Blyth Sands Race 2024

Organised by Blyth Running Club, the Sands Race is held along the beach from Blyth to Seaton Sluice and back again. This unique event, handicapped by age and gender is held annually on the first Sunday in December.

The 2024 Sands Race will be held on Sunday 1st December at 10:00am.

RACE INFORMATION

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REGISTRATION AND PRESENTATION – The Dave Stephens Centre, South Beach, Links Road, Blyth, NE24 3PL.   Please note that there are no changing facilities. Refreshments available after the race subject to availability and there are several cafes serving hot drinks and food adjacent to the car park.
PARKING – Links Car Park, South Beach, Blyth NE24 3PL.
START & FINISH – The beach adjacent to The Dave Stephens Centre – runners to assemble on the beach according to their start times.
ROUTE – On the beach between Blyth Harbour and Seaton Sluice Harbour.
AWARDS – Sports vouchers to first three finishers; first in each age category; first three teams (first 4 home to count regardless of age category).  Only one individual award per entrant.
ENTRY FEE
Entries:  UKA £7.00, Unattached £9.00
There are no entries available on the day.
Entrants must be 16 years or older on day of event.
Competitors must not run with a dog (on or off lead).
Competitors must not wear headphones/earphones.
Please follow instructions from officials and marshals at all times.
Entries close on – 27th November 2024 

Unique staggered start:

  • Ladies O/75 – 15 Minutes start
  • Ladies O/70 – 14 Minutes start
  • Ladies O/65 & Men O/80 – 13 Minutes start
  • Ladies O/60 & Men O/75 – 12 Minutes
  • Ladies O/55 & Men O/70 – 11 Minutes
  • Ladies O/50 & Men O/65 – 9 Minutes
  • Ladies O/45 – 8 Minutes
  • Ladies O/40 & Men O/60- 7 Minutes
  • Ladies O/35 & Girls U/18 – 6 Minutes
  • Men O/55 – 5 Minutes
  • Senior Ladies & Men O/50 – 4 Minutes
  • Men O/45 – 3 Minutes
  • Men O/40 & Boys U/18- 2 Minutes
  • Senior Men – Scratch
2024 RESULTS

BRC Members please note: The Club always require marshals, timekeepers, tea-makers etc etc to help with our races, so if anybody can help at any event then please let a member of the committee know as soon as possible.

Results

Pos. No. Firstname Lastname    Club Clock Handicap Actual
1 87 James Anderson MV40 North Shields Poly RC 27:44 02:00 0:29:44
2 74 Heather Christopher LV55 Blyth RC 28:38 11:00 0:39:38
3 70 Greg Penn MV60 North Shields Poly RC 28:44 07:00 0:35:44
4 82 Ian Norman MV60 Heaton Harriers 28:50 07:00 0:35:50
5 49 David Stabler MV45 Morpeth Harriers 29:09 03:00 0:32:09
6 161 Rob Kleiser MV45   29:19 03:00 0:32:19
7 183 Stephen Hamil MV50 Durham City Harriers 29:29 04:00 0:33:29
8 133 Michael Littlewood MV50 Elvet Striders RC 29:35 04:00 0:33:35
9 142 Oliver Tomlinson MU18 Morpeth Harriers 30:05 02:00 0:32:05
10 44 David Gribben MV65 Houghton Harriers 30:26 09:00 0:39:26
11 194 Thomas Tinsley MV65 Claremont RR 30:29 09:00 0:39:29
12 189 Susanne Stephenson LV55 Elswick Harriers 30:34 11:00 0:41:34
13 141 Nina Cameron LV55 Heaton Harriers 30:58 11:00 0:41:58
14 199 Wendy Pawsey LV45 North Shields Poly RC 31:13 08:00 0:39:13
15 106 Ken Addison MV65 Red Rose Road Runners 31:29 09:00 0:40:29
16 22 Bryan Potts MV40 Elvet Striders RC 31:34 02:00 0:33:34
17 200 Zoe Thompson LV35 Tyne Bridge Harriers 31:44 06:00 0:37:44
18 54 Douglas Howarth MV60 New Marske Harriers 32:02 07:00 0:39:02
19 83 Isabel Hessey LSEN Elvet Striders RC 32:04 04:00 0:36:04
20 152 Phil Tickner MV45 Durham City Harriers 32:09 03:00 0:35:09
21 16 Anna Basu LV50 Elvet Striders RC 32:15 09:00 0:41:15
22 94 Jeremy Smith MV55 Heaton Harriers 32:37 05:00 0:37:37
23 97 John Younger MV60 Tyne Bridge Harriers 33:11 07:00 0:40:11
24 58 Emma McCabe LV40 Elvet Striders RC 33:34 07:00 0:40:34
25 92 Jean Bradley LV65 Elvet Striders RC 33:36 13:00 0:46:36
26 56 Ellie Reed LV35 Heaton Harriers 33:49 06:00 0:39:49
27 21 Ben Robinson MSEN   33:50 00:00 0:33:50
28 123 Louis Head MSEN Heaton Harriers 33:50 00:00 0:33:50
29 88 James Croft MV65 Houghton Harriers 33:52 09:00 0:42:52
30 163 Robert Sewell MV65 Ponteland Runners 33:54 09:00 0:42:54
31 103 Karl Bryce MSEN Blyth RC 34:05 00:00 0:34:05
32 112 Kurt Dale MSEN Durham City Harriers 34:09 00:00 0:34:09
33 65 Geoff Hewitson MV65 Crook & District AC 34:24 09:00 0:43:24
34 192 Tala Eagling-Vose LSEN Elvet Striders RC 34:35 04:00 0:38:35
35 118 Lewis Littlewood MU18 Durham City Harriers 34:42 02:00 0:36:42
36 176 Simon Engelhart MV40 Elvet Striders RC 34:47 02:00 0:36:47
37 84 Isabel Neatrour LV35 Claremont RR 34:51 06:00 0:40:51
38 47 David Shields MV50 Blyth RC 34:58 04:00 0:38:58
39 51 Dayle Stafford MV50 North Shields Poly RC 34:59 04:00 0:38:59
40 98 Jon French MV45 Blyth RC 35:11 03:00 0:38:11
41 174 Simon Clough MV45 Blyth RC 35:17 03:00 0:38:17
42 182 Stephen Barry MV65 Houghton Harriers 35:20 09:00 0:44:20
43 131 Matthew Down MV60 Jesmond Joggers RC 35:21 07:00 0:42:21
44 45 David Lydall MV60 Claremont RR 35:30 07:00 0:42:30
45 80 Ian Butler MV60 Elvet Striders RC 35:32 07:00 0:42:32
46 198 Victoria Michla LV50 Tyne Bridge Harriers 35:34 09:00 0:44:34
47 184 Steve Dobby MV50 Blyth RC 35:37 04:00 0:39:37
48 4 Alex Collier MV40 Elvet Striders RC 35:38 02:00 0:37:38
49 116 Lawrence Hutchinson MV65   35:38 09:00 0:44:38
50 154 Richard Dillon MV50 Houghton Harriers 35:48 04:00 0:39:48
51 134 Michael Proud MV45   35:54 03:00 0:38:54
52 111 Kimberley Bryce LSEN Blyth RC 35:56 04:00 0:39:56
53 195 Tom Payne MV55   36:05 05:00 0:41:05
54 23 Bryce Hicks MV40 Elvet Striders RC 36:11 02:00 0:38:11
55 93 Jenny Friend LV60 Heaton Harriers 36:27 12:00 0:48:27
56 188 Stuart Milburn MV45 Gateshead Harriers 36:49 03:00 0:39:49
57 148 Paul Harris MV45 North Shields Poly RC 36:53 03:00 0:39:53
58 140 Nikki Courtney LV45 Blyth RC 37:00 08:00 0:45:00
59 73 Harry King MSEN   37:02 00:00 0:37:02
60 67 Gillian Johnson LV35 Elswick Harriers 37:05 06:00 0:43:05
61 25 Camilla Lauren-Maatta LV55 Elvet Striders RC 37:15 11:00 0:48:15
62 136 Neil Kavanagh MV40 Low Fell RC 37:22 02:00 0:39:22
63 27 Caroline Slane LV50 Blackhill Bounders 37:36 09:00 0:46:36
64 175 Simon Ebbitt MV45 North Shields Poly RC 37:40 03:00 0:40:40
65 100 Judith Archibold LV60 Heaton Harriers 37:44 12:00 0:49:44
66 32 Chris Jones MV45 Claremont RR 37:46 03:00 0:40:46
67 68 Gillian Tomlinson LV55 Houghton Harriers 38:09 11:00 0:49:09
68 139 Nik Corton MV60 Elvet Striders RC 38:12 07:00 0:45:12
69 99 Jonathan Bone MV60 Ponteland Runners 38:12 07:00 0:45:12
70 17 Annabel Milburn GU18 Gateshead Harriers 38:19 06:00 0:44:19
71 173 Shaun Roberts MV65 Elvet Striders RC 38:23 09:00 0:47:23
72 162 Robert Rhodes MSEN Heaton Harriers 38:32 00:00 0:38:32
73 125 Lynne Carruthers LV60 Durham City Harriers 38:37 12:00 0:50:37
74 172 Sharon Cook LV40 Heaton Harriers 38:41 07:00 0:45:41
75 130 Matthew Diment MSEN North Shields Poly RC 38:42 00:00 0:38:42
76 53 Douglas Gowland MV65 North Shields Poly RC 38:42 09:00 0:47:42
77 124 Luke Dickinson MSEN Blyth RC 38:46 00:00 0:38:46
78 101 Julie Cross LV55 Claremont RR 38:53 11:00 0:49:53
79 71 Gwen Forster LV45 Blyth RC 39:03 08:00 0:47:03
80 132 Michael Dickinson MV75 Houghton Harriers 39:07 12:00 0:51:07
81 138 Nicki O’Brien LV40 Claremont RR 39:09 07:00 0:46:09
82 119 Lewis Proud MSEN   39:16 00:00 0:39:16
83 81 Ian Hearn MV55 North Shields Poly RC 39:17 05:00 0:44:17
84 20 Ben Clarke MSEN   39:25 00:00 0:39:25
85 12 Andrea Findlater LV45 Ponteland Runners 39:42 08:00 0:47:42
86 155 Richard Heslop MV45 Prudhoe Plodders RC 39:44 03:00 0:42:44
87 110 Kim Ingleby LV45 Lonely Goats 39:50 08:00 0:47:50
88 129 Martin Fairbairn MV40 Blyth RC 40:00 02:00 0:42:00
89 78 Helen Kleiser LV40   40:07 07:00 0:47:07
90 109 Kieran Bagot MSEN   40:10 00:00 0:40:10
91 60 Esther Neal LV35 Elvet Striders RC 40:16 06:00 0:46:16
92 166 Ruth French LV45 Blyth RC 40:21 08:00 0:48:21
93 77 Helen Amanda Morris LV60 Blyth RC 40:30 12:00 0:52:30
94 186 Steven Martin MV45 Durham City Harriers 40:45 03:00 0:43:45
95 191 Sydney Bungay GU18 Elswick Harriers 40:53 06:00 0:46:53
96 145 Patrick Wallace MV55 Houghton Harriers 41:07 05:00 0:46:07
97 42 Dave Huscroft MSEN North Shields Poly RC 41:08 00:00 0:41:08
98 30 Celia Bone LV60 Ponteland Runners 41:10 12:00 0:53:10
99 120 Linda Bulfin LV40 North Shields Poly RC 41:24 07:00 0:48:24
100 18 Anthony Tiernan MV55 Sunderland Strollers 41:27 05:00 0:46:27
101 6 Alison French LV45 Blyth RC 41:38 08:00 0:49:38
102 55 Elizabeth Denyer LV45 Claremont RR 41:40 08:00 0:49:40
103 153 Rachel Heathcote LV40   41:46 07:00 0:48:46
104 59 Emma Payne LV55   41:55 11:00 0:52:55
105 19 Ben Blanckley MSEN   42:07 00:00 0:42:07
106 128 Marie Bell LV50 Tyne Bridge Harriers 42:25 09:00 0:51:25
107 187 Stuart Kelsey MV45 Heaton Harriers 42:28 03:00 0:45:28
108 126 Malcolm Sygrove MV55 Elvet Striders RC 42:38 05:00 0:47:38
109 33 Christine Woods LV65 Durham City Harriers 42:41 13:00 0:55:41
110 178 Stacey Armstrong LV50 Gateshead Harriers 42:50 09:00 0:51:50
111 150 Pauline Chaplin LV70 Heaton Harriers 43:02 14:00 0:57:02
112 170 Sateesh Tandel MV40 Elvet Striders RC 43:03 02:00 0:45:03
113 114 Laura Hindle LSEN Blyth RC 43:06 04:00 0:47:06
114 151 Peter Scaife MV60 Morpeth Harriers 43:09 07:00 0:50:09
115 62 Frances Naylor LV55 Morpeth Harriers 43:26 11:00 0:54:26
116 46 David March MSEN Elvet Striders RC 43:48 00:00 0:43:48
117 179 Stacey Baister LV40 Ponteland Runners 43:56 07:00 0:50:56
118 69 Glenn Robinson MV55   44:04 05:00 0:49:04
119 193 Theresa Rugman-Jones LV55 Elvet Striders RC 44:07 11:00 0:55:07
120 29 Catherine Scott LV60 Elvet Striders RC 44:45 12:00 0:56:45
121 196 Tom Robinson MV40   44:47 02:00 0:46:47
122 169 Sarah Melville LV40 Heaton Harriers 45:05 07:00 0:52:05
123 24 Calum Bickerton MSEN   45:21 00:00 0:45:21
124 122 Lloyd Forster MSEN   45:21 00:00 0:45:21
125 63 Gary Martin MV40 Prudhoe Plodders RC 45:40 02:00 0:47:40
126 61 Faye Clark LV40 Elvet Striders RC 45:41 07:00 0:52:41
127 41 Danny Robinson MSEN   45:44 00:00 0:45:44
128 158 Rob Dooley MV50 Jesmond Joggers RC 46:12 04:00 0:50:12
129 9 Amy Publicover LV45   46:57 08:00 0:54:57
130 13 Andrea Michell LV65   47:41 13:00 1:00:41
131 165 Rose Hawkswood LV35 Claremont RR 48:00 06:00 0:54:00
132 50 David Stamp MSEN Blyth RC 48:11 00:00 0:48:11
133 34 Ciaran Gallacher MSEN Ashington Hirst RC 48:39 00:00 0:48:39
134 96 John McCabe MV50 Ponteland Runners 48:44 04:00 0:52:44
135 52 Dorothy Cragg LV75   48:48 15:00 1:03:48
136 7 Allan England MV55   48:58 05:00 0:53:58
137 117 Leanne Johnson LV45 Blyth RC 48:58 08:00 0:56:58
138 137 Neil Uren MV45 Blackhill Bounders 49:03 03:00 0:52:03
139 39 Colin Brown MV50 North Shields Poly RC 49:18 04:00 0:53:18
140 75 Heather Gould LV60 North Shields Poly RC 49:36 12:00 1:01:36
141 115 Lauren Morgan LV35 Heaton Harriers 49:45 06:00 0:55:45
142 190 Suzanne Claassen LV55 Blyth RC 50:52 11:00 1:01:52
143 2 Al Pepper MSEN   51:24 00:00 0:51:24
144 11 Amy Wilson LSEN Jesmond Joggers RC 51:28 04:00 0:55:28
145 127 Marc Read MV55 Prudhoe Plodders RC 51:50 05:00 0:56:50
146 89 Jan YOUNG LV70 Elvet Striders RC 52:07 14:00 1:06:07
147 197 Vicki Deritis LV60 Tyne Bridge Harriers 52:16 12:00 1:04:16
148 37 Claire Poole LV40   52:21 07:00 0:59:21
149 10 Amy Ralton LSEN   52:21 04:00 0:56:21
150 5 Alexander Anderson MV70 Tyne Bridge Harriers 52:34 11:00 1:03:34
151 95 Jessica Anderson LV65 Tyne Bridge Harriers 53:01 13:00 1:06:01
152 107 Ken McCormick MV70 Claremont RR 53:27 11:00 1:04:27
153 113 Laura Bucknall LSEN   53:35 04:00 0:57:35
154 28 Cass Greaves LV55   54:04 11:00 1:05:04
155 43 David Morris MV70 North Shields Poly RC 57:27 11:00 1:08:27
156 3 Alaine Bridges LV55   57:34 11:00 1:08:34
157 66 George Routledge MV75 Heaton Harriers 59:25 12:00 1:11:25
158 26 Caroline Archer LV50 Ashington Hirst RC 1:04:05 09:00 1:13:05
159 180 Stacy Reed LV40 Ashington Hirst RC 1:04:05 07:00 1:11:05
160 102 Karen Gibson LV40   1:09:58 07:00 1:16:58
161 143 Pat Woonton-Pink LV55   1:10:09 11:00 1:21:09