Morpeth Town picked up a valuable point in the battle to avoid relegation from the Northern League Division One.
Bottom-of-the-table Morpeth Town led through Marc Walton for an hour at fourth-placed Dunston, who eventually claimed a deserved 86th-minute equaliser by Terry Galbraith.
West Auckland Town, just above Morpeth at the bottom, will be encouraged they can avoid the drop following a morale-boosting victory over Consett.
Wallington finally staged their third-round game in the Northumberland FA Minor Cup, which has had progress badly affected by the weather.
However, Seaton Burn triumphed 4-1 at Morpeth. Dave Hewitt and Stu Taylor bagged a brace apiece for the Burn, with Ashley McAlpine replying for Wallington.
Mitford Cricket Club start winter indoor nets on Monday nights from February 8 at the Newcastle Cricket Centre in Gosforth (6.00-7.00).
Mitford play in the Alnwick and District League and the North East Midweek League and have also entered a team into the West Tyne League for 2010.
Any interested players should go along to the nets or e-mail richardiainrobinson@hotmail.co.uk.
With the region devoid of competition because of the weather, many athletes from the North East took their chance in the Northern Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield.
And it proved to be a profitable journey, with many making it on to the rostrum.
Morpeth's Jonathan Taylor led the medal charge with an impressive performance over 3,000 metres, dipping inside his own championship record of 8min 13.66secs by nearly three seconds to lift the gold medal in a time of 8:10.77.
Chasing him home in second place was Elswick's Phil Hurst, who shaved over two seconds off his best to finish in 8:22.63.
Ashington moved into third position in the Skilltrainingltd Northern League First Division with a narrow victory over Morpeth Town last night.
However, they were taken to the wire by the struggling Northumbrians before finally clinching victory.
A stunning 25-yard free-kick by Derek Atwell inspired the home side but the Colliers quickly equalised through Gareth Bainbridge.
With time running out, Ashington clinched three crucial points with an 81st-minute effort from Glen Taylor following good work by David Colvin and Keith Douglas.
Sailing deadly waters off Australia were a long way from boating at Druridge Bay for Andrew Pettica.
The office worker, who grew up near the Northumberland coast, swapped his desk for the deck to take part in the world's most dangerous yachting contest.
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is notorious for the danger waters of the Bass Strait streaming between the Australian mainland and Tasmania, claiming the lives of six sailors in 1998 alone.
The brother of sportscar sensation Rob Bell has lined up a drive in this year's Ginetta G50 Cup.
Matt Bell, 20, will drive for the newly created UK arm of the United Autosports team, a US-owned, UK-based team and motorsports development business.
The Morpeth-born driver will be the single Ginetta Cup entry for the new team.
He has already tested the G50 at Silverstone, Snetterton and Brands Hatch where he clocked up times under the lap record and pole positions of 2009.
Morpeth Sporting Club made it into the fourth round of the Northumberland Minor Cup.
In a rescheduled tie at home to Red Star Benwell they secured a 5-2 success.
John Paxton claimed a hat-trick for Morpeth, their other marksmen Chris Tate and Karl Snowden.
Morpeth Town stay second bottom of the Northern League, immediately above West Auckland - despite winning the bottom-three clash at Horden CW with an only goal from Stephen Gibbard.
Elsewhere, Ashington continued to enjoy their most successful season in years after overcoming Bishop Auckland, and Bedlington Terriers drew in their encounter with Shildon.
A talented golfer who turned his hands to making clubs for countless amateur players across the North East has died after losing a lengthy battle with cancer.
Former golf professional, teacher and club manufacturer Reg Davidson, 60, passed away at his home in Morpeth last weekend after more than two years fighting throat cancer.
During a 40-year career in which he ran his own business and also worked in golf shops, he made bespoke golf clubs for hundreds if not thousands of players in the region.
Mr Davidson's love affair with golf started when he was nine and his uncle, Billy Long, started taking him to Morpeth golf club, where he was the resident professional.
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