Ilkley Harriers news archive 2010
Harrier of the Month, December
Nominations were:
Sally Morley - Auld Lang Syne result
Tom Adams - 3rd WYXC and fell results
Don Mcrae - PECO XC commitment
Sharon Meadows - PB at Chevin Chase
Ben Stevens - Chevin Chase result
The HoM awards went to Tom Adams and Ben Stevens. Congratulations to them. They will receive technical running shirts from HoM sponsor UP & RUNNING.
Barcelona 10K, Fri 31 Dec
Rachel Carter reports ... Jules and I took part in the Barcelona 10K on 31st December. It starts late afternoon as the sun sets and is a pretty flat course. Men outnumbered women 4 to 1 meaning no queue for the ladies for once at the start!
475 38:59 Julian Carter 1205 42:35 Rachel Carter (42nd F) 7631 finished
Auld Lang Syne, Fri 31 Dec
Lots of photos on woodentops.org.uk.
1 39:39 Andi Jones, Salford 14 44:39 Tom Adams 26 46:30 Lee Morley 77 51:26 Sally Morley 84 51:46 Nick Pearce 100 52:59 Steve Turland 102 53:10 Richard Reeve 104 53:30 Neil Smith 162 57:51 Andy Wiggans 167 58:24 Sally Malir 173 58:55 Richard Morris 200 60:31 Sharon Williams 222 61:59 Alison Weston 254 63:40 Jim Towers 269 65:00 Claire Smith 315 69:25 Alison Stretton 320 70:05 Sophie Brown 322 70:14 Sue Morley 324 70:24 Ann Stead 335 72:01 Amanda Newham 351 75:04 Paul Sugden 352 75:34 Emma O'Looney 358 77:13 Mary Gibbons 359 77:15 Bernie Gibbons 372 80:44 Eric Morley 375 81:13 Emily Wood 383 86:50 Lyn Eden Ilkley won the Ladies Team Prize
Chevin Chase, Sat 26 Dec
Results from Aire Centre Pacers web site included 58 (!) Harriers...
1 38:35 Jonathan Brownlee. Bingley 3 41:04 Graham Pearce, P&B 4 42:09 Ben Stevens 9 43:27 Matthew Cox 11 43:53 Martin Archer 20 44:53 Jamie Hutchinson 25 45:30 Dave Wilby 33 46:25 Stephen Coy 34 46:27 Ralph Tench 53 47:56 Julian Carter 63 48:44 Nick Pearce 69 48:57 Jez Hellewell 98 50:28 Neil Smith 100 50:31 Steve Turland 134 51:55 Rob Cunningham 147 52:28 Sally Malir 148 52:29 Richard Morris 163 53:04 Kelly Harrison 168 53:24 John Hayes 189 54:15 Rachel Carter 190 54:16 Sharon Williams 219 55:41 Victoria Stevens 245 56:46 Alison Bennett 250 56:54 Heather Dawe 251 56:56 Charles Oxtoby 258 57:08 John Woodward 276 57:53 Sharon Meadows PB 3:41 285 58:19 Tim Brear 293 58:44 Russell Thomas 308 59:17 Jonathan Riley 314 59:37 John Coates 318 59:52 Andrew Jackson 328 1:00:05 Dave Taylor 342 1:00:34 Ed Brougham 359 1:01:19 Adam Bennett 375 1:02:07 Tim Ratcliffe 381 1:02:25 Clare Smith 413 1:04:06 Anna Nolan 427 1:04:45 Jon Tindall 430 1:04:49 Sophie Brown 435 1:05:08 Bren Ogden 442 1:05:33 Alison Stretton 448 1:05:49 Amanda Newham 481 1:07:51 Ann Stead 500 1:08:56 Peter Sibley 504 1:09:20 Peter Shields 513 1:10:01 Louise Jackson 514 1:10:01 Allison Ricci 518 1:10:06 Elizabeth McCann 519 1:10:12 Andy Sarah 530 1:11:04 Andrew Bennett 533 1:11:12 Martin Wright 557 1:12:31 Emma O'Looney 564 1:13:05 Susan Stevens 566 1:13:08 Michael Picken 595 1:15:06 Sharon Fuller 611 1:16:03 Ronald Shackleton 627 1:17:10 Jeanette Thomas 636 1:18:08 Sarah Hayes 756 1:33:25 Amanda Parnaby
Xmas Relays, Tue 21 Dec
The traditional Christmas Relays, organised by Bernie Gibbons and family and friends,
were much-enjoyed by the brave souls who braved the -10° temperatures. Fancy dress was
obligatory, and most chose warm costumes! The X-Factor team (chaps in dresses, gals in suits)
probably had the most distinctive fancy dress. And the mulled wine and mince pies helped stave off the cold.
Afterwards, Vince Gibbons chaired a quiz back at ILT&SC, with some members old and new taking part and
enjoying a buffet supper laid on by the Club.
Bernie adds ... Many thanks to all the runners who braved the freezing conditions and to everyone who helped. Congratulations to ‘The Cool Kerrs’ on winning the quiz (Val, Mark, Emily and Alistair Kerr). The evening raised £35 for Cancer Research UK.
PECO XC, Sun 19 Dec
Malcolm Pickering reports ... Some 11 juniors and 6 senior Harriers ventured over to the other side of Leeds to run in the second Peco cross country league race at Middleton Park. The underfoot conditions were hard with the odd mole hill creating minor problems but the sun managed to keep shining until the end of the races and the mince pies had be eaten.
Women 43 Louise Jackson 47 Alison Ricci Men 17 Malcolm Pickering 33 Henry Heavisides 113 Andy Jackson 145 Don McRae 8-10 year olds - 1 mile 1 Evan Brennan 5 Alessandra Ricci 8 Jess Burgress 11- 16 year olds- 2 miles 7 Sarah Pickering 12 Lucy Williamson 13 James Pickering 18 Isobell Hirst 20 Harriet Jackson 24 eq. Anna Pickering and Joanna Williamson
Please remember the 3rd Peco race on now on the 16th January and unless we have a big push over the next few races the club will be dropping down into Division 2.
The Stoop, Sun 19 Dec
Paddy Hagan reports ...
This race and the quarry runs before it are the perfect antidote to official Health and Safety, with six year olds and up doing cartwheels
down a snowy bank before the adults negotiated ice, snow and, inevitably, the unfrozen bogs lurking beneath,
all wearing compulsory Santa hats.
Lots of photos etc. on woodentops.org.uk.
Graham Weston's photos here.
Preliminary results:
1 29:46 Ian Holmes, Bingley 3 31:42 Tom Adams 52 38:29 Neil Smith 66 39:51 Toni Melechi 69 40:39 Paddy Hagan 77 41:32 Kelly Harrison 86 42:13 Paul Stephens 111 44:11 Sharon Williams 114 44:25 John Coates 117 45:05 Alison Weston 119 45:28 Clare Smith 137 47:45 Sophie Brown 160 52:08 Emily Wood 181 finished
Tuesday 14th Dec
The much-anticipated Predictor Run was enjoyed by all, with a bottle of fine wine to be awarded next week to the most accurate
predictor. Thanks to Richard Gray for organising this popular event again.
Richard comments "that's the second time in 10 years that someone has got it spot on; Di Kitchen being the other."
This was followed by 'the talk about your favourite run'
social Gathering, with sandwiches etc. provided by the Club. 'Spin the bottle' encouraged everyone to chat about their favorite race/reccie/run
and some amazing tales came out ...
PREDICTOR RUN RESULTS
PRED'D ACTUAL DIFF
NIC MELLOR 51:15 51:15 0:00!
SOPHIE BROWN 53:00 53:29 0:29
PAUL SUGDEN 53:00 53:29 0:29
JUDITH SCARFE 54:42 55:15 0:33
JAMIE HUTCHINSON 40:00 39:24 0:36
RICHARD REEVE 40:00 39:24 0:36
SIMON CHAPMAN 43:45 44:27 0:42
DUNCAN COOPER 42:00 41:18 0:42
DAVID GREEN 54:21 55:23 1:02
GERRY MACNAMEE 47:00 45:58 1:02
JULIAN CARTER 40:30 39:27 1:03
ANDREW MERRICK 42:08 41:00 1:08
LIZ PRICE 49:23 50:35 1:12
COLIN LUGTON 55:00 56:30 1:30
PAUL HEIERMAN-RIX 60:00 58:26 1:34
STEVE NEWALL 43:15 45:01 1:46
DAVE MILLSON 57:00 58:48 1:48
BERNIE GIBBONS 52:00 53:54 1:54
KEITH WOOD 46:30 48:32 2:02
JANN SMITH 47:30 45:26 2:04
NIGEL TAPPER 46:30 48:38 2:08
HENRY HEAVISIDES 42:00 39:49 2:11
VIC VERECONDI 50:00 52:31 2:31
GAENOR COY 55:00 58:01 3:01
MARGOT DALE 59:20 62:40 3:20
DON MACRAE 54:54 58:14 3:20
ANDY JACKSON 47:00 50:23 3:23
VINCE GIBBONS 50:30 53:54 3:24
DIANE HAGGAR 44:04 47:48 3:40
PHIL JUDD 40:30 44:11 3:41
ALISON BENNETT 43:15 47:48 4:33
AMANDA NEWHAM 51:00 56:58 5:58
ANDREW WEBSTER 55:30 46:52 8:38
ANDREW BENNETT 49:10 58:02 8:52
JULIE BRUNTON 58:00 67:53 9:53
ANTONIO CARDINALE 55:00 67:53 12:53
Next week the social scene continues with the fabulous Christmas Relays, to be followed by a Christmaz Quiz with seasonal nibbles. Please have a look at the details on the Social Page and get your teams ready!
Ilkley Harriers Presentation Evening, Friday 28th January
Mark the date in your diary for the Annual Do! More tickets, and details, will be available soon. But it's also time to get your thinking caps on for your nominations for the Annual Awards - more information here.
Stockport 10 Mile, Sun 12 Dec
Justin Phillips repports ... an enjoyable race on the wrong side of the Pennines followed by a slightly bizzare goody bag containing dog biscuits and Mealworms
1 50:34 Matthew Clowes, Staffs Moorlands AC 47 62:58 Justin Phillips 680 ran
Bradford ParkRun, Sat 11 Dec
Henry Heavisides reports ... after two weeks of snow & ice, it was good to have mild temperatures & sunshine for the Bradford Parkrun 5k. I'd not done any fast running recently due to cancelled races & training sessions, so a 5k was a bit of a shock to the system. This was the final road counter in the Harriers League for 2010 & a small but select group of Ilkley runners took part, most in their first ever Parkrun event. Remember these 5k runs take place every week at venues around the country (including Bradford & Leeds), they're free to enter & once you're registered you can run whenever you want.
3 18:54 Henry Heavisides 5 19:35 Nick Pearce 6 20:13 Bob Hamilton 12 21:37 Paul Stephens
WYXC #4, Wakefield, Sun 5 Dec
Diane Haggar reports ... after the inevitable doubts about the weather, the final Complete Runner XC League race went ahead at Wakefield. Because the locals had been using the main descents and ascents as sledging runs and rendered them treacherous, the course was modified and shortened, resulting in 3 laps for ladies and 5 for men. Sadly these missed out the most enjoyable woodland trail part of the course. On the ladies side Ilkley's turnout was rather disappointing: Sally Malir and I had planned to sit it out as we were suffering with coughs but with only 3 ladies ready to toe the line I decided to step in to complete a team. Sally would have done the same but she was busy supporting our juniors at their presentation and missed the start. Emma Barclay led the team in and thanks to Lyn's sterling work we completed in a repectable 6th place.
Ladies results: 21 24:02 Emma Barclay 24 24:50 Diane Haggar 36 26:01 Alison Eagle 62 36:11 Lyn Eden
We picked up some individual prizes in the overall league standings (full overall results yet to be published):
Emma Barclay 3rd FV40 Diane Haggar 3rd FV45 Sue Morley 2nd FV55 Lyn Eden 1st FV65 (and also 1st FV60)
I have the trophies ladies, if you would like to give me a ring and arrange collection/delivery
Tom Adams took 3rd place overall in the Senior Men's League - a truly outstanding achievement.
Other Men's awards went to:
Malcom Pickering 2nd V55
Nick Pearce 3rd M55
Jim Towers 2nd M60
OVERALL TEAM PLACINGS
Ilkley Ladies 4th
Ilkley Men 7th
Malcolm adds .. I found the underfoot conditions at Wakefield some of the hardest I have run on in all my 48 years of taking part in this wonderful sport of ours. So well done to all who raced especially our juniors.
Mens results 1 30:34 Andrew Pearson Longwood M35 5 32:10 Tom Adams 57 36:24 Dave Westhead 60 36:46 Jim Ryder 79 38:12 Malcolm Pickering 87 38:45 Nick Pearce 121 43:27 Paddy Hagan 127 45:10 Jim Towers Team 6th on the day Overall joint 7th with Halifax
There were 18 juniors running, with some great results in the day and in the League - more on the junior pages soon.