The cross country round includes the British Masters in Bangor.
START FITNESS NORTH EAST HARRIER LEAGUE, Eltringham, Northumberland, March 21
William Robson was first home overall as runners from three different starting groups competed for individual honours.
The North Shields Poly man was in the S Pack but the fourth man home, Chris Larkin, was a minute faster as the F pack runners also got in on the action.
To compete in the mix, second and third house Louis Gardiner and third house last out Russell Walsh started the M pack.
At the February 28 round it was Heatonie Larkin who was second fastest and first home in the race before that.
There was no confusion in the women’s race as the S Pack dominated with Tyne Bridge’s Anna Oswald. However, the fastest times fell to eighth, ninth and tenth as Jess Eaton, W40 Jane Hodgson and Jennifer Berry followed each other from the F pack.
In general. 1 W Robson (NSP) 36:58; 2 L Gardner (NSP) 40:43; 3 R Walsh (Alnw) 40:56
M40: 1 C Franks (Gate) 42:59
M45: 1 B Wight (Crook) 43:42
M50: 1 P Tickner (Durh) 43:36
M55: 1 M Turnbull (Elsw) 42:43
M60: 1 T Horsley (Morp) 49:29
U20: 1 Jay Maley (NSP) 42:09
Fastest (net time). 1 C Larkin (Heaton) 35:48; 2 A Bellew (NSP) 36:43; 3 Robson 36:58
M40: Franks 37:44
M45: White 43:42
M50: Ladies 43:36
M55: Turnbull 42:43
M60: Horsley 49:29
U20: O Tomlinson (Morp) 38:42
U17: 1 J Shields (Durh) 22:04; 2 W Jardine (Durh) 22:20; 3 A Jones (Elsw) 22:26
Fastest: 1 Shields 19:21; 2 Jardin 19:37; 3 G Bryce (Blyth) 20:09
U15: 1 G McNally (T’dale) 13:26
Fastest: G Hunter (T’dale) 11:41
U13: 1 S Rigg (Sund) 14:27
Fastest: Jay Hopper (J&H) 12:50 p.m
Women. 1 A Oswald (Tyne Br) 31:30; 2 O Vasely (Durh) 31:52; 3 I Whaling (Elvet, U20) 31:58
W40: 1 J Hodgson (Morp) 33:49
W45: 2 J Heslop (Elsw) 34:30
W50: 1 L Lennox ((Tyne Br) 34:03
W55: 1 N McCoy (Morp) 36:05
W60: 1 Jay Murdy (S Shields) 37:50
U20: 1: O Simpson (Newc U) 32:43
Fastest: 1 Jayton (Tyne Br) 28;32; 2 J Hodgson (Morp) 28:33; 3J Berry (Wallsend) 28:44
W40: 1 Hodgson 28:33
W45: Heslop 29:14
W50: L Short (T’dale) 30:54
W55: McCoy 36:05
W60: Merdi 32:34
U20: Whaling 31:58
U17: 1 E Hobden (Birt) 24:34
Fastest: P Mulligan (Prudhoe) 23:46
U15: 1 A Matthews (Tye Br) 14:54
Fastest: O Murphy (Birtley) 13:36
U13: 1 M Carr (Prudhoe) 15:32
Fastest: It was 1:47 p.m
BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bangor, North Wales, 21 March
There was a small number in the younger men’s age groups, but even overall the numbers were less than 100 for what should be the premier masters event on the cross-country calendar.
It was local club Meirionnydd’s Daniel Kashi and Rhodri Owen who tied the M35 race with Brighton & Hove’s M40 winner Zared Arasaretname-Hale, while further back, Southport Waterloo’s Francois Rafferty was the best of the under-65 runners.
The M55 was 13th overall, ahead of top M60 Mike Wyatt, but was only 28th in the race.
The 65 and over men raced with the women and first home was Swansea’s Ifan Lloyd, winner of the British and Irish Masters International, led by Welshman David Warren.
They both finished ahead of first female home, Sarah Winston, who was almost two minutes clear of second, W45 Kerry Weatherhog.
Top W55 Rachel Coupe, from Telford, was the fourth woman to finish the event, with another British and Irish Masters winner, Sue Cordingley, further behind in top W65.
M35 (8 km). 1eq D Kashi (Medd’dd)/R Owen (Merr’dd) 25:43; 3 Z Arasaretname-Hale (B&H, M40) 26:11
M40: 2T Bailey (Hallam) 26:39
M45: 1 M Gittins (Helsby) 26:46
M50: 1 C Hurst (The G) 33:42
M55: 1 F Rafferty (S’port W) 28:59
M60: 1 M Whyatt (Eryri) 29:04
TEAM: 1 Meirionnydd 7:
M65, 6 km (run with women). 1 I Lloyd (Swan) 24:14; 2 D Warren (Card) 24:40; 3 P Merrison (Sund) 25:59
M70: 1 B Greaves (Royton) 27:21
M75: 1 A Daley (Glouc) 32:05
M80: 1 E Davies (R Hawk) 36:16
M85: 1 R Harrison-Jones 56:53
TEAM: 1 Prostatin 6
Women
W35 (6 km). 1 S Winstone (Soton) 24:57; 2K Weatherhogg (Perth, W45) 26:40; 3L Da Silva (TVH, W40) 26:52
W50: 1 M Hughes (Erie) 29:42
W55: 1 R Coupe (Phone) 27:07
W60: 1 C Wood (Atrena) 29:44
W65: 1 S Cordingley (Bing) 30:07
W70: 1 M Statham-Berry (Ling) 31:54
W75: 1 K Bowler (Cumb) 40:44
TEAM: 1 Warrington 9
