Darlington Harriers and AC

Harriers' U-13 girls triumphed again with a tremendous team victory at the North-East Cross-Country Championships.

The girls have been excelling at local level all season and relished the chance to take on the cream of the region at a challenging Town Moor course. India Pentland was first home for the team in third place, taking the bronze individual medal.

Good packing saw Ellie Phillips cross the line in seventh place and Megan Noble complete the scoring positions in ninth place. Good back-up came from Emma Hart in 20th place.

The girls received their trophy from the legendary Jim Alder, the former Commonwealth Games marathon winner who also won bronze over the same distance at European Championships level.

For the U-13 boys, Ryan Wells was 11th and Liam Brittle 28th. Harriers had two runners in the U-15 girls' race, with Stella Jones finsihing eighth and Katie Noble 19th.

Harriers had three runners in the senior men's event, with Drew Inglis finishing well up the field in 15th place. Jamie Rutherford was 48th. Third home for the club was the remarkable Ian Barnes, Harriers' club president who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He completed the arduous 12k course in 340th place.

Four seniors were in action in the Loftus Poultry Run. Paul Kelly was 96th in 57 mins 31 secs, followed by Val Clarke iin 152nd place with 61:06. Veterans Ian Barnes (MV80 70:44 for 291st place) and Shirley Gibson (FV65 74:10 for 335th position) were age-group winners.

There was a good turn-out in the last parkrun before Christmas at South Park. Colin Taylor kept up his good record with fourth place in 17:38, two places ahead of in-form Simon Rogers, who recorded 17:58. Paul Cook was 10th in 18:46 and junior Sam Graham had another good run to finish 25th in 20:35.

Juris Silovs was 33rd in 21:00, two seconds and a place ahead of Dominic Colley. Linda Noble was 44th in 21:31 and junior Emma Hart was 48th in 21:55.

Dave McKenna was 83rd in 24:21 and Shirley Gibson was 102nd in 25:38. Steve Dauber was 142nd in 28:47 and Emma Morley was 163rd in 30:37.

Five seniors took part in the Jolly Holly Jog 10k shortly after Christmas. Simon Rogers finished ninth overall and third M40 veteran in 38 mins 21 secs. Paul Cook was 26th in 40:17 and Val Clarke was 118th and second FV50 in 47:01. Shirley Gibson was 397th and third FV60 in 57:46 and Emma Morley was 652nd in 71:56.

Harriers train on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Eastbourne sports complex at 6.15pm when new members are always welcome.

Quakers RC

Day one of the New Year saw several races around the region, which provided plenty of opportunity for runners to shake their hangovers off.

The first event in the Hardmoors calendar took place on New Year’s Day near Robin Hood’s Bay and Ravenscar. In the 15 mile event, Nick Mason finished in 2:19:41, along with Ty Hankinson (2:20:46), Corinne Murray (2:33:00), Sandra Cass (3:09:40) and April Corbett (3:09:40). In the 30 mile event, Dave Thompson completed the course in 5:54:40, as did Wendy Colling (6:06:47), Emily Beaumont (7:02:08), Mark Colling (7:30:18) and Roy Macdougall (7:30:18).

At the Captain Cook fell race, which covered 5 miles and a climb of over 1000ft, Mark Tallon completed the course in 44:05 along with Darren Stockdale (46:14) and Danny Gordon (54:14).

Further north at the Morpeth 11K race, Richard Hughes finished there in 46:56, followed by Dianne Vaughan (52:09) and Alan Prest (1:09:22).

Down in Kent, Rebecca Howard did the Lamberhurst 10K race in 1:08:54.

Over at Hartlepool, there was the Old Monks 5.5 mile multi terrain race. Katherine Hackett finished the undulating route in 39:58, followed by Louise Trainor (41:10), Michael Oliver (45:38), Danny Gordon (48:40), Alan Prest (1:02:29) and Sue Limbert (1:08:52).

There was an extra parkrun at some venues on New Year’s Day, with the later start at Darlington giving some people the opportunity to double up for the day by also doing the Sedgefield run. At the South Park run, Dale Chapman finished in 20:13, followed by Phil Rutter (20:53), Paul Roberts (21:56), Chris Minto (22:03), David Todd (22:27), Zoe Rothery (22:29), Sharon Carbert (22:30), Lesley Miller (24:07), Gary Read (25:32), John Brant (26:13), Julien Deckard (26:26), James Simpson (26:27), Phill Hall (26:54), Alec Cinamon (26:56), Michelle Boshier (27:01), Lyn Hatch (27:02), Matt Jackson (27:37), Jeff Marriott (27:47), Sarah Watson (27:47), Andrew Vernon (27:48), Julie Whinn (27:49), Sue Woodcock (28:25), Sally Singleton (29:06), Wendy Noble (29:31), Lee Morris (29:46), Colin Wild (30:38), Juelz Lee-Deckard (30:44), Diane Adkins (31:54), Michael King (32:06) and Adrian Dent (37:30).

Earlier in the morning at Sedgefield, Paul Dalton completed the run there in 18:41, along with Colin Wild (21:55), Paul Roberts (22:20), Dale Chapman (24:26), James Simpson (24:31), Peter Rowley (25:10), Gary Read (25:52), Phill Hall (27:31), Julie Whinn (28:49), Sally Singleton (30:20), Michael King (31:55), Mark Trowles (32:59), Diane Adkins (34:12), Paula Roberts (35:45) and Adrian Dent (39:11).

In the regular Saturday morning parkruns, Paul Dalton finished at South Park in 17:31, followed by Dale Chapman (20:06), Richard Hughes (20:15), David Todd (20:33), Phil Clarke (21:16), Diane Vaughan (22:22), Steve Mcallister (22:48), James Simpson (23:03), Andrew Vernon (23:08), Peter Rowley (23:26), Mark Trowles (23:33), Paul Roberts (23:34), Paul Appleton (24:41), Gavin Armstrong (24:51), Rebecca Bowes (26:32), Sarah Watson (26:52), Jeanette Appleton (27:36), Lee Morris (27:58), Sally Singleton (28:51), Michael King (29:30), Joanne Dewar (30:05), Michael Oliver (30:37), Iain Clyde (31:09), Phill Hall (32:40), Adrian Dent (35:38), Ty Hankinson (36:44) and Gary Read (39:57).

At Sedgefield, Dave Thompson and Jill Wallis completed the run there in 23:34 and 36:03 respectively, while Steven Moore did the run at Albert Park in 20:33.

Further afield, Amy Woodcock did the York run in 29:39, Claire Apps completed the Highbury Fields run in London in 24:57, while once again Lucy Bendle did the run in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 35:35.