June Club Championship Race – Internal 5km
It was great to see all groups come together for our internal 5km – we had 51 finishers all running impressive times.
Luke was the quickest on the night, Imogen Bungay was the quickest female.
Huge thanks to Tom Hansen, Steve Robinson, Mark Connelly and David Walton for helping on the night – we can’t do things like this without people stepping up to help. And Michelle Latham for the photos.
Newburn River Run
It was a busy day for Graham Bell our commander and chief race sorter outerer. The night was a huge success thanks to all the work put in by Graham and the kind volunteers (next year we could do with more members coming forward to help please, some roles you can do then run).
We had 13 runners in totals – our first home was Steve Horn who had a storming run to finish in 11th place and our first female was ever improving Joanne Forster.
| Position | Times | Bib Number | Name | Club Name | Age Category |
| 11 | 00:28:27 | 139 | Steven Horn | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet40 |
| 36 | 00:31:41 | 256 | Paul Taylor | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet40 |
| 43 | 00:32:00 | 143 | Richard Houghton | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet40 |
| 44 | 00:32:11 | 230 | Mike Russell | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet50 |
| 79 | 00:35:17 | 279 | David Walton | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet60 |
| 98 | 00:37:00 | 101 | Joanne Forster | Elswick Harriers | FemaleSenior |
| 106 | 00:37:39 | 123 | Kisi Hardman | Elswick Harriers | FemaleSenior |
| 125 | 00:38:43 | 162 | Imogen King | Elswick Harriers | FemaleSenior |
| 172 | 00:41:55 | 60 | Robert Coulson | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet60 |
| 186 | 00:43:04 | 161 | Simone King | Elswick Harriers | FemaleSenior |
| 187 | 00:43:05 | 136 | Nigel Hollier | Elswick Harriers | #N/A |
| 191 | 00:43:15 | 171 | Malcolm Liddle | Elswick Harriers | MaleVet60 |
| 211 | 00:46:02 | 235 | Claire Shane | Elswick Harriers | FemaleSenior |
North East Masters AA Track and Field Championships
On the track and in the fields events, our amazing athletes picked up medals and plenty PB’s!
The event is open to all athletes over the age of 35.
Eric Lewis competed in 6 field events picking up a PB in the High Jump and finishing 2nd overall in the discuss. Eric ended the day with a haul of medals Mark Phelps would be proud of…
Hazel Bough stuck to the track and ran amazing in her two events picking up PB’s in both the 800m and 1500m and winning the 800m!
Justin Durham took on the 3000m steeplechase, gliding over the barriers to finish with an impressive PB and 2nd place.
Wylam Village Fair 5km
Scott donned his alphaflys and took to the start line of the Wylam Village Fair 5km. The course ran a little long but that was no problem for Scott who wasn’t hungover at all to record the victory.
Future Fixtures:
Relays:.
26th June – Weetslade Relays see Felicity for info
4th August – Gosforth Relays
Club Champs:
July – Sunderland 5km – Entries are open now
August – *Watergate 5km
September – Internal 10km
October (weekend) – **Internal 10 mile
November – Heaton Memorial 10km
Useful website for races: http://www.northeastraces.com
*Update 5/3/24: Watergate 5km has been included following the withdrawal of the March fixture due to rearranged XC fixture.
**Updated 19/3/24: internal 10 mile and 5km switched so we can utilise the light nights and run the 5km on the closed section of OneNE. The 10 miler will now take place in October on a weekend.
Track and Field:
Athletics Senior league fixtures – see Eric for more information…
Match 1: 20th April Shildon (Saturday)
Match 2: 18th May Whitley Bay (Saturday)
Match 3: 29th June Morpeth (Saturday)
Match 4: 14th July Shildon (Sunday)