Under 17 Morpeth Harrier Rory Leonard set new figures of 4m00.17s,
when finishing fourth in the fifth fastest Men’s 1500m event, at the BMC Trafford Grand Prix meeting, held at Stretford on Saturday night.(19th August) It was Leonard’s seventh attempt at the distance this year, including one indoor appearance back in January, that has seen his performances decrease from 4m13.82s to this latest achievement. Certainly, an excellent year of achievement on the track, and there looks to be more to come from this emerging talent. 169 enthusiastic competitors took part in the annual Run Northumberland Nunnykirk 10k Road Race
on the evening of Wednesday 16th August 2017, including six members of Morpeth Harriers, who were led home by Over 40 Veteran Man Andy Leeson, who finished thirteenth overall in 43m06s, nearly nine minutes behind race winner Kurt Herron of Ashington Hirst Running Club, himself a former Morpeth Harrier. Leeson was second in the Over 40 Veteran Men’s category. Five places behind Leeson was club colleague Mark Crosby, who posted a finishing time of 45m16s, and was fourth in the Over 50 Male Veteran category. Other Morpeth finishers in the event were as follows Richard Kirby (19th) (4th O/45 Man) 45m21s, Mike Steven (27th) (1st O/60 Man) 47m32s, Jane Kirby (40th) (2nd O/40 Woman) 50m12s, and Jilly Bell (73rd) (4th O/45 Woman) 54m40s. You will all be aware that for many years now Northern Athletics has tried to balance its professional approach
to our sport in the North with the need to provide excellent competition for all our athletes on all surfaces whilst trying to bridge the gap between the clubs and our national governing body England Athletics. Morpeths Jane Hodgson continued her excellent winning form in the inaugural
Northumberlandia 5k Multi Terrain Race at Cramlington on Sunday 13th August 2017. The recent winner of the Morpeth 10k made easy work of leading her opposition home, when she crossed the finish line in 18m30s, winning by a margin of eleven seconds over her closest rival Paul Whalley of Blyth Running Club. Third place went to unattached athlete Matthew Garfitt, who posted a finishing time of 19m22s. Nearest Female rival was the unattached Louise Bell, who was 23rd in 22m19s. Eight runners from Morpeth Harriers took part in the annual
Gateshead 10k Trail Race, on Saturday 12th August 2017. They were led home by Matthew Boyle, who finished ninth overall, posting a finishing time of 36m57s. Next home from the club was Lorna MacDonald, who finished 24th overall in 39m49s, and won the Women’s race. Gemma Floyd finished 50th in 41m30s, and was fourth Woman finisher. Mike Steven finished in 133rd place in 44m55s, and was first Over 60 Man. Other Morpeth Harrier results were as follows Lindsay Turnbull (201st) 46m47s, Lesley Chapman (610th) 54m30s, Nicola Longstaff (804th) 57m52s, Kenton Duffield (805th) 57m53s. The event had 1,001 finishers. |
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