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RZH at Gateshead 2001

NORTHERN WOMEN’S LEAGUE 2001

Match 1
Morpeth 1^st

R & Z 2^nd

Mandale 3^rd

N Shields 4^th

N Marske 5^th

Elswick 6^th
Match 2
R & Z 1^st

Morpeth 2^nd

N Marske 3^rd

N. Shields 4^th

Mandale 5^th

Elswick 6^th
Match 3
Morpeth 1^st

N Marske 2^nd

R & Z 3^rd =

Mandale 3^rd =

N Shields 5^th

Elswick 6^th
Overall
Morpeth 1^st

R & Z 2^nd

N Marske 3^rd

Mandale 4^th

N Shields 5^th

Elswick 6^th

We have struggled, ambled along etc during some training sessions this summer for various reasons however the future is looking a lot more organised once again with the newly qualified "Eager Beavers" or level ones. We are sadly loosing Graeme who has been an inspiration to the club with his determination, experience and enthusiasm and I strongly believe Graeme’s "influence" whilst coaching me as a Junior and seeing me through my first few steps as a coach is the reason I am still in athletics after joining the club in 1982/83 and for this I thank him…(I think!) and his support shall be sadly missed.

I would like to thank ALL the athletes who competed in the league, congratulate you all and wish you well for the winter season, be it indoors or Cross Country.

Fiona Hughes Team Manager (Track and cross-country for Females)

Level 3 Coach.

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

A better year than some in that we avoided relegation, although the margin could hardly have been closer, but more about that later.

A better year because we had an improvement in the ratio of younger athletes versus old codgers – more athletes whose points are scored in double figures rather than those doing the event for just one point.

And a better year because Eric Williams and Neil Piper volunteered as field and track judges respectively, alongside Heather and Wendy, and contributed invaluable points to the total.

The Club started the 2001 Northern Men’s League season in Division 4SE, promoted from Division 5NE because of League reorganisation. The first match was at Horsfall Stadium, Bradford and 8 athletes made the journey, regulars Shaun Purkiss, John Wild, Dan Brooks and myself with James and Scott Wardman, John Duncan and Gavin Penman. Although small in numbers, the combination of sprinters, runners, jumpers and throwers was about right. There were wins for James in the A 1500m, Scott in the A 400 hurdles and John W in the A hammer (his first League win in 5 seasons of competition) plus Dan in the B 1500m, John D in the B 110 hurdles and myself in the B steeplechase. We finished the match in 2^nd place, just 15 match points behind winners Chesterfield.

There were the same number of athletes for match 2 at Woodbourne Road, Sheffield, the regulars plus John D and Scott, Chris Peacock and Robin Carter, but the imbalance showed - we had no B string high jump nor triple jump and didn’t make a mark in the B javelin. Dan was our only winner, in the A steeplechase and the B 110 hurdles; the team finished 5^th and were tied in joint 3^rd place with both Bradford and Halifax with 7 League points.

We competed in the first round of the Inter-Club Plate at Darlington in June and were narrowly beaten into 3^rd place - New Marske 110 points, Lancaster & Morecambe 108points and R&Z 103 points. With just one man per event and fifteen athletes to chose from, the Club had both strength and depth. There were wins for Mark Hawtin in the steeplechase, Dave Armstrong in the long jump and for the 4 x 400 relay team, Aaron Shaw made his Senior debut with two 2^nd places in the triple jump and javelin, Dan ran a PB 2.01.8 in the 800m for 2^nd place and John W managed two 2^nd and one 3^rd place from his three heavy throws. The match was effectively decided on the penultimate event with a poor handover in the 4 x 100 relay but Rudyard Kipling’s "if" is an over-used lament.

Match 3 in the League was at Derby and the 300-mile round trip deterred all but six athletes and Eric Williams. The regulars were rounded-out by Tigere Kushamba and Richard Gibb and filled 28 out of 34 individual slots plus a relay in an attempt to avoid a drubbing. Kush was outstanding - he won the A 100m in 11.1 and the A 200m in 22.7, yards/metres/streets ahead of the competition and jogged the B 400m in 59.3 in between. Hot on his heels points-wise was Dan with wins in the A 400 hurdles and B 110 hurdles plus 2^nd in the A 1500m but the match ended on a low note with the discovery that an athlete in the A 800m, who broke early, hadn’t been disqualified as it hadn’t been reported during the match. The result stood; R&Z in 5^th place with 201 match points, behind Bradford and Halifax in equal 3^rd place with 202, the Club were now down to 5^th place in the League, the relegation zone.

R&Z were co-hosts of the 4^th and final match at York where the start was delayed due to a downpour. We needed to make every effort to avoid relegation. A full complement of track & field Officials was organised but again, only 8 athletes turned up. We were prepared for the worst. Only 3 regulars with John W away in Budapest, Hungary, competing in the 3^rd World Throws Championships, but we had Chris, Robin and Richard, Karl Povey was back from exercise and we recruited Dave Woodcock as a replacement thrower to give the team some balance. It worked. Everybody threw and jumped, hurdled and ran their socks off. The match ran late because of the weather and team managers agreed to run the 4 x 400 relay before the javelin was complete in order to save time. The match hinged on the javelin result and could hardly have been closer - R&Z beat Bradford by just 4 match points to finish in 3^rd place with Halifax in 5^th, survival by ½ League point.

Next season is a long time away. We would love to have Maureen Powell back, recovered from her heart attack, back to manage us and bringing her decathlete son David with her. We do not know whether we will compete in NE or SE as the League may be reorganised again. We also need to continue lowering the average age of our athletes; more under 20s and less over 50s would naturally improve our League standing, bring us better competition and improve our athletes. Simple, isn’t it?

As well as the Northern Men’s League, many athletes have competed in NYSD and Open meetings where they may have set better marks - we can’t print what we don’t know - but a full list of best T&F marks from known competition will be available soonish.

Mike Brooks, acting T&F Manager

UNDER 17, 15 & 13 BOYS - RESULTS 2001

Macdonald’s League 2001

Having been promoted to Northern One East, we approached the first match with some trepidation, but the boys performed well and ended a creditable third. Sam Stanislaus, Nick Zissler and Peter Akers providing 47 points between them.

The second match was probably the toughest against the top clubs in the league and we came last scoring 40 points less than the first.

We resolved to do better in the third match and our effort to get more athletes in the Under 13 and under 17 groups paid off - thanks to Wendy. We won the match and started to get out of the relegation zone.

(continued)

Again, the U15 scored heavily 112 out of 177 total Philip Fitzpatrick bagging 16 along with Nick and Sam, while in the U 13 Andrew Lagan was making a name for himself along with two new recruits, James Ivory and Rex Jude, dropping only 2 points from maximum between them.

We now moved into the crunch time with two matches to go. The team was bolstered by the return of Matthew Baty, Ryan Livingstone and newcomer James Lawell in the U17’s, but missing Jude and Ivory. An exciting match ensued with R&Z going into the relays just 8 points in front of Wakefield. The boys held their nerve and beat them to win the match with a magnificent 177 points. The U17’s scored well with everyone getting into double figures with James Raper and Shane Murphy scoring 15 each. The last match was always going to be difficult with 10 of the team away on holiday the result showed this with only 1 point gained.

So we ended the season 9^th in a league of 16 which considering the size of the club is a truly magnificent effort by all the boys. This is definitely a team effort with every member contributing fully to the result. This is borne out when you look at the margins by which we won our points. However mention can be made of the following who competed in all five matches with points gained in brackets: Peter Akers (57), Sam Stanislaus (63), Tom Gill (56), Matt Prosser (42), Shane Murphy (44), James Raper (41). We also gained Man of the Match awards in Match 1, Nick Zissler, and in Match 2, Rex Jude and Andrew Lagan.

Finally on a personal note may I thank Dan Brooks (who kept me sane), Mike Brooks (ace timekeeper), Wendy Nicholson and Heather Atkinson (our senior officials), Wendy Prosser (persuader and collator) Paula Akers and Faye Chilton along with all the other parents who assisted during the season, both on the field and ferrying the boys around.

Meanwhile other meetings, school and county competitions were taking place and the following results were obtained by our athletes. Andrew Lagan has had an excellent run of results at Barnsley and Carlisle. He ended up with two new Under 13 club records 2.16.1 in the 800 meters (having beaten it by one one-hundredth of a second earlier) and in the Long Jump with a leap of 4.52 meters. The 800 record has stood since 1986. Nick Zissler has finished a good run of 1500 meter races with an Under 15 club record of 4.15.67 at the English Schools Championships heats, finishing 4^th in the final. This goes alongside his Yorkshire and Durham Schools Inter County wins.

PAUL ZISSLER (Cross Country Manager Boys)

VETERANS

There are two well-run Veteran Associations in our area, North East Vets and Yorkshire Vets.

The NE Vets only accept individual applications (including 5 Harriers at present) whereas Y Vets accept Club membership to which we subscribe annually.

There is also a different emphasis to each Association with NE Vets organising a Track & Field League and Y Vets organising a Road Race League, although both host Championship events in the other discipline plus Relays and Cross Country Championships.

The current "Roll of Honour" shows:

NE Vets X-C O55 Jim Robinson, Gold medal

NE Vets T&F O45 John Wild, 3 Gold medals, shot, discus & javelin

O55 Jim Robinson, 2 Gold medals, 1500m & 5000m

O40 Chris Peacock, Bronze medal, 800m

Y Vets T&F O45 John Wild, 4 Gold medals, hammer, shot, discus & javelin

O55 Jim Robinson, 2 Gold medals, 1500m & 5000m

O50 Mike Brooks, Gold medal, 400 hurdles

O40 Chris Peacock, Silver medal, 800m.

The 2001 Y Vets X-C Championships were cancelled due to the F&MD outbreak but are on the Fixture List for 2002.

All veteran athletes, males over 40 and females over 35, are welcome to compete; there are some fixtures on the Fixture List

ROAD RUNNING

The Club had a Senior Men’s team compete at South Leeds Stadium in the NoEAA 12 stage Road Relays for the 3^rd consecutive year. Unfortunately, due to injury and illness, work and Bosnia, we lost 5 of our top 12 runners plus a few more further down the rankings and could only place 39^th out of 42 finishing teams, 4 places down on our best showing at Silksworth in 2000. The over 50s/60s squad of Jim Robinson, Paul Zissler, Neil Piper, Ian Hepworth, myself and Bill Atkinson kept the tail wagging after the young ones, Dan Brooks, Scott Wardman and Robin Carter plus Ian Scott, Shaun Purkiss and Tony Colmer had got us halfway in great shape.

Special mention also goes to Rachel Robinson who ran the first stage of the Ladies 6 stage and finished in 10^th place, less than a minute behind the race leaders.

Seven runners, Grete Buck, Ian Hepworth, Colin Sewell, Andy Whiteley, Darren Cox, Bill Simms and myself, took part in the London Marathon later in April. Most of us travelled by train and stayed in a "basic" hotel near Victoria Station along with a contingent of Ripon Runners. The primitive arrangements didn’t spoil an enjoyable weekend and a competitive race and most (if not all) will be back for more in 2002. Individual applications for entry need to reach the organisers by Friday 19^th October and the Club hopes to have two places for rejected runners.

Before April was out, the Harrogate & District Road Race League was underway and our summer race schedule was in place. There was a good turnout in all sections, both male and female, seniors and veterans, but not good enough to challenge for team prizes. The best individual performance came from Rachel Robinson who won 2 of the 4 races she contested before her season was cut short by a stress fracture in her foot. For the men, Eric Williams journeyed south from work in Leith for the last race, our "home" fixture at Gilling West, finished 3^rd and led the Harriers - to victory in the Open race and in The Angel later. Dan Brooks took the honour of most points earned away from Tony Colmer who had the consolation of a trophy for top male veteran over 45 and Jim Robinson would’ve done likewise for the over 55s but there isn’t a trophy for that category. Final standings saw the Club finish 3^rd in the Open competition and 3^rd in the Elite, 5^th in the Male Vets, 7^th in the Ladies and 9^th (and last) in the Lady Vets.

Several Harriers competed in some or all of the end of summer road races. The Senior Men’s team of Mark Hawtin, Karl Povey and Shaun Purkiss won the team trophy at the Croft 10K and Andrea Woodvine finished 3^rd Lady. Good times were set by many at the Harrogate and Darlington 10Ks, including Doug Howarth who has made a tremendous recovery after breaking his back in a fall near Easby less than 2 years ago. And Jim Robinson finally got a prize, winning a Fila sports bag for first male veteran over 55 at the Bishop Auckland 10K.

The highlight of the Great North weekend was Nick Zissler’s 24^th place in the Junior Race over 3 miles, with James Raper 39^th and both Philip Fitzpatrick and Carl Outhwaite in the top 200. Results of the GNR ½ Marathon aren’t known yet.

The next Club outing on the road for the men should be the NoEAA 6 stage Road Relays at Silksworth followed by the Richmond Castle 6 (although it clashes with the NYSD X-C fixture at Hartlepool) and the "Help the Aged" Leeds Abbey Dash 10K in December.

FELL RUNNING

There was an abbreviated season on the fells, during August and September, more specifically on Forest Enterprise land and paths above Guisborough, after the F&MD outbreak had diminished.

Several Harriers contested the 5 race series, the Guisborough Gambol, Gallump, Grunt, Gasp and uphill mile, more in a social vein than an athletic one, with a couple of pints of Guinness and a kebab being quite attractive after 7miles of hills, muck ‘n’ bullets.

The FR Winter season starts on Sunday 14^th October with the Pinchinthorpe Plod, the first of eight proposed races with the best 6 results counting towards an unofficial championship.

JUNIOR/SENIOR/VETERAN MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY PREVIEW 2001-02

The Cross Country season is already upon us and it is time to dig out those muddy spikes!

The Club has entered Senior Men’s and Veteran Men’s teams in the Sunderland Open X-C Races and Relays on Saturday 22^nd September. This is the earliest meeting of the new season, a fortnight before Skipton on Saturday 6^th October, which unfortunately clashes with the NoEAA 6 stage Road Relays.

Darlington Harriers are hosting this year’s NYSD X-C Relays over a new course at Eastbourne School, adjacent to the new running track – first race probably at 1pm. Again we intend to turn out a full complement of teams, possibly including Junior Men, with Scott Wardman, individual winner of Youth’s section last year, moving up to join Dan Brooks, Richard Gibb, Chris Kendall and Robin Carter, a strong group – University excepted! The Senior Men’s team will be without Ian Scott, Paul O’Mahoney and Chris Peacock, who have all moved into the Vets, but Shaun Purkiss is racing well and has both Karl Povey and Mark Hawtin back from Bosnia to mount a challenge alongside the evergreen Sean Little, Wally Kinchin and newcomers, Shane Boulton and Tom Claffey. With three-quarters of the MVO40 team fresh into Veteran ranks, Tony Colmer will have a double-edged sword of teammates and competition. There are no new faces in the MVO50 team but if we can all keep fit ‘n’ well then, with myself, Mike Brooks, Paul Zissler, Colin Sewell, Ian Hepworth, Neil Piper, Martin Carter and Gerry Atkinson, we have quite a force.

The opening meeting in the NYSD X-C League will be over possibly the world’s boggiest course at Summerhill Park, Hartlepool, adjacent to the English Martyrs School, scene of last year’s second meeting and North East Counties Veteran’s Championships – first race at 1pm.

The Fixture List shows all the NYSD meetings – make a note on your calendar with a big asterisk against Sunday 13^th January 2002, our home fixture at Richmond School.

When and wherever your X-C season starts, a good turnout will help the Club maintain their position in Division 1 and possibly improve on last year’s 8^th place. Good luck and good running!

Jim Robinson, X-C Team Manager

FAREWELL ATHLETICS AND THANK YOU ATHLETES

After 54 years of following athletics, some of it as a competitor and 30 years of that period in coaching and administration with three different clubs I have decided to call it a day.

For the benefit of those who were not around when the Club started to grow and develop in 1983, which is most of you, I have drawn up a list of all time best female performances for different events extracted from over 2100 entries, and as you can see some were achieved many years ago. I have had the pleasure and privilege to coach many of them and although Fiona Hughes does not feature in the list she was the first junior in the Club and, fortunately, is one of the few who have not been lost to the sport despite advancing years!! My only regret is that for various reasons the majority on the list have been lost to the sport at too early an age. That has been, and still is the main problem with athletics not just in this Club but nationally ie talent wastage. Having said that it is good to see Rachel Robinson and Ruth Suffell still competing, the former on the come back trail.

Looking at the list, Kirsty Dodds (still competing in the south) and the Taylor sisters until they all left the area, and currently Andrea Woodvine would have been an asset to any Club in that all of them competed regularly and rarely missed a training session winter or summer, and the Taylors were sprinters.

Claire Oliver came to the Club from Darlington as a cross country/800/1500 runner but it soon became apparent that she could sprint. Her time of 41.2secs in the early days of 300m running was ranked 3rd in GB and was a Yorkshire record for several years. She was also the first R & Z female to gain her Yorkshire vest - for cross-country. Kirsty was the first female to be selected for the North of England cross-country team to compete in the inter-regional event in London. Until this year, Donna Riddler held the Club record for the 1500m. She was also the first Club athlete to gain selection for England having won the English Schools cross-country title. She went to the event as an "also ran". Both Alison Fletcher and Michelle Hillman were County standard endurance runners and were part of the winning team at the Yorkshire cross-country championships in 1989.

They then showed their talent with both being ranked nationally in the top 20 for the 400m hurdles, before the 300m event was introduced for under 17s. Very few females in the Club have achieved over 5m in the long jump and it is high time that Rebecca Blackwell's 1991 club record of 5.11m (done as an under 15) was broken. Currently only Helen Woodvine has got near it and Helen's 11.05m triple jump could be around for a while. Looking at the high jump I can see the 1.70m mark set by Debra McIlroy as an under 15 being there for many years. Her North of England Inter Counties record set in 1992 still stands - the previous record had been set before she was born! She was a marvellous talent who appears in these rankings in the sprint hurdles, long, high and triple jump, javelin and shot - 800m was definitely not to her liking !!

Two others from the "past" who readily come to mind are sprinters Steve Evans and Adam Barker both of whom gained County honours and were a pleasure to coach, and who helped me pass my senior coach exam as they were the " guinea pigs" for my practical.

Five years ago I was on the verge of "retiring" from coaching but the Club was not exactly well endowed with coaches so I refrained from hanging up whatever coaches hang up - probably stop watches, a decision I don't regret. Andrea Woodvine has been a catalyst for me having seen her win the Yorkshire cross country title as an under 15 and then come through a sticky patch for a couple of years to this year when she has set a PB in the 800m and broken the Club record for 1500m and 3000m, as well as being 50% (with Louise Jackson) of the winning under 20 Yorkshire cross country team at the inter counties in Nottingham. Talent alone has not achieved this - determination, hard work and good parental sport have helped. Many others would have gone into premature retirement.

Although gaining schools honours, I would like to have seen Amy Baines, Stephanie Goodall, Matthew Prosser, Emma Metcalfe and Laura McAlhone gain their Yorkshire vests in their respective events. All have been good fun and a pleasure to work with. When the list of over 2100 performances is studied, and having seen over 700 male and female athletes pass through this Club in the last 18 years, there are many others with whom I have enjoyed working, and those are only the ones in this Club. I have fond memories of the majority and thanks are due to all the parents who entrusted me with their offspring. Coaching young athletes is about communication and establishing a rapport not only with the athlete but also with the parents because without the support and confidence of the latter it can be a lost cause. There is a lot of talent out there, and the sport in general and the Club in particular needs it -- regrettably talent alone is not enough - hard work and determination are also required (90% perspiration and 10% inspiration) but at the end of the day it is very well worth it. Athletes, and coaches, will only get out of the sport what they are prepared to put into it. Hopefully the new level 1s will rise to the challenge and help the Club with its future development.

I wish the Club officers, athletes and coaches, all the best for the future.

R&Z Female all time best performances (with cut off points) - from over 2100 entries

Two decimal places indicates electronic timing

100m

Vicky Taylor S 12.6secs 1993

Vicky Taylor S 12.6secs 1994

Denise Taylor U17 12.7secs 1993

Rachel Place U15 12.9secs 1993

Yorkshire vest

Laura McAlhone U15 12.97secs 2001

Vicky Taylor S 12.98secs 1992

Claire Oliver U17 13.0secs 1989

Vicky Taylor U17 13.0secs 1990

Vicky Taylor U17 13.0secs 1991

Denise Taylor U17 13.0secs 1994

Claire Oliver S 13.1secs 1990

Denise Taylor U15 13.1secs 1991

Rachel Place U17 13.1secs 1994

Rebecca Fowler U17 13.2secs 1999

Tracey Mills U15 13.2secs 1987

Kimberley BartramU17 13.2secs 2001

200m

Vicky Taylor S 25.8secs 1993

Vicky Taylor S 25.9secs 1994

Vicky Taylor U17 26.2secs 1991

Vicky Taylor S 26.2secs 1992

Denise Taylor U17 26.3secs 1993

Denise Taylor U17 26.42secs 1994

Denise Taylor U15 26.5secs 1992

Laura McAlhone U15 26.68secs 2001

Claire Oliver S 26.7secs 1990

Claire Oliver U17 26.8secs 1989

Vicky Taylor U17 26.9secs 1990

Laura McAlhone U15 26.9secs 2001

Kimberley Bartram U17 26.9secs 2001

300m

Claire Oliver U17 41.2secs 1989

Yorkshire vest

National rankings 3^rd

Yorkshire record

Yorks XC vest 85

300m continued

Denise Taylor U17 41.9secs 1993

Yorkshire vest

Denise Taylor U17 42.13secs 1994

Kimberley BartramU17 42.25secs 2001

400m

Vicky Taylor S 58.6secs 1994

Claire Oliver U17 58.9secs 1989

Claire Oliver U17 59.5secs 1988

Claire Oliver S 60.2secs 1990

Alison Fletcher U17 60.4secs 1989

Vicky Taylor S 60.4secs 1993

Alison Fletcher U17 61.2secs 1990

Kirsty Dodds U17 61.4secs 1988

Denise Taylor U17 61.5secs 1993

Donna Riddler U17 61.8secs 1994

Donna Riddler U17 62.2secs 1993

Keren Atkey S 62.4secs 1988

Alison Fletcher S 62.4secs 1991

Kirsty Dodds S 62.5secs 1989

800m

Kirsty Dodds S 2min15.0 1993

Kirsty Dodds S 2min15.3 1989

Kirsty Dodds U15 2min16.5 1986

National rankings 12^th

Yorkshire XC vest

Kirsty Dodds U17 2min16.7 1987

Kirsty Dodds S 2min16.8 1991

Alison Fletcher U17 2min17.4 1989

Yorks XC vest 1988

Kirsty Dodds S 2min17.4 1990

Kirsty Dodds U17 2min18.1 1988

Kirsty Dodds S 2min18.1 1994

Andrea Woodvine U20 2min18.52 2001

Donna Riddler U17 2min18.7 1993

Donna Riddler U17 2min19.6 1994

Donna Riddler S 2min19.6 1995

1500m

Andrea Woodvine U20 4min42.08 2001

Donna Riddler U15 4min43.0 1992

Yorkshire T&F and XC vests

National rankings 10^th

1st English Schools XC

3rd Home International XC

Kirsty Dodds S 4min44.8 1989

Kirsty Dodds U17 4min45.4 1987

Donna Riddler U17 4min47.2 1993

Donna Riddler U17 4min47.36 1994

Andrea Woodvine U20 4min48.4 2001

Donna Riddler S 4min48.5 1995

Kirsty Dodds U15 4min52.4 1986

Donna Riddler U15 4min52.7 1991

Kirsty Dodds U17 4min53.2 1988

Andrea Woodvine U17 4min53.7 1998

Yorkshire XC vests 98, 99, 00 & 01

Yorks T&F vests 98 & 99

Michelle Hillman U17 4min55.0 1989

Michelle Hillman U17 4min59.7 1990

3000m

Andrea Woodvine U20 10min30.7 2001

Louise Jackson U20 10min42.66 2001

Yorkshire XC vests 00 & 01

3000m continued

Michelle HillmanU17 10min49.4 1989

N.Yorks Schools' record

Yorks XC vest

Andrea WoodvineU20 10min59.4 2001

Kirsty Dodds S 10min52.2 1998

Kirsty Dodds S 11min03 1989

Jill Harris S 11min09.9 1996

Michelle Atkinson U17 11min11 1987

Donna Riddler U17 11min12 1993

Felicity Garland S 11min15.3 1990

75m Hurdles

Vicky Warren U15 12.5secs 1998

Debra McIlroy U15 12.6secs 1992

Helen Smirthwaite U15 13.0secs 1991

Rebecca Blackwell U15 13.0secs 1991

80m Hurdles

Rachel Berry U17 12.9secs 1996

Helen Woodvine U17 12.9secs 1997

Vicky warren U17 13.0secs 1999

Debra McIlroy U17 13.0secs 1993

Debra McIlroy U17 13.0secs 1994

100m Hurdles

Helen Woodvine U20 15.96secs 1998

Helen Woodvine U20 16.0secs 1999

Helen Nicholson S 17.7secs 1991

Helen Nicholson S 17.8secs 1988

Helen Nicholson S 17.8secs 1989

Helen Nicholson S 17.8secs 1990

Debra McIlroy S 18.0secs 1995

300m Hurdles

Alison Fletcher U17 46.62secs 1990

Yorkshire vest

Michelle Hillman U17 48.5secs 1990

Donna Riddler U17 48.6secs 1993

Katie Oliver U17 48.8secs 1990

Donna Riddler U17 48.9secs 1994

Helen Woodvine U17 49.4secs 1997

Katie Oliver U17 49.7secs 1989

400m Hurdles

Alison Fletcher U17 66.5secs 1990

Yorkshire vest

National rankings 11th

Michelle Hillman U17 67.5secs 1990

National rankings 16th

Donna Riddler U17 67.6secs 1993

Donna Riddler S 67.98secs 1995

Helen Nicholson S 68.3secs 1991

Alison Fletcher S 68.9secs 1991

Helen Nicholson S 70.4secs 1988

Helen Woodvine U20 71.5secs 1998

Kirsty Dodds S 71.7secs 1989

LONG JUMP

Rebecca Blackwell U15 5.11m 1991

Yorkshire vest

Caroline Arnold U17 5.09m 1991

Yorkshire vest

Vicky Warren U15 5.04m 1998

Helen Woodvine U20 5.03m 1999

Tracey Mills U17 5.03m 1988

Debra McIlroy S 4.98m 1995

Debra McIlroy U17 4.92m 1993

Caroline Arnold U15 4.91m 1990

LONG JUMP continued

Helen Woodvine U20 4.91m 1998

HIGH JUMP

Debra McIlroy U17 1.70m 1994

National rankings 7th

Debra McIlroy U17 1.70m 1993

National rankings 12th

Debra McIlroy U15 1.69m 1992

National rankings 3^rd

Yorkshire vest

N of E Inter Counties record holder

Debra McIlroy S 1.66m 1995

Debra McIlroy S 1.62m 1996

Eva Jerabkova S 1.60m 1997

Rachel Berry U17 1.55m 1996

Debra McIlroy U15 1.55m 1991

Helen Woodvine U20 1.51m 1998

Lucy Walker U15 1.50m 1999

Rachel Berry U17 1.50m 1995

Louise Hendry U17 1.50m 1989

TRIPLE JUMP

Helen Woodvine U20 11.05m 1999

Ranked 1st in E.Region

Helen Woodvine U20 10.81m 1998

Suzanne Wise U17 10.03m 1995

Debra McIlroy S 9.75m 1995

Rachel Mowbray U17 9.61m 1998

Rachel Mowbray U17 9.32m 1999

Suzanne Wise U17 9.14m 1996

SHOT PUTT

Vicky Gill U15 9.88m 1998

Yorkshire vest

Vicky Gill U17 9.57m 1999

Yorkshire vest

Samantha Coulson U17 9.39m 2001

Samantha Coulson U15 8.56m 1999

Viv Watson S 8.40m 1992

Vicky Gill U15 8.38m 1997

Debra McIlroy U17 8.23m 1993

Amy Poulter U15 8.16m 2001

DISCUS THROW

Vicky Gill U17 25.82m 1999

Ruth Suffell S 25.00m 1996

Sharon Powell S 24.98m 1996

Viv Watson U17 24.74m 1991

Sharon Powell S 24.57m 1997

Caroline Madden U17 24.26m 1995

Claire Oliver S 23.76m 1990

Sharon Powell U20 23.55m 1999

Vicky Gill U15 22.84m 1998

JAVELIN THROW

Debra McIlroy S 38.52m 1995

Debra McIlroy S 32.98m 1996

Debra McIlroy U17 32.50m 1994

Debra McIlroy U17 31.56m 1993

Ruth Suffell U20 31.46m 1999

Ruth Suffell S 31.42m 1996

Ruth Suffell U17 30.98m 1994

Caroline Madden U17 30.94m 1995

Ruth Suffell U20 30.68m 1997

Debra McIlroy U15 30.28m 1992

Yorkshire vest

HAMMER THROW

Sharon Powell S 28.60m 1998

Sharon Powell U20 28.06m 1999

Sharon Powell S 27.82m 1997

Sharon Powell U17 27.28m 1994

Sharon Powell U17 24.38m 1995

Sharon Powell S 24.20m 1996

Alice Lawson U17 20.60m 1997

Sharon Powell U15 18.36m 1993

PENTATHLON

Kimberley Bartram U17 2642 pts 2001

Vicky Warren U15 2408 pts 1998

Kirsty Dodds U15 2400 pts 1986

Kimberley Bartram U15 2137 pts 1999

HEPTATHLON

Kim Bartram U17 3479 pts 2001

Helen Woodvine S 3328 pts 1998

Alison Fletcher U17 3315 pts 1990

Helen Woodvine U17 3113 pts 1997

In 1985 Claire Oliver was the first female Club member to gain her Yorkshire vest, which was for cross-country. She also represented Yorkshire as a 300m runner. She, along with Alison Fletcher, Donna Riddler and Andrea Woodvine are the only Club female athletes to gain County honours at both cross country and track & field, Andrea having gained selection on six occasions, twice in track & field and four times in cross country.

Other females not featured in the above rankings who have gained Yorkshire vests at cross country are Sophie Howard, Kate Connell, Barbara-Ann Sygmuta, Helen Darbyshire and Ashleigh Robinson and in track & field Emma Martin-Law (high jump) and Barbara-Ann Sygmuta (800m).

Graeme Nicholson (Senior Coach)

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NORTHERN WOMEN’S LEAGUE 2001

I would like to thank ALL the athletes who competed in the league, congratulate you all and wish you well for the winter season, be it indoors or Cross Country.

Fiona Hughes Team Manager (Track and cross-country for Females)

Level 3 Coach.

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

A better year than some in that we avoided relegation, although the margin could hardly have been closer, but more about that later.

A better year because we had an improvement in the ratio of younger athletes versus old codgers – more athletes whose points are scored in double figures rather than those doing the event for just one point.

And a better year because Eric Williams and Neil Piper volunteered as field and track judges respectively, alongside Heather and Wendy, and contributed invaluable points to the total.

As well as the Northern Men’s League, many athletes have competed in NYSD and Open meetings where they may have set better marks - we can’t print what we don’t know - but a full list of best T&F marks from known competition will be available soonish.

Mike Brooks, acting T&F Manager

UNDER 17, 15 & 13 BOYS - RESULTS 2001

Macdonald’s League 2001

Having been promoted to Northern One East, we approached the first match with some trepidation, but the boys performed well and ended a creditable third. Sam Stanislaus, Nick Zissler and Peter Akers providing 47 points between them.

The second match was probably the toughest against the top clubs in the league and we came last scoring 40 points less than the first.

We resolved to do better in the third match and our effort to get more athletes in the Under 13 and under 17 groups paid off - thanks to Wendy. We won the match and started to get out of the relegation zone.

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Again, the U15 scored heavily 112 out of 177 total Philip Fitzpatrick bagging 16 along with Nick and Sam, while in the U 13 Andrew Lagan was making a name for himself along with two new recruits, James Ivory and Rex Jude, dropping only 2 points from maximum between them.

PAUL ZISSLER (Cross Country Manager Boys)

VETERANS

There are two well-run Veteran Associations in our area, North East Vets and Yorkshire Vets.

The NE Vets only accept individual applications (including 5 Harriers at present) whereas Y Vets accept Club membership to which we subscribe annually.

There is also a different emphasis to each Association with NE Vets organising a Track & Field League and Y Vets organising a Road Race League, although both host Championship events in the other discipline plus Relays and Cross Country Championships.

The current "Roll of Honour" shows:

NE Vets X-C O55 Jim Robinson, Gold medal

NE Vets T&F O45 John Wild, 3 Gold medals, shot, discus & javelin

O55 Jim Robinson, 2 Gold medals, 1500m & 5000m

O40 Chris Peacock, Bronze medal, 800m

Y Vets T&F O45 John Wild, 4 Gold medals, hammer, shot, discus & javelin

O55 Jim Robinson, 2 Gold medals, 1500m & 5000m

O50 Mike Brooks, Gold medal, 400 hurdles

O40 Chris Peacock, Silver medal, 800m.

The 2001 Y Vets X-C Championships were cancelled due to the F&MD outbreak but are on the Fixture List for 2002.

All veteran athletes, males over 40 and females over 35, are welcome to compete; there are some fixtures on the Fixture List

ROAD RUNNING

Special mention also goes to Rachel Robinson who ran the first stage of the Ladies 6 stage and finished in 10th place, less than a minute behind the race leaders.

The highlight of the Great North weekend was Nick Zissler’s 24th place in the Junior Race over 3 miles, with James Raper 39th and both Philip Fitzpatrick and Carl Outhwaite in the top 200. Results of the GNR ½ Marathon aren’t known yet.

The next Club outing on the road for the men should be the NoEAA 6 stage Road Relays at Silksworth followed by the Richmond Castle 6 (although it clashes with the NYSD X-C fixture at Hartlepool) and the "Help the Aged" Leeds Abbey Dash 10K in December.

FELL RUNNING

There was an abbreviated season on the fells, during August and September, more specifically on Forest Enterprise land and paths above Guisborough, after the F&MD outbreak had diminished.

Several Harriers contested the 5 race series, the Guisborough Gambol, Gallump, Grunt, Gasp and uphill mile, more in a social vein than an athletic one, with a couple of pints of Guinness and a kebab being quite attractive after 7miles of hills, muck ‘n’ bullets.

The FR Winter season starts on Sunday 14th October with the Pinchinthorpe Plod, the first of eight proposed races with the best 6 results counting towards an unofficial championship.

JUNIOR/SENIOR/VETERAN MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY PREVIEW 2001-02

The Cross Country season is already upon us and it is time to dig out those muddy spikes!

The Club has entered Senior Men’s and Veteran Men’s teams in the Sunderland Open X-C Races and Relays on Saturday 22nd September. This is the earliest meeting of the new season, a fortnight before Skipton on Saturday 6th October, which unfortunately clashes with the NoEAA 6 stage Road Relays.

The opening meeting in the NYSD X-C League will be over possibly the world’s boggiest course at Summerhill Park, Hartlepool, adjacent to the English Martyrs School, scene of last year’s second meeting and North East Counties Veteran’s Championships – first race at 1pm.

The Fixture List shows all the NYSD meetings – make a note on your calendar with a big asterisk against Sunday 13th January 2002, our home fixture at Richmond School.

When and wherever your X-C season starts, a good turnout will help the Club maintain their position in Division 1 and possibly improve on last year’s 8th place. Good luck and good running!

Jim Robinson, X-C Team Manager

FAREWELL ATHLETICS AND THANK YOU ATHLETES

After 54 years of following athletics, some of it as a competitor and 30 years of that period in coaching and administration with three different clubs I have decided to call it a day.

Two others from the "past" who readily come to mind are sprinters Steve Evans and Adam Barker both of whom gained County honours and were a pleasure to coach, and who helped me pass my senior coach exam as they were the " guinea pigs" for my practical.

I wish the Club officers, athletes and coaches, all the best for the future.

R&Z Female all time best performances (with cut off points) - from over 2100 entries

Two decimal places indicates electronic timing

100m

Vicky Taylor S 12.6secs 1993

Vicky Taylor S 12.6secs 1994

Denise Taylor U17 12.7secs 1993

Rachel Place U15 12.9secs 1993

Yorkshire vest

Laura McAlhone U15 12.97secs 2001

Vicky Taylor S 12.98secs 1992

Claire Oliver U17 13.0secs 1989

Vicky Taylor U17 13.0secs 1990

Vicky Taylor U17 13.0secs 1991

Denise Taylor U17 13.0secs 1994

Claire Oliver S 13.1secs 1990

Denise Taylor U15 13.1secs 1991

Rachel Place U17 13.1secs 1994

Rebecca Fowler U17 13.2secs 1999

Tracey Mills U15 13.2secs 1987

Kimberley BartramU17 13.2secs 2001

200m

Special mention also goes to Rachel Robinson who ran the first stage of the Ladies 6 stage and finished in 10^th place, less than a minute behind the race leaders.

The highlight of the Great North weekend was Nick Zissler’s 24^th place in the Junior Race over 3 miles, with James Raper 39^th and both Philip Fitzpatrick and Carl Outhwaite in the top 200. Results of the GNR ½ Marathon aren’t known yet.

The FR Winter season starts on Sunday 14^th October with the Pinchinthorpe Plod, the first of eight proposed races with the best 6 results counting towards an unofficial championship.

The Club has entered Senior Men’s and Veteran Men’s teams in the Sunderland Open X-C Races and Relays on Saturday 22^nd September. This is the earliest meeting of the new season, a fortnight before Skipton on Saturday 6^th October, which unfortunately clashes with the NoEAA 6 stage Road Relays.

The Fixture List shows all the NYSD meetings – make a note on your calendar with a big asterisk against Sunday 13^th January 2002, our home fixture at Richmond School.

When and wherever your X-C season starts, a good turnout will help the Club maintain their position in Division 1 and possibly improve on last year’s 8^th place. Good luck and good running!

National rankings 3^rd