A impressive 25 members entered the Kirbymoorside 10K, which is a fairly tough road race with some long hills, and the hot, sunny conditions made it even tougher.

Gary Dunn was the first Harrier to finish, in fifth place, in 36.39 with Cameron Choules 12th in 38.51 and Mervin Burn 14th in 39.07.

Those three were just behind Scarborough for the team prize. Stephan Tomaszewski finished 18th in 40.56, Oliver Harrison 22nd in 42.02, David Read 28th in 43.12, Alan Somers 32nd in 43.38, Philip Utley, in his first race for the club, 42nd in 45.02, Paul Goacher 55th in 45.56, David Shorrocks 57th in 46.05, Steve Harrison 82nd in 48.55, Nicola Thorpe 97th in 50.17, Pat Kirby 101st in 50.33 and Sarah Somers 104th in 50.44. Those three, along with Kaye Mechie, 124th in 53.02, won the Ladies' Team prize. Ian Codling came 120th in 52.45, and Maureen Gibbs 130th in 53.37. Maureen won the V55 prize, and Judith Seaton, 132nd in 53.48, was also a prizewinner, being the first local lady to finish. Catherine Lumb finished 137th in 54.26, Fiona Wilson 160th in 57.14, Sally Harrison 173rd in 59.25, Nik Sutton-Haigh, in her first run for the club, 184th in 61.04, Pamela Sherlock 199th in 63.23, just ahead of Marian Codling 200th in 63.26. Chris McAleenan finished 220th in 69.59 and there were altogether 228 finishers.

l The Harriers meet at Thirsk Athletic Club on Wednesdays at 7pm and runners of any age and ability are always welcome. For more information contact Norman Smith on 01845 523340.

Richmond and Zetland Harriers

Richmond and Zetland Harriers had 17 athletes competing at the first of this year's NYSD T&F Meetings, hosted by Darlington H&AC at the Eastbourne Sports Complex on Tuesday, April 20.

Kim Bartram was the "pick-of-the-bunch", demonstrating her running, jumping and throwing ability with three wins from her three events, 100m, high jump and javelin, a good work out before the serious business of League and County matches. There were also wins for Georgina Zissler in the 300m, Jessie Roberts in the 3000m, Becky Rennison in the high jump, a great one-two for Sophie Broadway and Leanne Shaw in the 100m and similarly, in the 600m, where Rosie Adams took the honours ahead of her sister Jo.

The Females made a successful start to the defence of the Cup they won last year with the twelve athletes scoring 83 match points from the eleven events out of 18 they contested. Although just half a point ahead of Billingham in the Meeting and 15 ahead of Middlesbrough & Cleveland, match points convert to League points on a twelve down to one basis amongst the twelve competing clubs and RZH lead the Female standings with 12 points. There were only five Males at the Meeting; they competed in four events out of the 18 on the card and the 26 match points they scored left them in seventh place with six League points, a long way behind the Newton Aycliffe team who contested 13 events and earned an 88 point winning total. The combined table, after one fixture, has Darlington, M&C and Billingham sharing top spot with 20 points followed by Newton Aycliffe with 19 and RZH in fifth place with 18 points.

RZH results: Jo Adams (U15G) 600m 1:51.0, Rosie Adams (U15G) 600m 1:50.2; Chris Archer (U17M) 3000m 10:31.3; Kim Bartram (SW) 100m 13.9, high jump 1m35 & javelin 24m89; Sophie Broadway (U15G) 100m 13.7; Ruth Hill (U13G) 100m 15.1; Fiona Hughes (SW) 3000m 11:57.5; Louise Jackson (SW) 3000m 10:28.4; Scott Livermore (U17M) 400m 57.1; Erica Moks (U17W) 3000m 13:13.1; Becky Rennison (U17W) high jump 1m40 & javelin 14m46; Doug Roberts (U15B) 400m 67.2; Jessie Roberts (U17W) 3000m 11:22.0; Simon Robson (U17M) 3000m 10:07.5; Leanne Shaw (U15G) 100m 13.9; Tom Walker (U13B) 100m 16.1 and Georgina Zissler (U17W) 300m 44.6.

Gateshead Harriers hosted the last of the early season Open T&F fixtures, a Medal Meeting at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Sunday, April 25. Three Harriers took the opportunity to continue their preparations for League and County competition and bagged four medals in the process. Sophie Broadway came first in both sprint events, winning the Under-15 Girls 100m in 13.5 and setting a new PB 27.4 in winning the 200m. Louise Jackson earned gold in the Senior Women's 1500m, finishing in 4:47.8, despite running with the men in a combined race, and Nick Outhwaite took silver in the Under-15 Boys polevault with a clearance of 2m20.

The Young Athletes start their 2004 League on Sunday 6th with a Fixture at Princess Mary Stadium, Cleckheaton - first events at 12 noon. Also on Sunday there is the Fountains 10 mile Road Race & 1 mile Fun Run from the CoE School, Grantley near Ripon starting at 11am. This year's series of Handicap Road Races start at Jesmond Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Monday 10th and the second of the Northern Runner/Cleveland Midweek Fell Races, the Carlton Challenge (5 miles & 860 feet) is from the Car Park at Carlton Bank Top near Stokesley on Tuesday 11, starting at 7.15 pm.

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Darlington Harriers

At the annual Darlington Harriers presentation evening the prizes were presented to the athletes by International Athlete, Dominic Bannister, who has represented his country on numerous occasions both at cross-country and marathon. Of the many prizes awarded two of the most notable were to Martin Grainger and Tara Kennedy. Martin once again won the Richardson Trophy for his performance at the North East cross-country championships and Tara again won the Barbera Auld trophy, which is awarded to the most improved young female athlete. Martin has had a string of excellent performances on the roads this year and Tara has continued to set new personal best performances at the Long Jump and High jump. Club secretary, John Brant, received the Athletes Foot Award for his unstinting service to the club and its members.

The recent Shildon Open Track & Field meeting saw a contingent of junior athletes have a great day of exciting competition and some excellent results. New member Paul Jefferson won the U13 boys 100m in 14.30 and was 2nd in the 200m in 29.60. Robert Fox in the same events was 3rd in the 100m with 15.30 and ran 31.60 for 200m and was third in the long jump with 3.60m. Michael Parry, U13 boy ran an excellent 2.40.6 in his first 800m race. The Clifford family were busy with Paul 1st in the U11 boys 600m in 1.54.8 and 3rd in the 60m with 9.50 and he jumped 3.31m in the long jump. Brother Andrew was 3rd in the U15 boys 400m with 77.00 whilst big sister Emma ran the U15 girls 100m in 14.70, the 200m in 30.30 and the 800m in 2.50.70. Bethany Heard, U15 girl, ran 14.10 for the 100m and was 3rd in the long jump with an excellent 14.10m. The ever improving Tara Kennedy set a new PB of 4.31 in the long jump to come 2nd and ran 2.51.5 in the 800m and finished the day with a 5.81m in the shot. Verity Pratt just did the long jump and got a creditable 4.04m.

The first NYSD Track and Field meeting was held at Darlington on April 20 and after a string of terrific performances saw the club complete the comptition in joint 1st place overall. In the U13 Girls 100m Faye Bowles ran an excellent 15.1s, Leah Kennedy - 15.8s and Chloe Griffith - 15.9s. In the boys event Paul Jefferson had another excellent race to win in 14.2s, Robert Fox ran 14.8s, Andrew Jones 15.3s and Paul Clifford 15.6s. In the U15 girls race Bethany Heard was 3rd in 14.1s, Tara Kennedy ran 14.3s, Sian Taylor 14.6s and Emma Clifford 14.7s. James Moohan ran 15.2 in the U15 boys race, Daniel Ghundoo ran 12.6s in the U17 mens race and Robert Gibbon in his first event as a senior ran 12.3s. The U13 girls dominated the 600m with Rebecca Noble winning in 1.57.3s and Chloe Griffiths 2nd in 2.11.7. In the U13 boys 600m, Paul Clifford showed the class that won the Jarrow indoor League this winter and ran 1.55.6 to come 2nd in front of some much older boys, Michael Parry was 3rd, 1.57.3s, Robert Fox 4th 1.58.9s and Andrew Jones 7th with 2.09.2s. in the U13 boys long jump Andrew Jones leapt ot 2nd place with 3.69m Robert Fox was 3rd with 3.66m and Paul Clifford 4th with 3.44m. In the U17 LJ, Daniel Ghundoo was 1st with 5.40m and Matthew Jones 2nd with 5.29m. Robert Gibbon showed his strength with 5.41m to come 2nd in the mens event. In the high jump Leah Kennedy won the U13 girls with 1.25m and Tara Kennedy won the U15 girls event with a PB of 1.45m and Bethany Heard was 4th with 1.20m. Judith Grant won the U15 girls javelin with 18m. In the U15 girls 600m, Emma Clifford ran 1.55.0 and Verity Pratt 1.57.3. The 3000m races were all run together and Bernadette Taylor was the 1st Lady home in 10.11.5s. Jamie Rutherford was 2 U15 boy in 11.10.5s and Ian Smirthwaite was 3rd in 11.38.7s. In the senior mens race Ben Wilson was 4th in 9.59.7s and veteran Ian Barnes ran 11.22.4s. after this first meeting Darlington Harriers have a total of 20 league points to share first place overall with Middlesbrough & Cleveland and Billingham Marsh House. The men are lying 2nd and the ladies 4th. The Next event is on May the 18th and again is at Darlington.