Gosforth Harriers and Athletic Club
North east counties T&F championships
Congratulations to all the Gosforth Harrier juniors who competed at Gateshead. Special shout out to Rhian- winner of the U17 3000m, and 1500m, Olivia Katory 2nd U/13 Girls 1500m, Patrick 1st U/17mens 3000m and to Wesley, Geordie, Carys and Patrick for their PBs.+ Many more.
Under 13
Boys 1500m Final U/13 Girls 1500m
2nd Kieron Mutch 4:50.58 2nd Olivia Katory 5.9.47 (PB)
8th Wesley Croom 5:15.24 (PB) 7th Amy Ellis 5.21.6 (PB)
9th Joseph Anderson 5:28.29(PB)
Under 15
Boys 1500m Final U/13 Girls 100
10th Geordie
Cheetham 4:47.74 (PB) Carys Purves 16.03(PB)
Under 17
Men 1500m Final U/17 Men 3000m Final
5th Patrick
Donald 4:30.38 (PB) 1st Patrick Donald 9-33-11(PB)
Under 13
Girls 200m Heats U/13 Boys 800m Final
6th Carys Purves 33.29 (PB) 8th Wesley Croom 2-36-9(PB)
Under 15
Girls 3000m Final U/15 Girls 100m Hts
4th Rebecca Wren 11:20.92(PB) 6th Emily Zibe 14.1(PB)
6th Georgia Anderson 12:13.18(PB)
Under 13
Girls 800m Final U/13 Girls 1500m Final
5th Amy
Ellis 2:41.24(PB) 2nd Olivia Katory 5.9.43 (PB)
7th Amy Ellis 5.21.6 (PB)
Under 17
Women 3000m Final U/17 Women 1500 Final
1st Rhian
Purves 10:51.5 1st Rhian Purves 4.49.79
Under 15
Girls 800m Final
9th Abigail
Nicholson 2:47.14
Under 15 Boys 3000m Final U/15 Girls 1500m Final
9th Geordie Cheetham 10-19-43(PB) 9th Rebecca Wren 5-14-22(PB)
Harrier league medalists
Congratulations to Rhian Purves and Patrick Donald who this week picked up their medals and prizes for the Start Fitness Harrier League individual Grand Prix. Rhian was 1st U15 girl and Patrick was 2nd U15 boy.
National Cross country championships
Congratulations to Rebecca Wren, Carys and Rhian Purves and Rachel Rees who represented the club at the National Cross country Championships at Donnington Feb 27th.
Rhian (pictured) came a fantastic 14th in the U15 girls.
Track season- Put it in your diary!
The track season starts in April.
This year the club will take part in the North East Youth Development League (NEYDL) in a combined team with Wallsend Harriers
The meets are:
Sunday 1st May, Sunday 22nd May, Sunday 26th June, Sunday 17th July-
NOTE that we need to supply adult volunteers to rake the long jump pit, move the hurdles, measure the javelin etc and parents of competing juniors will be expected to volunteer.
In addition, there are 6 meets for juniors and seniors in the North East Grand Prix at Jarrow and Gateshead on Wednesday evenings
27th April - NEGP 1 @ Jarrow (inc NECAA/open 10000m Championships)
8th June - NEGP 2 @ Jarrow (inc 800m for Jimmy Hedley Cup)
29th June - NEGP 3 @ Gateshead (inc Mile for Stan Long Trophy)
20th July - NEGP 4 @ Gateshead
10th August - NEGP 5 @ Jarrow
24th August - NEGP 6 @ Gateshead
Cool running
Well done to all the Gosforth juniors who represented the club at the Northern Cross country championships Blackburn Saturday 30th Jan. Some strong running despite the freezing conditions.
U13Girls
14 0:14:28 72 Olivia Katory
38 0:15:07 74 Rebecca Wren
U13B
173 0:16:03 83 Joseph Anderson
U15 G
55 0:19:00 69 Rhian Purves
138 0:21:31 67 Georgia Anderson
U15Boys
153 0:19:16 54 Jack Anderson
U17 Girls
59 0:22:11 44 Olivia Hanlon
Junior Women
33 0:26:56 17 Florence McPate
Club representatives at N/umberland Schools Cross Country Champs on 19-01-16
Minor Girls 2600m
1st Olivia Katory 10-5 Great wins for Olivia Katory and Rhian Purves
9th Catriona Pascall 12.10 and a excellent 2nd Place for Kieron Mutch
14th Amy Ellis 12.25
39th Carys Purves 13.52 If more schools had participated we would
75 Finishers have had many more members competing!!
Minor Boys 2600m
2nd Kieron Mutch 10-07
25th Luis White 11-38
70th Mark Walker 13-26
74 Finishers
Junior Girls 3000m
34th Emily Zibe 14-10
35th Grace Quinnin 14-12
53rd Niamh Bell 14-55
71 Finishers
Junior Boys 4000m
11th Geordie Cheetham 16-20
22nd Jack Anderson 17-10
76 Finishers
Inter Girls 4000m
1st Rhian Purves 16-26
7th Holly Willis 17-58
9th Olivia Hanlon 18-12
14th Rachel Rees 18-50
21st Sophie Mutch 19-20
54 Finishers
Senior Girls 4000m
4th Florence McPate 18-46
All the times of those outside the top 10 are approximate
1st Olivia Katory 10-5 Great wins for Olivia Katory and Rhian Purves
9th Catriona Pascall 12.10 and a excellent 2nd Place for Kieron Mutch
14th Amy Ellis 12.25
39th Carys Purves 13.52 If more schools had participated we would
75 Finishers have had many more members competing!!
Minor Boys 2600m
2nd Kieron Mutch 10-07
25th Luis White 11-38
70th Mark Walker 13-26
74 Finishers
Junior Girls 3000m
34th Emily Zibe 14-10
35th Grace Quinnin 14-12
53rd Niamh Bell 14-55
71 Finishers
Junior Boys 4000m
11th Geordie Cheetham 16-20
22nd Jack Anderson 17-10
76 Finishers
Inter Girls 4000m
1st Rhian Purves 16-26
7th Holly Willis 17-58
9th Olivia Hanlon 18-12
14th Rachel Rees 18-50
21st Sophie Mutch 19-20
54 Finishers
Senior Girls 4000m
4th Florence McPate 18-46
All the times of those outside the top 10 are approximate
Aykley Heads
Some great runs from the junior harriers at Aykley Heads.
U13 girls won the day with fantastic runs from Olivia, Beanie and Rebecca.
Ben and Ethan stormed into to 3rd and 5th places in the U11 boys
Congratulations to all who competed. There are some photos of the runners below-sorry if I missed you (especially Olivia and Ben- just too fast for the photographer!)
Farringdon X-C
Cross country fixtures- 2015/16
Sat 26th Sep 2015 - Tanfield #1
Sat 10th Oct 2015 - Temple Park (Sherman Cup/Davidson shield) Includes Clubs own C.C.Champs.
Sat 21st Nov 2015 - Aykley Heads #2
Sat 28th Nov 2015 - Druridge Bay #3
Sat 12th Dec 2015 - Northeastern X-C championships, Sedgefield
Sat/Sun?9th/10th Jan 2016 - Newcastle Town Moor #4
Sat 30th Jan 2016 - Northern Athletics X-C Championships, Blackburn
Sat 27th Feb 2016 ECCA National X-C Championships
Sat 5th Mar 2016 - Alnwick #5
Sat 19th Mar 2016 - Wrekenton #6
Put them on the calendar now!
Club mile championships
Well done to all the juniors who raced the Sparvarger mile (and 800m) Wednesday 15th July.
There were loads of pb's and the U13 boys and U15 girls mile records were smashed by Kieran and Rhian.
Winners were Ethan Bond (U11 800m), Amy Ellis (U13G), Kieran Mutch (U13B), Rhian Purves (U15G), Patrick Donald (U15B), Holly Willis (U17G). Full results are on the results page.
Gateshead Wednesday 1st July
Great results from the juniors on Wednesday night. PBs in the 800m from Rhian Purves 2:17, Patrick Donald 2:12, Jack Anderson 2:38.0 and Joseph Anderson 2:40.2.
Carys Purves 200m U13G 34.1
Rachel Rees 800m U15G 2:36.9
Stephen Bennison 800m U15B 2:36.8
Mark Thomas 200m JM 26.3
well done to all. full results are here
Schools athletics
Congratulations to those who competed in the Northumberland Schools AA and who represented Northumberland at the Inter counties championship
Northumberland Schools Athletics association 13th June
Junior Boys 800m final
7th Joe Ramshaw 2:17:11
Junior Girls 1500m final
1st Rhian Purves 4:47:40
Inter girls 1500m
2nd Holly Willis 5:08:47
3rd Chelsea Williamson 5:08:98
4th Olivia Hanlon 5:21:63
Inter girls Long jump
3rd Chelsea Williamson 4:24
Inter counties 20th June
Junior Girls 1500m
1 Rhian Purves 4:44.6
Inter girls 1500m
5 Holly Willis 5:13.20
Inter girls Triple jump
5 Chelsea Williamson 8.83
Northeastern Counties AA championships 23-24/5/15
Congratulations to our junior medal winners at this year's North Eastern Counties AA Rhian, Sophie, and Patrick. Verified results so far from our Gosforth athletes below:-
U13W 800m heat 4th Rebecca Wren 2.40.06 pb
U13M 800m heat 4th Keiron Mutch 2.32.27 pb
U13M 800m final 7th Keiron Mutch 2:42.84
U13M 1500m final 5th Keiron Mutch 5.03.9 pb
U15W 1500m final 1st Rhian Purves 4:56.84
13th Sophie Mutch 5:43.67
U15M 1500m final 2nd Patrick Donald 10:04.67pb
U15W 3000m final 1st Rhian Purves 10.47.84 pb and NEW CLUB RECORD
3rd Sophie Mutch 12.02.70 pb
Patrick Donald celebrates his silver medal in the U15 boys 1500m at the North east counties championships at Gateshead.
Rhian and Sophie make it a Gosforth Gold and Bronze in the 3000m NECAA at Gateshead
Wallsend fun run- 13th May 2015
Well done to all our competitors in the junior race at Wallsend. Ethan, Wills, Max, Ellie, Megan
Special shout out to Ethan Bond who was 2nd overall
Start fitness NE track and field grand prix
Juniors, don't forget...
The next Start fitness track and field grand prix meet is on Wednesday 17 June (Gateshead Stadium)
Other meets are 22 July (Monkton stadium), 1 July, and 12 August (both at Gateshead Stadium). Race distances from 100m upwards. Field events as well. U13, U15, U17 categories. Check the programme for your registration times.
If you need a lift, let Colin or Gordon know
Time to dust off your spikes and put your winter training to the test. All runners are encouraged to compete. This is what it's all about!
Entry is £3.00 per event. see here for full programme
Juniors training
Junior sessions
Mondays Bohemian's, South Ridge, Brunton Park, 6.00pm beginners
7.00pm improvers only
Wednesdays Churchill Playing Fields, Monkseaton 7.00 pm all
Saturdays Border Minstrel, Gosforth Park (racecourse) 10.00 am all
Sundays Border Minstrel, Gosforth Park (racecourse) 10.30 am improvers only
Improvers, if you are a regular and can't make it to a training session please let Colin know. Send him a text on 07861315748.
New juniors are welcome but please note that for safety reasons, junior numbers are limited- newcomers must please contact Louise Watson 07553 926655 and/or Colin Haggie on 0191 2372288 before turning up
Harrier League final results
Congratulations to all who took part in the Start fitness NE harrier league this season.
In the overall team competition U13 girls came 9th, U13 boys 4th. U15 girls 4th.
Patrick Donald was 6th U15 boy in the individual Grand Prix.
