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Flannery sets junior record to take prize

GATESHEAD’S Niall Flannery led some good performances from North East athletes to take the Under-20 400m hurdles title at the English Junior Championships at Bedford. Read

Batochir makes victory look so easy

MONGOLIAN Serod Batochir strode to an easy victory in yesterday’s 3M Aycliffe 10km road race. Read

Records fall over weekend

A STRONG contingent of North East athletes clocked personal best times at the BMC Grand Prix Meeting at Watford. Read

Chris has sights set on 2012 Olympics

SOME people believe sporting life ends at 30. It is the time when the graph of a sporting career is supposed to take a downward path. Read

Ian Hudspith wins the Blaydon Race

MORPETH Harrier Ian Hudspith said he had run the "race of his life" to end a decade of African dominance of the Blaydon Race. Read

Ian Hudspith gunning for home triumph

MORPETH Harrier Ian Hudspith is aiming to end over a decade of African dominance – and emulate the achievements of his brother Mark – at the 29th Blaydon Race tonight. Read

Stacey Smith takes 4.5secs off 1500m best

GATESHEAD Harrier Stacey Smith took 4.5secs off her previous best to gain the 1500m qualifying time for the European Junior Championships later this year. Read

Repeat victory for new recruit

NEW Gateshead recruit Ryan Stephenson repeated his 2008 victory in yesterday’s third Wallsend Harriers Rising Sun Multi-terrain event at the Country Park. Read

Batochir breaks record in debut run

MONGOLIAN international Serod Batochir, making his debut in this country, easily won yesterday’s fifth North Tyneside 10km Road Race. Read

Avery smashes record

SHILDON’S Kate Avery smashed the course record in the senior women’s event at yesterday’s Elswick Harriers Road Race promotion at Newburn Riverside Park, Lemington. Read

Regional athletics round-up

CHESTER-LE-STREET won the Northern Six Stage Women’s Relay for the fourth successive year at the Northern Athletics Road Relay Championships at Woodbank Park, Stockport, yesterday. Read

Regional athletics round-up

THE Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League held its final fixture of the season at Temple Park on Saturday with team and individual titles being decided. Read

Pavey is backing Great 10k

FORMER British champion Jo Pavey has backed the revamped Great North 10k to put Sunderland on the international athletics map – although her pregnancy rules her out of the inaugural elite event in July. Read

Wallsend closing in on title

WALLSEND Harriers took a step closer to winning the Senior Men’s Division One title at Saturday’s penultimate Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League fixture at Prudhoe High School. Read

Dwain Chambers happy to play the villain

BEING cast as the villain is not many people’s idea of fun, but Dwain Chambers sees it as the best thing he can do. Read

Boyzone hitch to Blaydon Race

THE 29th Blaydon Race looks set to boast a strong field – no matter what. Read

Mixed fortunes in cross country

THE small band of North East athletes had a day of mixed fortunes at Saturday’s Saucony National Cross Country Championships at London’s Parliament Hill Fields. Read

Stevenson reigns supreme

NEW Marske athletes dominated the Senior Men’s event at yesterday’s penultimate North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League fixture at Blakeston School, Stockton. Read

Sunderland lead from start in Cathedral relays

SUNDERLAND Harriers were clear winners of the senior men’s race at yesterday’s Durham Cathedral Relays. Read

Swinburn leads home triumph

MORPETH Harrier Nick Swinburn was a convincing winner of his club’s New Year’s Day 11km Road Race. Read