Temple Park, South Shields, 6th January 2024
The Sherman Cup was donated to the local cross country league by Sherman’s football pools in 1949. In 2002 former Harrier League secretaries 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. Three score per team. Due to injury and illness plus other commitments we could not fill all teams in the age categories, However still an excellent turnout and very well done to all our juniors who represented themselves and the club with great performance’s. Also parents, grandparents and coaches who braved the mud to support our juniors.
Although the weather was fairly kind considering we were a mile from the North Sea, the conditions underfoot were horrendous “mud mud glorious mud” as the song goes well if you ask the athletes we are sure they will tell you it was not so glorious. During the course of the day more spikes were lost than in Start Fitness footwear department. Sherman Cup/Davison placings see NEHL website when they are up.
Provisional results as follows.
Under 11 Boys – 4th Jack Galvin 4.13
Under 11 Girls – 16th Lily Mould 5.05 – 22nd Lily Roxburgh 5.19
Under 13 Boys – 3rd Dominic Kelso 15.56 – 18th Ethan Eland 17.08 – 22nd Nicholas Surtees-Brown 17.19 – 33rd Tom Bentley 19.07 ( boys went off course due to leaders going the wrong way longer distance ran) 2nd Team
Under13 Girls – 2nd Ayla Blight 13.55 – 8th Issy Durham 15.15 – 9th Cate Johnson 15.17 ( ran with only one shoe ) 22nd Niamh Logan 17.06 1st Team
Under 15 Boys – 16th Aiden Jones 14.25 No Team
Under 15 Girls – 21st Ava Durham 16.19 – 26th Lois Boot 18.00 – 33rd Ellie Spoor 19.30 4th Team
Under 17 Boys – 13th Sam Allison 22.21 – No Team
Under 17/20 girls 7th Erin Blight 24.27 – 27th Imogen King 37.51 – No Team
Images by Stuart Whitman
Report by Jan and Ken