On Sunday, June 1, Hamsterley 10K was held to raise funds for Butterwick Hospice. On an extremely warm day Alasdair Tatham of the Quakers RC won the overall race in a time of 36.05.
Results: 2nd Malcolm Ingram (Crook AC) 37.47, 3rd Andy Henderson (Quakers) 37.50, 4th Michael Mallen (Crook AC) 38.26, 5th John Dennis (Crook AC) 38.32, 6th George Reid (Newton Aycliffe AC) 38.34, 7th Barry Garrington (Burn Road) 38.39, 8th Wayne Bramley (Quakers) 38.47, 9th Geoff Hewitson (Crook AC) 40.48, 10th Adam Gouldsworthy (Troon Tortoises) 40.52, 11th Robert McSherry (Quakers) 40.53. 12th Dawn Richardson (Quakers) (first lady) 40.55, 13th Hon Lee (Darlington Harriers & AC) 41.11, 14th John Howard (Robinson Road Runners Club) 41.47, 15th Steven Snook (Quakers Running Club) 42.29, 16th Kevin Braithwaite (Hartlepool Burn Road) 42.38, 17th David Ridley 43.14, 18th Ian Graham 43.28, 19th Sean Wigley-Smith 43.50, 20th Derek Allan 43.52, 21st Stuart Ferguson (Quakers Running Club) 43.54, 22nd Neil Douthwaite (Evenwood Road Runners) 43.59, 23rd Stephen Green 44.17, 24th Elizabeth Sowter (Swaledale Road Runners) 44.34, 25th Scott Brown (FRA) 44.24, 26th John Burnside (Newton Aycliffe AC) 44.45, 27th Brian Hannah (Darlington Harriers & A.C) 45.10, 28th Brian Dobson (Easingwold RC) 45.13, 29th Andrew Brooker (Middlesbrough AC) 45.33, 30th John Johnston (Evenwood Road Runners) 45.37, 31st Peter Smith (Quakers Running Club) 45.43, 32nd Nigel Wilkinson (Darlington Harriers & AC) 45.55, 33rd Peter Rowley (Realrunners.com) 47.30, 34th Melvyn Relton (North East Veterans AC) 47.35, 35th John Hunter (Swaledale Road Runners) 47.39, 36th Dave Mason (Quakers Running Club) 47.50, 37th Hugo Bell (Mandale AC) 47.51, 38th Darren Million (Evenwood Road Runners) 47.57, 39th Kenny More 48.16, 40th Nick Millar (Quakers Running Club) 48.46 (not content with running 10K decided to do an extra loop), 41st Kevin Braithwaite (Hartlepool Burn Road) 48.48, 42nd Victoria Williams (Gosforth) 49.01, 43rd Ray Hawson (Shildon) 49.19, 44th Graham Park (Quakers Running Club) 49.34 (Graham had a good run considering he started ten minutes after everyone else), 45th Graham Hopkirk (Quakers Running Club) 50.04, 46th Stephen Portlock (Elvet Striders) 50.11, 47th Roger Nichols (Easingwold RC) 50.32, 48th Robert Nicholson (Newton Aycliffe AC) 50.37, 49th Jan Young (Elvet Striders) 50.50, 50th Stephen Buckle (Quakers Running Club) 50.51, 51st Diane Vaughan (Quakers Running Club) 51.15, 52nd Ron Pounder 51.16, 53rd Phil Baxter 51.18, 54th Helen Dean 51.20, 55th Robert Thomas 51.59, 56th Suzy Vaughan 52.09, 57th Simon Taylor 52.17, 58th Andy Downer (Quakers Running Club) 52.52, 59th Diane Wright (Quakers Running Club) 52.53, 60th Terry Deary (Quakers Running Club) 52.56, 61st Alan Purvis (Elvet Striders) 53.06, 62nd Michaela McKenzie (Mandale AC) 53.07, 63rd Andrew Brooker (Middlesbrough AC) 53.09, 64th Claire Weighell 53.37, 65th Andrew Vernon (Swaledale Road Runners) 55.11, 66th Douglas Hopps (Road Runners Club) 55.35, 67th Alan Harrison (Police Athletic Association) 55.38, 68th Paul Kirtley 55.54, 69th Stephen Dauber (Darlington Harriers & AC) 55.58, 70th Beverley Snook (Quakers Running Club) 56.56, 71st Richard Wall (Quakers Running Club) 56.57, 72nd Barbara Thompson 57.16, 73rd David Bee 57.17, 74th Archie McKellar 57.18, 75th Peter Holmes 57.19, 76th Alan Prest (Quakers Running Club) 57.49, 77th Mike Horan (Quakers Running Club) 58.09, 78th David Kell 58.31, 79th D Halton (Shildon) 59.13, 80th John Tully (Quakers Running Club) 59.27, 81st J Sowerby (Evenwood Road Runners) 60.16, 82nd Arthur Greaves 60.49, 83rd Paul Gardiner 61.16, 84th Paul Grey 61.16, 85th Brian Darling 61.45, 86th Jackie Smith (Elvet Striders) 62.14, 87th Maureen Blackett (Elvet Striders) 64.22, 88th Richard Hughes (Quakers Running Club) 64.42, 89th Annette Hubery (Darlington Harriers & AC) 67.08, 90th Joyce Hindhaugh (Elvet Striders) 68.26, 91st Kate MacPherson (Elvet Striders) 68.27, 92nd Alan Thompson (Evenwood Road Runners) 72.11, 93rd John George (Davison, Durham City) 72.32, 94th Francine Vallans 74.57, 95th Angela Wade 74.59, 96th Alan Dickinson (Evenwood Road Runners) 79.55, 97th Alison Coatsworth (Evenwood Road Runners) 79.57.
In the 3K fun run Nathan Nicholson of Evenwood Road Runners was first home in a time of 8.36.
Results: 2nd Chris Gaffney (Newton Aycliffe AC) 8.44, 3rd Alex-Marie Snook (Quakers Running Club) 1st lady 8.57, 4th James Askew (Newton Aycliffe AC) 9.03, 5th Ross Lathan (Newton Aycliffe AC) 9.15, 6th Sam Ferguson (Quakers Running Club) 9.17, 7th James Snook (Quakers Running Club) 9.32, 8th Steph Millar (Quakers Running Club) 9.43, 9th Glynn Frith (Evenwood Road Runners) 9.44, 10th Zoe Bailey (Evenwood Road Runners) 9.55, 11th Tom Mason (Quakers Running Club) 10.06, 12th David Orr (Crook and District) 10.08, 13th Daniel Baxter 10.27, 14th Daniel Irving (Evenwood Road Runners) 10.28, 15th Sarah Douthwaite (Evenwood Road Runners) 10.40, 16th Helen Pounder (Evenwood Road Runners) 11.33, 17th Harry Vernon (Swaledale Road Runners) 11.34, 18th Jack Mason (Quakers Running Club) 11.39, 19th William Vernon (Swaledale Road Runners) 11.40, 20th Kimberley Davison 11.41, 21st Harry Welsh (Evenwood Road Runners) 11.51, 22nd Demi Douthwaite (Evenwood Road Runners) 11.52, 23rd Kate Pounder (Evenwood Road Runners) 11.54, 24th Amy Coatsworth (Evenwood Road Runners) 12.11, 25th Josh Giblin (Quakers Running Club) 12.19, 26th Ruth Bracegirdle (Tessdale AC) 12.21, 27th Rebecca Johnston (Evenwood Road Runners) 12.29, 28th Emma Ferguson (Quakers Running Club) 12.29, 29th Amy Bracegirdle 12.59, 30th Jennie Gardiner 13.08, 31st Anna Bently 13.16, 32nd Francesca Howe 13.47, 33rd Alice Johnston (Evenwood Road Runners) 13.48, 34th William Coatsworth (Evenwood Road Runners) 13.48, 35th Jane Waite 13.56, 36th Patrick Bently 14.10, 37th Joasia Zakrzewski 14.44, 38th Rosemary Zakrzewski 14.44, 39th Sean Davison 14.52, 40th Karen Davison 14.52, 41st Emily Coatsworth (Evenwood Road Runners) 15.02, 42nd Pauline Chisholm (Quakers Running Club) 15.45, 43rd Katie Park (Quakers Running Club) 15.53, 44th Angela Mason (Quakers Running Club) 16.29, 45th Vicky Park (Quakers Running Club) 16.31, 46th Jacob Gardiner 20.37, 47th Tom Gardiner 20.37, 48th Nathan Johnston (Evenwood Road Runners) 23.02, 49th Stuart Forrester (Evenwood Road Runners) 23.09, 50th Sarah Forrester (Evenwood Road Runners) 23.09, 51st Rebecca Howe 40.23, 52nd Kevin English 40.30, 53rd Caron English 40.31, 54th Katelyn English 40.32.
Congratulations also go to Stuart Forrest of Evenwood who was only 2.5 years old.
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