Ilkley Harriers news archive 2018
Outstanding Achievements, December
From the Committee ...
Jack Wood for the WYXC overall win, winning Chevin Chase and the Stoop
Helen Thurston for her pb parkrun result and winning Chevin Chase
Euan Brennan for his Telford 10km result
Pauline Munro was 4th in the PECO x country and 1st LV50 at Chevin Chase
Diane Kitchen had great x country times and positions and also for Skegness 10km
Hilda Coulsey, FV65 prize at Ribble Valley
Dan McKeown won the V40 WYXC overall prize
Malcolm Pickering won the V65 WYXC overall prize
Alison Weston for suggesting and organising the Abraham's Tearoom Round relay
Michael Lomas for organising Gathering Winter Fools relay
all those involved in making the Christmas relays, the mince pies and mulled wine and the quiz night such a success
Auld Lang Syne fell race, Mon 31 Dec
(1 41:06 Chris Holdsworth, Ribble Valley) 2 41:55 Jack Wood 9 44:01 Nathan Edmondson 54 51:51 Pauline Munro 60 52:29 Kate Archer 65 52:59 Helen Wood 71 54:17 Peter Shelley 124 59:01 Alistair Barlow 185 65:23 Adela Reperecki 312 87:19 Sally Wright 327 finished Ilkley ladies won the team prize
Ribble Valley 10k, Sun 30 Dec
From Hilda Coulsey ...
Ribble Valley, incorporating the North of England road race championship, did not disappoint this year for many runners and spectators. Both men's and women's records were shattered with former English Junior Fell Running Champion Marc Scott of Richmond & Zetland AC under 29 mins at 28.58 and Beth Potter, Camberslang, at 32:07. I waited for the prize giving - times for age winners were outstanding.
Harriers were led home by Dominic Coy in his first serious 10k and age category winners were Beth Massey v45, Sally Malir v50 and Hilda Coulsey v65.
Weather was conducive to good times, mild and drizzly. With the race full at 1500 three weeks ago enter early next year for a great end to our league road races.
Results ...
(1 28:58 Marc Scott, Richmond and Zetland Harriers) 64 33:33 Dominic Coy 165 36:46 Stephen Coy 283 40:09 Colin Williams 309 40:59 Dick Waddington 316 41:11 Beth Massey - 1st FV45 395 42:48 Sally Malir - 1st FV50 613 48:23 Abigail Swales 706 50:15 Alison Weston 826 52:51 Hilda Coulsey - 1st FV65 859 53:46 Fiona Schneider 868 54:00 Andrew McCallion 959 57:30 John Marshall 1307 finished
Oliebollenloop Hasselt, Sat 29 Dec
From Petra Bijsterveld...
Oliebollen are what the Dutch eat on New Year's Eve. They are a bit like doughnuts but are ball-shaped, contain raisins and are deep-fried and then covered in icing sugar. Believe me, they taste better than it may sound!
I joined a friend and entered this low-key local race just outside my former home town of Zwolle. There was a choice between 4 or 8 'English Miles' as they call them here, with the promise of hot chocolate and an 'oliebol' at the finish line.
I opted for the 4 miler which was one lap of paths and small roads through the polder, as flat as flat can be. Due to a sat-nav mishap which is best forgotten about we arrived 5 minutes before the start! My warm up consisted of bolting from the car to the clubhouse to collect my number, whilst trying to avoid pushing over numerous small children (who had just finished the junior races). I elbowed my way to the desk, grabbed my number, pinned it on and attached the chip to my shoelaces and we were off! The race was uneventful, my pace sluggish due to stiff legs and a strong headwind typical of the Dutch polders, but I enjoyed looking at the landscape and finished in 34:14 whilst the winner took just 21:59.
I relished my hot chocolate and oliebol whilst waiting for my friend who had opted for the 8 mile version. We all received a lovely wooden medal. A nice morning out!
Results ...
parkruns, Sat 29 Dec
From Jonathan Turner ...
Lots of Harriers enjoyed a post-Christmas parkrun on Saturday, including a great family effort from the Pickerings at Penrhyn, with Sarah leading them home in 13th place. She was the first lady.
Results ...
Armley (1 19:30 Matthew Sutton, U/A) 10 22:13 Harry Stead 107 ran Bradford (1 15:56 James Habergham, Halifax Harriers & AC) 44 22:41 James Lee 85 25:20 Oscar Street 158 28:12 Paula Reynier 347 ran Cliffe Castle (1 18:57 Jack Muir, Wharfedale Harriers) 59 29:03 Fiona Schneider 139 ran Fountains Abbey (1 17:23 Unknown, U/A) 133 24:48 Helen Waddington 544 ran Harrogate (1 17:25 Unknown, U/A) 268 29:30 Geoffrey Howard 383 ran Myrtle (1 18:46 Liam Griffiths, Aberdare Valley AAC) 100 30:35 Janet Smith 144 ran Penrhyn (1 17:34 Raif Serif, Crewe & Nantwich AC) 13 20:49 Sarah Pickering - 1st lady 27 22:10 Malcolm Pickering 77 26:55 Anna Pickering 87 27:41 Sally Pickering 212 ran Skipton (1 17:04 Michael Hargreaves, East Hull Harriers & AC) 8 20:24 Mike Abrams-Cohen 16 21:31 Tim Ashelford 230 ran Woodhouse Moor (1 17:29 Gregan Clarkson, Kingston upon Hull AC) 4 18:01 Steven Gott 312 ran
Chevin Chase, Wed 26 Dec
Jack Wood and Helen Thurston, winners of the 40th Chevin Chase.
Results ...
1 38:50 Jack Wood 4 39:46 Jack Cummings 5 40:15 Will Simmons 6 40:20 Nathan Edmondson 22 44:15 Steven Gott 24 44:50 Ben Stevens 29 45:13 Michael Lomas 42 46:04 Helen Thurston 43 46:07 Tim Ashelford 63 47:30 Pauline Munro 65 47:34 Stephen Coy 79 48:08 Rob Cunningham 87 48:34 Kate Archer 105 49:37 Helen Wood 114 49:59 Gavin Lamb 119 50:08 Steve Murray 123 50:28 David Foyston 151 51:51 Daniel Lane 181 52:55 Derek Oliver 306 57:28 Tom Lally 322 57:59 Robert Budding 424 60:16 Amy Jones 509 62:12 Adela Reperecki 518 62:53 Tom Worboys 529 63:21 Peter Shields 535 62:56 Geoffrey White 560 64:19 Nicola Budding 602 65:22 Diane Kitchen 621 66:06 Anna Nolan 687 68:07 Clare Boyle 712 68:45 David Ibbotson 831 72:18 Sheena Pickersgill 864 73:35 Dave Reynier 865 73:36 Paula Reynier 893 74:38 Fiona Schneider 915 75:00 Hilda Coulsey 927 75:37 William Worboys 954 76:46 Jacqui Weston 1001 79:31 Michael Picken 1072 85:08 Sally Wright 1086 85:05 Andrew Kitchen 1163 finished
parkruns, Christmas Day Tue 25 Dec
Bradford parkrun 1 17:33 Cameron Reilly 52 24:00 Arthur Reilly 288 runners Harrogate parkrun 1 16:40 Unknown 13 19:15 Paul Carman 85 22:24 Jann Smith 524 runners Skipton parkrun 1 17:22 Ruaridh Mon-Williams 5 20:16 Mark Mon-Williams 10 21:01 Robert Budding 25 22:03 Archie Budding 33 22:47 Ben Joynson 49 24:20 Daniel Fazackerley 54 24:29 Nicola Budding 73 25:26 Dylan Shinn 118 28:15 Bernadette Gibbons 138 29:34 Oscar Shinn 178 35:13 Neve Tennant 187 37:07 Anna Fazackerley 198 41:22 Karen Shinn 205 runners
parkruns, Sat 22 Dec
From Jonathan Turner ...
Some notable parkrun performances to report, with the standout display Helen Thurston's at Fountains Abbey. She was the first lady home, stopping the clock in a superb 18:27 - the fastest 5K by a female Harrier this year and the quickest since May 2015. There were also top-five age-graded runs at Skipton from Tim Ashelford, Colin Williams and Malcolm Pickering as well as a new PB for Bernie Gibbons.
Results ...
Bradford (1 17:50 Simon Shaw, Ealing, Southall & Middlesex AC) 20 20:45 Poppy E Anderson 82 23:52 Oscar Street 151 27:03 Paula Reynier 152 27:03 Dave Reynier 378 ran Cliffe Castle (1 18:34 Alexander Thompson, Wharfedale Harriers) 59 29:34 Fiona Schneider 136 ran Fountains Abbey (1 16:18 Reece Dalton, Ripon Runners) 7 18:27 Helen Thurston 250 29:39 Janet Smith 418 ran Myrtle (1 18:43 Tom Keighley, Chapel Allerton Runners) 20 23:57 Richard Hinsley 118 ran Skipton (1 16:17 Joe Hudson, Keighley & Craven AC) 4 19:16 Tim Ashelford 8 20:07 Colin Williams 9 20:33 Max Ashelford 18 21:52 Adrian Bastow 23 22:13 Malcolm Pickering 81 27:40 Anna Pickering 102 28:27 Bernie Gibbons 188 ran
League update
From Jane McCarthy ... Looking for a New Year's Resolution? How about the 2019 Harriers League? There are some great races in next year's League. The handicap system adjusts results for gender and age (always good!). You need to complete at least 3 races in each category, plus a Wildcard for the overall League, or max. 4 races to compete in the individual categories, road, trail or fell. All details on the League page along with results of this year's League - ONE RACE TO GO!!!! - updated after The Stoop. Well Done to all that raced!
Stoop fell race, Sun 16 Dec
From Michael Lomas ...
Jack, Jack and myself got male team prize and beat Wharfedale by 1 point!
Results ...
1 30:27 Jack Wood 5 31:55 Jack Cummings 14 35:34 Michael Lomas 25 37:26 Daniel Hayes 44 39:21 Helen Wood 64 41:31 Rachel Carter 3rd V40 108 46:28 Paul Calderbank 121 47:51 Chantal Busby 143 51:00 Steve Weston 168 56:34 Jean Sullivan 190 62:16 Amanda Newham 191 62:59 Fiona Schneider 206 finished
PECO XC, Sun 16 Dec
Men (1 29:02 Nathan Marsh, Tonbridge AC) 39 33:28 Steven Gott 165 37:57 Peter Shelley 202 39:14 Michael Duffield 224 40:11 Malcolm Pickering 473 finished Ladies (1 33:33 Helen Cross, York Tri) 4 35:34 Pauline Munro 31 39:05 Sarah Pickering 34 39:33 Ellie Kitchen 128 46:04 Diane Kitchen 231 51:54 Anna Pickering 259 53:10 Sally Pickering 293 55:12 Kate Lofthouse 375 finished
Gathering Winter Fools relay, Sat 15 Dec
From Caroline Howe ...
The words 'social' and 'pub' in the race description were what attracted me to do this festive relay... four legs of differing lengths starting and finishing at various pubs around Keighley, Bingley, Silsden and the surrounding areas. On the day itself we came to realise the significance of the word 'fools' - as surely only fools would brave these wintery weather conditions in the middle of December in all manner of fancy dress!!
It was fantastic to see two Ilkley teams out in this race, with a strong men's team - "Ilkley Two Hats" - and a mixed team - "Ilkley Tinsel Toes". The men stormed to an impressive victory, winning the race by 11 minutes! Istvan Jacso and Jack Cummings were fastest on leg 1 (9 miles) in 1:01. Jack Wood and Will Simmons were quickest on leg 2 (9.5 miles; 1:02), with Paul Carman and Ian Gibbons 2nd on leg 3 (6 miles; 41 mins), and Michael Lomas and Dan McKeown 2nd on leg 4 (7 miles; 47 mins) and taking the team home to victory on its first attempt in a total time of 3:32 - a great result!
Ilkley Tinsel Toes consisted of Helen Thurston and Peter Shelley who got us off to a fantastic start, finishing leg 1 in 9th place, in 1:10. Steph Fox and James Brooks had found themselves switched from the relatively easy leg 3 to leg 2 due to injuries... agreeing to it before realising it included the Silsden 'murder mile'! But they took this extremely tough leg in their stride and finished in 1:48, giving David Howe and I a minute head start on the mass start for leg 3, which was much appreciated! David had been drafted in as something as a default sub when Sally Armitage came down with the winter lurgy and, despite having to rely on me knowing the route, we made it round in 54 minutes. By that time Petra and Jacqui had set off with the mass start... and it soon became clear they had the toughest task of all of us as the weather took a turn and the freezing rain fell. Described by Petra as the 'worst run of her life', the conditions were so treacherous runners were having to crawl across roads on their hands and knees due to the ice. Massive kudos to them for finishing - no mean feat, and apparently not all teams did!! They brought team Tinsel Toes home in a respectable 5:24.
Special mention must be made for the fancy dress efforts of all team members... full-on elf costumes and santa suits, with the Ilkley Harriers colours certainly lending themselves to festive attire coordination! There were some very impressive efforts by all teams with snowmen, nuns, superheroes and many more outfits on display (and a team from Trawden carrying as their baton an actual 5 ft Christmas tree!) The cosy pubs at the start and finish of each leg made this a very enjoyable and sociable occasion - which we continued into the evening as both teams met up to compare experiences over mulled wine in the Ilkley Teepees.
I'm sure we'll all be back next year... hopefully with more Ilkley teams in the mix, of what is a great team event!!
Results ...
1 3h32:25 Ilkley - Two Hats 43 5h24:42 Ilkley - Tinsel Toes 45 teams completed
parkruns, Sat 15 Dec
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Cardiff (1 15:28 Paul Graham, Pontypridd AC) 29 19:09 Alex Hirst 325 ran York (1 16:29 Robbie Brown, City of York AC) 11 18:55 Jonathan Turner 14 19:12 Steve Murray 20 19:29 Rhys Jones 331 ran Bradford (1 18:33 Martin Fillingham, Saltaire Striders) 15 21:19 Beth Massey (1st F) 35 23:29 Oscar Street 128 28:46 Paula Reynier 247 ran Skipton (1 20:06 David Smith, U/A) 64 29:07 Bernie Gibbons 123 ran Castle Park (1 16:44 Robert Eveson, St Mary's Richmond AC) 4 18:44 Tim Ashelford 238 ran Clapham Common (1 16:21 Frederick Slemeck, Hercules Wimbledon AC) 20 19:31 Rob Cunningham 308 ran Myrtle (1 18:43 Matthew Warters, KCAC) 22 23:45 Geoff Howard 111 ran
Mytholmroyd fell race, Sun 9 Dec
From Michael Lomas .... The course was a bit different to when it was last run in January as there was no snow in sight this time, plenty of mud though. The race starts with an incredibly steep climp followed a traverse of Midgely Moor dropping down the other side, along the a road then back over the Moor taking in some of what must have been the wettest moorland around following recent rains. The damp conditions underfoot meant that the final 3km of muddy descent were a bit slippy to say the least, whilst I was being fairly cautious following a Calder Valley lad I heard someone behind coming down the hill on a charge, only to realise it was Paul showing everyone his fine ability to stay on his feet whilst going twice as fast as everyone else down the hill. Paul's skilled bagged him tenth and after he passed me I tried to emulate him and managed to pick off 3 other places finishing right behind in 11th. Brilliant low key fully flagged race with a can of beer for all finishers, happy days. Had there been one other Ilkley Harrier in the top 14 we would have had team prize. Sadly this will probably be my last time running this one as I'm moving down to South Wales in the not too distant future.
Results ...
(1 47:19 Josh Boyle, Ribble Valley) 10 54:14 Paul Carman 11 54:19 Michael Lomas 166 finished
Telford 10K, Sun 9 Dec
From Steve Brennan... Euan ran his first 10K today at Telford, crossing the line in 31:11.
Results ...
(1 29:31 Callan Moody, Serpentine RC) 60 31:11 Euan Brennan 1242 ran
Leeds Canal Christmas Cracker 10K, Sun 9 Dec
(1 36:38 Steve Collins, Lonely Goat RC) 4 41:56 Jonathan Turner 125 ran
WYXC 4, Keighley, Sat 8 Dec
Ladies 3rd team (1 19:39 Jennifer Walsh, Leeds City) 9 20:52 Pauline Munro 20 22:05 Kate Archer 24 22:22 Sarah Pickering 45 24:25 Sally Malir 54 25:26 Beth Massey 65 26:39 Jane Bryant 66 26:44 Diane Kitchen 87 29:48 Petra Bijsterveld 90 31:18 Anna Picketing 97 finished Men 5th team 1 25:37 Jack Wood 26 28:28 DAniel McKeown 35 29:36 Istvan Jacso 53 30:52 Tim Ashelford 65 31:31 Stephen Coy 87 32:53 Steven Gott 88 33:02 David Westhead 110 35:02 Robert Budding 118 36:16 Mark Iley 126 37:51 Malcolm Pickering 127 37:51 Michael Duffield 150 finished
parkruns, Sat 8 Dec
From Petra Bijsterveld ... Results ...
Bradford (1 18:24 Jack Griggs, U/A) 27 22:35 Dave Reynier 42 23:39 Oscar Street 91 27:53 Paula Reynier 239 ran Skipton (1 18:19 Lee Athersmith, RAF AC) 20 24:10 Neil Pomfret 63 29:51 Bernie Gibbons 124 ran Cliffe Castle (1 19:36 Rob Byers, U/A) 9 25:39 Alison Weston 2nd F 64 ran
Harriers League update
From Jane McCarthy ... Two more League Races run, and cracking Wildcards from Colin Williams and Jean Sullivan declared. Colin takes a firm lead at the top of the table. Can anyone catch him now? Two more races - The Stoop on December 16th and Ribble Valley 10K on 30th December - and Wildcards still to declare for those that haven't yet. Any race (including park runs until 31 December!) counts and will boost your points total. Just email janemccarthy@me.com within two weeks of the race. Check out the League page for 2018 results tables and for the 2019 League Races NOW!
Oulton Park Marathon, Sun 2 Dec
(1 2:57:01 Andrew Humphries, AireCentre Pacers) 39 3:56:24 Daryl King 107 ran
Skegness 10k, Sun 2 Dec
(1 29:35 Thomas North, Lincoln Wellington) 201 49:47 Diane Kitchen 752 finished
Abraham's Tea Room Winter Round, Sat 1 Dec
From Alison Weston ... The Ilkley Harriers team were successful in completing the Abraham's tea shop round starting and finishing at George Fishers in Keswick - 30 miles and 12,000+ ft of ascent over Catbells, Robinson, High Stile, Red Pike, Grisedale Pike, Hopehead Gill, Eel Crag, Sail, Causey Pike, Rowling End and Barrow in 8 hrs 17mins.
Leg 1 Mike Duffield, Alison Weston and Joyce Marshall (starting in the dark) Leg 2 Jann Smith and Paul Carman (and Heidi the dog) Leg 3 Jann Smith, Paul Carman and Alison Weston (and Heidi the dog) Leg 4 Jane McCarthy, Helen Thurston and Rachel Carter Leg 5 Joyce Marshall and Val Kerr
We were greeted at the end with a team gold tea pot, and tea and cakes in the tea room at Fishers. See Ilkley Harriers Facebook for photos.
Podium 5k B race, Sat 1 Dec
From Sally Armitage... results ...
(1 16:56 Tobey Middleton, Horwich MRI runners) 34 19:53 Sally Armitage 41 20:40 Mark Iley 56 ran
parkruns, Sat 1 Dec
From Jonathan Turner ... Results ...
Woodhouse Moor (1 16:42 Josh Sambrook, Unattached) 49 21:28 Tom Worboys 385 ran York (1 16:53 Chris Poulton,York Acorn RC) 142 24:26 Will Worboys 421 ran Cambridge (1 17:09 Chris Darling, Cambridge and Coleridge AC) 108 25:04 Alison Bennett 317 ran Bradford (1 18:21 Martin Fillingham, Saltaire Striders) 48 22:34 Adrian Bastow 67 23:47 Oscar Street 133 26:52 Stephanie Fox 144 27:25 Peter Lewis 156 28:05 Paula Reynier 311 ran Harrogate (1 18:45 Alex Armstrong, Unattached) 92 24:33 Jean Sullivan 313 ran Skipton (1 17:14 Ted Mason, Wharfedale Harriers) 5 19:55 Tim Ashelford 6 19:57 Kate Archer - 1st lady 10 20:50 Jonathan Archer 63 26:51 Fiona Schneider 161 ran Sale Water (1 17:45 Paul Cornock, Keswick AC) 6 19:20 Mike Abrams-Cohen 150 ran Clapham Common (1 16:46 Harry Lane, Unattached) 19 20:10 Rob Cunningham 190 ran