Outstanding Achievements, February & March (as nominated by Ilkley Harrier members)

From Jean Sullivan… 

Running

 

All – men’s team at the Ilkley Moor Fell Race

Tom Adams – for the Ilkley Moor Fell Race and Heptonstall wins

Kate Archer – for amazing first lady at Howarth Hobble

Petra Bijsterveld – for national cross country one week followed by ultra the following week! 

                              – for phenomenal effort and running at the Blubberhouses, Welcome Way Ultra and Rombalds Stride

Rachel Carter – for brilliant Dentdale performance, first lady

Jill Ezard – for her determination and doing so well at the many events she does – Rombalds Stride, Dentdale 14 and Blubberhouses to name a few

Steph Fox – for the Rombalds Stride, totally out of her comfort zone and for the sheer effort, determination and resilience she had to find

Diane Kitchen – as the only Harrier to win an award in the Pecos! VET 60 3rd woman and also for attending the track sessions

Ruth Kitchen – her efforts at Neil’s track finally paid off when she knocked 90 seconds off her 5km PB at the Brownlee Track. She got 19:59 and made the podium in second place on the night, qualifying for the faster race next time.

Ann-Kristin Marsham – after being 2nd female in last year’s Ilkley Moor Fell Race, was 10th female in the gruelling 60 mile Lakes Traverse in March

Justin Pierce – for brilliant Dentdale performance (as well as his extended Predictor run!)

Cameron Reilly – for new club 10 km record

Helen Waddington – for amazing and excellent Cambridge half marathon, done in a phenomenal time (PB)

Mike Williams – for a blinding 5km 

 

Volunteering

 

All – the team who organised the Predictor Run

All – those who volunteered at the Ilkley Moor Fell Race

Rachel Carter & Justin Pierce – for organising the Junior Ilkley Moor Fell Race

Neil Chapman – for sterling work on the Predictor, including race timing

                          – for all the running groups/training sessions he runs tirelessly throughout the week

                          – for looking after the club store and equipment

                          – for doing the race timing for the Ilkley Moor Fell Race

                          – he should be nominated every month for all he does in the background in support of the club

Dave Foyston – for being so encouraging and welcoming to others wanting to do the track session, as well as parkruns

                          – for prompt race reports

Bernie & Vince Gibbons – for the Harriers quiz night and Predictor organisation

Alex Hyde – for stepping in as run leader

David Ibbotson – for stepping in as run leader

Mark Iley – for being so encouraging and welcoming to those wanting to do the track sessions

Dan Mc Keown – for his ever entertaining humour

Peter Roll – for Ilkley Moor Fell Race, a big and complex job done so smoothly most people didn’t notice it 

Peter Shelley – for his great race write up of the Rombald’s Stride

Steve Weston – for being a fabulous Race Director over the past 10 years on the Ilkley Moor Fell Race and going out with such a massively successful 2022 edition.