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Press Release Beginning Feb 2002 Two Tuesday’s ago, Chris White of Northern Runner put-on the Lamplight 5 for 2002 around the traditional course at Newton Aycliffe. A cold and breezy night may have deterred some but there was a disappointing turnout considering the keen competition, good times from an accurate course and prizes galore. In addition to the plethora of "running things", Chris is offering 5 new tyres as a spot prize, courtesy of K J Tyres of Sunderland, to one lucky runner. Martin Scaife of Chester-le-Street provided a touch of class at the sharp end of the race, never headed, he won in 24.55. Jon Orange ran most of the race in no-man’s-land, finishing 2nd in 26.39 ahead of leading Vet, Ian Bloomfield, 3rd in 27.12. A little further down the field, 19 year old Leeds Metropolitan University student Louise Jackson had one of the best days of her athletics life with her first road race win. Showing no sign of tiredness from her 8th place at the Northern X-C Championships the previous Saturday, she powered away from Alison Raw and Carolyn Summersgill, both of whom had beaten her recently in Fell and X-C races, to finish 10th overall in a personal best time of 30.17 and won a toaster. Two places behind, in 12th place, Mike Brooks was 2nd MVO50 in 31.31 and won a T-Shirt; team-mate Rachel Robinson was another 2 places down, 4th lady, 14th overall in 32.03 and won a quality book. Carl and Nick Outhwaite both ran in the Junior 2¼ mile race, Carl finishing 1st in 14.15 and Nick in19.24. The next Lamplight 5 is on Tuesday 26th February, £4 on the night, registration at the Oak Leaf Sports Centre at 7pm.Last Saturday was the BUSA X-C Championships at Queens University, Belfast and Dan Brooks competed in the Sheffield Hallam University A Team. A muddy 10K course was what an 800m/1500m runner wanted but he toughed it out to finish 5th counter in 104th place from 181 finishers. There were several Schools Inter-Counties fixtures on the same day. North Yorkshire competed at Beverley against Humberside with individuals earning their County colours and looking for final places in next month’s Championships in Essex. Andy Lagan booked his place finishing 2nd in the Junior Boys Race ahead of Tom Gill and Simon Pinkney who were 3rd and 4th and have given the selectors a headache. Jessie Roberts also finished 2nd in the Junior Girls Race and Ashleigh Robinson’s 12th place was just enough to earn selection. Behind her, Leah Jackson was 21st and earned her colours, along with Shane Murphy and James Raper, 14th and 15th in the Inter Boys Race, and Geoff Pinkney, 12th in the Senior Boys Race. There were 3 Harriers running in the Year 7 Girls Race; Jo Adams finished 5th, just ahead of Jessica Roberts in 6th with twin sister Scarlett (still recovering from a virus and a fortnight’s missed training) in 9th. Josh Miers ran in the Year 7 Boys Race and finished 13th. The Club will now have at least 8 competitors in the English Schools X-C Championships – Jessie Roberts, Ashleigh Robinson, Andy Lagan, Phil Fitzpatrick, either Tom Gill or Simon Pinkney and Scott Wardman representing Yorkshire plus Nick and Georgina Zissler representing County Durham. Sunday’s Dewsbury 10K was a windy race won by Daniel Sipe of Tanzania in 29.41, ahead of Morpeth Harriers Ian and Mark Hudspith, 2nd and 3rd, both with 29.42. Jon Orange of Gilling West was 45th in 33.50 ahead of a jet-lagged Karl Povey, 56th in 34.35 and Shaun Purkiss, 73rd in 35.10. Shaun still had the energy to turn-up at Richmond Cricket Club on Sunday evening for the RZH Quiz and help raise £100 to contribute to the training, coaching and competition for the Juniors. Martin Carter and team from Catterick Village were Quiz winners.
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