Cross-Country Section (mud & guts)

Calling all Cross Country runners,

At last the Cross Country season is upon us. The first NYSD fixture is in early October, and the calendar is looking as busy as ever this year.

Details of all the fixtures is available here

As usual, our fixtures centre around the NYSD series, but with NE Championships in Darlington and National Championships in Leeds, we have a great opportunity to race against the best in our back yard.

It would be great to see enough people out racing to make up at least one men's team and a women's team at each of the NYSD series races, plus the 3 Championship races (North Easterns, Northerns and Nationals).

If you want to race you need to be entered through the club, so if you are interested in doing any of the races, please drop me an email to karen@nym.ac

 I will arrange an entry for you and for the NYSD series deliver a number to you.

I look forward to hearing from you, hardened cross country devotees and newbies alike!
 

Best wishes,

Karen Poole
NYMAC Cross Country Manager 2009-10

 

 Hills at Flatts
16th Nov 2008

The women's race gets underway. Our Karen Poole (black vest finished a commendable 11th overall) 

The 3rd race in the NYSD Cross-Country Series (hosted by New Marske Harriers) took place at the Flatts Lane Country Park. The venue proved to be a huge success with "proper cross-country" courses on offer for all. An example was the senior men's course which had 920 ft of climbing over it's 9.8Km length i.e. more than some local "Fell" races :-).  The races offer excellent competition and value for money - why not give them a try?

Flatts Lane X/C results (link)

Rob Pollard

Mike Shaw, Rob Pollard, Jeff Belt, Vince Rutland, Kev McLoughlin and Paul McGough.
Photo by Jill Sexton with lots more coming soon

Well we managed to scrape a men's team together for the first NYSD X/C meeting at Croft Aerodrome on the undulating
course despite the pundits forecasts. Yours truly managed to overhaul Kev on the final lap while Jeff secured our 3rd spot just ahead of Vince. 

N.B. A special thanks go to Paul who came along to spectate after training in the morning but was "cajoled" into running
to make the team up.  

Croft X/C results (link)

127 photos from Croft X/C

The next meeting is at Summerhill, Hartlepool (a testing little course), so lets see if we can muster up a full team again!

Summerhill details (link)

Rob Pollard

Jonathan Skidmore, Paul Lowe, Karen Heppenstall, Vince Rutland, Tom Gibbons and Paul McGough
(missing from photo is Kendra White). Photo courtesy of Paul Lowe - more photos coming soon.

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It was swings and roundabouts for our members in The 2008 National Cross-Country Championships at Alton Towers however all seemed to enjoy themselves. Paul & Vince kindly report back....

"Great course, pity we were one short of a man's team.  Undulating, firm in places, heavy going in others (especially the half mile to the finish) and with a whopper of a hill on each lap. Absolutely wonderful atmosphere - pity it's in the South next year.  There's a great picture of the senior men's start at www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/ 

Also I note from the website that the record for an M50 in the Nationals is, or rather was, a pedestrian 864th by a certain P Connor.  So I'll claim that with my massive (?) improvement, just to annoy him. And Karen seems to have set a Women's record.

A couple of more thoughts - this week's AW says the quality was high and that "A win in the Metropolitan League got you 132nd here, second place in the Surrey Champs translated to 137th.” So Paul, you did pretty well considering!

Secondly, see you at Parliament Hill (you got it, it has a hill, but nothing like last weekend's) on 21 Feb 2009 all being well. Another classic course, eh Paul? 

I think that was my 15th National, but my first for 12 years. Some good pix and write-ups in AW, including an editorial that quotes Shaun Purkiss!!

Cheers, Vince Rutland"

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"I agree with Vince that it was a great course. Especially looking back now after a few days. All I can remember while I was doing it was “this is a pain in the backside, legs, lungs, arms, in fact, everywhere! “ What a killer of a hill. Weather was ideal for runners and spectators - slight wind and mild. I think I'll enter next years race for the first time!

 Check out these links for photos of the race: 

www.mickhall-photos.com/eos/galleries/ncx08seniormen/index.htm

www.mickhall-photos.com/eos/galleries/ncx08seniorwomen/index.htm

I had a quick scan through and spotted Paul L = dis2158, Skiddy = dis2480 (walking up the steep hill), Rob Cole = dis2618

Regards

Paul McGough"

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North York Moors AC results:

Senior Women:

212 Karen Heppenstall 31.25
253 Kendra White 32.32 (missed start by about 200m?)
(and you might have spotted a certain Veronique Marot in 24th)

Senior Men:

127 Paul Lowe 36.28
514 Jonathan Skidmore 42.07
644 Tom Gibbons 43.57
847 Vince Rutland 46.58
889 Paul McGough 47.41

81 Rob Cole (2nd claim) 35:38

2008 National Cross-Country Championships Full Results (link)

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Nathaniel Williams was our top man on the day finishing 13th overall.
Photo courtesy of Alan Musgrove

Our senior men's team finished an impressive 4th overall and top local club in the North East Cross Country Championships at Summerhill, Hartlepool. On a cold, wet day and on a muddy, hilly (i.e. proper cross-country) course Nathaniel Williams led the team home, finishing in 13th place ahead of Paul Lowe (17th), Richard Bellamy (31st), Jonathan Skidmore (55th), Rob Pollard (70th) and Paul Figg (87th). We also fielded a full 2nd men's team consisting of Richard Fawcett (93rd), Tom Gibbons (100th), Jeff Belt (149th), Trevor moss (151st), Chris Poole (160th) and Paul McGough (161st).

Key Senior Men's Team Results:

  1  Morpeth H & AC                     52

  2  Sunderland H & AC                 101

  3  Gateshead H & AC                  164
  4  North York Moors AC               273

  7  Hartlepool Burn Road H & AC       487

  8  Darlington H & AC                 493
 15  Middlesbrough & Cleveland H       740

 16  Quakers RC                        790

Our Ladies team also impressed finishing in 7th place overall with Karen Heppenstall leading the team home in 22nd place ahead of Di Jobson (36th) and Kirsten Poynter (47th).

Full Results:

www.race-results.co.uk/results/2007/nexc07.htm

53 photos from NE Cross-Country Champs

Comparing our results to past NE Championship performances, Richard's M40 31st overall equals Joe Blacketts 31st set 2 years ago (unlucky Richard!), Rob's M50 70th overall betters his 77th set last year and Karen's 22nd overall betters Di's 36th set last year.
 

Bob stood right in front of the BBC camera to ensure he appeared on national TV, it didn't matter
whether or not he was in the correct race ... 

After a 10 year absence International Cross-Country returned to Gateshead and representing North York Moors AC was
none other than Bob Firth who finished an excellent 2nd in the over 55 category and on a demanding course.

Would you mess with these runners? Jonathan Sharp (585) & Richard Bellamy approaching the top of a climb.
Photo by Rob Pollard.

 The 3rd NYSD Cross-Country race at the Flatts Lane Country Park produced some great racing on tough courses and in fine weather. Despite the clash with one of our target road races we still managed to field a team with Richard Bellamy again our top placed senior man in 6th place overall. Together with Roger Tomlin (14th), Kevin McLoughlin (44th), Ian Glover (48th), Paul McGough (61st) and Jeff Belt (68th) the team finished in 5th place overall.
  
 The Senior men's race was won by Dominic Shaw (NMH) ahead of Andy Wiles (Mbro AC) while the Senior Women's race saw perfect pace judgement by Tracy Waller (HBR) who moved through the field to claim victory ahead of junior Jess Russon (NMH) and Johanna Jackson (M&C).

Flatts Lane X/C Results

47 photos from Flatts Lane X/C
 

cheers

Jonathan Skidmore

Full Summerhill X/C Results (link)

19 photos from Summerhill X/C

P.S. X/C returns to Summerhill on Dec 8th for the North East Championships - anyone wishing to race should contact X/C manager Jonathan Skidmore ASAP at jonathan@nym.ac see below

Dear NYM members, This year the North Eastern Cross Country Championships are being held at Summerhill, Hartlepool on Saturday 8th December. This is a big high-profile event with stacks of good runners taking part - we are lucky to have the race practically on our doorstep this year.

Senior Mens Championship (12k) starts at 1.00pm - individuals and first six for team scorers
Senior Women Championship (8k) go off at 1.55pm - individuals and first 3 for team scorers

For those who ran at Summerhill last Sunday in the NYSD league it's the same excellent cross country course (plenty of hills, plenty of mud, cracking views of Hartlepools suburbs), only longer.

Entry is free. All entries for NYM.AC must be first claim membership. Club colours must be worn.

I will coordinate entries on behalf of the club so if you would like to run please let me know ASAP as entries close shortly. I will be bitterly disappointed if we don't manage at least 2 mens teams and a womens team.

For more details of the venue see www.sunnysummerhill.com

 (I get it, make anywhere sound appealing by sticking "sunny" in front of it)

Any queries feel free to get in touch.

Regards

Jonathan Skidmore jonathan@nym.ac
NYM.AC Cross-Country Manager

 

 North York Moors AC - 2007/8 Cross Country Update

This Sunday brings the start of the 2007/2008 NYSD cross-country league.  A list of meetings is detailed below.

Information:

• Free entry
• Multi-terrain races on soft undulating ground - running spikes best, fell shoes would suffice
• Races generally a high standard of competition but all abilities enter - whippets and couch potatoes welcome
• Excellent speed training
• To participate you need a number which you can get from me.  This number is used for the whole series, at subsequent races simply turn up and run.  I will be at the first race at Summerhill to hand out race numbers from 12:30 onwards.  If you cant find me try me on 07771 941728.  I cannot make every race so if you miss the first race and wish to race subsequent races send me an email and I will post you a number.
• Senior women's races start approx 13.30 - approx 4 miles
• Senior men's races start approx 14:00 - approx 5.5 miles
• You must race in club colours
• Points allocated on a team basis (I think 5 for blokes and 3 for women, I will confirm)
• Results posted on the New Marske Harriers website www.new-marske-harriers.co.uk
• I appreciate venues below are somewhat vague.  I will endeavour to find more precise details.
   

Sunday 7th October - Summerhill Country Park, Hartlepool
Sunday 21st October - Barnard Castle
Sunday 4th November - Flatts Lane Country Park, Nr Eston
Sunday 18th November - Thirsk (but not the usual race course)
Sunday 13th January - Caedmon School, Whitby
Sunday 10th February - Blakeston School, Stockton
Sunday 16th March - Richmond School

All Cross-Country Fixtures

Stuff Sunday dinner and the Eastenders omnibus.   Let's have a good turnout for this season and continue NYM.AC's domination of local fell and road races to the X/C scene and show other local club once and for good what we are capable of.

Any queries feel free to get in touch.

Thanks

Jonathan Skidmore (jonathan@nym.ac)

NYM.AC Cross-Country Manager

North York Moors A.C. were pleased to have a full men's team in the NE Cross Country Championships at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, albeit a motley one at that. The 12Km course, held in the shadow of the Penshaw Monument proved to be a proper cross-country one with plenty of hills and mud for competitors to enjoy in the icy cold conditions. The team finished 1st in the knobbly knees competition and 19th in the race, 2 places ahead of M&C.

Photo courtesy of Jill Sexton shows (L-R) Ken Farrell (245th, 63:12), Jeff Belt (218th, 59:40), Rob Pollard (77th, 51:00), Peter Connor (164th, 55:48), Jonathon Skidmore (97th, 52:10), Nick Simmons (170th, 55:58) and Paul ("I like Cross-Country!") McGough (201st, 58:23). (Lots more photos to come soon). Diane Jobson was our sole female representative in the 8.5 Km Senior women's race, finishing  a creditable 36th overall. 

Report from X/C Manager:

"North York Moors AC fielded 8 senior and veteran runners on a bright but chilly day at the North Eastern Counties AA Cross Country Championships held at Herrington Country Park. The men's 12k course consisted of 3 laps with enough climbs and sticky mud to make it feel twice the distance. The Tyne and Wear clubs dominated a quality field with M Hood of Sunderland Harriers finishing 1st. An over enthusiastic Jonathan Skidmore surrendered the lead to on in-form Rob Pollard who edged away on the 2nd lap and took first place for the club finishing in 77th place. Jonathan finished just over a minute later in 97th. Next home for NYM.AC was an unusually injury free Peter Connor in 164th closely followed by recently injured Nick Simmons in 170th. Paul McGough blamed his performance of 201st on his recent pumping iron stating that his increased weight made him sink in the soft mud. Jeff Belt and Ken Farrell finished 218th and 245th respectively, good performances given the high quality field. Sunderland Harriers went on to win the men#s team event and NYM.AC stamped their mark on the team event being 19th team out of 24th overall.

Diane Jobson was our only female representative in the 8km women's event finishing in a very commendable 36th place. Unusually the women's race took place after the mens and the recent wet weather and 3 laps by 300 odd men made the course a very boggy challenge for the poor lady's. The womens race was led by a quality field and was won by F Murray of Chester-le-Street a clear minute and a half of the Darlington Harriers trio who finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th easily picking up the team prize."

Jonathan Skidmore
Cross-Country Manager

NE X/C Champs 2006 results (link)

31 photos from 2006 NE X/C Champs

 North York Moors AC - 2006/7 Cross Country Update

Dear North York Moors runners,

The North Eastern Counties Athletic Association are holding the annual cross country championships on Saturday 9th December at Herrington Country Park, Penshaw, near Sunderland. The following races are featured:

Under 13 Boys Championship (3k) at 11.30am
Under 13 Girls Championship (3k) at 11.45am
Under 15 Boys Championship (4k) at 12.00
Under 15 Girls Championship (4k) at 12.15pm
Under 20 Men Championship (8k) at 12.30pm
Under 17/20 Girls Championship (5k) at 1.00pm
Senior Men Championship (12k) at 1.20pm
Senior Women Championship (8k) at 2.15pm
Under 17 Men Championship (6k) at 2.40pm

I am very much hoping we can at least manage a senior male and senior female team (first 6 for team score). This is a high profile event, so let's try for good turn out and show the geordie clubs exactly what NYM.AC is capable of.
Please let me know if you wish to race by Monday 6th November at the very latest and I will submit an entry on behalf of the club. Entry fees will be covered by the club. For those considering junior categories your category is based on your age on 1st September 2006. For seniors your age must exceed 20 years on 1st September 2006. Please also note that UK Athletic Rules require club colours must be worn for the race.

Other cross-country races for your diary:

Saturday 27th Jan 2007 North of England AA Cross-Country Championships - Heaton Park, Manchester

10th March 2007 English National Cross Country Championships, Herrington Country Park, Penshaw (note - to race as a Senior you must have entered the North of England AA Cross-Country Championships, other age groups can enter direct)

24th February 2007 Inter-Counties Championships, Nottingham

Please don't forget North York Moors AC is registered in the local NYSD Cross-Country league. All levels of runners very welcome. Fixtures are this website. We need 4 runners in each category for a team result. If you wish to race simply turn up and I will allocate you a race number. Once you have your number, keep this for the duration of the NYSD season and at future races simply just turn up and race. Senior woman races start around 1.30pm and senior men around 2pm.

If you have any other queries on XC matters then let me know.

Regards

Jonathan Skidmore (jonathan@nym.ac)

NYM.AC Cross-Country Manager

 Veterans N.E. Open X/C Champs
18th Feb 2006

Despite the best efforts of Joe Blackett and myself only 2 club members (from 7 entries) turned out for the Veterans NE X/C Champs. at Darlington. Joe finished in a respectable 4th place in the M40 class in 33:07, 3 mins behind winner Brian Rushworth (Sunderland). Also competing in the M40 class was Andy Tapp who finished 16th in 40:34 (if 2 more M40 club members had turned out they would have won at least a Bronze medal as only 2 complete teams finished - boo hoo!). 

Rob Pollard (Veterans AA-NE rep.)

 National X/C Champs
25th Feb 2006

In the Senior Men's National X/C Champs at Parliament Hill Fields our sole representative Joe Blackett finished 327th out of 1288 finishers in 47:50, 9 mins behind the winner P.Riley (Leigh H & AC). Joe is now our highest finishing V40 member in all the major X/C champs.

Former member David Gitau finished in 213th place in 45:46 well down on the 76th position he achieved last year (I told him not not leave us....).

NYMAC Championship Cross-Country records

 Whitby X/C
8th Jan 2006

Daniel Augustus (Scarboro') cruised around the Whitby X/C course ahead of Rob Cole (NMH) and Gary Dunn (T&S) to win the Senior Men's race
while Johanna Jackson (M&C) overhauled a fast starting Kerry Mathews to win the Senior Ladies race.

(24 photos from the race)

 Cross-Country Capers
30th Oct 2005

The NYSD Cross-Country season got off to a flying start at Summerhill, Harlepool. with the senior men's 8.4Km race being won by Scarborough's Daniel Augustus in 28:02 ahead of Middlesbrough's Joseph Rafferty and Rob Cole (Newham & Essex) Many of last seasons protagonist were left trailing as new names came to the fore.
Catherine Hare was a clear winner in the Senior Ladies 5.6Km race nearly a minute ahead of Middlesbrough's Carolyn Summersgill and Dawn Gibbs (Rowntree)

Photo courtesy of Robin Rutherford shows senior men Paul Lowe (651), Lewis Moses (727) and Joe Rafferty (178) jockeying for position shortly after the start.

NYSD 2005/6 X/C Results (link)

11 pics from Summerhill X/C
 

Laurence Jackson Sports College, Guisborough was chosen as the venue to replace the cancelled meeting at Thirsk and provided some tough courses in inclement conditions. In the Senior men's we had 9 members participating with Martin Scaife finishing a comfortable winner in 31:37 while Paul Lowe was 6th and Joe Blackett 14th.
Catherine Hare (Loftus) was the winner of Senior Ladies race in 20:40 ahead of Kerry Matthews and Johanna Jackson (NMH).

NYSD 2005/6 X/C Results (link)

20 photos from Guisborough X/C
 

 North York Moors AC - 2005/6 Cross Country Update

The dark, cold winter nights are looming and that can only mean one thing – cross country running is back, nothing quite like running round a muddy field to cleanse the soul..! Here is a basic guide to the forthcoming season:

There are various local races and 3 larger championship events.

Local Races:

North Yorkshire & South Durham League (NYSD) put on 6 races:

The men’s course is approx 8 km and the ladies is approx 5 km. The venues are:

• Hartlepool (Summerhill) - 30 October 2005

• Newton Aycliffe (Windlestone Hall)– 20 November 2005

• Thirsk Racecourse – 04 December  2005

• Whitby (Caedmon School) – 08 January 2006

• Stockton (Blakestone School) – 19 February 2006

• Richmond (Venue TBC) – 05 March 2006

If you would like to run the NYSD events simply turn up on the day and get a number from me, if you drop me an e-mail before hand I’ll look out for you. Senior races start at approx 1:00 pm

North Eastern Harrier League also put on 6 races:

These races are handicapped, that is all runners are divided into smaller groups of similar ability the ‘slowest’ group sets of first and the ‘fast’ group sets of last. This system means that all runners have a similar chance of winning the event. Race distances are approx the same as for the NYSD races. First event starts at 12:30 pm, the venues are:

• Chester-Le-Street (Riverside) – Sunday 30 October 2005

• Blaydon (Shibdon Park) – Sunday 27 November 2005

• Sunderland (Farringdon) – Saturday 7 January 2006

• Saltwell (Edmond Campion School, Wrekenton) – Saturday 4 February 2006

• Blackhill (Berry Edge, Consett) – Saturday 18 March 2006

• Tynedale (Prudhoe High School) – Saturday 1 April 2006

If you would like to run the Harriers League races send me an e-mail (paul@nym.ac) and I will forward you a number.

Championship Events

There are 3 championship events:

• North Eastern Championship on Saturday 10 December at Willington, County Durham.
• North of England Championship on Saturday 28 January at Blackburn.
• English National Championships on Saturday 25 February at London.

All the championship races are approx 12 km for the men and 8km for the women.

The NYM Committee have agreed to provide limited funds to be used by the Cross Country Manager. This money will be used to subsidise the cost of entering a team for the National. For those who haven’t raced the national in previous years, it’s an event that is definitely worth doing. A mass start of about 2000 and 500 runners in the men’s and women’s race respectively, is an experience that you will not forget….!

There is a huge range of ability in the race (Peter Connor ran it last year) so don’t think that its only for the faster members of the club. Regardless of your fitness level, if you enjoy cross country running the Nationals is a must…! It’s worth mentioning that to run the National you have to be entered for the Northern’s, regardless if you run or not.

If you would like to run any of the Championship events let me know ASAP (for North Eastern’s I need to know by end October) either in person or via e-mail (paul@nym.ac).

I would like to see as many NYM vests racing at both local and championship events, if you have never competed at cross country now is a great time to start….!

Paul Lowe
Cross-Country Manager
 

 Fixtures

Local Cross-Country Fixtures
 

NYM.AC Cross-Country records

After being postponed by a week due to recent snow, the final NYSD Cross-Country meeting took place at Richmond. Paul Lowe (centre) won the Senior Men's event on an 8.6Km course he admittedly enjoys. Paul clocked 31:41 just 7 seconds ahead of veteran Jonathon Orange (left).  Photo (courtesy of Robin Rutherford) shows a pained Rob Cole desperate to finish within 2 places of Paul in order to at least tie with him for the Senior Men's title. Rob actually finished 3rd but as Jonathon was classed as a veteran, Rob won the Senior Men's title outright for the first time. Jonathon's performance in this race poses the question that "even if he (or any veteran runner) had won every race would they still only be classified as the "V1 Mens" category winner?" Maybe the 'Senior Mens'  and 'Senior Ladies' categories should really be 'Open' i.e. include everyone regardless of age (as happens in the local fell races) to determine an overall champion?

Discuss this and other hot topics in our new forum - open to everyone!

Paul: "We had four runners turn up at Richmond: myself, Joe, Peter and Vic. It was a nice sunny day, if not a little chilly! The course was very run-able considering recent snow falls. I won from Jon Orange (he ran very well) and then Rob Cole, we had a good battle but I managed to get a gap going onto the last lap to win by approx 50 metres. Of our members, Joe finished next (15th) then Vic (20th) and then Peter (38th) who managed to hold off Graham Bell at the finish - and even managed a gallop....life in the old dog yet!

NYSD X/C 2004-5 results (link)

Richmond X/C photos
 

Despite several key members missing, we managed to field a senior team in The 2005 Northern Cross Country Championships at Berry Edge, Consett (Darlington Harriers were the only other local club to manage this). Here's Peter's report:

Conditions were surprisingly good, - mild sunny weather and with one or two exceptions underfoot conditions were softish but not deep mud. First mention must be made of our sole womens representative, Kendra White, who ran in the senior event over a distance of 8K.  She finished a commendable 94th out of a field of 166.  A great effort, even more so without the help of other team members. Here’s hoping we can have a full womens team in next years event following Kendra’s example.
We had a team of eight in the senior mens event ran over a four lap course covering a  distance of 12K. Joe Blackett was first home for us, finishing in 141st position (46:54). He was closely followed by Alan Harland in 155th (47:14). Garry Burnip, (someone must have cut their umbilical cord), came in third behind Alan in 232nd (49:23). Paul Godley, fading after contesting the lead for the first fifty metres came in 257th (50:05). Rob Pollard, clearly “up” for this race, also finished in the first three hundred, coming in 293rd (51:19). Vic Brudenell, having his first race for twenty one months, was the final team counter in 333rd (52:18). Peter Connor, recently recovered from a recurring bout of malaria, valiantly came home in 403rd (55:03).The ever reliable Barry Moody, was our final finisher in 526th (62:56). In the team event we finished 21st out of 53 teams. A magnificent effort by all. in this, our first Northern Cross Country Championships.

Peter Connor
Cross Country Manager
NYM.AC

Photo shows (left to right) a right motley crew consisting of Peter Connor in his fishnet stockings, Joe Blackett, Vic Brudenell, Rob Pollard, Garry Burnip, Alan Harland, Barry Moody and Paul Godley. Joe & Barry felt quite legless after this race....
P.S. if you think you can run a bit then you should try one of these events :-).

North of England Cross-Country Championships 2005 results 

Northern Cross-Country Champs 2005 photos

 NYSD Summerhill, Hartlepool
7th Nov 2004

Well, we almost had a team at Summerhill, Hartlepool with Paul Lowe 3rd (31:32), Joe Blackett 16th (32:55), Jonathon Skidmore 36th (34:50), Paul Godley  38th (34:59) and Mike Shaw 88th (41:18).

NYSD X/C Hartlepool photos

We were proud to have 2 representatives in the National Cross-country Championships at Birmingham. Paul Lowe had a good run but was disappointed not to make the top 100 when he finished 102nd in 42:10 while Peter Connor (on yet another come-back trail) continues to improve and made the top 1000, finishing 864th in 52:31.  Ex Kenyan member David Gitau (now living and working down 'sarf') finished 76th in 41:29. The race was won by Glynn Tromans of Coventry & Godiva Harriers in 37:53 .

NYMAC Championship Cross-Country records

 Scaife's King of the Castle
24th Oct 2004

Martin Scaife was a convincing winner of the Senior Men's race at Barnard Castle in the first of the NYSD Cross-Country Meetings. Martin cruised round the tough 10Km course in 29:49, 26 seconds ahead of Scarborough's Daniel Agustus, with M'bro's Rob Cole in 3rd place.
NYMAC's Paul Lowe was 4th making it a good start for the club in our very first cross-country event since the clubs formation in February. (We would have had more members competing but we only joined  the NYSD league four days before this event took place!).
North York Moors AC are also affiliated to the NE Harrier League and we look forward to fielding competitors in that league too.

Photo courtesy of Robin Rutherford of Darlington. 

NYSD X/C Season results (link)
 

North York Moors AC are affiliated to BOTH the NYSD and the NE Harrier leagues.

Please e mail me at paul@nym.ac if you require me to register you with the organisers,
in which case I will have a number for you to use.

Paul Lowe