Alwinton Show Fell Races

Morpeths Under 16 Boys team at Alwinton (L to R) Ryan Davies, Bertie Marr, Joe Dixon and James Tilley

aturday 12th October 2019, saw the 153rd Alwinton Show take place, the last show of the year in Northumberland, and the junior and senior fell races were, as ever, keenly contested.

There was a Morpeth one, two, three in the 16 and under boys’ race, with Ryan Davies taking a lead on the early climb only to be pegged back by Joe Dixon on the descent, with Dixon winning by only a few metres at the finish. Bertie Marr came in second with James Tilley also in the top ten.

​Abi Leiper was second in the girls’ race.