Saturday 7 September – England Masters 2024 Inter Area Outdoors Track and Field Challenge, Corby
Only in her second season of track and field competition, Hazel Bough achieved such good times at middle distance that she gained selection to represent the northeast in the England Masters Track and Field Challenge which took place at the Rockingham Triangle Athletics Stadium, Corby.
It was a tough competition given that Hazel was running against athletes ten years her junior, but she managed to finish on the podium yet again. She took silver in the 800m in a time of 2.24 and bronze in the 1500m in a time of 5.01 with being personal best times (and that was before she took part in the 3000m). Over the course of this season, she has improved her times in both 800m and 1500m by c.10 seconds. Incredible progress earnt by true dedication and determination.
Hazel only put herself forward for selection on account of her plan to be in Corby on Sunday to watch her partner Michelle compete in the Vitruvian Triathlon, which goes to show it’s always worth looking for a nearby race when you’re travelling out of the area. Michelle (Elswick’s resident event photographer), was second fastest female in her age category in the swim. A very productive and successful weekend in Corby.
Congratulations and well done Hazel and Michelle.
Sunday 8 September – Great North Run 2024
An event which needs no introduction, especially if you live in the northeast. But what the heck, here’s a little poem which Nigel Hollier came across.
This event means so much to so many people but especially those taking on the half marathon for the first time. Congratulations to Jonathan Morell, Maxine Cottam, Imogen King, Grant Henderson, Fior Sayer, Joanne Forster, Jack Graham and Gillian Johnson who made their GNR/half marathon debuts on Sunday – the first of many more we hope.
Lots of personal goals were achieved and wonderful memories made. Of note, our first ever T20 GNR participant is Imogen King. Whatever next Imogen?! Many thanks to Simon Allen for being her guide runner.
Nigel Hollier continues to inspire us with his sub 2 hour time at the age of 72. Susanne amazed herself by achieving a time of 1.35, quicker than she was achieving before her leg operation. Lee Coulson achieved a pb in 1.34 proving that training with our talented juniors does have its benefits. Andrea Banks and Joanne Brown have overcome long term injuries to achieve 1.30 1and 1.31 respectively. Men’s captain Ben is in his best form, finishing in 1.29. Our over 50s men were also impressive with many sub 1.30 times and Tony coming in first in 1.19. Congratulations to Luke Hilliard who achieved his target time of 1.12 which was publicly broadcast in an interview on Radio Newcastle. Perhaps his recommendation of haggis and pasta for breakfast might have some merit.
I could continue, but Ben will be wondering what on earth I’m doing with this report and when I’m going to get it published. Here’s the full list of our 50 GNR participants.
Luke Hilliard 655 Elswick Harriers 70 01:12:23
Tony Banks 966 Elswick Harriers 262 01:19:26
Jamie Styles 935 Newcastle University AC/Elswick Harriers 147 01:16:38
Mark Turnbull 1678 Elswick Harriers 423 01:21:52
Chris Mason 2521 Elswick Harriers 436 01:21:59
Jonathan Rewcastle 1081 Elswick Harriers 579 01:23:49
Mark Crowe 1044 Elswick Harriers 680 01:24:59
Jason Old 1043 Elswick Harriers 969 01:27:18
Mike Russell 679 Elswick Harriers 1097 01:28:11
Ben Hall 4853 Elswick Harriers 1269 01:29:05
Andrea Banks 633 Elswick Harriers 1535 01:30:28
Joanne Brown 608 Elswick Harriers 1811 01:31:54
Richard Houghton 5107 Elswick Harriers 1830 01:31:59
Simon Mcenaney 5126 Elswick Harriers 2260 01:33:56
Paul Taylor 1627 Elswick Harriers 2360 01:34:17
Lee Coulson 2408 Elswick Harriers 2524 01:34:57
Susanne Stephenson 5991 Elswick Harriers 2774 01:35:53
Andrea Banner 591 Elswick Harriers 2893 01:36:22
Roland Brown 1835 Elswick Harriers 3341 01:37:55
Debbie Spoor 2560 Elswick Harriers 4447 01:40:56
David Walton 11090 Elswick Harriers 4523 01:41:07
Carl Ellis 2678 Elswick Harriers 4636 01:41:26
Bella Russell 12148 Elswick Harriers 5830 01:44:08
Kisi Hardman 9031 Elswick Harriers 6020 01:44:29
Mary Hall 10222 Elswick Harriers 6155 01:44:45
Joanne Forster 11039 Elswick Harriers 7136 01:46:53
Fior Sayer 16659 Elswick Harriers 7916 01:48:31
Grant Henderson 5437 Elswick Harriers 8135 01:48:55
David Jones 5336 Elswick Harriers 8370 01:49:20
Jack Graham 18965 Elswick Harriers 8438 01:49:29
Daniel Nettle 406 Elswick Harriers 8668 01:49:54
Hannah Tumia 9825 Elswick Harriers 8906 01:50:17
Joanne Webber 19026 Elswick Harriers 9235 01:50:55
Laura Shepherdson 11154 Elswick Harriers 9705 01:51:48
Robert Emson 3625 Elswick Harriers 9717 01:51:49
Sammy Craig 11008 Elswick Harriers 10849 01:53:44
Callum Eldridge 6734 Elswick Harriers 13717 01:57:50
Nigel Hollier 14599 Elswick Harriers 15112 01:59:46
Caz Johnson 43904 Elswick Harriers 17609 02:03:56
Siobhan Barnes 19810 Elswick Harriers 18414 02:05:19
Simon Allan 469 Elswick Harriers 20011 02:07:56
Simon Allan 469 Elswick Harriers 20011 02:07:56
Sarah Muparutsa 8282 Elswick Harriers 20743 02:09:06
Sean Motsi 8283 Elswick Harriers 22158 02:11:34
Gillian Johnson 48457 Elswick Harriers 22649 02:12:24
Maxine Cottam 30272 Elswick Harriers 24904 02:16:12
Katie Donnelly 33147 Elswick Harriers 27727 02:21:13
Jenni Arrowsmith 55493 Elswick Harriers 32107 02:29:58
Jonathan Morrell 55594 Elswick Harriers 38232 02:47:01
Jeffrey Emmerson 46984 Elswick Harriers 41004 02:58:35
Emily Allison 504 Elswick Harriers
Unfortunately, Emily Allison was unable to finish the race. She became unwell with only 800m to go. She received treatment at the medical tent for several hours before being allowed to return home. She has recovered well and resume her running and hockey when she returns to university next week. We wish Emily all the best.
……….and now to cross country.
Thanks to everyone who has expressed their intention to run at least one of the North East Harrier League races. There are still a few who have not declared their interest, yet they have run well in past seasons. Drop me a line or else I’ll be onto you. First race is on 28 September at Thornley Hall Farm.
Good luck to our two representatives in the National Cross Country Championships taking place on Saturday 14 September in Telford – Jude Nutt and Dominic Kelso.
The next national XC event is on 2 November in Mansfield – the English Cross Country Association XC Relays. If anyone is interested in taking part, have a think about prospective teams. Teams of three females running 3km each and teams of four males running 5km each. If there’s sufficient interest, we could organise a bus/ self-drive mini bus.