relegation beckons for young harriers

Morpeth Harriers Young Athletes face life in the second tier of the NEYDL, as they once again finished fifth in their third round Division 1 fixture.
The Morpeth youngsters ended the competition at Churchill Playing Fields, Whitley Bay, nineteen and a half points adrift of fourth-placed Gateshead Harriers.
The match on Sunday 26 June was very clearly dominated by Harrogate, who have now won all three matches and can be confirmed as champions, who on the day, seemed to have athletes emerging from every tree in the arena, with North Shields, and the combined Darlington/Allerton squad, finishing third.
Blyth/Alnwick were again finishers behind Morpeth and are also doomed for the drop.
Despite the efforts by Morpeth Team Managers David Swinburne (Boys), and Julie Roche and Judith Nutt (Girls), to get more athletes out, there were still large gaps unfilled, which in the end, cost them a great deal of ground in the mix.
Having only two Under 17 Women on duty, was a big headache for the club, as no Field Events could be given cover in this age group.
Posting a time of 13.5s, Victoria Hodgson finished third in the A race of the 100m, and B race runner Freya Caygill finished second in 13.7s.
Caygill finished second in the A race of the 200m, and Hodgson finished second in the A race of the 300m in 44.7s.
David Swinburne had better luck with his nine Under 17 Men, however.
Will DeVere-Owen enjoyed victories in the 400m and 800m, posting times of 55.1s and 2m09.7s.
Liam Roche (56.9s) and Elliot Mavir (2m21.6s) of Morpeth, won the respective B races.
Another Morpeth runner in the 400m was Bertie Marr, who posted a time of 58.7s.
Morpeth also dominated the Under 17 Men’s 1500m, Bertie Marr taking the A race in 4m24.8s, and Joseph Close winning the B race in 4m29.7s.
Also running this event in Morpeth colours was Ryan Davies, who is returning from injury.
Ryan posted a time of 4m35.9s.
Jack Dinning and Owen Omoigui competed for Morpeth in the 100m and 200m events.
Dinning finished second in the 100m A race in 12.4s, and third in the 200m A race in 25.8s.
Omoigui won both of the B races, in 12.7s and 26.1s, possibly two of the best results for the club on the day.
It was good to see Morpeth’s Ben Hope win the 400m Hurdles in 68.0s, after earlier finishing second in the 100m Hurdles in 16.8s.
There was also success for Morpeth in the Under 17Men’s 4 x100m, where they won in 47.5s.
In the Under 17 Men’s Field Events, Owen Omoigui added to his personal success on the day, when he finished third in the A String Long Jump, performing a best of 5.29m.
Bertie Marr won the B String with 4.12m.
Another Morpeth athlete in the Under 17 Men’s Long Jump was Ryan Davies, who jumped 3.68m.
Jack Dinning finished second in the Discus when he threw 22.41m, and Liam Roche was fourth in the Shot Putt with 6.50m.
There was some good representation from the clubs Under 15 age group, both in the Male and Female events.
Morpeth found two A String winners on the track, courtesy of Under 15 Boys Conner Phillips, and Ollie Tomlinson
Phillips won the 300m in 41.0s, and Steven Craske finished third in the B race in 48.4s.
Tomlinson enjoyed a fairly comprehensive win in the 1500m in 4m39.0s, with Harry Armstrong taking third in the B race in 5m16.1s.
Harrison Scott finished third in the A race 100m in 13.1s, and just lost out for a win in the 200m to Gateshead’s Matthew Inman, posting a time of 26.7s.
Morpeth’s B String performances saw Conner Phillips just lose out for victory to Gateshead’s Danny Clements, as he posted 13.5s in the 100m, and Steven Craske finished fourth in the B string 200m in 30.5s.
In the Under 15 Boys 800m, Morpeth’s Ben Moll finished fourth in 2m36.8s.
On to the Under 15 Boys Field Events, where the share of duty fell between Ollie Tomlinson, Harrison Scott, and Steven Craske.
Tomlinson did the Javelin and Discus events, finishing third in both disciplines.
In the Javelin his best throw was 15.86m, and in the Discus, he managed a best of 15.57m.
Meanwhile Scott finished second in the A String Long Jump with his best being 4.68m.
Craske finished third in the B String with 3.93m.
Morpeth’s Under 15 Girls best performance came in the 300m, where NECAA Champion Amelia Hamlin managed to fractionally win from Blyth/Alnwick’s Holly-Anne Sudder in 45.2s.
Rosie Heaton finished sixth in the B Race in 52.3s.
Another Morpeth Harrier in this race was Isobel Saunders, who posted a time of 52.6s.
Meanwhile Hamlin also enjoyed a B Race victory in the 100m, posting a time of 13.5s, almost equal to Amy Longstaff’s 13.4s in the A Race, where she finished second.
Rose Ho also competed for Morpeth in the 100m, posting a time of 16.5s.
Longstaff finished fourth in the A Race of the 200m in 29.4s, and Iris Dungait finished fourth in the B Race in a time of 30.6s.
Abigail Kahn also competed for Morpeth in this event, posting a time of 31.0s.
Dungait showed her versatility by finishing fourth in the 75m Hurdles in 16.6s.
In the Under 15 Girls 800m, Molly Roche finished fifth in the A race in 2m47.6s, and Charlotte Marshall finished fourth in the B Race in 2m55.0s.
Completing the Under 15 Girls track events, Megan Potrac finished fifth in the 1500m in 5m49.7s.
The best result in the Under 15 Girls Field Events, came from specialist Hammer Thrower Alexandria Hodgson, younger sister of sprinter Victoria.
She finished second to a strong Ella McIntosh of Harrogate, with a best throw of 21.31m.
Hodgson also finished fourth in the Javelin with 17.62m.
In the Shot Putt, Charlotte Marshall putted 5.24m for fifth in the A String, and Molly Roche finished as fifth B String with 4.70m.
Iris Dungait completed a very industrious day by finishing fourth in the Discus, with a best of 12.16m.
Three Morpeth athletes took part in the Under 15 Girls Long Jump.
Abigail Kahn finished fifth in the A String with a best of 4.08m, Megan Potrac finished fourth in the B String with 3.24m, and Isobel Saunders produced 2.90m as an additional performer.
Morpeth’s best result from their Under 13 age groups, came from their Girls, when Emma Tomlinson, younger sister of Ollie, finished second in the 800m in 2m40.1s.
In the 70m Hurdles, Maia Annis finished fourth in the A String in 15.3s, and Cecily Findlay was fourth in the B Race in 16.7s.
In the 100m, Mya May Ferguson finished sixth in the A Race in 15.7s, and Maia Annis finished fifth in the B Race in 16.3s.
Another Morpeth athlete in the 100m was Hannah Foggon, who posted a time of 18.4s.
In the 200m, Abbie Potrac, younger sister of Megan, finished fifth in the A Race, and Cecily Findlay finished fifth in the B Race in 40.7s.
Morpeth had three athletes lined up in the Under 13 Girls 1500m.
Grace Cunningham finished fifth in the A Race (5m54.0s), Faye Heatley finished fifth in the B Race (6m08.2s), and Anna Archibald posted an additional performance of 6m54.0s.
In addition to making the best Under 13 track performance, Emma Tomlinson also produced the clubs best Field performance, when finishing third in the Javelin A String with a best throw of 11.83m.
Grace Cunningham finished fourth in the B String with 6.63m.
Tomlinson also finished fourth in the Discus with 9.60m.
Abbie Potrac finished fourth in the A String High Jump, with her clearance of 1.10m.
Potrac also led a quartet of Morpeth Harriers in the Long Jump.
She produced a best of 3.51m for sixth in the A String and was backed up in the B String by Maia Annis, who finished sixth with 3.10m.
Other Morpeth performances in this event came from Faye Heatley (3.04m), and Esme Thomas Harrison (2.32m).
In the Under 13 Girls Shot Putt, Cecily Findlay finished sixth with 3.38m.
Nine Under 13 Boys took part on the day for Morpeth Harriers.
In the 100m, Kyle Phillips, younger brother of Conner, finished fifth in the A Race in 16.2s, and James Ellis finished fourth in the B Race in 16.5s.
Additional Morpeth athletes in the 100m were Kayden Wilson (16.8s), Ewan Line (16.8s), and Freddie Banfield (17.0s).
In the 200m, Kayden Wilson finished fourth in the A Race in 33.8s, and Kyle Phillips finished third in the B Race in 34.4s.
An additional performance of 35.5s, came from James Ellis.
In the 800m, Thomas Roche was fourth in the A Race in 2m55.0s, and William McBryde finished fourth in the B Race in 3m26.8s.
The 1500m, saw Morpeth’s Ewan Line finish fifth in the A Race in 5m21.9s, and Evan Laude was third in the B Race in 5m42.7s.
On to the Under 13 Boys Field Events, and Thomas Roche was very industrious in the Throws, finishing fourth in the Shot Putt (5.45m), and fourth in the A String Discus (11.11m).
James Ellis finished third in the B String Discus (9.88m).
Additional competitor for Morpeth in the Discus was William McBryde, who threw a best of 8.86m.
Daniel Vermass cleared 1.15m, to finish fourth in the High Jump, and he also finished fifth in the Javelin with 15.61m.
Ewan Line and Freddie Banfield teamed up for Morpeth in the Long Jump.
Line finished fifth in the A String, with a best of 3.46m.
Banfield meanwhile was not far behind Line in terms of performance when he placed third in the B String with 3.45m.
MATCH RESULT
1st Harrogate 810.5pts, 2nd North Shields Poly 674.5pts, 3rd Darlington/Allerton 611.5pts, 4th Gateshead Harriers 490pts, 5th Morpeth Harriers 470.5pts, 6th Blyth/Alnwick 163pts.