BOGGY conditions underfoot greeted Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers in the North Yorkshire-South Durham Cross-country fixture at Newton Aycliffe.

The women did two laps of the energy-draining course course and the men four.

Catriona Gaudie was the first lady Harrier to finish, in 13th place, in a time of 20 minutes and 40 seconds.

Angela Hayward was 19th in 21.22, Jill Soper 29th in 23.00, Pat Kirby 33rd in 23.35, Maureen Gibbs 36th in 24.25, Louise Savory 42nd in 25.21 closely followed by Kaye Mechie 43rd in 25.23.

Karen Hudson, carrying an injury from her outing in the Dublin Marathon, finished 51st in 27.20, ahead of Pamela Sherlock 53rd in 29.20 and Marian Codling 55th in 30.45.

In total there were 56 finishers and the ladies' team finished in fifth place out of nine.

The men's course was completed by 138 runners from which Walter Busuttil was 14th in 33.51, Merv Burn 17th in 34.08, Richard Hall 23rd in 34.26, John Yates 44th in 36.52, Stewart Mechie 46th in 37.01, Richard Soper 87th in 40.14, Ernie Huck 94th in 41.03, Alan Wikeley 103rd in 42.26 and Steve Harrison 125th in 46.25.

The team now compete in division two and were placed second out of the nine teams.

The results of the Harewood 10 Trail Race are finally available and the event was completed by 566 runners.

Darren Bilton of Kingston-upon-Hull AC was the winner in a time of 54.44. Busuttil was 27th in 64.20, John Yates 31st in 64.49, Alan Harman 181st in 75.26, Ian Codling 358th in 86.41, Pamela Sherlock 554th in 112.20 and Marian Codling 555th in 112.32.

Updated: 12:21 Wednesday, November 20, 2002