North East Cross Country Harrier League 2007/8:
Heaton's women won the league, the men were promoted to Division 1, and Helen Johnson was 3rd in the senior women's Grand Prix.
After the women lost their 3-point lead to Sunderland at Wrekenton, it needed some inspired performances to hold off the Wearsiders at Prudhoe. Superb runs from Helen and Jo from the fast pack to take 5th and 7th positions were backed up with an excellent 8th place from Alice. With Sunderland runners having finished 3rd and 4th, the wait was on to see whether their third runner could finish better than 13th. At this stage Jenny held 13th position for Heaton, but Sunderland's Hayley Reed was rapidly closing on her from the fast pack. Jenny held on into the strong wind on the short uphill finishing straight to beat her by just two seconds, with a Gatehead runner in 14th position adding to the slender cushion that confirmed Heaton as league champions.
Earlier in the day the men were unable to make up any ground on Morpeth's lead in the league, but second place was enough to gain promotion to the top league for next season. Don led the way again, this time from the medium pack, while James came through from the fast pack into 17th position. Only Morpeth's Mark Brown and Peter Newton of Claremont ran faster than James.
At our presentation night in April there was a small prize for the Heaton member with the lowest combined positions in the senior men's and women's races in all 6 races, and another for the lowest combined positions of their best four races. The final scores are shown below:
Men (Best 6-race aggregate) John Moore 430 Mal Gibson 832 Allen Mulliss 1402 Women (Best 6-race aggregate) Jo Zoppi 86 Jenny Friend 135 Fiona Turley 196 Men (Best 4 races) Dan Robins 156 James Buis 162 Lucas Longman 163 John Moore 195 Chris Auld 279 Iain McKinnon 284 Mark Likeman 315 Sam Daley 414 Scott McEntee 424 Mal Gibson 464 Ken McEntee 726 Paul Inskip 774 Ted Baty 852 Allen Mulliss 919 Women (Best 4 races) Helen Johnson 38 Jo Zoppi 44 Alice Lorenzi 68 Jenny Friend 80 Fiona Turley 107 Susan Auld 128 Clare Buis 143
Blaydon - November 18th 2007
Heaton had a great start to this season's league campaign. The men were 2nd Division 2 team behind a strong Morpeth squad, while the women were 3rd team. Dan and David both move up to the Medium pack for next time, while Fiona steps up into the Fast pack.
Senior Men: 13 Dan Robins 32:40 14 David McAllister-Hewlings 32:46 29 John Moore 33:46 (Medium pack - actual time 31:16) 85 Mal Gibson 35:39 87 James Buis 35:40 (Fast pack - actual time 30:40) 110 Iain McKinnon 36:15 119 Sam Daley 36:27 155 Scott McEntee 37:29 172 Alastair Smith 38:00 190 Ken McEntee 38:31 204 Paul Inskip 38:58 237 Colin McEntee 41:26 238 Allen Mulliss 41:32 (2nd Division 2 team.) Senior Women: 9 Fiona Turley 20:33 13 Alice Lorenzi 20:46 22 Jo Clarke 21:20 23 Jo Zoppi 21:23 (Fast pack - actual time 19:03) 27 Jenny Friend 21:31 50 Clare Buis 22:45 (Fast pack - actual time 20:25) 68 Rachel Inman 23:40 (3rd team) Under 17/20 Women: 15 Alora Adie 24:01
Cramlington - December 15th
An even better turnout than at Blaydon. Superb league debuts for Lucas and Craig, who both move up to the Medium pack, while John returns to the Fast pack. The men were top Division 2 team, and now lead the league after two fixtures. A very impressive run from Helen led the women to another 3rd place, and she moves back up to the Fast pack.
Senior Men: 5 Lucas Longman 35:30 13 John Moore 37:10 (Medium pack. Actual time 34:40) 14 Craig Cochrane 37:18 28 James Buis 38:06 (Fast pack. Actual time 33:06) 48 Dan Robins 38:57 (Medium pack. Actual time 36:27) 66 Sam Daley 39:21 72 David McAllister-Hewlings 39:29 (Medium pack. Actual time 36:59) 90 Chris Auld 40:06 111 Mark Likeman 40:34 112 Scott McEntee 40:35 135 Les Smith 41:13 188 Paul Inskip 43:29 211 Paramjeet Bhogal 44:48 (Medium pack. Actual time 42:18) 218 Mal Gibson 45:32 219 Ted Baty 45:38 229 Allen Mulliss 46:09 230 David Wright 46:13 (1st Division 2 team) Senior Women: 2 Helen Johnson 26:04 19 Jo Zoppi 28:49 (Fast pack. Actual time 26:09) 21 Susan Auld 28:49 23 Jo Clarke 28:59 26 Jenny Friend 29:06 28 Alice Lorenzi 29:26 39 Clare Buis 30:13 (Fast pack. Actual time 27:33) 47 Fiona Turley 30:36 (Fast pack. Actual time 27:56) 49 Angela Peace 30:49 (Fast pack. Actual time 28:09) (3rd team)
South Shields - January 5th
Heaton have moved to the top of the women's league at the half way point in the season, while the men drop to second place behind Morpeth in Division 2. Susan Auld's 9th place sees her move up to the Fast pack.
Senior Men: 33 James Buis 37:19 (Fast pack. Actual time 32:19) 63 Iain McKinnon 38:09 71 David McAllister-Hewlings 38:27 (Medium pack. Actual time 35:57) 73 John Moore 38:32 (Fast pack. Actual time 33:32) 79 Paul Howe 38:40 (Medium pack. Actual time 36:10) 86 Scott McEntee 38:48 118 Mal Gibson 39:42 156 Ken McEntee 40:54 189 Paul Inskip 42:36 190 Ted Baty 42:44 216 Allen Mulliss 44:24 217 David Wright 44:36 (3rd Division 2 team) Senior Women: 8 Jo Zoppi 27:37 (Fast pack. Actual time 24:57) 9 Susan Auld 27:41 16 Jenny Friend 28:05 17 Helen Johnson 28:07 (Fast pack. Actual time 25:27) 37 Clare Buis 29:22 (Fast pack. Actual time 26:42) 42 Fiona Turley 29:51 (Fast pack. Actual time 27:11) (1st team)
Farringdon - January 12th
Senior Men: 63 David Burn 36:34 69 Iain McKinnon 36:39 70 Chris Auld 36:41 77 Dan Robins 36:53 (Medium pack. Actual time 34:23) 81 Lucas Longman 36:56 (Medium pack. Actual time 34:26) 89 Mark Likeman 37:05 119 Craig Cochrane 37:43 (Medium pack. Actual time 35:13) 128 John Moore 38:02 (Fast pack. Actual time 33:02) 144 Mal Gibson 38:28 190 Ken McEntee 40:14 213 Paul Inskip 41:21 236 Ted Baty 43:00 238 Allen Mulliss 43:18 239 Paramjeet Bhogal 43:23 (Medium pack. Actual time 40:53) (4th Division 2 team) Senior Women: 14 Helen Johnson 26:58 (Fast pack. Actual time 24:18) 16 Jo Zoppi 27:05 (Fast pack. Actual time 24:25) 19 Alice Lorenzi 27:17 28 Jenny Friend 28:06 35 Fiona Turley 28:25 (Fast pack. Actual time 25:45) 42 Nina Cameron 28:30 54 Susan Auld 29:22 (Fast pack. Actual time 26:42) (2nd team)
Wrekenton - February 16th
The women's team finished 6th on the day, 3 places behind Sunderland. This leaves Heaton joint top now with Sunderland with one race remaining. Don Milliken in 4th place in his Heaton debut moves up into the Medium Pack, while Dan Robins moves up to the Fast pack after finishing 18th in the same actual time as Don.
Senior Men: 4 Don Milliken 35:34 18 Dan Robins 38:04 (Medium pack. Actual time 35:34) 49 Lucas Longman 38:52 (Medium pack. Actual time 36:22) 52 Paul Howe 38:55 (Medium pack. Actual time 36:25) 53 Chris Auld 38:56 57 Mark Likeman 39:00 77 Iain McKinnon 39:27 101 Scott McEntee 39:58 107 John Moore 40:06 (Fast pack. Actual time 35:06) 117 Mal Gibson 40:19 125 Les Smith 40:28 148 Sam Daley 41:03 190 Ken McEntee 42:42 210 Paramjeet Bhogal 43:43 (Medium pack. Actual time 41:13) 226 David Wright 44:51 245 Allen Mulliss 46:56 270 George Routledge 61:10 (2nd Division 2 team) Senior Women: 13 Jo Zoppi 28:49 (Fast pack. Actual time 26:09) 16 Nina Cameron 29:02 25 Jenny Friend 29:27 32 Fiona Turley 29:59 (Fast pack. Actual time 27:29) 48 Susan Auld 31:41 (Fast pack. Actual time 29:01) (6th team)
Prudhoe - March 1st
An extremely successful day for Heaton, with the women clinching the league title and our men securing promotion to Division 1. Don moves up into the Fast pack for next season, and Alice moves up into the Fast pack in the women's event. James ran the 3rd fastest time of the day and, in reaching 14th position from the Fast pack, he maintains his Fast pack status for next season.
Senior Men: 11 Don Milliken 33:53 (Medium pack. Actual time 31:23) 14 James Buis 34:01 (Fast pack. Actual time 29:01) 28 Lucas Longman 34:48 (Medium pack. Actual time 32:18) 58 Mark Likeman 35:33 66 Chris Auld 35:42 75 Iain McKinnon 35:56 80 John Moore 36:04 (Fast pack. Actual time 31:04) 81 Sam Daley 36:04 125 Scott McEntee 37:04 150 Mal Gibson 37:40 155 Dan Robins 37:45 (Fast pack. Actual time 32:45) 192 Ken McEntee 39:11 193 Paul Inskip 39:12 207 Ted Baty 40:16 236 Allen Mulliss 43:19 254 Denis Young 50:58 (2nd Division 2 team) Senior Women: 5 Helen Johnson 23:56 (Fast pack. Actual time 21:16) 7 Jo Zoppi 24:10 (Fast pack. Actual time 21:30) 8 Alice Lorenzi 24:14 13 Jenny Friend 24:41 17 Clare Buis 24:47 (Fast pack. Actual time 22:07) 19 Nina Cameron 24:51 31 Fiona Turley 25:36 (Fast pack. Actual time 22:56) 50 Susan Auld 27:48 (Fast pack. Actual time 25:08) (1st team)
Heaton Harriers Club Cross Country Championship 2008:
Saturday 15th March. 1pm. Wallsend.
Women, and Men 70+ 6.9 Km
Pos Name Age Group Time
1 Clare Buis Sen 29.03 *
2 Julia Critchley W35 30.46 *
3 Nina Cameron W35 31.15
4 Alice Lorenzi Sen 31.22
5 Jenny Friend W45 31.32 *
6 Reg Checkley M70 36.12 *
7 Eric Appleby M75 38.28 *
Men 9.2 Km
1 James Buis Sen 31.34 *
2 Dan Robins Sen 34.34
3 Dave McAllister M40 36.03 *
4 Les Smith M35 37.18 *
5 Malcolm Gibson Sen 37.44
6 Sam Daley M50 38.19 *
7 M Pennington M35 38.57
8 Ken McEntee M45 40.44 *
9 Paul Inskip M40 41.12
10 John Marshall M50 41.45
11 Chris Burn Sen 42.09
12 Ted Baty M55 42.27 *
13 Paramjeet Bhogal M45 43.46
14 Allen Mulliss M50 44.45
15 Denis Young M55 51.16
16 George Routledge M60 60.12 *
* denotes age group winners