Peter Vickers performed a unique double in the NEC Indoor Athletic championship at Jarrow by winning both the Under-20 and senior 60m sprint titled.

This involved six races during the day and he clocked 7.0 for the Under-20 final and 7.1 for the senior race so is capable of running under seven seconds in the Northern Championship in Manchester later this month.

The club enjoyed further sprint success in the young age groups with Louis McElwee winning the Under-15 title, last year's Under-13 champion and record holder Richard Kilty finishing fourth.

In the Under-13 section Joe Corrigan and Ben Sanderson took gold and silver while Ben Wilson the 2002 Under-15 champion and record holder claimed bronze in his first season as an Under-17.

Faye Winspear took silver in the Under-15 girls sprint clocking the same time as the winner.

Suote Nyananyo although still a teenager won the senior 40m hurdles in a time of 8.8 and Dale Jordan a multi medalist at the field event championships was fourth in the Under-20 hurdles.

Durham Cathedral Relays

(Durham City)

Senior Men (3 x 3000m): 1 Morpeth A (T Ranger 8.35, I Hollingsworth 8.55, I Hudspith 8.33) 26 mins 3 secs; 2 Morpeth B (R Kay 8.49, M Morris 8.45, M Hudspith 8.33) 26.07; 3 Sunderland A (L Browell 8.56, R Kemp 8.54, M Hood 8.44) 26.34; 4 Sunderland B (G Massingham 8.48, B rushworth 8.56, M Donkin 9.19) 27.03; 5 Chester-le-Street (M Tomlinson 9.21, M Scaife 8.36, P Reay 9.27) 27.24. Fastest times: 1= I Hudspith and M Hudspith 8.33; 3 T Ranger 8.35.

Veteran Men (3 x 3000m) Over-40: 1 Durham City (S Everett 9.39, I Crampton 9.31, R Hand 9.07) 33.09; 2 Sunderland A (R Rush 9.54, D Robertson 9.27, S Coxon 9.48) 29.09; 3 North Shields Poly (S Clark 9.44, C Naisbett 9.46, T Mellor 9.53) 29.23. Over-45: 1 Crook (K Archer 9.47, P Carter 10.50, G Hewitson 10.44) 31.21; 2 Crook B 32.58; 3 Derwentside 33.54. Over-50: 1 Morpeth (T Ward 11.28, A Jenkins 9.56, C Dentice 10.05) 31.29; 2 North Shields Poly 32.19; 3 Sunderland 32.33. Over-60: 1 Gosforth (K Sutton 11.52, W Lumsden 12.51, R Nelson 14.17) 39.00; 2 New Marske 39.18.

Senior Women (3 x 3000m): 1 Chester-le-Street (K Waugh 10.22, D Watson 10.52, M McDonnell 9.56) 31.10; 2 Durham University (O Walwyn 10.29, C Adams 12.01, N Fifield 11.17) 33.47; 3 Morpeth A 34.06; 4 Durham City 35.13; 5 Morpeth B 35.20.

Mixed Relay (4 x 1500m): 1 Morpeth A (E Nesbitt 5.34, M Cochrane 5.17, L Dixon 5.41, J Young 4,24) 20.56; 2 Gateshead A (M Ferrier 5.13, J Gibson 5.05, S Favier 5.55, W Pike 4.49) 21.02; 3 Gateshead B 21.37; 4 North Shields Poly 21.47; 5 Morpeth B 22.19.