Morpeth Harriers retained the overall title at the End-of-Season Relays
Meeting at Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 9th September 2015. Morpeth gained victory in the Under 15 Girls 4x100m, when the squad of Hannah Brown, Katie Hilton, Jess Young and Nadine Arkle clocked a time of 52.7secs. Harriet Priest and Ailsa Jones replaced Brown and Hilton in the 4x200m team who finished 2nd to Tynedale in a time of 1min 54.4secs. There was also success in the Under 15 Boys 4x200m Relay when the line-up of Oliver Bultitude, Jack Balmbra, Sam Yates and Jack Andrews gained victory in a time of 1min 46secs, beating Durham. They had earlier been disqualified when finishing second to Durham in the 4x100m Relay. Morpeth won the second heat of the Senior Mens' 4x100m, but were beaten ontime by Heat 1 winners, Chester Le Street. The team of David Storey, Hans Paulsen, Kenny Harrison and Sean O'Hara clocked a time of 45.7secs. Henrik Paulsen and Joe Elder came in for Paulsen and O'Hara in the 4x200m when Morpeth finished 3rd in their Heat but only 5th fastest overall behind Chester Le Street. Their time was 1min 39.3secs. The 4x400m Relay team finished in 4th position behind Tynedale in a time of 3mins 52.3secs. The line-up was Jacob Hopkins (58.5), Matthew Waterfield (59.2), Henrik Paulsen (59.3) and Joe Elder (55.3). Morpeth had to settle for second place in the Senior Womens' sprint Relays to Jarrow & Hebburn. The team consisting of teenagers, Kirsty Lang, Beth Laidler, Megan Deakin and Lauren Smith clocked times of 54secs and 1min 53secs, respectively. In both the 4x100 races for Under 13 Boys, Morpeth took second place behind Blaydon. The line-up of Matthew Ash, Matthew Heslop, Nathan Hume and Benny Butler clocked times of 57.9secs and 58.9secs, respectively. The Under 17 Mens' team of Sean O'Hara, Will Aitchison, Declan Stoker and Joe Dowd finished runner-up in both the 4x100m and 4x200m behind Gateshead. The times were 47.2secs and 1min 37.6secs. The Under 17 Womens' line-up of Hannah Brown, Naomi Arkle, Jess Young and Lily Hood finished third in the 4x100m behind a Jarrow & Hebburn Mixed Team in 52.4secs. Nadine Arkle and Ailsa Jones replaced Brown and Young in the 4x200m and they finished third (1:56.3) again behind Jarrow & Hebburn. Morpeth finished 4th in Heat 1 (fifth fastest overall) and 3rd in the 2nd Round Heat 1 (fourth fastest overall) behind Houghton in the Under 13 Girls' 4x100m. The line-up of Grace Bathgate, Nicole Teasdale, Amy Lott and Jewels Simpson clocked times of 59.6secs and 60.0secs, respectively. Report by Les Venmore At the 11th Taylor Wimpey
Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10km Road Race on Sunday 6th September 2015, Morpeth's Chris Smith finished 6th in the field of over 2200 runners. The race was won by Newcastle-based Ethiopian Tadele Geremew of Elswick Harriers in a time of 30mins 36secs. On the modifed course, Smith now in the Over 35 category, clocked a personal best time of 32mins 8secs, 7secs quicker than he has ran before. Paul Brown finished 81st in 38mins 3secs (7th in Over 50 Category) and Mike Skeldon 107th in 39mins 4secs 14th in Over 45 category). Emma Holt finished 5th in the Womens' race behind Alyson Dixon of Sunderland Strollers who clocked a personal best time of 32mins 17secs. Emma crossed the line in 67th position overall in a time of 37mins 23secs. Report by Les Venmore Morpeth Harriers provided two winners at Park Runs on 5th September 2015,
Ryan Green easily won at Druridge Bay in a time of 17mins 1secs and Sarah Graham was first lady at Roundhay in Leeds with at time of 20mins 51secs, coming home 54secs clear of her nearest rival. Report by Les Venmore The Farringdon Cross Country relays,
the traditional curtain-raiser to the North East cross country season, took place at Sunderland on Saturday 5th September 2015, and there was a good turn-out from Morpeth Harriers, particularly in the Junior ranks. With the season proper kicking off at the end of September, this was a useful opportunity for younger runners especially to get off the track and dig out their cross country spikes. First off were the under 11 boys and girls. Sophia Cunningham was first home for Morpeth in 25th place in a time of 5 minutes 17 seconds, and she was followed shortly after by Lauren Garrett (30th in 5m 28s) and Keira Peck (32nd in 5m 31s). In the boys race, James Tilley was just outside the top ten in 12th place in a time of 4m 32s, with Corban Cryer 24th in 5m 22s. The under 13 boys and girls races saw some very strong performances. The girls race was won by Holly Peck in a time of 11m 22s with club colleague Rhiannon Hedley close on her heels in second place some eight seconds behind her. Erin Tweddell was 33rd in 16m 17s. There were three Morpeth boys in the top ten of their race, with Thomas Cunningham first home in 4th place (10m 35s), Dylan Davies 6th in 11m 12s and Andrew Hudspith 9th in 11m 21s. A strong representation by Morpeth in this race also saw Aaron Haldane come home 27th (12m 25s), Jack Barrett 28th (12m 33s) and Reece Garrett 39th (14m 1s). Gracie Hutton was Morpeth’s sole representative in the Under 15 girls, finishing 10th in 12m 27s, but there were six boys in the same age group, with Taylor Glover winning in a time of 9m 38s. Taylor’s winning run was backed up by Joe Dowd, 4th in 10m 4s, Connor Marshall (5th in 10m 17s), Alex Cunningham (10th in 10m 52s), Matthew Waterfield (12th in 11m 4s) and Daniel Melling (14th in 11m 6s). In the final Junior category, the Under 17s, Abby Sheldon was the sole representative for the club, finishing in a time of 12m 36s in 4th place overall. In the boys race, Kieran Hedley had to settle for 2nd place by only 10 seconds (9m 22s). Jacob Hopkins was 11th in 10m 13s and Adam Shewry 14th in 10m 42s. Ross Floyd’s final leg performance was the highlight for Morpeth Harriers of the Senior and Veteran Men’s competition, run over a distance of approximately 1.8 miles as a relay over four legs. With most of the club’s senior men unavailable, the Senior team was very much a youthful development squad to which Floyd was able to add his considerable experience. Sam Hancox got the team off to a good start in a time of 9 minutes and 19 seconds to come home in sixth place and he handed on to the youngest member of the squad, James Young. Young (9m 49s) only dropped one place and handed on to Jonny Nisbit, competing for the club for the first time in a while having been studying at University in Stirling. Nisbit moved the team up to fifth with a clocking of 9m 33s, but with the team outside the medals, it was all to on the last leg. An in-form Floyd showed all his experience with a tremendous time of 8m 54s which was the equal fastest of the day, and in so doing brought the team home in third place with a total aggregate time of 37m 35s. Sunderland Harriers, on their home turf, won in a time of 36m 53s from Tyne Bridge second in 37m 10s. In the Veterans race, Morpeth Harriers managed a respectable sixth place with an overall clocking of 42m 36s. Paul Waterston on the first leg finished in sixth place (10m 20s) with Rob Hancox moving the team up one position when running some two seconds faster. Steve Haswell (11m 2s) and Phil Walker (10m 56s) completed the final two legs of a competition won by Tyne Bridge Harriers for whom Steve Cairns’ clocking of 9m 19s was the stand-out performance of the day. Report by Peter Scaife Morpeth Harrier Scott Beattie representing the North East region
finished third in the 3000m at the Sainsbury's UK Schools Games at Sport City, Manchester, on Friday 4th September 2015. Scott clocked a time of 8mins 48.70secs, behind Isaac Akers representing the Midlands (8:43.51). Report by Les Venmore |
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