Race Results 1998-1999

Keswick Half Marathon Blaydon Race Tynedale 10k Club Handicap Coastal Run

Morpeth 10k Links 10k Derwentside 10m Tynedale 10m Brampton to Carlisle 10m

Morpeth to Newcastle 14m Redcar Half Marathon

The first event of the season was the Keswick Half Marathon on Sunday May the 10th, unfortunately this event clashed with two others in the area and some of our members were elsewhere. Seven were doing the Castles Relay, whilst others were at the Blyth Valley Triathlon. The Castles Relay is held in north Northumberland, in the area around Norham, Berwick, Wooler and Holy Island; our team of 7 managed third place from the 10 teams taking part. Because of other events, etc. we only turned out 13 runners for the Keswick event although encouragingly the total race turnout was up from last year's figure of 430, to a healthy 470 finishers.

Keswick Half Marathon - 10th May 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	13	Neal Hedley	1:20:13	6:07	1	12	8	128	Robin Fentum	1:34:25	7:12	3	11
2	29	Dave Morris	1:23:41	6:23	1	11	9	164	Brian Smith	1:38:27	7:31	-	-
3	30	Joe Frazer	1:24:18	6:26	1	10	10	189	Ron Ingram	1:41:36	7:45	3	10
4	39	Richard Dodds	1:25:45	6:33	2	12	11	345	Brian Dudding	1:53:21	8:39	4	12
5	47	Ian Richardson	1:27:26	6:40	1	9	12	427	Jocelyn Smith	2:07:53	9:46	-	-
6	69	Steve Gillespie	1:29:21	6:49	2	11	13	440	Doug Callan	2:11:25	10:02	4	11
7	93	Ian Cansfield	1:31:43	7:00	3	12

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The Blaydon Race was the next event in the Grand Prix, on the 9th of June as ever, and there too the overall number of finishers was up from last year's 2057 to 2331 this time. Maybe things are looking up again after several years of dwindling numbers at many races. BRC turned out 58 runners, less than last year's 69 but still a good turnout. Not in the Grand Prix, but still popular with members, is the Newburn River Run; we had a fair number of runners in this event  on Wednesday June the 17th. Andy Brown was 5th overall and 4th senior, Ian Richardson was 12th, Dave McKenzie was 13th, and Anne Best was 1st o40 lady. Well done to them all.

Blaydon Race - 9th June 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	57	Ian Richardson	32:40	5:44	1	12	30	510	David Roe	40:02	7:01	4	10
2	67	Dave McKenzie	32:59	5:47	1	11	31	523	Steve Bangs	40:16	7:04	4	9
3	81	Dave Morris	33:28	5:52	1	10	32	535	Martin Barnfather	40:25	7:05	-	-
4	92	Colin Priest	33:41	5:55	1	9	33	545	Helen Freeman	40:32	7:07	3	4
5	113	Rob Barkley	34:05	5:59	3	12	34	607	Gareth Hope	41:12	7:14	-	-
6	124	Ged Baister	34:20	6:01	2	12	35	633	Peter Clark	41:30	7:17	-	-
7	126	Mark Walbank	34:20	6:01	1	8	36	639	Suzanne Humphrey	41:35	7:18	-	-
8	137	Geoff McLane	34:35	6:04	2	11	37	664	Kath Glynn	41:53	7:21	-	-
9	140	Steve Gillespie	34:39	6:05	2	10	38	725	Joe Potts	42:24	7:26	4	8
10	148	George Young	34:52	6:07	2	9	39	746	Martin Chisolm	42:35	7:28	4	7
11	152	Joe Frazer	34:55	6:08	1	7	40	761	Cath Young	42:43	7:30	-	-
12	158	Paul Marshall	35:03	6:09	2	8	41	935	Brian Dudding	44:20	7:47	4	6
13	160	Tony Horsley	35:04	6:09	-	-	42	988	Brian Southern	44:43	7:51	-	-
14	227	Ian Cansfield	36:23	6:23	3	11	43	1228	Denis Moss	47:01	8:15	-	-
15	245	Aynsley Herron	36:39	6:26	3	10	44	1446	Allison McKenzie	48:59	8:36	-	-
16	254	Robin Fentum	36:48	6:27	3	9	45	1447	Trish Goodwin	48:59	8:36	-	-
17	265	Allan Kenny	36:56	6:29	-	-	46	1511	Linda Kenny	49:43	8:43	-	-
18	267	Steve Walker	36:59	6:29	2	7	47	1562	Geoff Brown	50:19	8:50	-	-
19	344	Jackie Lumsden	38:06	6:41	3	8	48	1567	Wendy Herron	50:22	8:50	-	-
20	352	Ron Ingram	38:10	6:42	3	7	49	1801	Jacqui Clark	53:21	9:22	-	-
21	357	John Miller	38:17	6:43	3	6	50	1860	Derek Robinson	54:07	9:30	-	-
22	379	Ron Hope	38:32	6:46	-	-	51	1899	Katie Seccombe	54:37	9:35	-	-
23	403	Ken Turnbull	38:50	6:49	4	14	52	1900	Mary Frazer	54:37	9:35	-	-
24	445	Tom McCullock	39:21	6:54	4	13	53	2026	Diane Robson	57:00	10:00	-	-
25	450	Anne Best	39:25	6:55	4	12	54	2068	Jan Spencer	57:43	10:08	-	-
26	468	Ralph Dickinson	39:36	6:57	3	5	55	2085	Bob Soulsby	58:03	10:11	-	-
27	475	Peter Merryweather	39:43	6:58	-	-	56	2258	Henry Vick	1:03:22	11:07	-	-
28	482	Sheila Greener	39:49	6:59	-	-	57	2276	Susan Walker	1:04:13	11:16	-	-
29	486	Dave Kitching	39:51	6:59	4	11	58	2277	Margaret Dickinson	1:04:13	11:16	-	-

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The third race of the season, the Tynedale 10k was held at Ovingham on the 1st of July. Conditions were pretty good for running, neither too hot or cold. 48 runners from BRC took part, one more than last year, although the total number of finishers was down from 471 to 420. Andy Brown made a winning start to his Grand Prix season, finishing 7th overall in a time of 33 minutes dead. Anne Best was first L40 in 42.22,and Denis Moss was second V70 in 49.34, followed by Bob Soulsby (but not straight away!) who was third V70, in 65.31. BRC took 2nd, 4th and 9th male team places from 18, and the ladies team was 4th from 10. In the men's vets section the best BRC team was 7th from 42.

Tynedale 10k - 1st July 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	7	Andy Brown	33:00	5:19	1	12	25	172	Ron Hope	41:58	6:46	-	-
2	23	Dave McKenzie	35:02	5:39	1	11	26	174	Ken Turnbull	42:03	6:47	4	14
3	25	Neal Hedley	35:11	5:40	1	10	27	184	Anne Best	42:22	6:50	4	13
4	31	Paul Turnbull	35:38	5:45	-	-	28	199	Dave Kitching	42:50	6:55	4	12
5	37	Mark Walbank	36:10	5:50	1	9	29	207	Helen Freeman	43:07	6:57	3	6
6	42	Richard Dodds	36:24	5:52	2	12	30	215	Brian Smith	43:25	7:00	-	-
7	48	Dave Morris	36:49	5:56	1	8	31	218	Ralph Dickinson	43:33	7:01	3	5
8	53	Ken Freeman	36:55	5:57	-	-	32	229	Tom McCullock	44:06	7:07	4	11
9	61	Robert Barklay	37:09	6:00	3	12	33	232	Joe Potts	44:12	7:08	4	10
10	64	Geoff McLane	37:17	6:01	2	11	34	260	Martin Barnfather	45:35	7:21	-	-
11	65	Tony Horsley	37:19	6:01	-	-	35	265	Eddie Woods	46:03	7:26	4	9
12	74	Joe Frazer	37:51	6:06	1	7	36	272	Gareth Hope	46:30	7:30	-	-
13	78	George Young	38:03	6:08	2	10	37	277	Martin Chisholm	46:47	7:33	4	8
14	79	Martin Gaughan	38:04	6:08	1	6	38	301	Brian Dudding	48:15	7:47	4	7
15	85	Ged Baister	38:24	6:12	2	9	39	331	Denis Moss	49:34	8:00	-	-
16	107	Aynsley Herron	39:05	6:18	3	11	40	339	Rob Marshall	50:03	8:04	-	-
17	111	Steve Walker	39:19	6:20	2	8	41	341	Tony Brown	50:05	8:05	3	4
18	122	Not known	39:48	6:25	?	?	42	343	Jane Richardson	50:19	8:07	-	-
19	134	Robin Fentum	40:20	6:30	3	10	43	367	Doug Callan	52:18	8:26	-	-
20	135	John Miller	40:23	6:31	3	9	44	383	Jocelyn Smith	54:17	8:45	-	-
21	148	Steve Nendick	40:45	6:34	2	7	45	389	Jeff Brown	54:48	8:50	-	-
22	149	Ian Cansfield	40:45	6:34	3	8	46	415	Dawn Cunningham	1:03:49	10:18	-	-
23	160	Clive Richardson	41:25	6:41	-	-	47	417	Bob Soulsby	1:05:31	10:34	-	-
24	164	Ron Ingram	41:45	6:44	3	7	48	419	Henry Vick	1:09:05	11:09	-	-

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The Club Handicap was held on Sunday July 12th, along the familiar Links course to St. Mary's Island and past Feather's Caravans. Not so familiar was the weather - horizontal rain blown from the south by a cool wind, making everybody wonder what they were doing outside when they might have been reading the Sunday papers in the house. Still, the pull of the Grand Prix did wonders for the turnout with 33 starters as against only 20 last year. This is the 11th year that Ron Hope has done the handicaps, and once again the bulk of the runners finished inside a fairly tight time range. Thanks to Ron, and also to Mark Walbank for timekeeping and to Jim Jones and Barney Foster for marshalling. The event was won by Steve Walker, followed by Joe Potts in second place and Dave Kitching in third. Andy Brown was fastest male on the day, and Helen Freeman the fastest lady. For obvious reasons, the Grand Prix points are worked out on actual times.

Club Handicap - 12th July 1998

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	6	Andy Brown	0:43:59	5:22	1	12	18	2	Joe Potts	0:55:11	6:44	4	13
2	10	Neal Hedley	0:47:26	5:47	1	11	19	14	Ken Turnbull	0:55:27	6:46	4	12
3	16	Ian Richardson	0:47:41	5:49	1	10	20	20	Ron Ingram	0:56:07	6:51	3	8
4	12	Richard Dodds	0:48:45	5:57	2	12	21	26	Tony Garrity	0:56:34	6:54	2	7
5	13	Dave Morris	0:48:50	5:57	1	9	22	15	David Roe	0:58:07	7:05	4	11
6	11	Geoff McLane	0:49:50	6:05	2	11	23	8	Gareth Hope	0:58:23	7:07	-	-
7	7	George Young	0:50:52	6:12	2	10	24	28	Tom McCullock	0:58:35	7:09	4	10
8	17	Joe Frazer	0:52:18	6:23	1	8	25	23	Helen Freeman	0:59:00	7:12	3	7
9	1	Steve Walker	0:52:19	6:23	2	9	26	32	John Mallon	0:59:28	7:15	2	6
10	[2]	S. McLane (Guest)	0:52:39	6:25	-	-	27	22	Cath Young	0:59:58	7:19	-	-
11	25	Tony Horsley	0:52:49	6:26	-	-	28	27	Dickie Cole	1:00:39	7:24	4	9
12	5	Robin Fentum	0:53:27	6:31	3	12	29	18	Brian Dudding	1:02:09	7:35	4	8
13	24	Steve Nendick	0:53:34	6:32	2	8	30	29	Eddie Woods	1:02:48	7:40	4	7
14	4	John Miller	0:53:53	6:34	3	11	31	31	Ralph Dickinson	1:03:36	7:45	3	6
15	9	Ian Cansfield	0:53:55	6:35	3	10	32	21	Pauline Cunningham	1:08:00	8:18	-	-
16	3	Dave Kitching	0:55:00	6:42	4	14	33	30	Christine Willshire	1:14:30	9:05	-	-
17	19	Aynsley Herron	0:55:04	6:43	3	9	DNF		Anne Best

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The fifth event of the season was the Northumberland Coastal Run, a favourite of mine since first running it in 1988, and once again, around 1,000 people came along to enjoy the scenery (and the slippery rocks, waist high sea wading, soft sand, single file walking, etc.). The weather was close to ideal, hardly any wind and only the faintest of occasional drizzle, however most people's times were down by several minutes due to the tide being so far in. I can't remember it being so high before during the race, but it forced people right up the beach onto the very slippery boulders and rocks. I'll still be there next year though.

Northumberland Coastal Run - July 19th 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	11	Andy Brown	1:25:10	6:05	1	12	21	258	Brian Smith	1:47:38	7:41	-	-
2	19	Neal Hedley	1:27:41	6:16	1	11	22	291	Ron Ingram	1:49:20	7:49	3	6
3	34	Dave Morris	1:30:34	6:28	1	10	23	299	Tom McCullock	1:49:42	7:50	4	11
4	47	Ian Richardson	1:32:25	6:32	1	9	24	341	David Roe	1:52:27	8:02	4	10
5	53	John Anderton	1:33:07	6:39	-	-	25	347	Terry Sanderson	1:52:42	8:03	-	-
6	55	Richard Dodds	1:33:21	6:40	2	12	26	353	Chris Hedley	1:53:09	8:05	-	-
7	84	Robert Barklay	1:36:52	6:55	3	12	27	408	Eddie Woods	1:56:13	8:18	4	9
8	105	Steve Walker	1:38:51	7:04	2	11	28	437	Ralph Dickinson	1:57:28	8:23	3	5
9	110	Martin Gaughan	1:38:59	7:04	1	8	29	450	Steve Bangs	1:58:01	8:26	4	8
10	116	I. Swaddle	1:39:49	7:08	-	-	30	468	Dickie Cole	1:58:59	8:30	4	7
11	135	Robin Fentum	1:40:53	7:12	3	11	31	492	Martin Barnfather	2:00:49	8:38	-	-
12	153	Ian Cansfield	1:41:51	7:16	3	10	32	548	Cath Young	2:04:44	8:55	-	-
13	170	Steve Nendick	1:43:00	7:21	2	10	33	601	Martin Chisholm	2:08:30	9:11	4	6
14	193	John Miller	1:44:17	7:27	3	9	34	620	Sandra Gaughan	2:09:36	9:15	4	5
15	211	Jackie Lumsden	1:45:11	7:31	3	8	35	648	Denis Moss	2:11:19	9:23	-	-
16	212	Ken Turnbull	1:45:13	7:31	4	14	36	679	Michael Morris	2:13:38	9:33	-	-
17	228	Aynsley Herron	1:46:07	7:35	3	7	37	706	Trish Goodwin	2:16:54	9:47	-	-
18	232	Joe Potts	1:46:24	7:36	4	13	38	743	Doug Callan	2:21:00	10:04	4	4
19	241	Dave Kitching	1:46:47	7:38	4	12	39	745	Jocelyn Smith	2:21:33	10:07	-	-
20	255	Alex Hutchinson	1:47:36	7:41	-	-	40	778	Keith Robson	2:39:48	11:25	4	3

The third category A, and 6th event overall, was the Morpeth 10k, on the 4th of August. On a quite windy Tuesday evening on the roads around the Searle factory, 37 BRC runners took part from a total field of 212. Once again, first back for Blyth was Andy Brown in 6th place, and our first lady back was Jacqui Lumsden.

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Morpeth 10k 4th August 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	6	Andy Brown	32:59	5:19	1	12	20	107	Colin Brown	41:11	6:39	-	-
2	15	Dave McKenzie	34:39	5:35	1	11	21	114	Jackie Lumsden	41:36	6:43	3	7
3	29	Ian Richardson	35:30	5:44	1	10	22	118	Ken Turnbull	41:50	6:45	4	14
4	33	Neal Hedley	35:54	5:47	1	9	23	125	Ralph Dickinson	42:38	6:53	3	6
5	40	Mark Walbank	36:44	5:55	1	8	24	127	Ron Ingram	42:39	6:53	3	5
6	42	Neil Crooks	36:50	5:56	-	-	25	128	Joe Potts	42:44	6:54	4	13
7	52	Richard Dodds	37:20	6:01	2	12	26	130	David Roe	42:51	6:55	4	12
8	57	Kevin Freeman	37:45	6:05	-	-	27	131	Dave Kitching	42:55	6:55	4	11
9	59	Geoff McLane	37:54	6:07	2	11	28	139	Gareth Hope	43:25	7:00	-	-
10	65	Robert Barklay	38:24	6:12	3	12	29	141	Tony Garrity	43:36	7:02	2	5
11	67	Steve Gillespie	38:32	6:13	2	10	30	150	Anne Best	44:25	7:10	4	10
12	71	George Young	38:59	6:17	2	9	31	155	Helen Freeman	44:54	7:15	3	4
13	73	Paul Marshall	39:04	6:18	2	8	32	159	Dickie Cole	45:34	7:21	4	9
14	83	Ian Cansfield	39:47	6:25	3	11	33	160	Brian Dudding	45:40	7:22	4	8
15	85	Aynsley Herron	39:57	6:27	3	10	34	164	John Mallon	45:57	7:25	2	4
16	88	Steve Walker	40:07	6:28	2	7	35	192	Denis Moss	50:42	8:11	-	-
17	90	Steve Nendick	40:14	6:29	2	6	36	198	Doug Callan	52:42	8:30	4	7
18	98	John Miller	40:37	6:33	3	9	37	204	Jeff Brown	55:06	8:53	4	6
19	101	Robin Fentum	40:41	6:34	3	8

The last category A event, and 7th event overall, was the Links 10k, on the 1st of September. On another quite windy Tuesday evening, this time along the Links Road to Seaton Sluice and back, 34 BRC runners took part from a total field of 128. Yet again, first back for Blyth was Andy Brown in 2nd place, and once again our first lady back was Jacqui Lumsden. In first place was Mark Brown of Morpeth, the son of our own Tony Brown.

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Links 10k 1st September 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	2	Andy Brown	34:08	5:30	1	12	18	48	Jacqui Lumsden	40:19	6:30	3	10
2	5	Dave McKenzie	34:28	5:34	1	11	19	49	Ian Cansfield	40:23	6:31	3	9
3	9	Ian Richardson	35:24	5:43	1	10	20	53	Robin Fentum	40:36	6:33	3	8
4	11	Neal Hedley	35:26	5:43	1	9	21	58	Dave Kitching	41:06	6:38	4	15
5	13	Mark Walbank	36:09	5:50	1	8	22	60	Ron Ingram	41:19	6:40	3	7
6	17	Dave Morris	36:56	5:57	1	7	23	64	Ken Turnbull	42:04	6:47	4	14
7	22	Steve Gillespie	38:02	6:08	2	12	24	69	Tony Garrity	42:46	6:54	2	6
8	24	Geoff McLane	38:16	6:10	2	11	25	71	John Mallon	42:55	6:55	2	5
9	25	A. Storey	38:19	6:11	-	-	26	75	Ralph Dickinson	43:40	7:03	3	6
10	27	Martin Gaughan	38:41	6:14	1	6	27	79	Steve Bangs	43:58	7:05	4	13
11	31	George Young	39:08	6:19	2	10	28	84	Helen Freeman	44:42	7:13	3	5
12	32	Joe Frazer	39:11	6:19	1	5	29	91	Eddie Woods	45:11	7:17	4	12
13	35	Paul Marshall	39:21	6:21	2	9	30	107	Jonathan Dickinson	49:50	8:02	-	-
14	36	Aynsley Herron	39:25	6:21	3	12	31	109	Keith Robson	50:35	8:10	4	11
15	38	Steve Walker	39:31	6:22	2	8	32	110	Jeff Brown	50:36	8:10	4	10
16	43	Steve Nendick	39:58	6:27	2	7	33	117	Pauline Cunningham	53:31	8:38	-	-
17	45	John Miller	40:02	6:27	3	11	34	119	Christine Willshire	53:48	8:41	-	-

The second category B event, and 8th event overall, was the Derwentside 10m, on the 13th of September. On a fairly windy cool Sunday morning, this race was run in the area  around Stanley, County Durham, starting at the Police Station and finishing along the road at the Louisa Sports Centre. I am told this race has been voted equal first in a poll to find the toughest ten mile race in the country, and I'm not surprised. The hill between 2 and 4 miles is so steep I thought my legs were going to catch fire, and it was only one of many climbs (and steep descents!). Anyway, 24 BRC runners took part from a total field of 106. First back for Blyth was Dave McKenzie in 4th place, breaking Andy Brown's five race run of victories. Andy was a reluctant spectator, after running a marathon down in Hertfordshire the previous weekend. Once again our first lady back was Jacqui Lumsden, who was second lady overall. Everybody's times were several minutes down on their usual

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Derwentside 10m 13th September 1998

Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	4	Dave McKenzie	58:19	5:50	1	12	13	43	Jacqui Lumsden	1:08:37	6:52	3	9
2	5	Rob Hall	58:51	5:53	1	11	14	49	Dave Kitching	1:10:30	7:03	4	15
3	8	Ian Richardson	1:00:02	6:00	1	10	15	51	Ken Turnbull	1:11:25	7:09	4	14
4	10	Neal Hedley	1:00:21	6:02	1	9	16	52	Ron Ingram	1:11:29	7:09	3	8
5	14	Dave Morris	1:02:10	6:13	1	8	17	56	George Young	1:12:35	7:15	2	9
6	20	Richard Dodds	1:04:01	6:24	2	12	18	59	John Mallon	1:13:30	7:21	2	8
7	27	Robert Barklay	1:05:57	6:36	3	12	19	62	Anne Best	1:13:56	7:24	4	13
8	30	Steve Nendick	1:06:21	6:38	2	11	20	65	Eddie Woods	1:14:55	7:30	4	12
9	31	Steve Walker	1:06:31	6:39	2	10	21	68	Ralph Dickinson	1:15:58	7:36	3	7
10	33	Joe Frazer	1:06:42	6:40	1	7	22	72	David Roe	1:16:45	7:41	4	11
11	40	Aynsley Herron	1:08:04	6:48	3	11	23	83	Brian Dudding	1:19:00	7:54	4	10
12	42	Ian Cansfield	1:08:28	6:51	3	10	24	96	Tom McCullock	1:25:13	8:31	4	9

The third category B event, and 9th event overall, was the Tynedale 10m, on the 20th of September.The weather was as hot as I can remember in September for this event, it felt much more like July. I saw lots of people suffering because of the heat (me included), and quite a few sorry sights at the finish. The race was run as usual from Hexham to Ovingham School, this year on Sunday afternoon and not Saturday as in previous years. I don't know why they switched days; if it was to get more entries, it certainly worked as 362 runners took part (against 243 in 1997 & 277 in 1996) of which 34 were from BRC. First back for Blyth was Andy Brown in 7th place, our first lady back was Anne Best, who was first L40 and 5th lady overall. Other BRC prizewinners were: Rob Hall - first V45 and 10th overall; Dave Kitching - first V55; Sheila Greener - first L45. Everybody's times were several minutes down on their usual due to the heat.

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Tynedale 10m on September 20th.

Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	7	Andy Brown	57:38	5:46	1	12	18	116	George Young	1:14:04	7:24	2	7
2	10	Rob Hall	58:25	5:50	1	11	19	117	John Mallon	1:14:05	7:24	2	6
3	27	Neal Hedley	1:02:23	6:14	1	10	20	121	Dave Kitching	1:14:30	7:27	4	13
4	32	Dave Morris	1:03:51	6:23	1	9	21	124	Ian Cansfield	1:14:46	7:29	3	9
5	40	Richard Dodds	1:05:17	6:32	2	12	22	143	David Roe	1:16:34	7:39	4	12
6	42	Joe Frazer	1:05:23	6:32	1	8	23	145	Sheila Greener	1:16:39	7:40	-	-
7	43	Ged Baister	1:05:45	6:35	2	11	24	162	Eddie Woods	1:18:19	7:50	4	11
8	53	Steve Nendick	1:07:38	6:46	2	10	25	167	Martin Barnfather	1:18:43	7:52	-	-
9	48	Neil Crooks	1:08:15	6:49	-	-	26	172	Ralph Dickinson	1:19:23	7:56	3	8
10	67	Steve Walker	1:09:16	6:56	2	9	27	181	Dickie Cole	1:20:20	8:02	4	10
11	71	Robert Barklay	1:09:30	6:57	3	12	28	212	Brian Dudding	1:23:40	8:22	4	9
12	72	Terry Sanderson	1:09:33	6:57	-	-	29	213	Jacqui Lumsden	1:23:41	8:22	3	7
13	77	Aynsley Herron	1:09:47	6:59	3	11	30	227	Joe Potts	1:25:10	8:31	4	8
14	93	Robin Fentum	1:12:20	7:14	3	10	31	235	John Miller	1:26:14	8:37	3	6
15	95	Ken Turnbull	1:12:29	7:15	4	15	32	260	Tom McCullock	1:28:44	8:52	4	7
16	101	Geoff McLane	1:13:12	7:19	2	8	33	279	Jeff Brown	1:31:19	9:08	4	6
17	106	Anne Best	1:13:23	7:20	4	14	34	299	Denis Moss	1:33:38	9:22	-	-

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Brampton to Carlisle 10m on November 21st.

The last category B event, and 10th event overall, was the Brampton to Carlisle 10m, on the 21st of November. The weather was better than had been forecast, the promised rain never came (thankfully) but it was still quite windy. Entries were down, (maybe people should take less notice of the weatherman); 546 runners took part (710 in 1997) of which 30 were from BRC. First back for Blyth was Andy Brown in 13th place, our first lady back was Cath Coultate, who was sixth L40. Denis Moss took first O70 vet.  Despite the wind, at least two personal bests were set: Ken Turnbull and Jeff Brown both set new best times.

Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	13	Andy Brown	53:20	5:20	1	12	16	239	George Young	1:08:00	6:48	2	9
2	28	Dave McKenzie	55:49	5:35	1	11	17	240	Robin Fentum	1:08:04	6:48	3	8
3	49	Neal Hedley	58:08	5:49	1	10	18	254	Tom McCullock	1:08:40	6:52	4	13
4	70	Ian Richardson	59:23	5:56	1	9	19	266	Ron Ingram	1:09:17	6:56	3	7
5	98	Rob Barklay	1:02:01	6:12	3	12	20	274	Joe Potts	1:09:35	6:58	4	12
6	105	Steve Gillespie	1:02:05	6:13	2	12	21	300	David Roe	1:10:49	7:05	4	11
7	128	Dave Morris	1:03:36	6:22	1	8	22	345	Eddie Woods	1:12:41	7:16	4	10
8	134	Geoff McLane	1:03:47	6:23	2	11	23	357	Cath Young	1:13:34	7:21	-	-
9	167	Aynsley Herron	1:05:08	6:31	3	11	24	370	Brian Dudding	1:14:29	7:27	4	9
10	203	Ian Cansfield	1:06:42	6:40	3	10	25	375	Ralph Dickinson	1:14:56	7:30	3	6
11	206	Joe Frazer	1:06:47	6:41	1	7	26	395	Dickie Cole	1:15:52	7:35	4	8
12	210	John Miller	1:06:50	6:41	3	9	27	460	Jeff Brown	1:20:43	8:04	4	7
13	213	Ken Turnbull	1:06:57	6:42	4	15	28	472	Trish Goodwin	1:22:10	8:13	-	-
14	223	John Mallon	1:07:29	6:45	2	10	29	483	Denis Moss	1:23:54	8:23	-	-
15	234	Dave Kitching	1:07:53	6:47	4	14	30	506	Keith Robson	1:27:01	8:42	4	6

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Morpeth to Newcastle 14m on January 1st.

The third category C event, and 11th event overall, was the Morpeth to Newcastle 14m, on the 1st of January.  The weather was milder than usual, but there was quite a stiff breeze.   Numbers were up slightly on last year, with 731 finishers, of which 32 were from BRC.  I'm sure we must have had the most spectators from any club - it seemed to me that everybody associated with the club who wasn't running, was watching from somewhere along the course!  First back for Blyth was Andy Brown in 12th place, our first lady back was Jacqui Lumsden. Rob Hall was third V45. The results from this race mean that all of the first, and three of the runner-up placings in the Grand Prix League have been settled, with one event still remaining. Congratulations to:  Andy Brown, Richard Dodds, Robert Barklay and Ken Turnbull, for winning their respective divisions, and to Neal Hedley, Ian Cansfield and Dave Kitching, for their runner-up placings. There are still some placings left to compete for in the last remaining event, which is the Redcar Half Marathon, on February the 28th. See you there...

Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	12	Andy Brown	1:20:20	5:39	1	12	17	310	Joe Potts	1:45:28	7:26	4	12
2	32	Rob Hall	1:25:28	6:01	1	11	18	324	Ian Tinmouth	1:46:31	7:30	3	8
3	125	Richard Dodds	1:33:39	6:36	2	12	19	355	Ralph Dickinson	1:48:29	7:38	3	7
4	135	Dave Morris	1:34:27	6:39	1	10	20	375	Ron Ingram	1:49:26	7:42	3	6
5	136	Martin Gaughan	1:34:27	6:39	1	9	21	385	Eddie Woods	1:49:55	7:44	4	11
6	148	Ged Baister	1:35:16	6:43	2	11	22	419	Kath Glynn	1:51:53	7:53	-	-
7	166	Robert Barklay	1:36:59	6:50	3	12	23	427	David Roe	1:52:31	7:55	4	10
8	172	Steve Walker	1:37:22	6:51	2	10	24	436	Dickie Cole	1:52:57	7:57	4	9
9	199	Steve Nendick	1:38:34	6:56	2	9	25	469	John Mallon	1:55:26	8:08	2	7
10	200	Ken Turnbull	1:38:39	6:57	4	15	26	598	Martin Chisolm	2:05:41	8:51	4	8
11	201	Tom McCullock	1:38:44	6:57	4	14	27	600	Sandra Gaughan	2:05:57	8:52	-	-
12	209	John Miller	1:39:09	6:59	3	11	28	641	Jocelyn Smith	2:11:12	9:14	-	-
13	214	Jacqui Lumsden	1:39:27	7:00	3	10	29	660	Jeff Brown	2:13:58	9:26	4	7
14	220	Tony Garrity	1:39:59	7:02	2	8	30	670	Michael Maxey	2:16:27	9:37	-	-
15	226	Ian Cansfield	1:40:33	7:05	3	9	31	694	Keith Robson	2:22:02	10:00	4	6
16	261	Dave Kitching	1:42:14	7:12	4	13	32	703	Katie Seccombe	2:23:20	10:06	-	-

The last event of the season was the Redcar Half Marathon, on the 28th of March.  They always seem to choose the windiest day of the year for this event, and this year was no exeption.  Numbers were down slightly on last year, with 673 finishers, of which 26 were from BRC.  First back for Blyth was Neal Hedley in 71st place, our first lady back was Anne Best.  Congratulations to all prizewinners in the Grand Prix:  Andy Brown, Richard Dodds, Robert Barklay and Ken Turnbull, for winning their respective divisions, and to Neal Hedley, Steve Walker, Ian Cansfield and Dave Kitching, for their runner-up placings, and Dave Morris, Steve Nendick, Robin Fentum and Joe Potts for their third placings. I hope to see you all on the Presentation Night at Bedlington on 30th April, when all of the prizes will be given out.

Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points	Club Pos.	Race Pos	Name	Time	Pace	Div.	Points
1	71	Neal Hedley	1:23:14	6:21	1	12	14	316	Anne Best	1:36:53	7:24	4	12
2	80	Richard Dodds	1:23:52	6:24	2	12	15	364	Steve Bangs	1:40:02	7:38	4	11
3	115	Dave Morris	1:26:38	6:37	1	11	16	370	John Mallon	1:40:12	7:39	2	8
4	126	Tony Garrity	1:27:07	6:39	2	11	17	387	Robin Fentum	1:41:17	7:44	3	10
5	130	Steve Walker	1:27:36	6:41	2	10	18	388	Chris Hedley	1:41:18	7:44	-	-
6	135	Ian Cansfield	1:27:57	6:43	3	12	19	399	Cath Young	1:41:50	7:46	-	-
7	138	Joe Frazer	1:28:20	6:45	1	10	20	438	Paul Steel	1:43:32	7:54	-	-
8	165	Ken Turnbull	1:29:29	6:50	4	15	21	454	Angie Bosworth	1:45:02	8:01	-	-
9	177	Steve Nendick	1:30:04	6:53	2	9	22	455	Ralph Dickinson	1:45:10	8:02	3	9
10	236	Joe Potts	1:33:18	7:07	4	14	23	507	Denis Moss	1:49:03	8:19	-	-
11	268	John Miller	1:34:40	7:14	3	11	24	509	Trish Goodwin	1:49:11	8:20	-	-
12	309	Tom McCullock	1:36:06	7:20	4	13	25	561	Pauline Cunningham	1:53:27	8:40	-	-
13	312	Terry Hart	1:36:29	7:22	-	-	26	609	Keith Robson	1:59:43	9:08	4	10

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