Although attendance was poor this year, there were some great performances from the athletes who took part, with a thrilling battle taking place between George Routledge and Paul Bentley in the 5,000m. George sat behind Paul for ten laps, then in the last 200m swooped in for the kill, overtaking Paul on the last 100m stretch to cross the line in 36:31.3. In the preceding 10,000m there was also a battle going on, with masters athlete Greg Jayasuriya competing against senior Jordan Bell in the NECAA 10,000m champs, which were combined with our own championships. Although Jordan pulled clear of Greg in around lap 15 or so (I lost count!), Greg showed his usual determination and made up so much ground in the last lap or two that he came in 40 seconds clear of Jordan, to take the win in 32:46.3. 
The NEMAA 10,000m Champs saw John O'Reilly (M60) of Tynedale Harriers cross the line first in 40:16.6, followed less than a minute later by Iain Goff (M50) of S Shields. Paul O'Connor, Jesmond Joggers was second M60 to finish with Michael Jones  third M60, finishing just behind George Henderson (M55) of NEVAC. Guest athlete Peter Brown (M65) of Steel City Striders completed the finishers for this 10,000m race, with a time of 50:27.2.
NEMAA 10,000m Champs results
1st M50 Iain Goff, S Shields 41:10.3
1st M55 George Henderson, NEVAC 47:03.7
1st M60 John O'Reilly, Tynedale 40:16.6
2nd M60 Paul O'Connor, Jesmond Joggers 46:44.4
3rd M60 Michael Jones, S Shields 47:16.4
NEMAA 5,000m Champs results
1st W35 Carys Samuel, Quakers RC 23:37.6
1st M65 Andy Talbot, Aycliffe AC 21:27.8 (winner of the Eric Appleby Trophy)
1st M70 Malcolm Thirlaway, Gateshead Harriers 24:22.9
1st M75 George Routledge, Heaton Harriers 36:31.3
1st M80 Paul Bentley, Morpeth Harriers 36:42.1

NEMAA Results:-
W40
1 Sarah Attwood Crook 18:52.5
W45
1 Kirsty Burville Morpeth 20:01.3
W55
1 Amanda Taylor Crook 21:34.3
W60
1 Kelly Bentley Birtley 23:16.2
M65
1 Michael Stacey Low Fell 22:48.4
2 Malcolm Thirlaway Gateshead 22:57.7
3 Andrew Dippie Morpeth 25:24.0
4 Gerry Hehir Crook 29:49.4
M70
1 Stephen Winter NEVAC 34:06.6
​M75
1 George Routledge Heaton 35:52.2

NECAA Winner:- Anthony Sayers Crook 32:43.9

NEMAA Results:-
W55
Kirstin Farquhar Birtley 46:50.4
M40
1 Conrad Franks Gateshead 32:59.6
2 Gary Wallace Blackhill 35:14.9
3 Brad Wight Crook 37:16.5
M45
1 Gareth Pritchard Vegan Runners 35:03.7
M55
1 George Henderson S Shields 40:24.8
2 Phil McCluskey Jarrow 55:23.3
M60
1 Greg Penn North Shields 43:46.4
M70
Gavin Bayne Morpeth 40:22.4

Congratulations to all of our new British and NEMAA champions:-
Race 1 
F45 
Zoe Towers - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 50:47.48
Janice Stewart - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 52:28.31
Marie Bell - BMAF and NEMAA bronze - 57:15.87
F50
Heather Christopher - BMAF silver and NEMAA gold - 45:19.02
Vicki Thompson - BMAF bronze and NEMAA silver - 54:46.99
F55
Jackie Murdy - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 41:14.05
Kirstin Farquhar - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 45:36.00
F60
Roselle Oberholzer - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 43:32.15
Heather Robinson - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 46:05.73
Helen Morris - BMAF and NEMAA bronze - 54:02.09
F65
Anne Craddock - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 59:02.52
M80
Laurie Cummings - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 55:52.99

Race 2 
F35
Alex Sneddon - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 39:31.10
Katie Donaldson - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 45:56.05
M55
John O'Reilly - BMAF silver and NEMAA gold - 39:16.11
George Henderson - BMAF bronze and NEMAA silver - 40:48.61
Graeme Swaddle - NEMAA bronze - 42:27.22
M60
Greg Penn - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 36:43.07
Michael Jones - NEMAA silver - 42:15.87
Richard Townsend - NEMAA bronze - 49:40.07
M65
Malcolm Thirlaway - BMAF bronze and NEMAA gold - 46:45.13

Race 3
M35
Daniel Alexander - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 33:10.13
Michael Harcourt - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 35:02.14
M40
Conrad Franks - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 33:03.02
Gary Wallace - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 34:36.68
M45
Andrew Heppell - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 35:57.98
John Sturman - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 38:09.28
Justin Durham - BMAF and NEMAA bronze - 38:38.71
M50
Alasdair Tatham - BMAF and NEMAA gold - 35:14.21
Paul Robson - BMAF and NEMAA silver - 35:30.05
Andrew Beevers - BMAF and NEMAA bronze - 35:41.59

Online results for race 1 here

Online results for race 2 here

Online results for race 3 here