Well the Christmas decorations have been put down and New Years Eve parties out of the way. So what was the next treat for Elswick Juniors and parents ? Yes you have guessed correctly, Cross Country.
The conditions weren’t too bad on a cool but sunny day at Temple Park South Shields.
On what was the first cross country race of 2020 Elswick Juniors had an excellent turnout across the age groups. No less than 45 Junior athletes. The Sherman cup was donated to the local cross country league by Sherman’s football pools in 1949. In 2002 former harrier league secretary’s Pam and Ron Davison donated a trophy so that the ladies could compete in a similar competition to the men. All ages apart from u/11s count towards the overall points these races differed from the Harrier League: No packs – all scratch races. Results as follows- Starting off with under 11 boys:
14th Liam Coulson 4-32 50th Adam Mason 5-10
Under 11 girls 32nd Enya Tait 5-24 36th Evie Elliot 38th Zara Bungay 5-37 41st Ava Jones 5-40 47th Hope Henderson 5-40.
49th Emily Allinson 5-53 54th Eve Dickinson 6-04 58th Anaya Bhullar 6-09.
Under 13 Boys 11th Sam Allison 13-08 19th Jake Stroud 13-53 31st Jayden Gibson 14-28 34th Charlie Jackson 14-35 45rh Elliot Kelso 15-30 52nd Ethan Beynon 16-43 54th Matthew Steel 17-22 55th Jack Haycock 17-27. 5th Team.
Under13 Girls 5th Poppy Old 13-07 9th Poppy Wilde 13-22 20th Lucy Milburn 14-09 30th Sydney Bungay 14-53 32nd Sophie Henderson 15-12 35th Charlotte Naughton 15-19 39th Lola Wood 15-37 42nd Bella Russell 15-44 57th Ruby Russell 17-02 59th Zoe Fielding 17-21 64th Hannah Waterhouse 17-59 70th Bryony Wilkinson 18-42 72nd Ciara Telford 20-15 2nd Team.
Under 15 Boys 37th Charles Mason 13-58 38th Callum Eldridge 13-59 45th Will Brown 14-40 47th Jake Robertson 15-14 48th Ben Patrick 15-44 9th Team Under 15 Girls 12th Imogen Bungay 13-12 38th Lauren Stroud
15-35 41st Isla Cardno 15-53. 7th Team
Under 17 Boys 25th Max Young 24-19 .
Under 17/20 Girls 10th Hannah Tumia 23-48 31st Charley Lee
26-31 38th Emily Allison 28-22 39th Marissa O’Rourke 29-48 48th Imogen King 33-33 7th Team.
Well done everyone hope to see you all at the next Harrier League Sunday 9th February Thornley Hall Farm check out Start Fitness NEHL Website where you will get all the information you need .
PS: if we have missed anyone out let us know. Cheers Jan & Ken.