Avery smashes record

Apr 11 2009 The Journal

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.

In ideal conditions, the 17-year-old sixth form student, 27th in the recent World Junior Cross Country Championship, bettered Alyson Dixon’s 2008 course record by 18 seconds. Avery came home 41secs ahead of Gateshead’s Mary Ferrier, with Morpeth’s Delyth James taking third place.

Morpeth retained the senior men’s four-stage road relay title, and for good measure their veterans squad were also successful, bettering Sunderland’s three-year-old course record by 19secs.

Morpeth led on the first leg in the veterans’ race with Neil Wilkinson clocking the fastest time. Brian Rushworth took Sunderland into a temporary lead on leg two, before Phil Walker and Craig McBurney regained Morpeth’s initiative on the final two legs.

Visiting athlete Chris White from Nene Valley near Peterborough missed the record in the under-17 men’s race by one second, while Birtley’s Sophie Forster was only three seconds adrift in the Under 13 Girls’ race.

George Lowry of Jarrow and Hebburn (under-15 boys), Chris Peverley of Chester-le-Street (under-13 boys) and Sophie Taylor of Birtley (under-15 girls) were the other winners.

The fifth North Tyneside 10km Road Race takes place tomorrow (10am start). The 2,000 competitors will cover a route starting from The Park Sports Centre, North Shields via Tynemouth to the finish at St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay.

RESULTS

Senior men relay: 1 Morpeth 44:47 (K Forster 11:19, M Brown 11:05, D Swinburne 11:23, M Nicholson 11:00); 2 Gateshead 44:53 (S Hall 11:13, M Elliott 11:17, A Teate 11:21, A Carmichael 11:02); 3 Chester-le-Street 46:22 (S Ball 11:04, C Smith 11:06, D Old 12:32, P Coulson 11:40); 4 Heaton 48:36 (L Roe 11:24, I Robinson 12:36, M Likeman 12:35, L Smith 12:01); 5 Elswick 49:20 (P Hurst 10:52, M Ketley 12:28, P Dodd 12:32, I Fenwick 13:28); 6 Gateshead B 49:26; 7 Nene Valley 49:32; 8 Claremont 49:51; 9 Low Fell 50:04; 10 Gosforth 50:05; 11 Blyth 52:22; 12 North Shields Poly 52:30; 13 Birtley 53:00; 14 Tynedale 53:12; 15 Wallsend 53:55 Fastest: P Hutton (Gosf) 10:35; S Moralee (Belg-gst) 10:41;P Hurst 10:52; P Newton (Clare) 10:57; M Nicholson 11:00; A Carmichael 11:02; S Bell (M40) 11:04; M Brown 11:05

Veteran men relay: 1 Morpeth 45:52 (rec) (N Wilkinson 11:00, P Waterston 11:55, P Walker 11:39, C McBurney 11:18); 2 Sunderland 46:03 (M Thompson 11:38, B Rushworth 11:01, B Bewick 12:00; T Doughty 11:24); 3 Sunderland B 49:00 (K Bell 12:02, T Field 12:24, G Harden 12:08, P Redman 12:26); 4 Wallsend 49:34; 5 Elswick 49:38; 6 Morpeth B 52:15; 7 Low Fell 55:12; 8 North Shields Poly 55:25; 9 Gateshead 56:40; 10 Gosforth 57:06 Fastest: N Wilkinson 11:00; B Rushworth (M45) 11:01; C McBurney 11:18; T Doughty (M45) 11:24; M Thompson 11:38; P Walker 11:39

Under-17 men: 1 C Wright (Nene V) 11:01; 2 G Ritchie (J&H) 11:25; 3 M Priestley (NSP) 11:35

Under-15 boys: 1 G Lowry (J&H) 12:09; 2 J Nisbet (Morp) 12:22; 3 C Johnson (Els) 12:22

Under-13 boys: 1 C Peverley (CleS) 9:45; 2 M Bunn (J&H) 10:01; 3 A Wallett (NSP) 10:03

Senior women: 1 K Avery (Shil, U17) 11:52 (rec); 2 M Ferrier (Gate) 12:33; 3 D James (Morp) 12:37; 4 M Holt (Sun) 12:57; 5 J Trowbridge (Gate) 13:23; 6 S Bell (Gate, U17) 13:33; 7 V Hindson (Walls) 13:55; 8 Z Armstrong (Morp, U17) 14:02; 9 A Dargie (Els) 14:05; 10 G Cavill (Morp, W40) 14:08; 11 I Hope (Sun, W45) 14:12; 12 V Butler (Clare) 14:13; 13 J Willliams (Leeds C, U20) 14:14; 14 K Jones (NSP, W35) 14:21; 15 W Pawsey (NSP) 14:23 U20: 2 R Turnbull (Morp) 14:33; 3 G Taylor (Els) 15:19 U17: 4 S Crosby (Sun) 14:28; 5 H Waddell (Gosf) 14:32; 6 R Lundgen (Gosf) 14:51; 7 D Pickavance-Clarke (CleS) 15:11; 8 E Hope (Sun) 16:21 W40: 2 M Herworth (Clare) 14:26 W45: 1 L Marr (Tyne) 15:26 W50: 1 C Young (Blyth) 15:45 W55: 1 J Kilgour (Clare) 16:10 Teams: 1 Gateshead 13; 2 Morpeth 21; 3 Sunderland 32; 4 North Shields Poly 48; 5 Claremont 55; 6 Morpeth B 65

Under-15 girls: 1 S Taylor (Birt) 10:56; 2 R Oram (Els) 10:57; 3 B Oakes (Birt) 11:01

Under 13 Girls: 1 S Forster (Birt) 10:31; 2 L Turner (Birt) 10:37; 3 A Fawcett (CleS) 10:43