Elswick Harriers

The club's Good Friday road race took place in Nethenby Drive, Fenham, with nearly 400 competitors taking part in the seven-race programme.

Elswick ladies took the honours with first team prize in the senior women's race. Sophie Milburn was third in 13.02 over the tough 2.2-mile course. Judith Nutt was fourth in 13.07 with Kim Davison third lady vet in 13.38. The U15 girls also took first spot through individual winner Sam Crowe in 7.34 over the 1.25-mile Stockton course. Ashley Gleason was third in 7.54 with Beth Pearson 17th in 9.01.

In the U13 girls Vicki Beck was ninth in 8.16 with Sarah Dodd 32nd in 9.48. In the U13 boys relay Lewis Dixon was sixth on the first leg in 7.33 with Jonathan Callero coming home 10th in 8.52. Jonathan Pearson then ran the final leg in 7.52 to take eighth place.

Stephen Hoggins was 20th in the U15 boys I 13.14 over the 2.2-mile course with Ian Fenwick 37th in 16.01.

Elswick's U17 men took third team prize with Ryan McLeod fifth in 11.15, Philip Hoggins 14th in 12.33 and Paul Dodd 16th in 12.47.

In the senior men's 4x2.2-mile relay Martin Connery ran 11.44 in leg one with David Anderson posting the third fastest time of the day in 10.23. Ray Smee ran 12.12 on leg three and John Baker brought the team home in 12.13 to finish in ninth position. Peter Bannister ran a solo leg to record 13.26 in the vets relay, the club took fourth place.

Steve White, 12.27, Mark McNally 12.05, Tony Hall 12.16 and Jimmy Bew 11.33, Mick Donnelly ran a solo leg in 12.27.

* The club would like to record a huge vote of thanks to everyone who assisted on the day, marshalls, officials and especially to the ladies whose catering was much appreciated, all the food was eaten long before the proceedings finished.

Results - Senior Men (4 x 2.2m): 1 Morpeth A (A Toward 10.43, C Sampson 10.40, C O'Connell 10.44, T Wall 10.36) 42 mins 43 secs; 2 Morpeth B (R Kay (10.42, M Cherrington 11.08, D Swinburne 11.09, M Hudspith 10.05) 43.04; 3 Loftus (S Kitching 11.45, K Patterson 11.12, S Hepples 10.22, J Hunter 10.43) 44.02; 4 Chester-le-Street A 44.22; 5 Sunderland A 44.28; 6 Sunderland B 45.06; 7 Gateshead A 45.43; 8 Chester-le-Street B 46.14; 9 Elswick A 46.32; 10 North Shields Polytechnic A 46.51. Fastest times: 1 M Hudspith 10.05; 2 S Hepples 10.22; 3 D Anderson (Elswick A) 10.23.

Veteran Men (4 x 2.2m): 1 Morpeth A (B Gilroy 11.22, A Jenkins 11.46, L Atkinson 10.58, T Robinson 11.51) 45.57; 2 Sunderland A (R Rush 11.31, J watson 11.51, S Coxon 11.33, V Tindle 12.17) 47.12; 3 Tynedale (S Coxon 11.23, N Cassidy 11.56, M Broadhurst 12.05, J Dickinson 11.53) 47.17; 4 Elswick 48.21; 5 North Shields Poly 48.33.

Under-17 Men (2.2m): 1 C parr (Gates) 10.55; 2 J Graham (Gosforth) 11.08; 3 P Hutton (Gosf) 11.10; 4 M Elliott (Gates) 11.13; 5 R McLeod (Elswick) 11.15. Teams: 1 Gosforth 12 pts; 2 Gateshead 16; 3 Elswick 35.

Under-15 Boys (2.2m): 1 K Wilson (Morp) 11.27; 2 A Halliday (Border) 11.36; 3 W Gordon (Sund) 11.51; 4 T Settle (ClS) 11.52; 5 N Shrubb (Morp) 11.53. Teams: 1 Morpeth 12; 2 Sunderland 24; 3 Gosforth 51.

Under-13 Boys Relay (3 x 1.1m): 1 Gosforth (M Douglas 7.12, J Cook 7.29, 3 A Welford 7.07) 21.48; 2 Sunderland (J Martin 7.16, D Stephenson 7.29, A Giordano 7.23) 22.08; 3 Gateshead (A Carmichael 7.37, R Mitchinson 7.26, W Pike 7.57) 22.53; 4 St Cuthberts High School 23.24; 5 Birtley 23.25.

Senior Women (2.2m): 1 C Smallwood (Jarrow and Hebburn) 12.26; 2 C Wickham (Gates U17) 12.42; 3 S Milburn (Elswick) 13.02; 4 J Nutt (Elswick) 13.07; 5 C Bowman (ClS V35) 13.08; 6 H Robinson (ClSV35) 13.11; 7 A Hunter (J&H) 13.20; 8 G Rutherford (Darl) 13.24; 9 L Wallace (Tynedale U17) 13.30; 10 G Taylor (Morp) 13.36. Teams: 1 Elswick 18; 2 Chester-le-Street 26; 3 Gateshead 49.

Under-15 Girls (1.1m): 1 S Crowe (Elswick) 7.34; 2 J Orr (Quakers 7.51; 3 A Gibson (Elswick) 7.54; 4 S Wicham (Gates) 7.57; 5 D Watts (Morp) 8.02. Teams: 1 Elswick 21; 2 Gateshead 26; 3 Morpeth 36.

Under-13 Girls (1.1m): 1 E Nesbitt (Morp) 7.25; 2 M Ferrier (Gates) 7.47; 3 D James (Morp) 7.53; 4 J Fenwick (Gosf) 8.00; 5 N Douglas (Gosf) 8.05. Teams: 1 Morpeth 12; 2 Gosforth 19; 3 Gateshead 33.

New Marske Harriers

THE first road race in the six-event series organised by New Marske Harriers, took place on a sunny day on Good Friday.

From the gun, Barry Stephenson of Quakers hit the front, never to be headed in a time of 31.54. Stuart Dickinson and Ian Cook had a rare battle for second place with Dickinson forging ahead in the last 200m to gain second in 32.35. Ian Cook (Hartlepool Burn Road) finished third and first veteran in 32.44. In fourth place was David Wyatt (Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade) 33.05, fifth was Mark Armstrong (Hartlepool Burn Road) 33.12 and sixth and second veteran was Tony Livingston of New Marske in 33.20.

NMH: 20th Michael Dickinson (37.03), 21st Andrew Sugden (37.08), 24th Nigel Barnbrook (37.22), 31st John Rymer (38.13), 44th Ian Enderwick (39.21), 48th Dave Grimwood (39.46), 65th Geoff O'Grady (41.08), 67th Stuart Edwards (41.33), 68th Paul Thompson (41.42), 70th Ron Sherwood (41.49), 75th John R Smith (42.18), 78th Brian Allen (42.43), 84th Jim Conaghan (43.12), 91st Sharon Gayter (43.44), 98th John Paddick (44.26), 101st Mick McGurk (44.48), 102nd Lynn Woods (44.49), 104th Keith Hildore (45.08), 105th Shelli Kempson (45.09), 106th Mike Harper (45.13), 111th Colin Scollay (46.04), 116th Sandra Jemson (47.14), 122nd Steve Dockeray (47.57), 123rd Robert Beethan (48.02), 120th Louise MacRae (49.04), 130th Lorraine Allamby (49.05), 133rd Andy Rusell (49.56), 137th Isabel Conaghan (51.31).

In the ladies race, previous winner Sheila Allen (Houghton and Peterlee) was first lady (37.14), Tracey Waller (Hartlepool Burn Road ), second (38.24), Julia Atkinson (Quakers, 3rd (39.42).

Team winners, male: Hartlepool Burn Road (Ian Cook, Mark Armstrong, Paul Kelly), 2nd New Marske Harriers (Stuart Dikcinson, Tony Livingston, Michael Dickson.

Ladies: New Marske Harriers (Sharon Gayer, Lynn Woods, Shelli Kempson).