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Trevor Hodgson in action in Gothenburg

Trevor's daughter Alexandria at the Northern Athletics Championships

​Morpeth Harriers Over 50 Veteran Man Trevor Hodgson travelled to Gothenburg in Sweden to compete in the World Masters Athletics Championships.
Up against world-class opposition, he managed to finish first in his heat in 11.77s, to qualify for a later run semi final, where he finished third in 11.81s, resulting in him eventually qualifying for the final.
In the final itself, Trevor finished an accomplished sixth, producing a better time again of 11.74s, all of which were produced against strong headwinds.
To be fifth fastest overall in his opening heat, eight fastest in the semis, and eventually sixth in the final against the calibre of competition is indeed a very fine achievement.
Rounding everything off, Trevor certainly played his part in helping the Great Britain Over 50 Men’s 4 x 100m squad to second place behind USA in the A Final, posting a time of 45.88s.
Another Morpeth Harrier in action in Gothenburg was Nisha Desai, who qualified for the Over 40 Women’s 400m Hurdles by posting a time of 64.71s, which was good for winning her heat.
In the later run final, she finished third and won a fantastic Bronze medal, posting a time of 64.54s in front of her delighted parents, Hemant and Veena, an excellent way to round off another fiercely competitive season.
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Under 17 Woman Alexandria Hodgson, daughter of Trevor, threw a best of 48.44m in the Hammer competition to take a Silver medal at the Northern Athletics combined Under 17/Under 15/Under 13 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held at Derby’s Moorways Stadium on Sunday 11 August.
This Saturday 17th August, Alexandria travelled up to Scotland to take the Gold Medal in the Under 17 Women’s Hammer at the Eric Liddell Scottish Championships, held at Grangemouth Stadium in Falkirk, this time producing a best performance of 47.72m.
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Several Morpeth Harriers competed in the high profile Run Through BMC series of 800m events at Gateshead Stadium on Sunday 18 August.
Posting a personal best time of 1m53.21s, Ellis Hetherington finished fourth in the second fastest event.
Also competing in this race with Morpeth vests were Josh Fiddaman and Joseph Close, who finished sixth and eighth respectively in 1m53.78s and 1m57.43s.
In the third fastest race, Alistair Douglass finished fourth in 1m55.74s.
Peter Smallcombe finished second in the fourth fastest race, posting 1m57.19s, and in the fifth fastest 800m event, Bertie Marr finished fourth in 2m01.57s.
Morpeth’s only lady competing was Poppy Buck, and she produced a personal best time of 2m21.86s, to finish second in the J race.
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Finally, Charlotte Earl was a convincing winner of the Senior Women’s Long Jump at the annual Tartan Games Meeting, organised by Gateshead Harriers at Gateshead Stadium, also on Sunday, where she produced a best performance of 5.19m.