Quakers RC

Results: 2nd Paul Kelly, Darlington, 36:19, 3rd, Steve Lumb, Quakers, 37:36, 4th, Marcus Byron, Tynedale, 38:43, 5th, Andy Henderson, Quakers, 39:08, 6th, Michael Heatherington, Nestle/Rowntree, 40:55, 7th, Norman Bush, Ilkley, 41:16, 8th, Gary Atkinson, Evenwood, 41:30, 9th, Tony Hindmarsh, Evenwood, 41:54, 10th, Andy Laybourn, Evenwood, 42:28, 11th, Ed Partridge, Crook, 42:54, 12th, Gerry Hehir, Crook, 43:02, 13th, Scott Brown, U/A, 43:38, 14th, Malcolm Coles, SKYRAC, 44:38, 15th, Karen Robertson, NFR, 44:47, 16th, John Edmundson, Quakers, 45:01, 17th, Dave Parker, Durham Police, 45:11, 18th, Andrew Knox, Teesdale, 45:29, 19th, Denise Tunstall, Teesdale, 45:58, 20th, Paul Hume, Durham Police, 46:32, 21st, Caroline Davies, Quakers, 46:37, 22nd, Karl Lowe, Durham Police, 46:46, 23rd, Mark Johnson, FRA, 46:50, 24th, Martin Harbisher, Crook, 47:33, 25th, Richard Barnett, U/A, 47:37, 26th, Karen Partridge, Crook, 54:11, 27th, Richard Wall, Quakers, 54:59, 28th, Ken Sams, Evenwood, 56:47 and 29th, Alan Purdom, Crook, 59:34.

Ian Scott was the only Quaker participant at the Eccup 10 mile road race near Leeds on Sunday, July 20. Ian cruised round the undulating course in 59:31 breaking the club record for male over 50 and took the 1st vet over 50 prize to finish 5th overall out of 344 competitors.

On Sunday, July 27, the 4th Durham Dales Fell Series was held - Monks Moor. First home in an excellent time of 01:29:52 was Ed Nash from Kendal.

Results: Simon Deakin, U/A, 01:38:02. First lady home and 3rd overall was Hannah Wooten from Dark Peak in a time of 01:38:04, followed by 4th, Sid Coxon, Tynedale, 01:38:40, 5th, Joe McCready, Darlington, 01:39:16, 6th, Ray Maynard, Quakers, 01:40:03, 7th, Geoff Davis, NFR, 01:48:10, 8th, Marcus Byron, Tynedale, 01:50:08, 9th, Nicola Davis, Borrowdale, 01:50:59, 10th, Mike Wray, Quakers, 01:51:45, 11th, Gerry Hehir, Crook, 01:58:36, 12th, Denise Tunstall, Teesdale, 02:01:12, 13th, Stuart Ferguson, Quakers, 02:02:10, 14th, Dennis Brown, Crook, 02:02:36, 15th, Andy Billet, Durham, 02:07:59, 16th, Chris Little, U/A, 02:12:05, 17th, John Russell, Chester Le Street, 02:12:05, 18th, Chris Williams, U/A, 02:14:05, 19th, Rob McSherry, Quakers, 02:14:05, 20th, Martin Harbisher, Crook, 02:36:45, 21st. Helen Witham of the Quakers retired at the half way point due to a severe fall.

On Friday, August 1, Middleton in Teesdale Carnival Fell Race was held. On a warm sunny evening Peter Brittleton of Howgill's won the race in 16:40.

Results: 2nd Paul Brittleton, Holm Hill, 17:08, 3rd, Carl Mustill, Mandale, 17:20, 4th, Peter Wilkin, Thirsk, 17:29, 5th, Adam Gibson, Aycliffe, 17:31, 6th, Peter Milburn, Aycliffe, 17:42, 7th, Ray Maynard, Quakers, 17:44, 8th, Ken Maynard, Quakers, 17:57, 9th, Tony Davison, Todmorden, 18:03, 10th, Marcus Byron, Tynedale, 18:06, 11th, Matthew Bell, Aycliffe, 18:07, 12th, George Reid, Aycliffe, 19:04, 13th, Noel Clough, Thirsk, 19:17, 14th, Simon Maytum, U/A, 19:38, 15th, Joe Hartley, U/A, 19:49, 16th, Colin Gibson, Aycliffe, 19:53, 17th, Martin Williamson, U/A, 20:18, 18th, Gerry Hehir, Crook, 20:24, 19th, Andrea Tucker, Quakers, 20:44, 20th, Andrew Knox, Teesdale, 20:48, 21st, Denise Tunstall, Teesdale, 20:54, 22nd, Amanda Bates, Quakers, 21:19, 23rd, Michael Ripon, Aycliffe, 21:24, 24th, Jane Walker, NFR, 21:59, 25th, Sue Milburn, Aycliffe, 22:15, 26th, John Bright, U/A, 22:16, 27th, Martin Harbisher, Crook, 22:20, 28th, Barrie Kirtley, Quakers, 23:09, 29th, Liam Bell, U/A, 24:06, 30th, Noel Hakeman, Dallam, 25:15, 31st, Brian Graves, Milton Keynes, 27:46 and 32nd, Derek Simms, U/A, 27:48.

On Thursday, August 14 the final White Horse Handicap race was held. The course covering a scenic 5.5 miles over local footpaths and bridleways saw Katrina Todd finish first in a time of 57:42.

Results: 2nd, Sharon Towns, Quakers, 58:19, 3rd, Vanessa Treston, Quakers, 59:16, 4th, Jeff Marriott, Quakers, 47:55, 5th, Paul Quinn, Quakers, 45:44, 6th, Alan Prest, Quakers, 46:17, 7th, Shiela Davies, L & M, 55:52, 8th, Jeff Walker, U/A, 43:14, 9th, Dianne Adkins, Quakers, 58:56, 10th, Glyn Frith, Evenwood, 45:07, 11th, Dianne Wright, Quakers, 46:41, 12th, Wayne Bramley, Quakers, 34:58, 13th, David McDonald, Aycliffe, 45:04, 14th, William Metcalf, Basildon, 43:06, 15th, Steve Milne, Quakers, 39:26, 16th, John Edmondson, Quakers, 38:15, 17th, Matthew Bell, Aycliffe, 32:29, 18th, Julie Giblin, Quakers, 46:23, 19th, Isabel Evans, Quakers, 45:29, 20th, Graham Park, Quakers, 38:09, 21st, Andy Henderson, Quakers, 33:33, 22nd, Peter Smith, Quakers, 38:44, 23rd, David McLachlan, Quakers, 42:57, 24th, Andrew O'Hare, Quakers, 39:33, 25th, Ronnie Read, Darlington, 33:59, 26th, Danny Gordon, Quakers, 42:18, 27th, Shaun Bell, Aycliffe, 36:05, 28th, Trevor Archer, Quakers, 46:56, 29th, Richard Hughes, Quakers, 51:20, 30th, George Reid, Aycliffe, 35:23, 31st, Terry Deary, Quakers, 46:19, 32nd, David O'Hare, Quakers, 39:35, 33rd, John Smith, New Marske, 41:16, 34th, Colin Knight, U/A, 41:36, 35th, Lynne Hatton, Quakers, 49:11, 36th, David Giblin, Quakers, 37:53, 37th, Alastair MacKenzie, Quakers, 35:14, 38th, Wendy Glasper, Quakers, 1:03:44, 39th, Graham Hopkirk, Quakers, 43:32, 40th, Barrie Kirtley, Quakers, 40:28, 41st, Catherine Mustill, Aycliffe, 49:25, 42nd, Alan Mullis, Heaton, 40:51, 43rd, Gerry Hehir, Crook, 38:57, 44th, Brendan Boyle, Quakers, 46:06, 45th, Simon Rek, Quakers, 43:06, 46th, Caroline MacKenzie, Quakers, 52:15, 47th, Sue Boyle, Quakers, 55:59 and 48th, Tim Blake, U/A, 1:00:12.

Darren Maddison therefore wins the overall series with a total of 386 points, followed by Richard Hughes, 366 points and Sheila Davies, 357 points.

The Auckland Castle 10K road race also saw a good turnout. This time Andy Henderson led the Quaker contingent to finish this hilly course in a time of 36:06 to finish 49th out of 600 competitors. Next home was Wayne Bramley who finished 54th in 37:01.

Results: Steve Snook, 114th, 40:55, John Edmondson, 159th, 42:49, Peter E Smith, 171st, 43:14, D O'Harris, 180th, 43:33, Mick Gaskill, 186th, 43:42, Larry Gannon, 195th, 43:58, Andrew O'Hare, 233rd, 45:07, John Ross, 283rd, 47:14, Diane Vaughan, 328th, 48:39, Terry Deary, 346th, 48:59, Brendan Boyle, 363rd, 49:43, Patricia Ryan, 406th, 51:11, Jeff Marriott, 407th, 51:13, Craig Watson, 414th, 51:36, John Tully, 419th, 51:45, Beverley Snook, 492nd, 56:21, Richard Hughes, 507th, 57:20, Sue Boyle, 542nd, 1:01:30 and Wendy Glasper, 583rd, 1:06:45.

Twelve Quakers competed at the New Marske 5K road race on Tuesday, September 2. Wayne Bramley led the way to finish 15th out of 113 competitors in a personal best time of 17:13 and breaking the existing club record. Next home was Dave Giblin, also achieving a personal best time of 19:20.

Results: Dave Mason, 20:38, Simon Rek, 20:59, Jes Smith, 21:02, Brendan Boyle, 23:25, Harry Manuel, 24:21, Ross Chisholm, 25:52, Sue Boyle, 27:50, Vanessa Treston, 28:53, Sharron Towns, 29:26 and Wendy Glasper, 31:27.

Durham City Harriers

Shaun Moralee, 18, from Langley Park and representing Durham City Harriers had a brilliant run in the final of the North of England inter-club cup at Cudworth, Barnsley.

Shaun was competing in the senior men's 800m and in the race of the day managed to pull off a great victory and set another personal best time of 1:53.63 with all eight athletes getting under two minutes.

City results: 10,000m Rob Hand (pb) 34:10.92; 400m (h) Stephen Kernohan (4th 58.84 (pb); 400m Peter Thomson (6th 51.44 pb); 100m David Adamson 7th in 11.99; 5,000m Paul Sellars 5th 16:29.16; 200m Sotonte Douglas 8th 24.32; 110m (h) David Adamson 7th 19.29; 3,000m s/c Geoff Watson 6th 11:01.43; 1,500m Shaun Moralee 4th 4:03.65; high jump Jeremy Mason 6th 1.70m; javelin Ken Churchill 4th 37.74m; long jump Nicholas Thompson 8th 5.82m; pole vault David Adamson 3rd 2.50m; triple jump Nicholas Thompson 5th 13.06m; shot putt Peter Thompson 8th 7.94m; discus John Hampson 8th 16.95; hammer Glen Malvern 8th 12.80m; 4x400m 5 Peter Thompson, Stephen Kernohan, Stephen Clifford, Shaun Moralee (3:36.12).

At the end of a great competition Durham City Harriers finished sixth out of the eight teams who had qualified for the final.

Team results: 1 Trafford AC 134 points; 2 City of Sheffield 127; 3 Liverpool 84; 4 Leeds 84; 5 Border Harriers 67; 6 Durham City 65; 7 Derby 65; 8 Bolton Harriers 65; positions decided on countback.

Since then Shaun, as a result of his fine performance at Cudworth and his excellent performances throughout the season, was selected for the North of England in the inter-area match at Watford (U20) against the Midlands and the South, his first representative honour.