On Tuesday 15th April the first NYSD League meeting was held in Darlington where Chloe Fairclough represented the club in the U13 girls 1500m and finished 5th in a time of 5.44.3. She followed this up by finishing 6th in the javelin throwing 8.43m.

Scott Michael ran in the senior men’s 200m and finished 2nd in 25.30 seconds.

Georgia Hirst and Amy Etherington both ran in the under 20 women’s 200m race with Georgia finishing 1st in 28.90 seconds and Amy finishing 2nd in 29.0 seconds.

Gateshead hosted the first Minors Meeting on Sunday 19th April with four young athletes taking part.

Tia Hirst took part in the year 3 events performing exceptionally well to finish 2nd in the 50m sprint in 8.85 seconds, 2nd in the 400m in 1.29.26, 3rd in the howler throw with 9.29m and 1st jumping 1.71m in the standing long jump.

In year 4, Aidan Barrass performed superbly to finish 1st in the 75m sprint in 12.05 seconds, 1st in the 400m in 1.14.40, 1st in the howler throw with 26.30m and 2nd in the standing long jump with 1.68m.

Jake Bewley finished 4th in the 75m sprint in 12.52 seconds and 4th in the 400m in 1.20.68 seconds.

In year 6 Kayleigh Readman finished 6th in the 75m sprint in 11.45 seconds, 6th in the 600m in 2.09.6, 5th in the howler throwing 17.63m and 3rd in the long jump with 3.12m.

Gateshead also played host to an open medal event the same afternoon where Scott Michael finished 4th in the Senior Men’s 100m in 11.55 seconds and 4th in the corresponding 200m event in 23.39.

Lizzie Cramb finished 1st in the under 17 women’s 800m in 2.26.10 whilst Liam Hanby finished 7th in the under 13 boy’s 800m in 3.01.81.

Leah Rutherford took part in the under 13 long jump and came third with a jump of 3.89m.

On Sunday 12th April, two club runners completed the Sheffield Half Marathon. In difficult conditions Emma Flynn ran in an excellent 2:24:18 whilst David Johnston completed the course in 1:44:27.

Sunday 26th April saw Shildon seniors venturing to Blackpool for the Full and Half Marathons.

The day was sunny but windy and the course, although flat, proved challenging due to the costal windswept route. The Half Marathon was completed by 3 of the club’s ladies, Donna Dunbar finished in 1:46:03, Hazel Johnson was next home in 1:51:14 and Shannon Ross completed the trio in a time of 1:52:04. All 3 ladies setting new PBs in tough conditions. David Johnston completed the marathon in 4:03:46.

Well done to all runners at all events over the last couple of weeks.