Tartan Games

Kaitlyn Waddell, Amy Lott, Georgia Taylor, and Ryan and Sam Davies of Morpeth Harriers,
all competed in the annual Tartan Games Open Meeting, organised by Gateshead Harriers,
and held on Bank Holiday Monday (26th August 2019).

Busiest of all the five athletes was Under 13 Girl Waddell, who competed
in no less than three individual events on the day.
Her best performance came in the 70m Hurdles Final, which she won quite handsomely in a time of 13.04s.

She went on also to finish second in the High Jump, producing a personal best clearance of 1.40m,
and for the first time, produced a Putt of 6.49m, to finish fourth in the Shot.

Also competing in the Shot Putt from Morpeth Harriers was Georgia Taylor, who finished second,
with a best effort of 6.87m, this also marking a first outing in a Blue and White vest.

Another Morpeth winner on the day was Under 17 Woman Amy Lott,
who was the victor of a two-horse race in the 80m Hurdles Final.
The recent Scottish Bronze medallist clocked ac winning time of 12.22s.
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Siblings Ryan and Sam Davies competed respectively in the Under 15 Boys Mile, and Year 3 Boys 400m Finals.
Ryan finished third in 5m21.97s, and the younger Sam finished second in 1m25.08s, both testing themselves over the respective distances for the first time.