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The lateness meant first leg runner Paul Waterston had very little time for warm up,
however he managed to finish around midway in the field in 14m04s.

Second Leg runner PhilWalker managed to gain eight positions on leg two
having passed three in the first 500m with his clocking of 13m57s.

Alistair MacDonald on third leg clocked 15m08s and managed
to get the squad up into third for a while, but eventually
finished in sixth place at the changeover, where Craig McBurney,
who had travelled up from Wiltshire,
ran a solid 13m53s to maintain a good position.

Gordon Dixon on fifth leg also had a solid run of 15m27s,
and left Neil Wilkinson with plenty to compete with as he
worked his way to a final placing of fourth and just outside
the medals with his excellent clocking of 13m35s.

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Whalton Classic 5 Mile Road Race !
Morpeth vet Phil Walker won the Whalton Classic 5 Mile Road Race
on Sunday 5th October, Phil crossed the line in 27m40s.
88 finishers turned out in excellent conditions,
and Walker finished just ahead of his second placed clubmate Paul Waterston (28m06s)
Host club Morpeth Harriers took the Mens team honours with
Gavin Bayne's ninth placing in 30m33s giving excellent support.

Many Thanks go to event sponsors Stanton Hall Garden and Plant Centre
and Intersoil for their generosity, and to Whalton Village Hall for the use of their premises,
also to Whalton residents for their co-operation.

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Anglesey 10k Road Race !
Morpeth vet Phil Walker travelled to Anglesey on 21st September,
to compete in The Anglesey 10k Road Race,
and we are happy to report that Phil won the race in 34m25s,
on what Phil describes as a 'hilly' course.

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Tynedale 10M Road Race !
Our vets were in action at the Tynedale 10M Road Race on Sunday 14th September.
The event incorporated the British Masters Championships
with Morpeth taking 2nd place in the M40 team category behind Sunderland.
Morpeth's counters were Phil Walker, Paul Waterston,
Archie Jenkins and Neil McAnany.
Walter Ryder travelled down from Scotland to win the M70 category,
while Archie Jenkins was 3rd in the M55 age-group.

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Watergate 5km !
Morpeth Harriers had a successful evening at the Watergate 5km
at Lobley Hill, Gateshead on Thursday 4th September.

Phil Walker 8th (16:32)
Paul Waterston (11th and 6th M40) (16:58)
Gordon Dixon (36th and 2nd M45) (18:21)
Alistair MacDonald (39th and 3rd M45) (18:29)
Archie Jenkins (50th and 1st M55) (19:14)
Bernie Cordes (109th and 1st M70) (23:52)

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Blyth Links 10k Race !
A total of 224 finishers took part in the annual
Blyth Links 10k Race on Tuesday 26th August.
Amongst them were eleven vets from Morpeth Harriers.

First home in a Blue and White hooped vest was Over 40 Veteran Paul Waterston,
who in finishing third overall in 35m00s was also first in his category.
He beat his club colleague Phil Walker by all of two places, and by twenty seconds.
Phil was also second in the Over 40 Veteran Mens section.

Third home for Morpeth Harriers was Gordon Dixon who
finished eleventh in 37m00s and was first in the Over 45 category.

Other Morpeth Harrier results were as follows
Kevin Bray (33rd) (2nd O/50) 39m51s,
Richard Driscoll (40th) (2nd O/55) 40m09s,
Jim Alder (44th) (9th O/45) 40m34s,
Neil McAnany (51st) (12th O/45) 41m01s,
Ian Corner (65th) (10th O/40) 42m18s,
Allan Welsh (109th) (13th O/40) 45m04s,
Sue Smith (177th) (43rd Lady) (8th O/40 Lady) 51m16s
Suzanne Millward (210th) (61st Lady) (7th O/50 Lady) 58m04s.

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Exhibition Park 5k Road Race !
Several of our vets took part in the Exhibition Park 5k Road Race
held in Newcastle on Wednesday 13th August.

They were led home by Phil Walker (8th) 16m14s
and Paul Waterston (11th) 16m48s.

Other Morpeth Vets to finish in
a field of 268 finishers were as follows
Bill Gilroy (24th) (4th O/45) 17m42s,
Alistair MacDonald (35th) (6th O/45) 18m12s,
Graeme Leathard (51st) (10th O/40) 18m46s,
Neil McAnany (67th) (12th O/45) 19m14s,
Jim Alder (81st) (13th O/45) 19m34s,
Mike Steven (99th) (8thO/50) 20m12s,
Iain McLaren (103rd) (20th O/40) 20m17s,

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Darlington 10k Road Race !
Three of Morpeth Harriers vets squad took part in the Sherwood Chevrolet
sponsored Darlington 10k on Sunday 10th August,
which was run on a newly modified course.
Graeme Leathard finished 70th in 39m33s, and was first home for the club.
Morpeth Harriers other two finishers were Jim Alder (139th) 41m59s,
and club newcomer Iain McLaren who finished 171st in a time of 42m46s.

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2008 Morpeth 10k Road Race !
A record number of 313 finishers took part in the11th running
of the Morpeth 10k Road Race on Tuesday 5th August.

Thankfully on the night, the relatively unseasonable August weather abated,
and runners faced slightly humid conditions for the event which now ranks
as one of the oldest in the region that is still run on its original course.

Morpeth's Phil Walker took the Veteran Mens title when he finished sixth in 34m.00s.

He was followed in seventh place by his club colleague
and training partner Paul Waterston who clocked 34m51s
and was second Veteran Man to finish.

Les Atkinson's Veteran Mens course record of 32m14s,
also set in 1998 remains unbroken.

Morpeth Harriers would wish to thank the following
for their kind sponsorship and assistance with the event:-
A-Belco (Ashington based Electrical Engineering Company)
and Brumell & Sample (Morpeth based Solicitors) as Main Sponsors,
Stanton Hall Nurseries and Alderbuild as co sponsors,
support given by Morpeth Town FC
in providing Race Headquarters and Officials Parking,
Piramal Healthcare in providing Race Parking, Start Fitness for prizes,
Ted Phizacklea and his ever willing team of Red Cross workers
for providing valuable Medical assistance, Northumbria Police for their co-operation,
and Members and Friends of Morpeth Harriers for offering
their services as Race Officials and Race Marshalls on the night.

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US Master in Morpeth 10k !

One man who certainly enjoyed running the Morpeth 10k for the first time ever
was visiting athlete David Kroupa of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
David was in England for the first time, and visiting his wife parents in Peterlee for 14 days.

Being a 5k, Duathlon and Triathlon specialist in the USA,
and having just turned 50, he decided to try to find an athletic
event to his liking, to take part in while he was visiting.

On checking the Internet he found the Morpeth 10k,
even though it was a little above his normal distance, he decided to give it a try.
He described the course and the experience as very enjoyable,
and as he normally runs in 90 degrees of humidity,
the slightly humid conditions on the night didn't really trouble him.

His performance certainly bore out his credentials,
as he finished in an excellent 41st place,
and in a superb time of 38m46s,
and picked up the prize of second Over 50 Male Veteran into the bargain.

David promised he would give a glowing report of the event
to his running colleagues at Premier Running Club in Fort Lauderdale,
and added that he hoped to return someday to once again compete in the Morpeth 10k,
and he thanked the organisers for putting on a splendid event for both him and all who ran.

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Morpeth vets, Kevin Bray and Bob Sewell took part in
The 2008 Castles & Islands Challenge Race
on June 20th and June 21st.
Below Kevin describes how they tackled the challenge...........

Its ten past midnight on Saturday morning and I’m bobbing about in a rubber dinghy being rowed into Lindisfarne
harbour by Bob Sewell as part of our latest mad caper, competing in the Castles & Islands Challenge.

The event began at 6.30pm with 16 pairs of runners setting off from Alnwick castle in a straight race down to Coquet
Yacht club at Amble, via Warkworth Castle.

We came in 4th team, and then boarded ‘our’ yacht a 34’ racer/cruiser called Cactus Jack. The Yacht was skippered
by Nick Spurr, the owner of Amble boatyard and crewed by his son Ben, his foreman Steve and Bob’s brother in law
Ken – hence the invite to take part.

Stepping on board I couldn’t help thinking that a yacht like this (it really was the business) deserved better runners than
a couple of 50 'plussers' !

We enjoyed a fantastic evening weather wise sailing north round Coquet Island, through the Farnes to reach Holy
Island just after midnight.

Once we landed we had to run around the island visiting three checkpoints that took us on an 8 mile circuit from the
harbour via Lindisfarne castle.

We saved time and distance because the tide was out allowing fast running on hard sand before we cut back into the
dunes to find the obelisk at Emmanuel Head then the footpaths to the castle and harbour.
The sky was clear and the moon so bright that we hardly needed head torches.

Back on board we got dried, changed and brewed up as we sailed south, again through the Farnes before a ‘choppy’
disembark and row into Seahouses harbour, from where we ran north along the beach before cutting through the dunes
to circuit Bamburgh castle, a run of about 7 miles.

A feature of an event like this is that you really have no idea of where you are in the field at any particular time because
you can take on the runs in any order and the yachts are handicapped by a system that was beyond me! All we knew
was that we seemed to be towards the front of the field position wise and Bob and I were running well helped by
skipper Nick’s strategies to use the tides to maximum advantage.

However the tide wasn’t always going to be out and the next run we did in the early hours was a killer. The yacht
anchored off Low Newton and Bob rowed us into the harbour. We checked in with the marshal then began our run
down the beach to Dunstanburgh castle and back. It was 41 minutes of purgatory for me – my legs were dead and
Bob just seemed to be pottering along hardly sinking into the soft sand where it seemed I was up to my knees!

We were both glad to get back on board and when we set sail for the finish at Amble it seemed we were lying in
second place on the course. The wind had really died and Nick used all his skill to find what breeze there was to allow
us to overtake the leading yacht about 400m from the finish at the harbour entrance. We finished at 9.30am Saturday
morning in 15 hrs 5 mins and so became the course record holders – the first time in either of our running careers we
have held a ‘record’ so we are making the most of it!

We tied up in the marina and then enjoyed a proper breakfast sitting in the sun on deck – we then discovered that
sailors like a drink. There is none of this waiting until the ‘sun dips over the yardarm’ carry on.
Any excuse to break out the rum – by the time I got to bed at 11.15 that morning I was in some state!

We went to the prize presentation that night to discover that we had finished 3rd overall on handicap and 4th fastest team of runners.
The total running distance is estimated at 30 miles and we were timed at 3.48.

This is an event that is something totally different. It was hard work, but great fun and it is well organised by ex –
Morpeth Harrier Pete Hammond and his team. Safety is a priority.

It’s going to get more popular so opportunities for runners to take part are bound to increase–
so keep an eye on the Coquet Yacht Clubs Website.......

Kevin Bray 2008
(Thanks to Bob Sewell for inviting me to take part)

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VAA NE Track & Field League ( 4 )
At the fourth VAA NE Track & Field League meeting
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium, on Monday 21st July,
Morpeth's Archie Jenkins finish 3rd in the 800m in 2m30.9s,
and 4th in the 3000m in 10m55.07s.

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Northumberland Coastal Run !
At the The Beadnell to Alnmouth Coastal Run on Sunday 20th July, three Morpeth vets finished in the first ten, Phil Walker and Paul Waterstone placed sixth and seventh respectively.
and Gordon Dixon finished finished tenth
Over 800 runners took part in the 29th running of this very popular event.

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Tynedale 10k Road Race !
At the Tynedale 10k Road Race on Wednesday 2nd July.
Morpeth vets Paul Waterston and Phil Walker finished in seveth and eighth places
with respective clockings of 34m35s and 34m44s.
Waterston and Walker also occupied the second and third
Veteran Mens places behind Stewy Bell of Chester Le Street.

Next Morpeth Harriers man to finish was Gordon Dixon
who placed 21st and was second in the Over 45 Veteran Mens
section with his clocking of 36m10s.

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VAA North Eastern Track & Field Championships !
Morpeth Harriers had title winners at the recently held
Veterans Athletic Association North Eastern Track and Field Championships
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on July 7th.
Phil Walker won the Mens Over 40 1500m in 4m25.8s,
and clubmate Paul Waterston finished third in 4m43.9s.
Waterston later went on to win the Mens Over 40 5000m in 17m22.2s.
Alistair MacDonald won the Mens Over 45 5000m in 18m21.1s,
after earlier taking the 400m title in 62.3s

Evergreen Archie Jenkins celebrated a hat-trick of victories
in the Over 55 Mens 800m (2m39.6s), 1500m (5m02.1s) and 5000m (19m16.8s) events.

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Stephen Unwin Memorial 10k Road Race !
Morpeth vets Graeme Leathard and Jim Alder travelled to Dalston
in Cumbria last week to compete in the Steven Unwin Memorial 10k Road Race.
Graeme finished 28th in 39m59s and was sixth Over 40 Veteran Man,
and Jim finished in 33rd place in 40m48s, and was fourth in the Over 45 Veteran Mens section

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2008 Newburn River Run !
The hugely popular Newburn River Run, organised by Elswick Harriers,
on Wednesday 18th June attracted a field of 340 finishers.

Morpeths Paul Waterston produced a superb run of 36m37s
to finish eighth overall which also gave him the title of first Veteran Man.
Next home for Morpeth was Gordon Dixon who in finishing 17th in 38m24s
was third in the Over 45 Veteran Mens section and fifth Veteran overall.

Alistair MacDonald finished 37th in 40m30s.

Other Morpeth finishers in the event were as follows
Graeme Leathard (57th) 42m23s,
Jim Alder (77th) 43m34s,
Ian Corner (78th) 43m35s,
Richard Driscoll (82nd) 43m51s,
Nick Armstrong (100th) 44m59s,
Simon Robson (104th) 45m04s,
Norman Clark (115th) 45m40s,
Paul Tomlinson (153rd) 48m02s,
Gary Clark (166th) 49m21s,
Bernie Cordes (180th) (1st Male O/70) 50m21s,

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Veterans North East Track & Field League ( 3 )
Morpeths Archie Jenkins finished second in the Over 50 Mens 1500m in 4m54.2s
at the third meeting of the Veteran Athletics Association North East Track and Field League
at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Monday 16th June.

In the Over 40 Mens 1500m, Morpeths Alistair MacDonald
and Neil McAnany finished 7th and 9th in
respective times of 4m52.5s and 4m57s.
Alistair also finished sixth in the 400m in 63.1s.

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The Mizuno Blaydon Race !
At the 2008 Blaydon Race on Monday 9th June,
sponsored this year by Mizuno.
Phil Walker was the first Morpeth vet home.
finishing 36th in 33m04s.
Our next vet to finish was Paul Waterson
who crossed the line in 33m19s
finishing in 40th place.

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Stranraer Half Marathon !
Morpeth vet Alan Hyde finished 34th in the
Stranraer Half Marathon on Saturday 7th June in a time of 94m20s.
The former Blaydon Harrier was 7th in the Mens Over 40 Veteran category

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Clive Cookson 10k !
At the North Shields Poly Clive Cookson 10k Road Race held on Wednesday 21st May, some of our vets were in action. Michael Winter M/V35 finished 39th in 38m50s
and Ian Corner M/V40 was 52nd in 39m46s,
both of whom had run the previous night at Alnwick.

Other Morpeth Vet placings in the 10k were
Jim Alder M/V45 (59th) 40m18s, Nick Armstrong M/V40 (69th) 41m00s,
Mike McKean M/V40 (70th) 41m05s, Paul Tomlinson M/V50 (111th) 44m40s,
Bernie Cordes M/V60 (147th) 47m14s,

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Les Allcorn 10k !
Morpeths vets were out in force at the Les Allcorn 10k held on Tuesday 20th May 2008.
Phil Walker was Morpeths first finisher, Phil finished second in 34m22s,
the race winner was Dave Kirkland from the host club Alnwick Harriers,
who crossed the line in 33m55s.
Phil was also the first O/40 vet to finish.
Second Morpeth vet to finish and second O/40 overall was Paul Waterson,
who finished 4th in 35m41s.
Gordon Dixon, was our third vet finisher,
Gordon finished 7th in 36m58s and was 3rd O/40
Graeme Leathard (V40) was our next vet finisher,
crossing the line in 13th place with a time of 39m26s
and one second behind him was Ian Corner (V40) in 14th place in 39m27s.
There were 110 finishers in the All Competitors category.

Other Morpeth Vet Men finishers were
18th Jim Alder V40 41m00s
21st Hamish Mcallister-Williams V40 41m28s
40th David Watson V40 44m12s
51st Trevor Robinson V40 44m44s
61st Steve McDonald V40 46m45s

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Veterans North East Track & Field League 1
Morpeths Archie Jenkins finished fourth in the Over 50's 1500m at the
first Veterans North East meeting held at Jarrow on Monday 19th May.
Archie crossed the line in 4m58.4s.
Neil McAnany finished seventh in the Over 40's 1500m in 5m01.1s.

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National Veterans Road Relay Championships !
Attending the British National Veterans Road Relay
Championships for the 1st time since 2001,
Morpeths 8 man team acquitted themselves well in the
O/40 category to finish 13th overall at Sutton Park,
Birmingham on Saturday 17th May.
Coincidentally, this was the position the 2001 team finished in.
With a team of mixed ability, the club were aiming for a top 20 finish
in a field of just over 50 teams from all over the UK.

In wet and warm conditions, particularly good performances
came from Paul Waterston (15:48),
Phil Walker (15:50) and Les Atkinson (16:10) who,
between them, had Morpeth up to 3rd place after the 3rd leg.
However, Morpeth slipped down the rankings to 9th place
with 4th and 5th leg runners Gavin Bayne(17:28)
and Gordon Dixon (17:16) keeping them, nevertheless,
in the top 10. Alan Boyd (18:44) and Ian Corner (18:05),
running legs 6 and 7 worked hard to keep the club near the top
as conditions dried eventually running in 11th and then 13th place overall.

It was the first time each of them has represented the club at a national road championships.
Alistair MacDonald (17:52) brought the club home to maintain 13th place overall.
He passed the Sunderland Harriers runner, last years bronze medallists on the last leg,
but was passed, in turn by Oxford whose team included ex-Morpeth Harrier John Lisiewicz.

Bristol and West won for the 3rd year from Leicester and Clayton Le Moor.
Sunderland Harriers finished 14th and North Shields,
the only other north east team present, 30th.

Ian Corner went onto complete the Manchester 10k the next day,
where he recorded a personal best of 39:45 in the process.

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Blyth Valley Transped 10K Road Race !
Les Atkinson was Morpeth Harriers first Vet finisher at the
Blyth Valley Transped 10k Road Race on Sunday 27th April.

Les was tenth of 397 finishers in a time of 35m09s
and was first Over 50 Veteran Male finisher.
Gordon Dixon finished 19th in 36m46s,
Morpeth finished third in the Mens Team race
behind North Shields Poly and Elswick Harriers.

Other Morpeth Vets finishers were,
Archie Jenkins (40th) (1st O/55) 38m39s,
Richard Driscoll (50th) (2nd O/55) 39m13s,
Graeme Leathard (54th) (6th O/40) 39m26s,
Jim Alder (59th) (11th O/45) 40m07s,
Michael McKean (79th) (12th O/40) 41m07s,
Nick Armstrong (89th) (13th O/40) 41m39s,
David Gray (112th) (3rd O/60) 42m35s,
Alan Hyde (115th) (17th O/40) 42m47s,
Trevor Robinson (168th) (22nd O/40) 45m34s,
Stephen McDonald (184th) (26th O45) 46m19s,
Bernie Cordes (186th) (1st O/70) 46m22s,
Colin Cecil (241st) (39thO/40) 48m50s

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British Orienteering Championships !

Adrian Barnes of Morpeth Harriers continued his long
and distinguished Orienteering experience by taking the
British Over 55 Mens Short Course Championship
in Culbin Forest, near Inverness at the weekend, 19th/20th April.

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Rothwell 10k Road Race !
Morpeth vet Phil Walker travelled to Leeds on Sunday 20th April
and finished 7th in the Rothwell 10k Road race in a time of 33m41s.
That placing also saw him finish second in the Over 40 Veteran Mens section.

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Flora London Marathon !
Morpeth Vets Paul Waterston and Gordon Dixon
took part in this years Flora London Marathon on Sunday 13th April.
Paul Waterston finished 159th overall and was 22nd in the M40 veteran category.
His finishing time was 2hrs38min15secs, having gone through halfway in 1hr17min52secs.
Second home from Morpeth Harriers was Gordon Dixon
who clocked 2hrs44min03secs to finish 276th
and 10th in the M45 veteran category

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Wallsend Harriers Multi-Terrain Race !
Three of Morpeths Vets took part in Wallsend Harriers Multi Terrain Race
at the Rising Sun Country Park on Sunday 13th April.
First home was Alistair MacDonald who was 7th M40
Veteran when he placed 22nd overall in 30m01s.
Archie Jenkins was first M55 Veteran when he finished 30th overall in 30m42s.
Mike Steven finished 69th in 34m31s and was 8th in the M50 Veterans section.

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South Shields Sand Dancer 10k !
Three of Morpeth Harriers Vets were competing
at the weekend in the South Shields Sand Dancer
10k Multi-terrain event on Sunday 6th April.

Archie Jenkins was the first V55 to cross the line,
finishing 15th with a time of 38m24s.
Paul Bentley was third in the V60 category,
finishing 38th with a time of 41m48s.
Second in the V70 category was Bernie Cordes
who was 93rd in 48m43s.

Their efforts contributed to Morpeth
finishing 6th in the Mens team race.

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Hartlepool Marina '5' Road Race !
Morpeths Alistair MacDonald competed in the
Hartlepool Marina '5' race at Hartlepool on Sunday 6th April.
Alistair crossed the line in 29m51s finishing 22nd
and he was 4th M40 in the vets category.

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Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races !
At the annual Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races,
held at a cold and blustery Newburn Business Park.
Morpeth Harriers Veteran Men finished in third team place
behind favourites Sunderland with host club Elswick claiming second place.
Despite running with a leg injury David Steel got round in 13m01s
to come home in sixth place on Leg One.
Paul Waterston got them up to third on second leg
with his clocking of 12m20s (7th Fastest)
and Gordon Dixon (13m02s) and Phil Walker (12m04s) (3rd Fastest)
held this position over the final two legs.

Richard Driscoll (13m50s), Alistair MacDonald (13m03s)
and Archie Jenkins (14m20s) ran in an incomplete
Morpeth Veteran Mens B team,
and were lying seventh after the third leg.

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Ackworth Half Marathon !
Four Morpeth Vets took part in the Ackworth Half Marathon on Sunday 16th March.
Paul Waterston was first home for the club in 17th place in 75m32s.
He was third in the Over 40 Veteran category.
Ian Corner was 100th in 87m13s.
The combination of Waterston,and Corner gave
Morpeth Harriers 11th place in the Mens Team Race.

Other Morpeth results were
Steve McDonald (266th) 99m58s
and Pam Woodcock (326th) 103m59s.
Pam's placing made her first in the Over 55 Ladies section.

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2007 Vets Presentation Night !

Forty Veteran athletes from Morpeth Harriers turned out in
support of their super fit colleagues at the clubs annual
Grand Prix 2007 Presentation Night, held at the Joiners Arms
in Morpeth at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th March.

The event which is sponsored by Tony Woodcock Planning Consultants
was hosted by Tony himself, along with his wife Pam,
who has been a member of Morpeth Harriers for a good number of years.
They were pleased to introduce their guests of honour, Ernie Slaughter and Jim Alder MBE.
Two nights earlier at the Morpeth Harriers AGM, Ernie had bowed out as the clubs President,
a post he has held for around 23 years, and Jim had taken over as the clubs new President
after all his many and long remembered years of service both as an outstanding athlete,
and as a Coach and Club Committee Official.

Ernie has now taken up the role as Honorary President which means
he will be more of a background figurehead, and although he intends to
cut down his workload as a Club Official, he will still be around to
give sound support and advice when required.
Both had agreed to make the presentations,
and Ernie opted to present the Womens awards,
which meant he ended up with all the lovely kisses.
Jim had dashed back over from Monkton Stadium
in Jarrow to present the Mens awards.

Before the awards took place Pam Woodcock paid tribute to all those
who had turned out to give support to the event on the night,
she went on to thank the clubs Press Officer and Webmaster,
George Patterson and Hudson Stoker for their efforts in promoting the event,
both in the Morpeth Herald, and on the Website, and paid particular tribute to the
quality of the Website and all the work carried out to promote the club.

Pam was very passionate about the Veterans Grand Prix, because she
recognised it as the only event within the club that gave everyone within
the Veteran age spans the opportunity of competing on a level playing field,
and she was delighted that it had once again been well supported
over the 15 chosen events throughout the year.
She thanked Ernie and Jim for turning out to support their night.

Tony Woodcock said he was delighted as sponsor to be associated with the event,
and felt that all those involved had competed with good humour,
the club representation had been good, and as a result the
Blue and White vest of Morpeth Harriers had been worn with distinction.
This led on to the presentation of awards

WOMEN (Presented by Ernie Slaughter)
1st Sue Calvert.
2nd Michelle Woodley,
3rd Jane Blackett,

MEN (Presented by Jim Alder)
1st Paul Waterston,
2nd Richard Driscoll,
3rd Gordon Dixon,

After the presentation Ernie Slaughter gave special mention to the
fact that nearly forty people had turned out on the night,
this had heartened him because of the recent poor turnout of
Seniors for major events, and that it had indeed been a pleasure to be present.

A special presentation was then made by the sponsors to Les Thain
for his long term organisational skills in relation to the Grand Prix.
Les was now stepping down from the role.
Unfotunately he was unable to be present so
Chris Dentice accepted the award on his behalf.

On behalf of the Club, George Patterson, the Press Officer,
thanked Pam and Tony for their continued support to the
event, and hoped that their support would continue,
and also praised them for the splendid buffet they had provided.

Finally Pam and Tony thanked the Landlord George
and the team at the Joiners Arms for their support and help.

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2008 Vets Grand Prix !
THE TOP 3 MEN FOR 2007 WERE
1. Paul Waterston
2. Richard Driscoll
3. Gordon Dixon

This years presentation is planned for
THURSDAY MARCH 13th
probably at The Joiners,Morpeth.
Date to be confirmed.

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British Veterans Indoor Championships !
Morpeth Harrier Archie Jenkins finished second in the
Over 55 Mens 3000m at the British Veterans Indoor Championships
at Lee Valley on February 23rd in a time of 10m28.68s.

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2008 English National XC Championships !

At the Saucony sponsored English National Cross Country Championships,
held at Alton Towers in Staffordshire on Saturday 23rd February,
Veteran Paul Waterston, despite his 22mile Road Race the previous week,
stuck it out during the three long lap affair in the Senior Mens race to finish in 332nd place.

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Buttermere 22mile Road Race !
Morpeth Harriers Paul Waterston and Gordon Dixon
travelled to Cumbria on Sunday 17th February to compete
in the very tough and hilly Buttermere 22mile Road Race
which encompassed the steep climb up the notorious Honister Pass.
Paul finished 3rd in 2hrs17m40s and was the first Over 40 Veteran Man.
Gordon finished 6th in 2hrs20m44s and won the Over 45 Veteran Mens section.

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Radcliffe 12mile Trail Race !
Another distance traveller from Morpeth Harriers was Ian Corner who competed
in the Radcliffe 12mile Trail Race in Manchester on Sunday 17th February.
He finished in 52nd place and was 8th Over 40 Veteran Man
in a time of 1hr26m43s on a very tough Multi Terrain course.

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2008 Royal Signals Road Relays !
At the North Eastern Counties Royal Signals Road Relay Championships
held at Watergate Park, Lobley Hill, Gateshead on Saturday 9th February.
The Veteran Mens Relay provided a close finish where Sunderland Harriers
just pipped Morpeth Harriers by eleven seconds with Elswick Harriers
a further eighteen seconds adrift in third place.

Morpeth Harriers got off to an excellent start with Paul Waterston
finishing in second place behind North Shields Poly and only two seconds adrift.

However they slipped back to fifth on second leg where Gordon Dixon clocked 11m57s.

Things looked better on Leg three where Les Atkinson's eighth
fastest time of 11m01s saw them rise back up to third.

So at halfway they were nine seconds adrift of second placed Sunderland Harriers,
and a further thirteen seconds adrift of then leaders Elswick.

Fourth leg saw yet another change with Elswick relinquishing the lead to
Sunderland as they slipped to third, and North Shields Poly came into the picture
as they finished second and Morpeth slipped to fourth with Ian Corner
running in his first ever Championship clocking 11m53s.

Fifth leg saw yet another dramatic twist, as Phil Walker grabbed
a superb lead of thirty eight seconds over Sunderland by clocking
the fastest Veteran Mens time of the day of 10m42s.

This left Morpeth's final leg runner Gavin Bayne with the toughest
of battles to hold off the tenacious Paul Merrison of Sunderland.
Gavin gave the occasion every effort he could muster with his clocking of 11m45s,
however just lost out in the final stages as the faster and younger Merrison stole the advantage.

It was an excellent result for Morpeth however with Walker and Corner
picking up their first Championship medals in the form of Silver,
and extra special for Walker having just become a father for the second time.

FULL RESULTS.......

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Scottish Masters Cross Country Championships !
Morpeth Harrier Archie Jenkins tasted success in the
Scottish Masters Cross Country Championships in Irvine
when he placed 61st overall and was second in the Over 55 Male age group.

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Durham Cathedral Relays !
Morpeth Harriers Veteran Mens Team found themselves
just outside of the medals at the annual Durham Cathedral Relays
held at the Racecourse in Durham City on Sunday 20th January.

In the Veteran Mens event, Morpeth's A team found themselves
just run out of the medals when they finished fourth.
First leg runner Paul Waterston had them in third place with his clocking of 9m41s.
Phil Walker got them up to second when he got round the two lap circuit in 9m20s.
Third leg runner Ian Handyside found the going tough
as he slipped to fourth with his clocking of 10m01s.

Morpeth Harriers B team were the first complete squad of Over 50 athletes,
and they finished twelfth overall courtesy of Archie Jenkins (10m15s)
Bob Sewell (11m08s) and Gavin Bayne (10m56s)

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Veterans AA North East XC Championships!
Morpeth Harriers Archie Jenkins and Walter Ryder successfully
defended their category titles at the Veterans Athletic Association
North East Cross Country Championships held at Acklam School,
Middlesbrough on Saturday 19th January.
Archie took the Over 55 title and Walter took the Over 70 title.
In Walter's case it was most fruitful, having travelled all the way
down from WesterRoss in Scotland to compete.

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Blyth Sands Race !
Running with a five minute handicap against a good proportion of the field,
Morpeth Harrier veteran Archie Jenkins stormed to victory in the annual
Blyth Sands Race on Sunday 2nd December.

Having last won in 2003, the Alnwick based schoolteacher was this time
in the Over 55 Veteran Mens category which gave him an extra minute
advantage to that of his previous victory, he caught long term leader
Cath Young of Blyth with 50metres remaining to win by a four second margin.

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Norman Woodcock Road Race !
At the Norman Woodcock Memorial Road Race held
within the racecourse at High Gosforth Park on Saturday 24th November,
Heaton Harriers won the Mens Team race ahead of Morpeth with our vets
amongst the leading runners, Gordon Dixon finished 20th
and was 1st O/45 with a time of 29m38s.
Archie Jenkins was 22nd and 1st O/50 with a time of 29m49s.
Archie finished one place and only one second ahead of his Morpeth
clubmate Alistair MacDonald, who also produced an excellent run in
what became a lively contest between the two Scotsmen.
Alistair was fifth in the Over 40 Veteran Mens contest.
Richard Driscoll and Neil McAnany also produced excellent performances
in the Morpeth vests, finishing 41st and 51st in respective times of 31m51s and 32m20s.
Driscoll was sixth Over 50 Veteran Man and McAnany was fifth in the Over 45 section.

Other Morpeth Harrier Vet Results
Steve McDonald (108th) (13th O/45) 37m03s
Bernie Cordes (130th) (2nd O/60) 38m57s

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Masters Cross Country International !
Morpeths Walter Ryder and Archie Jenkins each gained medals
at the British Masters Cross Country Championships
held at Stormont, Northern Ireland on Saturday 17th November.

In Walter`s case, he retained his hold on the Over 70 Mens title to take Gold,
and then won another Gold by virtue of leading England to a team victory.
Archie helped the Scotland Over 55 Veterans to a team victory when finishing seventh.
and was their third counter.
In the Mens Over 35 age group event Morpeth's Phil Walker was 18th.

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Heaton Harriers Memorial Road Races !
At the annual Heaton Harriers Memorial Road Races which
were held within the Newcastle Exhibition Park
and Town Moor pathways on Sunday 11th November,
a record field of 385 finishers took part in the
Senior/Veteran Men and Womens 10k race and amongst
them were Vets from Morpeth Harriers.
Morpeth were led home by Les Atkinson who was the first
Veteran Mens finisher in seventh place in 35m23s.
Les's time may have been slightly faster had he not fell after having
to turn quickly after going off course with just under 1k remaining.
Morpeth Harriers newcomer Michael McKean finished 145th in 44m13s
and was closely followed in by David Gray (155th) 44m26s
and Paul Fairbrother(160th) 44m38s.
To complete the Morpeth contingent of finishers Bernie Cordes
came home in 306th place in 51m56s and was second amongst the Over 70 Veteran Men.

Thanks must go to all at Heaton Harriers for once again organising a splendid event.
Despite the prevailing winds on the open stretches most athletes coped without problem.

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Nicol Hunter Cross Country Relays !
At the Nichol Hunter Cross Country Relays
held at Shibdon Pond, Blaydon on Sunday 14th October.
Morpeth Harriers Veteran Men finished ninth courtesy
of Kevin Bray (12m52s), Archie Jenkins (12m20s)
and Neil McAnany (13m08s)

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Prestonpans Half Marathon !
A trip over the border to Prestonpans proved quite fortuitous
for some athletes from Morpeth Harriers when they captured the Male Team
prize at the annual Prestonpans Half Marathon on Sunday 23rd September.

It also proved to be an excellent day for their leading finisher
Paul Waterston, who not only finished second in 78m07s,
but was also the first home in the Over 40 Veteran Mens category.
Second home for Morpeth was Gordon Dixon who finished eighth in 79m52s
and was third in the Over 40 category.
Alistair MacDonald also produced an excellent run of 83m27s
to come home in twelfth place to seal the team title.

Other Morpeth Harriers producing excellent runs in the event were,
Mike Winter (23rd) 87m32s, Simon Robson (43rd) 93m54s
and Ian Corner (62nd) 98m06s.
173 runners competed in the event.

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Veteran North East Athletics 10K and 5K Championships !
Two Morpeth Harrier vets won age group titles at the
Veteran North East Athletics 10,000 and 5000metre Championships
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 19th September.
Archie Jenkins and Paul Bentley won the Over 55 and
Over 60 Mens 10,000metre titles in respective times of
37m56.9s and 43m48.4s.

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Veterans League No.5
At the Veterans North East League ( 5 ) meeting,
at Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 1st August.
Morpeth's Alistair MacDonald won the 5000m in 18m12.7s
and was second in the Over 45 Mens 800m in 2m20s.
Lesley Smith of Morpeth won the Over 45 Womens
100m in 15.7s and the 200m in 33.8s.

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Sunderland Harriers 5k Road Race !
Sunderland Harriers 5k Road Race on Wednesday 18th July,
saw Alistair MacDonald finishing 35th
and was eighth Over 40 Veteran Man in 17m45s.

Archie Jenkins was first Over 55 Male Veteran when he finished 43rd in 17m54s.

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Northumberland Coastal Run !
At the Northumberland Coastal Run on Sunday 15th July,
the first O/50 vet to finish was Morpeths Les Atkinson, who is undoubtedly
no stranger to the event, and he finished fifth in 80m27s, and was second Veteran home.
Paul Waterston and Gordon Dixon of Morpeth each produced
excellent performances to finish tenth and thirteenth
respectively in times of 82m25s and 85m03s.
Waterston was second Over 40 Male Veteran
and Dixon was second in the Over 45's section.

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2007 Vets Track & Field Championships !

Morpeth Harrier Les Atkinson broke his own Veterans North East
Over 50 Mens 1500m record by a whole second when he clocked 4m25.4s
to take the category title at the Track and Field Championships
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium on Saturday 7th July.

Atkinson fought out a very close battle with the younger Phil Walker
of Blaydon for second place overall with only North Shields Poly's
Tommy Brannon in front of them claiming outright victory over the field.
The field also included Morpeth's Archie Jenkins who was winning
the first of his two Over 55 veteran Mens titles of the day in a time of 4m50.8s

Jenkins other Over 55 title came in the 5000m where he clocked 18m03s.

Paul Bentley of Morpeth guested as an Over 60
in the 5000m, and he clocked 21m33.3s.

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Newburn River Run !
At the Newburn River Run.on Wenesday 20th June.
Paul Waterston was the first vet to finish in 11th place in a time of 37m41s
Neil McAnany ( O/45 ) finished 46th in 42m56s
Richard Driscoll was first in the Over 50 Mens Veteran
category finishing 35th in 42m00s.

Further Morpeth Vets Results are as follows
Les Cavill (66th) (9th O/45) 44m30s
Norman Clark ((95th) (6th O/55) 46m07s
Paul Tomlinson (164th) (15th O/50) 51m14s
C. Werner (236th) (27th O/45) 55m51s
Chris Offord (260th) (13th O/60) 57m47s

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Newton Aycliffe 10k Road Race !
Morpeth vet Alistair MacDonald finished
twelfth in this race on Sunday 17th June,
in 38m12s and was third Veteran Male to finish.

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North East Veterans League ( 2 ) !
At the North East Veterans League meeting held at Monkton Stadium,
Jarrow on Monday 11th June.
Morpeth's Les Atkinson finished second
in the Veterans 3000m in 9m24.8s.
Archie Jenkins finished second in the
Over 50 Mens 800m in 2m27.9s.
Neil McAnany had a busy night as he finished second in the
Over 40 800m in 2m15.5s,
finished fifth in the 200m in 27.1s, and won the Triple Jump with 10.02m.

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Nike 2007 Blaydon Race !
At the 2007 Blaydon Race on Saturday 9th June,
sponsored once again by Nike.
Paul Waterston was our first vet home.
Paul finished 30th in 31m26s and was 5th O/40.

Other Morpeth Harrier Vets amongst the top 300 finishers
in a field in excess of 4,000 were the following.
Mike Jeffrey (111th) (13th O/45) 35m10s,
Graeme Leathard (148th) (25th O/40) 36m10s,
Neil McAnany (151st) (21st O/45) 36m12s,
Richard Driscoll (153rd) (8th O/50) 36m15s,
Hamish McCallister - Williams (214th) (33rd O/45) 37m31s,
Les Cavill (248th) (36th O/45) 38m05s,
Nick Armstrong (279th) (38thO/40) 38m32s

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Les Allcorn 10k Road Race !
At the Les Allcorn Memorial 10k Road Race
held in Hulne Park, Alnwick on Tuesday 15th May.
Morpeth Harriers evergreen Veteran Les Atkinson,
clocked 34m34s when finishing third.
Atkinson always runs the event in honour of Allcorn,
his former Alnwick clubmate, with whom he shared many
a team success back in the Eighties.
That placing also gave him the Over 50's Male Veteran title.

First Over 40 Veteran was Morpeth's Paul Waterston,
who finished fifth in 35m47s.
Next home for Morpeth was Gordon Dixon
who finished tenth in 37m52s.

Other Morpeth vet finishers were
Mike Jeffrey (17th) 39m08s,
Richard Driscoll (23rd) 40m09s,
Paul Tomlinson (53rd) 45m03s
Keith Cooper (77th) 47m34s,

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Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races !
At the annual Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races,
held at Newburn Business Park,on April 6th.
Our veteran athletes had a good
day producing some fine performances.

They had teams finishing in second and ninth places.
The Morpeth Veteran A team began in sixth place through Gavin Bayne (12m58s).
Then on second leg Les Atkinson clocked what was to be the days second
fastest Veteran time of 11m35s to take them into second place.
Archie Jenkins clocked 12m55s on Leg Three and only dropped a place.
On the final leg Paul Waterston's 12m08s brought them back up to second.
The Morpeth Veteran Mens B squad that finished ninth consisted of
Richard Driscoll (13m35s), Les Cavill (14m18s)
Neil McAnany (13m21s) and Kevin Bray (14m05s)

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Vets 2006 Grand Prix Presentation Night !

Morpeth Harriers held their Veterans 2006 Grand Prix
Presentation Night at the Sour Grapes on Thursday 1st March.
This year the competition was sponsored by
Tony Woodcock Planning Consultants.
Tony and his wife Pam, who is a Harriers member,
were both on hand for the presentation.

The Veteran Mens Category was won by Paul Waterston
with Richard Driscoll and Les Atkinson
taking second and third place respectively.

Jane Blackett won the Veteran Womens section
with Sue Smith and Michelle Woodley filling second and third places.

Tony Woodcock paid tribute to all the athletes who had competed
in the Grand Prix and went on to describe them as a very important
section of the club when wearing the Blue and White
vest at the numerous selected events.
Chris Dentice was thanked for his efforts as previous sponsor.

He went on to thank Les Thain who had painstakingly kept score
as the competition had progressed throughout the year,
without his diligent help life would have been difficult.
Finally he thanked all those who had turned up
on the night to witness the presentation.

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North East Veterans Cross Country Championships !
Archie Jenkins and Walter Ryder of Morpeth Harriers both won Gold medals
at the North East Veterans Cross Country Championships
held at Farringdon, Sunderland on Saturday 24th February.
Jenkins won the Over 50 Mens category and Ryder took the Over 65 Mens title.
Paul Bentley of Morpeth Harriers finished fourth in the Over 60 Mens category.

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The North of England Cross Country Championships !
Morpeth vets Paul Waterston and Richard Driscoll were in action at
a muddy Heaton Park, Manchester on Saturday 27th January for
the North of England Cross Country Championships.

Paul had an excellent run and worked very hard throughout for his placing of 127th.
finishing in 39m30s and Richard Driscoll finished 422nd in 46m41s.

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2007 Durham Cathedral Relays !
Morpeth Harriers had a very strong turnout at the
24th running of the Durham Cathedral Relays on Sunday 21st January.
Morpeth Harriers Over 50 Veteran Men can feel justifiably
proud of their efforts to win their category title when they
finished overall seventh in the Veteran Mens 3x3k event.

They finished well clear of second placed Blaydon
who were seventeenth overall,
and North Shields finished third in twentieth place.

Archie Jenkins produced an excellent 10m27s
on leg one to finish tenth overall.

Les Atkinson livened things up on leg two
as he rose to fifth with a superb 9m36s.

Third leg runner Gavin Bayne lost very little ground
as he only slipped to seventh with his clocking of 11m29s.

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2006 Vets Grand Prix Results !
MORPETH HARRIERS VETS 2006 GRAND PRIX
As you know it's the highest points from 10 races from Jan - Dec 2006
and members get additional points for age.

This year, the women's winner is quite a newcomer,
and not a member of the fast pack — but has bothered to turn up and do 10 races,
which requires commitment to the job doesn't it ?

Tony Woodcock Planning Consultants
sponsored the 2006 Grand Prix
and will continue to do so for the 2007 event.

The Top 10 places of the 2006 Grand Prix,
determined after the Christmas Handicap are as follows

Men
1 P. Waterston
2 R. Driscoll
3 L. Atkinson
4 C. Offord
5 N. Clark
6 C. Dentice
7 D. Steel
8 A. Jenkins
9 H. McAlister Williams
10 G. Mc Dougal

Women
1 J. Blackett
2 S. Smith
3 M. Woodley
4 J. Mooney
5 L. Cant
6 J. Clark
7 A. Porteous
8 F. Glover
9 C. Douglas
10 A. Fox

For the 2007 event, the men's and women's winners will both receive
a new engraved silver salver to retain for twelve months,
plus the first 3 in each group will receive a personal momento to keep.

GRAND PRIX RULES

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GRAND PRIX RULES
(SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE CLUB COMMITTEE)

1. THE GRAND PRIX IS OPEN TO MALE RUNNERS OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND TO FEMALE RUNNERS OVER 18.

2. RUNNERS MUST BE A FULLY PAID UP MEMBER ON THE DAY OF THE RACE TO SCORE POINTS - THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR THE MORPETH TO NEWCASTLE.

3. MORPETH CLUB VESTS MUST BE WORN FOR ALL RACES APART FROM THE CHRISTMAS HANDICAP.

4. RUNNERS MUST ENTER THE RACE THEMSELVES TO GAIN POINTS. NO POINTS ARE GIVEN FOR USING SOMEONE ELSES NUMBER.

5. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE RACE TO GAIN POINTS.

6. POINTS ARE USED FROM THE RUNNERS 10 BEST RESULTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 15 RACES.

7. THE 15 RACES FOR EACH YEAR ARE CHOSEN BY BALLOT TO TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

8. THE NEXT 5 RACES IN THE BALLOT ARE CHOSEN AS RESERVE RACES AND THESE ARE USED IN THE EVENT OF ONE OF THE 15 RACES BEING CANCELLED. IN THIS CASE THE NEXT CHRONOLOGICAL RACE TO THAT CANCELLED IS CHOSEN AS THE REPLACEMENT.

9. THE FIRST HARRIER TO FINISH IS AWARDED 10 POINTS IN ADDITION TO AGE CATEGORY POINTS, WITH 9 POINTS FOR 2ND, DOWN TO 1 POINT FOR 10TH.

10. THE CHRISTMAS HANDICAP IS SCORED ON THE BASIS OF TIMES, NOT FINISHING POSITION.

11. AGE POINTS ARE 5 POINTS FOR OVER 40 MALES AND OVER 35 FEMALES. AN ADDITIONAL POINT IS GIVEN FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT 5 YEAR AGE GROUP - MALES AT 45,50,55,60 AND 65 ETC AND FEMALES AT 40,45,50,55 ETC.

12. PRIZES ARE AWARDED FOR 1ST 2ND AND 3RD IN MALE AND FEMALE GRAND PRIX. ADDITIONAL PRIZES ARE NORMALLY AWARDED FOR AGE CATEGORIES EXCEPT WHERE THERE ARE TOO FEW POINTS SCORED AND/OR THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT RUNNERS COMPETING IN THE CATEGORY.

13. RESULTS ARE TO BE CHECKED AT THE END OF EACH SEASON AND VERIFIED BY 3 NOMINATED CLUB MEMBERS. ANY DISPUTES ARE REFERRED TO THE CLUB OFFICERS OR COMMITTEE FOR A FINAL DECISION.

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Northern Athletics Road Relay Championships !
At the Northern Athletics Road Relay Championships
held at Hartlepool on Saturday 27th September,
Morpeth Harriers Womens squad finished in a well
accomplished fifth place in the Womens 4 Stage Relays,
despite a very close battle with Liverpool in the closing stages.
Sarah Graham had the squad in twentieth place on Leg One with her clocking of 13m51s.
Aiveen Fox clocked the eighth fastest time on Leg Two of 13m44s
to take them up to tenth with an excellent performance.
Jane Mooney kept things rolling well on Leg Three as she clocked
the legs seventh fastest time of 13m25s to take them up to sixth.
Fourth Leg runner Laura Weightman, having her first taste of
Senior Relay Championship competition, ran an excellent third fastest
of the leg of 13m06s to take the squad to their final placing of fifth.

North East rivals Chester Le Street proved to be
convincing winners of the Womens Championship.

Other North East results in the Womens Championship were as follows
Gateshead (7th), Loftus (16th), Elswick (19th),
Richmond & Zetland (21st), Chester Le Street B (24th),
Wallsend (33rd), North York Moors (34th), Tynedale (35th),
Gateshead B (39th) and North York Moors B (41st).

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Tynedale 10M Road Race !
At the Tynedale 10M Road Race on Sunday 14th September.
Aiveen Fox took 3rd place (and the NECAA bronze medal)
in the Womens' race behind Angela Hibbs of Chester Le Street (61:40)
and leading veteran Fiona Shenton of Elvet (64:13)
Aiveen finished 85th overall in a time of 64mins 38secs.

Other Morpeth ladies
251st Sue Calvert 75:16 (34th)
383rd Susan Smith 83:40 (84th)
507th Jane Blackett 93:39 (146th)

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Watergate 5km !
Morpeth Harriers had a successful evening at the Watergate 5km
at Lobley Hill, Gateshead on Thursday 4th September.
Gemma Floyd (81st and 14th lady) (21:33)
Margaret MacDonald (111th and 26th Lady) (23:54)
and Catrina MacDonald (112th and 27th lady) (24:05)

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Exhibition Park 5k Road Race !
Several of our Womens squad took part in the Exhibition Park 5k Road Race
held in Newcastle on Wednesday 13th August.

Morpeth Harriers Women finished as third team behind Wallsend and Elswick,
and were led home by Deborah Oakley who was eleventh lady in 105th place in 20m19s,
and was also first Under 17 Lady finisher.

Further team support came from Zoe Armstrong (120th) (2nd U/17) (15th Lady) 20m45s,
and Sue Calvert (130th) (4th O/40 Lady) (17th Lady) 21m07s.

Other Morpeth Women to finish in a field of 268 finishers were as follows
Sally Welsh (181st) (7th O/40 Lady) (34th Lady) 23m39s
Sue Smith (194th) (9th O/40 Lady) (39th Lady) 24m10s.

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2008 Morpeth 10k Road Race !

A record number of 313 finishers took part in the11th running
of the Morpeth 10k Road Race on Tuesday 5th August.

Thankfully on the night, the relatively unseasonable August weather abated,
and runners faced slightly humid conditions for the event which now ranks
as one of the oldest in the region that is still run on its original course.

Among the field were some of our Womens squad, and they were led home by
Aiveen Fox who finished 26th overall and was the third woman to finish.
Aiveen crossed the line in 37m21s
Next to finish for Morpeth was Jane Mooney who was fourth.
in the Womens category and 29th overall with a time of 37m37s.
Morpeths Delyth James was the fifth woman to finish with a time of 38m37s.
Delyth was 39th overall.

Sue Calvert clocked 44m05s finishing 133rd and 8th in the L35 category
Pam Woodcock crossed the line in 47m24s
finishing 184th and 9th in the L35 category.

Other Morpeth Womens squad finishers were
Lucy Sill 223rd ( 50th Lady ) 49m38s,
Tracy O`Hara 242nd ( 30th L35 ) 51m39s,
Jane Blackett 272nd ( 37th L35 ) 54m56s,
Suzanne Milward 298th ( 44th L35 ) 59m06s

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Northumberland Coastal Run !

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Anita Nott Memorial Womens Only Run !
Despite running her second fastest time ever on the course,
Morpeths Aiveen Fox failed to retain the winning title she has held
for the past four years in succession at the Anita Nott Memorial
Womens Only Run at Jesmond Dene on Monday 7th July.

Aiveen clocked 19m49s and had to be content with third place
behind Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill (19m31s)
and Chester Le Street's Claire Simpson (19m36s).
There was some compensation for Fox however as she led her club
to the team title for the fifth consecutive year with further support
being received from Jane Mooney (5th) 20m33s and Kate Chapman (15th) 23m01s.

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Tynedale 10k Road Race !
At the Tynedale 10k Road Race on Wednesday 2nd July.
Jane Mooney was the fifth Morpeth athlete home when she
placed 53rd in 37m55s and was sixth lady finisher.
She led Morpeth Harriers home to third place in the Womens Team Race
with further support coming from Michelle Woodley (185th) (25th Lady) 43m33s
and Sue Calvert (202nd) (27th Lady) 44m09s.

Other Morpeth Harriers Womens Results were as follows
Lucy Sill (402nd) 50m22s,
Susan Smith (426th) 51m45s,
Jane Blackett (449th) 52m55s.

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VAA North Eastern Track & Field Championships !
Morpeth Harriers had title winners at the recently held
Veterans Athletic Association North Eastern Track and Field Championships
held at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium.
Margaret MacDonald tasted sweet victories in the 1500m and 3000m
events for Over 40 Women in respective times of 6m22.7s and 13m54.8s.

Josie Goodfellow won both the Over 45 Womens Shot (7.72m)
and Javelin (15.63m) events and finished second in both the
Long Jump (3.86m) and Triple Jump (8.21m) events.

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Windy Gyle Fell Race !
Margaret MacDonald was Morpeth Harriers lone finisher
at the Windy Gyle Fell race on Sunday 22nd June.
She finished 35th in 1hr52m44s.

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2008 Newburn River Run !
The hugely popular Newburn River Run, organised by Elswick Harriers,
on Wednesday 18th June attracted a field of 340 finishers.

Morpeths Jane Mooney finished in 35th place in 40m21s,
and was third in the Ladies race for her efforts.

Other Morpeth Women finishers in the event were as follows
Michelle Woodley (111th) (2nd O/35 Lady) 45m32s,
Laura Dixon (167th) (32nd Lady) 49m21s,
Pam Woodcock (172nd) (1st O/55 Lady) 49m51s,
Susan Smith (241st) (60th Lady) 53m48s,
Jane Blackett (284th) (8th O/45 Lady) 57m50s,
T. O'Hara (285th) (15th O/40 Lady) 57m50s
Suzanne Milward (315th) (7th O/50 Lady) 63m12s.

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Bupa Great Womens Run !
Morpeths Aiveen Fox finished seventeenth in the
Bupa Great Womens Run in Sunderland on Sunday 15th June,
in a time of 34m20s, which put her exactly five minutes behind race winner Gete Wami.

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The Mizuno Blaydon Race !
At the 2008 Blaydon Race on Monday 9th June,
Aiveen Fox was our first Woman home finishing in 36m59s
Aiveen was 17th in the Womens race.

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Raby Castle 10k !
In the Raby Castle 10k Road Race held on Sunday 25th May,
course record holder Morpeths Aiveen Fox
finished third behind Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill
and Hartlepool's Louise Bennett in 41m31s, in the Ladies race, and was 49th overall.
Morpeth's only other runner was Claire Bruce who finished 127th in 47m18s.

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Clive Cookson 10k & 5K
At the North Shields Poly Clive Cookson 10k and 5K Road Races
held on Wednesday 21st May, some of our Womens squad were in action.
Three days after her emotional victory in the
Race for Life at Gateshead's Saltwell Park,
Jane Mooney was again tasting victory when she
retained her Ladies title in the 10K race.
Jane finished 27th overall, and her time of 37m37s
was thirty seconds inside her 2007 winning effort.
Susan Smith finished 216th in 54m42s and Jane Blackett finished 217th in 54m57s.

Morpeth Harriers had two runners competing in the accompanying 5k event.
Deborah Oakley and Laura Dixon were fifth and sixth Ladies when finishing
24th and 25th in respective times of 21m07s and 22m05s.

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Les Allcorn 10k !
Some of Morpeths Womens Squad were in action at
the Les Allcorn 10k held on Tuesday 20th May 2008.
Sue Calvert (F35) was our first finisher
crossing the line in 44m25s in 46th place.
Next to finish was Claire Bruce (F35) in 46m03s in 56th place.

Other Morpeth Women finishers were
66th Shuna Rank F35 48m13s
71st Margaret McDonald F35 49m20s
85th Susan Smith F35 51m33s
98th Jane Blackett F45 55m42s

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Blyth Valley Transped 10K Road Race !
In the Womens Team race at the Blyth Valley Transped 10k Road Race on Sunday 27th April,
Morpeth Harriers finished as seventh team being led home by Sue Calvert who finished
154th overall and was 25th Lady, 4th O/40 Female, and finished in 44m54s.
Further team support came from Pam Woodcock (35th Lady)
(2nd Over 55 Female) (193rd) 46m39s,
Sue Smith (54th Lady) (11th Over 40 Lady) (270th) 50m23s,
Jane Blackett (330th) (8th O/45 Lady) 55m05s, and Suzanne Milward (362nd) (8th O/50 Lady) 57m23s.

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Flora London Marathon !
At the 28th Flora London Marathon on Sunday 13th April,
Morpeth's Michelle Woodley finished in 3hrs17mins39secs,
and was 140th in the Womens race,
and Kate Chapman finished in 155th place
in the Womens race in 3hrs19mins03secs,

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Hartlepool Marina '5' Road Race !
Morpeths Margaret MacDonald competed in the
Hartlepool Marina '5' race at Hartlepool on Sunday 6th April.
Margaret finished 124th with a time of 40m15s
and was second in the W40 category.

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Isle of Man Running Festival !
Three excellent performances saw Morpeth Harrier Sarah Graham
finish second cumulatively in the Womens events at the
Isle of Man Running Festival held over Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday.

On Good Friday she finished fourth in the Womens 10k event in 38m37s.
Sarah competed in the Peel Hill Race on Saturday where she finished third,
and she rounded it all off on Sunday when she finished third in the 5k Race in 18m25s

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Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races !
At the annual Elswick Harriers Good Friday Road Races,
held at a cold and blustery Newburn Business Park.
Morpeth's Senior Women finished as tenth team.
They were led home by Laura Dixon who produced
an excellent run to finish 19th of 48 finishers.
She clocked 14m52s and was second Under 20 Woman.
Team support came courtesy of Zoe Armstrong (27th) 15m15s,
and Rebecca Turnbull (35th) 15m35s.
Margaret MacDonald also ran for Morpeth in this event,
finishing in 42nd place in 16m25s.

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Ackworth Half Marathon !
At the Ackworth Half Marathon on Sunday 16th March,
Pam Woodcock finished 326th in 103m59s.
Pam's placing made her first in the Over 55 Ladies section.

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2007 Vets Presentation Night !

Forty Veteran athletes from Morpeth Harriers turned out in
support of their super fit colleagues at the clubs annual
Grand Prix 2007 Presentation Night, held at the Joiners Arms
in Morpeth at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th March.

The event which is sponsored by Tony Woodcock Planning Consultants
was hosted by Tony himself, along with his wife Pam,
who has been a member of Morpeth Harriers for a good number of years.
They were pleased to introduce their guests of honour, Ernie Slaughter and Jim Alder MBE.
Two nights earlier at the Morpeth Harriers AGM, Ernie had bowed out as the clubs President,
a post he has held for around 23 years, and Jim had taken over as the clubs new President
after all his many and long remembered years of service both as an outstanding athlete,
and as a Coach and Club Committee Official.

Ernie has now taken up the role as Honorary President which means
he will be more of a background figurehead, and although he intends to
cut down his workload as a Club Official, he will still be around to
give sound support and advice when required.
Both had agreed to make the presentations,
and Ernie opted to present the Womens awards,
which meant he ended up with all the lovely kisses.
Jim had dashed back over from Monkton Stadium
in Jarrow to present the Mens awards.

Before the awards took place Pam Woodcock paid tribute to all those
who had turned out to give support to the event on the night,
she went on to thank the clubs Press Officer and Webmaster,
George Patterson and Hudson Stoker for their efforts in promoting the event,
both in the Morpeth Herald, and on the Website, and paid particular tribute to the
quality of the Website and all the work carried out to promote the club.

Pam was very passionate about the Veterans Grand Prix, because she
recognised it as the only event within the club that gave everyone within
the Veteran age spans the opportunity of competing on a level playing field,
and she was delighted that it had once again been well supported
over the 15 chosen events throughout the year.
She thanked Ernie and Jim for turning out to support their night.

Tony Woodcock said he was delighted as sponsor to be associated with the event,
and felt that all those involved had competed with good humour,
the club representation had been good, and as a result the
Blue and White vest of Morpeth Harriers had been worn with distinction.
This led on to the presentation of awards

WOMEN (Presented by Ernie Slaughter)
1st Sue Calvert.
2nd Michelle Woodley,
3rd Jane Blackett,

MEN (Presented by Jim Alder)
1st Paul Waterston,
2nd Richard Driscoll,
3rd Gordon Dixon,

After the presentation Ernie Slaughter gave special mention to the
fact that nearly forty people had turned out on the night,
this had heartened him because of the recent poor turnout of
Seniors for major events, and that it had indeed been a pleasure to be present.

A special presentation was then made by the sponsors to Les Thain
for his long term organisational skills in relation to the Grand Prix.
Les was now stepping down from the role.
Unfotunately he was unable to be present so
Chris Dentice accepted the award on his behalf.

On behalf of the Club, George Patterson, the Press Officer,
thanked Pam and Tony for their continued support to the
event, and hoped that their support would continue,
and also praised them for the splendid buffet they had provided.

Finally Pam and Tony thanked the Landlord George
and the team at the Joiners Arms for their support and help.

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2008 English National XC Championships !
At the Saucony sponsored English National Cross Country Championships,
held at Alton Towers in Staffordshire on Saturday 23rd February.
Morpeth Harriers Senior Womens hopes were dealt a heavy blow
when on the journey down Jane Mooney fell ill and only made it as far
as Washington Services on the A1 before having to return.
However they held their resolve to finish as 23rd team.
They were led home with an excellent run being
had by Sarah Graham who finished 68th.

Aiveen Fox struggled on the second lap and came home in 86th place.
The scoring counts were completed by Gwenda Cavill (221st)
and Michelle Muller (284th).

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2008 Vets Grand Prix !
THE TOP 3 WOMEN FOR 2007 WERE
1. Sue Calvert
2. Michelle Woodley
3. Jane Blackett

This years presentation is planned for
THURSDAY MARCH 13th
probably at The Joiners,Morpeth.
Date to be confirmed.

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2007 Veterans Rankings !
Pam Woodcock has been ranked 23rd
in the UK O/55 Listings for the 10mile distance in 2007.
Pam did 76m28s at the Brampton to Carlisle Road Race on November 17th 2007.

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Liversedge Half Marathon !
Morpeths Michelle Woodley ran in the Liversedge Half Marathon
held in Roberttown, West Yorks on Sunday 10th February.
She placed 64th overall in 95m10s, and was 6th Female to finish,
which also placed her second in the Over 35 Veteran Ladies section.

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2008 Royal Signals Road Relays !
At the North Eastern Counties Royal Signals Road Relay Championships
held at Watergate Park, Lobley Hill, Gateshead on Saturday 9th February.

Silver medals came the way of the Morpeth Harriers Womens team.
Chester Le Street A team set off on Leg One fully intent on retaining their title
and immediately established a fourteen second lead over their B team,
with Morpeth lying third, a further seven seconds adrift courtesy of Aiveen Fox's
sixth fastest overall clocking of 11m42s.

Unfortunately Morpeth's second leg runner Sarah Graham drifted
a little as she struggled home in a disappointing 12m24s,
which she admitted later was a result of still carrying tiredness in her legs
following the BUSA Championships in Swansea the previous week.

Third leg runner Jane Mooney still couldn't eat into second placed
Chester Le Street B's leading margin despite a solid performance of 11m45s.

With Chester Le Street A now uncatchable, it was down to the youth
of Laura Weightman on Leg Four for Morpeth, against the Veteran experience
of Heather Robinson to destroy the Cestria dominance.
Heather was fifteen seconds up on Laura as they both left the change over
area and Chester Le Street A now had an unassailable seventy second lead.

That lead increased courtesy of Maxine Czarnecka's third fastest 11m33s,
however Laura's powerful eighth equal fastest 11m45s eventually won the
Silver for Morpeth by a margin of fifty three seconds.

Morpeth Harriers Womens B team finished a creditable seventh.
as second B team. courtesy of Claire Bruce (14m43s)
Kate Chapman (12m42s), M.Muller (14m14s)
and Gwenda Cavill (13m04s)

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2008 Durham Cathedral Relays !
It was a medal winning day for Morpeth Harriers Womens
squad at the annual Durham Cathedral Relays
held at the Racecourse in Durham City on Sunday 20th January.

They finished four seconds ahead of an excellent Chester Le Street squad,
with North Shields Poly a lot further behind in third spot.
It had been Chester Le Street in front during the first two legs
by Aiveen Fox (10m19s) and Jane Mooney (10m14s)
and when Under 17 star Laura Weightman took over on the final leg
she was chasing down a five second lead held by the County Durham squad.

Laura was having only her second competitive run since November,
having being out with a virus, that also rendered her unable to defend her title
at the North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships at Hartlepool.
However she clocked the fastest time of the day of 9m56s to ensure a superb victory.

Morpeth also had B and C teams competing in the Womens event.
Their C team finished seventh through Zoe Armstrong (10m47s)
Deborah Oakley (11m45s) and Margaret MacDonald (13m13s)

The Morpeth B Team finished thirteenth courtesy of Claire Bruce (12m31s)
Sally Welsh (12m32s) and Gwenda Cavill (11m49s)

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Norman Woodcock Road Race !
The Norman Woodcock Memorial Road Race was held
within the racecourse at High Gosforth Park on Saturday 24th November.

In the Womens team race Morpeth finished second to Chester Le Street.
They were led home by Michelle Woodley who was sixth lady in
64th place overall in 34m05s, with further good team support coming from
Sue Calvert (12th) (86th) (2nd O/35 Lady) 35m15s
and Sally Welsh (21st) (112th) (8th O/35 Lady) 37m19s.

Other Morpeth Harriers Results
Margaret MacDonald (124th) (12th O/35 Lady) 38m32s
Jane Blackett (154th) (9th O/45 Lady) 43m19s.

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Heaton Harriers Memorial Road Races !
At the annual Heaton Harriers Memorial Road Races which
were held within the Newcastle Exhibition Park
and Town Moor pathways on Sunday 11th November,
A record field of 385 finishers took part in the
Senior/Veteran Men and Womens 10k race and amongst
them was Morpeths Kate Chapman who
finished as sixth Lady in 75th place in 41m38s.

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National Womens 4 Stage Road Relays !

At the ERRA National Womens 4 Stage Road Relays,
held at Sutton Park, on Saturday 29th October.
Morpeths Womens 4 Stage squad finished 28th
and were ninth from the North of England and second from the
North East with Chester Le Street finishing ahead of them in fifth place overall.
After being behind Gateshead for two of the four legs they pulled
away from them on the final leg to finish three places ahead.

Morpeth's fastest runner here was Birmingham University student Delyth James who was 27th on the first leg with her clocking for 4.32k being 15m14s.



Aiveen Fox on second leg admitted to not having one of her better runs as she slipped back to 30th with her clocking of 16m06s.



Kate Chapman on third leg rose two places to 28th on Leg three as she got round in 16m50s.



Final leg runner Sarah Graham held the 28th
position with an excellent 16m16s.

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Nicol Hunter Cross Country Relays !
At the Nichol Hunter Cross Country Relays
held at Shibdon Pond, Blaydon on Sunday 14th October.
Morpeth Harriers Senior Womens A team finished
just adrift of the medals in fourth place.
On first leg Gwenda Cavill came home eighth in 13m26s.
Zoe Armstrong clocked the days 10th equal fastest time
of 12m55s to guide them up to fou