Ilkley Harriers news archive 2019
Outstanding Achievements, July
From the Committee ...
Jayne Norman for prolific running as well as prolific volunteering
Jack Cummings for winning the Ilkley half marathon and Nick Helliwell for organising it
Jemima Elgood, England vest and 10th at International Snowdon Mountain Race
Jann Smith, Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge
Jack Wood for winning the HDSRL series, 3rd at Snowdon Trail Marathon
Geoff Howard 1st in UK V75 rankings half marathon
Roy Ruddle for completing Abraham's Tea round
Alison Weston for completing her 1st Sky race, the Pinnacle Ridge Extreme Sky Race
Euan Brennan for finishing 5th at the European Mountains running championships
Paul Stephens, organising entries to the HDSRL
Dan McKeown, organising Washburn Valley Relay teams
Jack Wood and team, organising the Addingham Gala fell race
James Herriot Country Trail Race, Sun 28 July
From Jim Ryder ... I think I was the only Ilkley Harrier in the James Herriot Country Trail Race from Castle Bolton - 8.7m, 1120ft. The weather stayed dry with some sun at the start. The race has a long grassy climb on to the fell side and then follows farm tracks along the top and back down then through fields to the finish. Very well organised by the Rotary Club of Wensleydale, with a great view over the valley from the race field.
(1 57:37 Tom Levi) 18 64:38 Jim Ryder around 200 in the field
Tolkien Trail 10k, Sat 27 July
1 32:54 Tom Adams 246 finished
Piling 10k, Sat 27 July
From Hilda Coulsey...
Unashamedly searching for an age PB under 51 mins I entered the Piling 10k, a series of 10ks through the summer months in quiet country roads near Lancaster. It was as billed and definitely has PB potential. I didn't make it this time but would definitely recommend the event, based in the local rural pub, very friendly, and I will do it again.
Results ...
(1 33:31 Ross Campbell Barrow in Furness Striders) 50 51:38 Hilda Coulsey 86 ran
parkruns, Sat 27 July
Ambleside Sports fell race, Thu 25 July
(1 14:00 Simon Bailey, Mercia) 11 17:36 Iain Gibbons 84 finished
Leeds Evensplits 5k, Tue 23 July
From Hilda Coulsey ...
This evening was hot at 27 deg, there was a noticeable breeze but no shade. It certainly discouraged many and the turn out was meagre. Nevertheless I was ok with my time and I quite enjoyed the challenge of the heat.
Results ...
(1 16:11 Jonny Johnson Rotherham Harriers) 6 16:45 Nathan Edmonson 53 20:57 James Greenlay (Junior) 102 25:38 Hilda Coulsey 135 ran
Lytham St Annes Windmill Half Marathon, Sun 21 July
1 1:10:43 Grant Johnson (Salford Harriers) 44 1:34:52 Daryl King 435 finished
Cracoe fell race, Sun 21 July
(1 20:34 Simon Bailey, Mercia) 9 25:40 Iain Gibbons 76 finished
International Snowdon Race, Sat 20 July
Female results (1 1:14:49 Sarah McCormack 10 1:28:04 Jemima Elgood 137 finished
Ingleborough Mountain Race, Sat 20 July
From Will Buckton ...
Ingleton hosted its own mountain race this weekend and a good field of runners set off from the Gala to the top of Ingleborough and back including three Ilkley Harriers. Kate was 15 seconds behind the 1st lady Linda Hardaker of Keighley who finished 35th.
Results ...
(1 48:02 Hector Haines HBT) 36 1h00:21 Kate Archer 2nd lady 42 1h01:27 Roy Ruddle 53 1h03:33 Will Buckton 164 finished
Denholme Doddle, Sat 20 July
From Helen Waddington ... This is an LDWA Challenge Event which was formerly the Harden Hard'un. A few route changes have been made since the event was revived two years ago, but in essentials it is the same. A 28 mile circuit with 4,000+ feet of ascent encompassing open moorland, steep-sided Pennine valleys, meandering woodland trails and numerous reservoirs. The route gives awesome views and takes in historic landmarks including Top Withens and the spectacular Hewenden Viaduct. It's quite a handful in terms of route finding and with so many criss cross footpaths, ways and trails (Pennine, Millennium, Senior, Great Northern, Calder Aire Link etc etc) it was a challenge to stay on track, especially with a small field of runners which very quickly thinned out. It's billed as 27 miles but most of us recorded 28+ which could be due to the many small navigational errors we all seemed to have made. The first runners finished around the 5 hour mark and I managed to drag it out to 7 hours 10 mins. When renaming the event, the Denholme Demon and Bronte B****** were suggested, but this is Yorkshire after all.
parkruns, Sat 20 July
From Hilda Cousley ... Portrush parkrun. Woman cycles to parkrun! Hardly unusual however in this case it's because the road is closed to traffic as it passes the entrances to Royal Portrush where The Open golf tournament is on and the car park is closed due to Sky tv, NTL and many other tv channels (mostly American) parking their paraphernalia. The run is along the beach, the golf is on the cliffs and dunes directly above. The run itself coincided exactly with high tide hence soft sand and a "brisk" westerly therefore I can't imagine times were any good but it was fun chatting to various visitors from around the globe. And yes we on Sky TV .. much more entertaining than the golf obviously ... and more challenging...? Having seen Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods crash out of the tournament yesterday I was expecting to see them on the run this morning!
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford (1 16:45 Matthew Merrick, Aldershot, Farnham and District AC) 4 18:59 Steven Gott 7 19:54 Jonathan Turner 173 28:52 Dawn Turner 292 35:04 Dave Reynier 380 ran Harrogate (1 17:42 Tom Moulson, U/A) 189 27:07 Chris Cunningham 449 ran Portrush (1 17:58 Scott Rankin, Foyle Valley AC) 121 28:18 Hilda Coulsey 252 ran Skipton (1 17:48 Julian Hood, Skipton AC) 21 23:05 Catherine Gibbons 1st F 190 ran Whinlatter Forest (1 18:44 Mark Lamb, Keswick AC) 36 26:59 Geoff Howard 119 ran Bakewell (1 16:31 Ben Hague, Rotherham Harriers) 37 21:25 Steve Newell 267 ran Clapham Common (1 17:21 James Ralston, Southville RC) 30 19:36 Rob Cunningham 557 ran Centre Vale (1 16:26 Max Wharton, Halifax Harriers) 44 24:50 Will Worboys 146 ran California Country Park (1 17:00 Daniel Brookling, Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC) 50 24:50 Emily Elmes 184 ran Middleton Woods (1 18:06 Calum Clark, Leeds and Bradford Triathlon Club) 59 27:38 Petra Bijsterveld 158 ran
From Geoff Howard ... Just a minor clarification of mention on the Twitter feed and in the Gazette that my Ilkley 1/2 time placed me second in the national v75 rankings. The time actually equalled the existing leading time (Graham Smith, Scottish Vets, 26 May) and RunBritain list us both as 1= (with Graham's name first as he did it first).
This weekend's Whinlatter parkrun was something completely different (and different from most other parkruns in ascending over 1,000') and I was pleased to squeeze in a just over 70% age graded result. Although a complex route, only two marshals were used because the run mainly follows a permanent 5k trail. Beforehand, it was interesting to meet a 48 year old Italian from Norfolk who after only a year's fell-running was, later in the day, going to attempt the Bob Graham Round.
Washburn Valley Relays, Fri 19 July
1 55:50 Roundhay 17 68:35 Jonathan Turner 19:15, Craig Mainprize 27:21, Daryl King 21:49 18 68:42 Dan Mckeown 18:07, Peter Roll 28:59; Sally Armitage 21:36 22 72:24 Mike Duffield 20:59, Michael Ho 30:27, Mike Abrams-Cohen 20:58 54 teams finished
Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge, Thu 18 July
Huge congratulations to our fantastic Jann Smith who completed the Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge in tough conditions! 48 miles, 17000ft and 30 summits... with the legend Joss himself waiting for her at the end.
Harrogate District Summer Race League #5, Wed 17 July
From Jonathan Turner ...
A great end to this season's Harrogate District Summer Race League, with a handicap finale at Sicklinghall, thanks to Wetherby Runners.
It was slightly disconcerting when speedier runners from behind flew past early on, but it all came together later as virtually everyone finished within a few minutes of each other - top marks to the handicapper.
Jack Wood was the overall winner of the series with a perfect record of three wins out of three, and Malcolm Pickering was almost as dominant in the MV65 category.
This is an excellent series - and surely one of the best value ones around at just £13 for five really well-run races, plus free food afterwards - and a bottle of beer tonight!
Massive thanks to Paul Stephens for organising everything again this year.
Results ...
(1 32:30 Jonny Johnson, Harrogate Harriers) 28 38:57 Jonathan Turner 84 44:35 Sarah Pickering 100 45:49 Malcolm Pickering 141 48:31 Tom Lally 234 55:17 Sally PIckering 245 56:15 Anna Pickering 251 56:35 Dawn Turner 280 61:43 Sally Wright 301 71:17 David Millson
Snowdon Trail Marathon, Sun 14 July
(1 3:18:10 Nick Swinburn, Northumberland FR) 3 3:23:10 Jack Wood 11 3:37:30 Tom Adams 638 finished
Ilkley Half Marathon, Sun 14 July
There's a rather good write-up on
Ilkley Chat.
Results ...
1 1:11:24 Jack Cummings 21 1:23:07 Alex Hirst 30 1:25:25 Rob Cunningham 33 1:26:12 Lucy Williamson 2nd lady 38 1:27:08 David Foyston 42 1:27:18 Andrew Overend 58 1:29:43 Jim Ryder 59 1:29:56 Rachel Carter 3rd lady, 1st LV40 63 1:30:13 Jonathan Turner 80 1:32:19 Sara Mclean 83 1:32:40 Rhys Jones 84 1:32:34 Jane Mccarthy 2nd LV40 115 1:34:32 John Hayes 116 1:34:53 Derek Oliver 119 1:34:55 Michael Duffield 144 1:35:56 Michael Abrams-Cohen 154 1:36:57 Andrew Marshall 173 1:38:39 Steve Newell 186 1:39:17 Daryl King 203 1:39:46 Richard Reeve 1st V60 209 1:40:20 Peter Roll 212 1:39:53 Geoffrey Howard 1st V70 236 1:41:12 Colin Williams 247 1:41:55 Robert Budding 265 1:42:43 Mary Fairclough 284 1:42:59 Mark Judkowski 285 1:43:22 Martyn Stocker 301 1:43:54 Steve Murray 318 1:44:34 Nicky Liptrot 324 1:45:05 Kay Pearce 339 1:44:48 Rebecca Mon-Williams 344 1:45:22 Harry Sime 361 1:45:35 Nigel Tapper 390 1:47:23 Craig Berry 419 1:48:14 Simon Jenkins 430 1:47:53 Oli Street 432 1:47:54 Oscar Street 480 1:50:11 Keith Wood 542 1:52:18 Tom Lally 598 1:53:47 Philip Hirst 601 1:53:54 Geoffrey White 602 1:54:08 Lucy Jacques 642 1:54:39 Michael Eardley 722 1:57:40 Joe Rigby 724 1:57:59 Charlotte Smithson 732 1:57:40 Jane Thomas 754 1:58:39 Adrian Weatherly 789 1:58:55 Andrew Merrick 811 1:59:48 Clare Boyle 824 2:00:27 Sally Westlake 826 1:59:27 Ros Brown 831 1:59:50 Stephanie Fox 835 2:00:40 Bess Sturman 867 2:01:56 Will Worboys 877 2:02:04 Alex Stanley-Hyde 898 2:02:51 Hilda Coulsey 918 2:03:09 Jill Ezard 967 2:04:21 Andrew Wilson 992 2:05:53 Sarah Hayes 995 2:05:55 David Ibbotson 1001 2:06:00 Lisa Mcdonell 1003 2:05:59 Peter Tapper 1008 2:06:14 Barbara Bullock 1010 2:05:40 Andrew Mccallion 1084 2:08:01 Dawn Turner 1092 2:08:26 Paul Sugden 1102 2:08:25 Fiona Schneider 1106 2:09:25 Melanie Edwards 1124 2:10:38 Ian Conyers 1131 2:10:56 Sheena Pickersgill 1138 2:10:29 Amelia Miles 1139 2:11:13 Donna Jackson 1163 2:11:27 Claire Greenwood 1164 2:11:12 Rachel Corrigan 1208 2:13:10 John Marshall 1223 2:13:28 Ruth Jones 1232 2:13:57 Sue Harris 1245 2:16:05 Paula Reynier 1246 2:15:09 Bernadette Gibbons 1253 2:15:30 Nicola Budding 1316 2:19:00 Natalie York 1318 2:18:27 Abigail Bailey 1334 2:20:10 Jo Pattinson 1359 2:21:33 Sue Verspyck 1413 2:25:00 Diane Ollier 1439 2:26:25 Sue Williamson 1466 2:28:51 Elaine Ibbotson 1469 2:29:03 Tracy Russell 1519 2:34:24 Emma Roberts 1520 2:34:25 Jill Roberts 1529 2:35:53 Christine Airey 1626 finished Ilkley Harriers took the men's and ladies' team prizes.
Well doine to Geoff Howard who as well as setting a V75 club record, is now equal-first in the national v75 rankings.
Addingham Gala fell race, Sat 13 July
Well done to Jack Wood and all the helpers, lots of photos etc. on Facebook
Results
(1 38:53 Gary Priestley, Salford) 9 45:43 John Denniss 11 46:44 Paul Castle 13 47:11 Dave Robson 16 48:58 Kate Archer 1st lady 20 51:29 Will Buckton 34 58:31 Paul Stephens 36 59:02 Norman Bush 47 66:50 Helen Waddington 53 89:22 Peter Lewis 54 finished
Baildon Canter fell race, Sat 13 July
(1 18:58 Josh Tighe, Salford) 6 20:27 Steven Gott 1st V40 92 finished
Alva Games fell race, Sat 13 July
(1 18:59 Simon Bailey, Mercia) 11 24:24 Iain Gibbons 82 finished
Abraham's Tea Round, Sat 13 July
From Roy Ruddle ... 30 miles, 12,000 feet of ascent. I needed a long training run, so decided to try this round (https://www.georgefisher.co.uk/community/abrahams-tea-round/) instead of running the Wasdale race. Perfect weather - dry and warm (perhaps a little too warm given the 4 litres I drank during the day) - and a very welcome stop for tea and a scone at the Croft House Farm Cafe in Buttermere (much more civilised than racing!). 9 hrs 24 followed by a pleasant swim in Derwentwater and then driving home (phew, that was some day-trip).
Pinnacle Ridge Extreme Sky Race, Sat 13 July
From Alison Weston... my first attempt at a Sky Race - the new Pinnacle Ridge Extreme Sky race, shorter than the norm but requiring climbing experience to get an entry. The route 28 km with 2700m ascent started from Patterdale over Sticks pass down to Thirlmere, up Helvellyn via Browncove Crag scramble, down Swirral Edge, up Striding Edge, down Nethermost Pike East ridge, then up St Sunday Crag via Pinnacle Ridge with a final short scramble on the way back down to Patterdale.
The winner was Rob Sinclair 50 minutes clear of second position. I was pleased to finish in 15th position and 4th female in 6.14 hrs in a small field (25 runners completed the race)
parkruns, Sat 13 July
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford (1 16:17 Matthew Merrick, Aldershot, Farnham and District AC) 164 28:44 Paula Reynier 165 28:45 Dave Reynier 380 ran Skipton (1 18:19 Samuel Williams, Skipton AC) 21 22:28 Catherine Gibbons 74 26:09 Joanne Williamson 219 ran Cliffe Castle (1 18:44 Christopher Loftus, KCAC) 34 28:13 Fiona Schneider 134 ran Teignmouth Promenade (1 18:30 Shaun Yeoman, U/A) 2 18:58 Michael Lomas 213 ran Woodhouse Moor (1 17:17 Sam Robbins, Chapel Allerton Runners) 206 26:54 Petra Bijsterveld 497 ran
European Mountain Running Championships, Sun 7 July
From Steve Brennan ... Euan finished in 5th place at the European Mountain Running Championships in Zermatt today. The GB team retained their title as team champions with Joe Dugdale winning the race overall.
Blackfell, Sat 6 July
We hear Tom Adams won with Jack Wood 2nd in this Yorkshire Championships and English Championships race at Kettlewell.
Jack Cummings was 2nd U23 in the Yorkshire Championships. The three together were Yorkshire team champions! More soon.
Results:
1 1:14:28 Tom Adams (course record time) 2 1:17:50 Jack Wood 18 1:20:26 Jack Cummings - 2nd Yorkshire MU23 92 1:33:01 Paul Carman 111 1:36:00 Kate Archer - 1st FV40 212 1:58:39 Jann Smith - 3rd Yorkshire FV50 227 2:02:41 Alison Weston *Ilkley won men's team prize*
Leeds 10k, Sun 7 July
From Michael Abrams-Cohen ...
Today was the Leeds 10k race- a fast flat race along Kirkstall Road.
3 Harriers raced the course today in quite hot conditions .
Michael AC was first Harrier to finish with 42:29 (251) before Alex Hyde came in at 53:21 (1721) and Abigail Bailey finished off the trio with a time of 1:13:47 (4919)
5,705 people raced today
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon, Howgill Fells, 6 & 7 July
From John Hayes ...
The Howgill Fells are - for many - the perfect location for a Mountain Marathon. I'm not sure I shared that viewpoint as I descended what seemed like a near vertical slope down to a particularly difficult control. Oliver (14) and I had entered the parent & child course (Bedafell) and it was his first taste of the challenges of this type of event. On the up side, the weather was magnificent and the overnight camp was fabulous as people collapsed by their tents drinking tea and eating varieties of (revolting) dried food as if they were tucking into some gourmet delight. In the Carrock Fell class, many congratulations to Ruaridh Mon-Williams and Daniel Hayes for coming third and picking up a prize and a place on the podium. Well done too to Mark and Rebecca Mon-Williams who were 20th and 3rd Mix Vet team also in the Carrick Fell class. In fact, with their vets handicap time calculated their adjusted time wasn't far behind Ruaridh and Daniel. Oliver and I were also pleased with our 26th in the Bedafell class. For me, possibly for the first time ever in my entire fell-running and orienteering career, I managed to navigate the entire route knowing where I was. As I remarked wisely to Ruaridh and Daniel just before the start, "Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare". "Yes", Ruaridh replied, "... the hare always wins". And with that he sped off.
Results ...
Pie 'n' Pint 10 mile, Pateley Bridge, Sat 6 July
From Helen Waddington ...
One of the races provided by It's Grim up North who seem to put on a huge number of events, offering summer and winter editions of most of them. Starting in the centre of Pateley Bridge Pie 'n' Pint heads out along the river through fields and trails before heading up one generous hill giving on to a gradual downhill to the finish. There were 5 distances to choose from, starting at 5 miles and going up to an ultra distance, with runners doing laps of the 5 mile circuit. Pete Shields and I opted for the 10 miler and set off together but Pete very soon drifted off in to the distance finishing comfortably ahead and 3rd male overall. I was pleased to be third lady in a small field of runners. We both took away a nice little trophy for our efforts as well as the promised Pie 'n' Pint. It couldn't really have been nicer, with the Dales looking at their best in the lovely sunshine and day trippers eating ice-creams amongst tired runners sitting on the grass munching their pies. The flavour of these races is friendly and low key, but well organised with plenty of water/snack stops and marshals cheering you on. I think we will be back.
Results ...
(1 1:14:10 Martyn Wilson) 4 1:34:24 Pete Shields 7 1:37:38 Helen Waddington 28 ran
Heptonstall Festival fell race, Sat 6 July
(1 51:35 Neal Crampton, P&B) 38 62:58 Paul Calderebank 64 73:28 Chantal Busby 102 ran
parkruns, Sat 6 July
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford (1 17:25 Leon Foster, Leeds City AC) 122 27:44 Stephanie Fox 412 ran Roundhay (1 18:14 Huw Lippiatt, Valley Striders AC) 34 22:19 Geoff Howard 331 ran Skipton (1 18:16 Jack Leafe, South Derbyshire Road Runners) 8 20:08 Rachel Carter (2nd F) 212 ran Barry Island (1 19:10 Andy Pearce, Penarth and Dinas Runners) 2 19:13 Michael Lomas 185 ran Bramley 1 18:27 Steven Gott 147 ran Centre Vale (1 18:24 Daniel Bennett, Rochdale Harriers) 28 24:57 Will Worboys 100 ran Woehrder See (GER) (1 17:17 Chris Smith, Wirral AC) 25 22:23 Caroline Howe 66 ran
HDSRL4 Knaresborough, Tue 2 July
From Caroline Howe ... A pleasant sunny evening in Knaresborough for the fourth Harrogate Summer Race League installment. With the past couple of races having been unseasonably wet and muddy affairs, this was run in the conditions one would expect of a summer league series! It was also back to tarmac with the last two having been off-road routes. An out-and-back route with a downhill final mile providing a fast finish. Jonathan Turner was first Harrier home, and Kate Archer was second lady. This was the final race to count towards the overall standings which take individuals' best three results out of four races. On that basis Jack Wood has already won the series with three wins, and Malcolm Pickering has won the MV65 category. A good show of Harriers this year across the series and lots of excellent performances!
Results ...
(1 31:02 Rob Scott, RZH) 41 36:49 Jonathan Turner 46 37:01 Kate Archer 132 42:38 Caroline Howe 133 42:41 Malcolm Pickering 161 44:10 Sarah Pickering 164 44:23 Jane Bryan 177 44:44 Tom Lally 236 47:29 Geoffrey White 317 52:09 Amelia Miles 319 52:29 Sally Pickering 325 52:52 Dawn Turner 369 57:05 Sue Verspyck 379 58:52 Sally Wright 380 58:52 Tracy Russell 409 finished