morpeth youngsters may cut for northerns

Several athletes from the ranks of Morpeth Harriers & AC competed at the annual Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships, held at Temple Park, South Shields on Tuesday 21 January.
By virtue of finishing in the top 16 of their respective events, a number of the club’s athletes will have received an invitation to compete at the Northern Schools Inter Counties competition, scheduled to take place at Middlesbrough’s Stewart Park, on Saturday 8 February.
This will be the final stepping stone before the Northumberland Schools selectors make their final team choices for the annual English Schools Cross Country Championships, which this year are being held at Ardingly, in West Sussex on Saturday 15 March.
Mason Gaylor produced an excellent run to finish third in the Junior Boys event, an event that also saw fellow Morpeth Harrier Jack Dhawar finish just outside those vital top 16 places (just one second outside in 17th), so whether he gets a nod for Middlesbrough is in the laps of the gods.
Ben Moll and Harry Douglas both qualified from the Intermediate Boys, finishing 12th and 14th respectively.
Three Morpeth Harriers competed in the Senior Boys event.
Joe Close finished third, Ollie Tomlinson was fourth, and Harrison Armstrong finished in 14th spot.
Sisters Lucy and Faye Heatley both produced excellent runs to finish eighth on each occasion in their respective Minor and Junior Girls events.
Other Morpeth Harriers competing in the Minor Girls event were Emily Hodgson (25th), and Izzy Cromar (48th).
Alongside the older Heatley in the Junior Girls event were Heidi Wilkinson, who ran well and placed tenth, Lucy Sage, who finished 18th and Zoe Tomlinson, who finished in 13rd place.
In the Intermediate Girls event, Molly Roche placed fourth, and Emma Tomlinson finished in eighth place.
Tabitha Robson finished tenth in the Senior Girls event.