Venmore Mile meeting past winners
(Venue 1972/3 Whitley Bay 1974-83 Cochrane Park 1984-93 Lightfoot Stadium 1994-2001 Monkton, Jarrow. Last staged in 2001).
Venmore Mile:
1972 - J McCarthy (Gosf) n/k.; 1973 - A Gibson (Gosf) 4:37.0; 1974 - R Liddle (Gosf) 4:54.0; 1975 - R Helmsley (Gosf) 4:48.7; 1976 - R Helmsley (Gosf) 4:49.0; 1977 - P McLeod (Els) 4:52.9; 1978 - W Sutton (Gosf) 4:58.0; 1979 - B Miller (Heat) 5:06.0; 1980 - R Thompson (n/k) 5:02.0; 1981 - P Jones (Heat) 4:52.6; 1982 - A Thompson (Els) 4:52.9; 1983 - H Montgomery (Heat) 4:49.1; 1984 - C Lees (Els) 4:33.7; 1985 - P Calderbank (Heat) 4:34.1; 1986 - P Calderbank (Heat) 4:29.3; 1987 - C Marshall (J&H) 4:22.2; 1988 - P Hammill (Els) 4:26.1; 1989 - S Barnett (Walls) 4:24.9; 1990 - M Thompson (Gates) 4:29.0; 1991 - R Chilvers (R&Z) 4:27.2; 1992 - S Maley (Walls) 4:33.2; 1993 - S O'Donnell (J&H) 4:27.3; 1994 - C Bannon (Cram) 4:22.3; 1995 - C Bannon (Cram) 4:22.8; 1996 - R Hand (DurC) 4:30.6; 1997 - J Douglas (Gosf) 4:28.9; 1998 - B Jackson (DurC) 4:33.4; 1999 - M Nicholson (Gosf) 4:26.3; 2000 - G Massingham (Sund) 4:29.9; 2001 - R Kemp (Sund) 4:26.5
Elite Mile:
(No event in years not included). 1974 - A Gibson (Gosf) 4:36.0; 1978 - G Fallow (n/k) 4:40.0; 1979 - S Gilmour (Els) 4:32.0; 1980 - G Fallow (n/k) 4:26.0; 1981 - D Robson (Els) 4:34.9; 1984 - D McMillan (Edinburgh AC) 4:14.4; 1985 - T Brannon (NSP) 4:09.9; 1986 - D McMillan (DurC) 4:13.5; 1987 - P Saint (NSP) 4:10.6; 1989 - A James (Morp) 4:16.8; 1990 - P Donachey (Els) 4:24.3; 1991 - V Wilson (J&H) 4:16.7; 1992 - V Wilson (J&H) 4:11.9; 1994 - C Walker (Gates) 4:04.3; 1995 - K Harker (Mand) 4:17.9; 1996 - V Wilson (J&H) 4:06.5; 1997 - J Moore (Heat) 4:25.3; 1998 - V Wilson (Morp) 4:23.0; 1999 - A Johnson (Els) 4:23.8; 2000 - A Caine (Tyne) 4:18.7; 2001 - I Davey (Shil) 4:21.2
Other Event Winners / Fastest Times.
(No competitors in years that are not included).
Veteran Men:
1984 - H Gold (Heat) 4:56.0; 1985 - R Checkley (Heat) 4:54.2; 1986 - W Allen (Heat) 5:05.3; 1987 - B Mackay (Durham C) 4:48.9; 1988 - B Mackay (Durham C) 4:49.1; 1989 - C Bolton (Els) 4:45.3; 1990 - J Loughran (Gosf) 5:15.8; 1991 - P Lancaster (NSP) 4:42.0; 1992 - A Grimes (Heat) 4:59.0; 1993 - R Smedley (Gates) 4:31.9; 1994 - J Prendergast (S Sh) 4:47.3; 1995 - T Watson (Morp) 4:53.4; 1996 - K Archer (Crook) 4:38.9; 1997 - A Makepeace (Bord) 4:45.2; 1998 - A Dent (Blay) 4:36.3; 1999 - H Matthews (Els) 4:53.3; 2000 - W Watson (J&H) 4:55.7; 2001 - A Dent (Blaydon) 4:48.6
Under 20 Men / Juniors:
1985 - P Batey (Tyne) 4:35.4; 1986 - I Phillip (Heat) 4:30.5; 1987 - S Murray (Els) 4:24.7; 1988 - P Hammill (Els) 4:26.1; 1989 - S Barnett (Walls) 4:24.9; 1990 - M Gibson (Heat) 4:45.2; 1991 - A Suffell (R&Z) 4:52.1; 1992 - B Mason (Morp) 4:47.5; 1993 - B Mason (Morp) 4:43.3; 1994 - C Bannon (Cram) 4:22.3; 1995 - C Bannon (Cram) 4:22.8; 1996 - G Walker (J&H) 4:36.4; 1997 - G Slessor (S Sh) 4:34.9; 1999 - M Nicholson (Gosf) 4:26.3; 2000 - G Massingham (Sund) 4:29.9; 2001 - R Kemp (Sund) 4:26.5
Under 17 Men / Youths:
1984 - I Phillip (Heat) 4:36.5; 1985 - I Phillip (Heat) 4:42.8; 1986 - A Nicholson (Darl) 4:30.0; 1987 - A Robson (J&H) 4:25.3; 1988 - C Rees (Els) 4:28.8; 1989 - C Rees (Els) 4:27.7; 1990 - A Tennant (Gosf) 4:40.4; 1991 - P Lappin (Cram) 4:46.1; 1992 - D Watts (Morp) 4:40.6; 1993 - S Horn (Els) 4:50.2; 1994 - K Corr (J&H) 4:35.5; 1995 - M Birkett (J&H) 4:34.0; 1996 - M Crompton (J&H) 4:43.9; 1997 - W Abbott (J&H) 4:37.9; 1998 - M Nicholson (Gosf) 4:35.4; 1999 - L Millmore (Birt) 4:47.2; 2000 - J Graham (Gosf) 4:30.7; 2001 - C Lamb (C-le-S) 4:27.0
Under 15 Boys:
1984 - L Lemmon (Heat) 4:59.9; 1985 - J Hammill (Els) 5:05.7; 1986 - J Brown (Blyth) 4:57.8; 1987 - B O'Docherty (J&H) 4:47.4; 1988 - N Stephenson (Newton Aycliffe) 5:40.3; 1989 - L Morgan (Walls) 4:47.3; 1990 - J Maughan (Washington) 5:00.8; 1991 - S Horn (Els) 5:03.9; 1992 - S Horn (Els) 4:54.0; 1993 - P Jones (DurC) 5:05.7; 1994 - G Slessor (S Sh) 4:58.5; 1995 - G Sharp (Birt) 4:53.1; 1996 - P Arnold (J&H) 5:00.2; 1997 - M Slessor (S Sh) 4:48.9; 1998 - S Greenwell (Els) 5:18.7; 1999 - R Eilles (Birt) 4:56.8; 2000 - K Wilson (Morp) 4:54.1; 2001 - C Howey (Birt) 5:02.8
Under 13 Boys / Colts:
1984 - P Jackson (Heat) 5:53.0; 1985 - A Thain (Morp) 5:58.7; 1986 - P Cunningham (Blyth) 5:20.0; 1987 - G Todd (Cramlington) 5:10.0; 1988 - G Todd (Cram) 5:13.3; 1991 - M Lown (Birt) 5:55.7; 1992 - J Doyle (Morp) 5:31.4; 1993 - G Hunt (DurC) 5:48.7; 1994 - S Munday (Morp) 5:15.1; 1995 - M Slessor (S Sh) 5:19.6; 1996 - S Kavanagh (Birt) 6:47.5; 1997 - K White (Birt) 5:33.8; 1998 - A Greenwell (Els) 5:33.4; 1999 - C Howey (Birt) 5:25.0; 2000 - A Welford (Gosf) 5:22.9; 2001 - L Dixon (Els) 5:31.3
Senior Women:
1985 - J Padden (Heat) 6:20.7; 1986 - J Hunter (Blay) 4:48.5; 1987 - J Hunter (Blaydon) 4:44.6; 1988 - S Dixon (Newton Aycliffe) 6:36.5; 1989 - J Padden (Heat) 6:22.2; 1990 - C Blanden (CLeS) 5:28.9; 1991 - J Coates (J&H) 5:11.2; 1992 - A Cornwell (Heat) 5:57.7; 1994 - S Griffiths (Cram) 5:01.5; 1996 - K Waugh (Liverpool) 4:58.1; 1997 - C Ratcliff (DurC) 5:20.1; 1998 - C Smallwood (J&H) 5:12.1; 1999 - K Hind (Gates) 4:58.9; 2000 - C Smallwood (J&H) 5:13.2; 2001 - C Smallwood (J&H) 5:10.7
Veteran Women:
1990 - E McMahon (Heat) 6:08.2; 1996 - M Blanden (CLeS) 6:08.3; 1997 - M Blanden (CLeS) 6:17.1; 1998 - L Marr (Tyne) 5:26.3; 1999 - J Battersby (Elvet) 5:23.9; 2000 - J Battersby (Elvet) 5:23.5; 2001 - C Ratcliff (Durham) 5:20.2
Under 20 / Junior Women:
1990 - A Thompson (Els) 6:14.5; 1994 - J Hall (Cram) 5:18.6; 1996 - C Harrod (Els) 5:35.9; 1998 - S Thomas (Walls) 5:08.1; 1999 - A Hunter (J&H) 5:23.5
Under 17 Women / Intermediates:
1987 - L McCormack (Newton Aycliffe) 5:39.8; 1988 - L McCormack (Newton Aycliffe) 6:06.8; 1989 - A Thompson (Els) 6:14.8; 1991 - G Cowell (Els) 5:25.9; 1992 - J Hall (Cram) 5:21.7; 1993 - M Charters (Gates) 5:28.7; 1994 - C Wood (Cram) 5:27.2; 1996 - A Hunter (J&H) 5:31.4; 1997 - A Hunter (J&H) 5:30.5; 1998 - J O'Donnell (J&H) 5:48.5; 1999 - E Hind (Gates) 5:32.8; 2000 - D Leigh (Sund) 5:55.5; 2001 - D Leigh (Sund) 5:49.2
Under 15 Girls:
1984 - W Thain (Morp) 5:54.0; 1985 - W Thain (Morp) 5:50.9; 1986 - L McCormack (Newton Aycliffe) 5:29.0; 1991 - K Foreman (Els) 5:30.5; 1992 - J Heslop (Els) 5:16.6; 1993 - S Thomas (Walls) 5:25.1; 1994 - C Hargreave (Sund) 5:28.6; 1996 - J O'Donnell (J&H) 5:37.5; 1999 - K Rodmell (Tyne) 5:39.3; 2000 - J Scott (Sund) 5:27.6; 2001 - S Leigh (Sund) 5:48.3
Under 13 Girls / Minors:
1985 - C Shield (Morp) 6:02.2; 1991 - J Elliott (Els) 5:24.6; 1992 - M Duff (Heat) 7:33.7; 1993 - M Duff (Heat) 6:40.2; 1994 - N Coates (Cram) 5:29.2; 1995 - J O'Donnell (J&H) 6:12.8; 1996 - M Foster (Els) 5:57.7; 1997 - K Rodmell (Walls) 5:37.7; 1998 - K Rodmell (Walls) 5:43.9; 1999 - J Miller (Tyne) 5:44.1; 2000 - H Scrafton (Mand) 5:57.2; 2001 - K Brown (Birt) 5:42.7
Open 5000m (Men):
1984 - M Miles (Heat) 15:42.9; 1985 - M Miles (Heat) 15:44.0; 1986 - C Naisbitt (Walls) 14:58.4; 1987 - G Woods (Morp) 15:09.1; 1988 - I Hudspith (Morp) 15:15.3;
1989 - A Jenkins (Morp) 15:06.9; 1990 - M Miles (Heat) 15:34.9; 1991 - D Speight (Morp) 15:49.1; 1992 - G Lancaster (Sund) 15:21.2; 1994 - N Barnes (Els) 15:37.8; 1998 - I Archbold (Morp) 15:02.2; 1999 - W Watson (J&H) 16:32.7; 2000 - M Slessor (J&H) 16:55.3; 2001 - S O'Grady (NewM) 15:51.4
(1993 / 1995 / 1996 / 1997 Not contested.due to NE 10,000m Championship).
Open 5000m (Women):
1998 - K Waugh (Liverpool) 17:38.9; 1999 - A Dixon (Sund) 18:47.1