The footballers of Darlington Spraire Lads and Lasses swapped sports for a day at the weekend when they competed in an athletics competition in Gateshead.

They took part in the Clubs for Young People Durham County Athletics meeting at the Gateshead International Stadium on Sunday - and achieved some great results.

Individual gold medals were won by several members of the squad as the Lads Under-10s won their category, as did the Lads Under-14s, while the Lads Under-16s were runners-up.

Many of the squad won gold medals at the competition, in both tacks and field events.

Gold medal winners were Laurel Barr, Stewart Leighton, Anthony Verity, Jonathan Blewitt, Nicholas Petch, NathanWilson, Kev Colgan, Martin Sturgeon, Simon Williams, Tyrone Crow, Andy James, Yousef Abdo, Marc Ralf and Adam Gilroy.

Club secretary Dave Scott would like to thank Janet Cooper (Darlington Sports Development Officer) and Alan Ransom (high jump coach) for their assistance.

Mr Scot is also indebted Mr McBride who coached the Under-12s, Ron Walker and Mark Scott who coached theUnder-14s to their second CYP trophy in two years as well as Derek Blenkharn and Phil Gilroy who coached the Under-16s.

The club are hoping some of their winners will be selected for the Durham County CYP who will compete in the National Championships in Wales next month.

Results - Girls Under-10: 100m Rachel McKnight 3rd; 200m Jordan Atkinson 4th; 800m Rachel McKnight 3rd; 4x100m relay Laura Spence, Jordan Atkinson, Ashleigh Leighton, Laurel Barr 4th; high jump Ashley Leighton 3rd, long jump Rachel McKnight 4th, shot putt Laurel Barr 1st.

Girls Under-12: 100m Emma Hepperle 3rd; 200m Kathryn Clarke 6th; 800m Danni Shutt 5th; relay, Sam Leighton, Danni Shutt, Kathryn Clarke, Emma Hepperle 5th; high jump Sam Leighton 4th; long jump Danni Shutt 5th; shot putt Kathryn Clarke 5th.

Girls Under-14: 100m Fiona Collinson 7th; 200m Fiona Collinson 6th; 800m Amy Nicholson 5th; relay Fiona Collinson, Gemma Marshall, Amy Nicholson, Shenade Chandler 4th; discus Gemma Marshall 3rd; long jump Shenade Chandler 6th; shot putt Gemma Marshall 6th.

Boys Under-10: 100m Kev Coglan 2nd; 200m Nathan Wilson 4th; 800m Anthony Verity 2nd; 4x100m relay Ian Jon Blewitt, Nicholas Petch, Nathan Wilson, Kev Coglan 1st; high jump Stewart Leighton 2nd; long jump Anthony Verity 1st; shot putt Stewart Leighton 1st.

Boys Under-12: 100m Wayne Liddle 4th; 200m Wayne Liddle 4th; 400m Lewis Raper 6th; 800m Richard Shepperson 5th; 1500m James McBride 5th; 4x100m relay Wayne Liddle, Richard Shepperson, Lewis Raper, James McBride 4th; high jump James McBride 4th; long jump Richard Shepperson 5th; shot David Garthwaite 6th.

Boys Under-14: 100m Martin Sturgeon 1st; 200m Simon Williams 1st; 400m Tyrone Crow 1st; 400m Mike Duffy 5th; 1500m Col Coleman 8th; 4x100m Martin Sturgeon, Andy James, Tyrone Crow, Simon Williams 1st; high jump Simon Williams 1st; long jump Simon Williams 1st; shot Yousef Abdo 1; javelin Matt Matthews 2nd; discus Matt Matthews 2nd.

Boys Under-16: 100m Palmer 4th; 200m Blenkharn 4th; 400m Woodford 2nd; 800m Gilroy 5th; 1500m Palmer 4th; 4x100m relay Blenkharn, Palmer, Woodford, Ralph 2nd; high jump Bowman 3rd; long jump Ralph 1st; triple jump Gilroy 1st; discus Nicholson 4th.