September 2006

Whalton Classic 5M Road Race.
Whalton, Northumberland.  Sun. 1st Oct.
Mark Brown of Morpeth was an easy winner of the second Whalton Sumer Classic 5M Road Race, yesterday. In the bright and warm conditions, Brown led from gun to tape, opening up a 25secs lead over the chasing group after the first Mile (4:45). With the hillier section of the course to come, Brown continued to pull away, and despite a visible sign of tiring in the final 2M, the winning margin was still well over a minute at the finish line. David Swinburne took second place ahead of the leading veteran and 2005 winner, Les Atkinson, making it a clean sweep for host club Morpeth. Brown's time also bettered the inaugural course record by 79secs.
North Shields Poly newcomer, Jane Goble gained an easy victory in the Womens' race taking a masive 1min 37secs off the previous winning time. Sue Laws of Derwentside led the veterans home in 2nd place, ahead of Sunderland junior, Natalie Miller.
Result.
1 M Brown (Morp) 26:06 (rec); 2 D Swinburne (Morp) 27:20; 3 L Atkinson (Morp, M50) 27:32; 4 M Smith (unatt, M40) 27:57; 5 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 28:26; 6 S Laws (CleS) 28:44; 7 P Dixon (Els, M45) 28:53; 8 Jim Bell (Els, M55) 28:56; 9 M Jones (SSh, M40) 29:15; 10 M Connelly (Els, M40) 29:18; 11 V Hemy (NSP, M40) 29:28; 12 C Robson (J&H) 29:56; 13 N Craigs (Aln) 30:00; 14 M Ketley (Els) 30:03; 15 G Bayne (Morp, M50) 30:10
M50: 3 A Jenkins (Morp) 30:19  M55: 2 R Hall (Blyth) 30:50  M60: D Shotton (Walls) 38:13  M65: P Bassett (Morp) 36:47  M70: E Appleby (Heat) 38:37  M75: B Emmerson (Bill MH) 46:45
Women: 1 J Goble (NSP) 32:36 (rec); 2 S Laws (Derw, W50) 36:15; 3 N Miller (Sun, U20) 36:39; 4 K Dale (unatt) 37:05; 5 C Lee (Els, W65) 37:15; 6 P Woodcock (Morp, W55) 38:01; 7 S Lightfoot (Aln, W50) 38:09; 8 S Rank (Morp, W35) 38:14; 9 D Pemberton (NE Vets, W45) 38:19; 10 P Gold (Heat, W60) 39:49
W65: 2 K Stewart (NSP) 42:54
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 2nd October 2006).

Additional Comments: No info used but appeared on Wed (4th) as there was e mail breakdown on Sun. 94 finishers ( a record) (last time: 58:57). Results courtesy of Alistair McDonald. Brown's mile splits were: 4:45 (definitely the easiest part of course), 9:59, 15:05, 20:33. Other results included: 70 M Stephenson 39:12; 81 D Whitmore 42:07.  Heaton performances were: 35 J Gibson 34:14; 37 P Bhogal 34:38; 43 E Baty 35:35; 47 I McKinnon 35:44; 48 A Mulliss 35:59 (Vets NE M45 champion); 66 E Appleby; 72 R Checkley 39:41 (3rd VNE M65); 73 P Gold; 74 J Josephs 39:33.
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Tesco Junior Great North Run.
Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside. Sat. 30th Sept.
Gateshead Harrier John Gibson comfortably won the Junior Great North Run at Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside, on Saturday. In the warm and sunny conditions, Gibson (16) (7th in 2005), dictated the early pace in the 1600 strong field along with clubmate and fellow Royal Grammar School pupil, Tom Perrins. Gibson dropped his rival approaching the 3km point with Shildon's Khalil Thompson moving through in the closing stages to take second place ahead of Perrins. Morpeth's Laura Weightman (15) repeated her 2005 victory in the Girls' race, finishing in 23rd position overall, Clubmate, Zoe Armstrong took second place ahead of visiting Leicester athlete, Charlotte Wilkinson Burnett.
The seperate race for the Under 13 age-group attracted another 1600 runners, and was won easily by New Marske's Mark Shaw (12). The current North Eastern Counties' Cross Country champion, and Inter Counties' silver medallist, led all the way, coming home nearly 200m clear of Linlithgow athlete, Jake Wightman, the son of race commentator and former Marathon International, Geoff. Michael Smith of Oldham finished in 3rd place. Laura Roberts (11) from Bridgend made the long journey worthwhile by easily winning the Girls' race. Finishing in 8th place overall, she came home 300m clear of the Templeman twins, Elizabeth and Katy from New Marske.
Mark Wilson from Darlington won the Mini Run for Under 9 runners, in a sprint finish over Oldham's Robert Smith. Jarrow's Stephanie Addison won the Girls' event, again in a sprint finish from 2005 winner, Martha Wightman, sister of Jake.
Results.
Under 17  (4.5km)
1 J Gibson (Gate) 14:19; 2 K Thompson (Shil) 14:32; 3 T Perrins (Gate) 14:33; 4 P Huck (Barr) 14:46; 5 K Taylor (Morp) 14:52; 6 D Cliffe (Warr) 14:52; 7 I Lynn (N Rown) 15:07; 8 J Tucker (Bing) 15:14; 9 S Murray (CoNorw) 15:15; 10 B Connor (Amb V, U15) 15:17; 11 T Nutt (Leic C) 15:38; 12 E Williams (Macc) 15:38; 13 A Douglass (Morp, U15) 15:46; 14 D Graham (NSP) 15:49; 15 J Modley (L&M, U15) 15:52; 16 P Burn (Bev) 16:00; 17 R Seymour (Harr) 16:02; 18 G Urwin (Tyne, U15) 16:16; 19 P Shuttleworth (U15) 16:21; 20 J Wales (Kilm) 16:22; 21 B White (U15) 16:24; 22 M Kenyon 16:31; 23 L Weightman (Morp, W) 16:34; 24 A Verity 16:36; 25 G Ritchie (J&H, U15) 16:37
Girls: 1 L Weightman 16:34; 2 Z Armstrong (Morp, U15) 16:50; 3 C Wilkinson Burnett (Charn, U15) 17:05; 4 N Young (Morp) 17:23; 5 E McColgan (Dund) 17:33; 6 J Russon (N Marske, U15) 17:37; 7 C Baudouin (Gate) 17:42; 8 E Fisher (Chest, U15) 17:52; 9 K Legg (M'bro) 18:01; 10 D Pickavance Clarke (CleS, U15) 18:05; 11 E Connolly (Swin) 18:10; 12 B B Bateson (L&M, U15) 18:15; 13 S Goodfellow (Morp, U15) 18:26; 14 A Grainger (Mans, U15) 18:31; 15 J Stone (M'bro) 18:34; 16 S Loraine (Birt, U15) 18:51; 17 H Richards 18:56; 18 Y Chaudri (Bord) 19:13; 19 A Whewell (Stock, U15) 19:13; 20 R Lundgren (Gosf, U15) 19:19
Under 13  (3.3km)
1 M Shaw (N Marske) 12:38; 2 J Wightman (L'gow) 13:06; 3 M Smith (Old&R ) 13:11; 4 G Benson 13:17; 5 R Hindley (Stock) 13:45; 6 J Robertson (Derb) 13:59; 7 R Costello (Gate) 14:05; 8 L Roberts (Bridg, G) 14:17; 9 N Newton 14:11; 10 R Loraine (Birt) 14:14; 11 L Ayton 14:19; 12 O Lockley 14:22; 13 C Bunn (J&H) 14:24; 14 K Newton (U11) 14:28; 15 N Woods (J&H) 14:29
Girls: 1 L Roberts 14:17; 2 E Templeman (N Marske) 15:00; 3 K Templeman (N Marske) 15:02; 4 A McGregor 15:09; 5 L Richardson (Dur) 15:16; 6 C Evans 15:37; 7 E Wilkinson (Spen, U11) 15:40; 8 L Brooke (Wake) 15:45; 9 S Taylor (Birt) 15:51; 10 F Lockhart (Gate) 15:53; 11 A Watt (CleS) 16:00; 12 F Higgin 16:15
Under 10 (1.4km)
1 M Wilson (Darl) 4:42; 2 R Smith (Old&R) 4:42; 3 A Redford 4:53
Girls: 1 S Addison (J&H) 5:07; 2 M Wightman (L'gow) 5:07; 3 I Pearse (N Marske) 5:09
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 2nd October 2006).

Additional Comments: No info used, but appeared on Wed (4th) as there was e mail breakdown on Sun.  U17 race: 1339 finishers (last time: 53:40). U13 race: 1572 (38:33). No results sheet for U11 (this info from Bill McGuirk). Results courtesy of Julian W. "Chips" system used, but times of leaders (most of whom started on front line) are 4secs on quick side. Also I am almost sure, Karl Taylor crossed finish line in 10th position.
Zoe Armstrong finished 39th overall. Some clubs given in results and noted others, as runners crossed line. Recorded these races on CBBC, but somehow lost Telewest connection, during day. Winners both received a new trophy, given in memory of Stan Long.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 24th Sept).
At the Blackpool Open Meeting (24th Sept), Zoe Armstrong won the U15 1500m in a time of 4mins 53.3secs, by a 10secs margin.
Nathan Williams won Meersbrook 15km in Leek (24th Sept) in a time of 54mins 16secs (by 1min 20secs).
Result of the Sutton 10km at Chester: 1 T Elius (Salf) 33:24; 4 S Murdoch (M45/1st vet) 34:03
Result of the Cook Home and Beyond Fell Race at Stokesley: 1 J Blackett 42:33; 2 J Bulman (unatt) 43:05; 3 P Kelly (Darl, M50) 43:19  Women: 1 A Raw 47:24; 2 K Robertson 49:11; 3 S Scott 53:54.  The English Junior Fell Relays took place at Sedbergh. Ellenborough won U16 Girls event in 61:42. Laura Park clocked the fastest long leg, in a record time of 23mins 59secs.
Little North East interest this time, in Nike South of England Road Relay Championships at Aldershot (23rd Sept). Leading results: 1 Newham and Essex Beagles 1:49:20 (M Farah 6th leg 17:14 fastest); 30 London Irish 2:03:05 (D Wardle 17:57 7th fastest)
Women: 1 Aldershot, Farnham & District 52:38 (A Woodvine 13:22 leg 1)  Fastest: B Johnson (Thames H&H, 3rd leg for 3rd placed team) 11:58.
All info courtesy of AW.
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North of England Road Relay Championships.
Hartlepool Marina.  Sat. 23rd Sept.
Morpeth Harriers and Chester Le Street gained double gold for the North East, with victories at Saturday's North of England Road Relay Championships, at a warm and sunny Hartlepool Marina. Whereas Chester Le Street led all the way to regain the Womens' 4 stage title, Morpeth left it to the final 50m to gain a hat trick of victories, in the Mens' 6 stage event. Morpeth occupied 15th place on leg 1, when Mark Brown was edged out by their B team runner, David Swinburne. Liverpool were the leaders, with Phil McGlory clocking the day's fastest time. Dan Samuels moved through to 3rd on leg 2, behind Salford and Sale. Liverpool regained the lead on leg 3, with Michael Morris taking Morpeth into second place. Martin Scaife maintained second on leg 4, but Andy Jones had taken Salford back into the lead. Salford held on to the lead on leg 5, with  Morpeth having to make up a 14secs deficit in second place. Tarus Elly went off quickly for the leaders but struggled in the latter stages, as Hudspith matched strides with 1km remaining. However, Elly temporarily took the lead again, until Hudspith kicked past his rival in the final 100m. Liverpool took third place, ahead of Altrincham, with Sunderland running well to finish 5th. Morpeth B finished in 12th place, ahead of Gateshead, for whom Andy Buckley moved from 38th to 15th on leg 3. Gosforth (14th), North Shields Poly (18th), Elswick (21st), Durham City (24th) and Chester Le Street (26th) all qualified for the National event at Sutton Coldfield in 4 weeks time. Fastest of the region's athletes was Ryan McLeod, who moved Elswick from 47th to 23rd on leg 3.
Chester Le Street, third in 2005 and winners in 2003, were never troubled in the Womens' race, with Dianne Henaghan coming home 12secs clear on leg 1. Kathryn Waugh, Morag McDonnell and Alyson Dixon extended the advantage to a massive 2mins 23secs at the finish line over Liverpool, with Wigan Phoenix in third. McDonnell's time was only bettered by Rotherham's Jennie Blizzard, who moved her club from 16th to 2nd on leg 2. Darlington, who crossed the finish line in third place, were later disqualified as one of their runners, was not officially entered in the race. Gateshead, Chester Le Street B, Morpeth B, Heaton, Loftus and Sunderland, all made top twenty placings.
Results.
Senior Men: 6 x 5.4km.
1 Morpeth 1:37:27 (M Brown 16:27, D Samuels 15:57, M Morris 16:33, M Scaife 16:12; C Sampson 16:06, M Hudspith 16:12); 2 Salford 1:37:32; 3 Liverpool H 1:38:27; 4 Altrincham 1:39:54; 5 Sunderland 1:40:27 (G Massingham 16:52, J Martin 16:43, B Rushworth 16:35, M Hood 16:30, P Martin 16:18, T Field 17:29); 6 Leeds City 1:40:51; 7 Sale 1:41:48; 8 Trafford 1:42:00; 9 Sale B 1:42:27; 10 Preston 1:42:44; 11 Border 1:43:21 (J Fletcher 16:21, P Hamilton 16:36, T Thompson 18:40, T Carey 16:14, G Millican 18:44, S Cairns 16:46); 12 Morpeth B 1:43:26 (D Swinburne 16:27, J Mooney 16:21, N Swinburn 16:44, R Kay 17:36, B Harrison 17:41, A Lawrence 18:37); 13 Gateshead 1:43:56 (S Hall 17:39, A Carmichael 17:47, A Buckley 15:55, C Parr 16:39, C Paton 18:12, M Thompson 17:44); 14 Gosforth 1:44:08 (P Hutton 16:31, D Graham 18:19, M Nicholson 16:37, K Heron 17:16, T Bird 19:02, L Timmins 16:23); 18 North Shields Poly 1:44:59 (I Twaddle 17:17, T West 16:58, T Brannon 18:32, R Stephenson 16:23, G Moore 18:24, R Walker 17:25); 21 Elswick 1:46:07 (A Dougal 16:44, D Armstrong 19:34, R McLeod 15:50, John Bell 18:21, J Pearson 18:26, M McLeod 17:12); 24 Durham City 1:46:55 (S Moralee 16:02, M Crawley 17:19, S Marshall 19:45, G Hunt 19:12, R Hand 17:40, S Marshall 16:57); 26 Chester Le Street 1:46:55 (D Purvis 16:56, S Laws 18:06, S Bell 17:25, M Tomlinson 17:47, D Old 18:05, D Cheshire 18:36); 32 Hartlepool Burn Road 1:48:54; 33 Sunderland B 1:49:12; 35 Loftus 1:49:56; 36 Darlington 1:50:00; 37 New Marske 1:50:12 (R Stevenson 15:59 leg 1); 40 Gateshead B 1:51:41; 44 Newton Aycliffe 1:52:53; 45 Wallsend 1:53:11; 52 North Shields Poly B 1:55:52; 56 Blaydon 1:57:50; 57 Hartlepool Burn Road B 1:57:53; 59 Heaton 1:58:28; 62 North Shields Poly C 2:05:30; 64 Wallsend B 2:07:24; 65 North Shields Poly D 2:07:29; 66 Sunderland Strollers 2:08:08; 67 Darlington B 2:11:43; 68 Loftus B 2:12:28; 70 Hartlepool Burn Road C 2:13:09; 71 Heaton B 2:14:08
Fastest: P McGlory (Liv H) 15:42; A Ford (Black&F) 15:44; N Goodliffe (Holm) 15:47; A Jones (Salf) 15:49; A Sutton (Pres) & R McLeod 15:50; D Norman (Alt) 15:53; A Buckley & M Bowser (Linc W) 15:55
Senior Women: 4 x 3.6km.
1 Chester Le Street 50:50 (D Henaghan 12:34, K Waugh 13:04, M McDonnell 12:29, A Dixon 12:43); 2 Liverpool H 53:13; 3 Wigan Phoenix 53:31; 4 Morpeth 53:59 (A Fox 13:30, D James 13:09, J Mooney 13:37, K Chapman 13:43); 5 Leeds City 54:07; 6 Horwich 54:40; 7 Rotherham 55:43; 8 Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 55:45; 9 Gateshead 56:35 (M Ferrier 13:17, C Taylor 14:07, L Patton 13:59, H Patton 15:12); 10 Kingston-upon-Hull 56:35; 11 Chester Le Street B 58:50 (T Laws 14:17, K Kelly 14:54, H Robinson 14:26, J Tinkler 15:13): 12 Morpeth B 59:06 (A Porteous 14:36, S Graham 13:46, R Turnbull 15:02, D Watts 15:42); 13 Heaton 59:08 (J Zoppi 14:27, H Astley 13:58, F Turley 15:31, C Hamson 15:12); 14 Loftus 59:21 (A Owen 13:36, J Mastrolonardo 14:47, C Fowler 15:11, A Thompson 15:47);  20 Sunderland 62:45 (M Holt 14:23, G Barry 14:34, L Watson 17:04, L Tweddle 16:44); 23 Hartlepool Burn Road 65:36 (T Waller 13:50 leg 1)  Disq: Darlington (3rd) 53:27 (G Rutherford 13:29, A Raw 13:19, B Taylor 13:30, S Rutherford 13:09)
Fastest Times: J Blizard (Roth) 12:01; M McDonnell 12:29; D Henaghan 12:34; A Dixon 12:43; L Gardner (Lanc&M) 12:48
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 25th September 2006).

Additional Comments:  Most of info used. Results this year, courtesy of Joe Lee. Womens' result on paper, but Mens' from website (on by 6.00pm). However, not as easy as usual to report on race, as such things as time gaps between leaders, not given. Luckily I have a mathematical brain (thoughts of "power of ten"). Lovely weather but a little cooler towards sea. Apologies to Morpeth Womens' A team (especially Jane Mooney who lifted them to 3rd), who were inavertantly omitted from report. Was in notes, but mind went blank when typing report. 26 Senior Womens' teams completed and 71 Senior Men. In Mens' event: Ricky Stevenson ran an excellent opening leg to finish 5th. Sunderland leg positions were: 26,12,11,6,4,5. for Morpeth B: 14,7,4,9,9,12.  Hartlepool splits were: M Armstrong 17:05, G Grounds 18:37, A Hardy 18:54, B Coulter 18:38, A Minister 17:52, A Churchill 17:48  Sunderland B: S Potts 17:20, B Bewick 17:57, G Lancaster 18:04, G Harden 18:19, J Dobson 18:27, N Younger 18:05. Womens' leg positions (excluding disqualication, ironically by Matt Frazer) were: Darlington: 7,7,4,3  Morpeth: 8,5,3,5  Gateshead: 3,9,9,10  Chester Le Street B: 10,18,14,12  Morpeth B: 22,12,12,13. An incomplete team from Wallsend included: L Walker 15:49 (33), D Horne 16:11 (29), J Fenwick 15:18 (23).
Heaton details were: Women leg positions: 20,14,15,14. An excellent performance, but there should have been a B team competing.  Men: A: D Robins 18:30 (56), J Moore 17:59 (45), M Gibson 20:41 (55), D Burn 19:15 (54), C Auld 20:43 (54), S Hardwick 21:20  B: P Bhogal 21:36 (80), C McEntee 22:13 (74), I McKinnon 22:34 (75), E Baty 23:21 (73), S McEntee 22:14 (73), J Gibson 22:03.
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Veterans A.A - North East Track Championships.
Monkton Stadium, Jarrow.  Wed. 20th. Sept.
Paul Merrison of Sunderland was the fastest overall performer for the third year in succession when winning the Over 45 category, over 10000m at the Veterans'  North East Championships. Heather Lambert of North Shields Poly also Over 45, was the fastest lady over 5000m.
Results.
5000m:
M70: 1 I Barnes (Darl) 21:36.5; 2 E Appleby (Heat) 22:23.9; 3 J Prudham (J&H) 22:25.3
W35: S Scott (Tyne) 21:26.8
W40: 1 C Ratcliff (Dur) 20:05.0; 2 H Morris (NSP) 21:12.9
W45: 1 H Lambert (NSP) 19:36.0; 2 F Shenton (Elv) 19:44.5
W65: C Lee (Els) 22:30.5
10000m:
M35: J Moore (Heat) 35:44.6
M40: 1 John Bell (Els) 35:45.1; 2 M Jones (SSh) 36:32.7
M45: 1 P Merrison (Sun) 35:06.5; 2 A Dent (Blay) 35:50.7
M50: A Jenkins (Morp) 37:42.2
M55: H Matthews (Els) 37:48.3
M60: R Balmer (SSh) 44:44.8
M65: 1 R Harvey (N Ayc) 45:17.9; 2 R Checkley (Heat) 48:32.2
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 25th September 2006).

Additional Comments: All info used. Weather warm and widy early on, but eased off slightly during evening. Merrison's halfway time was 17:24. Chasing group of 4 (Moore, Bell, Dent and Jones) went through in 18:01 ( Jones lost contact with 10 laps remaining.) John Moore as expected won the second place battle on last lap. In M70 race Eric Appleby led for two laps. Barnes then went away. Appleby (13:23 at 3km) was caught by Prudham (and Lee) with 3 laps to go, but (most surprisingly) kicked away from them with 250m remaining. Lambert pulled away from Shenton in final 2 laps. Other performances included M45 10000m: 4 A Mulliss 45:27.3  M70: 5000m: 4 A Prouse 24:53.7. There were also some "open" field events (featuring among others George Routledge) taking place, but no results were forthcoming.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 17th Sept).
Leading results from the Sainsbury's English Schools' Combined Events Championships at Derby (16th/17th Sept) included:
JB (Pent): 1 J Andrew (Derby) 2919; 8= A Harle (Dur) 2635 (12.89, 12.56, 5.15, 1.53, 2:12.60); 28 A Jones (Dur) 2193; 29 G Rowe (Dur) 2184  Team: 1 Somerset 8019; 5 Durham 7012
SG (Hept): 1 G Weetman (Salop) 4882; 6 J Taylor (N Yorks) 4311; 24 M Bratton (Dur) 3380
IG (Hept): 1 M Beesley (Warw) 4770; 13 A Fleming (Dur) 4114 (12.35, 1.54, 10.12, 27.64, 4.72, 27.05, 2:38.30); 16= K Jenkinson (Cumb) 4031; 32 R Potinger (Dur) 3583; 35 A Ramsey (Dur) 3405; 36 L Watt (Dur) 3371  Team: 1 Sussex 12241; 5 Durham 11102
JG (Pent): 1 C Taite (Mx) 3220; 11 J Hudson (North'd) 2687 (12.67, 7.79, 1,47, 4.15, 2:24.15); 16 L Bronze (North'd) 2624 (13.01, 8.52, 1.41, 4.47, 2:31.01); 18 J Hansom (North'd) 2610 (12.64, 7.70, 1.50, 4.57, 2:41.30)  Teams: 1 Essex 8562; 4 Northumberland 7921.
Walk: IB (5km): 1 B Wears (Cl) 21:49.66 (by 4.5mins)
Result of Simonside Fell Race: 1 N Swinburn 47:59; 2 S Armstrong (unatt) 49:59; 3 A Horsfield (unatt) 50:32  M40: F Smith 53:34  M50: N Cassidy 55:10  M60: P Winter 72:28  M70: J Prudham 69:46   Team: Tynedale 28  Women: 1 V Oldham 54:55; 2 R Vincent 56:07; 3 K Robertson 58:13
Result of British Police 10M (at Broadlands Estate, Hants) (14th Sept): 1 S Rees-Jones (Hants) 52:03; 4 S Cairns (Loth) 53:58; 6 J Bent (North'b) 55:56
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Teespride Middlesbrough 10km Road Race.
Acklam.  Sun. 17th Sept.
Teessider, Stephen Hepples, running in the Newham & Essex Beagles colours, comfortably won yesterday's second Tees Pride Middlesbrough 10km Road Race, reversing 2005 placings, with runner-up, Martin Scaife of Morpeth. In the warm and sunny conditions, the pair soon headed the 2300 strong field, with Hepples edging in front after 4.5km. The lead was 10m at halfway (15:10), and was extended to 34secs at the finish liine at Acklam Sports Centre. Scaife, returning to competition after a chest infection, took second place. Nathan Williams finished in 3rd, leading his club, North Yorks Moors to the team title. Martin Grainger of Darlington was the leading veteran in 5th position. Sunderland's Louise Noble, second in 2004, maintained her excellent form to win the Womens' race finishing in 42nd position overall. Her corrected time of 36mins 58secs, was easily a personal best. It was also Noble's first North Eastern Counties' title, with this event hosting the 2006 Championship.
Imroving Sunderland Stroller, Kristina Slater was the leading veteran in second place, with Morpeth's Kate Chapman, finishing third. Middlesbrough & Cleveland, took the team title.
Result.
1 S Hepples (N&EB) 30:47; 2 M Scaife (Morp) 31:21; 3 N Williams (NYM) 32:08; 4 S Cook (Leeds) 32:33; 5 M Grainger (Darl, M40) 33:26; 6 S O'Grady (Loft) 33:28; 7 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 33:28; 8 A Shepherd (Morp) 33:33; 9 J Hunter (Loft, M45) 33:38; 10 T Danby (Pock) 33:54; 11 R Bellamy (NYM) 34:00; 12 J Bulmer (Bill MH, M40) 34:03; 13 P Bentley (CleS) 34:13; 14 A Stimpson (Harr) 34:21; 15 P Lowe (NYM) 34:29; 16 N Orr (Darl, M45) 34:35; 17 A Wiles (M'bro, U20) 34:42; 18 A Chadfield (Bill MH) 35:00; 19 T Hazell (Horsf) 35:01; 20 A Mason (M'bro) 35:28
M40: 3 M Cara (unatt) 35:32  M45: 3 P Milburn (N Ayc) 36:55  M50: 1 I Scott (Quak) 36:03; 2 N Douglas (unatt) 36:48; 3 G Bell (Darl) 38:51  M55: 1 D Kirk (Hart) 41:37; 2 W Farquharson (Bill MH) 41:45; 3 D Wright (Sun S) 42:11  M60: 1 K Wilson (NYM) 42:01; 2 B Allen (N Marske) 42:57; 3 I Welch (Red) 43:17  M65: R Sherwood (N Marske) 44:06  M70: J Conaghan (N Marske) 45:44
Teams: 1 North Yorks Moors 29; 2 Darlington 44; 3 Loftus 48
Women: 1 L Noble (Sun) 36:58; 2 K Slater (Sun S, W35) 38:08; 3 K Chapman (Morp) 38:14; 4 B Taylor (Darl) 39:01; 5 F Bailey (Riv, W35) 39:10; 6 M Stansmore (M&C) 39:40; 7 J Keavney (Swale, W40) 40:57; 8 L Finlay (NYM, W35) 41:12; 9 C Summersgill (M&C) 41:26; 10 I Hope (Sun, W45) 41:34; 11 N Kent (Loft, W35) 42:40; 12 D Horncastle (unatt) 42:04
W40: 2 L Noble (Darl 43:31  W45: 2 D Elliott (CleS) 42:14; 3 G McKernan (Blay) 43:40  W50: L Chapman (Gars) 43:16  W60: S Gibson (Darl) 47:53
Teams: 1 Middlesbrough & Cleveland 36; 2 Sunderland 54; 3 Darlington 95
NECAA Champs: 1 S Hepples; 2 M Scaife; 3 N Williams
Women: 1 L Noble; 2 K Slater; 3 K Chapman
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 18th September 2006).

Additional Comments:  Only results used. 1698 finishers (joint last time: 1:45:26). Results courtesy of www.raceahead.net. Chip times used. 2300 entries but most of field from Cleveland area. Very few North of Wearside were in attendance. A gun time and actual time listed. However, their gun times were strangely, 2 secs longer than mine. Split on Louise Noble at 38:59 but she was given 39:01. Actual time 38:58. Dave Whitmore finished 549th in 50:22 (act 49:54). George Routledge finished 1150th in 60:07 (act 58:43).
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Sunderland Open Cross Country Races.
Farringdon School.  Sat. 16th Sept.
Gosforth Harriers regained the Senior Mens' Relay title, at Saturday's 24th Sunderland Open Cross Country Races. The Tyneside club, successful in 2004, led on the first leg through Paul Hutton, before Morpeth took a temporarily lead on leg 2, through David Swinburne. Matthew Nicholson regained the initiative on leg 3, with Gosforth stretching their advantage through Lewis Timmins on the final leg. As Morpeth did not field a 4th leg runner, Elswick moved up to second place ahead of North Shields Poly. Ryan McLeod, who moved Elswick from 14th to 4th on leg 2, clocked the fastest time.
Laura Weightman of Morpeth, who won the 1500m at last weekend's British Schools Championship, easily won the Under 17 Womens' event. She held off the continuous challenge of the laeding Senior athlete, Claire Simpson of Chester Le Street.
Results.
Senior Men: 4 x 1.8M.  1 Gosforth 34:34 (P Hutton 8:31, D Graham 8:59, M Nicholson 8:29, L Timmins 8:35); 2 Elswick 36:17 (G Bell 10:00, R McLeod 8:16, A Dougal 9:09, M McLeod 8:52): 3 North Shields Poly 36:41 (G Moore 9:37, T Brannon 9:31, R Walker 9:09, R Stephenson 8:24); 4 Sunderland 37:25 (S Potts 9:00, J Martin 8:51, G Lancaster 9:37, A Lilliendale 9:57); 5 Hartlepool Burn Road 38:37; 6 Wallsend 38:40; 7 Chester Le Street 39:10; 8 Sunderland Strollers 40:23; 9 Gosforth B 41:17; 10 Derwentside 43:13; 11 Heaton 43:39; 12 North Shields Poly B  43:45
Fastest: R McLeod 8:16; R Stephenson 8:24; M Nicholson 8:29; P Hutton 8:31; L Timmins 8:35; M Brown (Morp) 8:37; D Swinburne (Morp) 8:49
Under 17 Men: 1.8M.  1 M Foggin (Sun) 9:14; 2 M Cochrane (Morp) 9:28; 3 C Rutherford (Tyne) 9:29; 4 M Williams (Tyne) 9:30; 5 D Watt (NSP) 9:39; 6 C Watson (Els) 9:47; 7 M Cairns (Morp) 9:49; 8 J Hewitt (Gosf) 9:51
Under 15 Boys: 1.8M.  1 A Douglass (Morp) 9:30; 2 T Venus (Tyne) 9:37; 3 G Urwin (Tyne) 9:52; 4 A Tones (CleS) 9:57; 5 N Reed (Sun) 10:00; 6 S Younger (Sun) 10:02; 7 D Watson (Sun) 10:03; 8 J Falconer (Gosf) 10:04
Under 13 Boys:  1.8M.  1 L Hogg (Gate) 10:19; 2 J Brown (Tyne) 10:31; 3 M Timmins (Morp) 10:40; 4 B Maskell (Gate) 10:42; 5 S Greenwood (Tyne) 10:50; 6 C Wright (Gate) 10:51; 7 A Bailes (Birt) 10:51; 8 R Costello (Gate) 10:54
Under 11 Boys:  1.2km.  1 M Wilson (Sun) 4:07; 2 K Newton (Gate) 4:12; 3 L Irvine (Sun) 4:15; 4 H Danby-Platt (H&P) 4:23; 5 M Storey (Shil) 4:24
Senior Women: 1.8M.  1 C Simpson (CleS) 9:53; 2 K Waugh (CleS) 9:59; 3 D James (Morp, U20) 10:03; 4 A Gibson (Els) 10:14; 5 T Laws (CleS) 10:22; 6 A Hunter (CleS) 10:37; 7 K Kelly (CleS) 10:54; 8 A Watson (CleS) 10:57; 9 M Holt (Sun) 11:01; 10 R Turnbull (Morp, U20) 11:05; 11 V Booth (Sun S) 11:32; 12 L Dodsworth (Gate, U20) 11:45
Under 17 Women: 1.8M.  1 L Weightman (Morp) 9:50; 2 N Young (Morp) 10:48; 3 L Dixon (Morp) 11:15; 4 G Taylor (Els) 11:57; 5 L Smith (Sun) 12:32; 6 C Potts (H&P) 12:33; 7 K Smith (Sun) 12:39; 8 A Coyne (H&P) 13:39
Under 15 Girls: 1.8M.  1 Z Arrmstrong (Morp) 10:27; 2 R King (Gosf) 10:42; 3 E Toogood (Dur) 11:03; 4 R Lundgren (Gosf) 11:07; 5 R Oldham (Gate) 11:12; 6 S Crosby (Sun) 11:31; 7 E Masson (Gosf) 11:40; 8 S Loraine (Birt) 11:42
Under 13 Girls: 1.8M.  1 H Rank (Morp) 11:22; 2 R Denton (Morp) 11:27; 3 M Simpson (Morp) 11:49; 4 A Watt (CleS) 11:51; 5 C Falconer (Gosf) 12:01; 6 P Rowell (Birt) 12:08; 7 S Taylor (Birt) 12:15
Under 11 Girls: 1.2km.  1 A Waites (Sun) 4:26; 2 A Etherington (Shil) 4:28; 3 S Addison (J&H) 4:37; 4 C Parker (Sun) 4:39; 5 H Lancaster (Sun) 4:41
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 18th September 2006).

Additional Comments:  Only results used. A fine dry day getting warmer as events progressed. 16 teams finished in Relay, 20 in SW and 12 in U17W combined event. Other splits included: Wallsend (M Fenwick 8:59 leg 1 - 3rd)  Chester Le Street (S Bell 9:19 - 6th) Morpeth H (R Kay 9:01 leg 3 - 2nd). Heaton splits were: D Robins 9:42 (9), M Gibson 10:53 (12), J Gibson 11:48 (13), S Hardwick 11:16  B: S McEntee 11:17 (19), I McKinnon 11:59 (17), G Routledge 15:33 (18).
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British Masters Cross Country Relay Championships.
Farringdon School, Sunderland.  Sat. 16th Sept.
North East clubs dominated the British Masters Relay Championships, which were incorporated in the Sunderland Cross Country Meeting. The host club easily won the Over 40 event over 6 stages. Sunderland were lying in third place, through Brian Bewick on leg 1, with North Shields Poly's Ian Twaddle coming home in first, in the day's quickest time. Martin Armstrong, like Twaddle, one of two Over 35 athletes allowed per club, took the lead for the Wearsiders on leg 2, with Paul Merrison, Brian Rushworth, Tom Doughty and Tim Field extending the advantage to nearly 3mins at the finish line over North Belfast, with North Shields Poly taking third place.
Chester Le Street made it a double victory taking the Over 35 Womens' title. Clayton-le-Moors gained a healthy lead on the first two legs, over the Durham club's pair of Heather Robinson and Jenny Tinkler. However, Dianne Henaghan, taking over 38secs in arrears, passed her rival with 600m remaining, to come home with 21secs to spare. Henaghan's time was by far the quickest of the day. Elswick took third place, while in the Over 45 event, North Shields Poly led a clean sweep for the region's clubs.
Morpeth crossed the line in first place in the Mens' Over 50 event, but were disqualified due to the ineligibility of one of their runners. Les Atkinson, who ran the first leg, had the consolation of clocking the fastest time. An Elswick team consisting of four Over 55 athletes, were promoted from bronze to silver medals.
Results.
M40: 6 x 1.8M.  1 Sunderland 53:52 (B Bewick 9:01, M Armstrong 9:05, P Merrison 9:10, B Rushworth 8:47, T Doughty 8:53, T Field 8:56); 2 North Belfast 56:40; 3 North Shields Poly 56:47 (I Twaddle 8:45, M Frost 9:47, K Robson 10:05, T Wallett 9:22, V Hemy 9:59, T West 8:49); 4 Elswick 58:34 (A Thompson 9:45, John Bell 9:42, I Ellis 9:25, M Connelly 10:10, K Stevenson 9:45, J Dixon 9:47); 5 Nene Valley 58:37; 6 Richmond & Zetland 58:59 (J Orange 8:51, K Harker 9:19, I Scott 9:55, T Zaranko 10:11, S Purkiss 10:18, B Rogers 10:25); 7 Clayton-le-Moors 59:03; 8 Sunderland B 60:09; 9 South Shields 61:42; 10 Durham City 63:15; 11 North Shields Poly B 64:04; 12 Wallsend 65:52; 13 Sunderland Strollers 66:07; 14 Low Fell 67:00; 15 Gateshead 68:34
Fastest: I Twaddle 8:45; B Rushworth 8:47; T West 8:49; J Orange 8:51; T Doughty 8:53;      M50: 4 x 1.8M.  1 North Belfast 40:11; 2 Elswick 40:29 (M McNally 10:04, S White 10:14, H Matthews 10:28, Jim Bell 9:43); 3 City of Sheffield 40:38; 4 Barnet & District 40:58; 5 Sunderland 42:58 (E Maddison 11:13, V Tindle 10:55, J Watson 10:25, G Forster 10:25);  6 Wallsend 43:13; 7 North Shields Poly 44:33; 8 Sunderland B 45:21; 9 Sunderland Strollers 46:36  Disq: Morpeth 40:05 (L Atkinson 9:24, A Jenkins 10:14, R Sewell 10:27, G Bayne 10:00)
Fastest: L Atkinson 9:24; M Shields (N Bel) 9:34; J Bell 9:43
M60: 3 x 1.8M.  1 Bingley 32:38; 2 Clayton-le-Moors 34:45; 3 Heaton 38:19 (H Gold 11:38, E Appleby 13:09, R Checkley 13:32); 4 Clayton-le-Moors B 41:21; 5 South Shields 41:34; 6 Gateshead 45:30
Fastest: B Mitchell (CleM) & N Jennings (Bing) 10:49
W35: 3 x 1.8M:  1 Chester Le Street 32:57 (H Robinson 11:17, J Tinkler 11:43, D Henaghan 9:57); 2 Clayton-le-Moors 33:18; 3 Elswick 36:10 (S Morton 12:48, A Watson 12:05, K Davison 11:17); 4 Sunderland Strollers 39:10; 5 North Shields Poly 40:09
Fastest: D Henaghan 9:57; M Laney (CleM) 10:56; A Kelly (CleM) 11:09
W45: 3 x 1.8M.  1 North Shields Poly 37:13 (H Lambert 11:16, K Stewart 13:57, L Miller 12:00); 2 Elvet Striders 38:25 (F Shenton 11:42, S Davis 13:04, J Young 13:39); 3 Tynedale 38:50 (S White 12:12, L Marr 12:45, J Ryall 13:53)
Fastest: H Lambert 11:16
W55: 3 x 1.8M.  1 Clayton-le-Moors 48:44
Fastest: C Leathley (CleM) 15:07
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 18th September 2006).

Additional Comments: Only results used. All finishing teams are listed. Apologies (?) to Martin Armstrong who is now in the M40 category. Other splits included: M40: Sunderland B (G Harden 9:46 leg 4); Durham City (R Hand 9:29 leg 4)  M50: Wallsend (D Anderson 9:59 - 2nd); Sunderland B (K Carr 11:39 leg 4)  M60: South Shields ( F Strand 13:25, D Whitmore 14:46, R Pinkney 13:20); Gateshead (G Smith 12:55, T Brown 14:50, S Robson 17:45)  W45: Elswick (C Lee 13:53 leg 1). Morpeth M50 team led all way. I understand there is an appeal against disqualification. Problems arose because of Archie Jenkins normally competing for Cambuslang in Masters Championships.
Heaton M60 split positions were 2,3,3. Howard Gold 5th fastest; Eric Appleby 10th fastest.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 10th Sept).
At the World Mountain Trials at Bursa,Turkey, results included: JM: 19 N Swinburn 47:31; 25 A Duffield 48:22  (England 5th)  SW: 26 R Robinson 52:32  (England 6th).
David Kirkland finished 2nd in the Experian Robin Hood Marathon at Nottingham, in a time of 2hrs 30mins 44secs, behind Salford/South African P Bangari (2:30:00).
Steve Hepples won Trafford 10km in a time of 30mins 23secs (by 24secs). I understand he had two collisions with traffic.
Result of Sutton 7: 1 S O'neil (Darl) 40:29 (by 1:23).
At the final of the National Junior League at Derby (10th Sept), Gateshead finished 5th.
In the end-of-season individual rankings, Kieran Flannery finished 2nd (2535pts) behind J Cayenne (Spen) (2721). A Babatunde (M'bro) finished 4th (2535).
Match Result: 1 Blackheath & Bromley 502; 2 Enfield & Haringey 486; 3 Shaftesbury Barnet 446; 5 Gateshead 384.5
200: 6 A Todd 23.12  B: 6 P Miller (new name to me) 23.41  400: 4 K Flannery 50.08  B: 5 M Docherty 51.34  800: 2 A Stanton 1:55.44  B: 1 L Moses 1:58.11  1500: 4 L Moses 4:02.99  B: 2 J Young 4:04.68  3000: 4 A Carmichael 9:08.42  100H: 7 G Bell 15.65  B: 2 A Kamara 15.97  400H: 1 K Flannery 54.55  PV: 2 R Dixon 3.95  LJ: 5 A Kamara 6.32  SP: 5 G Level 12.36  DT: 6 D Barrett 35.37  HT: 5 G Level 49.64  B: 3 D Barrett 40.92  JT: 2 D Barrett 48.42  4 x 100: 6th (45.16)  4 x 400: 5th (3:24.52)  W100: 6 L Arthur 12.56  B: 5 P McGregor 12.99  200: 5 L Arthur 25.78  B: 5 P McGregor 26.24  400: 4 S Hart 60.3  800: 2 S Duffy 2:18.03  3000: 2 M Ferrier 10:57.68  100H: 2 L McMichael 16.32  400H: 3 L McMichael 65.39  LJ: 3 M Carr 5.49  TJ: 3 M Carr 12.21  HT: 2 K Wilson 43.68  4 x 100: 6th (50.88)
At the new UK Schools Games at Glasgow (9th/10th Sept), results were are as follows: 1 South East 323; 2 West Midlands 273; 3 North West 258.5; 9 North East 187
100: 1 R Kilty 11.03  200: 8 B Patterson 23.50  400: 3 A Allison 50.60  800: 5 A McGuire 1:58.95  1500: 3 R Murray 3:59.72  3000: 8 J Gibson 8:48.52  1500St: 7 K Taylor 4:44.79  HJ: 3 P Collins 1.97  TJ: 8 A Dale 12.85  SP: 5 P Brown 14.79  JT: 7 S Reynolds 53.45
Women: 200: 8 R Wilmshurst 26.49  800: 3 G Rutherford 2:14.04  1500: 1 L Weightman 4:37.20  3000: 8 N Young 10:49.57  80H: 2 L Dewdney 11.61  300H: 8 V Holmes 47.52  HJ: 5 R Pottinger 1.61  LJ: 8 T Kennedy 5.02  DT: 7 P Maddison 32.59  4 x 100: 4 North East 49.89. Surprisingly, no appearance in results for N Pearson, R Davidson and  S Scott (since learnt latter no heighted).
Result of Ray Harrison Memorial 10km at Billingham (10th Sept): 1 J Hunter (Loft, M40) 32:54; 2 M Armstrong (Hart) 33:24; 3 P Lowe (NYM) 33:46; 4 A Shepherd (Morp) 33:54; 7 D Inglis (Darl) 34:20  M50: 1 S White (Els) 35:42; 2 M McNally (Els) 36:44; 3 G Pemberton (NE Vets) 38:56  Women: 1 L Noble (Sun) 37:23; 2 K Slater (Sun S, W35) 38:35  W45: 1 I Hope (Sun) 42:48; 2 S Milburn (N Ayc) 44:06
Results from Border Open Meeting (10th Sept) included:  SM: 200/400H: 1 A Rogers 22.8/55.8  W200: 1 C Jones 26.8  U15: 800: 1 Z Armstrong 2:22.7  SP/DT: 1 T Breen 10.37/34/49
Gateshead gained entry into the UK Womens' League by finishing 2nd in the qualifying match at Abingdon (9th Sept): Match: 1 Reading 140; 2 Gateshead 135; 3 Chelmsford 125
100: 3 P McGregor 13.0  B: 1 S Burns 12.9  200: 2 L Arthur 26.0  400: 2 N Youden 59.2  B: 1 V Wester 59.3  800: 3 L Patton 2:21.1  B: 3 H Patton 2:22.3   1500: 3 M Ferrier 4:56.1  HJ: 1 R Wilkinson 1.60  LJ: 1 K Goodhall 5.51  TJ: 2 E Wooff 10.43  SP: 1 L Weatheritt 11.13  B: 1 L-M Shippen 10.07  HT: 1 L-M Shippen 46.40  B: 1 L Weatheritt 42.71  JT: 2 L Weatheritt 30.36  4 x 100: 1st (49.6)  4 x 400: 1st (4:02.3).
All info courtesy of AW.
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Tynedale Jelly Tea 10M Road Race.
Hexham to Ovingham.  Sun. 10th Sept.
Morpeth's Chris Simpson was a convincing winner of yesterday's Tynedale Jelly Tea 10M Road Race, from Hexham to Ovingham. 400 runners set offf in the testing hot conditions, with Sampson making his bid for victory after 2M. Ryan Stephenson of North Shields Poly making his debut over the distance, offered the only real challenge taking the lead briefly on several occasions. However, Sampson's experience told in the closing stages, as he pulled away to a 29secs victory. David Swinburne of Morpeth finished strongly to take third place. The race also incorporated the North Eastern Counties' A.A Championship, with the first three taking the medals. Previous winner, Ieuan Ellis was the leading veteran in 6th position. Elswick narrowly defeated Morpeth in the team competition.
Dianne Henaghan of Chester Le Street, competing over this distance for the first time in several years, won the Womens' race, finishing in 21st position overall. Henaghan, now in the Over 40 category, came home over 1 min ahead of previous winner, Judith Nutt of Elswick, with Bingley's Meryl Dodd finishing in 3rd place. Host club, Tynedale took the team title.
Result.
1 C Sampson (Morp) 52:55; 2 R Stephenson (NSP) 53:24; 3 D Swinburne (Morp) 53:27; 4 J Archer (Low F) 54:52; 5 R McLeod (Els) 56:09; 6 I Ellis (Els, M45) 56:21; 7 S Potts (Sun) 56:51; 8 M McLeod (Els) 57:02; 9 A Dougal (Els) 57:12; 10 S Murdoch (Eden, M45) 57:50; 11 J Buis (Lordshill) 58:07; 12 S Bell (CleS) 58:13; 13 C Franks (Gate) 58:24; 14 P Besford unatt) 58:47; 15 C McDonald (SSh) 59:21; 16 W Kaye (White R) 59:31; 17 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 59:37; 18 G Robinson (CleS, M45) 59:42; 19 G Moore (NSP) 59:46; 20 J Bell (Els, M40) 60:13
M40: 3 M Connelly (Els) 60:29  M50: R Driscoll (Morp) 65:19  M55: 1 R Hall (Blyth) 63:21; 2 I Richardson (NSP) 64:42  M60: M Walker (Gosf) 71:09  M70: 1 F Docherty (J&H) 72:49; 2 J Prudham (J&H) 75:37
Teams: 1 Elswick 19; 2 Morpeth 21; 3 North Shields Poly 50; 4 Elswick B 50; 5 Low Fell 61; 6 Blyth 96
Women: 1 D Henaghan (CleS, W40) 61:03; 2 J Nutt (Els) 62:20; 3 M Dodd (Bing, W35) 63:44; 4 A Hibbs (unatt) 66:26; 5 F Shenton (Elv, W45) 67:08; 6 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 67:59; 7 H Lambert (NSP, W45) 68:10; 8 C Jackson (Allen V, W40) 68:28; 9 K Robertson (Tyne, W35) 68:56; 10 H Astley (Heat) 69:58; 11 M Woodley (Morp) 71:40; 12 S Scott (Tyne, W35) 72:19; 13 J Dooley (Tyne) 72:37; 14 H Ross (unatt, W50) 72:51; 15 C Hamson (Heat) 73:03
W55: W Rowell (Elv) 86:01  W60: P Gold (Heat) 82:39  W65: K Stewart (NSP) 86:14
Teams: 1 Tynedale 34; 2 Heaton 42; 3 Blyth 58; 4 North Shields Poly 65; 5 Heaton B 82; 6 Elvet Srtiders 107
NECAA Champs: 1 C Sampson; 2 R Stephenson; 3 D Swinburne  Women: 1 D Henaghan; 2 J Nutt; 3 M Dodd
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 11th September 2006).

Additional Comments: All info used but in small print. Weather very sunny and hot (conditions were better for athletes 2 hours earlier). I understand there was a breeze in more exposed parts. 402 finishers (last time: 2:06:24). Thanks for the excellent results service from the Binghams. Heaton finished 11th/26th/29th and 39th in Mens' team event. No further info on other Womens' team placings. Jane Bass collapsed with heat exhaustion. Placings were: 27 D Burn 61:36; 36 D Robins 63:29; 71 A Sutherland 67:58; 74 C Auld 68:03; 100 H Astley; 127 J Gibson 72:25; 137 C Hamson; 142 D Brignall 73:31; 143 S Hardwick 73:35; 146 F Turley 73:45 (17L); 160 C McEntee 74:52; 167 M Gibson 75:38; 183 C Sutherland 76:33 (23L); 185 J Sanders 77:01; 190 J Friend 77:46 (25L); 224 M Dover 81:22 (34L); 232 J Brignall 82:07 (38L); 238 P Gold (41L); 250 S Thain 83:44 (47L); 265 S McEntee 85:38; 266 L Swanson 85:41 (55L); 375 A Lorenzi 1:43:58 (104L); 394 G Routledge 1:59:33.
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New Marske Autumn Coast 5km
Redcar.  Wed. 6th Sept.
Result.
1 R Stevenson (N Marske, U20) 15:57; 2 L Gamble Thompson (N Marske, U20) 16:08; 3 I Twaddle (NSP) 16:09; 4 D Inglis (Darl) 16:29; 5 R Best (N Marske, U17) 16:36; 6 A Mason (M'bro, U17) 16:37; 7 A Chadfield (Bill MH) 16:41; 8 A Pearson (Loft) 16:45; 9 N Orr (Darl, M40) 16:50; 10 C Mustil (N Ayc) 16:56; 11 T Livingston (N Marske, M40) 16:57; 12 B Bingham (Loft, M40) 17:24
M50: S White (Els) 17:39  M60: B Allen (N Marske) 20:43
Women: 1 M Dodd (Bing, W35) 18:21; 2 C Summersgill (M&C) 18:29; 3 A Owen (Loft) 18:56; 4 N Kent (Loft, W35) 19:52; 5 J Russon (N Marske, U17) 20:13; 6 K Grant (M'bro, U17) 20:39
W45: P Costello (Red) 23:17
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 11th September 2006).

Additional Comments: Only results (courtesy of Graham Hall) sent. 117 finishers (last time: 34:45). Steve White finished 16th. Lynn Woods was 2nd W45: 24:17.
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Watergate 5km
Lobley Hill, Gateshead.  Wed. 6th Sept.
Alyson Dixon of Chester Le Street bettered the course record by 13secs, when winning the Womens' section of last night's Low Fell Running Club Watergate 5km. Dixon finished 7th overall in the race won by clubmate Chris Lamb. Jack Martin of Sunderland and Sean Hall of Gateshead took the minor awards in the Mens' event, while Chester Le Street provided the first seven Women finishers. New recruit Claire Simpson and previous record holder Dianne Henaghan finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Result.
1 C Lamb (CleS) 15:51; 2 J Martin (Sun, U20) 15:54; 3 S Hall (Gate, U20) 15:56; 4 M Smith (unatt, M40) 16:04; 5 C Paton (Gate) 16:51; 6 D Old (CleS) 16:58; 7 A Dixon (Sun, L) 17:06; 8 P Waterston (Morp, M40) 17:09; 9 A Thompson (Els, M40) 17:11; 10 M Hegarty (Morp) 17:19; 11 J Donneky (Derw) 17:21; 12 D Armstrong (Els) 17:23
M45: G Robinson (CleS) 17:32  M50: D Anderson (Walls) 18:04  M55: 1 M McNally (Els) 17:45; 2 J Bell (Els) 18:02  M60: H Gold (Heat) 20:38  M65: D Whitmore (SSh) 25:45  M70: E Appleby (Heat) 22:42
Women: 1 A Dixon 17:06 (rec); 2 C Simpson (CleS) 17:37; 3 D Henaghan (CleS, W40) 17:49; 4 A Hunter (CleS) 18:35; 5 T Laws (CleS) 18:52; 6 K Kelly (CleS) 19:25; 7 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 19:31; 8 N Batey (Ryton Tri) 20:19; 9 Y Thiru (Els, W40) 20:22; 10 V Butler (Els) 20:42; 11 J Tinkler (CleS, W45) 20:51; 12 A Nott (Heat, W45) 21:24
W50: S Laws (Derw) 21:41  W60: P Gold (Heat) 24:31  W65: E Armstrong (Tyne) 25:25
(Newcastle Journal:  Thurs. 7th September 2006).

Additional Comments: All info used. 103 finishers (last time: 41:30). Weather overcast but dry. Little wind. Ted Joynson occupied last position. He came approx 2mins before official start time and was sent off ,missing first 100m. Lamb was in group of  four (not including Smith) at halfway. Other placings included: 101 S Robson 33:15; 102 D Tait 37:38. Dave Whitmore finished 69th. Only veterans up to M60 were classified, so apologies for any errors in this respect. Heaton performances were: 43 J Gibson 19:50; 46 S McEntee 20:04; 50 H Gold; 59 A Mulliss 21:02; 61 D Brignall 21:11; 62 I McKinnon 21:12; 64 A Nott; 69 D Wright 21:46; 79 J Brignall 22:40 (16L); 80 E Appleby; 82 Kate McEntee 23:24 (17L); 87 P Gold (19L); 97 G Routledge 29:04.
Please note: I have today (11th Sept) learnt of the tragic death of Anita Nott, who was killed when knocked down by a car, whilst traiining in North Yorkshire, yesterday. .
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Morpeth Herald Report
(for 7th Sept).
Zoe Armstrong smashed her personal best time by over 6secs, when winning the BMC Womens'  1500m, which was included in last Saturday's Hexham Combined Events meeting. In the atrocious wet conditions, Armstrong, still in the Under 15 category, led the main field throughout, coming home in a time of 4mins 51.78secs, ahead of her older rivals, Sam Duffy of Gateshead and Morpeth clubmate, Natalie Young (5:03.09). Jonathan Young finished second in the male race clocking 4mins 03.54secs, behind Lewis Timmins of Gosforth.
Lee Milburn withdrew from the Sprint Triathlon, through injury, after clocking 11.4secs in the 100m.
Archie Jenkins finished in 13th position in the Michael Page Memorial Multi Terrain event at Hetton le Hole. Archie clocked 41mins 53secs behind Sunderland's Tim Field, but had the consolation of winning the Over 50 category.
Morpeth Harriers will be out in force at the Tynemouth Jelly Tea 10M Road Race, which starts at 2.30pm on Sunday. Registration is at the Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham.
Additional Comments: Again could not get paper to check if published.
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Weekly Round-up
(to 3rd Sept).
Gateshead Harriers finished 6th in the main final of the National Young Athletics League at Birmingham (3rd Sept).
Match: 1 Enfield & Haringey 794; 2 Blackheath & Bromley 785; 3 Liverpooll H 699.5; 6 Gateshead 614
Leading Gateshead results:
U17: 100: 1 R Kilty 10.81  800: 4 R Murray 2:01.70  B: 2 T Perrins 2:03.01  3000: 1 J Gibson 9:10.9  400H: 4 N Flannery 57.94  PV: 4 G Howard 3.00  DT: 4 G Fairbairn 36.71  JT: 3 S Reynolds 47.27  B: 1 I Purkiss 45.63  4 x 400: 3rd (3:44.5)
U15:  100: 4 J Cowie 12.14  200: 5 J Cowie 24.38  B: 5 M Halewood 25.10  400: 2 A Rowland 53.99  800: 2 L Baister 2:09.69  HJ: 3 E Gill 1.73  PV: 1 T Parkin 3.30  DT: 4 J Bowser 33.78  B: 1 J Spinks 32.08  HT: 3 J Spinks 44.09  B: 2  J Bowser 39.07  4 x 400: 3rd (3:48.33)
U13: 100: 5 M Antons 13.09  B: 3 S Hall 13.49  800: 3 L Hogg 2:27.6
U17W:  200: 5 R Davidson 26.18   300: 6 N Pearson 41.4  B: 4 J Todd 43.96  80H: 3 L Dewdney 11.9  B: 5 L Welch 12.7  300H: 3 V Holmes 46.78  PV: 1 S Scott 3.30  B: 2 V Holmes 2.60  TJ: 6 A Toman 9.37  B: 3 J Todd 9.12  DT: 4 P Maddison 28.69
U15: 200: B: 2 J Hudson 27.18  800: 2 S Bell 2:19.02  75H: 1 R Liddell 12.1  HJ: 4 J Hansom 1.50  B: 4 E Pringle 1.45  DT: 1 K Burt 29.93
U13:  75: 1 J Read 10.20  B: 1 K Marriott 10.69  150: 1 J Read 19.80  LJ:  2 J Read 4.82
Results from the British Masters Pentathlon Championships at Jarrow (3rd Sept) included: M35: 1 P Donaghy 2202  M40: 3 G Harden 2376  M50: 1 A Readman 2570  W50: 1 G Dobson 2823 (no individual performances given). I understand the meeting finished at 4.15pm.
At the Inter Regional U20 Match at Abingdon (was there not one at Derby recently ?), local performances included: TJ: 5 A Babatunde 13.56  W100: 5 L Arthur 12.09  200: 5 L Arthur 25.33  LJ: B: 2 M Carr 5.84  TJ: B: 3 M Carr 12.14
Result from the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow (Half Marathon) was 1 J Moote (Ken) 61:36; 8 D Bannister 66:02; 9 D Wardle 66:23
Result of Pinchinthorpe Plod at Guisborough was: 1 J Blackett 40:56  Women: 1 A Raw 45:44 (rec).(won by over 5mins).
Result of  Glendale Show Fell race at Wooler (28th Aug): 1 N Swinburn 40:02 (rec): 2 W Horsley 44:17  Women: 1 V Oldham 47:20; 2 K Robertson 49:50.
Result of Hawick Festival 10km (28th Aug): 1 S Cairns 32:07; 3 D Kirkland 32:36
Rebecca Robinson was first lady in the Grassmere Fell Race (27th Aug) in a time of 17mins 20secs, by an 11secs margin.
Results from the UK Challenge Final at Manchester on 27th Aug included:
800: 2 T Settle 1:49.44  110H: 5 A Sturrock 15.22  LJ: 1 S Nyananyo 7.34  SP: 6 C Sturrock 14.04  DT: 3 L Richards 54.97  HT: 5 D Little 56.87  W800: 6 N Desai 2:09.39  1500: 4 A Woodvine 4:37.34  HT: 1 S Webb 62.99  3km Walk (mixed): 4 J Jackson 13:31.0 (1st lady).
Results from the North of England Inter Club Final at Cudworth (27th Aug) included: Plate: 1 Holmfirth 175.5; 4 Durham City 148.5  5000: 1 M Crawley 15:48.40  10000: 3 R Hand 33:45.42  TJ: 1 N Thompson 13.34  W100/200: 1 R Wilmshurst 12.91/26.40
Results from Bank of Scotland Scottish Junior Championships at Grangemouth (26th/27th Aug) included: U17: JT: 1 S Reynolds 54.25  U15: PV: 1 T Parkin 3.50  U15G: SP/DT: 1 T Breen 10.80/33.34
Results from The BMC meeting at Watford (23rd Aug) included: 800: 2 T Settle 1:49.89
All info courtesy of AW.
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Hartlepool Women Only 5km
Seaton Carew.  Sun. 3rd Sept.
Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill repeated her 2005 victory in yesterday's Hartlepool Women Only 5km race. Veterans Caroline Ratcliff of Durham and Sue Laws of Derwentside, took the  minor awards.
Result.
1 C Summersgill (M&C) 19:31; 2 C Ratcliff (Dur, W40) 20:59; 3 S Laws (Derw, W50) 21:53; 4 A Ansell (M&C, W35) 22:01; 5 J Pratt (Hart, W40) 22:12; 6 S Rogers (unatt, W35) 22:23
W45: S Chegwidden (unatt) 24:44  W50: 2 L Woods (N Marske) 24:56  W60: I Conaghan (N Marske) 27:56
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 4th September 2006).

Additional Comments:  All info used. Results courtesy of Peter Johnson. 55 finishers (last time: 40:52). Numbers/winning time down on inaugural event.
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Michael Page Memorial Multi Terrain Race.
Hetton-le-Hole.  Sun. 3rd Sept.
Sunderland veteran, Tim Field strode to a comfortable victory in yesterday's Michael Page Memorial Multi Terrain event, at Hetton Lyons Country Park. In the gusty conditions, Field, who last won this event in 2003, pulled away from Michael Thompson of Gateshead, coming home with 11secs to spare. 2004 winner, Graham Lancaster of Sunderland finished in a distant third position, ensuring the Wearsiders retained the team trophy.
Louise Noble, in 10th place, repeated her 2005 victory in the womens' event, with Gillian Barry and Ingrid Hope ensuring a Sunderland clean sweep, taking the minor placings.
Result. Distance: 10.3km
1 T Field (Sun, M40) 36:55; 2 M Thompson (Gate) 37:07; 3 G Lancaster (Sun) 38:36; 4 P Whalley (Blyth) 39:03; 5 K Maynard (Sun S, M45) 39:39; 6 M Jones (SSh, M40) 39:51; 7 J Dobson (Sun, M40) 40:11; 8 M Pereira (Low F) 41:01; 9 C Watson (J&H) 41:12; 10 L Noble (Sun, L) 41:18; 11 S Pigford (CleS, M40) 41:23; 12 B Mackey (J&H, M40) 41:37; 13 A Jenkins (Morp, M50) 41:53; 14 M Hill (Sun, M40) 42:05; 15 T Allsop (Sun S) 42:30
M55: D Robson (Elv) 51:27  M60: F Strand (SSh) 56:02  M65: M Stephenson (SSh) 53:29  M70: J Prudham (J&H) 50:47  U20: S Brewis (H&P) 42:54
Team: Sunderland 25
Women: 1 L Noble 41:18; 2 G Barry (Sun) 46:03; 3 I Hope (Sun, W45) 46:16; 4 V Booth (Sun S) 48:12; 5 J Kisler (Sun S) 51:03; 6 E Feather (Blay) 51:08; 7 N Miller (Sun, U20) 51:55; 8 J Bradley (Elv) 55:39
Team: Sunderland 13
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 4th September 2006).

Additional Comments: All info used. Fine dry morning. Early rain threat did not materialise. 55 finishers (last time: 70:41). This is a record at this venue, but entry forms should be distributed at races leading up to event. Rollerblading competition got in way of athletes around lake. Other positions included 35 A Mulliss 49:15; 51 D Whitmore 56:45.
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Hexham Combined Events Meeting.
Tynedale Athletics Park.  Sat. 2nd Sept.
Morpeth teenager, Zoe Armstrong broke her personal best time by over 6secs, when defeating her older rivals to win the Womens' BMC 1500m at Hexham, on Saturday.
Gosforth's Lewis Timmins led all the way when winning the Mens' event.
Despite the wet conditions, Jeremy Mason of Durham, clocked a personal best time in each event when winning the Sprint Triathlon.
BMC 1500m: 1 L Timmins (Gos, U20) 4:00.60; 2 J Young (Morp, U20) 4:03.54
Women: 1 Z Armstrong (Morp, U15)  4:51.78; 2 S Duffy (Gate, U20) 4:57.79; 3 N Young (Morp, U17) 5:03.09
Sprint Triathlon (100, 200, 400): 1 J Mason (Dur) 2331 (11.3, 22.84, 51.63); 2 A Todd (Shil, U20) 2271 (11.3, 22.80, 52.93); 3 M Docherty (Gate, U20) 2238 (11.6, 23.24, 50.21)
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 4th September 2006).

Additional Comments: All info used. Rained heavily most of time, but eased off on odd occasion. Fared up final 30mins. Thankfully quite mild with little wind. Part of "Home Countries" International, which finishing time on Day 1, 6.15pm. Only local competitor was John Stacey (representing North). Unfortunately no list of BMC competitors was left, so had to use own knowledge for some finishers. Third and fourth in Male event were from outside North East. Lap times were 62, 2:07, 3:12. Photo finish times courtesy of Angus Lumb. Jon Archer was pacemaker in Womens' race.
Result of  Decathlon (courtesy of R Hunter/AW) was 1 J Kebulski (USA) 7405; 9 J Stacey 6076 (11.58, 6.76, 10.75, 1.87, 53.16, 16.76, 32.84, 3.40, 39.34, 4:48.26). I understand Stacey was first in 1500m and meeting finished about 7.15pm..
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Durham Summer Cross Country Relays.
Maiden Castle. Wed. 30th Aug.
Results.
Senior Men (3 x 3km): 1 Sunderland  27:05 (P Martin 8:54, J Martin 9:13, B Rushworth 8:58); 2 Durham City  27:16 (M Crawley 9:20, S Moralee 8:54, J Powell 9:02); 3 Sunderland B 30:04 (G Lancaster 9:45, M Foggin 9:47, A Macrae 10:32); 4 Durham City B 30:41; 5 Birtley 33:13; 6 Derwentside 34:27
Fastest:  P Martin & S Moralee 8:54; B Rushworth (M40) 8:58
Veteran Men (3 x 3km): 1 Sunderland 28:31 (T Field 9:30, B Bewick 9:42, T Doughty 9:19); 2 Elswick (M55) 31:02 (S White 10:30, Jim Bell 10:04, M McNally 10:28); 3 Durham City 31:32 (R Hand 9:44, T Tait 10:49, S Marshall 10:59); 4 Sunderland B 31:43; 5 Sunderland C 35:11; 6 Derwentside 35:57
Fastest:  T Doughty 9:19; T Field 9:30; B Bewick 9:42
Senior Women (3 x 3km): 1 Birtley (Vets) 43:06; 2 Birtley 47:42; 3 Birt (Vets) B  50:25  (Composite: 39:42)
Fastest: K Waugh (Comp/CleS) 10:26
Under 15 Boys (3 x 1.5km): 1 Sunderland 15:01 (J Archer 5:03, P Hope 4:59, S Younger 4:59); 2 Durham City 17:50
Fastest: Under 15: P Hope & S Younger 4:59  Under 13: L Ayton (Dur) 5:21
Under 15 Girls (3 x 1.5km):  1 Durham City 17:39 (J Baker 5:52, R Henderson 6:00, S Wood 5:47); 2 Durham City B 17:41; 3 Chester Le Street 17:55
Fastest:  Under 15: S Wood 5:47  Under 13: L Richardson (Dur B) 5:42
(Newcastle Journal:  Mon. 4th September 2006).

Additional Comments: Only results sent. Weather fine most of time but light rain late on. Number of finishing teams were: SM: 6 Vet M: 11  SW: 5  U15B: 2  U15G: 4. Other times included: Vet M: G Harden 10:07 (leg 1 Sun B). SW: R Pottinger 14:22 (leg 2 Birt SW). U15G: A Watt 5:53 (leg 1 CleS). A good event but timing, makes it a difficult journey from North of Tyne, which means majority of entry is made up of clubs within 10M radius of Durham.
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Morpeth Herald Report
(for 1st Sept).
Morpeth Harriers took the team title at the inaugural Nissan 10km Road Race, orgainised by Chester Le Street & District A.C. Mark Hudspith led the challenge, finishing second to Cleveland-based Steven Hepples, who clocked 31mins 59secs in the windy conditions. Hudspith's time was 32mins 20secs. Chris Sampson finished 3rd (32:25). Other counters were David Swinburne (5th in 36:05) and Paul Waterston (15th in 36:25). Waterston was also 3rd in the M40 category.
Archie Jenkins finished in 31st position and was 1st M50 (39:07). Kate Chapman was 3rd in the Womens' race behind Louise Noble of Sunderland. Chapman finished 41st overall in 40mins 1sec.
At the Gateshead Tartan Games at the International Stadium, Natalie Young was 1st in the Under 17 800m in a time of 2mins 23.16secs. Rachel Denton clocked the fastest overall time in the Under 13 800m with 2mins 30.30secs.
Andrew Toothill gained victory in the Under 17 Hammer (21.75m). Toothill also finished 3rd in the Shot (9.26m) and 2nd in the Discus (26.34m). Alan Richmond finished 2nd in the Shot (10.65m) and 4th in the Discus (24.04m).
Lori Douglass finished 2nd in the Under 17 Triple Jump, with a leap of 10.74m. Alistair Douglass finished 3rd in the Under 15 800m (2:13.04), with Marcus Cram 5th (2:14.05). Lee Milburn also finished 3rd in the Under 17 100m (11.45).
Claire Reid finished 4th in the Senior Shot (10.20m), but at the time of writing her Discus result is unavailable.
Jack Hepple finished 3rd in the Under 13 800m clocking 2mins 28.16secs.
Daniel Hedley finished 4th in the Under 15 100m (12.52) and 6th in the 200m (25.97).
Emma Hastings finished 5th in the Under 15 Long Jump (4.27m).
In the Under 11 age-group, Laura Douglass won the Standing Long Jump (1.84m). Joe Robertshaw finished 2nd in the 60m (9.14) and Throwing the Cricket Ball (30.95m). Jack Young finished 4th in the 60m (9.56).
Additional Comments: Sent in (on behalf of GP) on time. However, unable to obtain relevant newspaper.
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