Elswick News Archive 2007

AUTUMN  2007 NEWS 

Sunderland Cross Country Races
The Sunderland Cross Country Races took place on Saturday 22nd September with the first event being the U/11race with ETHAN ROBSON finishing in 7th spot. In the U/11 Girls ANNA BARNES was 6th with JESS RICHARDSON - 11th.
JOSHUA HOBBS was 21st in the U/13 Boys in 12:03.LAUREN TAYLOR was the clubs only representative in the U/15 Girls in 16th place in a time of 12:41.In the Senior/U/17 Womens Race SARA BLIGHT finished 13th in 12:03 with AMY SCOTT - 23rd in 12:57. SOPHIE ROBINSON was 10th in the U/17 in 14:31.ADAM SOUTHERN was 14th in the U/17 Men’s race in 10:23.

The Veteran Men picked up the silver medal in the Vets. Relay behind a very strong Sunderland squad. ALAN THOMPSON, KEVIN STEPHENSON, PAUL DIXON and STEVE GREY ran 9:44, 9:51, 9:40 and 9;45 respectively. In a incomplete team MARTIN CROWE ran 11:02, STEVE CURRY - 12:24 and DAN MONK - 12:47.In the Senior Men’s Relays the club had two teams who finished 10th and 19th, respectively. These were:
GRAHAM BELL - 10:03, ANDREW DOUGALL - 9:05, JOHN BELL - 9:46, IAN FENWICK - 11:03.
TOM HANSON - 11:51, PETER SLOAN - 11:58, ANDY MIDDLETON - 11:51, TONY ROBSON - 12:08.

Whalton Classic
On Great North Run day several members preferred to compete in the Whalton Classic over 5 Miles. In a race won by Les Atkinson of Morpeth Harriers the following members took part:
MARTIN CONNELLY - 12TH - 29:46
ROB WILSON - 32ND - 33:35
TOM HANSON - 37TH - 34:16
ALAN LATTIMER - 44TH - 35:20
PETER SLOAN - 49TH - 35:43
STEVE CURRY - 56TH - 36:30
CHRISTINE LEE - 71ST - 38:51

Blaydon Harriers Cross Country Relays
The Blaydon Harriers Cross Country Relays were held on a beautiful sunny day at Shibdon Ponds on Sunday 14th October with
JESSICA RICHARDSON who is only nine running very well in the 1k. Fun Run finishing in third place.                

There was an excellent turn out of our members in the Senior Womens event with the team of YAM THIRU - 12:46, GILLIAN MOULD - 14:01, and AMY SCOTT - 15:22 gaining 10th spot with the team of CAROLINE DUFFY - 16:05, KIM DAVISON - 14:28, and CHRISTINE LEE - 16:43 finishing in 18th place ALLISON DARGIE ran a solo leg of the 3k course in 14:02. Considering it was a first relay event for Gillian and Caroline it was a great effort to have so many of the Women turning out for Elswick.

The Veteran Men took the honours again finishing 2nd to Sunderland Harriers in the 3k.event.
JOHN BELL - 11:37, PAUL DIXON - 11:24, and STEVE GREY - 11:41.made up the medal winning team. Elswick narrowly failed to pick up 3rd spot through KEVIN STEPHENSON - 11:33, PAUL PRIOR - 11:51, ANDREW HARTLEY - 12:28.A great effort by the team with Paul and Andrew making their debuts in relays!

In the Senior Men’s Relays the club fielded three teams but were weakened by illness and injuries. The club finished 9th, 17th and 25th.
CALUM WATSON - 11:27 - a superb effort on his Senior debut, ANDREW DOUGALL - 10:45, and MARK KETLEY - 11:53.
2nd team - IAN FENWICK - 13:05, GRAHAM BELL - 11:49, ALAN THOMPSON - 11:46.
3rd team - ANDY MIDDLETON - 14:13, STEVE CURRY - 14:39, ALAN LATTIMER - 14:51.

All told an excellent turn out from the club to a well organised event.

Great North Run
In the Great North Run pride of place for the club goes to MARK McLEOD finishing 73rd in a time of 73 minutes. Congratulations also to JAMES CRIPWELL who ran 15:51 in the U/12 Boys G.N.R. - 74th place and ALICE CHEESEBROUGH who was 20th - 16:14 in the U/12 Girls event, whilst SARAH CHEESEBROUGH ran well to gain 37th place in the U/17 Girls (4.2k) in a time of 20:00. Well done to all.

...And FINALLy
Best wishes go to MARK KETLEY who is marrying Rebecca at Lumley Castle on Friday 19th October. All members wish them every future happiness.
A further Newsletter update will follow in due course, and any comments on the content would be appreciated, e-mail: frank.watson@talk21.com

august 2007 NEWS

Morpeth Harriers 10K Road Race
Morpeth Harriers 10K Road Race took place on a beautiful evening Tuesday 7th August 2007 with 274 runners finishing the event. STEVE GREY was 1st home for the club in eighth position in 35:34 with MARTIN CONNELLY 15th – 37:18 closely followed by  KEVIN STEPHENSON in 16th spot – 37:27.Elswick had a good turnout of runners with the following times and placings.

MARK KETTLEY                 21ST 37:44
ANDREW HARTEY             28TH 38:08
IAN FENWICK                    105TH 43:11
DAVE BLANCHFLOWER 117TH 44:02(Good effort on his 1st run for the club).
ALAN LATIMER                 128TH 44:33
ANDY MIDDLETON            135TH 44:58
LEE COULSON                  157TH 46:07
LUCY PRINS                       164TH 46:49 (Fine effort on 1st run for club)
STEVE CURRY                  171ST 47:20
DAN MONK                         180TH 47:58
CHRISTINE LEE                  191ST 48:14
DAVID REAY                       194TH 48:22
ASHLEY ROBSON              230TH 52:25
GILL BRAZEWELL              249TH 55:10

The usual post race presentation took place in Morpeth Town FC H.Q. to round off a good evening with a well organised event.

Exhibition Park 5k
Wednesday 15th August saw the third running of the Exhibition Park 5k. in Newcastle city centre with 251 finishers. RYAN McLEOD won the event easily for the third time. Ryan took up the running after the opening half mile and gradually drew away from Brian Rushworth to finish in a time of 15:01. ALAN THOMPSON had a cracking run to claim 14th spot in 16:37,with KEVIN STEPHENSON in 19th - 17:27 to claim the Team Prize. A huge total of club members (27 in all) allied with Elswick providing all the Marshall’s made for a successful evening. The following members finished as follows:

JOHN BELL - 24TH - 17:38
GRAHAM BELL - 27TH - 17:44
ANDREW HARTLEY - 31ST - 17:57
MARTIN CONNELLY - 33RD - 18:03
MARK McNALLY - 42ND - 18:22
IAIN HARDY - 54TH - 18:48
YAM THIRU –62ND - 19:04
TONY MASSIE - 63RD - 19:06
ROB WILSON - 84TH - 19:48
PHIL COLVER - 94TH - 20:03
STEVE KYTE - 104TH - 20:18 (P.B for Steve!)
IAN FENWICK - 106TH - 20:24
DAN MONK - 152ND - 22:30
ROB DELAP - 160TH - 22:50
DAVID REAY - 167TH - 23:04
CHRISTINE LEE - 179TH - 23:26
AMY SCOTT - 188TH - 24:07
JOANNE BOTHAM - 193RD - 24:32
ASHLEY ROBSON - 199TH - 24:58
GARY RUTHERFORD - 211TH - 26:03
SHARON CARR - 229TH - 27:42
VIKKI DOUGLAS - 232ND - 28:36
LIZ WILLIAMSON - 242ND - 30:56.

This race organised by club members TONY ROBSON and NORMAN ARMSTRONG is proving very popular and attracts an ever increasing field.

Robin Hood 10k
A new event organised by Jarrow & Hebburn. A.C. was the Robin Hood 10k. on Monday 20th August. A total of 171 runners took part with STEVE GREY running well to claim 5th place in 37:07, next finisher for the club was MARTIN CONNELLY in 13th spot in 39:23.Other Elswick finishers were:

STEVE KYTE - 46TH - 42:54
PHIL COLVER - 55TH - 43:56
LEE COULSON - 87TH - 46:50
LUCY PRINS - 93RD - 47:08
DAVID REAY - 110TH - 49:43
DAVID BREWIS - 163RD - 64:19.

Elswick finished 4th team overall in the event.

Darlington 10k
The Darlington 10k attracted six of our members with HARRY MATTHEWS first home in 42nd spot - 37:16. Other placings were:
ALAN LATTIMER - 183RD ANDY MIDDLETON - 279TH - 45:48, STEVE CURRY - 310TH - 46:37, DAVID REAY - 376TH - 48:35, DAVID BREWIS - 813TH - 62:00.

Durham Summer Cross Country Relays
Elswick were the only club north of the Tyne to send teams to the Durham Summer Cross Country Relays on Wednesday 29th August. The team of KEVIN STEPHENSON, JOHN BELL and PAUL DIXON acquitted themselves well to claim 5th place overall out of 28 teams. Over the 3000 metre course Kevin ran - 10:15, JOHN – 10:15 also, with Paul recording - 10:06. The team of MARK KETLEY, DAVE ARMSTRONG and IAN FENWICK were 12th overall. Times were 10:39, 10:22,and 11:56 respectively. A well organised event on a beautiful summer evening in superb surroundings. 

Watergate 5k
The Watergate 5k was held on 5th September with MARK McLEOD coming back from injury to finish in 4th place in 15:59.STEVE GREY was next home for the club in 12th - 17:26,closely followed by DAVE ARMSTRONG - 17:38, and JOHN BELL - 17:39.MARK McNALLY was 26th - 18:10,MARTIN CONNELLY - 28TH - 18:22. PHIL COLVER was 52nd - 20:15. Good to see three of the fairer sex competing with SARA BLIGHT - 63RD - 22:06,CHRISTINE LEE - 76TH - 23:34,and AMY SCOTT - 81ST - 23:52. The final Elswick finisher was ASHLEY ROBSON in 95th - 25:42. 

Tynedale Jelly Tea Race
The popular Tynedale Jelly Tea Race took place on September 9th with a huge field of 524 finishers. ANDREW DOUGALL was first Elswick home in 56:31 in 9th spot. STEVE GREY and PAUL DIXON finished 24th and 25th respectively in 59:07 and 59:19 closely followed by KEVIN STEPHENSON in 27th place in 59:24.JOHN BELL WAS 30TH - 60:23 with MARK KETLEY – 36TH - 61:01. ANDREW HARTLEY was 39th - 61:35.

Other club finishers were: STEVE KYTE who is producing P.B.s at the moment ran well to gain 99th place in 67:23. ROBERT MAIN - 103RD - 67:32 (a good first effort for the club) KEITH FROST - 136TH - 69:42, IAN FENWICK - 144TH - 70:56, ALLISON DARGIE - 160TH - 71:32, ANDY MIDDLETON - 203RD - 74:49, STEVE CURRY - 243RD - 77:34, DAN MONK - 296TH - 81:43, HILDA FROST - 380TH - 89:04 and JOANNE BOTHAM - 440TH - 95:20.
Another good turn out of club members for this event which had to be switched to a morning start this year.

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summer 2007 NEWS

Tynedale Pie and Peas 10k.
The popular Tynedale Pie and Peas 10k. took place on a lovely summers evening although the monsoon conditions of the previous days caused problems for the organisers for the car parking at the school in Ovingham. In spite of this, the race attracted a huge field with 575 finishers. Stewy Bell returned to form with a vengeance winning easily in a time of 31.48 with MARK McLEOD continuing his run of fine form by recording a P.B.of 32.50 to claim fourth spot. A total of 20 Elswick members turned out for the 10k. event with the following placing’s.

21st - ALAN THOMPSON (2ND O/40)
22ND - PAUL DIXON (2ND O/45)
27TH - KEVIN STEPHENSON
30TH - JOHN BELL
43RD.MARK KETLEY
47TH - ANDREW HARTLEY
81ST - YAM THIRU (1ST O/40)
124TH - ROB WILSON
147TH - KEITH FROST - Good to see Keith racing again.
167th - STEVE KYTE
178TH - PHIL COLVER
191ST - ALAN LATIMER
297TH - AMANDA WATSON
339TH - CHRISTINE LEE (1STO/60)
444TH - HILDA FROST
470TH - JOANNE BOTHAM
486TH - GILLIAN BRAZEWELL
496TH - GAIL FORBES
527TH - SHARON CARR

Another good turn out from members in a well organised event which must have put a strain on the availability of the pies afterwards!

Elswick were awarded fourth team prize, although close scrutiny of the results suggested that probably they should have had the Bronze position. This in no way marred a good evening on the banks of the Tyne. Well done once again to Tynedale Harriers for putting on this popular mid-week event.

Anita Nott Women Only Run
The Anita Nott Women Only Run took place in Jesmond Dene on Monday 9th July with 194 finishers. The club provided 5 entrants with SARA BLIGHT first home for Elswick in 42ND spot, covering the 5.4 k. course in 25:26.AMY SCOTT was 75th in 27:13, JOANNE BOTHAM - 90th in 28:20.SHARON CARR was 120th - 30:54 and GAIL FORBES - 129TH in 31:33.There seems to be an increase in new Women members at our training sessions so hopefully they will in due course compete for the club at the various events which are advertised on the club notice board.

Angel View Run
Thursday 12th July saw the Angel View Run organised by Low Fell Running Club. The event attracted 99 runners to the course which is a mixture of cross country and tracks. MARK McLeod continued his fine form finishing in second spot to new Morpeth recruit Lewis Timmins. Mark completed the course in 26:51 which was an improvement of nearly one minute on his 2006 performance!
The only other from the club was PAUL DODD who recorded 32:12 to finish 26th.

Northumberland Coastal Run
The 28th Northumberland Coastal Run took place on Sunday 15th July with 1000 runners being pre entered. This event which is one of the most popular on the North East scene was won this year by local athlete David Kirkland of Alnwick Harriers. First Elswick man home was MARK McNALLY in 17th place in a time of 1:26:40.GRAHAM BELL was next home for the club in 42nd - 1:30:32.The ever improving MARTIN CROWE came home in 69th in a very creditable - 1:34:37.KEITH FROST making a come back ran well to gain 135th place –1:41:16.Other placing’ s were:
MIKE RUSSELL - 234TH - 1:45:55, ANDY MIDDLETON - 291ST - 1:50:04, STEVE CURRY - 347TH - 1:53:49, TERRY FOSTER - 366TH - 1:55:07.
HILDA FROST flew the flag for the Women coming home in 635th  - 2:14:37. A total of 800 runners finished the race which takes in the coastal line including beach running.

Sunderland Harriers 5k. road race
The Sunderland Harriers 5k. road race took place at Silksworth on Wednesday 18th July .This race was also the N.E.C.C.A Championship and attracted 219 runners. MARK McLEOD continued his excellent form  by finishing a close third in the event behind Stewy Bell and Nick Swinburne in 15:02.Two other members took part with HARRY MATTHEWS taking the 0/60 prize in 58th spot in 18:24,PHILIP COLVER was 130th in a time of 20:28.
In the Heaton Harriers Jesmond Dene Handicap Races MARK McLEOD finished second fastest overall in the three events to count in 17:24.ASHLEY GIBSON has recently graduated from Loughborough University and to celebrate has improved her P.B. for 1500metres to 4mins.23.8 secs.(an improvement of 8 seconds.)
Ashley then ran in the A.A.A.Championships at Manchester where she narrowly failed to qualify for the 1500 Metres Final where the first 4 and the 4 fastest losers went through. Ashley ran creditably to finish in a time of 4:26.Watched by her coach COLIN BOLTON she was disappointed not to have qualified but is definitely heading in the right direction. Meanwhile RYAN McLEOD ran 8:06:76 in a B.M.C.3000 Metres at Solihull to finish in 10th spot closely behind Ian Hudspith.

...And FINALLy
A word of congratulation to the younger members of the club who finished the Young Athletes league in second spot overall to a strong City of Sheffield side in their recent fixture at Boston in Lincolnshire.This confirmed their position in the league for next season. This could not have been achieved without the commitment of people such as MARTIN CROWE and JIM SCOTT who were up at 6.00 a.m.last weekend to travel to Lincolnshire, not returning till 10.00p.m.in the evening. Well done also to the youngsters who showed their loyalty to the club by having competed in these fixtures throughout the summer.

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May/JUNE 2007 news

Les Allcorn 10k
The second week in May saw the Les Allcorn 10k take place in Hulne Park, Alnwick with 123 finishers in this mid week race. Elswick provided four competitors with ANDREW HARTLEY first home in 20th spot, STEVE KYTE - 47TH, STEVE CURRY - 67TH, and DAVID BREWIS - 122ND. The respective times were - 39.42, 43.48, 46.15, and 61.29.

Pier to Pier
Sunday 20th May saw the popular Pier to Pier race organised by Sunderland Strollers with a huge 653 finishers. KEVIN STEPHENSON had a fine run to finish 6th in 42:15.HARRY MATTHEWS continued his fine form finishing 21st.to claim first 0/60 prize in 44:35.ANDREW HARTLEY was 33rd - 46:09.Eight other club members took part with the following times and positions.
ANDREW MIDDLETON - 106TH - 51:05
STEVE CURRY             - 132ND - 52:20
ALAN LATTIMER          - 167TH - 53.42
AMANDA WATSON      - 230TH - 56:32
LES WILLIAMSON        - 315TH - 59:15
SUSAN WILSON           - 353RD - 60.37
GILLIAN BRAZEWELL - 464TH - 65:30
DAVID BREWIS            - 581ST - 73.56

This event once again proved very popular with Elswick members.

Poly Clive Cookson Cup
The following Wednesday saw the North Shields Poly Clive Cookson Cup.
The main event was preceded by a 5k.race with MARK KETLEY running 18.43 to claim 18th spot.
On a fine evening the large field set off at a brisk pace with Mark Brown of Morpeth soon taking over at the head of the field to gain an easy victory. ANDREW DOUGALL had a good run to claim 3rd place in 33.36 with MARK McLEOD 5th in 33.56. PAUL DIXON - 15TH - 36.09, and HARRY MATTHEWS - 18TH - 37.00 all running well to claim second Team prize behind Morpeth Harriers. MARTIN CONNELLY and STEPHEN GRAY finished 20th and 21st.respectively in 37.03 and 37.19.Other finishers for the club were as follows:

MARK McNALLY - 28TH - 37.34
JOHN BELL         - 29TH - 37.37
YAM THIRU        - 58TH - 40.55 (IST.O/40)
ROB WILSON    - 80TH - 42.08
STEVE KYTE     - 96TH - 43.14
YVONNE SWINHOE - 140TH - 46.O6 (IST 0/45)
DAVID REAY      - 187TH - 50.01
ROB DELAP       - 191ST - 50.13
DAVID BREWIS - 279TH - 66.33

This midweek race continues to be popular, with the post race barbeque going down well with competitors.

Inter Counties Schools at Gateshead
Congratulations to PHILIP HURST on his performance in the Inter Counties Schools at Gateshead on Saturday 16th June by winning the 3k.boys event in a P.B OF 9.07, a huge improvement on his previous best. Well done also to CALUM WATSON on his P.B. in the 800 Metres of 2.02.Both performances a credit to coach MARTIN CROWE! Philip will now go to represent the North East in the English Schools Championships at Birmingham in July.

Blaydon Races
The Blaydon Races were once again a huge success with over 3,500 finishers, pride of place at the club to MARK McLEOD who was 14th overall. A full comprehensive list of Elswick finishers are listed separately on the site: click here 

Newburn River Run
Elswick’s own promotion the Newburn River Run was held on Wednesday 20th June on a beautiful summers evening with the event once again proving very popular. A total of 330 finishers with 18 club members taking part made for another good race. The winner in a time of 34:51 was Ivan Hollingsworth of Morpeth Harriers with MARK McLEOD running well to finish runner up in 35:24. Third spot went to Jon Archer of Low Fell R.C. A full list of all finishers can be obtained separately on this site. Full credit must be paid to club members who turned out to help in force, with several runners from other clubs complimenting us on our organisation. Well done also to MARTIN CROWE for his quick thinking on obtaining a puncture in his role as lead bike and handing over to ANDREW BLIGHT who did a great job in taking the leaders back to the Leisure Centre. The usual format of a buffet supper was enjoyed in the centre after the race.

England Athletics Championships
ASHLEY GIBSON ran a P.B. of 4 mins.30 secs. To finish 6th in the 1500 Metres at the U/23 England Athletics Championships held at Bedford on Saturday 23rd. June. In the same Championships RYAN McLEOD ran 14:23 in the U/23 5k.

Other Events
Congratulations to ASHLEY GIBSON on her performance in a high class 800 Metres event at Loughborough, running a P.B. of 2 Mins.11 secs against top class opposition. This augurs well for the coming season. In the same meeting RYAN McLEOD ran 8mins.03 secs for 3000 metres-a P.B. by 16 seconds!

...And FINALLy
TERRY FOSTER is not known for blowing his own trumpet but in fact has been doing this for over fifty years. Terry has an outstanding musical talent being a member of the famous EVER READY band for many years, he has made numerous broadcasts on B.B.C. Radio 2, B.B.C T.V., TYNE TEES T.V., several records, and appeared at the Albert Hall in London a total of twenty times.
Terry has certainly kept his light under a bushel so if any other members have a hidden talent please let us know!!

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APRIL/MAY 2007 NEWS

Wallsend Harriers Multi Terrain Run
Wallsend Harriers staged their new Multi Terrain Run on Sunday 15th April at the Rising Sun Country Park, Benton over 5 Miles. A field of 118 runners turned out on the course which was within the country park. The race was a triumph for MARK McLEOD who became the first winner of the event, completing the course in 26:43. Good to see Mark gain his first victory on the North East road running scene. HARRY MATTHEWS, who is enjoying a purple patch at the moment gained 8th spot in 28:40, with ROB DELAP – 102ND IN 42:04.

Flora London Marathon
This years Flora London Marathon took place in blistering conditions in the capital on Sunday April 22nd Elswick had 5 entrants whose fortunes were mixed to say the least. In spite of travelling to London on the day prior to the event both Graham Bell and Mark Ketley were stranded on the Underground 2 hours prior to the start of the race!
Graham managed to get to the start on time, albeit having had to run 4 miles to get there. Considering all things his time of 2Hrs.58 Minutes was very respectable. Mark unfortunately missed the start and called it a day after 18 miles having had to compete with varying forms of runners in fancy dress! MARK McNALLY completed the course in 3Hrs.20 Minutes. Our 2 Ladies SUSAN WILSON and HILDA FROST both ran well to complete the course in difficult conditions in 4 Hrs.15 and 4.41 respectively.  

North Eastern Track and Field Championships
The North Eastern Track and Field Championships took place at Gateshead Stadium over the 12th/13th May. Pride of place regarding Elswick went to ASHLEY GIBSON who won a Gold Medal in the Womens 100 Metres in a time of 4Mins 37 Secs. MARK KETLEY won a silver in the 10.000 Metres, whilst RYAN McLEOD was third in the 1500 Metres in 3:57. Well done to ADAM SOUTHERN who gained a P.B. in the 800 Metres in 2:12. There was a poor turn out from the youngsters considering the hard work put in by coaches Martin and Tony.

SPRING NEWS Update

Harrier League
The Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League took place at Chester le Street on Saturday 3rd March with Elswick Senior Men finishing in 6th spot with pride of place going to STEVE WHITE who finished 7th overall in 33:43, followed by PAUL DIXON in 20th place out of the medium pack. MARK McLEOD had a fine run out of the fast pack to finish 28th PETER SLOAN who has run consistently all winter was 80th. JOHN BELL out of the fast pack ended up in 135th place, STEVE KYTE - 144th and DAVE ARMSTRONG - 147th. Other club finishers were PHILIP COLVER - 166TH and STEVE CURRY - 189TH. In the Senior Womens event EMMA MacFARLANE ran well to gain 2nd spot with ZARA FINDLAY - 29TH, and AMY SCOTT - 52ND. The only other competitors from the club were CARL SLACK in the U/13 BOYS race and CHARLOTTE SLOAN in the U/13 Girls race.

British Masters Cross Country
On reaching his Sixtieth Birthday HARRY MATTHEWS is not resting on his laurels, gaining a Gold Medal at the British Masters Cross Country at Berry Hill, Mansfield and then going on to win 2 Gold’s at the National Vets Indoor Championships at Lea Valley in the 1500 and 3000 Metres. Well done Harry!

Presentation Evening
The clubs Presentation Evening took place at the Leisure Centre on the 24th March with a different format this year. Our Olympian Mike McLeod presented the awards to the varying winners which were as follows.

Track and Field:
U/13 BOY - CARL SLACK
U/15 GIRL - LAUREN TAYLOR
2ND U/15 GIRL - REBECCA SLOAN
U/17 MAN - JONATHAN STRAUGHAN
2ND - U/17 MAN - CALUM WATSON
3RD - U/17 MAN - ADAM SOUTHERN
SENIOR LADY - ASHLEY GIBSON

Road and Cross Country:
1ST.U/13 BOY - JACK ORAM
2ND - U/13 BOY - CARL SLACK
1ST.U/13 GIRL - CHARLOTTE SLOAN
2ND - U/13 GIRL - REBECCA ORAM
3RD - U/13 GIRL - BEATRICE TAYLOR
1ST.U/17 WOMAN - GRACE TAYLOR
1ST.U/17 MAN - PHILIP HURST
2ND - U/17 MAN - ADAM SOUTHERN
3RD - U/17 MAN - CALUM WATSON
SENIOR WOMAN - JUDITH NUTT
1ST.SENIOR MAN - MARK McLEOD
2ND.SENIOR MAN - DAVE ARMSTRONG
1ST.VETERAN MAN - PAUL DIXON
2ND.VETERAN MAN - JOHN BELL
3RD VETERAN MAN - STEVE WHITE

Special Awards:
Fred Stephenson Cup (Senior Man) - GRAHAM BELL
Fred Stephenson Cup (Junior Man) - PHILP HURST.
Fred Stephenson Trophy (Senior Woman) - YAM THIRU
Quantum Service Award - TONY ROBSON.

Two special awards were presented to MARY AVERY and Colin BOLTON for their selections for their country in Cross Country Internationals.

The whole evening went off well with an excellent buffet and a Prize Quiz.
The turn out from members was first class, with thanks to our Chairman - TOM HANSON for selling so many tickets! Thanks also to ROB WILSON for the musical arrangements which went down well. Good to see a club event being so well supported.

North of England 12 Stage Relays
The North of England 12 Stage Relays took place at Silksworth on Sunday 1st April with Elswick finishing 27th out of 39 Teams. MARK McLEOD ran the 1st Leg recording the fastest time for the club on the 4 Mile stage in 21:57. PAUL DIXON ran well to obtain the fastest short leg in 11:18 over 2 Miles. STEVE WHITE was on 3rd leg - 11:39, GRAHAM BELL - 4TH  - 24:38, DAVE ARMSTRONG - 5TH - 11:34, MARTIN CONNELLY - 6TH - 11:45, KEVIN STEPHENSON - 7TH - 23:14, ANDREW HARTLEY - 8TH - 12:01, IAN HARDY - 12:27, MARK KETLEY - 10TH - 25:42, PETER SLOAN - 11TH - 12:48, IAN FENWICK - 12TH - 13:35. A fair effort by the team considering the drop out through injuries and illness.

Good Friday Road Races
The club staged our annual Good Friday Road Races at the Newburn Riverside Park, Lemington. The event went off very well with over 350 athletes taking part in the seven race programme. Full results can be obtained by clicking on to Sports Soft Results, but the Senior Men performed very well to finish second behind a strong Morpeth team who easily won the 4 X 2.5 Mile Relay Race. The Veteran Men were also in the medals gaining third spot behind Sunderland and Morpeth. The highlight of the day from an Elswick viewpoint was ASHLEY GIBSON who ran very well to come second in the Senior Womens Race over 2.25 Miles in a time of 12:41. The Womens team were third out of 9. Thanks must be paid to ONE NORTH EAST for their assistance in providing an excellent race H/Q.A big thank you to everyone at the club for all their help in the marshalling and also the Ladies who did the catering on the day. Finally many thanks to ASDA at Gosforth for the bread they provided for the event.

North Tyneside 10k
The North Tyneside 10k took place on Easter Sunday with 1393 finishers. MARK McLEOD was first Elswick runner home gaining 5th spot in 33:35. Other club placing’s were EMMA McFARLANE - 125TH, GARY RUTHERFORD - 202ND, ALAN LATTIMER - 203RD, PHIL COLVER - 218TH, STEVE CURRY - 286TH, ANDY MIDDLETON - 291ST, - AMANDA WATSON - 423RD, MIKE OLIVER - 431ST, - DANIEL MINK - 504TH.

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JANUARY NEWS Update

Morpeth 11k 
Morpeth Harriers staged the first event of 2007 with 122 intrepid souls turning out on New Years Day in the 11k event which winds its way through Mitford before finishing in the park at Morpeth. Only three club members took part with pride of place going to MARK McNALLY who was 13th overall in 41:05 GE0FF EMERSON finished 89th in 52:44, with TONY PRINCE-104th - 55:58.

Harrier League
The first Harrier League fixture was held at Berry Edge, Consett on 6th January with the Senior Men finishing in 4th spot in Division 1.
The 6 counters were as follows.
PAUL DIXON - 8TH 36; 13
GRAHAM BELL 34th - 38:27
KEVIN STEPHENSON - 52nd - 38:59
JIMMY BELL - 59th - 39:20
JOHN BELL - 68th - 39:37
PETER SLOAN - 130th - 41:16.

Other Elswick times were –GARY RUTHERFORD - 177th - 42:47
STEVE KYTE - 189th - 43:20, ANDREW HARTLEY - 190th - 43:22, STEVE CURRY - 233rd - 46:49, TONY PRINCE - 269th - 51:19.

In the U/17 Men’s race PHILIP HURST ran well to finish in 2nd.place in 19:24. Having his first run for the club JACK ORAM did well to finish in 8th place in 10:50. Our sole representative in the Womens race JUDITH NUTT was second Fast Pack lady home to finish in 8th place overall in 22:17. GRACE TAYLOR was 11th in the U/17 Womens event in 24:18. It was good to see the club field a full team in the U/13 Girls race with REBECCA ORAM - 13th, BEATRICE TAYLOR - 24th, and CHARLOTTE SLOAN - 27th. The girls finished in 5th place and was a reward to the coaches at the club for all their hard work.

The following Saturday the third Harrier League fixture took place at Farringdon with a huge field of 263 taking part in the Senior Men’s Race. Elswick Senior Men did well to gain 3rd.spot in Division 1. GRAHAM BELL running out of the slow pack was 13th overall with KEVIN STEPHENSON 30th out of the mediums.
Other Elswick finishers were as follows:
PAUL DIXON - 34TH, JOHN BELL - 47TH, JIM BELL - 64TH, PETER SLOAN - 107TH, GARY RUTHERFORD - 170TH, STEVE CURRY - 215TH
Once again JUDITH NUTT was the clubs only representative in the Womens race finishing 6th overall out of a field of 31.
In the U/13 Boys Race JONATHON SLOANE was 28th whilst his sister CHARLOTTE ran well to finish 5th in the U/13 Girls event.

Brass Monkey York Half Marathon
The Brass Monkey York half marathon took place on the 21ST January with JIM BELL running an outstanding 76 minutes, with GRAHAM BELL in training for the London Marathon finishing in 82 minutes.

Durham Cathedral Relays
On the same day the Durham Cathedral Relays took place on the banks of the Wear. RYAN McLEOD ran the third fastest time of the day in 8:31helping the Senior Men to 17th spot. MARK KETLEY ran 10:48 and DAVE ARMSTRONG - 10:14. The Veteran Men took the Bronze Medals as part of the N.E. Open Relay Championships with JOHN BELL running the first leg in 10:01; PAUL DIXON took over to gain three spots in a time of 9:47 with ALAN THOMPSON finishing off in 10:06. A total of 69 Teams took part in the Senior and Veteran Men’s Relays.