Sixteen athletes from Morpeth Harriers & AC took part over the two days of events, and the Northumbrian club saw an excellent return of nine medals in all, four of them Gold, one Silver, and four Bronze.
Although the medal haul was not as high as previous years, it was nevertheless pleasing to see just over a fifty per cent return for some conscientious efforts, along with some coaching successes contained within them.
One of the club’s real star performers was Under 16 Girl Sophie Pledger, who qualified for the 300m Final, by winning her earlier heat quite comfortably in 43.16s.
In the later Final, she fended off stiff opposition to take a well-deserved Gold Medal in an even better time of 41.78s.
Both of these performances were season’s bests for this exceptionally talented young lady, who has a very bright future in the sport ahead of her.
Another track Gold Medal was achieved Morpeth’s Heidi Wilkinson, who very much front ran the 3000m, to take the Under 16 Girls Gold Medal, by producing a personal best time of 10m38.46s for the seven and a half lap event.
Morpeth’s other Gold Medals were both achieved in the Field Events.
Under 18 athlete Alexandria Hodgson, who had recently thrown in excess of 54m for the 3k Hammer event, on this occasion managed 49.09m, however it was enough to win her the championship Gold Medal for her efforts.
The other Gold Medal came in the Senior Women’s Triple Jump, where Charlotte Earl produced a season’s best of 10.61m, which was enough to take the championship title from North Shields Poly’s Lily Bradley by a mere 21cm.
Morpeth’s Mason Gaylor won a Silver medal in the Under 16 Boys 800m, posting a season’s best of 2m05.90s, just losing out for gold by a mere one and a half seconds to North Shield’s Poly’s Max Cary, with Darlington’s Ollie Curran finishing in third place.
In her first track championship in a Morpeth vest, Senior Woman Jessica Holman took a Bronze medal in the 800m, in a time of 3m01.48s.
Following his qualification for the Under 16 Boys 300m Final, where he produced a personal best of 40.13s for second place in his earlier heat, Morpeth’s Charlie Townsend finished third in the later run Final, to take a Bronze Medal in a time of 40.15s.
Morpeth Harriers youngest medallist of the weekend was Under 14 Boy Joseph Fawcett, who ran very well in the 1500m final to secure Bronze in a personal best time of 4m41.11s.
The Morpeth Harriers medal haul was completed by Under 18 Woman Charlotte Marshall, who took a Bronze Medal in the 1500m in a season’s best of 5m55.75s.
Veteran Man Ben Harding competed in the Senior Men’s 200m and 400m events.
In his 200m Heat, Ben produced a personal best time of 25.68s, which unfortunately did not take him on to a later final, however, he just missed out on a medal in the 400m, finishing fourth in 56.74s.
Charlie Townsend, who had medalled in the 300m, unfortunately didn’t make the Final of the Under 16 Boys 100m, when he finished fifth in his heat, in a time of 12.34s.
Despite posting a new personal best time of 2m13.53s, Morpeth newcomer Alastair Beasley finished outside the medals in the Senior Men’s 800m, which saw North Shields Poly’s Zac Brannon win the event to take the Under 20 Men’s title by producing a new championship best performance in 1m52.79s.
Another personal best performer was Senior Woman Ellie Wickens, who posted a time of 27.31s, when finishing fourth in the 200m Final.
Unfortunately, Morpeth Under 16 Girl Heidi Wilkinson couldn’t emulate her previous day’s 3000m performance, when she finished fourth in the 1500m in a season’s best of 5m01.5.70s, an event which also saw her Morpeth club colleague Faye Heatley set new figures of 5m27.33s, when finishing ninth.
Morpeth Under 14 Boys William Fawcett and Hector Ford Hutchinson finished seventh and ninth fastest in the 800m events, which were run as two timed races, with sixteen runners involved.
Their respective times were 2m35.60s, and 2m40.20s, which were both personal best performances.
Under 18 Man William Hodgson produced a season’s best of 24.14s, when finishing fourth in his heat of the 200m.
Although the medal haul was not as high as previous years, it was nevertheless pleasing to see just over a fifty per cent return for some conscientious efforts, along with some coaching successes contained within them.
One of the club’s real star performers was Under 16 Girl Sophie Pledger, who qualified for the 300m Final, by winning her earlier heat quite comfortably in 43.16s.
In the later Final, she fended off stiff opposition to take a well-deserved Gold Medal in an even better time of 41.78s.
Both of these performances were season’s bests for this exceptionally talented young lady, who has a very bright future in the sport ahead of her.
Another track Gold Medal was achieved Morpeth’s Heidi Wilkinson, who very much front ran the 3000m, to take the Under 16 Girls Gold Medal, by producing a personal best time of 10m38.46s for the seven and a half lap event.
Morpeth’s other Gold Medals were both achieved in the Field Events.
Under 18 athlete Alexandria Hodgson, who had recently thrown in excess of 54m for the 3k Hammer event, on this occasion managed 49.09m, however it was enough to win her the championship Gold Medal for her efforts.
The other Gold Medal came in the Senior Women’s Triple Jump, where Charlotte Earl produced a season’s best of 10.61m, which was enough to take the championship title from North Shields Poly’s Lily Bradley by a mere 21cm.
Morpeth’s Mason Gaylor won a Silver medal in the Under 16 Boys 800m, posting a season’s best of 2m05.90s, just losing out for gold by a mere one and a half seconds to North Shield’s Poly’s Max Cary, with Darlington’s Ollie Curran finishing in third place.
In her first track championship in a Morpeth vest, Senior Woman Jessica Holman took a Bronze medal in the 800m, in a time of 3m01.48s.
Following his qualification for the Under 16 Boys 300m Final, where he produced a personal best of 40.13s for second place in his earlier heat, Morpeth’s Charlie Townsend finished third in the later run Final, to take a Bronze Medal in a time of 40.15s.
Morpeth Harriers youngest medallist of the weekend was Under 14 Boy Joseph Fawcett, who ran very well in the 1500m final to secure Bronze in a personal best time of 4m41.11s.
The Morpeth Harriers medal haul was completed by Under 18 Woman Charlotte Marshall, who took a Bronze Medal in the 1500m in a season’s best of 5m55.75s.
Veteran Man Ben Harding competed in the Senior Men’s 200m and 400m events.
In his 200m Heat, Ben produced a personal best time of 25.68s, which unfortunately did not take him on to a later final, however, he just missed out on a medal in the 400m, finishing fourth in 56.74s.
Charlie Townsend, who had medalled in the 300m, unfortunately didn’t make the Final of the Under 16 Boys 100m, when he finished fifth in his heat, in a time of 12.34s.
Despite posting a new personal best time of 2m13.53s, Morpeth newcomer Alastair Beasley finished outside the medals in the Senior Men’s 800m, which saw North Shields Poly’s Zac Brannon win the event to take the Under 20 Men’s title by producing a new championship best performance in 1m52.79s.
Another personal best performer was Senior Woman Ellie Wickens, who posted a time of 27.31s, when finishing fourth in the 200m Final.
Unfortunately, Morpeth Under 16 Girl Heidi Wilkinson couldn’t emulate her previous day’s 3000m performance, when she finished fourth in the 1500m in a season’s best of 5m01.5.70s, an event which also saw her Morpeth club colleague Faye Heatley set new figures of 5m27.33s, when finishing ninth.
Morpeth Under 14 Boys William Fawcett and Hector Ford Hutchinson finished seventh and ninth fastest in the 800m events, which were run as two timed races, with sixteen runners involved.
Their respective times were 2m35.60s, and 2m40.20s, which were both personal best performances.
Under 18 Man William Hodgson produced a season’s best of 24.14s, when finishing fourth in his heat of the 200m.