NORTH TYNESIDE 10K FINALLY RETURNS

Last run in 2019 and normally held on an Easter Sunday, the annual North Tyneside 10k was at last staged at the weekend following several unsuccessful attempts at rearrangement.
Now always a sold-out event, near-perfect conditions on the day saw some 1,310 finishers follow the established coastal route from the Meadow Well Sports Centre in North Shields via the Fish Quay to the mouth of the Tyne and the Collingwood Memorial, then North via Cullercoats and Whitley Bay to the finish on the slip road to St. Mary’s Island.
Only four Morpeth Harriers took part, with the in-form Mark Snowball the cream of the crop, finishing in 7th place overall in a time of 33 minutes and 52 seconds behind 2019 race winner Dave Green of North Shields Polytechnic Harriers (31:42). Sunderland Harrier Craig Gunn was 2nd in 32:15 and James Mckenzie of Heaton Harriers 3rd in 33:02.
For Morpeth, over 40 veteran Gary Jones was 30th in 36:50, Paul Bell 88th in 40:42 and Eric Adams 120th in 43:02.
The women’s race saw another 2019 winner and another NSP Harrier home first, Jacqui Penn crossing the line in 38:21 ahead of Imogen Bungay on Elswick Harriers (38:40) and Kathryn Stevenson of Tyne Bridge (38:44).