NEWCASTLE Club Tyne Bridge Harriers dominated the sell-out Kielder 10K, with Marc Fenwick heading the 1,000-strong field to win from two of his clubmates, Shaun Brown and David Beech.
Fenwick, the 29-year-old winner of this summer's BUPA Great North 5K and Watergate 5K, clocked 33 mins37 secs, almost a minute clear of Brown, runner-up in July's Ovingham 10K in the Tyne valley.
Durham Fell Runers' Fiona Blackett, whose last success was in the 2012 New Marske Coast Road 5K, won the women's race in 40 mins 44 secs, beating Sunderland Harriers junior and park run enthusiast Jessica Fox by almost three minutes.
Results - Men: 1 M Fenwick (Tyne Bridge) 33 mins 37 secs; 2 S Brown (TB) 34.24; 3 D Beech (TB) 34.50; 5 M Barker (Sunderland) 35.29; 6 T Allan (Unatt) 36.58; 7 G Rudman (Blaydon) 37.10; 8 D Mead (Unatt) 37.28; 9 M McGillivray (Heaton) 37.30; 10 D Fuller (Unatt) 38.14.
Women: 1 F Blackett (Durham Fell Runners) 40.44; 2 J Fox (Sund) 43.22; 3 C Maclaine (Unatt) 44.08; 4 C Baker |(|Horsforth) 44.13; 5 M O'Connor (Unatt) 44.14.
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