Several athletes from Morpeth Harriers were in action at the
Tartan Games held at Gateshead Stadium on Sunday 27th August 2017.

In the Field events, Ethan Stephenson won both the Under 15 High Jump and Long Jump
with respective marks of 1.78 metres and 5.81 metres both PBs.
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Bobbie Griffiths won the Javelin in both the the Under 20 and Under 17 Womens competition,
36.62metres in the the older section and heavier implement,and 42.64 metres in the younger age group.

Andrew Knight took victory in the Under 17 Mens Shot with a throw of 14.62 metres.

On the track James Young won the Senior Mens 800 metres in 1m58.54s, just holding off
a late challenge from Sunderland Harriers Mark Smith.

Ellie Longstaff won the Under 13 Girls 100 metres in 13.55s.

Amy Lott was second to Houghtons Philippa Ellis in the Under 15 Girls 75 metre Hurdles.

In the Under 17 Women 100 metres, Nadine Arkle was third in 13.69s.

Sean O`Hara finished second in the the Under 20 Men 200 metres in 23.15s.

In the Under 15 Boys 200m, Jacob Clayton finished third in 29.08s.

Report by Les Venmore

Morpeth Harrier Ian Harding continued his run of recent fine form when winning the
annual Teviotdale Harriers 10k road race in Hawick on Sunday 27th August 2017.
Harding finished in a time of 31 minutes 40 seconds, nearly two minutes ahead
of his nearest rival, Callum Reid of Edinburgh Harriers (33m 46s). 
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Report by Peter Scaife

Andrew Knight of Morpeth Harriers won his second English Championship medal,
when he gained a Silver Medal in the annual Under 17 Track and Field Championships
held at Bedford County Stadium on the first day of competition on Saturday 26th August 2017.

Knight, who also won a Bronze medal in the Indoor Championships earlier this year,
produced a new personal best performance of 15.41m in the Shot Putt,
finishing second to West Cheshire’s George Hyde, who putted 17.42m for victory.

For Knight, it was a superb achievement, and he still faces another year in his current age group,
and he will continue to work under the guidance of his very proud coach Paul Reed,
who predicts that his charge has a very bright future.

Not so fortunate however, was middle distance runner Rory Leonard,
who just fractionally missed out on further progress in his heat of
the Under 17 Men’s 1500m, finishing eighth in 4m02.96s,
​which was fourteenth fastest of the twenty-six competing.

Morpeths Andrew Lawrence finished 2nd at the Druridge Bay Park Run on Saturday in
a time of 17mins 25secs behind Ashington's Kurt Heron who clocked 15mins 55secs
and Morpeths U17 athlete Connor Marshall finished 4th (17:54).
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At the Newcastle event, sisters Lorna and Catriona Macdonald occupied the first two places in
the Womens' race clocking 19mins 13secs and 19mins 19secs, respectively.

Report by Les Venmore

At the Scottish Championships at Grangemouth
on Saturday 26th August 2017.
Morpeths English Schools silver medallist Ruaridh Lang
won the gold medal in the Under 17 Discus, with a throw of 44.74m.