2008 TRACK AND FIELD

One of the pleasing major highlights from Morpeth's
point of view was to see debutant Ian Mawdesley
win the A race of the Mens 110m Hurdles in fine style in 18.7s,
with Team Captain John Thompson throwing in his all by taking
his place in the B race to finish second in 22.7s.
Mawdesley again played his part enormously by winning
the B race of the 400m Hurdles in 69.4s
to add to Ray Kirkup's fourth in the A race in 66.2s.

Chris Sampson ran well to beat City of York's Andy Hilton
to the finish line in the 3000m Steeplechase to win in 9m32.6s,
and David Swinburne finished second in the B race in 10m15.4s.

In the Mens Field events Angus Wood did well to finish second
in the High Jump with a clearance of 1.65m.
Paul Appleby threw 37.62m to finish third in the Javelin,
and John Thompson backed him up well to finish third
in the B event with 36.00m.

In the Womens events Laura Weightman landed a victory in the 800m
clocking 2m11.6s which was fractionally just adrift of her personal best.
Natalie Young backed her up well by taking second in the B race in 2m27.7s.
Weightman also did well when finishing third in the 400m in 60.3s
and Rachel Archer finished second in the B race with 64.1s.

Elaine Telford finished third in both the 100m (12.8s) and the 200m (26.6s)
Archer backed her up in the 200m when finishing fourth in the B race in 27.4s.

Aiveen Fox finished third in the 3000m in 11m29.2s
and Deborah Oakley finished second in the B race in 11m56.2s.

In the Womens Field events as usual it was Claire Reid
at the helm of Morpeth's points haul by finishing second
in the Discus (30.99m) and second in the Shot (10.07m)

FINAL MATCH SCORE 1st City of York 447pts,
2nd Gateshead Harriers 345pts,
3rd Middlesbrough (Mandale) 340pts,
4th Morpeth Harriers 286pts,
5th Durham City 269pts,
6th Scarborough 186pts.

Another good Morpeth performer on the night was Joe Robertshaw,
who won the Under 13 Boys 100m in 13.5s.

Other Morpeth performers on the night were
Katie Plant Under 15 Girls 75m Hurdles (16.0s) and 100m (14.5s)
Daniel Hedley (18.1s) Under 17 Mens 150m and (39.7s) 300m,
Claire Reid (10.54m) Senior Womens Shot and (16.75m) Hammer,
Martyn Cairns (4m35.4s) Under 20 Mens 1500m,
Deborah Oakley (5m49.1s) Under 17 Womens 1500m.

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Marcus Cram won an impressive Under 15 800m in a time of 2mins 8.01secs.

Zoe Armstrong gained victory in the Under 17 800m (2:22.97)
and Andrew Toothill won the Under 17 Discus with a throw of 34.13m.

Elaine Telford won the Senior 100m (12.99) and finished
2nd in the 200m (27.28) just ahead of Rachel Archer (27.44)

Alan Richmond finished up with three second places,
in the Under 17 Shot (10.16m), Discus (31.17m) and Hammer (21.88m)

Jack Hepple took third place in the Under 13 800m in a time of 2mins 27.44secs.
Joe Robertshaw had to settle for 5th in the Under 13 100m (14.18) and 4th in the 200m (29.17)

Laura's final clocking was 2m11.4s, which in the end was fractionally
outside her personal best, and this was no mean achievement
considering the prevailling wind that was present.

Not so pleased however will be fellow Morpeth Harrier Nick McCormick
who finished fourth behind pre-race favourite Andy Baddeley in 3m46.15s.
After winning the faster of the two heats on the Saturday,
McCormick felt quite confident of a UK medal, however to be run out of it
at the end of the day will be quite a disappointment.
Dan Samuels of Morpeth Harriers went out in the heat
won by Andy Baddeley on the Saturday.
Samuels clocked 3m52.14s to finish eleventh, which was around six seconds
adrift of his personal best and four seconds down on his best for the season.

Ian Hudspith clocked his best time for over 12 years in the 3000m
when he finished ninth in 8m04.89s, and in the same event Dan Samuels
knocked around ten seconds off his best when he finished fourteenth in 8m10.06s.
Hudspith's best ever clocking for the distance was recorded in 1995
when he ran 8m03.9s, however he can feel well pleased with this latest outing.

Chris Sampson achieved a lifetime best of 14m46.58s
when he finished eleventh in the 5000m.

For the third time in a month Jonny Young bettered his old figures in the 1500m.
He finished sixth in the C race in 3m52.99s.
Jonathan Taylor finished thirteenth in the 1500m B race in 3m51.98s.

Sadly Nick McCormick doesn't seem to be able to raise his form,
as once again he disappointed by finishing fifth in the 1500m A race in 3m42.15s,
and he had three fellow Brits in front of him, and with the World Trials approaching
this weekend he carries the look of a worried man.
He and his Coach Lindsey Dunn must work on the situation in the hope
that he can begin get back to the form he showed when
winning representative honours two to three years ago.

In the Under 17 Mens age group Andrew Toothill made a clean
sweep of his chosen events for the very first time.
He comfortably won the Hammer with 22.22m and then went on
to achieve maximum success in the Discus (32.94m) and Shot (9.84m)
Andrew also gave service to the Under 17 Mens 4x400m squad who finished second in 4m04.3s.
Another noteable Under 17 Mens success for Morpeth came in the 800m
with Karl Taylor winning in 2m04.4s and Alistair Douglass taking the B race in 2m13.0s.

Staying with the Boys events Marcus Cram secured a superb win
in the Under 15 Boys 1500m with an excellent 4m29.05s,
despite having to endure a torrential downpour at the time and some
stern opposition from a Middlesbrough Mandale athlete.
Cram also finished second in the Under 15 Boys Long Jump with an excellent 4.81m.

In the Under 13 Boys 200m Jack Hepple took the A race in 28.1s
and Joe Robertshaw ran well to win the B race in 29.3s.
Hepple was involved in another double Morpeth victory in the Long Jump.
He won the A event with a best of 4.35m and Jamie Esson took the B event with 3.20m.
This pairing also went in the 800m with Hepple finishing second
in the A event in 2m25.7s, and Esson coming home second in the B race in 2m50.4s.

Joe Robertshaw clocked 14.8s to finish second in the Under 13 Boys 100m
and Jonny Anderson finished second in the B race in 15.4s.

Natalie Young clocked 2m18.8s to win the Under 17 Womens 800m.
Rachel Moody won the Under 17 Womens 80m Hurdles in 15.0s,
then went on to gain more points for her club by supporting Kate Charnley's
win in the Shot (8.60m), by winning the B event with a best of 6.77m.
Stevie Goodfellow had an excellent win im the Under 17 Womens Triple Jump (8.80m)
Rebecca Gibson won the Under 17 Womens Long Jump with a best of 4.15m,
and also took the B event of the Discus (17.33m) supporting
Kate Charnley's 18.13m which saw her finish second in the A event.
Gibson also finished second in the Javelin with 17.65m.

Morpeth's best Under 15 Girls result of the day came in the
rainswept 1500m with Rachel Denton clocking 4m57.07s to
win the A race, and Hannah Rank taking the B race in 5m05.05s.
Courtney Dodd made an excellent clearance of 1.52m
to win the Under 15 Girls High Jump.
Dodd also finished fourth in the A race of the 100m in 14.7s
and Katie Plant took the B race in 15.0s.

Steph Courty finished second in the A race of the
Under 13 Girls 800m in 2m41.3s, and she also
finished second in the 70m Hurdles in 13.2s.
Shannon Henley finished second in the Under 13 Girls Long Jump
with 3.56m and Georgia Latto took the B event with 3.35m.

Morpeth finished third in the Under 13 Girls and Under 13 Boys
4x100m Relays in respective times of 62.0s and 61.6s.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Lincoln Wellington 331.5pts
2nd Middlesbrough Mandale 328pts
3rd Harrogate 301pts
4th Morpeth 233.5pts
This means that Morpeth must await the results
of other matches to discover whether relegation looms.

The gusty winds were certainly not the best conditions for quick times,
however everything went right for Weightman who judged the race
to perfection throughout, and with 320 metres remaining put in a kick
that at last saw her draw clear of her closest rivals that included
Durham's Kate Avery who managed to hang on for the
Silver medal placing, also in a new personal best time of 4m30.51s,
which in turn sees her rise to eighth in the rankings.

Both Weightman and Avery will now compete for England
this weekend at the Schools International held in Wales.
After that Weightman plans to run the 800m at the
AAA's Championships next month, and another outing over 1500m
is penned in at the National Youth Games in Coventry.

Laura`s coach and Morpeth Harriers Secretary Mike Bateman commented,
Laura ran well despite the difficult conditions and credited her
for her maturity in listening to all the advice given,
and that her pre-race preparation had played a big part in her winning the title,
it was a title that was justly deserved, he also paid tribute to Avery's gutsy performance,
however Laura had proved just too strong for her on the day.

Laura's Gold was one of four won by Northumberland over the two day Championships.
Other Morpeth Harriers in action at Birmingham were Karl Taylor,
Zoe Armstrong, Natalie Young and Rachel Denton.
Taylor ran in the Intermediate Boys 1500m Steeplechase,
and for his part with 300m remaining he was still in with a chance of a medal placing.
However as the finishing pace hotted up he ran out of steam
and faded to ninth with a finishing time 4m44.67s.

Armstrong and Young went out in the heats of the Intermediate Girls 800m,
both finishing fifth in their respective races with
slightly below par clockings of 2m20.86s and 2m20.64s

Denton was disappointed to finish fourteenth in the second of two heats
for the Junior Girls 1500m in 5m00.81s, but will have gained great experience from the trip,
and will return next year to compete in the same age group with renewed vigour.

However McCormick still remains positive,
and knows there is something there that will release itself soon.
Running against the likes of Bernard Lagat, Rui Silva and Nicholas Kemboi
will only serve to strengthen his experience in big time events.

Meanwhile staying with BMC events, Morpeths Dan Samuels finished
second in the 800m B race at the Trafford Grand Prix at Stretford, Manchester
in a new personal best time of 1m52.94s.

At the same meeting fellow Morpeth clubmates Jonathan Taylor
and Michael Morris competed in the 1500m.
Taylor finished fifth in a new personal best of 3m49.86s
and Morris placed tenth in 4m00.95s.

Double wins by Jonathan Taylor, Laura Weightman and
Claire Reid contributed greatly to Morpeth's effort along
with a number of other excellent performances.

Jonathan Taylor won both the 800m and 1500m events in
respective times of 1m53.7s and 4m00.1s, although both
outside his personal bests. were well achieved considering
he wasn't pushed all the way to the line by threatening opposition.

Maximum points were achieved by Morpeth in the 1500m
with Nick Swinburn taking the B race in 4m13.9s.

In the 800m B race Karl Taylor (no relation) finished fourth in 2m07.4s.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Lawrence

Laura Weightman won the Womens 400m in 60.6s,
and also took the 800m in 2m27.1s.

Aiveen Fox secured maximum points for Morpeth
when she won the B race of the 800m in 2m36.2s.
Fox followed that up with a victory in the 3000m A race in 10m41.4s.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Lawrence

In the B race of the 3000m Deborah Oakley finished second in 12m50.1s.

Claire Reid secured a double victory in the Discus and Shot
with respective best efforts of 37.15m and 10.77m.
The Shot saw Morpeth gain maximum points with Rachel Moody
winning the B event with a best of 8.99m which saw her finish third overall.

Zoe Armstrong threw 15.38m to take third place in the B event of the Discus.
Armstrong also finished second in the 1500m in 5m05.7s.

Another good Morpeth result came in the Womens 200m
where Elaine Telford finished second in the A race in 27.7s
and Rachel Archer took the B race in a fractionally faster 27.4s.

Telford finished fourth in the A race of the 100m in 13.6s,
and Rachel Moody finished third in the B race in 14.4s.

Andrew Lawrence finished second in the 5000m in 17m02.1s.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Lawrence

John Thompson won the 110m Hurdles in 23.1s.

After an absence of six or seven years Andrew Wake
returned to the region for the weekend and took
third place for Morpeth in the Mens Pole Vault.
His clearance of 3.60m was the same as achieved by the winner
and the second placed athlete,
however Andrew found his countback only good for third.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Gateshead 375pts
2nd Middlesbrough (Mandale) 370pts
3rd Morpeth 296pts
4th New Marske 273pts
5th Border 272pts
6th Scarborough 234pts

They finished third behind strong Middlesbrough (Mandale) and Gateshead squads,
and now look to be entirely safe from relegation worries.
On this occasion it was the Womens performances that contributed
most to the 301 total points haul that the Northumbrian club achieved.

Claire Reid and Josie Goodfellow worked extremely hard
in the Discus, Shot Hammer and Javelin events.
Reid won both the Discus (32.85m) and Shot (11.26m) events,
and finished fourth in the Hammer (22.50m)
which is likely to be a club record, and another fourth in the Javelin (16.63m)
Goodfellow weighed in well with a B event victory in the Shot (7.39m)
a second in the B event Discus (18.51m), and a third in the B event Hammer (16.33m)
and another third in the B event Javelin (16.04m)

Goodfellow also found time to score more points
as the B event competitor in the Long and Triple Jump.

In the Long Jump Laura Weightman finished fourth in the A event
with 4.41m and Goodfellow backed her up well
by a third place in the B event with 3.69m.

In the Triple Jump it was a mother and daughter effort,
with Stevie Goodfellow finishing fifth in the A event (8.92m)
and Josie finishing third in the B event with 8.37m.

Elaine Telford put all her injury worries behind her and narrowly
missed out for victory in the 100m with 13.0s,
however ran excellently to claim a marginal win in the 200m with 26.9s.

Morpeth gained excellent B race victories in these events courtesy
of Rachel Archer with respective clockings of 13.3s and 27.0s.

There were maximum point victories for Morpeth
in the Womens 800m and 3000m events.

As the English Schools approaches Natalie Young appears to be
rounding into better form, and her win in
the 800m A race in 2m19.4s is testimony to this.

Stevie Goodfellow snatched a B race victory in 2m27.0s

Sarah Graham won the A race of the 3000m in 10m59.3s,
and Rachel Adams claimed victory in the B race with 11m37.1s.

Laura Weightman was a clear winner of the 400m in 59.1s.
Jane Mooney finished second in the 1500m in 4m57.3s.

Morpeth's 4x100m Womens Relay squad finished third in 53.2s,
and their 4x400m squad placed fourth in 4m40.4s.

In the Mens events, Morpeth's best performances belonged to Jonny Young,
who won both the 800m and 1500m events in 1m58.7s and 4m08.6s.

Stephen Appleby finished fourth in both the Discus and Shot
with respective best efforts of 35.00m and 9.62m.

John Thompson finished fourth in the Javelin with 32.72m.

Morpeth's Mens 4x100m squad finished fourth in 49.0s.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Middlesbrough (Mandale) 398pts
2nd Gateshead 356pts
3rd Morpeth 301pts
4th Scarborough 293pts
5th Border 282.5pts
6th New Marske 278.5pts.

Atkinson fought out a very close battle with the younger Phil Walker
of Blaydon for second place overall with only North Shields Poly's
Tommy Brannon in front of them claiming outright victory over the field.
The field also included Morpeth's Archie Jenkins who was winning
the first of his two Over 55 veteran Mens titles of the day in a time of 4m50.8s

Jenkins other Over 55 title came in the 5000m where he clocked 18m03s.

Paul Bentley of Morpeth guested as an Over 60
in the 5000m, and he clocked 21m33.3s.

Sampson and Young both produced lifetime bests
and Hudspith was fractionally just outside his seasons best,
on a night where other notable Morpeth runners
didn't quite achieve their targets.

Sampson finished eighth in a classy 3000m Steeplechase,
however in a brand new best of 9m09.11s, which was virtually
six seconds inside his previous figures, and excellent to say the least.

Jonathan Young will certainly take a great deal of delight
from his third place in the Mens 1500m G race
which saw him clock a new best of 3m54.30s.

In a classy 10,000m Ian Hudspith finished fourth in 29m17.64s.

Nick McCormick finished fourth in a slowly run Mens 800m B race
which saw him clock what to him will be a disappointing 1m49.90,
considering that his great rival Andy Baddeley
had clocked 1m46.32s to win the A race.

Dan Samuels finished fourth in the 1500m C race in 3m48.90s.

In the D race Jonathan Taylor finished fifth in 3m51.08s,
and Michael Morris finished tenth in the F race in 3m58.56s.

It was actually a very close battle throughout for second place
between the Northumbrian club and the hosts,
their North East rivals Jarrow and Hebburn,
and in the end only eleven points gave Morpeth the upper hand.

On the performance side for Morpeth, the slightly bigger
haul of points came from their female athletes.

Laura Weightman secured an 800m and 1500m double at Under 17 level.
Her 800m victory in 2m11.1s saw her slightly better her previous figures,
and her 1500m was a fairly modest 4m49.5s.
Weightman then went on to anchor a Morpeth 4x300m squad
to victory with superb help from Zoe Armstrong,
Stevie Goodfellow and Natalie Young.
Armstrong and Goodfellow also had their own individual successes.

Armstrong won the 800m B race in 2m19.2s, which although
was a little short of her personal best, was still a strong
performance, and she rewarded herself later when she
finished second to Jarrow's speedy Janet Abladey in a new personal
best of 43.7s in the 300m, with Goodfellow taking the B race in 45.9s.

Goodfellow also clocked a new personal best of 27.9s
when she also finished second to Abladey in the earlier run 200m.

Morpeth gained maximum points in the 1500m when
Natalie Young won the B race in 4m54.4s.

In a steady Under 17 Womens 3000m Morpeth's
Deborah Oakley won in 12m09.9s.

In the Field events Morpeth had a double victory with
Rachel Gibson taking the Discus A event with 18.01m
and Natalie Young won the B event with 11.58m.

In the Under 17 Mens events Morpeth's Greg Swinburn
was in fine form as he won both the 100m (12.0s) and 200m (23.8s) events,
and only just lost out by a whisker in the 400m where he clocked 54.6s.

In the 100m Daniel Hedley secured maximum points by winning
the B race in 12.3s, however is still finding life hard in the
200m where he finished third in the B race in 25.1s.

However both Swinburn and Hedley played their part well
in a Morpeth Under 17 Mens 4x100m squad that won in 49.3s
with further help coming from Karl Taylor and Alistair Douglass.

Taylor and Douglass also had their taste of individual success in the 400m Hurdles.
The A race was won by Taylor in 64.7s and Douglass took the B race in 69.8s.

Taylor also won the 1500m Steeplechase in 5m00.2s
and finished second in the earlier run 1500m in 4m21.8s.

The Under 17 Mens Field events saw dominant performance
by Morpeth throwers Alan Richmond and Andrew Tootal.
There were double victories in the Hammer, Discus and Shot.

In the hammer Richmond took the A event with a best of 26.99m
and Tootal took the B event with 19.20m.
Tootal won the Discus A event with 29.57m
and Richmond won the B event with 29.02m.

In the Shot Richmond putted 10.77m for victory
and Tootal took the B event with 9.73m.

In the Under 15 Girls events, Morpeth's best track performances
came from Rachel Denton and Emma Hastings.
Denton would have wished for victory, however was unfortunate
to come up against Hallamshire's very much in form Cali Thackery
(daughter of former Great Britain International Carl)
in the 800m and took second place in 2m25.8s
which was an excellent new personal best.

Mariska Simpson backed Denton up well when
she took the B race in 2m39.5s.
Hastings finished second in the A race of the 200m in 27.7s
and Kathryn Lake finished second in the B race in 28.5s.

Morpeth's only outright victory in the Under 15 Girls events came
in the Long Jump where Courtney Dodd took the A event
with 4.45m and Emma Hastings got 4.25m to take the B event.

Dodd finished third in the A event of the 75m Hurdles in 14.5s
and Katie Plant took the B race in 16.0s.
In her first outing for the club Jessica Caldwell
finished third in the 1500m in 5m43.7s.

Sadly Morpeth were once again let down by a lack of Under 15 Boys,
and only Tom Brookes's second in the 800m in 2m31.9s,
and Philip Shuttleworth's bravery to finish third in the
1500m in 4m59.5s despite a painfull injured heel are worthy of mention here.
That heel injury could well prove a problem, however Shuttleworth
persevered in his quest for points for his club as he competed in the
200m B race (30.8s) and 400m A race (70.1s) and the 4x100m in addition.

The Under 13 Girls age group events saw Georgia Jobes
win the A event of the 75m in 10.9s and she got
a second in the 150m in 21.5s.
In the 70m Hurdles Steph Courty (daughter of former Morpeth Harriers
Womens Team Captain Susan) finished second in the A race in 13.4s,
and Katie Tiffin finished second in the B race in 14.8s.
Steph also finished second in the A race of the 800m in 2m39.8s.

Morpeth's Under 13 Girls 4x100m Relay squad finished
third in 62.1s courtesy of Steph Courty, Aillidh McCallister-Williams,
Adelle Stewart and Georgia Jobes.

Jack Hepple clocked a new personal best of 26.4s when
he coasted to victory in the Under 13 Boys 200m.
Morpeth also produced an excellent result in the 1500m
with Johnny Nesbitt winning the A race in 5m12.9s,
and Daniel Bowman taking the B race in 5m34.4s.

There was also an excellent Morpeth result in the Long Jump
where Jack Hepple achieved his second personal best
performance of the day to win the event with 4.81m,
and Jamie Esson sealed maximum points
with his 4.41m to take the B event.

Morpeth's Under 13 Boys 4x100m squad finished second
in 60.1s courtesy of Johnny Nesbitt, Jack Hepple,
Liam Fox and Jonny Anderson.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Hallamshire 367pts
2nd Morpeth 305pts
3rd Jarrow & Hebburn 294pts
4th Boston 186pts.

On the final lap it became obvious as Tiarri stole away for victory
in 7m51.32s, that McCormick was struggling with his finishing pace,
and the Briton just found himself run out of a minor place
in the final metres by the athletes of Russia and Poland.

On interview with BBC's Hazel Irvine, McCormick said that
in the end he just had no more to give, and said that he
needed to go back and work on his final 800m pace,
his finishing time of 8m02.55s was a bit disappointing
considering how strong he had felt going into the event.

It was indeed McCormick's early pace that had seen the field
well strung out after one and a half laps, and that had probably
played into the hands of Tiarri who had been the
only one to hang on in those stages.
The Morpeth Harrier may well run in Watford this Saturday
in the BMC event that includes the World Trials.

Jack Hepple finished second in the Under 13 Boys 200m in 27.8s
and third in the 800m in 2m29.05s.
One place ahead of him in the 800m was his
Morpeth clubmate Johnny Nesbitt (2m27.38s)
Adam Harrington won the Under 13 Boys 1500m
in a new personal best 4m54.01s.

Rachel Denton won the Under 14 Girls 1500m in 5m05.1s,
and her Morpeth clubmate Hannah Rank finished third in 5m12.2s

In the Under 20 Womens 1500m Final Delyth James clocked 4m48.51s
to finish seventh which was two seconds outside her personal best.

Jonathan Taylor finished sixth in the final of the Senior Mens 800m in 1m57.47s.

In the Senior Mens 5000m Final Mark Brown and Michael Morris
finished seventh and eighth in respective times of 14m50.19s and 14m53.97s.

New signing from Gosforth Harriers, Lewis Timmins just missed out for a
Bronze medal in the Senior Mens 1500m where he finished fourth in 3m58.53s.
Timmins who joined Morpeth last week, will have to serve
a suspension from team competition until the autumn.
His biggest win ever came as an Under 17 in 2004 when he won
the Northern Cross Country Championships at St Helens.

It was the second time in a space of five days that Zoe
had gained the qualifying standard, and provided she can maintain her
current run of form she looks set to be on that bus.
Having missed the North East Counties Championships
through niggling injuries, this is just the sort of pickup the Pegswood
based athlete needs, to ensure her Track and Field campaign gets back on course.

Zoe found herself just beaten to the finish line by Durham's
Emma Toogood who clocked 2m16.54s for her victory.

Other good Northumberland performances on Saturday by
Morpeth Harriers came from Rachel Denton in the Junior Girls 1500m
and Karl Taylor in the Intermediate Boys 1500m Steeplechase.
Denton managed to draw clear from her Cumbrian opponent
in the last 200m to claim victory in 4m57.75s, unfortunately however that
is still outside the entry standard for the event at the English Schools.
Taylor also gained victory in 4m45.6s, which again is
agonisingly short of the entry standard required.

Most notable was Laura Weightman who not only produced
a new personal best, but created a new championship record of
4m30.96s when winning the Intermediate Girls 1500m in 4m30.96s.
In the same age group over 800m, Zoe Armstrong was clearly back
to her sparkling best as she won in 2m19.82s from clubmate
Natalie Young who finished second in 2m23.41s.

Gregg Swinburn had a good day when he won the
Intermediate Boys 200m in 23.54s,
and finished second in the 400m in 53.80s.
Karl Taylor won the Intermediate Boys 1500m Steeplechase in 4m48.72s

David Redpath clocked 4m36.69s when he finished
second in the Junior Boys 1500m.

In the Intermediate Girls 300m, Stevie Goodfellow finished second in 44.26m.
Rachel Denton pushed herself well clear early on to claim
a comfortable victory in the Junior Girls 1500m in 5m01.47s.

At the same meeting there were lifetime bests from Dan Samuels,
Jonathan Taylor, Jonathan Young and Chris Sampson.
Samuels won the 800m E race in 1m52.99s.
Taylor finished sixth in the 1500m C race in 3m50.67m
In the 1500m E Race Jonathan Young finished eighth in 3m56.12s.

Chris Sampson who had won a Bronze Medal at the
Inter Counties Championships at Bedford when clocking his
best time for five years in the 3000m Steeplechase,
improved his personal best further when he
clocked 9m15.70s for seventh place.

Michael Morris clocked his best time for five years
when he finished seventh in the 1500m D race in 3m55.65s.

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In Hepple's case it puts him back at the top of the regions
rankings for Under 13 Boys 800m.
Although he is the North East Champion his time had
recently been eclipsed by another athlete.

Armstrong's run gave her fourth place in
a closely run event, and Hepple finished second.

In Armstrong's race fellow Morpeth Harrier
Natalie Young finished seventh in 2m22.7s.

Morpeth's Les Atkinson finished second
in the Veterans 3000m in 9m24.8s.
Archie Jenkins finished second in the
Over 50 Mens 800m in 2m27.9s.
Neil McAnany had a busy night as he finished second in the
Over 40 800m in 2m15.5s,
finished fifth in the 200m in 27.1s, and won the Triple Jump with 10.02m.

In the Mens events the best Morpeth performer of the day
was undoubtedly Jonathan Taylor who won the 800m A race in 1m54.8s.
Mark Brown finished second in the B event in 2m04.5s.

Brown also claimed victory in the 1500m A race in 4m14.9s,
and not far behind him was his clubmate Ben Harrison who took the B race in 4m17.2s.

Morpeth had an excellent result in the Mens 110m Hurdles
where Dave Walker won the A race in 19.2s
and Ian Godwin took the B race in 22.7s.

In the 400m Hurdles Walker finished second in the A race in 63.0s,
and Raymond Kirkup took the B race in 63.6s.

Paul Waterston finished third in the A race of the 5000m in 16m57.2s,
and Richard Kay took the B race in 17m42.6s.

Best Morpeth Mens Field Event performer was
Stephen Appleby who finished third in the Discus with 34.65m.
Wayne Gedge finished third in the B event with 20.84m.

Morpeth Men finished third in the 4x400m Relay in 3m42.6s.

In the Womens events Claire Reid was again in
outstanding form as a double winner,
as she yet again broke her club records
as she hurled a best of 37.94m for the Discus,
and then Putted a superb 11.40m in the Shot.
Reid also finished fifth in the Javelin with 17.65m,
and Alex Burgess finished third in the B event with 15.42m.

It was the same story in the Hammer with Reid
getting 21.28m and Burgess getting 17.25m.

Aiveen Fox was far and clear a winner in the 3000m in 10m56.6s.
Fox also produced excellent performances in the 800m and 1500m
where she finished third and fourth in respective times of 2m29.4s and 5m12.2s.

After a number of years away from competition,
Morpeth welcomed back Melissa Anderson who finished
second in the 100m (12.4s) and third in the 200m (25.9s)

In the 100m B event Elaine Telford unfortunately picked up
another injury niggle as she finished thirdin 13.5s,
and Rachel Archer finished third in the 200m B event in 28.0s.
Archer did however smell the sweetness of success when
she won the 400m in 63.0s, and Under 17 athlete Stevie Goodfellow
backed her up well by finishing second in the B race in an excellent 69.5s.

Morpeth Women placed third in the 4x100m Relay in 53.9s.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Middlesbrough (Mandale) 373pts
2nd Scarborough AC 328pts
3rd New Marske 322pts
4th Morpeth 319pts
5th Gateshead 224pts
6th Border 221pts

Missing athletes were a major problem as Morpeth struggled
to field a number of B competitors in key areas, especially in the Boys events.

There were a number of good performers on the day
however, including some personal bests.

Karl Taylor secured three victories in the Under 17 Mens events.
He won what for him is a very rarely run 800m,
in a new personal best time of 2m06.2s.
A seasons best came for him in the more regularly run
1500m Steeplechase where he clocked a superb 4m44.3s.
Karl also extended his strengths when he secured
a superb victory in the Javelin with 34.73m.

Andrew Toothill produced a personal best of 32.32m
to win the Under 17 Mens Discus,
and Alan Richmond won the B event with 26.19m.
This pairing also paid rich dividends for Morpeth
in the Shot with Alan taking the A event with 10.28m,
and Andrew securing a new personal best of 10.15m when winning the B event.
Alan also secured a victory in the Hammer with 26.18m.

In the Under17 Mens 3000m Alistair Douglass clocked
a new personal best of 9m54.1s when he finished second in the A race.
Jordan Scott won the B race in 10m32.9s.

In the 1500m Alistair finished second in the A race in 4m49.6s,
and Jordan finished second in the B race in 4m58.6s.

In the Under 17 mens 100m Greg Swinburn finished third
in the A event in 12.2s and in the B event Daniel Hedley
equalled his personal best of 12.4 which secured him victory. Jake Smith had a superb victory in the Under 15 Boys 400m
where he clocked a personal best of 59.9s.

Two very hard working athletes at Under 15 Boys level
for Morpeth were Jonathan Cozens and Philip Shuttleworth.
Cozens finished second in the A event of the 200m (27.1s)
Shuttleworth finished second in the B event in 30.9s.
In the 100m Cozens clocked 13.0s for second place.
Cozens also finished second in the High Jump with his clearance of 1.40m.

Shuttleworth also partnered Tom Brookes in a
Morpeth double victory in the 80m Hurdles.
Brookes won the A event in 18.3s
and Shuttleworth won the B event in identical time.

Shuttleworth clocked a new seasons best of 4m58.1s
when he finished second in the A race of the 1500m,
and Thomas Flanaghan took the B race in 5m10.7s.

Joe Robertshaw produced some excellent performances
for Morpeth in the Under 13 Boys events.
In the 200m he clocked a new personal best of 28.7s to win.
Robertshaw also finished second in the 100m in 14.2s
and second in the Long Jump with 3.85m.
Jamie Essen and Liam Fox competed well in the 800m.
Essen finshed third in the A race in 2m45.0s
and Fox finished second in the B event in 2m54.6s.

In the Under 17 Womens events Laura Weightman completed
an excellent double victory over 800m and 1500m
in respective clockings of 2m15.8s and 4m47.4s.
The respective B races were won by Natalie Young (2m23.7s) and Zoe Armstrong (4m55.4s)
Armstrong had a confidence boosting victory in the 300m
a new personal best time of 44,2s,
and Stevie Goodfellow brilliantly took the B race in 45.2s.

Weightman, Armstrong, Goodfellow and Young
were later to celebrate triumph in the 4x300m in 3m03.5s.

In the Under 17 Womens Triple Jump Sally Briggs finished second
with 8.92m and Stevie Goodfellow took the B event with 8.89m.

At Under 15 Girls level Kathryn Lake finisfed second
in the 200m A race in 28.7s,
and Mariska Simpson finished second in the B race in 29.9s.

Simpson alsio finished second in the A event of the Javelin (17.19m)
and Lauren Sainthouse competed well to take second in the B event with 9.72m.

Hannah Rank clocked a new personal best of 5m07.2s
when finishing second in the 1500m, only losing out in the
closing stages to Spenborough's Sally Smith by one second.

Rachel Denton finished second in the A event of the
Under 15 Girls 800m in 2m25.8s,
and Louise Cairns finished second in the B event in 2m48.4s.

In the Under 13 Girls 800m Eve Sashova finished third
in the A race in 3m00.3s,
and Alidh McCallister-Williams took the B event in 3m01.3s.

Georgia Jobes finished second in the A event of the 150m in 21.0s,
and Sarah Forester finished second in the B event with 23.2s.
Shannon Henley finished second in the A event of the Long Jump
with a best of 3.45m and Stephanie Purvis took second in the B event with 3.38m.
Henley also clocked 12.1s when placing second in the 75m.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Bingley 363pts
2nd Blaydon 331pts
3rd Spenborough 314pts
4th Morpeth 306pts

Weightman is certainly in terrific form at the moment,
and her recent 800m and 1500m wins at the North Eastern Counties
Championships with excellent clockings, plus her Female athlete
of the match award at her clubs recent National Young
Athletes match, are testimony that barring injury,
an excellent performance at the forthcoming English Schools
Championships will see more International honours
wing their way to the Duchess High School pupil.
With excellent continued guidance from Morpeth coaches
Mike Bateman and Tony Ward the future certainly looks rosy.

Two other Morpeth Harriers featured on the first day in Hunslet.
In the Under 15 Girls 1500m heats Rachel Denton clocked 5m05.29s
to finish fourth and clocked a personal best of
4m57.51s to finish seventh in the final.
Natalie Young clocked 10m44.70s when finishing tenth
in the Under 17 Womens 3000m final.

Weightman won her award for her superb Under 17
Womens 800m victory in 2m13.9s, which although was two seconds
outside her personal best of 2m11s, was good enough to see her
finish thirteen seconds clear of her closest rival who
just happened to be Morpeth B runner Zoe Armstrong.
Armstrong has been having terrible problems with her calf muscles of late,
which was her reason for missing the North East Championships.
Although her time of 2m26.6s was way short of her best,
her presence was enough to give maximum points to her club.
Laura's other victories came in the 300m and 1500m
where she made respective clockings of 43.7s and 4m56.5s.
Stevie Goodfellow had an excellent run to take the 300m B race in 45.6s.

Jack Hepple gained his award for his Under 13 Boys 200m
which he won by three seconds in an excellent 27.9s.
Shortly afterwards he won the 800m in 2m32.5s,
and completed his hat-trick by winning the Long Jump with a best of 4.24m.
Morpeth claimed maximum points from the 800m and Long Jump
courtesy of B String efforts by Liam Fox (3m01.6s) and Joe Robertshaw (3.92m)
Robertshaw also claimed an excellent victory in the 100m in 14.9s.

Alan Richmond and Andrew Toothill were again an excellent
partnership in the Under 17 Mens Hammer, Discus and Shot events.
Richmond won the Hammer with a best of 28.30m,
and Toothill was second B competitor with 22.08m.
In the Discus, Toothill finished second in the A event with 31.42m,
and Richmond took the B event with 31.38m.
A maximum points victory was secured in the Shot
with Richmond winning the A with 10.92m,
and Toothill finished second overall to take the B event with 9.20m.

Karl Taylor had two excellent victories in the Under 17 Mens
1500m and 1500m Steeplechase in respective times of 4m25.2s and 4m52.7s.
Maximum points were secured for Morpeth in the 1500m
with Alistair Douglass winning the B race in 4m33.0s.
In the Steeplechase Jordan Scott finished as second B runner in 5m33.3s.
Scott had earlier won the 3000m in 10m10.0s.
Taylor very nearly claimed a hat-trick of victories as he
just lost out by a hairsbreadth in the 400m with his clocking of 54.7s.
Another good Under 17 Mens result was Kyle Robertson's 5.44m
which saw him clinch victory in the Long Jump.
Greg Swinburn and Daniel Hedley were Morpeths
pairing in the Under 17 Mens 100m and 200m events.
Swinburn finished third in the A race of the 100m in 12.4s
and Hedley finished second in the B race in 12.7s.
In the 200m Swinburn finished second in the A race in 24.5s,
and Hedley clocked 26.1s for second in the B race.

Jake Smith had two excellent victories in the Under 15 Boys events.
He won the Long Jump with a best of 4.32m, and also took the 400m in 60.2s.
In the Long Jump Tom Brookes was second B competitor with 3.66m
and Philip Shuttleworth was second B competitor in the 400m in 67.4s.
Shuttleworth also finished second in the 800m in 2m27.7s
and third in the A race of the 1500m in 4m59.5s.
Jake Smith was second B finisher in the 1500m in 5m05.5s.

Morpeth welcomed back Sally Briggs to the sport after the
athlete took a whole year out through disenchantment.
She certainly will feel delighted with her comeback performances,
as she won the Under 17 Womens 80m Hurdles in 15.7s,
won the B event of the Triple Jump with 9.23m,
and finished second in the A event of the Long Jump with 4.47m.
The Triple Jump result was made so much better for Morpeth
with Stevie Goodfellow taking the A event with 9.52m.
Rachel Moody won the B event of the Long Jump with 4.25m.
Moody also went on to win the A event of the Shot with 8.16m,
and Zoe Armstrong took the B event with 6.16m.
Stevie Goodfellow also produced an excellent run to win the 300m Hurdles in 52.5s.

Rebecca Gibson won the Under 17 Womens High Jump
with her clearance of 1.25m, and finished second in the Discus with 17.10m.
Gibson also won the B event of the Javelin with 17.18m,
whilst Zoe Armstrong finished second in the A event with 19.44m
Deborah Oakley finished second in the Discus B event with 11.62m.

Hannah Rank secured an excellent victory
in the Under 15 Girls 1500m in 5m12.8s.
Emma Hastings finished second in the Under 15 Girls 100m in 13.9s,
and second in the 200m in 28.8s.
Katie Plant won the B race of the 100m in 14.5s
and Kathryn Lake finished second in the B race of the 200m in 30.2s.
Hastings and Plant finished third respectively in the A and B
events of the Long Jump with 4.10m and 3.87m
Plant also finished second in the 75m Hurdles in 15.9s.
Kathryn Lake tasted victory in the B event of the High Jump
with her best of 1.20m, and Louise Cairns finished third
in the A event with the same clearance.

At Under 13 Girls level Georgia Jobes, Steph Courty,
Katie Tiffin, Shannon Henley, Christie Watt,
Stephanie Purvis and Eva Sashova returned some excellent results for Morpeth.
Jobes secured victories in the 150m (22.1s) and Long Jump (3.62m)
Courty won the 800m in 2m45.9s and finished second in the 70m Hurdles in 13.8s.
Tiffin backed Courty up well in the Hurdles when she took the B race in 15.6s.
Henley won the B event of the Long Jump with 3.58m,
finished second in the B event of the 150m (23.6s)
and finished second in the A event of the 75m in 11.9s.
Christie Watt won the B event of the 75m in 12.2s.
Stephanie Purvis finished third in the 1200m in 4m48.4s
and Sashova backed up Courty's 800m win
by finishing third in the B event in 3m02.5s.

Morpeth secured victories in the Under 17 Womens 4x300m
and Under 17 Mens 4x400m Relays in respective times of 3m15.5s and 4m05.6s.

Morpeth's Under 13 Girls finished second in their 4x100m Relay in 62.5s.

Their Under 15 Girls and Under 17 Womens 4x100m squads
also finished second with respective clockings of 56.9s and 58.0s.

MATCH RESULT
1st Wakefield 398.5pts,
2nd Morpeth 323pts,
3rd Holmfirth 285pts,
4th Scarborough 158.5pts.

Most notable of the Gold Medal wins was Laura Weightman
who clocked an excellent 2m14.92s to win the
Under17 Womens 800m on Saturday, then returned on the Sunday
to not only clock a new personal best, but also break the
Championship record when she won the 1500m in 4m36.7s
beating her closest rival Kate Avery of Shildon by six seconds.

Other Morpeth Gold Medal winners from Morpeth Harriers
were Joe Robertshaw, Jack Hepple, Nick Swinburn and Mark Brown.
For Robertshaw it was an excellent and unique weekend
as he took home one medal of each colour.
Gold came in the Under13 Boys 200m on
Sunday which he won in 29.19s.
He had won Silver in the 100m in 14.2s on Saturday,
and he added his Bronze when he finished third
in the Long Jump on Sunday with a best of 3.76m.

When Gold looked lost, Jack Hepple ran a terrific last 100m
being pushed all the way by his Morpeth clubmate
Adam Harrington to pass long term leader Barry Maskell
of Gateshead to win the Under 13 Boys 800m on Sunday
in a new personal best 2m26.17s.
Maskell held on for the Silver just outpacing Harrington,
who took a much deserved Bronze,
also in a new personal best 2m26.84s.

Swinburn won the Under 20 Mens 5000m on Sunday in 15m26.16s
and with a terrific last lap and a half Brown took his
in the Senior Mens 5000m in 15m02.2s.

Emma Hastings won a much deserved Silver
in the Under 15 Girls 200m in 28.1s.

In a very exciting Under 15 Boys 1500m
Morpeth's David Redpath and Marcus Cram
took Silver and Bronze respectively in 4m37.7s and 4m38.8s.

On Saturday Natalie Young won Silver in
the Under 17 Womens 3000m in 10m48.1s.

Andrew Toothill made up for his disappointment in the
Under 17 mens Shot, where he missed out on a Bronze
to clubmate Alan Richmond, by winning a Silver
in the Discus with a best of 32.06m.
Richmond who took the Bronze in the Shot with 10.85m
again gained a Bronze in the Discus with a best of 32.01m.

After just missing out for a medal in the Under 15 Girls 800m
on the Saturday, Morpeth's Rachel Denton battled her way
through to win a Silver medal on Sunday
in the 1500m where she clocked 5m02.8s.
Clubmate Hannah Rank finished fourth in 5m13.1s.

David Riley won Silver in a fast run Senior Mens 200m,
where Newham and Essex Beagle's Rabah Yusuf
smashed former Morpeth Harrier Dave Deacon's
13 year old Championship record when he won in 21.11s.
Riley clocked 22.38s, just holding off Tynedale's Nick Little.

Katie Plant gained a Bronze medal in the Under 15 Girls
75m hurdles where she clocked 15.68s.

Steven Appleby took Bronze in the Senior Mens
Discus with a best of 32.44m.

Unfortunately the cool and sometimes damp conditions
affected both the athletes and the attendance over the weekend,
however there were a number of good performances
by several Morpeth Harriers who just missed out on medals.

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Cram attacked long term leader J.Archer of Sunderland Harriers
with around 250 metres remaining, and although the Wearsider
responded Cram's blistering finishing pace was too much to cope with.

Rachel Denton of Morpeth was also a winner, when she easily
outclassed her opposition in the Under 15 Girls 800m and came home in 2m28.2s.

Running in her very first 3000m, Morpeth's Zoe Armstrong clocked
10m43.4s to win the Under 17 Womens event.
Deborah Oakley also of Morpeth finished third in 12m22.8s

Joe Robertshaw finished second in the Under 13 Boys 200m in 29.13s.

In the Senior Womens 200m, Morpeth's Rachel Archer and Elaine Telford
finished fourth and fifth in respective times of 26.88s and 26.95s.

Morpeth's Daniel Hedley finished sixth in the Under 17 Mens
400m in 60.33s, he also won the 200m B race in 25.54s.

She bettered her previous and the club record by nearly four metres,
and looks forward to bettering this figures again in the
forthcoming Scottish Championships held at Scotstoun.
Medal chances in the Discus are slim despite these figures,
as she has four athletes ahead of her in the rankings,
however there is a chance of a medal in the Shot.
Reid also won the Senior Womens Shot on the night with a best of 10.89m
which was a little short of her personal best and the club record.

Another Morpeth athlete in outstanding form on
Wednesday night was Marcus Cram who won the
Under 15 Boys 1500m in a new personal best 4m27.7s.
Cram was chasing Sunderland Harrier, J.Archer for the majority
of the event, however with 200m remaining he kicked
to go past the long term leader.
Archer rallied in the finishing stages, however Cram put in yet
another kick to clinch a well earned victory.

Karl Taylor of Morpeth Harriers paid the price of an over
exhuberant start to find himself just outsprinted to the finish line
in the combined Senior Junior and Under 17 1500m race 2.
Taylor clocked 4m25.8s for second place.
It was a good night for Taylor's fellow clubmate Alistair Douglass however.
Douglass finished two places behind Taylor in a new personal best of 4m27.6s.
Natalie Young of Morpeth finished eleventh in 4m48.9s.

The Under 13 Boys 1500m saw Morpeth's Jack Hepple
finish second in a new personal best of 4m57.1s.
His clubmate and training partner Jonny Anderson finished 6th in 5m38.6s.
Staying with the Under 13 Boys events, Morpeth's Joe Robertshaw
finished second in the 100m in 14.6s and third in the Shot with 4.80m.

Morpeth's Courtney Dodd was a little way short of her best when she
finished third in the Under 15 Girls High Jump with her clearance of 1.35m.

In the Under 17 Mens Discus, Morpeth's Alan Richmond
and Andrew Toothill dominated by finishing first and second
with respective best throws of 34.19m and 32.52m.

Rachel Archer was second Senior Woman in the 100m in 13.7s.

Daniel Hedley was ninth overall in the Senior Mens 100m in 12.8s.

Cram clocked a new personal best of 2m08.3s beating his
previous synthetic track figures by around six seconds.
However the athlete reported that he had clocked around 2m11s
on a grass track at a minor schools meet in Scotland a few weeks previous.

Other Morpeth track winners on the night were
Ian Hudspith and Joe Robertshaw.
A very much in form Hudspith was too much of a match
for his rivals in the 3000m, however believes that sterner
opposition would have brought him a better clocking than 8m19.0s.

Robertshaw was fractionally outside his personal best
when he won the Under 13 Boys 200m in 28.9s.

Emma Hastings won the Under 15 Girls Long Jump with a best of 3.97m,
and finished second in the 200m in 28.7s.

Daniel Hedley finished third in the Under 17 Mens 200m in 25.8s.

After being involved in a closely fought tussle with
great rivals Mary Ferrier and Kate Avery,
Laura stole away heading into the final lap,
and won with plenty to spare despite beating her
previous figures set in 2006 by all of five seconds.
Clubmate Natalie Young ran well to finish fourth in 10m28.4s

Another Morpeth personal best was that of Jack Hepple
when he finished second in the Under 13 Boys 100m A race in 13.47s.
Clubmate Joe Robertshaw also did well when
finishing third in this race in 14.31s.
Adam Harrington clocked 14.45s to win the B race,
and Jonny Anderson finished 5th in the A race in 15.13s
and was seventh fastest overall.

Hepple also performed well when he produced 4.24m
to win the Under 13 Boys Long Jump.
Robertshaw finished second with 3.83m.

Claire Reid of Morpeth won the Senior Womens Shot with a best of 11.19m.

Katie Plant finished second in the Under 15 Girls
75m Hurdles in 16.33s and seventh in the 100m in 14.55s

Zoe Armstrong clocked 43.97s when finishing
fifth in the Under 17 Womens 300m.

Rachel Archer finished sixth in the Senior Womens 400m in 63.27s
and Paul Waterston was sixth in the Senior Mens 3000m in 9m45.58s.

Morpeth Harriers had superb performers in Melissa Anderson,
Jack Hepple and Marcus Cram who all tasted victory on the night.

For Cram it was sweetened by the fact that he clocked
a new personal best of 4m35.5s in the Under 15 boys 1500m.

Hepple also clocked a personal best of 28.4s
to win the Under 13 Boys 200m.

Anderson won her 100m event in 13.0s
and was second fastest Lady on the night.

Emma Hastings ran well to finish second
in the Under 15 Girls 200m in 29.0s.

In the Senior Mens 300m David Riley finished second in 35.8s.

Adam Harrington finished second in the Under 13 Boys 1500m in 5m00.9s

Morpeth Harriers have joined forces with Tynedale Harriers,
Border Harriers, Seaton and Kendal AC
as a composite team, giving a unique opportunity for
Under 20 and Under 17 athletes to get extra competition at a fairly high level.

In the Mens events Marc Cochrane finished third
in the 3000m in 9m27.35s, and Jordan Scott was sixth
in the 1500m in 4m51.77s.
Scott was third B competitor to finish.

In the Womens events Rachel Adams finished third in the
3000m in 11m01.82s,
and Zoe Armstrong finished third in the 800m in 2m23.45s.

The Reivers are next in action at Carlisle on Sunday 27th May.

Jack Hepple and Rachel Denton had victories in the Under 13 Boys and
Under 15 Girls 800m events in respective times of 2m27.7s and 2m29.5s.
Hepple won his race clearly by a margin of eight seconds,
and Denton won the first of two seeded races.

Morpeth's Emma Hastings had her usual busy schedule where she finished
second in the Under 15 Girls 200m in 29.5s, 3rd in the 100m in 14.1s,
and 4th in the Long Jump with 4.07m.

Katie Plant finished 2nd in the Under 15 Girls 75m hurdles in 16.8s,
6th in the 2nd race of the 100m in 14.5s and 7th in the Long Jump with 3.69m.

Alan Richmond placed 2nd in the Under 17 Mens Shot with a best of 11.35m.

Karl Taylor finished 3rd in the Under 17 Mens 1500m in 4m22.6s.

Fellow Morpeth Harrier Jordan Scott finished 5th in 4m49.6s.

In the combined Senior and Under 20 Mens 1500m,
Morpeth's Marc Cochrane finished 5th in 4m16.6s.

Morpeth newcomer Shannon Henley finished 5th in the
Under 13 Girls 100m in 15.7s, and 5th in the 200m in 34.3s.

Daniel Hedley finished 6th in the Under 17 Mens 100m
in 12.7s and 8th in the 200m in 26.8s.
Times were hampered by windy conditions.

Competing in her new age group for the first time,
she won by a margin of four seconds from New Marske Harrier
Jessica Russon in a brand new personal best time of 2m18.9s,
and with that has put herself well in the frame for a possible medal chance
at the forthcoming North East Counties Track and Field Championships
in what she classes as her second best event.
She is normally more comfortable over 1500m, however this early result
has opened up a new avenue to the Mick Groves coached athlete.
This weekend however Zoe turns her attention to her other sport,
when she takes part in a National Rowing competition at
Holme Pierepoint in Nottingham, Zoe competes regularly for the Cambois club.

Another Morpeth winner at Shildon was Joe Robertshaw
who pulled off a double victory.
Having comfortably won his heat of the Under 11 Boys 60m in 9.30s,
he clocked an even more impressive 9.10s to win the Final.
He was also a good 35cm clear of his nearest rival with his
best effort of 3.45m to claim victory in the Long Jump.

Emma Hastings of Morpeth finished fifth in the Under 15 Girls
100m in 13.70s, went on to also finish fifth in the 200m in 29.40s,
but managed to get a well deserved third in the Long Jump with 4.24m.

Marcus Cram finished second in the Under 15 Boys 3000m in 10m21.8s.
Rachel Denton finished fourth in the Under 15 Girls 800m in 2m26.9s,
and fellow Morpeth Harrier Daniel Hedley failed to get through to the
final of the Under 17 Mens 100m when he finished 14th
of 20 competitors with a clocking of 12.80s.