Begin Health North East Harrier League kicks off our cross-country round-up

Chris Larkin and Catriona MacDonald come out on high on the widespread occasion within the North East of England.

START FITNESS NORTH EAST HARRIER LEAGUE, South Shields, January 31

Temple Memorial Park hosted the fifth race within the collection as Chris Larkin was first house general after transferring up from second within the earlier race within the collection.

Larkin was second quickest in that pre-Christmas race.

This fifth leg of the league additionally noticed displays of the Sherman Cup and Davidson Protect.

Within the girls’s race Catriona MacDonald was first house, forward of Jessica Fox, who was quickest amongst the entire girls within the earlier spherical of races.

Seventh house general and fewer than a minute down was North East favorite W45 Justina Heslop.

Total: 1 C Larkin (Heaton) 30:40; 2 C Franks (Gate, M40) 31:03; 3 M Linsley (Gate) 31:32

M45: 1 A Heppell (Gosf) 34:43

M50: 1 L McEwan (Elvet) 36:28

M55: 1 M Turnbull (Elsw) 37:54

M60: 1 S Everett (Durh) 40:05

M65: 1 D Walton (Elsw) 43:03

U20: 1 L McFonough (Alnw) 31:43

U17: 1 G Bryce (Blyth) 19:44; 2 W Haswell (Sund) 19:53; 3 D Heatley (Blyth) 20:21

U15: 1 A Johnston (Blyth) 11:03; 2 J Floyd (Blyth) 11;13; 3 J Johnson (Gate) 11:14

U13: 1 J Hopper (J&H) 11:32; 2 F Hutchinson (Durh) 11:37; 3 J Hardy (Heaton) 11:57

Ladies: 1 C MacDonald (Morp) 23:49; 2 J Fox (Sund) 23:56; 3 A Etherington (Criminal) 24:15

W40: 1 S Attwood (Criminal) 25:22

W45: 1 J Heslop (Elsw) 24:36

W50: 1 L Quick (T’dale) 26:09

W55: 1 Ok Anderson (T’dale) 29:14

W65: 1 C Web page (Alnw) 29:25

U17: 1 M Owens (Darl) 23:48; 2 C Owens (Darl) 23:02; 3 S Elliott (Gosf) 25:02

U15: 1 F Heatley (Morp) 12:38; 2 J Gould (Gate) 12:54; 2 C Das (Gosf) 14:01

U13: 1 J Davies (Sedge) 12:56; 2 M Pugh (T’dale) 13:03; 3 C De Lucas (Phoe Fly) 13:07

OXFORDSHIRE LEAGUE, Spherical 4, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, February 1

Cotswold Farm Park at Guiting Energy, noticed the league transfer outdoors the Oxfordshire boundaries and with it a victory for 40-year-old Ben Cole, who notched up his third league win of the winter.

The second declare Swindon Harriers opened out a 30-metre victory over workforce mate Simon Byrne.

For the ladies, it wa W35 s Victoria Bodeker who got here out on high for Hook Norton Harriers.

Within the youthful age teams, James Mayneord was once more in profitable kind, his third of the 2025/26 marketing campaign.

Total: 1 B Cole (Swin, M40) 28:41; 2 S Byrne (Swin) 28:49; 3 J Davies (Oxf C_) 28:57

M40: 2 D Blake (Wit) 30:23

M50: 1 B Paviour (Learn) 31:54; 2 J Bolton (W’inventory) 32:45

M60: 1 M Slevin (Head RR) 38:09

M70: 1 M Sheridsn (Newb) 402:05

U17: 1 J Norton (Newb) 21:43; 2 J Metal (Abing) 21:59; 3 S Nixon-Gagg (Abing) 21:19

U15: 1 J Mayneord (Swin) 16:45; 2 L Moss (Newb) 16:55; 3 A Collins (Bic) 16:57

U13: 1 S Cousins (Radley) 11:30; 2 J Lindsay (Abing) 11:32; 3 R Grey (Banb) 11:53

Ladies: 1 V Bodeker (Hook N, W35) 34:08; 2 L Robertson (Newb) 35:28; 3 L Morrison (Swin) 35:35

W40: 1 J Franklin (Newb) 35:36

W50: 1 J Stueber (H’price) 39:51

W60: 1 Ok Bates (Etnsh) 49:46

U17: 1 A Lorimer (Oxf C) 24:32; 2 S Kintish (Oxf C) 25:8; 3 Ok Barney (Radley) 26:34

U15: 1 N Parry-Spring (Radley) 19:20; 2 E Scrace (Swin) 19:30; 3 E Charlesworth (Swin) 19:52

U13: 1 B Brien (Swin) 11:10; 2 R Walker (Banb) 13:15; 3 P Wall (Swin) 13:28

RAF CHAMPIONSHIPS, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire, January 29

Males: 1 R Wooden (Odiham) 32:38; 2 C Davies (MMB) 32:40; 3 A Baker (Crsanwell, M40) 32:50; 4 M Kallenberg (Wittering) 33;10; 5 B Livesey (Excessive Wyc, M40) 33:18; 6 B Evans (Cosf) 34:05

M50: 1 M Witfield (N’wooden) 35:28

Ladies: 1 C Richardson (Shawbury) 28:46; 2 L Rycroft (B Norton) 29:43; 3 C Cory (Stamford Corridor) 31:19

W45: 1 J Johnson (B Norton) 33:51