trevor and sophie win indoor medals

Two Morpeth Harriers at opposite ends of the age spectrum were in action at the North East Counties Athletics Association Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at Gateshead College over the weekend.
Both competed on the track on Sunday, and both won Championship medals for their efforts.
Veteran Sprinter Trevor Hodgson, 52, certainly used his years of experience, as he beat athletes three or four years younger than himself to the finish line in the Masters 60m, to secure a Gold medal, posting a time of 7.66s, which was some way short of his best of 7.50s, which he had achieved at the same venue on 10th January in the Gateshead Indoor Series.
Hodgson also retained his title which he had won 12 months previous in the Championships, where he achieved his previous best of 7.54s.
He now embarks on a few weeks of intense Indoor action, commencing with the British Masters Championships this coming Sunday, followed by the Inter Area Championships the following Sunday, both of these being held at Lee Valley Indoor Centre in London.
Hodgson then competes in the European Masters Championships, being held in Torun in Poland next month.
Under 15 Girl Sophie Pledger, also certainly made a name for herself in her first year of Indoor competition, as she eventually claimed a most prized Bronze medal in her 60m event, after working her way meticulously through three rounds of extremely intense action.
She excellently won her opening heat, by producing a superb new personal best of 8.27s, then went on to finish second in her Semi Final in 8.33s, but saved her best time for the final, where she yet again produced a new personal best of 8.24s, to claim the Bronze medal, only just missing out for Silver by a slender fraction.