Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 10 Aug 2026

[Harriers at the Littondale four-mile road race, photo credit: Woodentops] From Caroline Howe & Nicola Budding…   From village galas to fell tops: Harriers make their mark With mass participation events largely taking a hiatus for the holiday month of August, the racing calendar focus shifted this week to traditional galas and village events. Sam Bentham […]

Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 3 Aug 2026

[Peter Roll and Geoffrey White at the Round Hill Fell Race, photo credit: Woodentops] From Peter Shelley & Nicola Budding…   Juniors and young Harriers to the fore as runners take to the Cumbrian and Yorkshire Fells Ambleside hosted its annual day of traditional Lakeland sports on Thursday including wrestling, grass track cycling and hound trails. […]

Borrowdale fell race – Sat 1 Aug 2026

From Alison Weston… Alison and Nea completed Borrowdale fell race on Saturday. A cooler day for this 27km 2,000m race starting from Rosthwaite and going up Scafel Pike (and down the scree run!), Great Gable and Dalehead. Less runners this year so we all spread out a bit and local knowledge of the better lines […]

Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 27 Jul 2026

From Jill Ezard…. Photo credit Woodentops Harriers go the extra mile The racing week started early with four Harriers taking part in the sixth event of the Evensplits Leeds 5k race series. This event sees participants racing against their previous times making use of the flat and fast cycle circuit at the Brownlee Centre. The track was […]

Lakeland 50 & 100 – Fri/Sun 24/26 Jul 2026

From Kate Archer… I managed to secure an entry in the ballot to the Lakeland 50, the shorter option to the Lakeland 100 ‘Ultra Tour of the Lake District’ (which is actually 105 miles, while the 50 is ‘only’ 49). We arrived in Coniston on Friday afternoon. The atmosphere on the event field is great, […]

Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 13 Jul 2026

From Luke Watkeys and Nicola Budding… Photo credit Paul Sugden Ilkley Harriers dominate home half marathon in heatwave conditions Our racing week began over in Derbyshire on Monday 6 July, when the Hathersage Gala Fell Race offered a quintessentially British, community-spirited evening run as part of the village’s gala week celebrations. This short and punchy […]

Wasdale Fell Race – Sat 11 Jul 2026

From Alison Weston… Saturday saw the first ‘hot weather course ‘ for Wasdale fell race, or maybe any fell race – there is usually only the bad weather alternative! Shortened to 16.75 miles with 6,000 ft climbing instead of 21 miles with 9,000 ft and with more generous cut offs. Sadly the last bit was chopped […]

Ilkley Gazette Report w/c 20 Jul 2026

From Nigel Illingworth and Nicola Budding… Harriers storm to titles, records and fell-running glory Ilkley Harriers enjoyed a packed week of racing, with standout performances across the Harrogate District Summer Race League (HDSRL) finale, classic fell races, junior competitions and parkrun events, including team titles, individual wins, course records and a host of personal bests. […]