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NORMAN WOODCOCK MEMORIAL RELAYS, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, November 3
Gosforth High Park played host to this mixed road racing event where each team had to include one woman and Morpeth Harriers came out on top overall.
However, they had to come from behind and it was their Tom Balsdon who saw them home with the fastest time of the day, at 8:03, for the 1.66-mile lap.
Earlier, it had been Tyne Bridge who had led after Zak Kettle’s 8:08, before Jo Woodcock took the women’s leg for Heaton to put them ahead mid-race. Then Morpeth went through to win by just four seconds.
Former three-time English Schools champion Justina Heslop was part of the winning Elswick over-40 trio and fastest W40, as many-time British masters champion Guy Bracken gave North Shields Poly’s over-60 team the best possible start with the fastest M60 lap.
Tom Balsdon (David Hewitson)
Mixed (3×1.66M): 1 Morpeth 25:38 (L Ramsey 8:25, P Buck (W) 9:10, T Balsdon 8:03); 2 Heaton 25:42 (F Davies 8:13, J Woodcock (W) 9:10, L Head 8:19); 3 Tyne Bridge 25:44 (Z Kettle 8:09, B Blain (W) 9:27, T Charlton 8:08); 4 Elswick O/40 26:16 (D Bell 8:28, J Heslop 9:06 (W45) A Bell 8:42); 5 Tyne Bridge B 26:42; 6 Elswick 27:04)
Fastest: Balsdon 8:03; S Rankin (Sund, M40) 8:04; Charlton 8:08
M40: Rankin 8:04
Women: I Bungay (Elsw) 8:38; Heslop (W45) 9:06; Woodcock 9:10
W40: Heslop (W45) 9:06
Mixed O/50 (3×1.66M): 1 Gosforth 28;30 (A Johnson 8:26, A Fletcher (W) 10:06, S Daniels 9:58); 2 Heaton 31:36; 3 NSP 31:42
Fastest: Johnson 8:26; M Dennison (Low Fell) 8:37
W50: R Oldham (NSP) 10:03
Mixed O/60 (3×1.66M): 1 NSP 33;57 (G Bracken 8:53, N De Bruin 10:55, J O’Neill (W) 14:09); 2 Morpeth 35:20; 3 Heaton 37:54
Fastest: Bracken 8:53
W60: D Dickinson (Sund) 12:48
85 teams finished
Norman Woodcock Relays (David Hewitson)
BIDEFORD 10, Devon, November 3
Olympic Games steeplechaser Phil Norman won overall in a personal best of 49:58 to retain his Bideford title and make it three in a row but, deep in the field, there was a W65 British 10-mile best time by Okehampton’s Claudine Benstead at 68:25.
This was more than two minutes better than Sue Haslam’s five-year-old previous best.
Overall: 1 P Norman (WG&EL) 49:58; 2 R Richmond (Bide, M40) 51:00; 3 C Jones (W Tempo) 51:20; 4 J Rowe (Corn) 52:21; 5 M Walker 52:25; 6 B Neale (Tav) 53:33
M45: 1 D Roose (Newq RR) 56:52
M50: 1 J Colaco (Newq RR) 59:13
M55: 1 S Mugglestone (Bide) 56:59; 2 J Matthews (N Dev)…
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