By Donna Campbell
This week the racing began on Monday with Alan Wilks making the journey to South Shields for their monthly mile. Alan completed this mile in 6 mins 33 seconds.
On Wednesday night Richard Campbell travelled to Gateshead International stadium to take part in the final meeting of the North East Grand Prix where he ran in the 3k track race. Richard ran in the final heat of the night completing the distance in a time of 10 mins 45 seconds.
On Saturday despite the rainy conditions, Richard Holland took part in the Gateshead Trail 10k. He completed this in 44.38.
The main focus this week, however, was the Darlington 10k which took place on Sunday and being very local to us resulted in a high turnout of members for this race.
First home for ARC was Floyd Jones in 37.23 (3rd in his age category), followed by Richard Campbell in 39.09, Andy Talbot in 40.29, Martyn Knox in 42.07, Richard Holland 43.12, Mark Bainbridge 44.18, Dave Blewitt 45.14, John Burnside 47.11, Angela Sutheran in 48.50, Trish Kay 50.08 (second in age category), Heather Morgan 50.43, Sandra Collins 51.21, Sarah Dixon 52.23 (second in age), John Richardson 52.43, Rob Nicholson 55.27, Bev Phillippo 55.42, Ian Baronowski 57.17, Richard Tonge 58.14, Kathryn Waterworth 57.35, Carley Gibson 58.11, Kathleen Tonge, 59.39, Lindsey Brown 58.55, Denise Evans 1.00.02, Mick Brunskill 1.00.42, Tracey Pickering 1.00.51, Nicola Bales 1.01.45, Sam Elwell 1.01.50, Yvonne Williams 1.05.34, Susan Clark 1.05.42, Jane Burnside 1.05.51, Stuart Joyce 1.06.21, Paula Lambert 1.07.09, Eve Doe 1.08.55, Jayne Rudd 1.10.12, Penny Johnson 1.10.57, Sam Baronowski 1.11.13, Lisa Dowell 1.11.42, Jan McLuckie 1.11.43 and Marie Rudd 1.19.51.
For anyone interested in joining the club, you can simply turn up at one of our sessions all of which start from the Oakleaf Complex in Newton Aycliffe. Monday night is beginners run at 6.30pm, Tuesday is endurance/speed session from 7pm, and Thursday is a track session and this takes place at Shildon Track. Further details can be found on our website or facebook pages or alternatively you can message the club via facebook for more information.
