Morpeth Harriers in good form at Great North Run and Farringdon Races
For many north east runners the Farringdon Races and Relays in Sunderland represent the start of the cross-country season.
At the fore in the Under 14 race were Hector Ford Hutchinson (10:59-4th), Mason Ellison (11:07-7th), William Fawcett (11:12-9th) and Ben Hodgson (12:12-21st).
In the Under 16 race Jack Dhawar came in 4th (10:13) and Joseph Fawcett 7th (10:33). Jacob Thompson and Charlie Taylor completed the testing run in 11:49 and 12:05 respectively. Heidi Wilkinson had a fine run to land 2nd (11:09) as did Charlotte Marshall in the Under 18 category (finishing in 12:30).
In the women’s relay, Morpeth finished 6th with Vicky Thompson, Jane Hodgson and Alison Brown making up the trio. Their time was 37m:11s. Elswick won in 33m:57s.
In the men’s event, Morpeth finished 5th with Andrew Lawrence, Oliver Tomlinson and Bobby Hagan making up the team. Their time was 30m:05s. North Shields won the men’s event in 27m:31s.
Several Morpeth Harriers took part in the GNR Festival of races.
In the Junior Great North Run: Heidi Wilkinson (15:23), Faye Heatley (16:12), Lucy Heatley (16:48) and Eleanor Fea (21:24).
In the Great North 5k Alastair Beasley ran 19:26 and Laura McLean 24:27
The times for the Great North 10k were: Julie Roche (48:03), Robert Balmbra (35:14), James Higgin (35:23), Richard Hall (37:55), Dan Craig (38:08), Ryan McGee (43:33), Ben Swinney (44:25) and Liam Ramsey (47:09).
In the half marathon, Chris Coulson led the club in with a storming 63 minute run, followed closely behind by club members Finn Brodie and Ryan Mcleod (both 66 minutes, with Ryan 1st M40), Carl Avery (67 minutes) and George Lowry and Andrew Swinburne both 68 minutes. In the women’s race Poppy Buck crossed the line in 90 minutes, Kirsty Burville 91minutes and Anna Wright 93 minutes.