Ilkley Harriers news archive 2016
Ilkley Harriers of the Month, January
| Runner of the month: Michael Lomas |
for his outstanding performance at the Fan Dance race | Other nominations were: Helen Waddington for her HM PB at the Brass Monkey, Ben Sheppard for his excellent time at the Temple Newsam Ten, and Hilda Coulsey for racing on January 1st, 2nd and 3rd. |
| Volunteer of the month: Paul Sugden |
for on-going commitment to the club e.g. as run leader and helping with the Thursday night training sessions. | Other nominations were: The efforts of all club members who helped organize the Awards Do were much appreciated |
More Harriers of the Month ...
Marmot Dark Mountains, 30-31 Jan
From Outi Kamarainen ... I ran the Marmot dark mountains mountain marathon this weekend. I was 2nd overall and 1st mixed team in the long score (10 hours) course with a non-harrier Jeff Powell Davies. Last Saturday evening I was thinking that it would be a lot nicer to be heading out to a pub with a nice fire going rather than out on the hills for the Marmot Dark mountains mountain marathon. According to the organisers, it is like an ordinary mountain marathon, but rather than running for two days with overnight camp, why not pack all the fun in one and do the same distance in one go and overnight so you are spared of having to sleep in a small tent. We set off just before nine pm to a windy night and despite my earlier misgivings, a few hours into the run I was really enjoying myself in the dark Lakeland fells, especially as there was a nice dusting of snow on the hills and frozen ground underfoot. It was still a tough night due to the strong wind and navigation with torch light but with good route choices and only one minor navigation error that was soon rectified, we finished early on Sunday morning with 20 minutes to spare and still in relatively high spirits, especially after we got the breakfast plates in front of us.
Meltham Tough 10km, Sun 31 Jan
Jean Sullivan reports ... A low key 10km road race that starts and finishes in Meltham. An enjoyable race for those who enjoy the challenge of an uphill followed by the relief of some downhill. Hills all the way until mile 5 and then a lovely descent to the end (apart from the sting in the tail of a 200m climb to the finish line!). I would recommend this race; very well organised, very friendly marshalls and a lovely pair of fleece gloves given to all finishers! What a better start to a chilly and wet January morning!
(1 34:26 Matthew Pierson, Stainland Lions) 126 51:21 Jean Sullivan 221 finishers
Northern XC Championships Witton Park, Sat 30 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Senior Men (1 43:16 Charlie Hulson, Sale Harriers) 14 45:23 Tom Adams 273 57:44 Dave Westhead 319 59:51 Steve Coy 444 64:39 Malcolm Pickering 719 ran Senior Women (1 30:21 Claire Duck, Leeds City AC) 283 48:59 Gaenor Coy 311 51:21 Petra Bijsterveld 332 54:45 Julie Elmes 358 ran U20 Women (1 21:54 Abbie Donnelly, Lincoln Wellington) 39 28:28 Joanne Williamson 47 ran
parkruns, Sat 30 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... A win at Skipton this week by junior Oscar Stapleton, followed in 2nd position by Mark Mon-Williams.
Results ...
Leeds Woodhouse Moor (1 15:38 Richard Allen, Bracknell AC) 33 20:12 Tom Worboys 454 ran Harrogate Stray (1 17:53 Andrew Dobby, Harrogate Harriers) 156 28:11 Jacqui Weston 256 ran Skipton Aireville Park 1 18:26 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 2 18:33 Mark Mon-Williams 41 23:22 Geoff Howard 170 ran
Ilkley Harriers Annual Awards 'Do', Tue 26 Jan
Over 50 Harriers enjoyed a friendly and informal evening with an excellent supper, and the presentation of the Annual Awards and League winners for 2015.
2015 Annual Awards
| Best Runner | Tom Adams | Jane McCarthy |
| Most Improved Runner | Will Worboys | Helen Waddington |
| Best Endurance Runner, Road | Dick Waddington | Sally Malir |
| Best Endurance Runner, Off Road | Brian Melia | Alison Weston |
| Best Runner, Over 50 | Geoff Howard | Hilda Coulsey |
| Best Athlete, Under 23 | Jack Cummings | Jemima Elgood |
| Contribution to the Club | Neil Chapman | Shirley Wood |
| Captains' Award | Rob Cunningham | Sharon Meadows |
2015 Ilkley Harriers Race League
Less than 30 points seperated the first three, with Michael Duffield the 2015 Champion. Jack Wood won the fell category, Ben Sheppard the trail/XC category, and Hilda Coulsey the road category.
5k results
From Dick Waddington ... A big thank you and well done to all the runners and marshalls who came to take part in the Awards Night timed 5k. The results are as follows:
1 17:09 Jack Wood 2 18:36 Daniel Hayes 3 18:41 Jack Cummings 4 19:14 Steve Coy 5 19:30 Dave Foyston 6 20:11 Alex Murphy 7 20:19 Steve Weston 8 20:21 Ben Joynson 9 20:31 Dave Chandler 10 20:48 Saul Parkinson 11 20:52 Michael Duffield 12 21:18 Dave Robson 13 21:38 Nolan Tucker 14 22:49 Will Worboys 15 23:06 Jann Smith (21:46) 16 23:21 Mary Gibbons 17 23:31 Sarah Edwards 18 23:52 Paul Stephens 19 24:08 Alison Weston 20 24:23 Outi Kamarainen 21 25:30 Alex Hyde 22 27:59 Petra Bijsterveld 23 29:56 D0n Macrae
PECO XC, Sun 24 Jan
From Alison Weston ...
Great turn out at the 4th PECO cross country race, at Golden Acre Park - the ladies finished 1st second division team and the men 2nd second division team. Thirteen ladies ran, 3 being from the same family (Joanne, Lucy and Sue Williamson). Lucy and Joanne were the first two ladies home for Ilkley in positions 14th 32:43 and 54th 36:57 respectively. Caroline Craske was third runner back in 76th position and 38:27. Other ladies included Helen Horton 92nd 39:33, Anna Nolan 96th 39:40, Gaenor Coy 129th 41.54, Hilda Coulsey 130th (2nd V60) 41:55, Allison Ricci 146th 42:43, Julie Elms 186th 45:31, Jacqui Weston 211st 47:20, Sue Williamson 222nd 47:20, Kate Lofthouse 251st 50:32 and Clare Shouler 296th 1.00:58.
Steve Coy was first harrier home for the men in 54th position and 30:11 followed by Richard Joel 78th 31:24 and David Chandler 93rd 32:19. Other men included Mark Iley 100th (6th V50) 32:25, Andrew Sheldon 140th 34:08, Robert Budding 164th 34:08, Nigel Tapper 206th 37:27, Neil Bloor 233rd 38:36, Edward Bickerdyke 255th 40:03, Peter Lewis 270th (5th M65) 41.24, Don Macrae 300th (3rd M70) 45:25 and Paul Sugden 305th 45:47.
A great day for the junior too with a win for Dominic Coy in the junior 2 mile course followed by Will Creske 17th, Poppy Anderson 18th (5th girl), Nathan Coy 23rd, Adam Townsend 26th, Bernadette Raven 34th (11th girl), Ben Marsden 36th, Emily Elmes 37th (12th girl) and Georgia Weston 50th (15th girl). In the junior 1 mile course Archie Budding was 7th and Dylan Shinn 28th.
Wharfedale Primary Schools XC, Sat 23 Jan
444 juniors enjoyed a sunny morning racing, results and league tables on the junior site.
parkruns, Sat 23 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Tom Adams found himself in Enfield and managed to set a new course record at Grovelands parkrun, as well as finishing a full 3 minutes before number 2!
Results ...
Grovelands, Enfield 1 15:22 Tom Adams 148 ran Little Stoke (1 16:55 Maciej Bialogonski, Bristol and West AC) 9 17:48 Mark Mon-Williams 315 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 17:37 unknown) 3 18:28 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 36 23:12 Sarah Hayes 59 24:59 Alex Hyde PB 85 27:02 Lewis Carr (junior) 171 37:34 Dan Hayes 183 ran Fountains Abbey (1 16:57 Ben Pease, U/A) 59 23:08 Eve Whitaker (junior) 60 23:09 Jonathan Whitaker 76 23:52 Norman Bush 308 ran
Ilkley Harriers Race League 2016
From Jane McCarthy ... I have updated the Harriers League for the first race of 2016 - The Stanbury Splash. Tom Adams and Jack Wood make impressive starts with first and second placings, and maximum points going to Tom. There are some great races in the Harriers League this year, and the handicap system and wildcard makes it very exciting as the year goes on!! Best three races from each discipline (fell, trail and road) to count with the wildcard option for the Overall Standings, or best 4 races in each discipline. Get involved!
Jane McCarthy has taken over the updating of the League Stats this year, so please direct any queries to her at janemccarthy@me.com
Results and League calendar on the League page.
Brass Monkey Half Marathon, Sun 17 Jan
From Petra ... We were lucky that the weather-gods made sure no snow fell on York last night, and the Brass Monkey organizers had also gritted the entire course so unlike last year there were no worries about icy patches.
A beautiful sunrise and blue sky made way for overcast conditions without any wind at all, perfect running weather once the cold start was out of the way. Only 4 Harriers lined up at the start this year. Derek Oliver was first home in an excellent time of 1:27:36, which is 7 minutes faster than his time there last year. Helen Waddington was gunning for a PB and achieved her goal with a very evenly paced and fast run, finishing in 1:40:18. Very well deserved after months of dedicated training. Hilda Coulsey was home next in an excellent 1:55:21. Having not trained much recently due to various niggles I was not disappointed with my own time just outside 2 hours, I can add it to my growing collection of '2 hours and a few seconds' HM results.
Results ...
(1 1:08:52 Dan Kestral, Barnsley AC) 206 1:27:36 Derek Oliver 565 1:40:18 Helen Waddington PB 1066 1:55:21 Hilda Coulsey 1184 2:00:23 Petra Bijsterveld 1507 finished
Stanbury Splash, Sun 17 Jan
A good turnout for the first counter in this year's IH Raceing League. A 1-2 for Ilkley with Tom Adams (enjoying his 4th Stanbury Splash win) and Jack Wood the first two home, on a snow-shortened course. Results and photos
1 31:14 Tom Adams 2 32:48 Jack Wood 32 38:45 Gavin Lamb 39 40:02 Richard Joel 42 40:13 Jamie Hutchinson 46 40:30 David Chandler 61 41:59 Dave Robson 70 42:22 Michael Duffield 86 43:09 Alistair Barlow 96 43:33 Lucy Williamson 105 43:54 Paddy Hagan 113 44:45 Robert Budding 145 46:54 Mary Gibbons 161 48:27 Sarah Haines 162 48:38 Alison Weston 163 48:41 Will Worboys 181 49:21 Philip Hirst 191 51:09 Geoffrey White 206 52:26 Peter Lewis 209 52:34 Anna Nolan 232 54:21 Anna Barlow 246 56:40 Louise Airy 257 58:52 Amanda Newham 264 62:02 Sophie Brown 267 62:33 Sally Wright 273 67:21 Julie Elmes 277 finished
The Fan Dance Winter 2016, Sun 17 Jan
From Michael Lomas ...
The Fan Dance Race is a homage to the military SAS/SBS selection march, a non-navigation 24km out and back over the highest mountain in South Wales, Pen y Fan. Traditionally with a 15kg pack and boots, the selection march is the same week as the race. The race has two categories, the march with the 15kg and boots or 'Clean Fatigue' with just race essentials (beyond FRA req + 2l water) and fell shoes. The race started next to the infamous red phone box and starts with the steep accent to the summit of the mountain, the bare path soon gave way to slush and then to full mountain winter conditions with large snow drifts and little visibility. I had started quite strong but the steep accent soon saw my heart screaming, I tried to relax a little and get into a rhythm, after the summit is a very steep decent and then an gentle gradient to the turnaround, the path all the way down is rocky and snowy but my recent concentration on descending paid off and I passed a few guys going down. At the turnaround I was able to count my position, 6th, wow, but with still half of the race to go, and knowing exactly what was to come, it meant little! I settled in to the long climb which starts very shallow and is not ideal of me, I like to be going up or down, so a couple of guys went passed. Closer to the summit the gradient picks up what feels like exponential growth, Jacobs ladder as its know is the last bit to the top, very little in the way of a clear path due to all the snow and super steep, similar to the Big End of Pendle or Whernside climb on PPP, I knew to stay well left as on the right is a sheer drop (the organiser (or DS) had already warned us of certain death if we strayed too far to that side!) At the summit I caught sight of a runner, one of the guys that I had got on the decent previous and who had come past me at the bottom of the long accent, I was quite confident I could put some distance on him on the decent, I just had to stay upright in very slippery ever changing conditions down the mountain, I finished well and put 8mins on the guy I passed on the summit, extremely happy for a top 10. I'm not too sure how long this race has been going but the DS mentioned in the results that this was the slowest and toughest race they have had yet.
Results ...
parkruns, Sat 16 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford Lister Park (1 18:06 Martin Fillingham, Saltaire Striders) 19 20:50 Ethan Thompson (junior) 386 ran Harrogate Stray (1 18:04 Mark Bryant, U/A) 61 23:05 Phil Hirst 91 24:06 Alexandra Whitaker (junior) 125 25:47 Eve Whitaker (junior) 127 25:50 Jonathan Whitaker 287 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 17:50 Tom Brewster, Clayton-le-Moor Harriers) 2 18:11 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 4 18:47 Dan Hayes 32 23:12 Sarah Hayes 152 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:37 Andrew Stenson, RAF Cosford Running Club) 34 22:08 Geoff Howard 280 ran
Temple Newsam Ten, Sun 10 Jan
Ben Sheppard reports ... The inaugural ten mile TNT trail race - organised by local club St Theresa's AC - was a muddy affair, in places more like a cross country than a trail race. It was a great route and a challenging one in the conditions, the blend of muddy hills with sections of hard surface trails perhaps levelling the field for those of us who are neither cross country specialists nor speed demons.
Alex adds ... Inaugural Temple Newsam Ten on a cold, wet, grotty day although the rain mercifully held off for the majority of the race. Predominantly off-road with some serious amounts of mud, but once you got a solid caking on your legs it did seem to warm you up a little! The course was pretty benign for the first 7 miles with just a few small inclines, but then what felt like a 1 in 3 mud bank to stumble up just before mile 8 followed by an absolute killer hill half a mile from the finish really sorted out the wheat from the chaff. Overall, good course and really well organised with plenty of enthusiastic marshalls - one for the calendar.
Results ...
(1 60:05 Mark Smith, Rothwell H) 7 65:21 Ben Sheppard 306 92:00 Alex Stanley-Hyde 644 finished
Yorkshire XC Championships, Sat 9 Jan
From Gaenor Coy ... After very heavy rainy start putting up the harriers tent the rain eased for the start of the races. The course start was moved this year due ground conditions from the recent wet weather and numbered pen starts used for the first time. A fast start was essential to try to get some clear space before the first tight corner. The slightly undulating course was very soft most of the way round with big areas of deeper strength zapping mud. Tough running conditions this year. An excellent day for both junior and senior Ilkley Harriers with a grand total of 6 Yorkshire vests earned from Poppy Anderson (U13 girls), Bethan Morley (U15 girls), Euan Brennan (U15 boys), Jemima Elgood (U17 women), Lucy Williamson (U20 women) and Tom Adams (senior men). The U15 boys also came away with bronze in the team prize. A huge well done to all who ran.
From Petra ...Results ...
(1 37:09 Jonathan Thewlis, Notts AC) 2 37:16 Tom Adams 110 45:41 Dave Westhead 137 47:06 Steve Coy 189 50:29 Mark Iley 269 ran Senior Women (1 31:51 Claire Duck, Leeds City AC) 107 50:05 Hilda Coulsey 109 50:15 Gaenor Coy 113 51:22 Petra Bijsterveld 130 55:51 Julie Elmes 138 ran Junior Women (1 23:51 Bronwen Owen, Scarborough AC) 5 28:11 Lucy Williamson 11 31:05 Joanne Williamson 13 ran
parkruns, Sat 9 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Woodhouse Moor (1 17:02 Ciaran Forde, Swim 1st Triathlon Club) 33 20:50 Tom Worboys 425 ran Bradford Lister Park (1 17:29 Will Kerr, Saltaire Striders) 20 21:02 Steve Newell 78 24:20 Outi Kamarainen 83 24:29 Sarah Haines 485 ran Harrogate Stray (1 18:20 Mark Bryant, U/A) 15 21:09 Andrew Merrick 22 21:51 Ethan Thompson (junior) 94 26:10 Alex Hyde 253 ran Hilly Fields Lewisham (1 18:09 Hugh Salway, U/A) 2 18:44 Alex Hirst 233 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 18:53 Andrew Chew, Barlick Fell Runners) 8 20:17 Jane McCarthy 1st F 81 27:31 Fiona Schneider 163 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:13 Ben Pease, U/A) 72 24:06 Alison Eagle 271 ran Lancaster (1 17:44 Michael Kallenberg, Carmarthen and District Harriers) 8 19:47 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 374 ran
Ilkley Harriers Race League
The final results for the 2015 League are now available! The winners will be presented at 'The Do' so 'do'come along! (Details above.) A big thank-you to Martin Wright who as League Statistician has crunched the numbers for 3 years, he is now handing the abacus over to Jane McCarthy.
Also on the IH Race League Page we have the League fixtures for 2016.
PECO XC #3, Sun 3 Jan
Our men's tream finished 2nd in the Second Division, our vet's team at the top of the First Division, our ladies won the Second Division and the lady vets were 5th in the LV First Division. Results ...
(1 29:22 Jack Smith, Wharfedale) 3 30:06 Jack Wood 19 31:49 Matt Cox 66 34:33 Steve Coy 117 36:31 Mark Iley 123 36:48 Richard Joel 155 37:59 Henry Heavisides 1st V60 163 38:24 Andrew Sheldon 220 40:18 Robert Budding 272 43:55 Nigel Tapper 323 47:12 Peter Lewis 368 53:10 Don Macrae 390 finished Ladies (1 34:14 Claire Green) 10 37:53 Lucy Williamson 59 42:58 Joanne Williamson 108 47:00 Helen Horton 123 48:13 Stephanie Fox 141 49:27 Hilda Coulsey 190 54:11 Sal Wright 201 54:49 Kate Lofthouse 208 55:28 Sue Williamson 285 70:55 Clare Shouler 292 finished
parkruns, Sat 2 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford Lister Park (1 17:25 Will Kerr, Saltaire Striders) 10 19:07 Adam Rhodes 30 21:26 Tom Worboys 55 22:52 Will Worboys 390 ran Colchester Castle (1 17:24 Ramadan Osman, Colchester and Tendring AC) 10 19:54 David Brown 252 37:48 Rosalind Brown 268 ran Gunnersbury (1 18:31 Rosamund Ponder, West4 Harriers) 2 18:50 Rob Cunningham 302 ran Hilly Fields Lewisham (1 17:53 Noah Armitage-Hookes, U/A) 5 18:54 Alex Hirst 155 ran Temple Newsam Leeds (1 19:32 Terry Midgley, St Theresa's AC) 26 24:26 Kelly Wilby 138 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 17:52 Tom Barrett, Keighley and Craven AC) 3 18:12 Mark Mon-Williams 44 24:45 Reuben Foster (junior) 58 26:05 Hilda Coulsey 137 ran Fountains Abbey (1 16:09 Daniel Cheeseman, York Acorn AC) 6 18:15 Euan Brennan (junior) 34 21:40 Geoff Howard 263 ran
parkruns, Fri 1 Jan
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Temple Newsam Leeds (1 17:54 Ciaran Forde, Swim 1st Triathlon Club) 157 25:36 Harry Stead (junior) 483 ran Skipton Aireville Park (1 18:00 Julian Hood, Skipton AC) 7 19:48 Cameron Reilly (junior) 55 26:30 Hilda Coulsey 110 ran