2011 TRACK AND FIELD

Northern Athletics

2011 Track & Field News

Vets 10,000mts Championships at Jarrow !
On Saturday September 10th, Morpeths Archie Jenkins retained
his Veterans North East Over 55 10,000metre title, when clocking 46m59.4s.

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Stretford Open Track & Field Meeting !
Morpeths Laura Weightman set new personal best figures of 4m07.94s,
when she placed fifth in the fastest heat of the 1500m at Stretford on 6th September.

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BMC 800m Races at Hexham !
Three Morpeth Harriers competed in the 800m BMC races that accompanied
the Northumberland Classic events at Hexham on Saturday 3rd September.

Ryan Green and Philip Winkler both enjoyed victories in the
B and C events in respective times of 2m12.6s and 2m12.3s.
In Green's case he very nearly equalled his personal best.

Laura Weightman finished fifth in a Male dominated A race in a time of 2m07.9s,
which was around three seconds adrift of her personal best.

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Northumberland Classic Track & Field Meeting !
One of Morpeths newest recruits Alex Nesbit certainly did himself proud on
Saturday 3rd September, when he achieved a hat-trick of Under 15 Boys
victories in the Northumberland Classic Track and Field meeting held at Hexham.

He triumphed in both the 100m and 200m events in respective times of 12.70s and 26.50s,
and then went on to complete his dominance in the age group
by winning the Long Jump with a best of 4.30m.

Fellow Harrier Ria Fairnington, also a new recruit,
finished second in the Under 13 Girls 200m in 29.67s,
and won the Long Jump with a best of 4.07m.

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Tartan Games !
Morpeth Harriers performed well at the 17th Tartan Games at
Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday 27th August.

Joe Robertshaw comfortably won the Under 17 400m in a time of 51.91secs.
Ria Fairnington won the Under 13 High Jump with a clearance of 1.35m.
She also finished 2nd in the Long Jump (3.99m) and 3rd in the 200m
(29.84 after a 29.75 heat). The only other Morpeth winner was Jonny Nisbet
in the Under 17 1500m who clocked 4mins 18.82secs.

Philip Winkler finished 2nd in the Under 15 1500m in a time of 4mins 28.40secs,
behind Middlesbrough's Jason Blackburn, who smashed the meeting record
with a time of 4mins 24.30sec. Blackburn had taken the bronze medal in the 800m
at the England Athletics Championships, the previous weekend.

Other Morpeth placings in the 1500m were
5th Ryan Green 4:35.23;
6th Jarod Lewis 4:37.80;
7th Elliot Kelly 4:39.91.

Philip Winkler also finished 5th in the Long Jump (5.19m)
Ryan Green had earlier finished 2nd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 10.45m.
Alex Nesbit clocked 26.53secs in his 200m heat and was 6th in the Under 15 Long Jump (4.63m).

Claire Reid competed in all the Throwing events in the Senior Womens' age-group
placing 2nd in the Shot (10.14m), 2nd in the Discus (23.58m)
3rd in the Hammer (23.58m) and 3rd in the Javelin (18.99m).

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BMC Grand Prix Meeting !
At the British Milers Club Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham on Saturday 20th August,
Morpeths Jonnie Taylor was within a couple of seconds of his best time
when finishing 3rd in the 3000 metres Steeplechase in 8 min 50.56.

Running at the same meeting Morpeth Harrier Laura Weightman showed some signs
of returning to her better form when she placed 3rd in the Womens 800 metres A race in 2-05.60,
whilst Morpeth Harrier Michael Dawson finished 8th in the C race of the 5000 metres in a time of 15-31.91.

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Northern League Division 3
Morpeth Harriers' final Northern League match of the season
at Huntingdon Stadium, York on Sunday 14th August
saw some excellent individual performances,
but overall a disappointing turnout of athletes produced
the inevitable disappointing result with the club
finishing fourth of the five competing teams.

Once again the women's turnout was abysmal, although the three athletes
who did take part produced some quality marks.
Elaine Telford achieved her usual sprint double win
with times of 13.3 and 26.6 seconds and also extended
her range with a close up 2nd place in the 400 metres (62.6 seconds)
Earlier Elaine had competed in the Long Jump (an unfamiliar event to her)
and eventually sorted out her run-up to win with an excellent distance of 4.70 metres,
and she rounded off a busy afternoon with 2nd place in the B section of the Javelin.

Another busy athlete was Claire Reid who scored a comfortable
victory in the Discus with a throw of 36.62 metres, having earlier
finished 2nd in the Hammer, where her throw of 32.85 metres
broke her own club record set last season.
Claire also placed 2nd in the Shot with a putt of 10.41 metres
as well as finishing 4th in the B section of the Long Jump.

The only member of the club's much vaunted middle and long distance squad
to put in an appearance was Sarah Wilkinson who front ran her way
to a comfortable victory in the 3000 metres in a time of 10-05.6.
This is an area where the club should be scoring heavily,
but too few of the athletes with the talent are showing the necessary commitment,
and clubs with much slower athletes are being left to pick up the points.

Some of the absences in the Men's team were for the more
understandable reasons of injury and illness,
with prolific points scorer Angus Wood out with a
hamstring injury sustained at the last meeting
and team manager John Thompson plus
star sprinter Alan Selby both missing due to illness.

Jonnie Taylor led from the gun to easily win the Steeplechase in 9-04.0,
lapping the entire field including clubmate John Woods,
who finished 2nd overall in 11-32.3 to win the B section of the event.

There was yet another fine front-running performance
from a Morpeth athlete in the 5000 metres where Peter Newton
clocked 14-31.0 to take over 10 seconds off his personal best.
Such was his dominance that he finished a massive 2-51 ahead,
double lapping all of his opponents.

Young Joe Robertshaw bravely stepped up to fill the
sprinting breach left by Alan Selby's absence.
Joe had a comfortable win in his normal speciality,
the 400 metres, in 52.4 seconds and also won the 200 metres (23.7)
and finished a close second in the 100 metres (12.0).

Wayne Gedge returned to team action, picking up useful points
in the B sections of the sprints whilst acting team manager
Dave Swinburne was also a busy athlete,
covering gaps in the 400 metres B race plus the 800 and 1500 metres -
both events in which the club should be doing much better.

Yet again the Appleby brothers scored a big quota of points in the throws.
Paul notched 3rd places in the Hammer (32.75m) and Shot (9.36m)
together with 4th in the Javelin (34.70m)

Brother Steven was 3rd in the B Hammer (21.50m) and 2nd in the B Discus (31.56m)
with Craig Pickup again proving a valuable addition to the squad
with a win in the B section of the Javelin with a throw of 31.10m,
and 3rd places in the B Shot (8.99m) and the B High Jump (1.40m).

Paul Appleby also covered both the 110 and 400 metres Hurdles
to pick up even more points whilst John Woods and Wayne Gedge
also ensured a reasonable points return from the jumping events.

Had more athletes shown the same level of commitment
as those who travelled down to York for the last two meetings,
the club, leading after 2 matches, would have undoubtedly have been promoted.
As it is Morpeth remain in Division 3 for another season - hoping for an input of enthusiasm
from the young athletes who will be old enough for the team next year
or a better attitude from those who were already eligible.

Match Result
1. Skyrac 439
2. Scarborough 435
3. Blyth / Wallsend 349
4. Morpeth 271
5. New Marske 186

League Positions
1. Scarborough 20
2 Skyrac 18
3 Blyth / Wallsend 17
4. Morpeth 16
5. New Marske 9

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (6)
The final North Eastern Athletics League meeting of the season
at Gateshead Stadium on Wednesday 10th August, once again
saw a good turnout by Morpeth Harriers in the Under15 Boys age group.

Phil Winkler added to his growing reputation with a win in the 800 metres in 2-08.11
with Ryan Green improving his personal best to 2-12.57 in 5th place.
Elliot Kelly was 6th in 2-15.47 with Jarod Lewis 9th in 2-17.52 (another PB)
and Sam Foster-Beattie 12th with 2-27.04

Alex Nesbitt also did well, finishing 4th in the Long Jump (4.43m)
and 6th overall in the 200 metres in a time of 26.34.
Jarod Lewis also finished 3rd in the 80 metres Hurdles with his time of 16.41 seconds.

Joe Robertshaw was a comfortable winner in the Under 17 section
of the 400 metres in 52.12 whilst Jacob Hopkins set a new
personal best time of 2-30.69 in placing 4th in the Under 13 Boys 800m

In the Senior section Craig Pickup won the Javelin with a throw of 29.96 metres
and placed 2nd in the Shot with a putt of 8.04 metres.
Points gained in those events helped earn Craig 3rd place
in the season long Grand Prix competition.

Mike Hegarty finished 8th overall (fourth Senior)
in the graded 3000 metres race in a time of 9-39.07.
Normally a road and cross country runner,
Mike has been venturing into track competition much more
this summer and it would be good to see more club members following his lead.

Melissa Turner placed 11th overall in the 3000 metres,
her time of 9-53.64 giving her 2nd place in the Senior Womens section,
whilst Alison Brown went close to her best in placing 3rd
in the Under 15 Girls 800 metres in a time of 2-34.77.

The versatile Ria Fairnington was once again prominent in the Under 13 Girls events.
She won both the 200 metres in 30.03 seconds and the High Jump with 1.30 metres,
and went on to place 2nd in the Long Jump with a jump of 3.94 metres.

Ria finished 3rd in the Grand Prix competition - a tremendous performance
as the Wooler-based athlete only joined the Harriers partway through the season
and therefore was only able to compete in three of the six League meetings.

Joe Robertshaw also finished 3rd in the Under 17 Men's Grand Prix,
with Jacob Hopkins placing 5th overall in the Under13 Boys section.

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Aviva London Grand Prix !
At the Aviva London Grand Prix meeting on Saturday 6th August at Crystal Palace,
Morpeths Nick McCormick competed in the prestigious `Emsley Carr Mile`and was
the first British athlete to finish, McCormick was eighth overall in the race,
crossing the line in 3m58.78 and this was a seasonal best for him over the mile distance.
The race was won by American, Leonel Manzano in 3m51.24.

The Emsley Carr Mile is an annual invitation athletics running event
held in the United Kingdom over one mile for men.
The race is part of the London Grand Prix and is
the most traditional and historic mile race in the world.

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Northern Athletics 10,000mt Championships & Inter-Counties Track & Field Championships !

There was a superb winning debut for Morpeth's Peter Newton in the
Northern Counties 10,000 metres track Championship at Leigh on Saturday 30th July.
Peter had 150 metres to spare over Blackburn's Ben Fish and Tom Cornthwaite who finished 2nd and 3rd,
and his time of 30-09.3 in the hot conditions was faster than anything he'd previously achieved for
the same distance on the road. Michael Dawson also recorded a creditable 32-24.5 for 13th place.

In the Northern Inter-Counties Championship held at the same venue on Saturday,
Joe Robertshaw, representing the North East, placed 3rd in the Under 17 400 metres,
improving his best time yet again to an excellent 50.34 seconds.

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (5)
At the fifth Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League at Gateshead Stadium on Wednesday 27th July,
several Morpeth Athletes were in action and their results are as follows,

UNDER 15 BOYS
1500M
Joe Elder 4m38.09
Ryan Green 4m38.74
Elliott Kelly 4m36.01
Jared Lewis 4m50.79

100M
Alex Nesbitt 12.80s

200M
Alex Nesbitt 26.64s

UNDER 15 GIRLS
1500M
Alison Brown 5m15.41

UNDER 17 MEN
200M
Joe Robertshaw 24.19s
Henrik Paulsen 27.19s

UNDER 13 BOYS
100M
Mitchell Green 15.33s

SENIOR MEN HIGH JUMP
Craig Pickup 1mt40

SENIOR MEN SHOT PUTT
Craig Pickup 8mts63

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BMC Races !
Morpeth’s Jonathan Taylor placed third in a time of 7m58.83s
in the 3000m‘A’ race - a time which almost equalled his indoor best at the distance of 7m58.60,
at the BMC Grand Prix meeting held in Manchester on Saturday 23rd July.
Club colleague Michael Dawson was ninth in the ‘C’ race in a time of 8m43.60s.

At the Regional BMC meeting at Jarrow on Monday 18th July,
the top Morpeth performance came from 14 year old Phil Winkler
who took 6 seconds off his previous best for 1500 metres,
his time of 4m22.0 giving him 2nd place in the B race.

At the same meeting, Lewis Timmins tuned up for the 10,000 metres at next weekend's
UKA World Championship Trials by finishing 2nd in the 1500 metres A race,
recording a time of 3m56.7. Further down the field Michael Dawson was 9th in 4m09.3
and Laura Weightman 12th in 4m16.6, her best time of the season.

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VAANEE Track & Field League Match 5 !
At the VAANEE Track & Field League Match 5 at Monkton Stadium on 18th July,
Morpeths Gavin Bayne won the 3000mts in a time of 10m34.1

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English Athletics Championships !
Top performance of the Morpeth Harriers in action last weekend was
Jonathan Taylor's victory in the English Athletics Championships at Bedford on Saturday 16th July.
Although still a relative novice at the steeplechase,
Taylor ran out a comfortable winner in a time of 8m54.51.

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European Athletics !
Morpeth's Nick McCormick finished 8th in 3m40.71
in a high quality 1500 metres race in Heusden-Zolder,
Belgium at the weekend. (17th/18th July)

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (4)
The fourth North East Athletics League meeting at Gateshead on Wednesday 13th July,
saw a number of good performances from Morpeth Harriers athletes.

Best of these, on her debut for the club, came from Ria Fairnington
whose winning height of 1-45 metres in the Under 13 Girls High Jump
was the best by a North East athlete this season and moved her up
to joint 6th place in the national Under 13 rankings.
The versatile Glendale Middle School athlete also won the
200 metres in 29.0 seconds and placed 2nd in the Long Jump with a leap of 4.04 metres.

In the Under 13 800 metres Morpeth's Carrie Collins finished 5th in 2-49.7
with clubmate Sarah Brown 6th in 2-50.9.

Alison Brown made a big improvement on her personal best
in placing 3rd in the Under 15 800 metres A race in 2-32.4,
with Beth Woolley finishing 6th in 2-45.5.
In the B race Molly McDonald was 2nd in 2-37.3 (6th overall) and Alice Kelly 4th in 2-48.7.

Her time of 2-06.5 in the Senior 800 metre graded races gave Laura Weightman
a comfortable win in the Senior Women's section, whilst Melissa Turner (9-56.2)
and Sarah Wilkinson (10-13.2) placed 2nd and 3rd in the 3000mts
behind Blaydon's highly-rated Hester Dix.

In the Under 13 Boys age group Euan Jones (3.96m) and Daniel Bell (3.19m)
were 2nd and 3rd in the Long Jump, having previously finished 3rd and 7th
overall in the 200 metres with times of 29.4 and 31.1 seconds respectively.

The Under 13 800 metres saw Jacob Hopkins take over 3 seconds off
his best with his time of 2-31.1 earning him 3rd place.
There were also personal bests in the Under 15 800m races
and might have been more with better race seedings.

Morpeth's Phil Winkler was the fastest of the competing athletes with a winning time of 2-09.4 in the A race.
Behind him Ryan Green was 4th in 2-13.8 and newcomer Jarod Lewis 6th in a new best of 2-20.6.
Joe Elder was 4th in the B race with a PB of 2-13.6.

Another recent recruit Alex Nesbitt was also prominent in the age group,
finishing 2nd in the 200 metres B race (25.9) and 3rd in the Long Jump (4.59m)

Joe Robertshaw continued his good season with a new best of 23.6 seconds in the graded 200 metres races,
which gave him 2nd place of the Under 17s taking part whilst Henrik Paulsen clocked 27.3 for 8th place.

Jonnie Nisbet improved his best 800 metres time to 2-03.2
in the graded races to finish 3rd amongst the Under 17s.

In the Senior Men's competition Craig Pickup won the Shot with a putt of 9.56 metres
and placed 2nd in the Javelin with his throw of 29.48 metres.
Mike Hegarty was the lone Morpeth representative in the 3000 metres, finishing 4th in 9-42.6.

Complete Morpeth results are as follows,

Under 15 Boys
800m
Philip Winkler 2m09.4
Joe Elder 2m13.6
Ryan Green 2m13.8

Under 13 Boys
800m
Jacob Hopkins 2m31.1

Under 13 Boys
200m
Euan Jones 29.4
Daniel Bell 31.1

Under 13 Boys
Long Jump
Daniel Bell 3.69mts
Euan Jones 3.98mts

Under 13 Girls
800m
Carrie Collins 2m49.7
Sarah Brown 2m50.9

Under 13 Girls
200m
Ria Fairnington 29.0

Under 13 Girls
Long Jump
Ria Fairnington 4.04mts

Under 13 Girls
High Jump
Ria Fairnington 1.45mts

Under 15 Girls
800m
Alison Brown 2m32.4
Molly McDonald 2m37.3
Beth Wooley 2m45.5
Alice Kelly 2m48.7

Under 17 Men
800m
Jonnie Nisbett 2m03.2

Under 17 Men
200m
Joe Robertshaw 23.6
Henrik Paulsen 27.3

Under 23 Women
800m
Laura Weightman 2m06.5

Senior Women
3000m
Melissa Turner 9m56.2
Sarah Wilkinson 10m13.2

Senior Men
3000m
Mike Hegarty 9m42.6

Senior Men
Javelin
Craig Pickup 29.48mts

Senior Men
Shot Putt
Craig Pickup 9.56mts

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British Milers Club Grand Prix !
Five Morpeth athletes competed in the British Milers Club
Grand Prix meeting at Solihull on Saturday 9th July.
Top performance came from Jonathan Taylor
who finished 4th in the Steeplechase where he recorded a new
personal best of 8m53.76, which puts him in 6th place in the UK rankings.

Chris Sampson placed 15th in the Steeplechase
whilst Matt Nicholson was 6th in the C race of the 1500 metres in 3m52.68.

Lewis Timmins showed that he is getting closer to his best form with
10th place in the 5000 metres in 14m20.68
. Michael Dawson's time of 15m21.83 gave him
13th place in the D race of the 5000.

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North East Veterans Track & Field Championships !
In the North East veterans' Championships at Jarrow on Saturday 9th July,
Morpeth's Gavin Bayne scored a double victory in the Over 55s age group
with wins in the 1500 (5m02.5) and 5000 (17m33.2).

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Northern League Division 3
It was a frustrating afternoon for the Morpeth Harriers track and field team
in their Northern League match at York on Sunday 3rd July.
Whilst there were some excellent performances from the men's squad,
an abysmal turnout in the women's section has seriously dented the club's promotion chances.

Elaine Telford, the only woman to compete, excelled with an impressive double win in the 100mts (13.1)
and 200mts (26.7), but will need a lot more support in the final League meeting next month.

In the Men's events there was also a sprint double from Alan Selby
with times of 11.7 and 23.5, with Will Driver also winning the B events in 11.6 and 23.8.

Ian Harding was another Morpeth winner on the track,
front running his way to victory in the 5000mts in a time of 15-26.6
whilst 16 year old Jonnie Nisbet was only caught in the final straight of the 1500,
placing second in a new personal best of 4-20.1.

John Woods led most of the way to win the 3000m Steeplechase in 11-30.8
and also picked up valuable points with a second place in the Triple Jump (11.18mts).

However, the most prolific points scorer on the day was Angus Wood
with second place in both the 110m Hurdles and the High Jump
and a win in the B section of the Long Jump the best of his contributions.

Unfortunately the day ended on a sour note for Angus as he pulled
a hamstring in the sprint relay, although he bravely hobbled on
to complete his leg and ensure that the team finished.

Ryan Simpson fully justified his promotion from the Young Athletes' team
with a second place in the Long Jump (5.50mts)
and a win in the B section of the Triple Jump,
plus a useful leg in the 4 x 400mts relay.

Once again the Appleby brothers made a big impact in the throws.
Paul produced an excellent throw of 34.69mts in the Discus
to place second to Scarborough's highly-rated Rob Russell
and was also third in the Hammer (30.10), before making a welcome
return to hurdling with a win in the B section of the 110m Hurdles.

Steven Appleby took third in the Shot (9.12mts)
won the B section of the Hammer and also placed
second in the B Discus with a throw of 30.70mts.

There was also an encouraging debut from Craig Pickup
with second places in the B sections of both the Shot and the Javelin.

Team Manager John Thompson also gained a lot of points (some from quite unfamiliar events,
such as a third place in the 800mts B race) and his assistant,
Dave Swinburne, also made an important contribution despite recently returning from injury.

The team will need more of that sort of spirit, particularly from the Women's section,
in the final match, also at York, on 14th August.
Whilst Scarborough have probably clinched the Divisional title,
second place is still wide open and a good showing from Morpeth would still bring promotion.

Match Result
1. Scarborough 347pts
2. Wallsend / Blyth 309pts
3. Skyrac 293pts
4. New Marske 231pts
5. Morpeth 208pts

League Positions
1. Scarborough 15pts
2=Morpeth 13pts
2=Wallsend / Blyth 13pts
4. Skyrac 12pts
5. New Marske 7pts

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Aviva 2011 ESAA Track & Field Championships !
The two Morpeth Harriers representing Northumberland at the English Schools Championships
on Friday and Saturday 1st and 2nd July both acquitted themselves well.

Running in what proved to be the fastest heat of the Intermediate Boys 400mts,
Joe Robertshaw finished sixth in a new personal best time of 51.21 seconds.

There was also a personal best of 2-06.32 for Phil Winkler
who placed sixth in his heat of the Junior Boys 800mts.

Both boys have worked hard to achieve these times and will look
forward to improving them further in the remainder of the season.

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BMC Gold Standard Races !
At the BMC Gold Standard Races at Stretford on Tuesday 28th June, Morpeths Matt Nicholson
finished seventh in the Mens 1500m A race in 3m55.11.
In the Mens 3000m A race Morpeths Lewis Timmins finished 11th in 8m22.03.

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British Masters Track & Field Championships !
Morpeths Gavin Bayne travelled to Birmingham at the weekend (26th June) to compete
in the British Masters Track and Field Championships held at Alexandra Stadium.

Currently ranked number one in the Over 55 Veteran Mens category for the Mile,
he just lost out for a Bronze medal by a whisker in the 1500m,
when he crossed the finish line in 4m52s.
He completed a busy weekend by finishing fifth in the 5000m in 17m27s.

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Northumberland Middle Schools Track & Field Championships !
Morpeth Harriers Ryan Green and Kieran Smith, were leading performers
at the Northumberland Middle Schools Track and Field Championships,
held at Gateshead's International Stadium on Saturday 25th June.

Green certainly continued his current run of form,
when he won the Year 8 Boys 800m in 2m15.1s,
and in addition to this he gained himself some pleasure,
when finishing second in the Triple Jump, with a best of 10.41m.
Fellow Morpeth Harrier Sam Foster-Beattie finished fourth in the 800m in 2m26.1s.

Smith secured himself a superb victory in the 400m in 61.2s,
after running an identical time in the heats,
and fellow Harrier Connor Blair finished fifth in 63.4s.

In the 1500m, Andrew Allan clocked a new personal best of 5m02.1s, when placing sixth.

In the Year 7 Boys events, Jacob Hopkins was the clubs best performer,
when he finished second in the 1500m in 5m10.4s.
Clubmate Samuel Williams finished eighth in 5m42.8s.

In the 300m, Jake Stevenson finished eighth in 52.2s.

Kirsty Lang clocked 14.5s in her heat in the Year 8 Girls 100m,
however in the 200m, she made the final courtesy of a personal best of 30.3s,
however found 30.7s in the final only good for seventh.

Elswhere in the Girls events, two Year 7 members of
Morpeth Harriers achieved new personal bests.
In the 800m Carrie Collins and Abbie Elliott finished
fifth and seventh in respective times of 2m46.2s, and 2m46.7s.
Olivia Priest was fifteenth in this event in 3m21.6s.

Florence Thomson finished second in the 200m in 32.1s.

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (3)
Morpeth Harriers Under 17 sprinter Joe Robertshaw was certainly in sparkling form,
when he created two new personal best performances at the third
Start Fitness sponsored North Eastern Athletics League,
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium, on Wednesday 22nd June.

Firstly in the B race of the seeded 100m events, he finished in third place in 12.0s,
which was just fractionally inside his old figures for the distance,
and he was fourth Under 17 Man in the event overall.
However in the 200m, held later, he really excelled,
by winning the B race in 23.8s, which was comfortably
inside his previous best, which made him third Under 17 overall.

Another Morpeth Harrier competing in these events was fellow
Under 17 athlete Henrik Paulsen,
who finished third in the C race of the 100m in 13.2s,
which made him seventh in his age group,
he also excelled however in the 200m,
when he created new figures of 26.8s in winning the C race,
which placed him sixth in the age group on the night.

Under 13 athlete Jacob Hopkins can feel well pleased with his effort in the 1500m,
where he finished third in 5m07.4s, a new personal best.
Morpeth club colleague Sam Williams finished seventh in 5m37.2s.

In the Under 15 Boys 1500m, Phil Winkler was Morpeth Harriers leading finisher,
when he came home in second place in 4m28.2s.
Next home for the club was newcomer Elliot Kelly,
recently signed from North Shields Poly,
and he marked his debut in a Morpeth vest superbly,
by clocking a new personal best of 4m39.5s for eighth place.
The next two places behind him were filled by new clubmates Joe Elder and Ryan Green,
who clocked 4m41.5s and 4m44.0s respectively, the latter being a new personal best.
Andrew Allan clocked 5m03.1s, when finishing in sixteenth spot.

Alison Brown was fractionally outside her personal best,
when finishing fifth in the Under 15 Girls 1500m in 5m24.1s.
Fellow Morpeth Harriers Beth Woolley and Lucy Pargeter
finished sixth and eighth in respective times of 5m55.1s, and 6m38.3s.

In the Under 13 Girls 1500m, Morpeth's Abbie Elliott was fifth in 5m42.4s.

The seeded Mile events, where the A race provided the winner of the Stan Long Cup,
in memory of the legendary Gateshead Harriers coach,
who mentored the legendary Brendan Foster,
and on the night was won by a Gateshead athlete in Adam Carmichael,
saw Morpeth's Michael Dawson finish fourth in 4m28.6s,
which placed him as third Senior Man.
Mike Hegarty of Morpeth Harriers finished eighth in the B race in 4m52.8s.

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BMC 1500m Race Series
Michael Dawson of Morpeth Harriers clocked a new personal best of 4m08.2s,
when he finished tenth in a talent filled BMC 1500m A race,
at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Monday 20th June.

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National Young Athletes League Division 1

Once again Morpeth Harriers Young Athletes delighted their respective
Team Managers by their commitment, when finishing second in their
fourth and final Northern League Division 1 match,
held at Huntington Stadium, near York, on Sunday 19th June.

Only sixty one points separated them from match winners and hosts Harrogate,
with a very much weakened New Marske finishing thirty seven points further behind in third place.

On a very positive front, Morpeth Harriers had excellent performers
in Phillip Winkler, Ryan Green, and Joe Elder from the Under 15 Boys section,
Jonnie Nisbet, Henrick Paulsen, and Daniel Smith from the Under 17 Men,
Jacob Hopkins and Euan Jones from the Under 13 Boys,
Molly McDonald and Alison Brown from the Under 15 Girls,
and Lizzie Rank from the Under 13 Girls,
amongst a number of good supporting efforts across the board to be admired.

When the final league totting up process is completed,
the squad will probably find themselves in either runners up spot cumulatively,
or at worst in third place, for which the entire squad can be justly proud of themselves.

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North of England Track & Field Championships !

Morpeths Jonny Taylor is the new North of England Senior Mens
3000m Steeplechase Champion after winning a close battle of wits with
Lincoln Wellington's Tom Doe at Sports City, Manchester on Saturday 18th June.

He won in a brand new personal best of 8m54.45s, after eclipsing
the time that he'd set in May at Jarrow, by all of two seconds.

Other Morpeth Harriers competing at the Championships on Saturday,
were Matt Nicholson, Michael Dawson, and sprinters Alan Selby and Elaine Telford.

Nicholson finished seventh in the 1500m final in 3m56.31s,
Dawson finished sixteenth in the Senior Mens 5000m final in 15m28.00s,
and Selby and Telford went out in their respective heats of the
Men and Womens 100m, with clockings of 11.59s, and 12.73s.

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Northumberland Schools Track & Field Championships !

The Northumberland Schools Track and Field Championships,
held in cool showery conditions at Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday 11th June,
saw several athletes from Morpeth Harriers produce performances that saw
them through to the forthcoming Inter Area match,
that is the next stone to competing in the prestigious English Schools Championships,
plus a number of personal bests were achieved.

Top performer was undoubtedly East Northumberland sprinter Joe Robertshaw,
who won the Intermediate Boys 400m in a brand new personal best time of 51.6s.

Another winner for East Northumberland was Hannah Rank,
who took the Senior Girls 3000m title in 11m38.8s.

With winners and seconds automatically through to the
aforementioned Inter Area qualification match,
which will be held at the Gateshead venue this coming Saturday 18th June,
other Morpeth Harriers scheduled to run following Saturday’s efforts are
Philip Winkler, Ailsa McGregor, Jonnie Nisbet, and Joe Elder.

Winkler crowned what has been a tremendous spell of form,
by running close to his personal best when he
finished second in the Junior Boys 800m in 2m11.3s.

McGregor clocked 2m30.9s when finishing second in the Senior Girls 800m.

After giving his clubs Young Athletes fixture a timely miss on the previous Sunday,
Jonnie Nisbet bounced back to run an excellent 2m05.7s,
when finishing second in the Intermediate Boys 800m.

A superb personal best by six seconds gave Joe Elder
his place at the Inter Area competition, when he finished
second in the Junior Boys 1500m, in a time of 4m38.4s.

Alison Brown will have to await a selectors decision to see
if she will claim her place at the Inter Area match,
after finishing third in the Junior Girls 1500m in 5m31.0s.

Fellow Morpeth Harrier Beth Woolley finished eighth in this event, in a time of 6m10.3s.

The ever improving Molly McDonald produced an excellent new personal best of 2m37.3s,
when finishing fifth in the Junior Girls 800m, taking a whole seven seconds off her old figures.

Sarah Wilkes finished tenth in this event, in a time of 2m45.3s.

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Veterans Athletics Association North East Track & Field Meeting !

Morpeths Gavin Bayne completed a very busy, yet successful night of athletics activity,
at the third Veterans Athletics Association North East Track and Field meeting,
held at Jarrow’s Monkton Stadium, on Monday 6th June.

He won the Over 55 Mile in a time of 5m27.6s,
and also tested himself vigorously over the 200m and 400m distances,
where he placed fifth in both events, in respective times of 32.9s, and 71.5s.

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BMC Grand Prix Meeting !

Running from lane one, Morpeths Nick McCormick
was fractionally away from his personal best,
when clocking 1m48.68s for sixth place in the
800m B race at the talent filled
BMC Grand Prix meeting held at Watford on Saturday night, 11th June.

At the same meeting, club colleague Matt Nicholson
can feel well pleased with his seasons best of 3m50.67s,
when finishing tenth in the 1500m D race,
which was agonisingly just two seconds adrift of his lifetime best.

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BMC Regional 1500m Events !

Two Morpeth Harriers were in action at the BMC regional 1500m events
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Monday night 6th June.

Fresh from Young Athletes competition at the same venue the previous day,
Philip Winkler clearly excelled on his first taste at this level,
when he set a new personal best of 4m27.7s,
in finishing third in a mixed B race.

It was also pleasing to see Laura Weightman back in action after a minor leg operation,
and she can feel well pleased by a steady 4m17.5s,
which saw her finish eighth as the only female in a fast A race.

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Northern League Division 3
The clubs Senior Men and Women won their second round
Northern League Division 3 match in Middlesbrough on Saturday 4th June,
by a margin of twenty three points, where once again the Men were dominant
as they took maximum points from eight track events,
including two relays, and won some deserved plaudits
for some very determined field performances.

The Women’s section, which were supported by the turnout of five athletes,
enjoyed five A string victories, which in turn were aided by a handful of B string efforts,
which supported the tremendous effort on the day.

For his own particular section, Morpeth’s Men’s Track and Field Team Manager
John Thompson was very upbeat afterwards, and quipped that with similar efforts
in the forthcoming two matches, the squad may well be in danger
of promotion at the end of the campaign,
as it was confirmed that the victory on the day,
against the other competing squads performances,
had sent them to the top of the table.

Highlights of the Men’s performances were the splendid 100m and 200m victories by Alan Selby,
who is definitely nearing his best form with clockings of 11.2s and 23.0s respectively.

B string victories in these events by Thompson (12.6s)
and Under 17 rising star Joe Robertshaw (24.3s)
added to the Morpeth dominance.

Robertshaw also enjoyed his particular moment of glory,
when he quite convincingly won his favoured event,
the 400m A race, in a time of 53.7s, which given the cold windy
conditions that prevailed on the day, was a superb effort.

Angus Wood, who travels up from his Newmarket base,
to compete for his club, tenaciously won the B race in 65.4s.

Wood also enjoyed later success with victory in the High Jump (1.55m)
plus second places in both the 110m Hurdles (22.1s), and Long Jump (5.07m)
plus a second place in the B string Triple Jump (9.60m)
where in turn he very ably supported a splendid,
and surprise A string victory by John Woods,
whose final effort of 10.91m eased him ahead of
talented Wallsend and Blyth athlete Craig Birch.

Team Manager Thompson once again supported his squad well
by winning the B string Long Jump with a best of 4.56m,
however disappointingly, and somewhat undeservedly,
he was forced to call matters to an end for the day personally,
when ricking his back, on clearing the final obstacle in the
110m Hurdles to win the B string in 26.4s.
Thompson had also earlier finished second
in the 400m Hurdles B string event in 76.9s.

In the Men’s distance events Morpeth Harriers were certainly in dominant form,
as they triumphed in everything bar the Steeplechase.

Fresh from his excellent personal best in the previous weeks Bupa London 10k,
Peter Newton dominated the 5000m from the gun,
as he lapped everyone on the track to take a sweet victory
by a margin of 110 seconds, when he crossed the finish line in 14m44.2s.

The last man he lapped was his own clubmate Gary Jones,
who quite convincingly took the B race in 16m25.4s.

Other Morpeth A string track winners were Matt Nicholson,
and Druridge Bay 10k winner Ian Harding,
who enjoyed success in the 800m (2m01.3s)
and 1500m (4m15.1s) respectively

These two efforts were backed up well by Under 17 athlete Jonny Nisbet,
who won both B events with well earned clockings of 2m08.8s, and 4m29.6s.

The Appleby brothers Paul and Steven were once again reliable and dominant forces in the Throws.
Paul enjoyed a new personal best when finishing second in the A string of the Hammer
with a throw of 30.59m, and Steven finished second in the B string with 19.31m.
The pair went even better in the Discus, where Paul finished second
in the A string with 33.07m, and Steven won the B string with his best of 29.47m.
Paul also enjoyed a B string victory in the Shot with 8.56m,
and Steven’s 8.72m, earned him third place in the A competition.

The Men rounded their day off nicely when Angus Wood, Joe Robertshaw,
Matt Nicholson, and Alan Selby, got round to take the 4x100m relay in 49.3s,
and the combination of Nisbet, Harding, Woods and Nicholson,
pulled off an excellent win in the 4 x 400m relay in 3m56.0s.

In the Women’s track events Morpeth’s Elaine Telford dominated
the 100m and 200m with wins in 12.6s and 26.3s respectively,
and was well backed up in the 100m when Under 20 athlete
Ailsa McGregor took third in the B string with 14.9s.

It was a very busy afternoon for McGregor, as she showed both
her immense talent and appetite for competition by achieving two
of the squads A string victories in the 100m Hurdles (19.3s)
and High Jump (1.33m), and finished third in the A string events
of the 400m (69.8s), and 800m (2m37.0s) events.

In the 400m she was backed up by fellow Under 20 athlete Hannah Rank,
who finished second in the B race in 69.6s, and went on to win the 3000m B race in 11m41.8s.

Maxine Czarneka finished second in the A race of the 3000m in 10m21.8s,
to Scarborough’s former Louise Brown.

More excellent points were gained in the Field by Women’s Team Manager for the day Claire Reid,
who won the Discus with a best of 31.65m, and went on to finish second in both the Hammer (30.17m)
and Shot (9.84m), and added third places in the Javelin (18.59m)
and Long Jump (2.95m) to her tally for a splendid afternoon’s work.

Unfortunately Morpeth could not call further on their five Women athletes,
to mount a challenge in the two available relays.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Morpeth 372pts,
2nd Wallsend & Blyth 349pts,
3rd Skyrac 347.5pts,
4th Scarborough 340pts,
5th New Marske 259pts.

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National Young Athletes League Division 1
On Sunday 5th June, Morpeth Harriers Young Athletes took part
in their National Young Athletes League Division 1 match
at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow, against probably their
most formidable opponents in Blaydon & Elswick, and Chester Le Street.

All three clubs had won their two matches so far, and this definitely
promised to be the toughest of the four rounds contested.
This certainly proved to be true; however Blaydon & Elswick
were clearly dominant on the day, as once again they high scored in the match.

It was certainly close between Morpeth Harriers and Chester Le Street
with only a few events remaining, however the Northumbrian club managed
to gain some points over the last few events to maintain
an an albeit slender margin to take second place.

Morpeth managed seven track wins across the age groups on the day
including one of the relays, and five victories in the field
were indeed an added bonus to their competitive tally.

Their best graded performer of the day was undoubtedly Myles Foggon,
who won the Under 15 Boys 200m in 25.2s,
and added an excellent second in the 400m in 57.6s,
just losing out to Blaydon & Elswick’s Chris Milburn.

Philip Winkler claimed an excellent victory in the Under 15 Boys 800m,
where he was just a fraction away from his personal best with 2m12.2s,
and Ryan Green backed him up well in the points stakes by placing third in 2m18.2s.
Winkler refused to rest on his laurels however, and can feel well
pleased with his effort of 5.17m, which saw him take the Long Jump with ease.

The excellent form of Jacob Hopkins continues apace, as he secured
an excellent victory in the Under 13 Boys 800m in 2m38.6s.

Florence Thomson won the Under 13 Girls 70m Hurdles in 15.4s,
and she was backed up well by Lizzie Rank who finished third in 17.0s.
Rank also performed well by winning the High Jump with a best clearance of 1.05m,
where a similar clearance saw Thomson placed third on countback.
This pairing also fared well in the 1200m, with Rank finishing second in 4m48.0s,
and Thomson getting third in 5m01.7s.

Victory in the Under 17 Men’s 200m also saw another positive step
in the right direction for injury victim Jack Hepple,
who in turn clocked a new personal best for the distance,
with his clocking of 24.6s.
Henrik Paulsen finished fourth in this event, in 27.1s.
Paulsen also supported his club well by placing third in the 100m (12.6s)
and went on to finish second in the 400m in 64.5s.

Alison Brown secured an excellent victory in the Under 15 Girls 1500m in 5m32.4s,
and her Morpeth clubmate Charlotte Jewell backed her up well by placing third in 5m49.3s,
actually just missing out for second by a whisker.

Morpeth Harriers other winners on the day were
Ryan Simpson Rebecca Dodds, and Beth Woolley.
Simpson won the Under 17 Men’s Long Jump with a best of 5.41m,
and later added a third in the Triple Jump with 10.66m to his tally.
Dodd’s won the Under 15 Girls Shot with 6.40m, and was well backed
up by Alice Kelly’s 4.61m, which saw her place third.
Second place in the Discus was also secured by Dodds with her best throw of 11.21m,
and Kelly again backed her up well with third place with 10.80m.
Woolley won the Under 15 Girls Javelin with 12.70m,
and had Rosie McDonald backing her up well in second place with 8.93m,
and then went on to take third place in the Long Jump with 3.65m,
and added a track success by placing second in the 75m Hurdles in 15.9s.

In addition to the victories there were some good second places
secured for Morpeth Harriers with the performances by the following

Olivia Priest (11.9s) (Under 13 Girls 75m), and (2.80m) (Under 13 Girls Long Jump,

Ewan Jones (15.8s) (Under 13 Boys 75m Hurdles), and (5m23.2s) (1500m),

Molly McDonald (2m44.7s) (Under 15 Girls 800m),

Abby Elliott (2m57.9s) (Under 13 Girls 800m),

Matthew Hogan (5.23m) (Under 13 Boys Shot),

Calum Thomson (15.47m) (Under 17 Men’s Hammer),

Kirsty Lang (1.25m) (Under 15 Girls High Jump),

Georgia Priest (4.94m) (Under 13 Girls Shot).

Morpeth Harriers secured victory in the Under 15 Girls 4 x 100m relay in 60.6s,
courtesy of Kirsty Lang, Alison Brown, and Molly and Rosie McDonald.

They finished in second place in the Under 13 Boys, Under 13 Girls,
and Under 15 Boys relays, in respective times of 61.6s, 65.2s, and 54.6s.

Third place was secured in the Under 15 Boys 4 x 400m relay in 4m15.8s,
courtesy of Joe Elder, Ben Welsh, Ryan Green, and Philip Winkler.

Added to this several of the clubs Young Athletes achieved personal bests in their efforts.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Blaydon 550pts,
2nd Morpeth 377pts,
3rd Chester Le Street 346pts.

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European Track Meetings !
Morpeths Nick McCormick shot straight to the top of the UK Mens 2011 1500m rankings,
when he finished a close second in Nijmegan in the Netherlands on May 25th, in a time of 3m38.07s.

Agonisingly he just missed out on the standard required for the World Championships in Daegu,
and he was fractionally outside the B standard for London 2012.

A few days later in Huelva in Spain, he made another
attempt at the distance, however he finished fourth in 3m38.70.

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BMC Grand Prix Manchester !
Morpeths Matthew Nicholson set a new seasons best of 3m52.75s,
when finishing fifth in the 1500m C race at the BMC Grand Prix meeting
held at Sport City in Manchester on Saturday night.(28th May)

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (2)
Five athletes from Morpeth Harriers achieved new personal
bests on another excellent night of Track and Field,
at the second Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League meeting,
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 25th May.

When finishing third in the 100m seeded event, Joe Robertshaw finished third,
was first Under 17, and clocked a new personal best of 12.1s.
Although he did not quite match up to his best, Robertshaw can also feel
well pleased with his performance in the later held seeded 400m,
where he was also fastest Under 17, but also finished second in 53.0s,
and inflicted defeat upon some polished Seniors.

The ever improving Jacob Hopkins also did well by winning
the B race of the Under 13 Boys 800m, and emerged as second fastest overall,
by setting brand new figures of 2m34.4s for the distance,
taking another second off his previous best.

In the Under 15 Boys 800m Philip Winkler also showed his current
depth of form when he knocked a second off his previous best
with his clocking of 2m11.2s when winning a talent filled B race.

Another Morpeth personal best in the Under 15 Boys was set by Joe Elder,
who clocked 2m16.9s, and was eighth fastest of the night.
Eleventh fastest in this age group was Ryan Green, who clocked 2m19.3s.

In the seeded 3000m, Morpeth Harrier Gary Jones
set new figures of 9m29.8s, when finishing third.

Matt Nicholson finished fifth in the A race of the Senior Mens 800m in 2m00.3s,
which saw athletes in competition for the Jimmy Hedley Cup,
in memory of the former Jarrow & Hebburn stalwart,
who was mentor and Coach to Steve Cram.

In the Senior Womens 3000m, Maxine Czarneka finished second in 10m24.8s,
and youngster Alice Kelly had her first taste of North Eastern Athletics League action,
by competing well in the Under 15 Girls 800m, where she finished seventh in 2m50.4s.

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National Young Athletes League Division 1
Another excellent across the board effort by their athletes and respective Team Managers,
saw Morpeth Harriers pull of a superb victory in their second round
Northern Young Athletes Division 1 match,
held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Sunday 22nd May.

In a high scoring match, they once again scored over 400 points on the day,
and after two matches, are certainly amongst the contenders for promotion at the end of the season.

The determined squad produced 29 event winners on the day,
and that included six of the nine relay events on
offer, on top of some excellent Track and Field efforts.

In the Under 13 age groups Carrie Collins got matters off to a superb start
by taking victory in the Girls 70m Hurdles in 15.5s,
and was well backed up by newcomer Tegan-Jade Dryden,
who finished second in 17.4s.

Carrie also went on to claim a victory in the High Jump (1.15m)
in addition to finishing second in the 150m in 25.2s,
and was part of a Morpeth Under 13 Girls 4 x 100m squad that finished second in 67.8s.

Another excellent Under 13 Girls result came in the 800m,
where Olivia Priest secured a superb victory in 3m10.2s,
and Harriet Grace backed her up well when coming home second in 3m21.0s.
Added to this Lizzie Rank was a good second in the Shot with 4.74m.

In the Under 13 Boys events, Jacob Hopkins continued his excellent
improvement when winning the 800m in 2m37.1s,
and he added an excellent second in the 200m (33.4s)
plus was part of a Morpeth 4 x100m victory in 64.6s.
Other wins in the Under 13 Boys events came from Philip Kirby in the 1500m (5m47.0s)
and Matthew Hogan (5.28m) in the Shot.
Daniel Bell and Ewan Jones also performed well in the 75m Hurdles
when finishing second in the A and B sections in 15.8s, and 17.3s,
and the pair went on to finish second and third respectively in the 100m,
with 15.3s being recorded to both of them by the judges.

Morpeth Harriers had some superb results from their Under 15 athletes,
with Chelsea Morrison once again well to the fore with victories in the Discus (15.0m)
and Shot (8.22m), plus a second in the Javelin (10.34m) to her
winning clubmate Beth Wooley, who threw 11.58m to secure victory.
Wooley also secured victory in the Long Jump with 3.41m,
and clubmate Lucy Pargeter also played her part to
an excellent Morpeth result by finishing third with 3.17m.

Another good Under 15 Girl performer was Kirsty Lang,
finished second in the 100m in 15.4s, and second in the
High Jump with a clearance of 1.30m.
Molly McDonald also performed well to finish second to
Birtley's North East Champion Lydia Turner in the 800m in 2m51.2s.

There were some excellent efforts from Morpeth Harriers Under 15 Boys section.
This included two wins by Myles Foggin in the 400m (60.5s), and High Jump (1.55m)
Philip Winkler and Ryan Green clearly dominated the 800m
by finishing first and second in respective times of 2m19.8s, and 2m23.9s.

Joe Elder also secured a victory in the 1500m (4m57.7s)
and added a second in the Long Jump (3.65m) to his tally for good measure.
Morpeth Harriers also enjoyed winning success in the two Under 15 Boys relays.

On to the Under 17 age group efforts, and in the Girls events
Morpeth Harriers best performer was Millie Davidson,
who provided their only victory in the Javelin with a best of 13.25m,
with clubmate Greta Deans finishing second with 7.35m.
Davidson also placed third in both the Long Jump and Shot events
with best efforts of 3.26m and 5.00m respectively.

Deans provided Morpeth with their best Under 17 Womens
track performance by finishing second in the 300m in 52.9s.

There was an excellent degree of commitment however by the Under 17 Men
who between them managed five track victories, and three in the Field events.

Two of the latter belonged to Ryan Simpson who won both
the Long and Triple Jumps with bests of 5.37m, and 10.64m respectively.
Daniel Smith won the Shot with 8.09m, and went on to get two
second placings in the 400m Hurdles (78.8s), and 100m Hurdles in 21.3s.
Philip Caldwell supported his colleagues well to finish second in the High Jump with 1.40m.
Caldwell also enjoyed winning success in the 1500m Steeplechase
and 400m events with clockings of 5m02.3s, and 71.1s.

Joe Robertshaw secured an excellent win in the 200m in 24.9s,
and got excellent support from Jack Hepple,
who on returning to action from a second broken leg,
finished third as first B competitor in 25.5s.
Clocking exactly the same time as the winner Christopher Lillico
from Alnwick and Blyth, Robertshaw just missed out
on the nod with his clocking of 12.2s in the 100m.
He was backed up well in this by Henrick Paulsen,
who finished as first B competitor in 13.5s.

Sam Hancox added to his first ever track win in the first match by winning the 3000m in 11m12.7s.

Morpeth Harriers won the Under 17 Mens 4 x 400m Relay in 4m18.0s,
and finished second in the 4 x 100m in 52.2s.

The squad face a very hard battle in their third round match,
which is their home fixture, again at Monkton Stadium on Sunday 5th June,
when they will face stiff opposition from a very much in form Blaydon and Elswick,
and Chester Le Street.

FINAL MATCH RESULT
1st Morpeth 457pts,
2nd Alnwick & Blyth 403pts,
3rd Birtley 394pts.

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North Eastern Counties Track & Field Championships !
A total of eight medals were won by athletes from Morpeth Harriers
at the first day of the North Eastern Counties Track and Field Championships,
held at Gateshead's International Stadium on Saturday 14th May.

Very windy conditions played havoc with many opportunities for record breaking,
and at the end of the days proceedings only three track records fell, in addition to one field record.

Morpeth's best medal performance came from sprinter Elaine Telford,
who just outpaced Jarrow and Hebburn's Janet Abladey to win the Senior Womens 200m in 27.07s.

Silver Medals came the way of Matt Nicholson and Hannah Rank
in the Senior Mens 1500m and Under 20 Womens 5000m
in respective times of 3m58.04s, and 19m47.38s.
It was Rank's first tackling of a Championship 5000m,
after previously been a Gold medallist in the younger age group 3000m.

Five Bronze medals were won by Philip Winkler, Ailsa McGregor,
Joe Robertshaw, Ross Floyd, and Alison Brown respectively.

Winkler battled well in a tough Under 15 Boys 1500m, to come home in 4m38.41s.
His Morpeth clubmate Ryan Green finished 10th in 4m53.96s.

McGregor clocked 2m24.60s in the Under 20 Womens 800m.

Robertshaw battled hard for his Bronze in the Under 17 Mens 400m,
where he clocked 56.70s, having gone slightly better when finishing second in his heat in 54.56s.

The same can be said for Floyd, who was always in a medal
position in the Senior Mens 5000m, where he clocked 15m28.66s for his Bronze.
David Swinburne finished fourth in 15m58.22s.

Brown took her Bronze in the Under 15 Girls 3000m, where she clocked 12m06.48s.

Other competing Morpeth Harriers who were not medallists were as follows
Jacob Hopkins (Under 13 Boys 1500m Final) (5th) 5m21.92s,
Jonnie Nisbet (Under 17 Mens 1500m Final) (5th) 4m24.55s,
Michael Dawson (Senior Mens 1500m Final) (6th) 4m17.62s,
Daniel Bell (Under 13 Boys 100m Heat 2) (5th) 15.19s,
and Alan Selby (Senior Mens 100m) (Heat 1) (3rd) 11.53s, (Final) (4th) 11.47s.

Click here for Full Track Results from Day 1

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North Eastern Counties Track and Field Championships Day 2

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National Young Athletes League Division 1 !
Morpeths Young Athletes squad, boosted by one of their best turnouts for several years,
were very clear winners of their Northern League Division 1 match
held at Clairville Stadium, Middlesbrough on Sunday 8th May.

Excellent work by respective Team Managers saw Morpeth Harriers Young Athletes produce
a turnout that had not been seen by the club for several years,
which produced a superb victory in their opening fixture
. There were some very good performances across the three age groups,
which in turn gave the club a resounding victory.

In the Under 15 Boys 800m Philip Winkler won in an excellent 2m16.4s.
Sam Hancox achieved his first ever track win in the Under 17 Mens 3000m in 11m01.5s.
Jonnie Nisbet won the Under 17 Mens 800m in 2m09.5s.
Patrick Smith won the Under 13 Boys 800m in 2m59.2s.
Ryan Simpson won the Under 17 Mens 100m in 14.0s.
Daniel Bell won the Under 13 Boys 100m in 16.2s.
Beth Wooley won the Under 15 Girls 75m Hurdles in 17.7s.
Jacob Hopkins won the Under 13 Boys 1500m in 5m32.5s.
Alison Brown won the Under 15 Girls 1500m in 5m38.9s.
Myles Foggon won the Under 15 Boys 400m in 61.8s.

In the Field events there were also some good successes from
Jacob Hopkins (Under 13 Boys Long Jump) (3.35m)
Hans Paulsen (Under 15 Boys Javelin) (6.73m)
Matthew Levison (Under 17 Mens Javelin) (10.71m)
Ryan Simpson (Under 17 Mens Long Jump) (5.40m)
and Under 17 Mens Triple Jump) (10.92m)
Daniel Bell (Under 13 Boys Shot) (4.97m)
Ryan Green (Under 15 Boys Long Jump) (4.00m)
and Philip Winkler (Under 15 Boys Discus) (10.23m).

Added to this there were also some very good supporting efforts across the events.
noteably Ewan Jones (Under 13 Boys 75m Hurdles) (16.5s)
Alix Stonehouse (Under 17 Womens 800m) ( 3m09.9s)
Miriam Inverarity (Under 17 Womens 3000m) (14m02.7s)
Henrik Paulsen (Under 17 Mens 200m) (28.3s),
Matthew Levison (Under 17 Mens 1500m) (5m45.9s)
Jonnie Nisbet ( Under 17 Mens 400m) (55.8s)
Philip Caldwell (Under 17 Mens 1500m Steeplechase) (5m08.0s)
and Damian Adamson (Under 13 Boys High Jump) (1.05m).

FINAL MATCH RESULT (Subject to Scrutiny)
1st Morpeth 485pts,
2nd Barnsley 267pts,
3rd Jarrow & Hebburn 222pts.

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Northern League Division 3 !
The clubs Senior Men and Women finished second in their home
Northern League Division 3 match at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Saturday 7th May.

It was indeed a mammoth effort, as in the Mens section they were well covered
by the appearance of fourteen athletes, however their Womens section could only muster a total of four,
which clearly meant that there would be a surrendering of points in some events.

It was clearly decided to play to strengths by Team Managers John Thompson,
David Swinburne, and Gwenda Cavill, and despite some weaknesses,
good performances by all those who took part, brought a very satisfactory result.

After nearly a five year absense from action, mainly due to University studies,
it was a very welcome comeback by sprinter Alan Selby,
who helped himself to an excellent double victory in the 100m (11.5s), and 200m (23.5s).

He was very ably backed up respectively by John Thompson and Under 17 athlete Joe Robertshaw,
who finished third in the B events in 12.7s, and 24.3s, the latter being a new personal best.
Robertshaw was marginally just outside his best, when he placed third in the 400m in 53.5s.

The Mens 800m provided an excellent double win for Morpeth Harriers
with Ross Floyd taking the A race in 2m05.0s, and Jonny Nisbet won the B race in 2m10.2s.

For the first time in his life Jonny Taylor tackled the 3000m Steeplechase,
and pulled off an excellent victory in 8m56.4s, and Morpeth gained more
excellent points with John Woods taking the B event in 11m10.1s.

Yet another Mens double victory came in the 5000m,
with Peter Newton taking the A race (14m44.5s)
and Michael Dawson winning the B race in 15m13.0s.

In the Mens Field events, Angus Wood and John Thompson
achieved wins respectively in the High Jump (1.55m)
Triple Jump B (10.66m), Javelin B (20.53m), and Long Jump B (5.01m)
Wood added to his three victories, with an excellent second in the Long Jump A.

Other good efforts in the Field came from Steven Appleby in the Hammer (20.92m)
Discus (31.41m), and Shot (8.94m), wher he placed third on each occasion,
his enthusiasm was such, that in the case of the Hammer,
he encouraged his Father Bob, a long serving Morpeth Harriers supporter,
official, and former runner, to don his vest, and throw 13.27m to finish third in the B section of the Hammer.

Perhaps encouraged by the excellent efforts of her training partner Alan Selby,
Elaine Telford certainly established herself as the pick of the
Morpeth Harriers Womens Track performers,
when she also achieved a superb sprint double in the 100m (13.1s), and 200m (27.1s)
She was well backed up in the B events by Ailsa McGregor (14.7s)
and Hannah Rank (31.3s), who both finished second respectively.

Claire Reid made her journey down from Scotland to claim two victories,
a second and third in the Discus (34.46m), Shot (10.55m), Hammer (32.17m), and Javelin (16.70m)

FINAL MATCH RESULT (Subject to Scrutiny)
1st Scarborough 365pts,
2nd Morpeth 333pts,
3rd Skyrac 331pts,
4th Wallsend/Blyth 313pts,
5th New Marske 230pts.

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Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics League (1)
The first Start Fitness North Eastern Athletics meeting took place
at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Wednesday night 27th April,
and attracted what is thought to be a record number of competitors,
including seven from the ranks of Morpeth Harriers.

Best performers on the night from the club were Joe Robertshaw and Ailsa McGregor,
who finished second in their respective events.
Up against older opposition in his first year in the Under 17 Mens age group,
Robertshaw performed well to finish second in the 300m in a time of 37.9s.

Equally, McGregor found herself up against stern rivals
in the Junior Womens 1500m, where she clocked 4m58.5s.

Morpeth's Jacob Hopkins performed well,
when finishing fourth in the Under 13 Boys 1500m in 5m13.3s.

In the Under 15 Boys 1500m, Joe Elder and Ryan Green
finished ninth and eleventh with respective clockings of 4m49.9s and 4m54.0s.

Alison Brown finished seventh in the Under 15 Girls 1500m in 5m22.9s.

Morpeth's Beth Wooley had a good night when she cleared 1.25m
to finish third in the Under 15 Girls High Jump,
and she finished fifth in the 75m Hurdles in 17.6s.

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Track News From America !
Athletics News from America clearly outlines that Morpeth Harriers
Lewis Timmins and Delyth James are currently in good form on the track
as they continue their studies at Tulsa and New Mexico Universities respectively.

Both were competing at the prestigious Mt Sac Relay meeting in Walnut CA,
and in their respective Mens 10,000metres and 5000metres events
they clocked new personal bests of 29m26.64s,
and 16m40.45s to finish 13th and 8th in each case.

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Anne Marie Readshaw Open Track & Field Meeting !
Two Morpeth Harriers got their Track season off to an excellent start at the
Anne Marie Readshaw Open meeting, held at Shildon on Sunday 17th April.

North East Under 15 400m Champion Joe Robertshaw set new
figures for the distance in his first encounter as an Under 17,
when he finished second to Sedgefield's Scott Kippin in a time of 52.6s.
Kippin, who is a year older, won in 52.1s.

In his second year as an Under 15, Philip Winkler showed great maturity,
when he won his 800m event, also in a new personal best of 2m12.2s.

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