Norman Woodcock Memorial Relay/Druridge Bay Parkrun/Nonsuch Parkrun/Workington Parkrun/Run Northumberland BIG 10/Dunbar Cross Country

On Saturday 25th November North Shields Poly hosted the Norman Woodcock Memorial Relay at Newcastle Racecourse. In a change to the old 5 mile race format this was the first year that the event was held as a relay, and by all accounts it was a great success. 6 Harriers formed 2 team and all performed very well over their 1.66 mile leg, with the teams finishing 18th and 42nd of the 75 complete teams. Results:

18-Jason DAWSON (10.15), Alice TETLEY-PAUL (10.59) and Shaun LAND (9.44)=30.58

42-Diana WEIGHTMAN (11.49), Beverley BLYTHE (12.24) and John CUTHBERT (10.04)=34.17

Earlier that day a good number of Harriers took part in the Druridge Bay Parkrun, where it was the final chance to improve their 2017 Grand Prix scores. 1st Harrier, just 1 second outside his course pb, was Dominic HARRIS. Dom finished 4th overall in 18.26, an excellent time considering the cold and slippy conditions. Tim FALCONER and David HINDMARSH went into this race tied for 2nd in the Grand Prix standings, so it was very fitting that the pair battled throughout the 5k and finished within a whisker of each other. Tim was 13th, just 2 seconds ahead of David in 14th. They won the male 50 and 55th categories respectively. Also of note it was great to see Steve STUDLEY score a course pb, whilst Carole PAGE was 3rd female finisher, Nell GAIR ran another pb, whilst younsters Rebecca HEELEY ran a pb and Louise SYERS completed her first parkrun! Results:

4-Dominic HARRIS 18.26 (70.52%)

13-Tim FALCONER 21.01 (72.48%)

14-David HINDMARSH 21.03 (73.63%)

24-Steve STUDLEY 22.09 (62.08%)

26-Neil HAMILTON 22.38

28-Carole PAGE 22.55

41-Chris CALVERT 24.09

47-Andy SQUIRES 24.44

57-Mel STEER 25.27

82-Laura McLEAN Jr 27.07

101-Alex KNIGHT 28.32

106-Linda PATTERSON 29.12

107-Nell GAIR 29.14

131-Jayne McKENNA 32.23

143-Rebecca HEELEY 33.42

144-Louise SYERS 33.47

159-Graham SYERS 40.49 (Tail Runner)

Elsewhere Zoe ROBSON finished 322nd in the Nonsuch Parkrun, Surrey in 27.56 and Richard EASTOE was 87th at Workington in 31.21, whilst wife Gay was Tail Runner.

The following day a number of Harriers took part in the Run Northumberland BIG 10. LISA BASTON ran well once again to finish 100th in 1.17.52, 2nd in the female 35 category. Mel STEER was 173rd in 1.25.03, followed 10 minutes later by Justine NORMAN in 1.35.01. Mairi CAMPBELL was back in 1.38.18, whilst Gay and Richard EASTOE ran together finishing in 1.40.56 with Gay finishing 2nd in the female 60 age group.

Finally for the weekend Graham SIMPSON was once again north of the border in the Borders Cross Country Series race at Dunbar. Graham was 13th of the 220 runners in 26.34.

Above photo of the 6 Harriers at Newcastle Racecourse!

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