Mandale Harriers

ABibby (Mandale Harriers) was the star of the Cyril Elliott open meeting at Clareville Stadium, Middlesbrough. Fresh from his triumphs with the English Schools rugby team he bounded out to 13.05m in the U-17 triple jump and then roared down the track in the 100m hurdles closely followed by teammate Suote Nyananyu for another sub-14 record time looking to follow Nigel Walker as an athletic rugby international.

Peter Vickers, the English Schools 100m bronze medallist opened his first season in the junior age group with a sprint double.

Chris Jones (Mandale) was another double winner claiming both U-15 400m and 800m events and in the youngest age group Richard Kilty claimed the honour in both sprints.

In the field events, Chris Walsh (SB), Steve Gate (Border) and Andrew Smith (M and C) won their hammer competitions with throws of over 50m.

Anna Kirby (Mandale) turned in an impressive display of front running to win the U-15 800m in outstanding 2:20.98.

Results - Senior men: 100m B O'Brien (Gateshead) 11.4; 200m, B O'Brien 23.3; 400m B O'Brien 50.7; 400m R Smith (M and C) 53.3; 3000m K Patterson (Loftus) 9:20.4.

U-17 Men: 400m, D Hall (M and C) 63.2; 100m, S Halen (Gateshead( 11.5; 300m, A Testo (Mandale) 2:02.5; 400m, S Gill (M and C) 52.0; 100mh, A Bibby (Mandale) 13.9; 1500m steeplechase, P White (Mandale) 4:48.4; 1500, R Hughes (Mandale) 4:05.5; 200m S Haley (Gateshead) 23.1.

U-20 men: 100m, P Vickers (Mandale) 11.6; 200m, P Vickers 23.7; 1500, I Davey (Shildon) 4:05.5.

U-15 boys: 100m, B Wilson (Mandale) 12; 800m, C Jones (Mandale) 2:16.1; 400m, C Jones 56.9; 80mh, T Solan (M and C) 14.0; 1500, N Zissler (R and Z) 4:25.9; 200m, D Daniel (Mandale) 24.8.

U-13 boys: 100m, R Kilty (Mandale 13.9; 1500m, L Stockton (Mandale) 4:58.2; 200m, R Kilty 28.9.

Senior ladies: 400mh, M Walker (M and C) 65.6; 100m, M Mosganella (Border) 12.7; 200m, M Mosganella 25.7; 400m, V Finn (Shildon) 60.2; 100m, G Ferguson (NSP) 14.6; 3000m, C Summersgill (M and C) 10:39.4.

U-17 Ladies: 800m, A Owen (Loftus) 2:26.6; 80mh, P Boyd (Mandale) 12.2; 300mh, P Boyd 46.6; 1500m, J Jackson (N Marske) 5:11.6; 200m, L Hurst (Gateshead) 27.2; 100m, T Ameobi (Gateshead) 12.8.

U-15 girls: 100m, C Jones (Gateshead) 13.4; 800m, A Kirby (Mandale) 2:20.9; 75mh, H Ferguson (NSP) 12.4; 1500m, J Scott (Sunderland) 4:53.1; 200m, C Turner (Shildon) 21.3.

U-13 girls: 200m, E McAllister (Rowntree) 30.0; 100m, D Mills (Elswick) 14.6.

Senior men: Hammer, C Walsh (SB) 5.69; Shot, P Reed (Border) 15.02; Long J, A Patton (M and C) 6.85; Javelin, M Lawn (Birtley) 35.40.

Junior Men: Hammer, S Gate (Border) 50.95; Long Jump, S Litherland (HBR) 4.83.

U-17 men: Triple Jump, A Bibby (Mandale) 13.05; High J, M Ball (Mandale) 1.75; Hammer, A Smith (M and C) 56.11; Long Jump, J Jalleh (M and C) 6.08; Javelin, J Winspear (M and C) 42.03.

U-15 Boys: Shot, D Johnston (HBR) 6.65; Long J, M Robson (Mandale) 5.35; High Jump, D Page (Gateshead) 1.65.

U-13 Boys: Shot, D Parker (Mandale) 8.77; Long jump, A McGill (Mandale) 4.34.

Senior Ladies: Shot, R Chatt (M and C) 8.92; Javelin, R Chatt, 38.44; Long Jump, A Carter (Durham 3.93; Hammer, H Taylor (Wakefield) 47.49.

U-17 Ladies: Hammer, H Osborn (M and C) 25.52; Shot, H Osborn 9.71; Long Jump, J Pybus (Mandale 4.91; Javelin, J Hutton (N Marske) 19.70.

U-13 Ladies: Shot, H Conroy (Mandale) 9.33; High J, D Flavell (Mandale) 1.30; Long Jump, R Abbs (Gateshead) 4.85).

U-13 girls: Shot, C Fleming (Mandale) 4.07; Long Jump, N Batt (Rowntree) 3.87.

Crook and District AC

Five members took part in the London Marathon and all survived to tell their tales.

Martin Lowrie was first back in 3:17mins, followed by Gerry Hehir 3:23.25, while Dennis Brown and Neale Brown recorded 3:29.21 after an absence of nine years of marathon running. Julia Steele, despite being hampered by the congested start, produced an excellent 3:57.00.

* Anyone inspired by the race and would like to start running with the club should ring Dennis on (01388) 664145.