91-Jim LILLICO 40.10

242-John ROSS 47.43

288-Phil LEE 49.56

Photo courtesy of Steve GARRETT

7-Daniel LENG 18.02 (75.97%)

76-Dave HINDMARSH 22.20 (66.57%)

126-Charlotte BASTON 24.19 (63.74%)

127-Phil BASTON 24.19 (58.33%)

Meanwhile further south Northampton based new Harrier Mark JEFFERIES was taking part in the Northampton Parkrun. Mark notched another pb and dipped under 20 minutes for the first time finishing 13th in 19.53 (65.63%).

The following day Clare HISCOCK and Mark DOCTOR were taking part in a very testing 21k race, the Borrowdale Trail Race which was part of the weekends Keswick Mountain Festival. The race started at Portinscale and skirted Derwentwater, taking in some extremely hilly sections and rough ground, meaning that times were well down on their usual half marathon performances! There were just over 180 competitors. Results:

77-Mark DOCTOR 2.20.27

141-Clare HISCOCK 2.44.45

Also in Cumbria the EASTOE’s were taking part in the Howgill Harriers 10k. On a testing course in Kirkby Stephen the pair improved on their times from last year by 3 minutes. Gay finished 43rd in 1.01.35 and Richard 44th in 1.01.36.

The number of Alnwick Junior athletes attending the second round of this fiercely contested series grew to nine .

Alnwick’s strongest event today was the Howler throw. Gregor BATLEY and Finlay TELFER led the ‘medal charge’ with silver and bronze in the Year 3 boys category. Millie BREESE almost doubled her personal best to take the bronze medal in the year 3 girls!! Ailsa BATLEY in her debut for Alnwick Harriers took silver in the Year 4 age group establishing a new Club record! Max BREESE competing with the Year fives smashed the current club record by over 7 metres with a throw of 31.59m!

On the track there were good middle distance performances all round with the athletes demonstrating how good pacing and keeping a ‘cool head’ improves performance! Matty WILKINSON excelled with the most inspiring run of the day showing how perseverance pays in the end! There were good solid performances by Oliver TELFER and Benji GILLINGHAM who both ran personal bests in the 600m to finish fourth in their respective heats.  Luke INGRAM accomplished solid performances in all his events and once again won the prize for happiest competitor!!

Benji GILLINGHAM was the only Alnwick athlete to make the sprint final this week but in doing so ran superbly well and set a new club record!!

All the athletes tried exceptionally hard today and performed brilliantly in a competition of the highest standard! Official results will be published next week on Gateshead Harrier’s web site and Club records will be confirmed soon.

Just the one Harrier was in action in the North East Athletics League fixture at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Wednesday 15th May. Well done to Adam WEIGHTMAN who took part in the Under 17′s 3000m (B) race, winning it in 9.55!

2013 Grand Prix After Woodhorn Museum 10k

Wednesday 29th May-GEORGE OGLE MEMORIAL RACE. This is a lovely 6 mile multi terrain race along the Derwent Valley, near Swalwell raced in memory of a popular Longhoughton born north east athletics figure who was a member of an early Alnwick Harriers incarnation back in 1954! Entry forms are on the noticeboard or you can enter here http://events.runbritain.com/onlineentry/entry/the-george-ogle-memorial-race-2/. There are only 200 spaces available so enter asap! Advance entries close on Tuesday 21st May, though there may be some places available on the night.

Sunday 20th October-GIBSIDE FRUIT BOWL TRAIL RACE. This race replaces the Berwick Harriers Rod Rutherford 10k, which may not be going ahead this year. Several Harriers took part in this very scenic, undulating 6 mile race last year and all agreed that this is one of the highlights of the local racing calendar. The race sells out well in advance so enter asap here http://www.runbritain.com/RaceDetail.aspx?eventid=b80dc955e4&raceid=be0acd55eb or pick up an entry form from the noticeboard at Willowburn.

Sunday 27th October-JEDBURGH HALF MARATHON. This is one of our club trips, more details of which will appear nearer the time. There are entry forms on the noticeboard at Willowburn or you can enter here http://www.jedburghhalfmarathon.org.uk/entry.html.

Details of other Grand Prix events will appear here soon………………………………

Grand Prix updates courtesy of John ROSS will be posted here tomorrow, with the WAVA being worked out on a 6.4 mile distance (general consensus was that the race was this length).

Harriers results:

6-Bruce CROMBIE 37.33

17-Peter GREY 40.37

20-David LOWE 41.01

41-George SKIRROW 44.48

45-Graham SKIRROW 45.51

48-Dave HINDMARSH 46.06

53-Andy SQUIRES 46.23

55-Mark DOCTOR 46.36

57-Phil BASTON 47.10

66-Diana WEIGHTMAN 48.12

71-Dave COATES 48.42

73-Kim BRONZE 49.29

75-Dave BARTRUM 49.32

76-Sue BOLAM 49.33

81-John ROSS 50.17

92-Denise DRUMMOND 51.37

94-Jordan ROUTLEDGE 51.45

Gay and Richard EASTOE took part in the Moorclose 10k on the same night. The race is organised by Cumberland AC and is held in picturesque Workington. The pair finished in 104th and 105th places with Gay clocking 56.05 and Richard 56.06.

Finally Jackie MOSCROP was in action on Wednesday 15th May in the Latrigg Fell Race, near Keswick. The race may only be 4.8k in length but is a steep one with 290 metres of ascent. Jackie was 87th in 31.42.

319-Dave BARTRUM 55.11

389-Maureen BARTRUM 57.25

518-Morag DONOGHUE 61.45

519-Carol DAVISON 61.48

695-Ron McCORMACK 69.12

The day before Danny RICHARDSON was the star performer of the 3 Harriers taking part in local Parkruns. He clocked 18.24 (71.29%) at Whitley Bay finishing 6th of the 168 runners. Meanwhile John ROSS and Phil LEE were in action on the Town Moor at the Newcastle Parkrun. Both posted improved times compared with recent efforts, with John finishing 177th in 23.46 (65.22%) and Phil in 202nd in 24.32 (62.09%).

Meanwhile new Harrier Mark JEFFERIES was in Parkrun action in Northampton. Mark ran a pb of 20.11 (64.66%) to finish 16th of 178 runners.

The coach will leave Willowburn at 13.00 hours and will go to Newcastle via Felton, arriving in plenty of time for the 15.00 hours race start time. The coach will leave Blaydon at 17.30 hours giving everyone enough time to have a couple of beverages.

The cost of the coach is a mere £5 to Harriers and £10 to non Harriers!!!!

BLAYDON-RACE-ENTRIES 2013

Blaydon Race Bus List

2013 Les Allcorn 10k results

2013 Les Allcorn Junior Race Results

The evening got off to a cracking start from an Alnwick Harriers point of view with Adam WEIGHTMAN and Rosie MURTON winning the Junior Boys and Girls races! Morpeth Harriers’ Philip WINKLER was going for his 5th successive win in the Junior Race, but it was Adam who prevailed on this occasion against his older rival, finishing just under 20 seconds ahead. 3rd place went to Adam SHAFIQ, whilst the next Harrier was 5th placed Ben KELLY who performed superbly considering he’s in the Under 13 category. In the Girls race Rosie was a convincing winner, beating Morpeth’s Lizzie RANK and Alnwick’s Amy THORNE by well over a minute. Age category winners were:

Boys Under 17′s-Philip WINKLER (Morpeth Harriers)

Girls Under 17′s-Rosie MURTON (Alnwick Harriers)

Boys Under 15′s-Adam WEIGHTMAN (Alnwick Harriers)

Girls Under 15′s-Lizzie RANK (Morpeth Harriers)

Boys Under 13′s-Ben KELLY (Alnwick Harriers)

Girls Under 13′s-Abbie LEWINGTON (Alnwick Harriers)

Boys Under 11′s-Ethan McGLEN (Gateshead Harriers)

Girls Under 11′s-Callie HENDERSON (Unattached)

Boys Under 9′s-James TAYLOR (Unattached)

Girls Under 9′s-Eve LEWINGTON (Alnwick Harriers)

The winner of the 2013 Les Allcorn 10k was Low Fell’s Jonathan ARCHER who finished the course in 34.39. Jonathan finished almost a minute ahead of 2nd place Andrew HUSSEY representing Cheltenham Harriers, who in turn just pipped Morpeth Harriers youngster Sam HANCOX into 3rd. First Alnwick Harrier was once again Bruce CROMBIE who bettered his finishing position from last year by one place to finish 5th, winning the male 40 category! He was followed home by 16 year old Daniel LENG and Graham SYERS. Other age category winners were Jim ALDER (male 50) and Norman CLARK (male 60) both of Morpeth Harriers. Low Fell put out a strong team tonight and comfortably won the mens team prize.

The ladies race was a total success for arguably the greatest female Alnwick Harrier of all time, Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS! Jo won the female race, knocking 12 seconds off her 10k pb and setting another 10k female club record in the process. A great achievement considering the hard course. She was over 3 minutes ahead of her nearest rival Angela McGURK of Jarrow and Hebburn AC, whilst North Shields Poly’s Suzanne THEW was 3rd female. 4th overall was unattached Hilary ROSS who won the female 55 category, whilst our own Ella BROWN won the female 35 category, with Marie DROZDOWICZ of Elswick Harriers taking the female 45 category. Thanks to great runs from Sarah FAIRBAIRN in a huge 10k pb and Ella, Alnwick Harriers won the female team prize!

One of the most encouraging aspects of tonights race was some of the young Harriers who were taking part in their first 10k’s. Daniel LENG is now veteran of this distance having taken part in a number, but well done to Isaac MOSS, George SKIRROW, Suzie BARWISE-MUNRO and Molly MURTON for their performances in the race!

Harriers results:

5-Bruce CROMBIE 36.01

10-Daniel LENG 37.23

13-Jo GASCOIGNE-OWENS 37.36

19-Graham SYERS 39.30

24-Isaac MOSS 40.30

31-Jim LILLICO 41.45

32-Adam SPILLER 41.46

37-George SKIRROW 42.13

45-Sarah FAIRBAIRN 43.34

50-Ella BROWN 44.30

54-Graham SKIRROW 45.22

55-Phil BASTON 45.26

58-Suzie BARWISE-MUNRO 45.43

60-Molly MURTON 45.51

65-Antony BUDD 46.20

72-David HENDERSON 47.51

75-Dave BARTRUM 48.38

76-Kim BRONZE 48.42

80-Tina MURTON 49.13

82-Dave COATES 49.27

86-Lisa BASTON 49.50

87-Ami COOK 49.57

88-Don McLEAN 50.18

95-Ruth DOCTOR 50.59

96-Peter LINDLEY 51.41

100-Denise DRUMMOND 52.12

103-Laura McLEAN 52.23

127-Anne HENDERSON 1.01.09

133-Shelley COATES 1.04.54

Loads more photos from the race courtesy of Jess CAMPBELL are starting to appear on our Flickr site. Bare with me as there’s loads to upload!