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Racing Round up 11/5/25

On a scorcher of a weekend we had some performances to match. From Shildon to Sunderland and other places that don’t begin in “s”

Sunderland City 10k/Half Marathon

The 3rd event in the club Grand Prix was the Sunderland Half Marathon with 3 big point scorers for the men and none for the women. A reminder for the grand prix can be seen here so you can bag big points later in the series

Half Marathon

131stGeorge Day01:32:34
800thTom King01:58:09
1150thMatthew Moffat02:18:36

10k

4thDuncan Hughes32:08
174thTamsin May54:10

Leeds Marathon

141stJoanne Slane03:52:43

North Eastern Athletics Championships – Shildon

A couple of athletes down to Shildon and got rich rewards with a medal a piece in the 1500 and 5000

1500m – Under 20 Women

1stHatti Stead04:52.6

5000m – Senior men

2ndJordan Bell15:30.4

And trailly end to the round up…

Blue Streak Trail RunRAF Spadeadam

85th????Monika Molnar02:03:37

Weekend Round Up 9/3/25

UK Inter Counties XC Championships  – Wollaton Hall, Nottingham  

The final major championship of the season had seen a two members of the club travel to Nottingham the same venue (but different course) from previous additions of the English National cross country. Hatti was selected for the North East team (U17 women) for her successes earlier in the season at the North Easterns and Northerns. Jordan having run in two previous British Cross Challenge Races qualified despite not being picked for the North East.

The conditions, in line with most of the country, were hot a solid 10 degree jump compared to a couple of days ago which provided a large challenge in itself. However each lap having a short but brutally steep climb. Unfortunately Injury overcome Hatti part way through the race and could not finish however at the time was 3rd North East runner at the time.         

Senior Men – 10k

171st      Jordan Bell         35:18

Hyde Park Relays

Jordan Meikle picked up a second medal as in many weeks with his Reading University team clinching bronze in the Hyde park relays  

3rd Team              Jordan Meikle    18:21 (5k leg)

The Kingdom Of Northumbria Coastal Ultra – Northumberland Coast

A few members of the club decided to test their metal (and sanity) in tackling the 33 mile race with a large amount of technical sections between Bambrugh to nearly Druidge.

44th        George Day                      5:35:39

294th     Audrey Rowe                   7:39:06

347th     Rachel Malerick               8:17:20

348th     Samuel Thurlow              8:17:23

Weekend Round up 23/2/25 

National Cross Country – Parliament Hill, London 

A journey to the capital was in store for a couple of the club to compete in the national cross country and their “reward” was by far and away the muddiest cross country of the season with pace being irrelevant and finishing on two feet and uninjured probably being a sufficient achievement.  

Senior Men 12k 

461st  Gary Wallace  56:48 
N/A  Jordan Bell DNF – 2 miles 

Northumberland Coastal Marathon  

3 Bounders took a seaside visit for the challenging Coastal marathon from Alnwick to Bamburgh via Alnmouth  

Tamsin May  6:22:24 
Rebecca May 6:22:25 
Sasha Alderson-Pollock  6:22:46 

Derwent Reservoir 5 + 10 Miler  

A large contingent made the short trip to the reservoir for the annual 5 and 10 miler hosted by wild deer. The weather being less than ideal (sideways rain) however some good results come back in return  

5 Mile  

David Best  33:02  2nd Male  
 10 Mile   
Ashley Slavin 1:02:29 2nd Male  
Jonathan Richards 1:13:14  
Cheryl Richards 1:26:07  
Phillip Nevin 1:28:38  
Agnes Bastien-Langham 1:48:45  
Rachel Malerick 1:50:39  
Samuel Thurlow 1:50:39  

Old Monks Trail Race  

Final race of the weekend was Monika’s little adventure for Hartlepool Road runners hosted Old Monks Trail Race with a 1st Vet placing being celebrated  

Monika Molar  45:30 1st Vet 40 

Signal Relays report

A large turnout from the club descended onto Hetton’s finest (and only) country park for the annual Royal Signal relays. In contrast to most years, the course was damp and cold, with the temperature struggling to raise above freezing. No real wind though, so that was something.

Race 1

The Senior women’s and veteran women’s race started the programme. Each team of four had to navigate two 1.1-mile laps each, with a large hill near the start of each lap. So, for newcomers to Hetton, optimistic starts (and deaths) were the order of the day.

We fielded 3 teams (2 senior, 1 vet). Positives could be seen from the races despite the conditions and the misfortune of nearly everyone either suffering from illness or having caught it in the week prior.

Vet Women 19th 1:06:24

Monika Molnar               16:07

Kaye Collins                     16:46

Leanne Robertson          15:58

Cheryl Richards               17:33

Senior Women 34th  1:21:49

Elisabeth Middlemas      16:18

Joanna Hughes                21:37

Stacey Bell                        20:15

Fiona Bell                         23:39

Senior Women B 35th –  1:27:03

Lynda Clough                   19:48

Mandy Dixon                   21:50

Sarah Berry                      26:34

Agnes Bastien-Langham 18:51

Race 2

The Second race of the day was the Senior and Vet men. 6 in a team for this one over the same course and 2 laps each. Both the Vet team and Senior team were constantly overtaking each other throughout the day. With a particular strong leg from Gary who recorded the 12th fastest vet leg of the day. However it was the Vet men team who finished first with Jonny getting the team over the line in a respectable 8th place for the vets team.

Vet Men 8th 1:20:33

Keiron Lightfoot               12:39

Gary Wallace                   11:54

David Best                        13:18

Mark Temple                   14:02

David Grimes                   14:09

Jonathan Richards          14:09

Senior men 29th   1:23:38

Ashley Slavin      12:15

Lee McCarron    12:50

Jordan Bell         11:22

Ben Heckles       14:13

Jon Dodds          15:22

Stewy Bell          17:36

Weekend Round Up 2/2/25

British Universities Cross Country ChampionshipsBlackweir fields, Cardiff

A Welsh adventure a course so flat that it made the Northerns last week look hilly. Despite this, and the temperatures plummeting during the day, it showed to be an exciting day in store.

First off Duncan (representing Loughborough) in the Men’s Short Course race (8.2k) and true to tradition the race was run to the tactics of run as fast as you can for as long as you can holding together well in the final stages of the race come away with a very respectable 21st place

In the Final race of the day Jordan (Representing Reading) took part in the Men’s Long Course (10.8k) and only had a top 10 finisher of the Olympic marathon to contend with. Despite the opposition Jordan manoeuvred through the field well to come back as 4th counter for Reading

A successfully day was had by both Duncan and Jordan despite it looking weird with them both not wearing black and yellow for one weekend.

Men’s Short Course – 8.2k

21stDuncanHughesLoughbrough00:25:07

Men’s Long Course – 10.8k

242ndJordanMeikleReading00:41:23

North East Harrier LeagueTemple Park, South Shields

In more local, and less glamourous, surroundings was the return for the harrier league at everyone’s favourite set of football fields and underwater marshlands of Temple Park run the “correct” way around for anyone who had run at the northeastern the previous month.

U11’s

16          Jude Harrison    00:04:16            

31          Fenn Harrison   00:04:28            

42          Fred Buckley      00:04:43            

Under 17 Men (3mile)

22          Ben Heckles       00:22:57            

Senior and Vet women (4 mile – ish)

74          Elisabeth Middlemas      00:30:30

218        Judith Errington               00:42:25

229        Fiona Bell                         00:46:15

Senior + Vet Men (6 mile – ish)

36          Ashley Slavin      00:34:37

83          David Best          00:37:32            

236        Luke Aston         00:46:01            

251        Stewy Bell          00:47:42

Dewsbury 10k

68th Gary Wallace 33:52
192nd Keiron Lightfoot 36:09
402nd Mark Temple 38:32

Miami Marathon

A couple of the club took the long adventure to the states to run the roasting a humid Miami Marathon

Shirley Corbett 6:36:37

Jon Dodds 6:05:16

Rachel Malerick 6:27:42

Samuel Thurlow 6:27:41