Senior League Track & Field dates for 2008 here

We managed to win our division last season so please help us stay up
this year.

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79 runners competed in the final race of the 2007-2008 Grand Prix series.
Congratulations go to Angela Hibbs of Chester-le-Street who set a new
Ladies record time of 31:41 by taking 2 seconds off her previous record
time for the event despite the windy conditions. Fastest runner on the
night was Peter Newton of Claremont who had a time of 26:58, 51
seconds outside the course record.

All results here. Some comments on GP8 from "Phil the Handicapper" here

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An entry form for the 2008-09 Grand Prix season can be found here.
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This years Clive Cookson 10K and 5K races will be on the 21st May 2008
The 5K starts at 6:45pm and the 10K at 7:15pm, entry form with race
details in printable DOC format here.
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The 3rd annual Tees Barrage 10K will be staged on bank holiday Monday
5th May at 10:30am from the Tees Barrage, Thornaby on Tees. There is an
entry limit of 500. Entry form here or visit http://www.teesbarrage10k.co.uk
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Turnout for Tuesday night's GP7 was good considering the poor weather
with 70 runners competing. The next race GP8 the last in the series, is
on the 1st April at 7pm prompt starting and finishing at St Marys car park.

Prize presentation and (free) buffet after the race at the Seahorse Club.
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Blyth Valley 10K race is on 27th April, starting from Blyth Quayside it
follows the coast to Seaton Sluice and back. Entry form and details in
PDF format here.
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Members who normally enter the Northumberland Coastal Run please
note that it has been voted Best Race of 2007 by Runners World so the
2008 entry limit is likely to be reached very early. More information and
entry form from http://www.barrycornelius.com/running/races/next.htm
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There was some confusion at Tuesday night's GP5, here are Phil's
comments:

Some problems happened last night. 2 runners started at the wrong time,
86 were recorded as starting, 87 were timed as finishing, 86 were recorded as
finishing, 1 runner started and did not finish - I think that when I passed him
he thought a swim in the North Sea a better option! 1 runner started without
a number and 2 runners finished without a number.

Please ask your friends, if you have any, and anyone else who does the GP
to please try to make life simpler for our volunteer helpers. It is not much
fun standing for about 45 minutes starting runners off and then recording
the finishers on a dark, cold wintry night.

Results here

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Sunday 6th January 2008 saw a good turnout for the Run for Bob event,
the weather was good and not too cold. From the chat in the clubhouse
after the run everyone appeared to have once again had a good time.
There was even some cake left for those of us that came in at the tail
end of the field :-)

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Reminder: Club fees were due 1st October 2007 Have you renewed yours?

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The first race of the 2007/08 Grand Prix season got underway on Tuesday 28th August in light rain with the Blyth Links 10K. The main race was won by Morpeth runner Ivan Hollingworth in 31:50 followed by NSPoly's Ryan Stevenson in 32:11, first NSPoly lady runner was Heather Lambert (45th) in 40:18.

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Karen Johns ran a personal best for 800m in 2:05.84 to finish 5th at the British Milers’ Club’s Grand Prix meeting at Longford Park, Manchester.

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The club had a good turnout for the Blaydon Race on Saturday with some members having good results. First Poly man Ryan Stephenson 13th in 29:46 and first Poly woman Claire McManus 216th (28th u/35L) in 38:17.
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In the North East Track & Field Championships at Gateshead Stadium
12th-13th May our young athletes had some good performances with
Grace Johnson, Karen Johns, Graeme Level and Gina Rutherford
winning their events. More here
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National BMAF Road Relays Sutton Park 12th May 2007

In the M35 class Terry West, Tommy Brannon, Martin Fost and Iain Twaddle came 2nd to win Silver with Terry West the first M35 in a time of 15:11.

Winner and only entrant of the fastest tent on legs event and a novel way to reach the bus without getting wet goes to NS Poly.

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Congratulations to Heather Lambert, Kath Stewart and Lesley Miller for winning Gold medals at the British Masters Cross Country Championships at Farringdon on Saturday 16th September 2006. The Poly also won Bronze in the Mens over 40 and were 5th in the W35 and 7th in the M50 classes. Evening Chronicle race report

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Tommy Brannon had a good run at Poznan, Poland, in the European Masters Championships taking 4th place in the M35 1500m in a time of 4:07.80 while Andy Webb took 3rd place in the M55 400m hurdles in a time of 1:09.75 despite an achilles problem occuring in the last few metres.

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Congratulations to Kath Stewart who won gold in the 400, 800 and 1500 metres over 65 section at the British Masters Championships in Birmingham. Read Bill Mcguirk's article in the Evening Chronicle.

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The National Young Athletes League match on the 25th June 2006 was held at Whitley Bay. The weather could have been kinder for the athletes but it seems all competitors had a good day. The event was won by Border followed by Team North Cumbria, Gateshead 'B' , North Shields Poly and South Shields.

Congratulations to Grace Johnson (U15 High jump) and Gina Rutherford (U17 800m) both awarded Athletes of the Match for ranking first place in the female track & field sections.

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Congratulations to Tommy Brannon, Martin Frost, Iain Twaddle and Rob Walker for finishing in 2nd place in the mens over 35 relay in Sutton Park 20th May 2006 in the 19th National Open Masters Road Relay Championships.

Thanks to Ian Richardson's organisation (and some arm twisting) the Poly entered five teams, Women over 35, Men over 35, Men over 40, Men over 50 and Men over 60.

The course is not an easy one, involving some uphill sections in it's 3 mile loop and the weather on the day was a mixture of sunshine, rain and wind.

Our Poly runners all competed well in their individual legs against some very good club runners from around Britain and all appeared to enjoy the event. The highlight of the day being the excellent 2nd place for the mens over 35 team which lifted all our spirits.

Full results at:- http://www.joelee.co.uk/2006/vets/vet061leg.html

Photos at:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/baldeagle/sets/72057594140353405/
                  http://www.fotoccompli.com
                  http://www.rikko2photo.co.uk/gallery.htm
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NS Poly Newsletter please read and if you can help please do so.

The bi-monthly Poly Patter is available in the clubhouse. It is also available by post to your home if you contact Steve Clark on nspoly@fsmail.net
Read Tommy's story - Focus on Tommy Brannon
Read the full version of Focus on Barbara Ingman from the Poly Patter here.

Coaching in Throwing
We are delighted that Neil Ellerby and Colin Topping have joined the Coaching squad.  They have offered to put on a few sessions on Saturday afternoon if enough people are interested as well as offering coaching on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:15pm.  Please contact bingman@btconnect.com if you are interested or need more information or see Neil or Colin at the Club.  


 A couple of pictures of our gym here

Were you at the photo shoot Group picture here

Club Vests are available in the Clubhouse:

Featuring the club name on the reverse priced at only £13 they are a bargain.

North Shields Polytechnic Club Cups and Trophies information here. If you have any further information about these awards can you please let me know at Les@holywell.demon.co.uk