On 26th April athletes from Shildon attended the NEYDL meeting in Darlington under team manager Michael Hutchinson.

In the under 13s 100m Kayleigh Readman finished in a time of 15.7 seconds closely followed by Isabel Forster in 15.9 sec. Cody Hall completed the trio of runners winning the guest race in 16.5 sec.

In the under 13s long jump Leah Rutherford jumped 3.85 metres whilst Kayleigh Readman leapt to a distance of 3.38m.

In the under 15 girls 100m Rachel Bennett won her race in 12.9 sec whilst Maddie Wells won her event in 13.4 sec. Maddie followed this up by winning the 200m in 27.6 sec. Rachel ran in the 300m race winning in a time of 45.8 sec.

In the under 17 girls 100m Courtnie Mills finished 1st in 13.2 sec and followed this up finishing 2nd in the 200m in 27.6 sec.

In the under 17 boys 100m Lewis Marley finished 3rd in 11.6 sec and completed the 200m in 24.7 sec.

In the under 13 boys 800m Joshua Wraith completed the event in 2.41.01 giving him 1st place in his event whilst brother Thomas finished in 2.47.0 placing him 3rd in his event. In the 1500m Joshua finished in 5.45.5 giving him 2nd place whilst Thomas finished in 5.48.8 placing him 3rd in his race.

In the under 15 boys 800m Charlie Dixon finished 2nd in 2.28.5 and went on to finish 2nd in the 300m in 46.7 sec.

On 28th April Leah Rutherford attended the NYSD event in Darlington and jumped 3.71m to finish 1st whilst in the 100m she finished 5th in 16.1 sec.

On 29th April members of the sprint group attended the first NE Grand Prix event at Monkton Stadium where despite the cloudy and windy conditions they put on excellent performances.

In the 150m event Rachel Bennett finished in 20.2 sec whilst Courtnie Mills was timed at 20.8 sec with Georgia Hirst at 20.7 sec.

Lewis Marley put in a good display to finish 1st in his event in 18.3 sec. In the 300m event Courtnie finished 1st in 44.3 sec whilst Georgia completed the race in a similar time in the junior women’s event. Lewis came 2nd in his 300m race in 39.0 sec whilst the senior member of the team Scott Michael came 3rd over the same distance in 38.7 sec.

On Sunday May 3rd David Johnston completed the Sunderland Half Marathon in tough wet and wintery conditions, he completed the course in 1:37:25.

Shildon Running and Athletic Club is open to anyone from the age of 7 upwards providing that the child is in year 3 at school. Anyone interested in joining the club can go along for a free tryout session.

Details of club nights, and times to suit different age groups, are available at www.shildonrunning.co.uk or by emailing secretary@shildonrunning.co.uk. The club also has a Facebook page at Shildon Running & Athletic Club.

Hackworth Parkrun is open to everyone, is free to enter and takes place each Saturday morning starting at 9am prompt.
To register simply go to www.parkrun.org.uk.