52nd Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering 2019
COMPETITION RESULTS

GROUP A : ART & CRAFT

A1 Art: 1, Lynda Swift (Morpeth); 2, Delphine Blenkinsop (Ashington); 3, J Laidlaw (Morpeth).
A2 Junior Art: 1, Andrew Laidlaw (Morpeth).
A4 Photo: 1, Jem Soady (Cramlington); 2 & 3, Helen Soady (Cramlington).
A6 Exotic T-Shirt Photo: 1, Andrea Capitain in Naples (Cologne); 2, John and Caroline Turnbull in Tenerife (Woking); 3, Andrea Capitain in Paestum.
A12 Open Plain Horn Crook: 1, 2 & 3, Paul Clark (Blyth)..
A13b Open Fancy Horn Stick/Crook: 1 & 2, Jimmy Turnbull (Chathill); 3, Paul Clark (Blyth).
A14b Open Wood Stick/Crook: 1 &2, Jimmy Turnbull; 3, Paul Clark.
A15 Open Fancy Wood Stick: 1 & 2 Jimmy Turnbull; 3, Paul Clark.
A16 Open Thumbstick: 1 & 2, Paul Clark.
A17 Open Half-Head Stick: 1 & 3, Paul Clark; 2, Jimmy Turnbull.
A18 Silver Pheasant (most points): Jimmy Turnbull and Paul Clark
A19 Best Stick in Show: Jimmy Turnbull.
A21 Wood Sculpture: 1, Chris Jolly (Morpeth).
A31 Patchwork: 1, Lynne Horton (Morpeth); 2, Elizabeth Manners (Morpeth); 3, Linda Jewson (Morpeth).
A32 Canvaswork: 1, Rosemary Tweddell (Stakeford); 2, Freda Taylor (Ashington); 3, Elizabeth Manners.
A33 Cross-Stitch: 1, Libby Lally (Stakeford); 2, Linden Jobson (Ashington); 3, Freda Taylor; Highly Commended, Linden Jobson.
A34 Own Design Needlework: 1 & 3, Freda Taylor; 2, Alison King (Morpeth).
A35 Needlework: 1, Elizabeth Manners; 2, Jane Tweddell; 3, M Callaghan (Cramlington); HC, Margaret Allsopp (Morpeth).
A36 Fine Crochet: 1 & 2, Elizabeth Manners; 3, Linda Clark (Blyth).
A37 Wool Crochet: 1, Linda Clark.
A40 Hand Knitting: 1 & 3, Jane Tweddell; 2 & HC, Elizabeth Manners; HC, Nancy Herron (Gosforth).
A42 Soft Toy: 1, Jill Tait (Morpeth); 2, Freda Taylor; 3, Linda Clark.
A56a Junior Bobbin Lace: 1, Emma Arries (Cramlington); 2, Danielle Arries (Cramlington).
A56b Bobbin Lace: 1, Diana Blackburn (Cramlington); 2, Wendy Jackson (Blyth); 3, Sheila Keegan (Seaton Sluice).
A58 Decoupage: 1 Alison Starkey (Morpeth); 2, Freda Taylor.
A59 Miscellaneous Craft: 1, Gladys Lambert (Blyth); 2, Jane Tweddell; 3, Freda Taylor; HC, Alison Starkey, Helen Blenkinsopp.
A60 Easter Cracket: 1, Brenda Shotton (Morpeth).
A61 Dyed Pace Egg: 1 & 2, Brenda Shotton (Morpeth).
A62 Decorated Egg: 1, Peter Smith (Morpeth); 2, J Laidlaw (Morpeth); 3, Andrew Laidlaw; HC, Katie Byard (Morpeth).
A63 Disabled Persons’ Craft: 1, Patricia Rescigno (Morpeth); 2, Ann Purvis (Pegswood); 3, Margaret Tomlinson (Benmar House); HC, Roz Hartill (Benmar House). .
A70 Shop Window: 1 (tied), Sewing Box and FH Hardy (both of Newgate Street, Morpeth); 3, Glenton's Bakery (Newgate Street, Morpeth).
A72 Group Costumes: Werca's Folk (Morpeth-based) and Beamish Museum Youth Club (Beamish).
A73a Cushie Butterfield Costume: Bridget Gubbins (Morpeth)
A73b Cuddy Butterfield Costume: Guy Gubbins (Thame, Oxfordshire).
 

GROUP B : WRITING & COMPOSING

B1 Song Writing: 1, “These Old Stones” Jane Waites (Barnard Castle); 2, "Jack Simpson Kilpatrick" Tom Patterson (Birmingham); 3, "Piots" James Rawson (Lancaster); HC, "The Corn Road" John Homer (Rothbury); Commended, "Charity Hall" John Homer.
B1a Junior Song Writing: HC, "A Good Day Scouting" Sam Etterly and Philip Heywood; C, "The River" Bertie Hinson and Lucas Robinson and Dawn Fuller (all of Rothbury).
B2a Melody: 1, “Ian Murray, the Rothbury Rebel" Colin Bradford (Alnwick); 2, "Newminster Lads" Maureen Davison (Morpeth); 3, "The Slipway" Rae Colville (Stirling).
B2b Composing Excellence: 1, Colin Bradford; 2, Pauline Page (Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire); 3. Rae Colville.
B2c Variations: 1, "Top o' the Hill" Pauline Page; 2, “Wild Hills o' Wannies" Rae Colville.
B2d Junior Melody: 1, "Jiggety Jig" Rachael Kennedy (Rothbury).
B3a Novice Northumbrian Verse: 1, “Geordie in Heaven” Brian Dawson (Blyth); 2, “Northumbria!” Peter Arnold (Hexham); 3, "Geordie at Christmas" Brian Dawson.
B3b Open Northumbrian Verse: 1, “Thi Shepherdess” Nick Short (Hexham); 2, "When Blyth Toon won the Money" Carol Powells (Cramlington); 3, “A Wrinkle in Time” George Carrick (Cramlington); HC “The Dhrumming o' the Snipe” Nick Short; HC, "A Lament for Bettor Breed" Dick Lowes (Newcastle).
B4a Junior Northumbrian Verse (First School): 1, “A'm A Horse" Olivia Maczak; 2, "Ganning for a Walk" Joshua Mungal; 3, "Gannin for a Wack" Antje Hall; HC, "A Hike with my Puppy, Star" Tom Clark and "The Flying Derg" Daniel Wilson; C, "The Crazy Clock" Joshua Mungal and "Ingram Valley" Harry Gooden (all of Whittingham).
B4b Junior Northumbrian Verse (Middle School): 1, “Northumbrian Art" Emily Arkle; 2, "The Dark" Josef Laverty; 3, "The Weather" Tom Davidson; HC, "Northumberland" Gracie Bolton and "Farming" Eleni Woodfine-Rendles; C, "A Place of Magic" Nicole Souter (all of Rothbury).
B5 Northumbrian Prose: 1, “The Leek Show” George Carrick; 2, “Beside Mesel” George Carrick; 3, “The Mug Wump” Nick Short.
B7 Novel: HC, "Staying Alive" George Carrick.
B8 Short Story: 1, "The Smoke" George Carrick; 2, “Harrier Harried” Nick Short; 3, “Tree of Bones” Peter Hart (Longbenton); HC, "'Missing'" Ian Ashbridge (Cramlington) and "The Dreaded Barbie" Nick Short; C, “No Horizon” Adrian McRobb (Cramlington).
B9 Essay: 1, "Looking Over your Shoulder” Peter Arnold; 2, “Town and Village, My Father's Life” Maisie Polwarth; 3, “Aspects of Northumbrian Literary Heritage” James Rawson.
B10 Historical Article: 1, "Margaret Selby" Adrian McRobb; 2, "Oot o the Wild Hills of Wannie" George Carrick; 3 and HC, "An Island Garden" Morag Forsyth.
B13 Junior Short Story: 1, Piece by Jacob Cansfield; 2, "Thrunton Woods Secret" Dylan Page; 3, "Walk Down by Thrunton Woods" Max Armstrong and "The Singing Seals and Funny Fish" Antje Hall.
B15 Junior Northumbrian Prose: 1, “Netherton" Will Dick; 2, "Newcastle Falcons v Cornish Pirates" Allan Ritchie (both of Rothbury).

GROUP C : PERFORMING

C3 Unaccompanied Song: 1, John Bushby (Newcastle); 2, Peter Hawkey (Fraserburgh); 3, Charlie Colbor (Sunderland).
C4 Accompanied Song: 1, Chris Jones (Wall).
C5 Traditional Ballad: 1, Pat Oldale (Eyemouth).
C7b Country Dance Band: 1, Tyneside Fiddle Alliance (Gateshead); 2, Redheughers (Gateshead)..
C8a Novice Accordion: 1, Archie Herdman (Edlingham).
C9a Novice Fiddle: 1, Demita Fernandez (Redesmouth); 2, Philippa Wellden (Longframlington).
C9c Open Fiddle: 1, Stewart Hardy (Seaton Sluice); 2, Carolyn Francis (Kendal)
C10c Open Smallpipes: 1, Dawn Goff (Weedon, Northants.); 2, Peter Dunn (Kettering, Northants).
C11 Instrument Solo: 1, Jimmy Little (Alnwick); 2, Ruth Harvey (Blyth).
C12 Instruments Duet: 1, Jimmy Little and Susan Clarke (Newton on the Moor); 2, Ruth Harvey and Jimmy Mitchell (Birmingham).
C15 Junior Clog Dance: 1, Amelia Ellis (Crawcrook); 2, Daisy Christopher (Wall); 3, Charlotte Dillon (Durham).
C16 Senior Clog Dance: 1, Hollie Morton (Stanley); 2, Solomon Christopher (Wall), 3, Eleanor Dixon (Winlaton).
C17c: Open Pedestal Clog Dance: 1, Meg Wilson (Morpeth).
C17d: Northumberland Clog Championship (Open): 1, Rebecca Adamson (Wall).
C23a: Junior Group Clog: 1, Eleanor Hodkinson (Newbrough) and Daisy Christopher; 2, Libby Giulianotti (Durham) and Charlotte Dillon.
C23b: Senior Group Clog: 1, Addison Youth Team (Ryton); 2, Walker Family (Wall).
C23c: Open Group Clog: 1, Rachel Dillon, Rebecca Metcalf and Jemma Liesicke (Durham); 2, Tiffany Walker (Newbrough) and Rebecca Adamson.
C25 Clog Special Award: Charlotte Dillon.
C18 Fine Northumbrian Speech: 1, Raymond Reed (Stakeford); 2, James Tait (Rothbury).
C22 Story-Telling: 1(tied), Anna Fancett (Bedlington) and Raymond Reed.
C26 Hoafy Trophy: 1, Raymond Reed, 2, Peter Arnold (Hexham), 3, Nick Short.

GROUP D: ORIENTEERING

Open Men: Chris Lakey
Veteran Men: John Phizacklea
Junior Men: Oliver Wright
Open Women: Nicola Crosby
Veteran Women: Tricia Davies
Junior Women: Jenny Lamb
Family (course 1): Cudahy Family
Family (course 2): Green Family