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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

Racing round up 4/5/25

A mixture of the start of racing on the track at Jarrow and Gateshead and the Gateshead 10k/Half/Marathon at…. well Gateshead. The club brought home some top 5 finishes and a few PB’s over the past week  

NEGP 1 – Jarrow 

1500m

3rd (F race)Hatti Stead4:54.44
16th (B race)Jordan Bell4:19.37

Gateshead 10k/Half/Marathon

 Half Marathon

4thAsh Slavin01:16:12

10k

270thMathew Moffat55:56

Gateshead BMC

800 D

4thHatti Stead2:26.29

London Marathon Report

A warm reception (In more ways than one) greeted the selection of bounders who tackled the iconic 26.2 miles around London. Several of the club also travelled down to spectate and soak in the atmosphere of now the world’s largest marathon as London surpassed New York’s 2024 world record of 55,646 finishers.

All enjoyed the occasion and put in admirable performances given the conditions described as: “uncomfortable” and “The hottest day ever” (evidence might be lacking on that last one)     

25523rd Hughes, Tommy (GBR) 04:25:31 
33549th  Thompson, Michael (GBR) 04:51:03 
37956th  Bastien-Langham, Agnes (FRA) 05:05:29 

Weekend Round Up 21/4/25

An extended Easter weekend meant two races featured prominently from Newburn and just over 3000 miles away in Boston

Good Friday Relays  

A massive thanks to Elswick harriers for putting on this club favourite event doubly so with last minute logistical challenges which meant a slight change to the course this year with the start and finish moving further up the disused section of road, which was positively received by most  

The senior women put out an impressive 5 teams with the men entering 3 teams. A lot of teams finishing in and around each other which spurred us all on. 

The relays also feature in the club grand prix with Jordan and Hatti picking up maximum points in their respective categories

Senior Women 3 x 2 mile  

Blackhill A: 24th  Blackhill B: 96th   Blackhill C: 97th 
Hatti Stead 0:11:44  Rachel Malerick 0:18:20  Lauren Young 0:14:43 
Kaye Collins 0:14:37  Caroline Slane 0:16:33  Joanna H|ughes 0:18:24 
Elisabeth Middlemas 0:15:06  Mandy Dixon 0:19:11  Fiona Bell 0:21:17 
        
Blackhill D: 104th  Blackhill E: 107th    
Agnes Basten Langham 0:16:38  Shirley Toal 0:19:29    
Maresa Bell 0:15:55  Carol Morrison 0:20:17    
Sarah Berry 0:23:39  Stacey Bell 0:19:17    

Senior Men 4 x 2 mile  

Blackhill A 74th  Blackhill B 104th  Blackhill C   
Jordan Bell 0:10:05  Stewy Bell 0:15:23  Bryn Young 0:22:30 
Ben Heckles 0:12:33  Jon Dodds 0:13:47    
Owen Young 0:14:03  Neil Uren 0:15:12    
Samuel Thurlow 0:17:03  Aidan Hughes 0:16:14    
        

Boston Marathon  

Keiron, Gary, Lynda and Robin travelled stateside for the Boston marathon all pleased with how they ran on a surprisingly up and down course  

1610th Gary Wallace  2:46:29 
2733rd Keiron Lightfoot 2:52:35 
11409th Lynda Clough 5:17:49 
26942ndRobin Clough5:17:50

Weekend Round Up 13/4/25

A lot of trail races feature from the past weekend, but first we take a look at Wales where Mark had a successful run at the Newport marathon before we hit the fells in both Stanhope and the Lake District  

Newport Marathon  

288th Mark Temple 2:59:48 

Newlands Trail race (incorporates English championships)  

387th David Best 2:36:33 

Stanhope Trail half marathon 

85th Tamsin May 3:20:56 
86th Rebecca May 3:20:59 
92nd Natasha Pollock 3:41:37 

Lakeland (Hawkshead) 10k  

20th Ian Young 1:00:46 
54thAlison Hodges1:38:24
56thBrian Richardson 1:38:56

Sanddancer 10k

57th Luke Aston47:56