(updated 27th July 2012)
Following sterling work by Newcastle City Council and members of Elswick Harriers, this year’s Elswick Cup went ahead without any problems, and on a successful night for Tyne Bridge Harriers the club won the Men’s team prize and made a clean sweep of the Veteran Men awards.
The 5k race around Exhibition Park and Newcastle Town Moor was won by Nick Swinburn (Morpeth) in a time of 14m55s, with his team-mate, Matthew Nicholson, finishing 2nd in 15m25s. Elswick Harriers occupied 3rd and 4th spots (Tadele Muolugeta and Mark Mcleod respectively), but a tremendous showing of strength in depth meant Tyne Bridge collected the Men’s team prize, with Marc Fenwick (5th), Keith Smith (6th) and Kenny Mac (7th) forming the winning team.
Keith, Kenny and Paul Hilton collected the Top 3 individual prizes in the Veteran Men category.
The ladies from North Shields Poly narrowly pipped their counterparts from Tyne Bridge to win the Women’s team prize (unfortunately, a clerical error with the results meant Tyne Bridge were mistakenly announced as winners on the night).
On a personal level, there were several outstanding performances, with PB’s a plenty. Most notably, Paul Hilton recording his first ever sub 17min time for 5k (16:53); Keith Rooney who knocked 40 seconds off his time; Charlotte Carpenter got an amazing PB, reducing her PB from 25:21 to 23:51; and Lizzy Clamp, running 24:16, a minute quicker than her previous best of 25:16.
Congratulations to all the above.
| Position | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Marc Fenwick | 16.03 |
| 6 | Keith Smith | 16.32 |
| 9 | Tony Carter | 16.50 |
| 10 | Paul Hilton | 16.54 |
| 22 | David Daniels | 18.19 |
| 27 | Andy Lisle | 18.41 |
| 30 | John Tollitt | 18.48 |
| 39 | Jon Finlay | 19.18 |
| 51 | Dave Rowe | 20.25 |
| 55 | Carolina Freeman | 20.48 |
| 58 | Colin Dilks | 21.02 |
| 61 | Alan Wallace | 21.21 |
| 64 | Chris Murther | 21.37 |
| 67 | Lucy Matheson | 21.56 |
| 72 | Keith Rooney | 22.18 |
| 75 | Mal Steel | 22.35 |
| 81 | Natalie Mee | 23.30 |
| 83 | Jane Lowes | 23.36 |
| 86 | Charlotte Carpenter | 23.51 |
| 90 | Lizzy Clamp | 24.16 |
| 91 | Julie Shaw | 24.17 |
| 94 | Dominic McBride | 25.00 |
| 99 | Mark Allison | 25.21 |
| 105 | Donna Houghton | 27.25 |
| 108 | Alison Habebi | 27.37 |
| 111 | Michael Duff | 28.03 |
| 112 | Joanne Lee | 28.55 |
Full results can be found here.
The start of the Elswick 5k Cup
ROONEY!! ROONEY!!
Mark (Run Geordie Run) Allison
Race winner, Nick Swinburn (Morpeth Harriers)
Marc Fenwick
Keith Smith
Kenny Mac
Tony Carter
Paul Hilton
David Daniels
Andy Lisle
John Tollitt
Jon Finlay
Dave Rowe
Carolina Freeman (1st Tyne Bridge female)
Colin Dilks
Alan Wallace
Chris Murther
Lucy Matheson
Keith Rooney
Mal Steel
Mal Steel (determined not to be beaten to the line)
Natalie Mee
Jane Lowes
Charlotte Carpenter
Lizzy Clamp
Julie Shaw
Dominic McBride
Mark Allison
Donna Houghton
Alison Habebi (Centre)
Michael Duff
Joanne Lee
Many thanks to Steve Garrett (Sportypix) for the fantastic photographs.
Visit here for more great shots from the race.
5 Responses
Many thanks to the members who went along to support the race and well done to all those who ran and recorded a PB.
HILTON FOR ENGLAND!
Yet another glorious night in our short existance, even more to come. Well done everybody
Some great results jointly and individully and the pictures are really good.
Grrreat stuff folks! Everyone looking strong in the photo set and getting top times….and at the lighting-fast end check out Captain”sub 17″ Hilton!