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The following article was posted on: 26th July 2010

Northumberland Coastal 2010

Yet another tough coastal wind-battered 14M, well done to all taking part, a great day overall. A special mention to John Stephenson winning the Male V65 prize!

Results

Jason Allison	1.31.19	21
Geoff Hewitson	1.40.51	85
Paul Smith	1.55.58	255
Sarah Oates	1.58.59	312
John Stephenson	2.01.57	370
Claire Oates	2.02.09	374
Graham Laverick	2.05.08	421

The following article was posted on: 23rd February 2010

North East Harrier League Race 5
20-02-2010
Temple Park.

Another good turnout this time for the Temple Park Harrier league fixture, great conditions if slightly muddy underfoot. The men's team worked hard and resulted in a 4th place overall on the day.

Men in finish order (Name, Time, Position)
The first 6 counters back were Ian Sulmer-Hutchinson 37.41 45, Samuel Becket 37.50 49, Brian McReady 39.06 96, Patrick Duffy 39.09 97 (Fast Pack), Geoff Hewiston 39.45 123 and Mike Simpson 40.28 152.
Followed by Jason Allison 40.42 162 (Fast Pack), Paul Smith 41.02 175, Michael Oates 45.30 253,Percy Parkin 46.12 263, Colin Patrick 48.24 288, John Stephenson 51.17 304 and Allen Purdham 57.11 310.

	Ian Sulmer-Hutchinson		Sam Beckett		Brian McReady		Patrick Duffy
	Geoff Hewitson		Mike Simpson		Jason Allison		Paul Smith
	Michael Oates		Percy Parkin		Colin Patrick		John Stephenson
	Allen Purdham		Ian McGrath

The Ladies had a new XC runner, Claire Oates who had a great run to come 80th, Liz Oates running from the fast pack slipped in the mud but she manages to pull back to 45th position.

Female Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.

Elizabeth Oates

Claire Oates

Elizabeth Oates 30.31 45 (Fast Pack) , Claire Oates 33.11 80.

The following article was posted on: 15th February 2010

North East Harrier League Race 4
13-02-2010
Wrekenton.

What a tremendous effort from all our members who made it to Wrekenton, what a brilliant turnout and some very impressive performances, and yes that includes the Post run food-munching performances too!

An extra special mention to Elizabeth Oates for managing to ‘float’ around the thick muddy course without getting even slightly mucky, oh yes and achieving a massive 2nd place overall
in the Ladies race and getting elevated to Fast Pack in such style, also Ian McGrath for moving up to the Medium Pack with a cracking 16th place Overall in the men’s race.

These weren’t the only heroics from the day as you can see by the results and positions below. Congrats also to the Lonsdales who also had a couple of great performances and I was very proud to Cheer them on.

Crook Men achieved an amazing 3nd overall on the day which means we are still 2nd position, unfortunately we’re now joint 2nd place with North Shields Poly in Division 2....

Male Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.
Fastest round the course was Patrick Duffy in 36:32.
The first 6 counters back were Ian McGrath 38.39 16, Ian Sulmer-Hutchinson 40.05 53, Mike Mallen 40.36 64, Chris Fairless 41.24 93, Patrick Duffy 41.32 99 (Fast Pack) and Brian McReady 41.53 112.
Followed by Geoff Hewitson 43.02 140, Jason Allison 43.30 155 (Fast Pack), Mike Simpson 44.20 180, Paul Smith 45.27 200, Percy Parkin 49.13 245, Colin Patrick 49.45 253, Ian Bainbridge 51.46 267, John Stephenson 54.40 291 and Allen Purdham 60.42 306.

Female Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.
Elizabeth Oates ran 29.04 with a 2nd position overall. Karen Partridge ran 37.07 to finish in 89th.

The AGM and Presentation Night were held on Tuesday 2nd of February:

And the winners are...

The following article was posted on: 8th February 2010

North East Harrier League Race 3
30-01-2010
Newcastle Town Moor.

Crook AC had a strong turnout for the first of the New Year Harrier league Cross Country events at Newcastle Town Moor. Two flat laps were followed by one long lap with a big hill to climb. Not so bad under normal conditions but considering there were a few inches of snow underfoot it may have been a good idea to equip with crampons.

Male Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.
Fastest round the course was Patrick Duffy in 41:01.
The first 6 counters back were Ian McGrath 43.54 42, Sam Beckett 44.45 65, Patrick Duffy 41.01 100 (Fast Pack), Chris Fairless 46.17 108, Ian Sulmer-Hutchinson 46.19 109 and Graham Bradshaw 47.33 148.
Followed by Jason Allison 43.31 172 (Fast Pack), Paul Smith 52.13 238, Colin Patrick 54.08 263 and Percy Parkin 54.34 271

	Ian McGrath		Sam Beckett		Patrick Duffy		Chris Fairless
	Ian Sulmer-Hutchinson		Graham Bradshaw		Jason Allison		Paul Smith
	Colin Patrick		Percy Parkin

Female Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.

Elizabeth Oates ran 39.40 with a 86th position overall.

The following article was posted on: 17th December 2009

North East Harrier League Race 1
28-11-2009
Farringdon, Sunderland.

An excellent Crook AC turnout for the first Harrier league Cross Country event for the 2009/2010 season at Farringdon, Sunderland. The weather was mild with conditions pretty good compared to last year’s ice covered course. Crook runners were competing in various races so there was plenty of action to watch.

U13 Boys Race
Well done to Connor McCready who had a great run in a time of 14.28 and 56th position.

Male Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.
Fastest round the 3 lap course was Patrick Duffy in 31:08.
The first 6 counters back were Ian McGrath 33.45 41, Mike Mallen 33.52 42, Liam Armstrong 34.50 70, Brian McReady 35.00 77, Patrick Duffy 31.08 117 (Fast Pack) and Geoff Hewitson 36.33 140.
Followed by Graham Bradshaw 36.36 141, George Boyek 36.57 155, Paul Smith 38.32 208 Jason Allison 33.52 216 (Fast Pack), Sam Beckett 39.02 221, Dave Welsh 40.36 270, Colin Patrick 42.28 301, Percy Parkin 43.08 312, Alan Welsh 44.51 330, John Stephenson 45.20 337, Simon Fell 49.23 354 and Allen Purdham 49.55 357

	Ian McGrath		Mike Mallen		Liam Armstrong		Brian McCready
	Patrick Duffy		Geoff Hewitson		Graham Bradshaw		George Boyek
	Paul Smith		Jason Allison		Sam Beckett		Dave Welsh
	Colin Patrick		Percy Parkin		Alan Welsh		John Stephenson
	Simon Fell		Allen Purdham

Female Runners in finish order as follows: Name, time and position.

Elizabeth Oates

Karen Partridge

The ladies had a very enjoyable run with a Crook supporter’s powered ‘Mexican wave’ as they ran past! Elizabeth Oates ran 25.15 with a cracking 13th position overall and her team-mate Karen Partridge ran 30.46 and 99th position.

Thanks to Simon Fell for use of his camera and thanks to Phil Carter for taking them.

5-11-2009 Norman Woodcock 5M Race
We had 5 runners turn out for the Norman Woodcock 5M race which consists of 3 laps around the perimeter road of the Gosforth Race Course, this course is ideal, flat, fast and this attracted a strong field of runners.

The following article was posted on: 12th August 2009

Below are some pictures of the winners from the North East Veterans Athletics Club season of Track and Field events.

		Lots of individual prizes were won by members including Karen Partridge, Simon Fell, Mike Mallen, Geoff Hewitson, Percy Parkin and Chris Foote-Wood. The team managed to gain enough points to place 2nd overall in the league. Well done!

The following article was posted on: 18th June 2009

Tuesday night saw the annual club 10K Road Race take place. It was well attended and there were two packs of runners. On a warm and muggy evening the fast pack struggled to catch the other runners.

First three home where: 1st - David Welsh 2nd - Martin Harbisher 3rd - John Stephenson   The three fastest where: 1st - Sam Beckett 2nd - Mike Mallen 3rd - Geoff Hewitson

The following article was posted on: 20th April 2009

Some great performances on a sunny day on Teesside for the Redcar Half Marathon.

Patrick Duffy, although reporting that he was disapointed still posted a fantastic time.

Owen Weightman and Graham Bradshaw crossed the line together but the photo finish gave it to the youngster. A massive PB for Owen who hasnt been under 1.30 before. Graham was second Vet 50 following a similiar place at Stokesley Duathlon last month.

John Stephenson matched his Great North Run performance by coming in 2nd Vet65.

The following article was posted on: 7th April 2009

Some good performances at the Sand Dancer 10K last weekend. Jason Allison came 7th overall in 35.26, Patrick Duffy came 11th in 36.52 and John Stephenson ran 44.28 to take 1st O'65 place .

The following article was posted on: 15th March 2009

This weekend saw the fifth of the cross country harrier league races over 5.1 miles at Prudhoe - the wind didn’t disappoint, it was present and in full-effect as usual. We had a good turnout though and we all ran well, this resulted in a 7th position overall on the day.

	Patrick Duffy		Jason Allison		Graham Bradshaw		Geoff Hewitson
	Brian McCready		John Dennis		Jeremy Bailey		Owen Weightman
	Martin Harbisher		Allen Purdham		Allen Purdham		Elizabeth Oates

Runners counting as the first six were Patrick Duffy 36:37 (Medium Pack), Jason Allison 37:05 (M), Graham Bradshaw 37:59, Geoff Hewitson 38:29, Brian McCready 38:49 and John Dennis 39:07.

Support came in the form of Jeremy Bailey 39:12, Owen Weightman 41:27 (M), Martin Harbisher 44:57, Colin Everson 52:20 and Allen Purdham 53:37.

Well done to Elizabeth Oates for completing the course in the womens race from the fast pack.

The following article was posted on: 15th February 2009

This weekend saw the third of the cross country harrier league races over 5.78 miles at Wrekenton - conditions underfoot made it a tough course in places.

	Jason Allison		Mike Mallen		Willie Bell		Geoff Hewitson
	John Dennis		John Kelly		John Stephenson		Percy Parkin
	Graham Laverick		Allen Purdham		The six counters were Jason Allison 38:17 (from the medium pack), Mike Mallen 40:05 (also from the medium pack), Willie Bell 40:24, Geoff Hewitson 40:27, John Dennis 41:05 and John Kelly 44:21. Support from the rest of the team consisted of John Stephenson 45:31, Percy Parkin 45:32, Graham Laverick 45:45, and Allen Purdham 58:12.

Elizabeth Oates

Karen Partridge

Crook's ladies were also in action competing over the same terrain to complete a 4 mile course. Elizabeth Oates ran a slendid 21st position overall in a time of 29:54 and Karen Partridge ran a fine 34:13.

The AGM and Presentation Night were held on Tuesday 27th of January:

And the winners are...

The following article was posted on: 12th January 2009

This weekend saw the second of the cross country harrier league races over 6 miles (approx.) at Sunderland. There was a good turnout on a cold day and frosty ground underfoot made it a little treacherous.

	Jason Allison		Chris Fairless		Brian McCready		Jamie Steel
	Graham Bradshaw		Mike Mallen		Geoff Hewitson		Jeremy Bailey
	Willie Bell		Ian Sumler- Hutchinson		John Dennis		Owen Weightman
	Dave Welsh		Paul Smith		John Stephenson		Percy Parkin
	Colin Everson		Allen Purdham		The six counters were Jason Allison 34:01 (from the medium pack), Chris Fairless 34:03, Brian McCready 34:10, Jamie Steel 34:46, Graham Bradshaw 34:48 and Mike Mallen 34:49 (also from the medium pack). Strong support from the rest of the team consisted of Geoff Hewitson 34:56, Jeremy Bailey 35:06, Willie Bell 35:14, Ian Sumler-Hutchinson 35:25 (Medium pack), John Dennis 35:40, Owen Weightman 35:54 (Medium Pack), Dave Welsh 37:04, Paul Smith 37:55, John Stephenson 40:34, Percy Parkin 41:15, Colin Everson 45:50 and Allen Purdham 48:32.

We also had two ladies competing at the same venue. Elizabeth Oates ran a time of 26:49 and Karen Partridge ran 29:24.

The following article was posted on: 7th January 2009

Crook runners were out in force at Hamsterly Forest for the Ayhope Skyline trail race. Dave Welsh, Geoff Hewitson, Graham Bradshaw, John Stephenson, Alan Purdham, Brian McCready and Elizabeth Oates all completed the 10 mile course at Hamsterly Forest. Pictures can be seen here.

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