Shildon Running & AC - Tom Carroll, who lives at Billy Row, Crook, gave an excellent display of 200m running at the second fixture of the Tyneside track and field league at the Gateshead International Stadium on Wednesday week.

Carroll won the 200m in emphatic style, clocking 23.1 to gain a grade two standard and the man of the match award together with a £20 sports voucher for his efforts.

The following Sunday at the third fixture of the McDonald's Boys League held at Wentworth Stadium, Hexham, Shildon arrived with only 12 athletes, and matters were made worse when Adam Rogers, competing in the 400m, failed to finish after pulling a hamstring and had to withdraw from the competition.

The remainder of the team gave a superb display and won 17 of the 18 track events entered and gained both track and field man of the match awards.

The club won the competition by one point from Gateshead B.

A events: 200m, A Rogers, second, 26.5, C Stappard 26.2, A Thompson 29.8; 100m, C Stappard 12.5, K Thompson 15.7; 400m, M Lomax 58.7; 400m, B Finn, 2:3.6, M Lomax, 2:14; A Thompson 2:27; 1500m, W Roberts 5:20.7.

B events: 200m, J Burns 28.0, A Brown 29.9; 100m, D. Rogers 12, W Roberts 29.9; 400m, J Burns, 61.5; 800m, J Thompson, 2:36.4, K Thompson 2:31.8; 1500m, A Brown 5:30.4.

The club completed the afternoon by winning the Under-15 boys 4x400m with John Burns, Duncan Rogers, Chris Stappard and Matthew Lomax with plenty in hand.

At the third fixture of the North Yorkshire and South Durham track and field league at Shildon on Tuesday. Matthew Lomax continued his excellent form in the U-15 boys 800m to smash Dave Best's long standing time of 2:12.5 with a tremendous win over Nick Zissler (Richmond and Zetland) in a time of 2:05.5.

Quakers Running Club

The junior members of the club began their track and field season with a visit to Carlisle's Sheepmount Stadium and the Carlisle Aspatria hosted Open Graded Medals Meeting where several recorded personal best performances and established club records.

Results: Under-9 boys,60m, Joshua Phillips, seventh, 11.7sec., 600m, second, 2.31.3 (club record); Under-11 girls, 60m, Lauren Mooney, second, 10.4sec., 600m, ninth, 2.24.9; long jump, 10th, 2.59m; 60m, Rebbeca Noble, sixth, 11.4sec; 600m, 12th, 2.34.9; long jump, ninth, 2.66m; Under-11 boys, 60m, Daniel Pattison, third, 10.1sec; 600m, Daniel Pattison, 10th, 2.24.0; Matthew Phillips, 14th, 3.15.4; Under-13, girls, 800m, Gemma Phillips, 16th, 3.01.6; long jump, Gemma Phillips, seventh, 3.64m; Helen Scott, 3.39m, Rachel Carter, 2.29m; javelin, Helen Scott, fifth, 12.25m;Under-13 boys, 100m, David Scott, fifth, 16.2s; long jump, David Scott, 3.39m, Craig Chalmers, 2.63m; javelin, David Scott, second, 16.92m, Matthew Phillips, third, 14.7m, Craig Chalmers, eighth, 7.51m; Under-15 boys, 100m, Simon Williams, first, 13.3sec.; 800m, Alan Carter, eighth, 2.47.7, Simon Carter, 10th, 3.12.5; javelin, Alan Carter, third, 22.49m, Simon Carter, fifth, 20.57m; Under-17 boys, 800m, Darren Flatman, eighth, 2.23.7; junior women, 200m, Carly Smith, third, 31.4sec (club record); 800m, Carly Smith, third, 2.40.3 (club record); junior men, 100m, David Tindale, fifth, 12.5s (club record), Paul McLelland, sixth, 13.2s.; 200m, Paul McLelland, third, 26.8s (club record), David Tindale, fourth, 27.4se c.; javelin, Paul McLelland, fourth, 31.13m (club record); senior men, hammer, Steven Carter, sixth, 19.40m (club record).

The junior members also made their first visit to the Stadium 2000 Arena in Shildon recently for the 'Shildon Open track and field meeting.

Results: Under-11, girls, 60m, Rachel Carter, 24th, 10.60sec.; long jump, 18th, 2.23m; Under-13 girls, 800m, Abigail Wilson, fourth, 2.43.2 (personal best and club record); long jump, Helen Scott, seventh, 3.05m, shot, Helen Scott, fourth, 5.15m; Under-15 boys, 100m, Andrew Sutton, sixth, 13.70sec.; 800m, Alan Carter, ninth, 2.59.8, Simon Carter 11th, 3.06.3; shot, Andrew Sutton, fifth, 8.00m (club record); long jump, Alan Carter, sixth, 3.75m, Simon Carter, ninth, 3.04m.

There was a good turn out from the club for the Elswick Road Races. Though held on the same day as the New Marske Bydales 10k, 25 members still turned up at Elswick to represent the club.

Results: Under-13 boys relay (1.25 miles each leg), Simon Farmer (leg 1) 8:02. Andrew Robinson (leg 2) 8:56, Marc Smith (leg 3), 8:23. (11th team); Under 13 girls race (1.25 miles), Abigail Wilson, seventh, 8:15, Katherine James, 17th, 8:53, Nicola James 20th, 9:04, Gemma Phillips 23rd, 9:06, Sarah James, 25th, 9:12, Helen Scott 31st, 9:41 (A team, fifth, B team, seventh); Under-15 boys, (2.2 miles), Neil Robinson, 16th, 12:55, Alan Carter, 35th, 15:16; Under-15 girls (1.25 miles), Julia Orr, second, 7:51; Under-17 men (2.2 miles), Danny Small, 19th, 13:00, Rob Hodgson 21st, 13:06, Darren Flatman, 22nd, 13:23, Allan Tindall, 23rd, 13:45 (fifth); senior women (2.2 miles), Kendra White, 14th, 14:08; senior/veteran men (2.2 miles each leg) Graham Park (leg 1) 13:17, Stephen Carter (leg 2) 15:30, Larry Gannon (leg 3) 14:30, Dave Tarren (leg 4) 13:16 (23rd team); Veterans, Wayne Bramley (leg 1) 12:34, Dave Giblin (leg 2) 13:49, Harry Manuel (leg 3), 13:43. Peter Smith (leg 4), 13:36. (12th team).

There was a good turn out from the club at the Bydales 10k road race with 12 of the club's senior members taking part. Barry Stephenson recorded a personal best and club record of 31:54 to claim his first major road race victory. Ian Scott finished 12th with 35:25. Joe Hutchinson was 25th in a pb of 37:33. Keith Richardson recorded 39:14 for 42nd place while Julia Atkinson ran a pb of 39:42 to claim 46th place and a club record. John Ross was 55th in 40:23. Keven Shevels finished 59th in a pb time of 40:51. Dave McLachlan also recorded a pb of 40:55 for 60th place with Keith Shevels in 62nd position with 41:00. Mike Scott was 110th in 45:55 and Tina Murray, accompanied by husband Pat, recorded a personal best time of 56:26 for 148th position.

Simon Farmer made his annual trip to Claireville Stadium, Middlesbrough, to take part in the Cyril Elliot Memorial meeting, Farmer, competing in the Under-15 boys age group for the first time, set a personal best in the high jump clearing 1.55m to claim second place. After running in the Elswick event the previous day, Farmer found tired legs hampered his performances in the track events. Competing in the 400m he crossed the line in seventh place with a time of 68.0s and went on to finish seventh in the 800m with a time of 2.39.

Newton Aycliffe AC

The Croft Circuit relays produced some excellent results for Aycliffe with the junior teams doing especially well. The Under-13 girls' teams finished ninth, tenth and 11th places overall, emphasising the club's great strength in depth.

Times: A team, led by Charlotte Jarps, 6min 54, Jessica Scholey, 9min 54 and Alex Newbould, 7min 30; B team, Emma Thompson, 6min 55, Laura Mather 9min and Kaye Reid 8min 30 and the C team comprised of Zoe Coussins who ran 6min 55 and Jasmine Telford 12 min.

The Under-13 boys finished fifth with Jack Othwaite the top performer in 6:46sec and Nicholas Thong not far behind in 7:52sec. All the juniors were competing against children who were one or two years older.

The senior men were one of only two clubs who managed to turn out three teams, finishing ninth, 14th and 15th overall respectively.

Results - A team: Andrew Lawrence 11:48sec, Colin Gibson 11:32, John Beamson 12:20, Ian Monkman 10:24.

B team: George Reid 12:50, Dave Thompson 13:48, Dave McDonald 16:00, Mick Beadle 15:00.

C team: Jed Hodgson 16:08, Rob Nicholson 13:39, Colin Gibson 12:02.

The Billingham 5k road race saw three personal bests, Sue Milburn in magnificent form as first woman in a personal best time of 19:43sec. Michael O'Sullivan continued his recent improvement and finished in an identical time, just failing to beat her on the line. Another best performance came through Jed Hodgson with 23:00, closely followed by Pat Edwards with 23:33.

O-40 23:27; Peter Braney (BMH) male O-50 23:30; John Toovey (unattached) male O-50 27:35. There were 36 finishers.

Durham City Harriers

Harriers again travelled south for the second North of England men's track and field league meeting which was held in Wakefield.

Harriers hoped to build on their victory in the first meeting at Middlesbrough.

But despite some valiant efforts it was not to be their day and they were beaten into second place by Wakefield.

However, after two meetings they are on equal points with Wakefield and remain in a strong position.

Results: 1 Wakefield 336 points; 2 Durham City 286; 3 Nestle Rowntree 259; 4 Middlesbrough and Cleveland 233; 5 Border 181.

Harriers' individual results

Long jump, D Adamson 6.10 1st; B: J Mason 5.53.2. 2nd. hammer, A M Hodgson 28.99 4th; B: L Stewart 20.61 4th. 400m hurdles: A: A Mirley 74.6 3rd; B: P Coates 72.0 1ar. 800m A: P Abbs 2.04.6 4th; B: R Hand 2.06.1 2nd. 100m: A D Adamson 12.3 4th; B: M Dick 12.1 3rd. Pole vault: A P Coates 2.30 1st; B: M Hodgson 3.00 1st. 3000m steeplechase: K Archer 10.15.9 1st; B: B Knox 10.27.4 1st. Discus: M Hodgson 26.28 5th; B: J Addison 24.70 5th. 100m hurdles: A P Coates 17.9 1st; B: D Adamson 21.02 2nd. Triple jump: A: D Adamson 11.72 2nd; B: M Hodgson 11.52 1st. 400m: A: S Clifford 53.7 4th; B: P Coates 56.2 3rd. High jump: A: J Mason 1.75 2nd; B: A Mirley 1.50 2nd. Shot A: M Hodgson 9.42 5th; B: L Stewart 7.50 4th. 1500m A: P Sellars 4.15.7 3rd; B: A Mirley 4.28.4 1st. 200m: A: P Abbs time not given 4th; B: M Dick 24.1 3rd. Javelin A: J Addison 36.90 4th; B: P Abbs 29.17 4th. 5000m A: R hand 15.27.5 1st; B: R hand 15.27.5 1st. B: S Marshall 16.49.9 2nd. 4 x 100 relay Durham 47.8 4th. 4 x 400 relay Durham 3.58.6 4th.

Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers

THE club hosted a very successful 10 mile road race and three-mile fun run on Sunday. Over 500 took part in the 10-mile race which started and finished at Thirsk race course on a sunny though windy afternoon. Ian Fisher of Otley AC was the first home in a time of 50.55, almost two minutes ahead of second placed Kevin McCluskey of Salford. The first Thirsk and Sowerby runner home was Peter Wragg in 12th place in a time of 56.25. Richard Hall was 18th and Walter Busuttil 23rd, allowing the men's team to come third in the team competition behind Otley and Knavesmire.

First Thirsk and Sowerby lady home was again Angela Hayward in 151st position in a time of 68.17 and Maureen Gibbs was 320th place - the second T and S lady. The women finished fourth in the team competition. Altogether 28 members took part, and those who were unable to because of injury helped with marshalling.

In the fun run the three Mechie children represented the Harriers. Neil was in 12th place, Katie 15th and Rebecca 48th. The club was proud to have Tanni Gray Thompson and her husband taking part in the wheel chair event - a regular fixture for them.

Harriers results: 1st Ian Fisher (Otley AC) 50.55; 2nd Kevin McCluskey (Salford H) 52.49; 3rd John Hunter (Loftus AC) 53.02; 14th Peter Wragg (M40) 56.25; 18th Richard Hall 57.29; 20th Melanie Hayward (F) (Road Runners Cl)57.38; 23rd Walter Busuttil 58.06; 47th Rob Burn (M45) 60.09; 57th Sheila Allen (F40) (Houghton & Peter) 61.07; 62th John Yates 61.56; 85th Julie Hadsworth (F35) (Baildon AC 63.59; 122nd David Jestin (M50) 66.23; 131st Ernie Huck (M50) 67.07; 145th Geoff Bullock (M50) 67.55; 151st Angela Hayward (F40) 68.17; 178th David Grainger 69.42; 272nd David Hazleton (M40) 73.50; 310th Alan Somers (M45) 75.42; 319th Alan Wikeley (M55) 76.10; 320th Maureen Gibbs (F50) 76.11; 324th Nigel Morgan (M40) 76.35; 334th Fiona Holden (F35) 77.06; 395th Paul Iley 82.18; 422nd Heather Foxall (F) 84.46; 428th Sarah Somers (F) 85.43; 443rd Karen Hudson (F) 87.29; 444th Nicola Thorpe (F35) 87.36; 454th Wendy Redhead (F) 88.35; 460th Judith Seaton (F40) 89.21;473rd Kirsty Watts (F45) 91.09; 491st Kaye Mechie (F40) 97.25; 506th Pam Sherlock (F50) 106.08; 507th Janis Hellawell (F40) 106.47; 512th Marlon Codling (F55) 114.46. There were 518 finishers