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It has been a busy few weeks with club members participating in a wide range of popular local events. Below we round up the best of the action.
Newburn River Run The Newburn River Run took place on the evening of 18 June with the race covering a five-mile, multi-terrain route on both sides of the Tyne – although sadly not finishing, as older members may recall, at the leisure centre. Won by Leeds City’s Linton Taylor in an impressive 24 minutes 29 seconds with Crook and District AC’s O/40 Sarah Attwood 1st female finisher in 30:17, Dave Stabler was Morpeth’s sole representative, finishing 20th and also 7th O/40 in 28:06. Newburn River Run results Windy Gyle Windy Gyle fell race took place on Sunday 22 June with the customary 8.5 miles and 1801 feet of climbing. Won by Loftus and Whitby’s Sam Leadley in 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 seconds with experienced NFER O/55 Karen Robertson 14th and 1st female to finish, Robyn Bennett was 20th and 3rd woman in 1:22:47 and Jill 38th and 3rd O/50 in 1:50:08. Fellrunner — Results: Sun 22 Jun 2025 — Windy Gyle Weetslade Relays The popular Weetslade Relays took place at Lockey Park on Wednesday 25 June with some 125 teams competing in the customary male/female/veteran format up and down the two miles of the old Wideopen pit heap. This one seems to be getting more and more popular with the competition at the front end also more challenging, and this year saw a repeat of last year’s 1-2-3 with Tyne Bridge, for whom Jarlath Mckenna on leg 1 ran the fastest veteran time of the night (13:38) and Jess Eaton the fastest women’s time (15:51) claiming the spoils again with an overall time of 43:07, over a minute ahead of the chasing teams. Behind them, Sunderland Harriers just managed to claim the 2nd place by a mere two seconds, with Joe Armstrong – who ran the fastest overall time of the night (12:48) – pipping James Tilley in the run-in. Morpeth’s A team finished in 44:24 with runs by veteran Andy Lawrence (14:38), Lizzie Rank (16:16, the 3rd fastest female time of the night) and James (13:30, 2nd fastest overall) to ensure that the club were in the medals once again. The B team of Ethan Bond (14:29), Kirsty Burville (17:17) and Bertie Marr (14:00) placed 6th in 45:46 with the C team of Lee Cuthbertson (14:40), Tayla Douglass (17:37) and Ali Douglass (13:35, 3rd fastest of the night) not far behind in 7th (45:52). The club fielded three more teams who all represented themselves well: D Dave Stabler (15:10), Linzi Quinn (18:35), Jimmy Dixon (15:13) for 48:57 and 20th E Mike Winter (18:13), Sophie Ward (19:20), Richard Glennie (17:43) for 55:16 and 57th F Tony Horsley (17:39), Nicola McCoy (19:52) and Jane Kirby (20:12) for 57:43 and 61st. Some 125 teams finished in total. Weetslade-Relay-2025-Provisonal-Results.xlsx Tynedale 10k The Tynedale 10k took place on the evening of Wednesday 2 July over the customary course from Ovingham to Prudhoe. Elswick Harrier Dan Milton was first back in 33:05 with TBH’s Rebecca Blain first female winner in 38:32. Only a couple of Morpeth vests out, perhaps surprisingly in what was always such a popular race, with Mike Winter 58th in 41:52 and Richard Sill 152nd in 48:30. Some 312 finished. Tynedale 10k 2025 results A J Bell Great Newcastle 10k Sunday July 6’s Great Newcastle 10k was run over a town centre course which one club member memorably describes as ‘great for spectators, but not so good for runners – you were constantly having to turn into one street after another!’ That didn’t seem to deter the record entry of 10,000 who ran, with the race sold out well in advance. Athletes who’d travelled a long way picked up men’s and women’s prizes, with Dean Williamson of Colchester Harriers first back in 30 minutes 20 seconds and Louise Small of Aldershot Farnham and District winning the women’s race in 33:35. With the race including a Masters International, Gavin Bayne had the distinction of running for England and, in his first race as an O/70, finished in an outstanding 40:24 to win his category. Kirsty Burville also had a fine run to finish in 40:02. A busy Mike Winter ran 42:46, Sophie Ward 45:52 and Sarah Mills 55:44. Apparently, entry for next year is already open… Great Newcastle 10k results Bridges of the Tyne 5 miler With Sam Hancox just back to running again and unable to defend a title he’s won on the banks of the Tyne on more than one occasion, it was that man Jarlath Mckenna who profited on Tuesday 8 July, winning in 25 minutes dead. Helen Warburton was 1st female finisher in 28:42. There were four blue and white vests out, with Lee Cuthbertson 13th in 27:35, Rachelle Falloon 5th Senior Female in 31:45, Rob Hancox 119th and 5th O/60 in 33:18 and Thomas Campbell 251st in 38:13. Some 530 finished. TGA Bridges Of The Tyne 5 Mile results Sunderland 5k South of the river on Thursday 7 July for the annual Sunderland 5k, held once again in the grounds of Silksworth Leisure Centre. This year’s race was not, however, round over the traditional two-lap course round the fishing lakes, with vandalism to the small wooden footbridge near the finish necessitating a stressful re-think for organisers only days before this year’s races, which included this year the Northern Championships in addition to the North East and North East Masters Champs. That rethink meant a taxing course which started and finished on the running track, before climbing sharply uphill to go in the opposite direction of the usual race, the return meaning several hundred metres of climbing from 4k before a finish on the track. Torrid conditions on a muggy night, with temperatures well in the twenties, didn’t help either and meant times were understandably down from previous years. Race 1, for Women and Men, Over 50 was won by Durham University student Megan Stenhouse of Rugby and Northampton AC, coached at present by Nathan Shrubb in an impressive 16 minutes 45 seconds with Birtley’s Lydia Turner 2nd in 16:52 and Houghton’s U/20 Charlotte Dillon 3rd in 17:06. Tayla Douglass had a fine run to finish in 20:02, seconds off a pb. Morpeth’s only other finisher was Richard Sill, who was 2nd O/70 in 24:04. Elvet Strider David Milligan ran the fastest O/50 time of the night, 17:19, with NSP’S Greg Penn 1st O/60 in 18:59 and Jarrow’s Michael Joyce 1st O/70 (23:40), with 136 finishing overall. The following race for Senior and Men O/40s saw a Leeds City AC one-two, with Ed Bovingdon the winner in 14:59 and club colleague Angus Cole 2nd in 15:05. Behind them, three local youngsters battled it out for local honours, with TBH’s Zak Kettle clocking 15:09 and just pipping Morpeth’s James Tilley and Joe Dixon by three and seven seconds respectively, although in fairness to the two Morpeth youngsters they had both competed in the NEGP event the night before and did, at least, pick up 2nd and 3rd NECAA medals behind Kettle. There were some nine other finishers in blue and white, with Connor Marshall next in (16th in 15:51), followed by: U/18 Oliver Tomlinson (25th in 16:16); Andy Lawrence (44th in 16:46); Rob Balmbra (47th in 16:49); Tom Straughan (49th in 16:52); Andrew Mirfield (59th in 17:04); Dave Stabler (74th in 17:30); Tom Innes (98th in 18:01); Shaun Land (108th in 18:16). Just under 200 finished. Sunderland Harriers 5k & Junior 2 Mile Road Races 2025 RunThrough Newcastle Half-marathon and 10k RunThrough’s Newcastle Half and 10k took place on Sunday morning, with a start and finish at Kingston Park, home of Newcastle RFC. The Half Marathon was won by Nick Spencer in a time of 1 hour 13 minutes and 54 seconds, with Lindsay Welburn taking the women’s race in 1:27:25. For Morpeth, Tayla Douglass was first back, 5th Senior in 1: 34 :25. Laura Mclean was 12th O/35 in 1:53 :53 and Mike Winter 4th O/55 in 1: 38 :24. runthrough.co.uk/race-results  The start of the Sunderland 5k Comments are closed.
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