SUNDERLAND Harriers carried off the £500 team prize in yesterday's inaugural Sunderland City 10K, won by Morpeth veteran Ian Hud-spith.

The Wearside club had their three male runners, Kevin Calvert, Stephen Duffy and over-45 veteran Paul Redman in sixth, seventh and eighth positions, Michelle Holt was third in the women's race and the final team member, 14-year-old Luca Irvine, was fourth in the under-15 3K junior run.

Hudspith dominated the main event, leading from start to finish in a modest time for the flat course of 31 mins 15 secs, beating Scottish raider Stuart Gibson (Cambuslang) by 1 min 18 secs. The former Great Britain World Cross Country Championships international, now 40, added the Sunderland success to his three consecutive victories in the Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10K.

There was a surprise when former Wallsend Harrier Sonia Samuel, also a Great Britain international, claimed third place overall - usually a strictly male preserve - in 34 mins 32 secs, a minute outside her personal-best. Second was Durham City's former North-East cross country champion and last year's Darlington and Tees Pride 10Ks winner, Rosie Smith in ninth place overall in 36 mins 43 secs.

Results - Men: 1 I Hudspith (Morpeth M40) 31 mins 15 secs; 2 S Gibson (Cambuslang) 32.33; 3 L Taylor (Sunderland Strollers) 34.57; 4 B McMillan (Claremont) 35.13; 5 K Calvert (Sunderland) 36.01); 6 S Duffy (Sund) 36.22; 7 P Redman (Sund M45) 36.25; 8 R Bee (Blackhill Bounders) 36.44; 9 P Collins (Sund M50) 37.24; 10 S Windsor (Unatt) 37.32.

Women: 1 S Samuel (Sale) 34.32; 2 R Smith (Durham City) 36.43; 3 M Holt (Sunderland)39.47.

n Over-45 Paul Waterston beat Morpeth clubmate and over-40 Phil Walker to win yesterday's Bamburgh 10K, which incorporated the North-East Veteran Championships. Wallsend's Emma Walton won the women's race to take the over-35 title.

Results - Men: 1 P Waterston (Morpeth M45) 34 mins 59 secs; 2 P Walker (Morp M40) 35.12; 3 M Butters (Blyth) 35.59; 4 N Camillieri (Gateshead) 36.08; 5 P Farnie (Birtley)36.38). M50 A Ritchie (Claremont) 42.01; M55M Leahey (ACT) 42.29; M60 A Craft (Gosforth) 48.15; M65 T O'Gara (Walls) 42.36; M70 R Checkley (Heaton) 54.01.

Women: 1 E Walton (Wallsend W35) 43.41; 2 P Aitchison (Wooler W40) 44.09; 3 C Skelton (Wallsend W40) 45.51. W45 M Campbell (Alnwick) 49.53; W 50 J weaver (Blaydon) 54.00; W55 M Loraine (Gateshead) 46.58; W60 K Fearns (Morp) 55.12; W 65 J Learmouth (Berwick) 66.19.

n Morpeth Harrier Ian Harding won the Elswick Harriers' Newburn River Run 10K in 33 mins 44 secs, beating Birtley's Darren Purvis by nearly two minutes. Jane Hodgson made it a double for Morpeth by winning the women's race in 40 mins 46 secs.

Results - Men: 1 I Harding (Morpeth) 33mins 44 secs; 2 D Purvis (Birtley) 35.32; 3 P Besford (Sunderland M40) 36.30.

Women: 1 J Hodgson (Morpeth) 40.46; 2 J Lee (Tynedale W35) 41.25; 3 C Wilson (Morp) 41.42.