Elvet Striders - There was a good turn out of runners for the Bishop Auckland 10k road race.

On-form Ian Donnachie put in a fine run on the day and was the first Strider home with a time of 38:56, he was followed by Alan Parnaby in 39:32.

Other times: Peter Fahey 41:55; John Hutchinson 43:12; Jan Young 48:11; Joe Thornton 48:45; Jim Nicholson 51:06; Vicky Kerr 51:15; Jean Bradley 53:12; Jill Hall 53:26; Jackie Smith 57:02.

The next road race was the ABC Scaffolding Coxhoe 10k, the weather on the day was very windy so this made it hard for any personal best times to be achieved. First home for the club and in fourth overall was Paul Dunn in a time of 38:55. This was Paul's best position so far in a road race and he was followed by Alan Parnaby in 41:25.

Other times: John Hutchinson 42:38; Peter Fahey 43:03; Ian Graham 48:30; Joe Thornton 50:13; Jim Nicholson 54:10; Peter Mcdermott 56:11; Jackie Smith 59:58; Kath Bramley 62:13; Linda Mcdermott 68:38.

In the first of three off road races, called the wild race series Jan Young was third female overall at Hamsterley forest in a time of 69:00 over a seven mile course which followed the forest trails and logging tracks.

Mandale Harriers

Peter Vickers was again in top form in the Grand Prix final for Under-20 athletes at Moorsway Stadium, Derby.

Although only 17, he finished fifth of 16 invited athletes and was the only athlete from the North of England to reach the final.

He won the 100m in 11.41 into a strong head win and was runner-up in the 200m in 23.10 and he completed his events with 5.60m to claim fifth place and he will be eligible for the next two seasons. His final race will be in the NJAL Promotion match at Cleckheaton this weekend.

Teammate, Elaine Smith was in action for the North of England in the Home Counties Under-20 international match at Ipswich when she won with a leap of 5.90m to round off a season which has seen her win the English Schools title as well as the AAA title and she also represented Great Britain against the USA as well as travelling to France with the Great Britain team.

It will be her final year in the junior age group next season and an improvement on her best distance of 5.97m by a few centimetres should gain her selection for the European junior and World junior championships.