior Women: 5.5km. 1 L Weightman (Morp, U17) 20:24; 2 H Gertig
(Blay, U17) 20:32; 3 N Young (Morp, U17) 21:46; 4 G Campbell (J&H)
22:15; 5 A Porteous (Morp) 22:34; 6 G Rutherford (NSP, U17) 22:53; 7 L
Dixon (Morp, U17) 23:55; 8 J Fenwick (Walls) 24:07; 9 L Dodsworth (Gate)
24:23; 10 A Johnson (NSP, U17) 24:28; 11 M Howell (Birt, U17) 24:35; 12
S-K Crowell (J&H, U17) 25:36
Teams: 1 Morpeth 9; 2 Sunderland 46; 3 Birtley 49
Under 15 Girls: 3km. 1 S Bell (Gate) 12:19; 2 S Smith (Tyne)
12:33; 3 R Lundgren (Gosf) 12:47; 4 S Loraine (Birt) 12:48; 5 R King (Gosf)
12:57; 6 R Oldham (Gate) 12:58; 7 R Jamieson (Gate) 13:04; 8 E Masson (Gosf)
13:15; 9 C Fletcher (Gate) 13:21; 10 M Bell (Black B) 13:27; 11 R Henderson
(Dur) 13:30; 12 S Goodfellow (Morp) 13:39
Teams: 1 Gateshead 14; 2 Gosforth 16; 3 Tynedale 52
Under 13 Girls: 3km. 1 H Rank (Morp) 12:38; 2 R Denton (Morp)
12:44; 3 A Watt (CleS) 13:12; 4 M Simpson (Morp) 13:14; 5 C Falconer (Gosf)
13:33; 6 S Edwards (Gate) 13:35; 7 F Lockhart (Gate) 13:37; 8 S Taylor
(Birt) 13:40; 9 P Howell (Birt) 13:41; 10 L Richardson (Dur) 13:53; 11
S Robinson (Blyth) 14:08; 12 J Bunn (J&H) 14:23
Teams: 1 Morpeth 7; 2 Birtley 32; 3 Gosforth 51
Davison Shield: 1 Morpeth 91; 2 Tynedale 176 (3); 3 Gosforth 67 (2)
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 30th October 2006).
Additional Comments: most of info used. Weather dry and quite mild.
Heavy underfoot in parts but not in start/finish areas. A bit breezy. Turn-out
better than normal but not great. I don't think scratch Cross Country races
(apart from Championships) attract big fields. Thanks to Hugh and Steph
Bingham for results. 168 finishers SM (last time: 55:54), 46 SW (34:42).
Good to Shonagh Smith back in action. Unfortunately, I think Stacey may
have retired, though I understand only temporarily. Other performances
included: SM: 30 Jim Bell 34:54; 47 A Jenkins 36:17 SW: 21 L Walker
27:39; 25 G Barry 28:00; 29 L Marr 28:54 JW: 18 R Pottinger 29:06.
Heaton performances were: SM: 36 D Robins 35:10; 73 M Gibson 37:46;
96 S McEntee 39:08; 116 J Gibson 40:33; 133 E Baty 42:03; 137 C Burn 43:14;
168 G Routledge 55:54 17th team (205). Not a great turn-out, but
not club Championships and nothing really to play for. HA and FT currently
injured, but thought a Womens' team might have defended title !
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Weekly Round-up
(to 22nd Oct).
Leading results from the Nike National Young Athletes Relays at Sutton
Coldfield (22nd Oct) were: U15B: 1 Liverpool Pembroke 38:13; 20 Morpeth
41:20 (A Douglass 13:16 (15), M Cram 14:11 (21), P Shuttleworth 13:50)
Fastest: J Moody (Mat) / N Young (Mend) 12:29
U17W: 1 Aldershot, F&D 40:02; 6 Morpeth 43:34 (R Adams 15:10 (24),
L Weightman 13:39 (5), N Young 14:45) Fastest: C Purdue (AF&D)
12:49; 7 L Weightman 13:39 U15G: 1 Shaftesbury Barnet 43:54;
12 Gateshead 45:59 (R Oldham 15:36 (29), D Bell 15:58 (24), S Bell 14:25)
Fastest: S Barker (Sale) 13:33; 9 S Bell 14:25 U13G: 1 Aldershot,
F&D 44:14; 16 Morpeth 48:55 (R Denton 16:16 (23), M Simpson 17:02 (23),
H Rank 15:37) Fastest: N Speake (B&W) 13:36
Results of Saltergate Gallows Fell Race at Goathland, N Yorks: 1 A
Hilton (York A) 60:42; 2 A McCullough (North FR) 63:47; 3 C Stead 64:20
M65: R Sherwood 83:03 Women: C Hare 70:04 (by over 6mins).
All info courtesy of AW where the leading North East athletes in UK
U20 rankings for 2006, were: 100: K Thomas 12.0 (9th with hand time)
200: 19 L Arthur 24.89 3000: 18 M Ferrier 9:58.94 400H: 15
L McMichael 63.45 LJ: M Carr 5.84 (7th with wind assistance)
TJ: 7 M Carr 12.21 SP: 6 L Tucker 12.72 DT: 7 L Tucker 41.57
HT: 9 K Wilson 46.93
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National Road Relay Championships.
Sutton Coldfield. Sat. 21st Oct.
North East clubs just missed out on the medals at Saturday's National
Road Relay Champonships at Sutton Coldfield. Chester Le Street finished
4th in the Womens' 4 stage event, finishing 27 secs behind third placed
Charnwood. Dianne Henaghan finished 9th on leg 1, before Kathryn Waugh
took them to 6th on stage 2. Steph Robson dropped to 8th on leg 3, with
Alyson Dixon recovering 4 positions on the final stage. Morpeth finished
in 24th position. Birchfield Harriers took the title, with British International,
Helen Clitheroe of Preston clocking the fastest time on leg 1.
In the Mens' 6 Stage event, Morpeth took 5th place behind Newham &
Essex Beagles. Dan Samuels got the Northumberland club off to a good start
finishing 3rd on leg 1. Michael Morris dropped to 8th on leg 2, before
Ian Hudspith lifted them up a place on the 3rd stage. Martin Scaife put
Morpeth into the bronze medal positions on leg 4, with Chris Sampson (6th)
and Mark Hudspith completing their line-up. Sunderland finished in 30th
position, their highest position being 22nd after legs 4 and 5. Gateshead
finished 37th, having moved to 9th after Alan Buckley's 3rd leg. Gosforth,
making their debut in this event, finished a creditable 52nd, two places
ahead of Elswick, who were in 8th position after Ryan McLeod's first leg.
European 5000m silver medallist, Mo Farah clocked the fastest time,
running the final leg for the winning team.
Results.
Senior Men: 6 x 5.8km
1 Newham & Essex Beagles 1:44:46; 2 Tipton 1:46:24; 3 Bristol &
West 1:47:01; 4 Belgrave 1:47:29 (D Anderson 17:51 leg 6); 5 Morpeth 1:47:58
(D Samuels 17:28, M Morris 18:13; I Hudspith 18:14, M Scaife 17:54. C Sampson
18:19, M Hudspith 17:50); 6 Aldershot, Farnham & District 1:48:03;
7 Bedford & County 1:48:10; 8 Sale, Manchester 1:48:25; 9 Wells City
1:48:48; 10 Leeds City 1:49:37 Other Placings: 21 Border 1:52:22
(J Fletcher 18:02, P Hamilton 18:29, I Rawlinson 18:23, T Carey 18:37,
M Pluckrose 19:18, J Douglas 19:33); 30 Sunderland 1:53:27 (M Hood 19:10,
P Martin 18:10, B Rushworth 18:25, G Massingham 18:21, J Martin 18:57,
G Harden 20:24): 37 Gateshead 1:55:17 (S Hall 18:25, C Parr 18:03, A Buckley
17:33, J Leinonen 19:18, C Paton 21:14, M Elliott 20:44); 52 Gosforth 1:59:21
(L Timmins 18:08, M Nicholson 18:34, P Hutton 19:47, L Lavender 20:56,
T Bird 21:33, D Graham 20:23): 54 Elswick 1:59:54 (R McLeod 17:46, A Dougal
19:32, M McLeod 19:28, J Pearson 19:47, M Ketley 21:37, A Thompson 21:44);
59 Morpeth B 2:00:50 (N Swinburn 18:40, J Young 18:55, R Balmbra 20:25,
A Lawrence 20:05, B Harrison 19:32, D Swinburne 23:13); 70 Durham City
2:08:55 (S Moralee 18:12 leg 1)
Fastest: M Farah (N&EB) 17:02; F Tickner (Wells) 17:03; M Warmby
(N&EB) 17:15, A Bowden (Harr) 17:17; A Maclean (Team S), J Mays (Kent),
P Nicholls (Tip), J Ndayisenga (Bir) 17:21
Senior Women: 4 x 4.4km
1 Birchfield 59:33; 2 Aldershot, Farnham & District 59:39; 3 Charnwood
60:17 (S Maude 14:58 leg 1); 4 Chester Le Street 60:44 (D Henaghan 14:43,
K Waugh 15:12, S Robson 16:03, A Dixon 14:46); 5 Royal Sutton Coldfield
60:55; 6 Sale, Manchester 61:04; 7 Telford 61:19; 8 Bristol & West
61:24; 9 Bedford & County 61:45; 10 Highgate 62:19 Other Placing:
24 Morpeth 65:01 (S Graham 16:22, A Fox 15:49, K Chapman 16:26, J Mooney
16:24); 44 Kendal 68:56 (R Robinson 14:37 leg 1)
Fastest: H Clitheroe (Pres) 14:11; J Blizard (Roth) 14:12; C Mutwa
(Bir) 14:13; H Dean (Hall), J Wilkinson (Bed)14:18; S Twell (Ald) 14:19
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 23rd October 2006).
Additional Comments: All info used. 73 finishers (last time: 2:12:32)
in Mens' event, 78 in Womens' race (99:51). Thanks to Brian Kirkley and
John Moore (printed results from G Fecitt website), who supplied me with
information, as computer was out of action until pm Sunday. Did not go
to venue, as train journey time to Sutton Coldfield at weekends, is ridiculously
slow at present. Not sure of weather but it was wet at Aston Villa match,
which kicked off at 5.00pm.
Leg placings included: Men: Sun: 55,40,30,22,22,30 Gate: 33,17,9,14,32,37
Gosf: 22,22,37,48,55,52 Els: 8,39,41,42,50,54 Morp B; 42,45,55,53,46,59
(not sure if David Swinburne was injured ?) Dur (S Moralee 28th on leg
1). Women: Morp: 52,32,26,24. Rob Cole ran 3rd leg for N&EB B team
(15th) (18:42). Olivia Walwyn finished 33rd for City of Norwich (they finished
33rd) on leg 1 (15:38).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 15th Oct).
Result of the Great Cumbria Run (from Sands Centre, Carlisle). Conditions
were sunny and hot. 1 T Abyu (Salf) 69:48 (act 68:22); 2 D Kirkland 69:48;
3 J Kimaiyo (Bel/Ken) 70:03; 4 M Scott 70:54; 5 J Buis 74:06 M50:
1 I Scott 89:34 M60: 1 H Taylor 89:34 M65: 1 R Moore 99:40
Women: 1 J Kangara (Ken) 77:13; 2 K Slater (W35) 83:49; 3 C Jackson (W40)
87:12
Further results from Sands Centre website: 145 C Auld 1:31:16; 148
J Zoppi 1:31:25 (10L); 179 R Aird 1:33:02; 206 C Hamson 1:34:24 (13L);
1136 G Routledge 2:29:36. 1234 finishers (last time: 3:07:33). Apologies
for any missing info but I was not prepared to drawl through 37 sheets.
Results from the Richmond Castle 10km: 1 M Scaife 31:59 (rec); 2 D
Bilton (Swale, M40) 32:33 (a good signing !); 4 P Lowe 35:08
M45: 1 S Clark 38:31 M50: 1 I Bloomfield 37:12 M60: 1 P Parkin
45:50 M65: 1 R Harvey 47:20 M70: 1 I Barnes 47:43 Women:
1 K Heriver (R&Z) 39:13; 2 J Keavney (Swale, W40) 42:58 W50:
2 S Laws 46:31 W60: 2 S Gibson 50:25
Results from first North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League
at Hartlepool (15th Oct) (Mike Cotton has returned as temporary secretary).
Senior Men: 1 R Stevenson (U20) 27:35; 2 R Cole 27:54; 3 G Dunn 28:33;
4 G Thompson (N Marske, U20) 28:42; 5 J Hunter (M40) 28:48; 6 L Moses 28:58;
9 J Orange (M40) 29:19; 13 M Grainger (M40) 30:09 M50: K Edwards
(Hart) 33:59 M60: J Kettle 39:00 Teams: 1 New Marske 109; 2
Hartlepool Burn Road 118; 3 Loftus & Whitby 149
U17: 1 S Batchelor (NR) 19:52; 2 R Best 19:59 U15: G Hawkins
(M'bro) 10:39 U13: A Groundman (M'bro) 11:09
Women: 1 M Stansmore (M&C) 21:53; 2 C Hare 23:13; 3 T Waller (W35)
23:35; 4 J Russon (U17) 23:44; 5 K Legg (U17) 23:47; 6 C Summersgill 23:48;
10 J Roberts (U20) 24:48
Teams: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 29; 2 Loftus & Whitby 30;
3 Middlesbrough Mandale 58 U15: S Allison (M'bro) 12:45 U13:
M Winzer (R&Z) 13:20
Result from the Durham University Past v Present match at Maiden Castle
(14th Oct):
1 G Lloyd 20:56; 2 P Sanger (Pst) 21:15; 3 A Teate (North'b) 21:19;
4 J Archer (Pst) 21:32; 6 N Zissler 21:44; 9 A Lawrence 22:02 Women:
1 F Milton 16:02; 2 O Walwyn (Pst) 16:43; 3 H Finch (Pst) 17:38; 4 P McCrea
(Pst) 17:56; 8 G Campbell (Newc) 19:01
Result of British and Irish Fell Relay Championship at Luddender Valley
(?) (14th Oct): 1 Bingley 3:44:53; 6 Northumberland FR 3:52:38 Fastest
(Leg 4): N Swinburn 41:00 (no Bingley splits given but A Brownlee ran 4th
and final leg).
All info courtesy of AW.
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Nichol Hunter Metrocentre Cross Country
Relays.
Shibdon Pond, Blaydon. Sun. 15th Oct.
North Shields Poly won the main event for Senior Men at yesterday's
Nichol Hunter Memorial Cross Country Relays Meeting, at Shibdon Pond, Blaydon.
Durham led on the first leg, with Shaun Moralee clocking the fastest
time. Rob Walker lifted the Poly from 4th to 1st on leg 2, before Ryan
Stephenson stretched the advantage on the final leg to 41secs, over runners-up,
Morpeth. Stephenson's time was a mere 1secs slower than Moralee. Gateshead
finished in third place. Sunderland won the Veterans' event for the third
successive year. Durham's Ian Crampton had a 4secs on George Harden on
leg 1, but Brian Rushworth put the issue beyond doubt on leg 2 for the
Wearsiders, clocking the fastest time. Tim Field increased the advantage
on the final leg to 2mins 19secs.
Chester Le Street led throughout to win the Senior Womens' race. Kathryn
Waugh, Jenny Tinkler and Dianne Henaghan with the day's fastest time, came
home 1min 39secs ahead of a young Morpeth squad, with Gateshead finishing
in 3rd place.
The most exciting races of the day came in the Under 15 age-group.
In the Girls' event, Sigourney Bell lifted Gateshead from 6th to 1st on
the final leg, overhauling Gosforth in the final 50m. However, Bell's time
was bettered by English Schools' champion, Kate Avery, who lifted the incomplete
Shildon team from 8th to 2nd on leg 2.
In the Boys' race, Tristan Venus of Tynedale, moved his club from 4th
to 1st on the final leg, only catching long-time leaders Gosforth (who
were later disqualified) with 30m remaining.
Tynedale were also runaway winners of the Under Boys' event. Morpeth
were untroubled in winning the Under 17 Mens' and Under 13 Girls' races.
Results.
Senior Men: 3 x 3.2km: 1 North Shields Poly 29:50 (I Twaddle
10:08, R Walker 10:15, R Stephenson 9:27); 2 Morpeth 30:31 (R Floyd 10:22,
D Swinburne 10:02, N Wilkinson 10:07); 3 Gateshead 31:10 (C Paton 10:52,
S Hall 9:57, J Leinonen 10:21); 4 Gosforth 32:01 (M Nicholson 9:42, L Lavender
10:48, S Findlay 11:31); 5 Elswick 32:07 (A Dougal 10:06, J Pearson 10:29,
M Ketley 11:32); 6 Gateshead B 32:27; 7 Chester Le Street 32:40; 8 Wallsend
32:52; 9 Blyth 33:32; 10 Gateshead C 33:33; 11 Blaydon 33:48; 12 Morpeth
B 33:49
Fastest: S Moralee (Dur) 9:26; R Stephenson 9:27; M Nicholson 9:42;
S Hall 9:57; D Swinburne 10:02; A Dougal 10:06
Veteran Men: 3 x 3.2km: 1 Sunderland 31:05 (G Harden 10:53,
B Rushworth 10:02, T Field 10:10); 2 Durham City 33:14 (I Crampton 10:49,
S Marshall 11:29, R Hand 10:56); 3 Morpeth 33:43 (P Waterston 10:54, A
Jenkins 11:20, A McDonald 11:29); 4 North Shields Poly 33:59; 5 Tynedale
35:24; 6 Wallsend 35:43; 7 North Shields Poly 36:24; 8 Gosforth 36:34;
9 Blyth 37:22; 10 Gateshead 39:02
Fastest: B Rushworth 10:02; T Field 10:10; I Crampton 10:49; T Wallett
(NSP) 10:51; G Harden 10:53
Under 17 Men: 3 x 3.2km: 1 Morpeth 33:27 (M Cochrane 10:30, J
Scott 11:26, M Cairns 11:31); 2 Tynedale 34:05 (C Rutherford 11:06, S Robson
11:51, M Williams 11:08); 3 Gosforth 34:21 (C Parker 11:13, L Foley 11:42,
J Hewitt 11:26); 4 Gateshead 37:11; 5 Blyth 41:06
Fastest: M Cochrane 10:30; J Straughan (Els) 10:58; B Chadwick (Shil)
11:05; C Rutherford 11:06; M Williams 11:08 .
Under 15 Boys: 3 x 2.1km: 1 Tynedale 20:31 (G Urwin 6:50, S Hearn
7:21, T Venus 6:20); 2 Morpeth 21:04 (O Craig 7:17, A Douglass 6:36, P
Shuttleworth 7:11); 3 Gateshead 21:19 (L Baister 6:48, J Robson 7:08, C
Walker 7:23); 4 Sunderland 21:40; 5 Gosforth B 22:05; 6 Jarrow and Hebburn
22:30; 7 Houghton & Peterlee 22:49; 8 Chester Le Street 23:02
Disq: Gosforth 20:34
Fastest: T Venus 6:20; A Douglass 6:36; M Rice (Gosf) 6:47; L Baister
6:48; G Urwin 6:50; L Battista (Gosf) 6:53
Under 13 Boys: 3 x 2.1km: 1 Tynedale 22:08 (S Greenwood 7:23,
D Parker 7:29, J Brown 7:16); 2 Gateshead 23:09 (R Costello 7:25, C Wright
7:52, B Maskell 7:52); 3 Shildon 23:15 (R Etherington 7:47, F Chadwick
7:46, S Thornton 7:42); 4 Jarrow and Hebburn 23:32; 5 Morpeth 24:26; 6
Gateshead 24:59
Fastest: J Brown 7:16; S Greenwood 7:23; R Costello 7:25; D Parker
7:29; N Woods (J&H) 7:38
Senior Women: 3 x 3.2km: 1 Chester Le Street 35:52 (K Waugh 11:22,
J Tinkler 13:37, D Henaghan 10:53); 2 Morpeth 37:31 (R Turnbull 13:28,
N Young 12:21, L Weightman 11:42); 3 Gateshead 39:19 (C Baudouin 13:37,
S Duffy 12:24, L Dodsworth 13:18); 4 Gateshead B 39:39 (L Patton 13:21,
H Patton 13:05, S Youden 13:13); 5 Blaydon 40:25 (L Brown 14:44, J Stephenson
14:01, H Gertig 11:40); 6 Tynedale 40:31; 7 Elswick 40:44; 8 Sunderland
41:56; 9 Gateshead C 43:39; 10 Tynedale B 45:39
Fastest: D Henaghan (W40) 10:53; K Waugh 11:22; H Gertig (U17) 11:40;
L Weightman (U17) 11:42; N Young (U17) 12:21; S Duffy (U20) 12:24
Under 15 Girls: 3 x 2.1km: 1 Gateshead 23:06 (R Ferguson 8:08,
R Oldham 7:52; S Bell 7:06); 2 Gosforth 23:09 (E Masson 7:47; R Lundgren
7:28, H Waddel 7:54); 3 Durham City 23:29 (E Toogood 7:29, R Henderson
8:03, S Wood 7:57); 4 Chester Le Street 23:33; 5 Morpeth 23:34; 6 Gateshead
C 24:30; 7 Gateshead B 24:33; 8 Durham City B 26:37
Fastest: K Avery (Shil) 6:53; S Bell 7:06; Z Armstrong (Morp) 7:11;
R Lundgren & D Pickavance-Clarke (CleS) 7:28
Under 13 Girls: 3 x 2.1km: 1 Morpeth 23:28 (M Simpson 8:02, H Rank
7:45, R Denton 7:41); 2 Chester Le Street 24:39 (C Strong 7:53, L Lane
8:55, A Watt 7:51); 3 Shildon 24:46 (M Saywell 8:32, H Findlay 8:13, F
Higgin 8:01); 4 Gateshead 25:31; 5 Sunderland 26:06; 6 Birtley 26:07; 7
Shildon B 26:14; 8 Gosforth 26:35
Fastest: R Denton 7:41; H Rank 7:45; A Watt 7:51; C Strong 7:53; F
Higgin 8:01
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 16th October 2006).
Additional Comments: All info used though had to ring copy, owing
to outgoing e mail problems. Weather overcast but dry and quite mild. Number
of finishing teams: SM: 21 Vets: 14 SW: 12. Gosforth
U15B disqualified to continued pacemaking, despite warnings, on each lap.
Two Womens' teams (J&H and Gate), were disqualified for doing short
lap on leg 2. Other splits included: SM: Gate B (M Elliott
10:38, J Hogg 10:42, T Patton 11;07), Walls (M Fenwick 10:15 leg 3), Morp
C (B Groves 12:31 leg 1 - 26), Gate D (C Crawford Glanville 11:09 leg 1
- 15). Vets: Gate C (G Smith 15:20 - leg 2) SW: Tyne (S Scott 13:50,
L Marr 14:01, R Vincent 12:40), Els (Y Thiru 13:59 leg 1), Sun (N Miller
14:39 leg 1, E Spoor 12:27 leg 3), .J&H (S-K Crowell 14:40 leg 1),
Morp B (L Dixon 14:10 leg 1), Birtley (R Pottinger 17:10 leg 3). Heaton
performances were: J Moore 10:28 (6), M Gibson 12:05 (13), S McEntee 12:13)
15th (34:46), J Gibson 12:36 (26), I McKinnon 13:28 (23), D Brignall 14:05)
20th (40:09). Vets: E Appleby 14:45 (21) leg 1.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 8th Oct).
Result of the Nike London Run (10km) at Hyde Park (8th Oct) was: 1
C Thompson 30:09; 2 A Vernon 30:16; 3 K Gerrard 31:01 Women: 1 J
Pavey 32:28 (5th); 2 S Edwards 33:25; 3 S Twell 33:56; 4 S O'Sullivan 34:58....
P Radcliffe 43:45
Result from the British/Irish Junior Mountain Challenge at Slieve Gallion
(?): U18: 1 N Swinburn 31:24 (by 67secs) U16G: 1 L Park 19:02
(by 11secs).
Belated result from City of Liverpool 10km (8th Oct): 1 P McGlory 30:39
(by 49secs) Women: 1 M McDonnell 34:49 (18th) (by 50secs).
Results from Manchester University Relays (not sure of date): 1 Birmingham
68:55 (A Holliday 11:30 - leg 1); 2 Trafford 69:44 (A Holliday 11:47 leg
5); 8 Durham (N Rooke 12:17, A Teate 11:57, A Lawrence 12:28, G Lloyd 11:39,
A Hall 12:17, H Coates 12:44) Fastest: J Gilby (B'ham) 11:12
Women: 1 Birmingham 39:26; 10 Durham 44:00 (no splits given) Fastest:
A Woodvine (gst) 12:45
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Derwentside 10M
Stanley, Co.Durham. Sun. 8th Oct.
Darren Purvis of Chester Le Street strode to a comfortable victory
in yesterday's 21st anniversary Derwentside 10M Multi Terrain event at
Stanley. In the bright but breezy conditions, Purvis, who had finished
third for the previous three years, soon headed the field, fighting off
the challenge of Sunderand's Steve Potts, the winner in 2004 and 2005,
on the tough hilly course. The margin of victory was 19secs. Mark Smith
finished strongly to take third place and was also the leading veteran.
Sunderland retained the team title.
Louise Noble of Sunderland, who finished 25th in last weekend's BUPA
Great North Run, took over 4mins off the old course record to win the Womens'
race. Noble finished in 11th place overall. Tynedale's Steph Scott was
the leading veteran in 2nd place ahead of Darlington's Linda Noble. Sunderland
also took the Womens' team awards.
Result.
1 D Purvis (CleS) 56:07; 2 S Potts (Sun) 56:26; 3 M Smith (unatt, M40)
56:57; 4 J Bent (Morp) 58:17; 5 C McDonald (SSh) 59:30; 6 P Walker (Blay,
M40) 59:51; 7 J Dobson (Sun, M40) 60:28; 8 D Daniels (Walls) 61:18; 9 P
Redman (Sun, M40) 63:04; 10 A Jenkins (Morp, M50) 64:14; 11 L Noble (Sun,
L) 64:23; 12 H Bingham (Tyne, M40) 64:38; 13 B Mackey (J&H, M40) 65:49;
14 M Periera (Low F) 65:53; 15 P Duffy (unatt) 66:19
M55: D Wright (Sun S) 70:39 M60: F Strand (SSh) 83:34 M65:
R Moore (Tyne) 77:36 M70: J Prudham (J&H) 79:03 M75: W
McNeil (Dur) 89:00
Team: Sunderland 16
Women: 1 L Noble 64:23 (rec); 2 S Scott (Tyne, W35) 72:55; 3 L Noble
(Darl, W35) 73:18; 4 S Lister (unatt) 74:23; 5 D Elliott (Sun S, W45) 75:15;
6 R Cooper (Shil, W35) 77:58; 7 R Hurst (Carn) 78:06; 8 L Watson (Sun,
W40) 81:24; 9 E Morley (Darl, W35) 82:45; 10 S Clughen (Sun, W35) 82:56;
11 S Gibson (Darl, W60) 83:19; 12 L Whitelaw (Morp, W35) 84:38
W55: S Kirkup (CleS) 86:05
Team: Sunderland 19
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 9th October 2006).
Additional Comments: All info used. However this was rang up to
copy, as I could not send e mails due to "server" maintenance. Nice day
until stragglers came in when it clouded over, got cold and windy and started
raining. 113 finishers (last time: Ted Joynson 2:21:00). Ted started 10mins
early, but this time (taken by "minder"), seemed very "fast" for 10M.
Apologies to a Blaydon lady, who finished about 8th but not included
in results. No one to check with who she was ? , at presentation. Also
Bill McNeil not listed in results. Time used is approximate. The poor entry
for Vets NE Champs, meant Allen Mulliss added the M45 10M title, to the
5M, gained a week earlier. Also George Routledge retained the M55 title,
ahead of David Tait. Harry Craven was probably 2nd M70. Organisers
are going to seek a new course for 2007, due to excessive costs for Road
closures.
Other results included: 60 J Prudham; 72 F Strand; 74 M Stephenson
84:00; 86 D Whitmore 88:13; 99 J Loughran 95:07; 110 D Tait 2:05:37.
Heaton performances were: 31 J Gibson 72:02; 45 A Mulliss 76:39; 106 G
Routledge 1:44:10; 109 H Craven 1:54:02.
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Norham 10km Road Race..
Sun. 8th Oct.
Dave Kirkland of Alnwick was a convincing winner of yesterday's 20th
Norham 10km Road Race. Kirkland's margin of victory was 84secs over Morpeth's
Les Atkinson who was also the leading veteran. Claire Simpson of
Chester Le Street easily won the Womens' race, finishing in 10th place
overall. Clubmate Angela Hunter took second place, with Fell running specialist,
Val Oldham of the host club finishing 3rd. Competitors faced a stiff breeze
in the opening half of the out-and-back course, but received no real advantage
on the return journey.
Result.
1 D Kirkland (Aln) 33:05; 2 L Atkinson (Morp, M50) 34:29; 3 P Waterston
(Morp, M40) 35:28; 4 D Hastie (Tev) 35:43; 5 N Young (Fife) 35:48; 6 P
Whalley (Blyth) 35:53
Women: 1 C Simpson (CleS) 36:56; 2 A Hunter (CleS) 38:49; 3 V Oldham
(Nor) 38:59; 4 M Woodley (Morp) 41:43
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 9th October 2006).
Additional Comments: All info (courtesy of George Patterson) used. Had
to ring copy as e mail could not be sent due to "server" mainteinance.
140 finishers. Further results from AW (not on website Thurs pm);
M50: 3 R Hall 37:56 M60: J Knox 40:54 Mens' Team: 1 Fife 20:
2 Blyth 27; 3 Morpeth 34 Women: W40: V Oldham W55: J Kilgour
46:08 Team: Gala
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