Blyth Sands Race - 5th December 2010 (~5 miles)

Winners        Full Results

Report

Many thanks to the runners. marshals, helpers and organisers who ensured that the annual Blyth Sands Race was able to take place on Sunday 5th December.  This was probably the first race held in the North East for a couple of weeks due to the recent Siberian weather, and although there was snow on the dunes, thankfully the beach was snow free.  However, the recent bad weather had washed away a lot of the soft sand leaving the beach in a rather unusual condition; first the good news - the remaining sand was fairly hard underfoot, making it much easier than normal to run on.  Now the bad news - the runners had to negotiate stretches of the beach with no sand at all, just various sized pebbles and for the first time in the history of the event the organises supplied step-ladders at two of the infamous groynes due to their unnatural height above the beach.

The course was the same as last year, with the race starting on the beach outside the new Dave Stephen’s building and the runners heading north towards Blyth Pier where they turned and headed along the water’s edge to Seaton Sluice.  At Seaton Sluice, it was again about turn and back to the finish at the Dave Stephen’s building.  Congratulations to the first three of Lesley Miller, Paul Waterston and Tracey Etherington.  Fastest time on the day went to James Buis of Heaton, who because of the age handicap system was in the last group away but worked his way through the field to finish 4th overall.

Winners

Winner

Lesley Miller

Alnwick Harriers

Second

Paul Waterston

Morpeth Harriers

Third

Tracey Etherington

Claremont RR

 

U18 Male

Jonnie Nisbet

Morpeth Harriers

 

Under 18 Girl

Rebecca Oram

Gateshead Harriers

Senior Male

James Buis

Heaton Harriers

Senior Female

Claire Buis

Heaton Harriers

O40 Male

David Jardine

Elswick Harriers

O35 Female

Linda Bone

South Shields

O45 Male

George Arthur

South Shields

O40 Female

Heather Christopher

Blyth

O50 Male

Gordon Dixon

Morpeth Harriers

O45 Female

Helen Morris

Blyth

O55 Male

Archie Jenkins

Morpeth Harriers

O50 Female

Kim Matthews

Elswick Harriers

O60 Male

Harry Matthews

Elswick Harriers

O55 Female

Sheila Hudson

Sunderland Strollers

O65 Male

John Stephenson

Crook & District AC

O60 Female

Sheila Greener

Blyth

O70 Male

Reg Checkly

Heaton Harriers

 

 

Winners        Report

Full results

Posn

Time

Handicap

Actual

Name

Team

Cat.

Race No.

1

26:50

12:00

38:50

MILLER, Lesley

Alnwick Harriers

F50

696

2

27:49

03:00

30:49

WATERSTON, Paul

Morpeth Harriers

M45

697

3

27:53

09:00

36:53

ETHERINGTON, Tracey

Claremont RR

F40

683

4

28:19

00:00

28:19

BUIS, James

Heaton Harriers

M

692

5

28:28

07:00

35:28

BONE, Linda

South Shields Harriers

F35

633

6

28:45

07:00

35:45

MATTHEWS, Harry

Elswick Harriers

M60

640

7

28:51

12:00

40:51

MATTHEWS, Kim

Elswick Harriers

F50

644

8

28:52

09:00

37:52

ORAM, Rebecca

Gateshead Harriers

F/U18

685

9

29:06

02:00

31:06

NISBET, Jonnie

Morpeth Harriers

M/U18

609

10

29:16

09:00

38:16

CHRISTOPHER, Heather

Blyth Running Club

F40

626

11

29:20

04:00

33:20

DIXON, Gordon

Morpeth Harriers

M50

701

12

29:33

12:00

41:33

YOUNG, Cath

Blyth Running Club

F50

700

13

29:39

09:00

38:39

CAMERON, Nina

Heaton Harriers

F40

614

14

29:44

03:00

32:44

ARTHUR, George

South Shields Harriers

M45

688

15

29:45

04:00

33:45

GAUGHAN, Martin

Blyth Running Club

M50

610

16

30:03

05:00

35:03

JENKINS, Archie

Morpeth Harriers

M55

658

17

30:33

00:00

30:33

HENDERSON, Ash

Blyth Running Club

M

711

18

30:35

11:00

41:35

MORRIS, Helen

Blyth Running Club

F45

655

19

30:40

03:00

33:40

JOHNSON, Lawrence

Low Fell Running Club

M45

670

20

30:28

05:00

35:28

BUIS, Clare

Heaton Harriers

F

691

21

31:38

07:00

38:38

HALL, Rob

Blyth Running Club

M60

686

22

31:39

09:00

40:39

STEPHENSON, John

Crook & District AC

M65

623

23

31:43

03:00

34:43

HEARN, Peter

Tynedale Harriers

M45

602

24

31:48

11:00

42:48

NIELSEN, Karen

North Shields Poly AC

F45

721

25

31:58

04:00

35:58

BAKER, Micky

Wallsend Harriers

M50

671

26

32:11

04:00

36:11

SCAIFE, Peter

Morpeth Harriers

M50

616

27

32:20

07:00

39:20

COX, David

Blyth Running Club

M60

654

28

32:22

02:00

34:22

JARDINE, David

Elswick Harriers

M40

667

29

32:24

11:00

43:24

ARCHIBOLD, Judith

Heaton Harriers

F45

694

30

32:29

00:00

32:29

BARKER, John

Alnwick Harriers

M

715

31

32:39

03:00

35:39

YOUNG, Barry

North Shields Poly AC

M45

727

32

32:42

03:00

35:42

CAILLE, Nicholas

Unattached

M45

677

33

32:44

07:00

39:44

MCCABE, Terry

Blyth Running Club

M60

656

34

32:45

09:00

41:45

GRAY, Ken

Unattached

M65

705

35

32:48

00:00

32:48

BAINBRIDGE, Paul

South Shields Harriers

M

666

36

32:52

05:00

37:52

SILL, Richard

Morpeth Harriers

M55

707

37

32:56

13:00

45:56

GREENER, Sheila

Blyth Running Club

F60

659

38

32:58

03:00

35:58

DICK, Neil

Tri Northumberland

M45

681

39

33:27

02:00

35:27

TAYLOR, Barry

Unattached

M40

635

40

33:39

04:00

37:39

THIRLAWAY, Malcolm

Gateshead Harriers

M50

712

41

33:41

11:00

44:41

FRIEND, Jenny

Heaton Harriers

F45

651

42

33:57

00:00

33:57

LISTER, Kevin

North East Vets AC

M

617

43

33:58

04:00

37:58

JOHNSON, Dave

North Shields Poly AC

M50

726

44

34:00

07:00

41:00

MASTERMAN, Hayley

Blyth Running Club

F35

660

45

34:04

02:00

36:04

SMITH, Jeremy

Claremont RR

M40

693

46

34:23

03:00

37:23

JEFFERSON, Neil

Tri Northumberland

M45

689

47

34:25

00:00

34:25

MACLEOD, James

Unattached

M

675

48

34:27

00:00

34:27

GRAY, Phil

Morpeth Harriers

M

704

49

34:34

00:00

34:34

DODD, Sam

Blyth Running Club

M

607

50

34:36

03:00

37:36

WALTON, Dave

Tyne Wear Fire Brigade

M45

728

51

34:37

04:00

38:37

CHARLTON, Philip

Low Fell Running Club

M50

637

52

34:37

00:00

34:37

SMITH, Phil

North Shields Poly AC

M

682

53

34:39

04:00

38:39

PARSONS, Ean

Sedgefield Harriers

M50

723

54

34:45

09:00

43:45

POTTER, Arthur

North East Vets AC

M65

627

55

34:50

04:00

38:50

READMAN, Alan

Houghton Harriers & AC

M50

662

56

34:52

02:00

36:52

HENDERSON, Jeff

North East Vets AC

M40

672

57

34:55

05:00

39:55

MCLEOD, Joseph

Unattached

M55

674

58

34:59

04:00

38:59

PEARSON, Stephen

Houghton Harriers & AC

M50

664

59

35:00

09:00

44:00

WARD, Tony

Morpeth Harriers

M65

713

60

35:12

07:00

42:12

HERBERT, Terry

North East Vets AC

M60

663

61

35:15

02:00

37:15

BAXTER, Ian

Blyth Running Club

M40

680

62

35:21

07:00

42:21

PALMER, Dawn

Blyth Running Club

F35

717

63

35:22

05:00

40:22

HUTCHINSON, Lawrence

Unattached

M55

710

64

35:24

04:00

39:24

FROST, Keith

Elswick Harriers

M50

650

65

35:40

07:00

42:40

MOORE, Gillian

North Shields Poly AC

F35

722

66

35:43

05:00

40:43

BRADLEY, David

Blyth Running Club

M55

714

67

35:50

04:00

39:50

ROBERTS, Dave

Blyth Running Club

M50

653

68

35:58

09:00

44:58

WILLIAMS, Stefania

Unattached

F40

636

69

36:00

00:00

36:00

CROSS, Simon

Unattached

M

622

70

36:16

03:00

39:16

RICHARDSON, Shaun

Low Fell Running Club

M45

638

71

36:20

02:00

38:20

GREEN, Philip

Heaton Harriers

M40

706

72

36:22

05:00

41:22

RICHES, Jessica

Unattached

F

698

73

36:30

04:00

40:30

WALKER, Steve

Blyth Running Club

M50

716

74

36:33

11:00

47:33

FROST, Hilda

Elswick Harriers

F45

652

75

36:41

03:00

39:41

CURRY, Stephen

Elswick Harriers

M45

668

76

36:43

03:00

39:43

BIRCHALL, Daniel

Unattached

M45

695

77

36:54

07:00

43:54

RICHES, Claire

Blyth Running Club

F35

719

78

37:18

02:00

39:18

GILLHAM, Rob

Quakers RC

M40

630

79

37:28

11:00

48:28

CHECKLEY, Reg

Heaton Harriers

M70

657

80

37:42

05:00

42:42

OATES, Elizabeth

Crook & District AC

F

648

81

37:43

13:00

50:43

HUDSON, Sheila

Sunderland Strollers

F55

620

82

37:44

00:00

37:44

PIGOTT, Tim

Claremont RR

M

725

83

37:55

04:00

41:55

ATKINSON, Peter

North Shields Poly AC

M50

720

84

38:05

07:00

45:05

TURNBULL, Ken

Blyth Running Club

M60

669

85

38:14

05:00

43:14

BAXTER, Phillippa

Blyth Running Club

F

679

86

38:18

02:00

40:18

THORNHILL, Joe

Unattached

M40

684

87

38:34

00:00

38:34

LEONARD, Simon

Houghton Harriers & AC

M

647

88

38:46

02:00

40:46

DAVIES, John

Unattached

M40

718

89

38:49

00:00

38:49

ORMSTON, Martin

Unattached

M

703

90

39:13

04:00

43:13

SCAIFE, John

Unattached

M50

603

91

39:30

07:00

46:30

HART, Terry

Blyth Running Club

M60

690

92

39:43

09:00

48:43

AMAKU, Jane

Unattached

F40

699

93

41:09

03:00

44:09

DUNNING, Alan

Jesmond Joggers

M45

618

94

41:18

04:00

45:18

PYEALL, Chris

Unattached

M50

724

95

42:40

07:00

49:40

LONG, David

North East Vets AC

M60

611

96

42:42

11:00

53:42

RICHARDSON, Sharon

Blyth Running Club

F45

702

97

43:07

00:00

43:07

HOLDEN, Jon

North Shields Poly AC

M

601

98

43:26

13:00

56:26

WILLSHIRE, Christine

Blyth Running Club

F55

676

99

43:31

09:00

52:31

CAILLE, Amelie

Unattached

F/U18

678

100

43:36

04:00

47:36

BEAUMONT, David

Unattached

M50

673

101

43:55

03:00

46:55

ADAMS, Ashley

Unattached

M45

619

102

43:59

00:00

43:59

CRYAN, Mark

Unattached

M

646

103

44:29

00:00

44:29

HUDSON, Andrew

Unattached

M

661

104

44:29

04:00

48:29

MULLISS, Allen

Heaton Harriers

M50

628

105

46:10

00:00

46:10

HARA, Isao

North East Vets AC

M

641

106

49:47

00:00

49:47

HALL, Steven

Tyne Tri

M

709

107

53:16

07:00

60:16

ROUTLEDGE, George

Heaton Harriers

M60

625

108

54:48

09:00

63:48

HAUGK, Sophie

Unattached

F/U18

708

109

54:49

03:00

57:49

HAUGK, Steffen

Unattached

M45

606

110

55:21

04:00

59:21

YOUNG, John

Low Fell Running Club

M50

632

 

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