111.   Only one Northumberland and Durham diver is competing in the national one metre springboard championships at Huddersfield this weekend, Louise Gibson, holder of three Twin Counties titles.

112.   The organisers also gave a special award to veteran runner Albert Dolman, who was competing in the tenth consecutive run.

113.   DARLINGTON rally enthusiast Steve Parker had mixed emotions yesterday as he joined hundreds of spectators at Scotch Corner to see classic cars competing in the Monte Carlo Challenge.

114.   BRASS bands competed in a hard-fought contest over the weekend.

115.   Meanwhile, the choir will visit LLangollen, in Wales, this July to compete in the chamber section of the International World choir contest.

116.   All categories will compete in the same field over a course which includes two water splashes.

117.   It was the second time he had ignored the ban -- he competed in a road race in Cardiff last month.

118.   But Ward agreed that it would still be very difficult to stop Hamilton-Jones competing in big road races or marathons in which thousands of runners take part.

119.   Tulloch Timber intends to retain a traditional operation, competing in the fencing, pallet-wood and mining-timber markets using home-grown softwood.

120.   Teams from all over the country who had life-saving heart and heart-lung transplants will compete in the National Transplant Volleyball Tournament at Bootle Sports Centre.