ATHELETICS

Durham City Harriers

Ithe veterans North-East track and field championship held at the Monkton Stadium, Jarrow, members of the Durham City Harriers had an excellent day. Brenda Elliott scored a treble of victories in her new age group of O50 as she won the 100m in 14.70, the 200m in 30.10 and 400m in 66.00. The latter two being championship records.

Michael O'Donovan just missed out in a photo finish for the 100m and despite having the time of 12.80, the same time as the winer, he was adjudged to have finished second. He made up for this by winning the 200m in 26.30 in the M45 category.

Caroline Ratcliffe made her debut in the championships with a time of 5.01 while Bryan Mackay retained his 1500m O55 title.

Len Watson now in his 35th year has reluctantly retired from competition after a great athletic career in track and field where he still holds age records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, discus and his favourite event, the long jump. He bowed out with victories in the 200m in 22.70 and 200m in 49.00.

In the Tyneside 10km road race veteran Elwyn Baldwin (M50) had a fine run to finish 61st in 37.08 with Graeme Armstrong 153rd in 41.27, Graham Richardson 195th in 42.54 and Gordon Bradley 221st in 44.03.

Darlington Harriers

Results of the third McDonald's meeting which was held at the Riverside Stadium, Chester-le-Street:

U13 100m 4 Danny Allinson 15.5; 200m 4 Danny Allinson 31.8; Long Jump 4 Long Jump 3.48.

U15 100m A 1 Chris Burnside 12.6; 100m B 1 John Clegg 12.6; 200m A 1 Chris Burnside 25.8; 400m A 2 Jamie Bowman 67.0; 800m A 1 John Clegg 2.20.8; 800m B Michael Skates 3.07.8; 1500m A 2 Lewis Robinson 4.59.2; 1500m B 4 Gary Johnson 5.44.6; 4x100m Relay 1 Chris Burnside, John Clegg, Lewis Robinson, Jamie Bowman 53.0secs; High Jump 1 Jamie Bowman 1.35; High Jump A 2 Lewis Robinson 1.35; Long Jump A 1 Chris Burnside 4.98; Long Jump B 1 Lewis Robinson 4.08; Shot Putt 5 Michael Skates 5.26.

U17 100m 2 Chris Martin 12.1, 100m B 4 Kevin Archbold 12.6; 200m A 2 Chris Martin 24.9; 200m 4 Kevin Archbold 25.8; 800m 1 Richard Smith 2.05.8; High Jump 1 Richard Smith 1.30; Javelin 4 Richard Smith 21.67; Danny Reed 18.13.

l Darlington Harriers train at Eastbourne sports complex on Tuesday and Thursday 6.30-8.00pm.

Shildon R & AC

Results of the fifth NYSD Track and Field meeting:

Junior Men's 3000m 1 Paul Best 9.27.5; U13 Boys 800m 1 Andrew Thompson 2.30.4; 2 Matthew Hewitson 2.30.8. U13 200m 2 John Burns 29.8; U15 200m 3 Adam Rogers 26.0; U17 800m: Richard Turner 2.07.8; 3 Martin Turnbull 2.13.1. U17 Men's 1 200m Tom Carroll 24.1; Senior Men's 3 200m Neil Malkin 25.9; Senior 3000m: 1st Leigh Towers 9.06.0. U13 Girls 200m 1 Catherine Turner 28.4; Ann-Marie Redshaw 29.6; Melanie Robinson 30.6; U13 Girls 1500m 4 Penny Bell 5.35.8; U15 1500m 6 Donna Robinson 5.56.7; U15 200m: 1 Natasha Meite 27.6; 2 Gemma Morgan 27.9.

New Marske Harriers

New Marske Harriers' winners at the McDonald's competiton, Chester-le-Street, were:

U-13 Boys 200m B Adam Shaw 32.9.

U-15 200m B Anthony Harker 26.4; 80m Hurdles A Paul Walton 12.5, B Anthony Harker 13.0; High Jump A Paul Walton 1.40; Shot A Richard Cook 9.93; Discus A Paul Walton 29.0.

U-17 shot A Alaister Scoffin; B Andrew Hart.

l PAUL Walton received the athlete of the match award.

Girls results from the same meeting:

U-13: 800m A 6 Leanne Anderson 3.12.9, 800m B 6 Laura Shaw 3.27.5; 75m A 6 Lisa Havelock 11.8, grade 4, 75m B 4 Holly Bracknall 12.3; 150m A 6 Penny Wilson 24.6, 150m B 5 Laura Shaw 25.3; 70m Hurdles A 5 Lauren Larkin 14.3, grade 3, 70m Hurdles 4 Leanne Anderson 15.5; 1200m A 4 Penny Wilson 4.17.8, grade ; 4x100m 5, 61.5; Long Jump A 4 Lauren Larkin 3.43, Long Jump B3 Lisa Havelock 3.26; Shot A 3 Holly Bracknall 6.38 grade 4, Shot B 2 Kim Hart 5.64, grade .

U-15: 100m A 4 Hannah Cook 14.0, grade 4, 100m B 5 Katy McGregor 14.9; 200m A 4 Hannah Cook 29.7, 200m B 3 Tilly Dunne 30.4; 800m A 2 Tilly Dunne 2.32.5, grade 3, 800m B 3 Laura Brown 2.49.7; 75m Hurdles A 4 Laura Brown 16.2, 75m Hurdles B 2 Laura Gibbon 16.2; 1500m A 4 Laura McPherson 5.37.0, 1500m B 3 Laura Gibbon 5.58.8; 4x100m, 5th; Javelin A 3 Laura McPherson 13.0, Javelin B 3 Jenny Grist 14.0; Shot A 4 Jenny Grist 7.06, Shot B 3 Katy McGregor 6.92; Long Jump A 3 Hannah Cook 3.76, Long Jump B 5 Laura Brown 3.28; Discus A 2 Jenny Grist 21.26 grade 4, Discus B 3 Katy McGregor 17.56;

U-17: 100m A 4 Johanna Jackson 14.1, 100m B 6 Neimh Early 14.9; 200m A 6 Jenny Hutton 31.0; 300m A 3 Joanne Hutton 48.6, 300m B 3 Jenny Hutton 49.9; 800m A 2 Joanne Hutton 2.37.7, 800m B 3 Neimh Early 3.24.7; 300m Hurdles A 6 Neimh Early 59.1; 80m Hurdles A 3 Jenny Hutton 18.0; Javelin A 2 Joanne Hutton 20.25, JavelinB 1 Heather Ollerenshaw 11.83; Shot A 2 Jenny Hutton 6.75, Shot B 2 Andrea Hutton 5.40; Long Jump A 2 Johanna Jackson 4.34, Long Jump B 3 Neimh Early 4.01; Discus A 3 Emma Wilson 14.71, Discus B 3 Heather Ollerenshaw 14.23; 1500m A 1 Johanna Jackson 5.01.3, grade 3.

Summer Coast Road 5k

1 S O'Grady (New Marske Harriers) 15.25; 2 P Bentley (M and C) 15.34; 3 Tony Livingston (NM Harriers) 15.43; 4 Glen Hilton (Morpeth) 15.54; 5 S Dodds (Blackheath and Bromley) 16.08; 6 D Parkin (Loftus AC) 16.10; 7 K Patterson (Loftus AC) 16.24; 8 M Grainger (D'ton Harriers) 16.32; 9 S Martin (M & C) 16.35; 10 P Welham (NM Harriers) 16.40; 11 M Raynes (York Acorn) 16.46; 12 N Dodd (Bingley Harriers) 16.14; 13 G Barnes (Mandale) 17.20; 14 G Burnip (Mandale) 17.25; 15 R Pollard (Mandale) 17.29; 16 P Lewis (Mandale) 17.30; 17 C Bedford (Quakers) 17.43; 18 A Bottomley (Loftus AC) 17.51; 19 R Harding 18.00; 20 K Matthew (M and C) 18.03; 21 A Sugden (NM Harriers) 18.11; 22 B Davison (Shildon) 18.12; 23 C Jones (M and C) 18.15; 24 J Rymer (NM Harriers) 18.26; 25 H Lee (D'ton Harriers) 18.32; 26 M Clements (Billingham Marsh House) 18.36; 27 W Bramley (Quakers) 18.38;. 28 A Smith (Cleveland Triathlon) 18.45; 29 R Howard (Loftus AC) 18.46; 30 A Godfrey (Marsh House) 18.46; 31 D Orton (Quakers) 18.50; 32 M Wills (NM Harriers) 19.03; 33 D Fawcett (Loftus AC) 19.05; 34 G Spencer (Norham RC) 19.08; 35 G O'Grady (NM Harriers) 19.12; 36 J Murphy (Marsh House) 19.14; 37 M Tallon (NM Harriers) 19.19; 38 W Gaytor (NM Harriers) 19.20; 39 G Robinson (Loftus AC) 19.21; 40 P Smith (Quakers) 19.24; 41 D Giblin (Quakers) 19.32; 42 P Barker (Morpeth) 19.39; 43 W Morgan (Hengoed RR) 19.47; 44 J Gibbon 19.58; 45 C Fleming (York Acorn) 19.58; 46 K Neasam (NM Harriers) 20.09; 47 E Appleby (Heaton) 20.10; 48 D Higgs (NM Harriers) 20.14; 49 M Peggs (Loftus AC) 20.21; 50 B Allen (NM Harriers) 20.24; 51 M Mullen (Quakers0 20.28; 52 S Green 20.34; H Scaife (M&C) 20.38; 53 E Dasey (M and C) 20.48; 54 R Adams (Elvet Striders) 20.56; 55 M Harper (NM Harriers) 20.59; 56 S Kempson (NM Harriers) 21.16; 58 M Oliver (Marsh House) 21.20; 59 A Bentley (M and C) 21.26; 60 T Taylor (NM Harriers) 21.31; 61 J Conaghan ()NM Harriers) 21.34; 62 J Walshaw (Redcar RC) 21.44; 63 M Gordon (Burn Rd) 21.48; 64 L Wood (NM Harriers) 21.49; 65 B Collier (Marsh House) 22.00; 66 K Hildore (NM Harriers) 22.07; 67 C Scollay (NM Harriers) 22.11; 68 P Woods (NM Harriers) 22.19; 69 M Miskin (Nidd Valley) 22.25; 70 G Thacker (Marsh House) 22.27; 71 S Jemson (NM Harriers) 22.30; 72 R Hamilton (Shildon) 23.06; 73 G Watson (NM Harriers) 23.10; 74 S Toas (NM Harriers) 23.10; 75 D Whyte (NM Harrier) 22.35; 76 J Giblin (Quakers) 23.28; 77 G McPherson (NM Harriers) 23.43; 78 D Onion (23.45); 79 M Horon (Quakers) 24.07; 80 P Braney (Marsh House) 24.18; 81 D Wilson (NM Harriers) 24.34; 82 T Henderson (NM Harriers) 24.50; 83 L Gannon (Quakers) 24.54; 84 I Conaghan (NM Harriers) 24.54; 85 D Redman (NM Harriers) 25.10; 86 E Marsh 26.09; 87 S Julian 26.43; 88 D Twigg 31.08.

FOOTBALL

The FA Cup sponsors AXA have come to the aid of Darlington team AXA Insurance by kitting out the whole team in a brand new strip.

The team wore the kit for the first time earlier this month against Kneeton Park in a friendly.

The kit donation is part of a nationwide programme run by AXA to benefit clubs at the grassroots level of football. In all, football kit worth over £ million will be distributed by AXA local representatives to in excess of a thousand worthy clubs across the country.

Club manager Neil Smith received the kit from AXA's Greg Rixon.

Smith said: "Although we play as AXA, we are not an official AXA team and we are self funded.

"The kit has come at a great time for us and saved us a lot of money. If they go out looking a million dollars, hopefully they will play like a million dollars."

AXA's four-year deal with the FA includes sponsorship of the FA Cup, and they also sponsor the FA Women's Premier League, the Women's Premier League Cup and the Women's FA Cup.

SWIMMING

North Eastern Counties ASA Open Water Championships

The Association's Open Water championships were held at Scarborough on July 8.

The championships also formed the third round of the English Open Water Grand Prix and Jacy Wood recorded her successive victory in the Grand Prix.

Results

Senior Men 4 km 1 Adam Thorpe 45:21.96; 2 Matthew Kaiser 47:39.59; 3 Richard Thraves 55:40.13.

Senior Women 4 km 1 Jacy Wood 50:13.93; 2 Aimee Ramm 54:19.78.

Junior Men 3 km 1 Adam Harvey 32:39.97; 2 Sean Hodgson 34:59.49.

Junior Women 3km 1 Katie Sowerby 36:35.56.