alex wins terry o'gara 5k

There were nine finishers, including the race winner, from the club at the Terry O’Gara Memorial 5k held at the Cobalt Business Park and hosted by Wallsend Harriers.
 
Winning in a new course record of 14 minutes 26 seconds, Alex Brown showed a clean pair of heels to nearest challengers Joe Wales of Gateshead Harriers (14:52) and Chris Coulson of Houghton Harriers (14:56).
 
Fourth and fifth were two of the club’s talented youngsters, with Peter Smallcombe having an excellent run in 4th (15:15) and KEVI sixth former James Tilley recording a personal best in 5th (15:26).
 
Behind them, Mark Banks was 17th in 16:06, new member Andrew Ball, in his first race in a Morpeth vest 27th and first Over 45 (16:34), Shaun Land 48th (17:26) and Dave Nicholson 118th and first Over 65 in 19:50. 
 
Also great to see Gemma Floyd racing again, 116th and 19th female runner in 19:48, with Kirsty Burville 121st and 21st just outside the twenty minute mark (20:02).
 
The women’s race was won by Elswick’s Sophie Harris in 16:20 with Wallsend’s Danielle Hodgkinson 2nd in 16:47 and Holly Waugh 3rd (16:48).
 
With just over 200 finishers, thankfully there was no repeat of the calamitous accident at the start from last year.