It was a slightly disappointing day for our runners at the Inter Counties Cross Country championships at a rain soaked Woolaton Park, Nottingham - Ricky Stevenson looking to put up a good show after last year's disappointment, never really felt well enough during the race to be competitive. But Dominic Shaw had a good finish in 33rd place and helped the North East team pick up the silver medal. Jess Russon was carrying a cold, and finished a disappointing 113th - but that still was in top half of a good class field. Mark Shaw had his preparations disrupted by a freak accident at home - stubbing his toe on a spiral staircase, and up to Thursday he wasn't certain to run. He tasted defeat for the first time this season, finishing fourth of 285 runners that completed the course - but that was still good enough to clinch the the first prize for the UK Cross Challenge Series which started at Birmingham in October, also included races at Liverpool, Belfast, Cardiff.

The team selected to represent the North East Counties at Wollaton Park, Nottingham includes only four members of New Marske Harriers. Threr would have been six but for Lizzie & Katie Templeman's longstanding commitment to a National Baithlon Competition. For Mark Shaw it is also the final leg of the UK Cross Challenge - he is currently unbeaten in the series.

The whole programme will be shown live on Sky TV

Teams are as follows
Under 13 Boys
Mark Shaw (New Marske), Cameron Boyek (Shildon)
Lewis Hogg (Gateshead), Robbie Costello (Gateshead)
Simon Greenwood (Tynedale), Josh Brown (Tynedale)
Daniel Parker (Tynedale), Alex Grundman (Middlesbrough Mandale)

Under 15 Boys
Tristan Venus (Tynedale), Greg Urwin (Tynedale)
Liam Baister (Gateshead), Kyle Chirnside (Chester Le Street)
Grant Hawkins (Middlesbrough Mandale), Gregor Rowe (Blaydon)
Alistair Douglass (Morpeth), Scott Younger (Sunderland)

Under 17 Men
Ross Murray (Gateshead), John Gibson (Gateshead)
Andy Mason (Middlesbrough Mandale), Karl Taylor and
Marc Cochrane (Morpeth), Carl Smith (Chester Le Street)
Philip Hurst (Elswick), Cameron Rutherford (Tynedale)

Junior Men
Nick Swinburn, Ross Floyd (Morpeth)
Jack Martin (Sunderland), Andrew Wiles (Middlesbrough Mandale)
Adam Mitchell (Middlesbrough Mandale), Ricky Stevenson (New Marske)
Dominic Shaw (New Marske), Johnny Pearson (Gateshead)

Senior Men
Mark Hood (Sunderland), Patrick Martin (Sunderland)
Chris Sampson, Mark Brown and David Swinburne (Morpeth)
Dominic Bannister (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Ryan McLeod (Elswick), Chris Parr (Gateshead)
Jonathan Powell (Durham City)

Under 13 Girls
Hannah Rank, Rachel Denton and
Mariska Simpson (Morpeth), Fiona Higgin (Shildon)
Emily Findlay (Shildon), Beth Ward (Darlington)
Sally Edwards (Gateshead), Lauren Richardson (Durham City)

Under 15 Girls
Kate Avery (Shildon), Dylan Pickervance-Clarke (Chester Le Street)
Shonagh Smith (Tynedale), Emma Toogood (Durham City)
Rosie King (Gosforth), Rachel Lundgren (Gosforth)
Zoe Armstrong (Morpeth), Rebecca Jamieson (Gateshead)

Under 17 Women
Laura Weightman, Natalie Young and Rachel Adams (Morpeth),
Helen Girtig (Blaydon) Kirsty Legg ( Middlesbrough Mandale)
Claire Boudouin (Gateshead)
Gina Rutherford ( North Shields Poly), Jessica Russon (New Marske)

Junior Women
Mary Ferrier (Gateshead), Lydia Patton (Gateshead)
Samantha Duffy (Gateshead), Abby Wilson (Newton Aycliffe)
Delyth James, Angharad Porteous (Morpeth)
Lauren Roche (Middlesbrough Mandale)
Georgia Campbell ( Jarrow & Hebburn)

Senior Women
Alison Raw (Bingley), Susie Rutherford (Darlington)
Alyson Dixon (Chester Le Street), Morag McDonnell (Chester Le Street)
Sarah Wilkinson (Chester Le Street), Dianne Henaghan (Chester Le Street)
Sonia Thomas (Sale), Jane Mooney (Morpeth)
Donna James (Elvet Striders)