24th August 2023
Watergate Forest Park is located on the site of the former Watergate colliery. Following reclamation work in the 1990’s the site has been transformed and now provides a haven for wildlife and a great recreational site for visitors. A series of trails and paths take you through woodland, around the lake and through wildflower meadows. The site opened in 2000.
Not so sure about Watergate, more like a flood gate of Elswick juniors at this combined of under 11/13/15 race approx over 2K. On a lovely evening for racing, Elswick had 17 athletes taking part in the junior races, by far the biggest contingent of athletes of all clubs on the evening.
Also quite a few of our older juniors were taking part in the senior 5K event we are sure Ben will write this up on the senior report.
We had a few juniors making their debuts in an Elswick vest so naturally nerves were on show. However this did not stop our juniors putting in fantastic performances.
Provisional results as follows:
Under 11 Boys: 3rd Jack Galvin 10.19
Under 11 Girls: 3rd Lily Roxburgh 11.38 – 5th Lily Mould 12.08 – 6th Rosa Tadele 12.09 – 7th Laila Motsi 12.29
Under 13 Boys: 1st Dominic Kelso 8.59 – 2nd Nicholas Surtees- Brown 9.05 5th Mathew Harrison – 10.27 6th Jacob Mcgurk 11.43 – 7th Logan Jackson 12.09
Under 13 Girls: 1st Charlotte Taylor 11.11 – 3rd Ava Stephenson 11.37 6th Niamh Logan 12.08
Under 15 Boys: 3rd Aiden Jones 9.03 – 5th Liam Coulson 9.05
Under 15 Girls: 2nd Ella Slater 11.41 – 4th Evie Elliot 12.17.
Report by Jan and Ken