September 2007:

Temple Park, South Shields. Sat. 27th Oct.

Morpeth Harriers won the Mens' Sherman Cup for the 6th year in succession, and the Womens' Davison Shield for the 4th successive year, at Temple Park on Saturday.

The competition is to find the strongest overall club in the four age-groups.

In the Mens' competition, Morpeth trailed both Sunderland and Gateshead, before the final event for Under 17's, but a clear team victory saw them narrowly take the title by 3 points from Gateshead with Sunderland in third place.

In the Womens' competition, Morpeth were unopposed, when they were the only club to field three runners, in the penultimate Junior event.

On the strength of three races, Gateshead again took second place from Houghton.

In the individual races, Chris Lamb of Chester Le Street dropped his main rival, Matthew Nicholson of Gosforth on the second of three laps, in the Senior Mens' event.

Morpeth's Mark Brown took third place after a close battle with Sunderland's Steven Potts.

Rob Hand was the first veteran in 6th place, leading Durham City to a narrow team victory.

Gateshead newcomer, Kim Simpson comfortably won the Senior Womens' race from Sunderland's Michelle Holt, who overhauled Morpeth's Aiveen Fox with 800m remaining.

Schools Internationals, Laura Weightman of Morpeth and Kate Avery of Shildon, outclassed the oppositon in the Junior Womens' race.

Gosforth's Rosie King impressively won the Under 15 Girls' race, with clubmate Michael Priestley winning a good quality Under 15 Boys' event.

Elswick's Philip Hurst easily won the Under 17 Mens' race.

Sherman Cup: 1 Morpeth 154; 2 Gateshead 157; 3 Sunderland 165; 4 Gosforth 220

Senior Men: 9.2km. 1 C Lamb (CleS) 29:54; 2 M Nicholson (Gosf) 30:05; 3 M Brown (Morp) 30:31; 4 S Potts (Sun) 30:38; 5 A Teate (Gate) 30:45; 6 R Hand (Dur, M45) 31:02; 7 C Smith (CleS, U20) 31:07; 8 I Crampton (Dur, M45) 31:13; 9 T Carter (Walls, U20) 31:18; 10 P Walker (Morp, M40) 31:26; 11 M Coffey (Oxford-gst) 31:34; 12 D Weston (Sun) 31:44; 13 G Hunt (Dur) 31:49; 14 M Smith (Gate, M40) 31:53; 15 M Dawson (NSP) 32:04; 16 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 32:18; 17 N Rooke (Dur) 32:38; 18 C Paton (Gate) 32:49; 19 D Old (CleS) 32:59; 20 C Muir (SSh) 33:08; 21 K Mackey (SSh, M45) 33:11; 22 M Jones (SSh, M40) 33:12; 23 G Harden (Sun, M45) 33:18; 24 M Frost (NSP) 33:21; 25 C Hainsworth (Gate) 33:27

Teams: 1 Durham City 27; 2 Chester Le Street 27; 3 Gateshead 37; 4 Sunderland 39; 5 Morpeth 56; 6 South Shields 63

Under 17 Men: 5.2km. 1 P Hurst (Els) 17:53; 2 J Hewitt (Gosf) 18:07; 3 K Taylor (Morp) 18:09; 4 C Rutherford (Tyne) 18:22; 5 J Scott (Morp) 18:24; 6 T Calder (Tyne) 18:27; 7 B Chadwick (Shil) 18:29; 8 L Baister (Gate) 18:58; 9 M Rice (Gosf) 19:02; 10 T Walker (Gosf) 19:03; 11 J Moore (J&H) 19:05; 12 A Douglass (Morp) 19:27

Teams: 1 Morpeth 20; 2 Gosforth 21; 3 Tynedale 30

Under 15 Boys: 3.2km. 1 M Priestley (Gosf) 10:29; 2 M Cram (Morp) 10:38; 3 J Archer (Sun) 10:44; 4 C Boyek (Shil) 11:01; 5 J Robson (Gosf) 11:09; 6 J Brown (Tyne) 11:21; 7 P Hope (Sun) 11:24; 8 G Lowry (J&H) 11:29; 9 S Greenwood (Tyne) 11:32; 10 L Houghton (Sun) 11:38; 11 R Costello (Gate) 11:44; 12 J Boyd (Gate) 11:46

Teams: 1 Sunderland 20; 2 Gosforth 21; 3 Tynedale 31

Under 13 Boys: 3.2km. 1 B Maskell (Gate) 11:32; 2 A Harrington (Morp) 11:36; 3 R Loraine (Birt) 11:39; 4 M Wilson (Sun) 12:01; 5 T Peel (J&H) 12:02; 6 A Bailes (Birt) 12:09; 7 J Reed (Gosf) 12:12; 8 K Newton (Gate) 12:17; 9 J Nisbet (Morp) 12:20; 10 L Coyle (Morp) 12:27; 11 H Danby Platt (Hough) 12:29; 12 A Wallett (NSP) 12:30

Teams: 1 Morpeth 21; 2 Gateshead 34; 3 Birtley 37

Davison Shield: 1 Morpeth 152; 2 Gateshead 22 (3); 3 Houghton 262 (3).

Senior Women: 6.2km. 1 K Simpson (Gate) 23:25; 2 M Holt (Sun) 23:39; 3 A Fox (Morp) 24:02; 4 D Hodgkinson (Walls) 24:24; 5 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 24:33; 6 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 24:45; 7 J Zoppi (Heat) 24:55; 8 H Lambert (NSP, W50) 25:08; 9 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 25:30; 10 J Dooley (Tyne) 26:00; 11 M Murdoch (Clare) 26:25; 12 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 26:33; 13 M Herworth (Clare, W35) 26:58; 14 H Ford (Sun) 27:16; 15 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 27:17; 16 F Turley (Heat) 27:19; 17 J Friend (Heat, W45) 27:32; 18 C Bruce (Morp, W35) 27:43; 19 S Auld (Heat) 27:49; 20 V Booth (Sun S) 28:02

Teams: 1 Heaton 40; 2 Morpeth 41; 3 Gateshead 51; 4 Wallsend 53; 5 Tynedale 66; 6 Houghton 106

Under 20 Women: 5.2km. 1 L Weightman (Morp, U17) 19:49; 2 K Avery (Shil, U17) 20:06; 3 H Gertig (Blay, U17) 20:53; 4 S Goodfellow (Morp, U17) 23:38; 5 S Crosby (Sun, U17) 23:44; 6 L Dodsworth (Gate) 24:16; 7 S Smith (Tyne, U17) 24:22; 8 D Oakley (Morp, U17) 25:00; 9 H Blair (Gate) 25:14; 10 J Brignall (Heat) 25:36; 11 L Dixon (Morp) 25:42; 12 S-K Crowell (J&H, U17) 26:02

Under 15 Girls: 3.2km. 1 R King (Gosf) 11:38; 2 S Bell (Gate) 11:49; 3 R Lundgren (Gosf) 12:23; 4 R Oldham (Gate) 12:41; 5 R Ferguson (Gate) 12:44; 6 F Higgin (Shil) 12:48; 7 S Edwards (Gate) 12:53; 8 M Reed (Sun) 12:54; 9 S Loraine (Birt) 13:29; 10 L Page (Hough) 13:40; 11 A McGregor (Morp) 13:44; 12 E Findlay (Shil) 13:49

Teams: 1 Gateshead 11; 2 Gosforth 31; 3 Shildon 38

Under 13 Girls: 3.2km. 1 Z Hewitson (Shil) 12:17; 2 C Porter (Sun) 12:36; 3 S Bruce (Tyne) 12:44; 4 S Taylor (Birt) 12:53; 5 L Clement (Gate) 13:01; 6 B Oakes (BIrt) 13:08; 7 A Etherington (Shil) 13:14; 8 P Jones (Gate) 13:18; 9 D Mombeyara (Gate) 13:26; 10 C Falconer (Gosf) 13:29; 11 A Waites (Sun) 13:31; 12 S Robinson (Blyth) 13:43

Teams: 1 Gateshead 22; 2 Shildon 24; 3 Sunderland 26
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 29th October 2007).

Additional Comments: All info used. Fine dry afternoon, firm underfoot. 150 finishers SM (last time: 56:53) SW 41 (34:03). Three generations of Macdonald family scored for Morpeth. Alistair finished 37th in SM (34:49). Margaret 26th in SW (29:18) and Catriona 19th in U15G (14:14). In SW event, Clare Bruce (ex NSP) could not count for Morpeth, letting in Heaton to win team event. Other Heaton performances were: SM: 26 P Howe 33:28; 48 D Robins 35:14; 74 S Daley 37:04 Team 13th SW: 22 A Lorenzi 28:20; 36 L Raftery 32:11. Results courtesy of Hugh and Steph Bingham.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 21st Oct).
Results from Saltergate Gallows Fell Race at Goathland, N.Yorks: 1 D Smith (Pick) 63:24; 2 C Stead (NFR) 64:02; 3 R Hall (T&S, M40) 64:59; 4 K Maynard (DFR, M45) 65:52; 5 P Kelly (DFR, M50) 66:07 M65: 1 R Sherwood (NM) 82:11 M70: 1 J Gabarino (NFR) 1:44:11 Team: 1 Durham FR 31 W: 1 A Hall (T&S, W45) 76:18; 2 K White (NYM, W40) 76:56.
All info courtesy of AW, where the UK Under 20 rankings for Women were listed: Included were: 1500: 13 L Weightman 4:36.00 3000: 19 K Avery 9:44.38 5000: 11 D James 17:47.85; 13 H Dix 18:10.74; 16 C Baudouin 18:36.02 100H: 7 L Dewdney 14.36/14.19w 400H: 6 S Coleby 62.12; 13 L McMichael 63.6 PV: 3 S Scott 3.80 LJ: 18 M Carr 5.72 TJ: 2 M Carr 12.48; 20 C Gill 11.54 HT: 7 K Wilson 48.20

North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League.

Teesdale School, Barnard Castle.

Sun. 21st Oct.

Thirsk's Gary Dunn easily won his second successive Senior Mens' event, at yesterday's North Yorkshiire and South Durham League fixture at Teesdale School, Barnard Castle.

Dunn dropped his rivals soon after the first 1km, pulling away to 400m victory over Middlesbrough's'....(please note: next part of report including SW event has been "lost").

Results.

Senior Men: 9km: 1 G Dunn (T&S) 29:10; 2 A Morrell (M'bro) 30:29; 3 J Hunter (Loft, M40) 31:05; 4 J Orange (R&Z, M40) 31:30; 5 M McDonald (Low F -gst) 31:49; 6 L Rodgers (Loft, U20) 32:03; 7 A Mitchell (M'bro, U20) 32:07; 8 G Grounds (Bill MH) 32:29; 9 C Mustill (N Ayc) 32:39; 10 K Harker (R&Z) 32:50

Under 17 Men: 6.3km. 1 D Schofield (Scar) 21:07; 2 D Roberts (R&Z) 21:12; 3 B Chadwick (Shil) 21:43

Under 15 Boys: 3.2km. 1 M Shaw (N Marske) 11:03; 2 S Wood (R&Z) 11:10; 3 J Schofield (Scar) 11:23

Under 13 Boys: 2.5km. 1 F Roberts (R&Z) 8:52; 2 M Rhodes (M'bro) 9:58; 3 D Overin (R&Z)) 10:00

Senior Women: 5.2km. 1 S Tunstall (Kend) 18:57; 2 C Robson (Tees) 19:44; 3 K Avery (Shil, U17) 19:48; 4 C Hare (Loft) 20:12; 5 T Waller (Hart, W35) 20:34; 6 K Haniver (R&Z) 20:55; 7 T Clark (R&Z) 21:05; 8 C Summersgill (M&C) 21:16; 9 J Russon (N Marske, U17) 21:31; 10 A Owen (Loft) 21:52; 11 J Mastrolanardo (Loft, W35) 21:57; 12 A Wheatman (Scar, U17) 22:11

Under 15 Girls: 3.2km. M Winzer (R&Z) 12:35; 2 G Rodgers (Loft) 13:19; 3 F Higgin (Shil) 13:24

Under 13 Girls: 2.5km. 1 Z Hewitson (Shil) 10:20; 2 K Wood (York A) 10:41; 3 E Archer (Loft) 10:50

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 22nd October 2007).

Additional Comments: Only listed info used. Full results available from Graham Hall, after each race. Weather bright and quite mild. Firm underfoot. In SM event, Andrew Wiles was lying second with a lap to go, but dropped out. Further info to follow. Sarah Tunstall will certainly strengthen Kendal team. Further info: SM: 13 M Armstrong 33:16 M50: 1 R Howard (Loft) 35:38 M60: 1 J Robinson (R&Z) 39:17; 2 D Bell (Red) 40::22 M70: 1 I Barnes 42:35; 2 J Conaghan 44:06 Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 77; 2 Richmond & Zetland 94; 3 Hartlepool Burn Road 140 SW: W45: 1 S Philips (Darl) 23:26 W55: 1 B Hare (Loft) 26:38 Teams: 1 Loftus & Whitby 34; 2 Richmond & Zetland 46; 3 Darlington 72.
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Derwentside Hellhole 10km Multi Terrain.

Stanley, Co.Durham. Sun. 21st Oct.

Stewy Bell of Chester Le Street was an emphatic winner of yesterday's inaugural Hellhole 10km Multi Terrain event, at Stanley.

Bell, now a veteran, soon headed the 180-strong field, pulling away to 200m victory over Morpeth's Neil Wilkinson. Veterans also occupied the next two places with Durham's Ian Crampton coming home ahead of clubmate, Rob Hand.

Former Newcastle University student, Jessica Trowbridge, running in the Ashford colours, easily won the Womens' race, finishing in 15th place overall.

Veterans Mandy Herworth of Claremont and Kim Davison of Elswick, occupied the minor places.

1 S Bell (CleS, M40) 32:59; 2 N Wilkinson (Morp, M35) 33:36; 3 I Crampton (Dur, M45) 34:03; 4 R Hand (Dur, M45) 34:19; 5 R Bellamy (NYM) 34:24; 6 L Longman (Heat) 35:30; 7 M Smith (Gate, M40) 35:38; 8 S Grey (Els, M40) 36:00; 9 A Dent (Blay, M50) 36:08; 10 J Moore (J&H, U17) 36:13; 11 J Larkin (unatt, M40) 36:26; 12 P Whalley (Blyth) 37:01; 13 P Branston (Gate, M40) 37:04; 14 S Laws (Birt) 37:16; 15 J Raven (CleS) 37:26

M45: 3 J Stephens (Low F) 38:38 M50: 2 S Marshall (Dur) 38:14; 3 G Pemberton (NE Vets) 40:13 M55: 1 A Jenkins (Morp) 38:19; 2 R Hall (Blyth) 38:51 M60: 1 H Matthews (Els) 37:29 M70: 1 J Prudham (J&H) 46:57

Team: 1 Durham City 26

Women: 1 J Trowbridge (Ash) 37:35; 2 M Herworth (Clare, W35) 44:08; 3 K Davison (Els, W45) 44:35; 4 S Milburn (N Ayc, W45) 45:47; 5 S Lister (Heat) 45:58; 6 S Lightfoot (Aln, W45) 46:14

W50: 1 M Loraine (Birt) 46:59 W55: 1 S Kirkup (CleS) 50:03 W60: 1 S Gibson (Darl) 48:57

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 22nd October 2007).

Additional Comments: All info used. Niice morning, sunny, dry and got warmer after a coldish start. 181 finishers (last time: 65:36). Results courtesy of Dave Pearson. Times not much slower than Road 10km. New course/venue seemed popular. an excellent entry, I think 207 in total (advance 140). Dave Whitmore finished 136th (52:08). Other Heaton performances: 21 D McAllister Hastings 38:22; 35 I McKinnon 40:55; 72 S Lister (in results as unattached, but wore club vest); 159 G Routledge 56:23.
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England Athletics Road Relay Championships.

Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield. Sat. 20th Oct.

The North East clubs were out of the medals, at Saturday's England Athletics Road Relay Championships, at Sutton Coldfield.

Chester Le Street finished 5th in the Womens' 4 Stage event.

Alyson Dixon finished 6th on leg 1, before Emma Waterhouse dropped to 9th on leg 2. Kathryn Waugh lost another place on leg 3, before Freya Murray made up 4 postions on the final leg.

Morpeth finished 11th in the Mens' 6 Stage race. Ian Hudspith was their fastest runner (and 8th best overall) moving up from 21st to 17th on leg 4.

Elswick's Ryan McLeod led home the field on leg 1, with the 11th fastest overall time.

Senior Men: 6 x 5.6km.

1 Belgrave 1:44:30; 2 Leeds CIty 1:45:20; 3 Newham & Essex Beagles 1:45:55 (S Hepples 17:17 leg 3); 4 Notts AC 1:45:58; 5 Bristol & West 1:46:14; 6 Tipton 1:47:08

Other Placings: 10 Shaftesbury Barnet 1:48:07 (D Bannister 17:33 leg 4); 11 Morpeth 1:48:32 (I Hollingsworth 18:12, J Taylor 17:53, N Swinburn 19:03, I Hudspith 17:06, C Sampson 17:57, M Morris 18:21); 34 New Marske 1:53:48 (T Gamble 20:13, R Stevenson 18:10, T Graham 19:25, L Gamble Thompson 18:18, S O'Grady 19:06, D Shaw 18:36); 44 Sunderland 1:55:43 (P Martin 18:03, B Rushworth 18:21, G Massingham 18:01, D Weston 19:40, S Coxon 20:54, P Redman 20:44);

Elswick (R McLeod 17:11 leg 1)

Fastest: C Davies (Telf) 16:42; F Tickner (Wells) 16:59; M Geele (N&EB) 17:03

Senior Women: 6 x 4.4km.

1 Aldershot, Farnham & District 57:15; 2 Charnwood 57:56 (S Maude 14:54 leg 2); 3 Havering Mayesbrook 58:47; 4 Bedford & County 59:00; 5 Chester Le Street 59:34 (A Dixon 14:24, E Waterhouse 15:21, K Waugh 15:19; F Murray 14:30); 6 Bristol & West 59:39

Other Placings: 28 Morpeth 64:26 (D James 15:14, A Fox 16:06, K Chapman 16:50, S Graham 16:16); 31 Gateshead 65:19 (C Wickham 15:22, M Ferrier 15:34, C Baudouin 16:21, H Patton 18:02); 55 Chester Le Street B 70:51 (S Hunter 16:17, M Czarnecka 15:44, J Tinkler 18:09, D Gardener 20:41)

Fastest: S Twell (AF&D, U20) 13:41; S Morris (WSE&H) 13:57; H Yelling (WSE&H) & V Gill (AF&D)14:05

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 22nd October 2007).

Additional Comments: All info used. Results courtesy of race-results website (about 8.00pm). 79 finishers in SM race. 77 in SW race. Leg Placings were: SM: Morpeth 42,24,21,17,11,11. New Marske 79,58,55,46,40,34 Sunderland 35,30,24,31,38,44. SW: Morpeth 17,30,28,28 Gateshead 19,20,24,31 Chester Le Street B: 52,36,43,55. Kendal finished 43rd (68:19) after early legs by Rebecca Robinson 15:05 (28th) and Gemma Miles 14:30 (8th).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 14th Oct).
Results from Great Cumbria Run at Carlisle: 1 P Riley 68:59 (by 4mins 8secs) M50: 4 I Scott 83:19 W: 1 R Crowe (Lyth) 83:50; 2 C Jackson (W40) 88:02; 4 D Horne 89:22 W50: 1 C Young 97:49 W55: 1 J Kilgour 99:01
Result of Kirkly Overblow Trail Race at Harrogate: 1 S O'Neill (Darl) 39:32 (by 1min 37secs).
Results from Durham University Past and Present Match (13th Oct): 1 J Walsh (Dur P) 20:19; 2 M Gundy (Dur U) 21:00; 3 A Teate (DP) 21:19; 4 D Garbutt (Dur C) 21:26; 5 G Lloyd (Dur U) 21:36; 6 J Archer (Dur P) 21:47; 8 R Hand ( Dur C) 21:58; 9 N Zissler (Dur U) 22:00; 12 N Shrubb (Dur U) 22:40
Team: 1= Durham Past & Durham University 23 Women: 1 J Trownbridge (Newc P) 17:15; 2 A Fox (Dur P) 17:35; 3 S Murray (Dur P) 17:53 Team: Durham Past 10.
Results from North Shields Poly Handicap (9th Oct) (fastest times): 1 P Newton (Clare) 18:04; 2 I Hollingsworth (Morp) 18:41; 3 C Morley (TWFB) 19:26; 4 M Dawson 19:36; 5 G Jones (Blyth) 19:40 Women: 1 A Hibbs (Clare) 21:24; 2 J Goble 23:07; 3 H Lambert (W50) 23:12; 4 H Morris (Blyth, W40) 24:19.

Nichol Hunter Memorial Metrocentre Cross Country Relays.

Shibdon Pond, Blaydon. Sun. 14th Oct.

Gateshead and Chester Le Street were runaway winners of the Senior Mens' and Senior Womens' events, respectively at yesterday's Blaydon Harriers Nichol Hunter Memorial Metrocentre Relays, at Shibdon Pond.

Gosforth led for the first two legs of the Mens' race before Chris Parr, taking over 6secs behind the leaders, turned the deficit into a winning margin of 1min 55secs.

Ryan Stephenson moved defending champions, North Shields Poly from 7th to 2nd on the final leg with Morpeth maintaining third place.

Ian Hudspith's second leg, when he moved Morpeth from 7th to 3rd, was the fastest of the day, bettering Parr's figures by 2secs.

Chester Le Street, defended their Senior Womens' title, ther winning margin being a massive 3mins 29secs.

Their three runners, Kathryn Waugh, Emma Waterhouse and Alyson Dixon, also clocked the fastest three times, with Dixon the quickest.

Their B team held second place for the first two legs, before they were overtaken by Sunderland on leg 3.

Sunderland won the Veterans' Relay with Brian Rushworth clocking the fastest time on leg 3, when he took over in 3rd place.

The Wearsiders also won the Under 15 Boys' race,

The honours were spread in the other races, with Tynedale (Under 17 Men), Gateshead (Under 13 Boys), Gosforth (Under 15 Girls) and Birtley (Under 13 Girls) winning their respective events.

Results.

Senior Men: 3 x 3.3km.

1 Gateshead 30:11 (R Murray 10:13, J Lienonen 10:16, C Parr 9:42); 2 North Shields Poly 32:06 (I Twaddle 10:50, M Dawson 11:07, R Stephenson 10:09); 3 Morpeth 32:14 (R Floyd 10:58, I Hudspith 9:40, M Cochrane 11:36); 4 Chester Le Street 32:33 (C Lamb 10:15, D Old 11:14, A Coffer 11:04); 5 Gosforth 32:43 (D Graham 10:09, M Nicholson 10:14, R Curran 12:20); 6 Heaton 32:48 (L Longman 11:01, J Buis 10:51, J Moore 10:56); 7 Gateshead B 33:34; 8 Chester Le Street B 34:04; 9 Elswick 34:05; 10 Claremont 34:17; 11 Gateshead C 35:24; 12 Alnwick 35:58; 13 Tynedale 36:07; 14 Blyth 36:10; 15 Birtley 36:33

Fastest: I Hudspith 9:40; C Parr 9:42; R Stephenson & D Graham 10:09; R Murray (U17) 10:13; M Nicholson 10:14

Veteran Men: 3 x 3.3km.

1 Sunderland 33:31 (G Harden 11:31, S Coxon 11:32, B Rushworth 10:28); 2 Elswick 34:42 (John Bell 11:37, P Nixon 11:24, S Grey 11:41); 3 Wallsend 35:45 (P Leigh 11:50, D Anderson 12:09, D Embleton 11:46); 4 Elswick B 35:52; 5 North Shields Poly 36:01; 6 Low Fell 36:45; 7 South Shields 37:03; 8 Durham City 37:32; 9 Morpeth 38:20; 10 Alnwick 39:08

Fastest: B Rushworth 10:28; I Crampton (Dur, M45) 11:00; T Brannon (NSP) 11:19

Under 17 Men: 3 x 3.3km.

1 Tynedale 33:47 (T Venus 10:54, T Calder 11:27, G Urwin 11:26); 2 Gosforth 34:19 (M Rice 11:19, J Day 11:35, J Hewitt 11:25); 3 Gosforth B 36:01 (T Walker 11:31, J Falconer 12:13, L Buswell 12:17); 4 Sunderland 36:27; 5 Blaydon 36:57

Fastest: T Venus 10:54; C Rutherford (Tyne B) 11:11; M Rice 11:19

Under 15 Boys: 3 x 2.2km.

1 Sunderland 22:08 (P Hope 7:25, J Campbell 7:46, J Archer 6:57); 2 Tynedale 22:11 (J Brown 7:19, S Hearn 7:32, K Robley 7:20); 3 Chester Le Street 22:21 (G Laven 7:13, S Blackett 7:53, J Marshall 7:15); 4 Jarrow & Hebburn 23:18; 5 Gosforth 23:32; 6 Tynedale 23:58

Fastest: J Archer 6:57; J Robson (Gosf) 7:12; G Laven 7:13

Under 13 Boys: 3 x 2.2km.

1 Gateshead 24:48 (K Newton 7:49, H Pulham 9:05, B Maskell 7:54); 2 Birtley 25:32 ( R Loraine 7:40, A Bailes 7:47, S Ridley 10:05); 3 Sunderland 26:00 (M Wilson 8:02, M Chapman 9:24, L Irvine 8:34); 4 Gosforth 26:30; 5 Alnwick 26:45; 6 Sunderland B 27:24

Fastest: R Loraine 7:40; A Bailes 7:47; K Newton 7:49

Senior Women: 3 x 3.3km.

1 Chester Le Street 35:20 (K Waugh 11:49, E Waterhouse 11:53, A Dixon 11:38); 2 Sunderland 38:49 (L Noble 12:49, H Reed 13:18, M Holt 12:42); 3 Chester Le Street 39:15 (T Laws 12:15, J Tinkler 13:46, H Robinson 13:14); 4 Morpeth 40:09 (G Cavill 13:26, Z Armstrong 12:55, S Calvert 13:48); 5 Gateshead 40:16 (C Baudouin 12:52, H Patton 13:45, B Soppitt 13:39); 6 Heaton 40:24 (J Zoppi 12:55, F Turley 13:53, C Hamson 13:36); 7 Blaydon 40:59; 8 Gateshead B 41:25; 9 Sunderland B 42:05; 10 Elswick 42:09; 11 Sunderland C 43:17; 12 Wallsend 43:22; 13 Claremont 43:52; 14 Gateshead C 44:00'; 15 Alnwick 44:01

Fastest: A Dixon 11:38; K Waugh 11:49; E Waterhouse 11:53; T Laws 12:15; M Holt 12:42, L Noble 12:49

Veteran: Y Thiru (Els, W40) 12:46; H Robinson (W45) 13:14

Under 17: H Girtig (Blay) 12:31; Z Armstrong 12:55

Under 15 Girls: 3 x 2.2km.

1 Gosforth 23:57 (H Waddell 8:15, R Lundgren 7:52, R King 7:50); 2 Morpeth 24:33 (R Steel 8:59, H Rank 7:59, R Denton 7:35); 3 Gateshead 25:03 (R Oldham 8:17, S Edwards 8:39, R Ferguson 8:07); 4 Chester Le Street 26:04; 5 Sunderland 26:58; 6 Chester Le Street B 27:43

Fastest: R Denton 7:35; R King 7:50; R Lundgren 7:52

Under 13 Girls: 3 x 2.2km.

1 Birtley 25:21 (S Forster 8:31, B Oakes 8:40, S Taylor 8:10); 2 Sunderland 26:25 (C Porter 8:17, C Parker 9:22, A Waites 8:46); 3 Gateshead B 26:36 (D Mombeyarara 8:38, S Robertson 9:12, P Jones 8:46); 4 Gosforth 27:15; 5 Morpeth 28:31; 6 Chester Le Street 28:56 Gateshead A disq

Fastest: S Taylor 8:10; C Porter 8:17; F Lockhart (Gate A) 8:25

(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 15th October 2007).

Additional Comments: Most of info used. Weather bright sunny and mild. Underfoot conditions dry. 25 finishers in SM event, 18 (Vets), 20 (SW) but only five in U17 Men. In U13G race, Gateshead finished 2nd but Laura Clement on final leg (8:07), cut off part of course. Heaton leg positions for SM were: 9,5,6. SW: 7,8,6. Heaton B team SM: D Robins 11:57 (15), E Appleby 16:32 (26).
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Weekly Round-up
(to 7th Oct).
Result from the Chichester Priory 10km Road Race, which incorporated the UK/English Athletics Championships: 1 W Chinhanhu (Poole) 29:18; 2 J Mays (Kent) 29:26; 3 G Thompson (AF&D) 29:29; 6 S Hepples 29:45 W: 1 K Reed (B&W) 32:07; 2 H Yelling (WS&E) 33:19; 3 V Gill (Lancs) 33:21
Results from the Northern Athletics Young Athletes Road Relay Championships at Toxteth: U17: 1 Warrington 33:05; 2 Wakefield 34:12; 3 Lincoln Wellington 34:30; 8 Morpeth 35:33 (J Scott 12:07, A Douglass 11:48, K Taylor 11:38) Fastest: D Cliffe (Warr) 10:40 U17W: 1 Lincoln Wellington 37:55; 2 Hull Achilles 38:15; 3 Vale Royal 39:33; 5 Morpeth 40:11 (S Goodfellow 14:21, L Weightman 12:30, Z Armstrong 13:20) Fastest: B Hayward (Linc C) 12:09; L Weightman 12:30 U15G: 1 Sale 34:20; 2 East Cheshire 34::39; 3 Wakefield 34:40; 6 Gateshead 35:58 (R Ferguson 12:13, R Oldham 12:32, S Bell 11:13); 13 Morpeth 37:23 (M Simpson 13:43, H Rank 12:15, R Denton 11:25) Fastest: S Barker (Sale) 10:58; 4 S Bell 11:13; 7 R Denton 11:25.
Result from Puma Lakeland Trail 15km: at Coniston: 1 J Walsh 52:56; 2 J Brown (Salf) 53:41; 3 M Barnes (Alt) 54:42; 5 S Bell (1st M40) 55:28; 6 N Swinburn 55:36 Women: 1 O Walwyn (Alt) 61:47 (by 1min 40secs)..
Results from British Junior Fell Running Championship at Sugarloaf Mountain, Abergavenny: U16: 1 L Park 26:18 (by 9secs).
Result from Self Transcendance 24hour Track race at Tooting Bec: 1 J Pares (Bucks, M40) 147M 357y (15:48:05 at 100M); 4 S Gayter (W40) 131M 1544y (16:57:11 at 100M).:
All info courtesy of AW
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North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League.

Summerhill Centre, Hartlepool. Sun. 7th Oct.

Thirsk's Gary Dunn strode to a comfortable victory in the Senior Mens' race, at yesterday's first North Yorkshire and South Durham fixture at Summerhill Centre, Hartlepool.

Dunn soon controlled the field from the front on the three-lap course, coming home with 56secs to spare over his rivals.

Junior athletes battled for second position, with Andrew Wiles of Middlesbrough holding off the challenge of Northern Under 20 3000m champion, Alex Duffield of Loftus.

Jon Orange of Richmond & Zetland was the leading veteran in 6th place.

Clare Robson of Teesdale, recent winner of the region's 10km Road title, comfortably won the Womens' race. Junior Kirsty Legg of Middlesbrough outsprinted Carolyn Summersgill (Middlesbrough & Cleveland) for second place. Tracy Waller of host club, Hartlepool, returning to competition after a lengthy absence through injury, was the leading veteran in 4th place.

Jess Russon of New Marske, was the first Under 17 competitor.

Russell Best of New Marske won the Under 17 race holding off the challenge of Junior Great North Run 5th placer, Dan Schofield of Scarborough.

Fergus Roberts of Richmond, well placed in last season's Under 13 Championship races, shows why he will be contesting for major honours this year, winning his event by 85secs.

Results.

Senior Men: 9km. 1 G Dunn (T&S) 29:29; 2 A Wiles (M'bro, U20) 30:25; 3 A Duffield (Loft, U20)) 30:26; 4 R Morrell (M'bro) 31:07; 5 R Bellamy (NYM) 32:02; 6 J Orange (R&Z, M40) 32:13; 7 D Middemas (Loft) 32:35; 8 C Grounds (Bill MH) 32:42; 9 A Mitchell (M'bro, U20) 32:43; 10 L Rodgers (Loft, U20) 32:56

Under 17 Men: 6.3km. 1 R Best (N Marske) 21:22; 2 D Schofield (Scar) 21:33; 3 D Roberts (R&Z) 21:34

Under 15 Boys: 3.5km. 1 D Collins (Scar) 12:06; 2 P Clifford (Darl) 12:15; 3 S Wood (R&Z) 12:18

Under 13 Boys: 3km. 1 F Roberts (R&Z) 10:41; 2 R Matthew (M'bro) 12:06; 3 P McGill (Bev) 12:14

Senior Women: 4.4km. 1 C Robson (Tees) 16:23; 2 K Legg (M'bro, U20) 16:32; 3 C Summersgill (M&C) 16:36; 4 T Waller (Hart, M40) 16:57; 5 A Owen (Loft) 17:23; 6 J Russon (N Marske, U17) 17:28; 7 T Clark (R&Z)) 17:35; 8 L Roche (M&C, U20) 17:37; 9 F Bailey (Quak, W35) 18:15; 10 J Mastrolanardo (Loft, W35) 18:21

Under 15 Girls: 3.5km. 1M Winzer (R&Z) 13:33; 2 A Bell (Puds-gst) 13:40; 3 J Ellwood (Bev) 14:26

Under 13 Girls: 3km. 1 D Braithwaite (Loft) 12:47; 2 F McCluskey (M'bro) 13:15; 3 N Dawson (Bev) 13:35
(Newcastle Journal: Mon. 8th October 2007).

Additional Comments: All info used. Over elaborated report, but there was no other event info/results, when report was submitted. All info unofficial (from registration sheets). Full results courtesy of Graham Hall (Mon am). Weather damp all afternoon. Rain got gradually heavier and mist crept in later. Underfoot conditions ok. As races started/finished on School Playing Field, there was not a good view on laps. Will hopefully be improved for NE Champs, and signposting not great from A19 Hartlepool turn-off. Runner-up in U13 Boys' race should read Matthew Rhodes.
Additional Results: SM: M50: T Livingston 34:15 M60: N Scruton (Scar) 36:14 Team: 1 Loftus & Whitby 71; 2 Richmond & Zetland 139; 3 Hartlepool Burn Road 148 SW: W45: S Milburn 20:02 W55: B Hare (Loft) 22:30 Team: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 41; 2 Loftus & Whitby 44; 3 New Marske 77

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