Ilkley Harriers news archive 2017
Ilkley Harriers of the Month, November
Harrier of the month nominations:
Martin Archer for Lister Park parkrun, Burley Moor and consistently great results;
Jack Wood for first in the last even splits 5k and 2nd at Tour of Pendle;
Cameron Reilly for Abbey Dash time of 34.28;
Jonathan Turner for impressive progress over the year with great times at Burley moor, at Wetherby parkrun and last month's marathon time;
Michael Lomas for great times and improvements, particularly Burley Moor and Tour of Pendle;
Rob Budding for cross country race improvements and good results in general.
The winner is Michael Lomas.
Volunteer of the month:
Gaenor and Steve Coy for all they do for the x countries;
Petra Bijsterveld for the membership renewals admin;
Helen Waddington for HoM write-ups;
Neil Chapman for Thursday evening session;
Peter Shields for Wednesday evening sprint training
The winner is Helen Waddington.
More Harriers of the Month ...
PECO XC, Sun 26 Nov
Men (1 26:21 Joe Baxter, P&B) 42 32:05 Steven Gott 47 32:08 Martin Archer 159 35:28 Daniel Lane 160 35:30 Stephen Coy 171 35:46 Andrew Overend 201 36:44 Robert Budding 401 43:23 Geoffrey White 510 54:45 Don Macrae 520 59:24 Andrew Kitchen 525 finished Women (1 33:29 Hannah Oldroyd, Saltaire) 13 36:26 Jane Mccarthy 15 36:44 Ellie Kitchen 31 38:16 Rachel Carter 87 42:28 Helen Wood 115 43:20 Alison Weston 137 44:34 Adela Reperecki 163 45:52 Dianne Kitchen 197 47:07 Gaenor Coy 199 47:17 Hilda Coulsey 215 48:04 Petra Bijsterveld 248 49:44 Nicola Budding 308 53:23 Kate Lofthouse 329 55:28 Sally Wright 342 56:32 Wendy Bishop 384 67:47 Clare Shouler 386 finished
Santa Runs, Sat 25 Nov
Over 140 Santas ran on Ilkley Moor, raising over £1200 for the junior section's new Compact Athletics Training Facility and having a lot of fun! Results and more on the junior web site.
parkruns, Sat 25 Nov
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Woodhouse Moor (1 17:40 Adam Collins., U/A) 4 18:28 Will Wood 430 ran Skipton (1 18:01 Tim Chadwick, Skipton AC) 22 22:43 Malcolm Pickering 66 27:29 Anna Pickering 71 27:50 Fiona Schneider 73 27:57 Karen Lambe 127 ran Fountains Abbey (1 16:40 Reece Dalton, Ripon Runners) 76 24:45 Norman Bush 331 ran Stretford (1 16:48 Alex Penfold, Croydon Harriers) 8 18:39 Rob Cunningham 388 ran
Evensplits 5k, Wed 22 Nov
From Petra Bijsterveld ...
The final Evensplits 5k of 2017 was held at the Brownlee Centre on Bodington Fields. It was a rather stormy evening, evidenced by the fact that the inflatable finish line arch tried to take off skywards and had to be packed away again. I think the wind affected everyone's times, I was certainly happy to take it as a ready excuse for a much slower race than my previous ones on the circuit.
Jack Wood took the win on what I believe was his first appearance at the series.
These friendly and inexpensive races will resume in February 2018 for a series of 10, and I very much recommend them to runners of all abilities.
Results ...
1 16:24 Jack Wood 111 25:16 Hilda Coulsey 1st F60 117 26:20 Petra Bijsterveld 143 ran
WYXC #3, Spenborough, Sun 19 Nov
Men 11th team (1 29:32 Angus McMillan, York) 30 33:02 Matthew Cox 51 34:39 Steven Gott 61 35:08 Tim Ashelford 109 37:35 Stephen Coy 131 38:52 Rob Budding 143 39:25 Mark Iley 144 39:33 David Brown 167 42:42 Arthur Reilly 189 finished Ladies 10th team (1 19:50 Georgia Rothwell, York) 7 20:47 Pauline Munro 48 23:45 Sally Malir 85 26:59 Alison Bennett 87 27:07 Diane Kitchen 126 finished 37 of our juniors were racing with excellent individual and team results
Chorley Fire 10k, Sun 19 Nov
From Peter Shields ... Great to be in a race again! Went over to Chorley to run their 10k believing it to be an easy return! Not so, quite a difficult course!
Results ...
(1 36:16 Chris Miles, Preston Harriers) 124 50:38 Peter Shields 2nd v70, 3rd v65 368 finished
Tour of Pendle, Sat 18 Nov
From Ben Sheppard ...
Lots of great Harriers performances at Tour of Pendle, including Jack Wood second only to the outstanding Chris Holdsworth (Clayton le Moors) and Jane McCarthy 4th lady and first in category. (Our ladies may have won a team prize, not sure.) The performance of the day was the amazing Vic Wilkinson (Bingley), third overall, just 4 minutes off the overall win and breaking the women's record by 13 minutes! I didn't break and records but did break the second metacarpal in my left hand about 4 miles into the race, and spent the remaining 12 miles trying not to fall over again.
Results ...
(1 2:19:26 Chris Holdsworth, CleM) 2 2:22:56 Jack Wood 45 2:51:25 Ben Sheppard 47 2:51:43 Paul Carman 83 3:01:47 Michael Lomas 100 3:05:14 Jane McCarthy 178 3:21:58 Paul Calderbank 229 3:32:14 Jann Smith 248 3:35:09 Peter Shelley 301 3:45:24 Alison Weston 336 3:57:27 Martyn Stocker 361 4:08:18 Adela Reperecki 365 4:09:43 Richard Morris 423 finished
Kendal Mountain Festival 10km trail race, Sat 18 Nov
From Paul Castle ... Robin Nicholson and I took part in the Kendal Mountain Festival 10km trail race (10.4km distance) on Saturday, which forms part of a long weekend of outdoors related activities taking place in Kendal. The weather was good (although quite muddy underfoot after overnight rain) and after a steady but relentless 6km climb up Beast Banks to Scouts Scar there were some stunning views across the Lyth Valley followed by a steep cobbled descent into Kendal and a sprint finish along the Main Street. Well organised and very family friendly, I'd highly recommend this event for others looking for a good family day (or weekend) out.
56 47:51 Robin Nicholson 76 49:18 Paul Castle 609 ran
Harriers v cyclists, Sat 18 Nov
From Jo Foster... Provisional results ...
(1 34:47 Rob Jebb, Bingley, cyclist) 27 42:30 Steve Turland 31 42:48 Jim Ryder Both on foot 219 ran/cycled
parkruns, Sat 18 Nov
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Woodhouse Moor (1 16:46 unknown) 10 18:44 Will Wood 478 ran Milton Keynes (1 17:20 Jamie Seddon, Marshall Milton Keynes AC) 29 21:32 Andrew Merrick 403 ran Bradford (1 18:01 Greg Hull, Leeds City AC) 60 23:52 Oscar Street 394 ran Harrogate (1 18:07 unknown) 71 22:31 Phil Hirst 469 ran Skipton (1 19:20 Sam Jackson, U/A) 9 21:02 Rob Budding 43 25:18 Chris Cunningham 78 28:20 Fiona Schneider 151 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:59 Dominic Lockwood, U/A) 128 26:56 Emma Curran 349 ran Wetherby (1 18:00 David Cross, Durham City AC) 12 20:23 Jonathan Turner 79 ran
2018 League races announced
From Jane McCarthy ...
Get planning your League races for 2018 - we have some exciting new additions to the League Calendar, while keeping many Ilkley Harrier favourites and our own races. The first races of the year will be the Meltham 10K (one lap, hilly) road race near Huddersfield on 28th January and the Harewood 10K Trail race on 25th February. The Fell League will begin with a Bunny Run (race number TBC). Many thanks in particular to Jean Sullivan and Hilda Coulsey for providing some super suggestions for next year's league. The Baildon Boundary Way on 8th April 2018 (Trail, HM) opens late November and is quick to sell-out so look out for the notification on the website.
We have also switched Burley Moor Run in to the Fell category starting 2018. It definitely feels like a fell race!
| Fell | Trail | Road | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Meltham 10k (28/1) | ||
| February | Harewood 10K (25/2) | ||
| March | Thirsk 10 (18/3) | ||
| April | Bunny Run (1,2 or 3) | Guiseley Gallop (1/4) Baildon Bound. Way (8/4) Fountains 10K Ripon (29/4) |
Vale of York 10 (15/4) |
| May | Jack Bloor | Ilkley Trail | John Carr 5K |
| June | Beasley Beacon 22/6 | Wharfedale Half 5/6 | |
| July | Addingham Gala Ingleborough 16/7 |
Eccup 10 | |
| August | Burnsall 10 19/8 | ||
| September | Great Wherneside 24/9 | Ilkley Incline 6/9 | |
| October | |||
| November | Burley Moor Run | PECO (late Nov) | 5K Evensplits (or Park Run) |
| December | The Stoop | Ribble Valley 10K |
Run Bolton Abbey, Sun 12 Nov
From Caroline Howe ... a stunning morning for the inaugural Run Bolton Abbey event, with choices of 10k, 10m or 13.1m and 2m fun run. Unfortunately there were a few organisational issues... with 1500 entrants and all four races setting off at the same time, in waves, this led to problems with congestion and queues at stiles midway through the race when the different routes converged. As a 10ker in the first wave the queues weren't too bad by the time I got to them but I heard horror stories about 20+ min queues for the 10milers. Lots of people opted to climb barbed wired walls instead of waiting. There was a lack of marshalls on the course and a lot (I reckon over half, looking at Strava) of us on the 10k went the wrong way adding on a 1km loop. I ran 6.8m in total. Some people added on two loops and ended up doing 7+ miles! On the positive side the route was of course very beautiful, and challenging, and ultimately it was for a good cause - Sue Ryder Manorlands. There were quite a few Harriers out which was good to see. Let's hope the organisers can sort out the issues from today for next year.
From Alex Hide ... A glorious day welcomed the inaugural Run Bolton Abbey series of races - 2 mile, 10k, 10 mile & half marathon. I opted for the 10 mile race and soon remembered why I like flat road races climbing 71m in the 4th km and then 115m in the 5th km! The reward for the climb was worth it though with a gently undulating run for the next few miles through some breathtaking scenery. As we came down the other side of the moor the only real failing of the race manifested itself as we had to climb over 3 stiles in quick succession, the third of which at mile 7 saw dozens of frustrated runners getting colder and colder as we had to wait almost 30 minutes to climb the stile one by one. That said, the race was superbly marshalled and I am certain they will learn from their mistakes for next year.
From Fiona Schneider ... This was the first time Sue Ryder had put these races on. It was perfect running weather and a choice between 2 mile, 10 km, 10 mile and half marathon. It was a fantastic trail race with around 600 metres of climbing on the half which I chose. There were a few glitches as an enormous queue built up at two stiles, giving me a difference between moving time and chip time of 30 minutes. Never mind, we had a social time waiting and I could lend out a space blanket for the less well dressed. I am sure the organisers will take note of these glitches. It was based around the Valley of Desolation, Barden Bridge and Cavendish Pavilion and to be thoroughly recommended .
Results ...
10k (1 Simon Rycroft, Pickering) 8 58:42 Simon Jenkins 58 61:13 Philip Hirst 16 69:08 Caroline Howe 218 71:15 Chris Cunningham 361 82:22 Sally Westlake 378 84:45 Dawn Turner 433 88:48 Kate Lofthouse 588 107:54 Sue Verspyck 631 120:00 Claire Shouler 633 123:55 Emma Cole 659 ran 10M (1 70:49 Jack Laffey, U/A) 23 94:33 Derek Oliver 32 99:54 Jonathan Turner 49 106:43 Tom Lally 87 121:21 Caroline Tong 194 141:21 Alex Stanley-Hyde 249 150:22 Gill Scott 252 150:43 Philippa Sirr 291 156:03 Jo Pattinson 308 finished Half Marathon (1 1:22:16 Chris Holdsworth, CleM) 20 1:51:17 Dick Waddington 86 2:14:08 Marlon Frost 154 2:41:39 Jan Jones 233 3:10:59 Fiona Schneider 266 finished
British Cross Challenge, Sat 11 Nov
From Stephen Brennan ... Euan ran at Milton Keynes today in the second race of the British Cross Challenge and finished 3rd in the U17 race. The race was run in conjunction with the U20 race and Euan was 7th overall.
Betws y-coed Trail Challenge, Sat 11 Nov
Fom Sue Williamson... Lucy Williamson took part in this 10k race described as one of the toughest and most beautiful trail runs in the UK, running through scenic forests and round lakes. Money raised from the race which included a 5k and Canicross was to be split between local causes and Help for Heroes.
(1 38:09 J Williams, Hermitage Harriers) 10 43:30 Lucy Williamson 1st female 293 runners took part
Burley Moor Run, Sat 11 Nov
Results from Michael Duffield...
(1 45:08 Sam Watson, Wharfedale) 2 45:26 Jack Cummings 3 46:30 Matthew Munro 8 48:27 Martin Archer 9 48:35 Ben Sheppard 12 49:25 Michael Lomas 13 49:32 Oscar Stapleton 17 50:12 Dave Wilby 20 50:55 Paul Carman 21 51:22 Tim Ashelford 33 52:50 William Wood 40 53:54 Jane Mccarthy 41 53:58 Dave Foyston 46 55:08 Richard Joe 58 57:05 Michael Duffield 63 57:38 John Hayes 69 58:14 Jonathan Turner 80 59:34 Helen Thurston 112 64:12 Alison Weston 136 61:07 Tom Jackson 137 67:48 Jeoffrey White 152 68:52 Wiliam Gadd 164 69:50 Caroline Howe 168 70:21 Paul Atkinson 186 75:03 Oli Street 187 75:06 Oscar Street 193 76:04 Peter Lewis 205 85:17 Wendy Bishop
parkruns, Sat 11 Nov
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Finsbury (1 17:24 Robbie Chapman, Run Fast) 15 19:22 Rob Cunningham 278 ran Harrogate (1 16:52 unknown) 56 22:10 Phil Hirst 410 ran
Hell of a Hill Marathon Day 3, Fri 10 Nov
From Collin Williams... Hi, I'm a new member, but thought that you would like to know that I took part in day three of the Hell of a Hill Marathon, coming third out of 47 runners.
(1 3:57:53 Paul Brown, Trawden) 3 4:18:33 Colin Williams 47 finished
Guy Fawkes 10m, Sun 5 Nov
(1 56:02 Andrew Geant, Harrogate) 62 1:09:47 Jane McCarthy 2nd F40 229 1:20:37 Philip Hirst 280 1:22:37 Caroline Howe 294 1:24:11 Alison Weston 364 1:26:29 Adela Reperecki 424 1:29:57 Helen Waddington 520 1:34:47 Hilda Coulsey 696 1:44:24 Peter Lewis 811 finished
Abbey Dash, Sun 5 Nov
(1 29:13 Sam Stabler, Wreake & Soar Valley) 217 34:28 Cameron Reilly 263 35:01 Oscar Stapleton 627 39:23 William Wood 687 39:54 Dick Waddington 788 40:48 Derek Oliver 1126 43:17 Simon Jenkins 1254 44:12 Sally Armitage 1505 45:53 Andrew Jackson 1566 45:16 Mary Gibbons 2103 48:12 Chloe Merrick 2104 48:13 Andrew Merrick 2322 48:46 Erin Keating 2788 53:24 Emma Curran 2918 54:26 Charlotte Smithson 3177 54:20 Catriona Hawthorn 4298 54:08 Sheena Pickersgill 5324 61:50 Elaine Ibbotson 8900 finished
Shepherd's Skyline fell race, Sat 4 Nov
From Jo Foster...
It was one of the biggest fields ever for the Shepherd's Skyline Fell Race on Saturday with 328 finishers. Four Harriers completed in typically muddy conditions.
Results ...
(1 44:20 Tom Owens, Shettleston Harriers) 27 50:49 Steven Gott 36 52:06 Jim Ryder 152 63:14 Rob Cunningham 287 82:52 Amanda Newham 328 finished
parkruns, Sat 4 Nov
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Woodhouse Moor (1 17:02 unknown) 33 21:02 Adrian Bastow 501 ran Bradford Lister Park (1 17:58 Martin Fillingham, Saltaire Striders) 2 18:11 Martin Archer 25 21:36 Jonathan Turner 37 22:09 Tom Worboys 86 24:37 Oli Street 87 24:40 Oscar Street 405 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:55 Ben Holmes, U/A) 63 23:13 Norman Bush 395 ran