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Northern Road Relays

Report: Phil McCann

Northern 4-stage team

Stockport's 4-stage Relay A-team at Hartlepool; Carley Davis, Carla Stansfield, Emma Hampson and Helen Hudson.

Once again Stockport ladies were up and running at the Northern 4-stage with two full teams.

Even though the venue was quite a distance away up in Hartlepool we were still up for the challenge.

There were 64 women's teams entered yet only 34 made to the start line shows that when some come to travelling its not for them.

We did have a few drop outs due to illness which is always a problem however those who stepped in did a magnificent job.

The A-team consisted of Carley Davis, Carla Stansfield, Emma Hampson and Helen Hudson, all 4 coming in on the last few days.

The B-team had Helen Walch, Sarah Kay, Marie Kay and Vicky Barrett with Sarah coming in on the day of the race.

However this team bonding was all worthwhile with the A-team finishing only 3 places behind our previous best of 13th and our B-team having it's highest finishing position of 23rd.

The venue along the Hartlepool Promenade with and out and back course on a warm sunny day.

Carley Davies and Helen Walch were on the 1st legs and both ran excellent legs to hand over to our 2nd leg runners.

Carla Stansfield was off like a shot and made up 7 places. Likewise Sarah Kay made up 6 places to hand over to our 3rd leg runners.

Emma Hampson maintained the momentum and gained another 2 places and Marie on the other team ran bravely to keep us in contention for the B-team.

Finally Helen Hudson ran a super run with one of the top 10 fastest on the 4th leg to bring us home in 16th place. Vicky Barrett ran hard to pull the B-team into 23rd place. To watch was a real joy as it unfolded as everyone gave it their all, a terrific job well done.

The women's winners were Chester-le-Street who had a very strong line up of internationals with an overall time of 50-50, second were Liverpool Harriers some 3 minutes behind which showed their class.

The men's team finished 34th from 80 teams and qualified for the National 6-stage in October.

Northern Relay Results
Ladies' A-team 16th Ladies' B-team 23rd
1. Carley Davies 14.58 (27th) 1. Helen Walch 15.15 (30th)
2. Carla Stansfield 14.57 (20th) 2. Sarah Kay 15.53 (24th)
3. Emma Hampson 15.16 (18th) 3. Marie Kay 18.11 (28th)
4. Helen Hudson 14.15 (16th) 4. Vicky Barrett 14.57 (23rd)
Men's Team 34th
1. Simon Bennett 17.51 (46th) 4. Frank Reilly 19.34 (35th)
2. Andy Nixon 17.06 (29th) 5. Mike Thiele 18.23 (36th)
3. Steve Haylock 18.17 (29th) 6. Jon Walch 18.39 (34th)
Full results at availabe at: www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk

Athlete of the Month Award

This Tuesday (26th September) will be the first presentation of the Thompson Brothers' Athlete of the Month award in club house at around 6.55pm.

Uttoxeter Cross Country Races

Report: Pete Torrence

Team medallists at Uttoxeter; James Bartley, Dan Lawton and Max Cole

Team medallists at Uttoxeter; James Bartley, Dan Lawton and Max Cole

On Sunday a small number of junior athletes made the trip to Uttoxeter for the first cross- country race of the season and took on the local clubs in that area with a great result in the under-11 boys' race over a 1.75 mile hilly course.

Max Cole and Dan Lawton had to take on a big field but both of them came to the front of the field on the second of the two laps and took the lead with half a mile to go and both where together with a hundred metres to go but a last minute attack by another athlete split them.

Max Cole took first place and Dan Lawton took third place, they where backed up by James Bartley who had a great run having just arriving as the race was starting and had to make up a lot of distance. The boys took 3rd team prize.

North West Counties Road Relays

Report: Pete Torrence

Leah Kay (left) leads the under-17 ladies race

Leah Kay (left) leads the under-17 ladies race

On the following Saturday Stockport Harriers entertained teams from all over the North West in the County Relays at Woodbank Park featuring age groups from under-13 year-olds to seniors.

The Harriers put up a good team displays in all the races there was some really good performances.

The races started with the under-13 girls and East Cheshire Harriers took the honours in the Greater Manchester Championships, Stockports' A team taking 5th and the B team 9th.

The under-13 boys' race again saw East Cheshire Harriers take the honours but Stockports' A team pushed them all the way to take second and the B team in 5th place.

In the under-15 girls' race Stockport Harriers had to settle for second place behind Leigh Harriers but again just missing out on the top honor.

Stockport Harriers' under-15 boys' team took first place from Bury AC.

The under-17 ladies' team had a great battle with Leigh Harriers but had to settle for second place even having the fastest time of the day by Jessica Coulson, the B team came through to take 4th.

In the under-17 men race Stockport had a to chase East Cheshire Harriers all the way but a great last leg run by Ross Millington saw Stockport come home the winners to take the honours, Stockports' B team finished in 5th place.

North West Road Relay results
Under-13 Girls A - 10th
A Hughes 8.06 S Wilson 8.37 H Coulson 8.15
Under-13 Girls B - 18th
N Berry 8.53 H Wilkins 9.34 H Lobben 9.03
Under-15 Girls A - 3rd
B Pearce 10.59 A Whewell 11.33 M Wiblin 10.51
Under-15 Girls B
B Hetherington 12.34 C Pendlebury 11.56
Under-17 Girls A - 2nd
L kay 10.19 S Kay 11.51 J Coulson 9.39
Under-17 Girls B - 12th
R Malbaum 11.41 J Bauer 13.14 R Jeyon 12.04
Senior Ladies A - 7th
T McIntosh 12.02 K Wood 12.14 E Hampson 12.36
Senior Ladies B - 17th
S Glendon 13.19 L Bowden 14.00 V Barrett 13.19
Senior Ladies C - 21th
C Stansfield 13.08 K Birtwistle 15.12 C McMurdock 13.07
Senior Ladies D - 24th
H Walch 13.33 A Dagg 13.34 J Hatch 14.53
Senior Ladies E - 29th
M Moore 14.20 J Kilgallon 13.54 P Pearce 15.43
Senior Ladies F - 31th
R Lee 14.51 D McCann 14.51 J Nyland 15.38
Senior Ladies G - 35th
J Day 15.59 M Cosgrove 15.35 H Todd 14.56
Under-13 Boys A - 5th
R Hindley 7.08 J Corbishley 7.18 J Nixon 7.44
Under-13 Boys B - 16th
B Lawton 8.44 S Bowden 8.14 L Ludlain 8.15
Under-15 Boys - 3rd
N Ludlain 9.58 D Thompson 10.14 M Logue 10.04
Under-17 Boys A - 1st
S Pearson 10.11 M Cooke 10.51 R Millington 9.46
Under-17 Boys B - 12th
S Cameron 11.13 P Nixon 12.11 S Barber 10.38
Senior Men A - 13th
J Loxam 17.51 M Thiele 18.56 M Shaw 18.30 B Styles 18.43
Senior Men B - ?????
S Haylock 18.57 A Pavey 18.24 J Walch 19.09 S Bennett 18.40
Senior Men C - 30th
S McClean 19.37 P Rogers 20.38 F Reilly 20.41 K Beattie 19.04
Senior Men D - 39th
B Holland 21.15 T Lee 21.10 G Marsland 19.56 S Whewell 21.48
Full results at availabe at: www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk

Ladies win county relay medals

Report: Phil McCann

NWRR Silver medalists

Silver medallists at the North West Counties Relays; Toni Macintosh, Kerrie Wood and Emma Hampton

A fantastic day all round for Stockport lady Harriers at the North West Road Relays also here at Stockport. We had our highest number of teams running ever in any relay event with 7 teams and our previous highest in this event being 2.

We also finished our highest place team in 7th place overall our highest previous being 14th. We were a little unlucky not to be in the top 5 but all the teams worked wonders and achieved great times.

To add to this we finished with Silver and Bronze medals in the Greater Manchester County, a fantastic achievement. New to this event was a young team of Carla, Katie and Clare who enjoyed the experience and gained much knowledge from the event. Selection of the teams was virtually spot on with all the teams in correct order which is no mean feat

With so many teams a couple of the ladies running faster times than previous will have to watch them for future events !!

Trafford 10k

A few of the lady Harriers ran the 2nd of the Trafford 10k race this September, the other being in March. This is always a popular race with a fast flat course and again we saw some of the ladies come away with personal bests.

Our first counter home was Toni McIntosh after a long time out of racing. She clocked a time of 39-58 and is now working towards the cross country season to build on her endurance.

Maryte Moore again improving ran a personal best of 46-02 with Vicky Buckley close behind just missing out on her best in 46-47. Helen Todd ran a solid 47-53 with Ruth Lee going well with 49-44.

Beware ladies I myself came back to catching them up to run 51-40 not far off now! We also finished 4th ladies team out of 8

Brussels Marathon

Vicky Barrett completed her Brussels Marathon at the end of August and recorded a time of 3-26.

Vicky was hoping to make the qualifying time of 3-15 for the championship start in London next year but it was not to be.

Her training was hampered with illness and injury but she gave it a good try. Vicky paced the race evenly throughout and bodes well for her next one On a sad note she was looking to meet up in Brussels with another Harrier Vince Holland who sadly passed away a few days before the race.

However Vicky can still qualify for a guaranteed Good for Age place in London along with Samantha Thomas, Sharon Glendon and Alice Dagg.

Club Championships

Report: Pete Torrence

The week started last Sunday with the Track and Field Championships at Woodbank Park where a good number of athletes of all age groups took part in the last track event of the season.

It has been a long season for a lot of the juniors athletes so it was a good time to relax and have a competition where there was no pressure on anybody.

New children's athletics course

Nicola Pickford, who is the Community Sports Coach for the Royal School for the Deaf and Communication Disorders, is organising a children's athletics course for both able and disabled children at Woodbank Stadium on Monday evenings from 4.30pm starting 2nd October.

Contact Nicola on 0161 610 0124 or

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