Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 17 June
[Jack Cummings, this year’s winner of the Buckden Pike fell race, photo courtesy of Liz Dawson] From Jean Sullivan… Wins at home and abroad for the Ilkley Harriers this week More wins for the Ilkley Harriers this week! In the Yorkshire Dales, Harrier Sam Bentham, fresh from his recent victory at the Kettlewell Anniversary fell race, […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 17 June
[Jack Cummings, this year’s winner of the Buckden Pike fell race, photo courtesy of Liz Dawson] From Jean Sullivan… Wins at home and abroad for the Ilkley Harriers this week More wins for the Ilkley Harriers this week! In the Yorkshire Dales, Harrier Sam Bentham, fresh from his recent victory at the Kettlewell Anniversary fell race, […]
Hawkswick Dash – Sun 16 June
From Peter Roll… After driving through a rain storm, Sunday turned out to be a fine & sunny day in Littondale for the short & steep Hawkswick Dash Fell Race. Only 1.4 miles/2.25km long but, a brutal 600ft/170 metres of climb. It’s a proper family outing for Father’s Day, starting with the junior events, which […]
Summer Spine Challenger South – Sat 15 Jun
From Petra Bijsterveld… On the weekend I ran the 108 mile Montane Summer Spine Challenger South, along the Pennine Way from Edale to Hardraw. The start was at 8 am on Saturday. As per the forecast the weather turned out to be very mixed, whilst we had some lovely sunshine there was also plenty of […]
Buttermere Sailbeck – Sat 15 June
From Jane McCarthy… Ben Rothery and I were the only Harriers racing at Buttermere Sailbeck Fell Race on Saturday, a 9 mile, 4,300ft horseshoe from the shores of picturesque Buttermere over Knott Rigg and Ard Crags, descending to the valley bottom before the slog of a climb up to Causey Pike. Due to the narrow […]
European Sprint Duathlon Championship – Sat 15 June
From Neil Chapman… Christos Tzelis was over at Coimbra in Portugal at the weekend representing GB, taking part in the European Sprint Duathlon Championship. This is the short course version so the intensity is high right from the start. He was competing with 360 other top-quality athletes, getting off to a good start in the […]
Otley 10 – Wed 12 June
From Sally Armitage… What a great evening for a race, 13 degrees, dry and only a slight breeze. Much better than last year’s Otley 10 when it was around 21 degrees still at 7pm. Although this had been on my race calendar all year I delayed entering until the morning of the race, thanks to […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 10 June
[Nathan Edmondson, winner of the inaugural Pete Shields Ilkley 10k, photo courtesy of Philip Bland] From Jill Ezard… Harriers’ inaugural Pete Shields Ilkley 10k a roaring success Sunday 9th June saw the first staging of the Pete Shields Ilkley 10k road race, created as a tribute and memorial to Harrier Pete Shields who died early […]
Ilkley Gazette Report – w/c 10 June
[Nathan Edmondson, winner of the inaugural Pete Shields Ilkley 10k, photo courtesy of Philip Bland] From Jill Ezard… Harriers’ inaugural Pete Shields Ilkley 10k a roaring success Sunday 9th June saw the first staging of the Pete Shields Ilkley 10k road race, created as a tribute and memorial to Harrier Pete Shields who died early […]
Pete Shields Ilkley 10k – Sun 9 June
[Photo credit: Philip Bland] A heartfelt thankyou to everyone who ran, volunteered or supported the fantastic first edition of this race in tribute to our much-missed Harrier and coach Pete Shields. And above all thanks to organiser and race director Neil Chapman for the incredible amount of work he put in to make the event […]