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Monday 15 April 2013

Joe Salt 5k | Bunny Run | Silent Valley | Wardle Skyline | Calderdale Hike | Radcliffe 10k


Todmorden Harriers were out in force for the Joe Salt 80th Birthday 5k at Cowm Reservoir. With the race featuring in the club’s Trail Championship thirty two Harriers took on the flat two lap course.

Robin Tuddenham was the first Harrier to cross the finish line in ninth place, just six seconds ahead of Paul Brannigan in tenth, with the pair claiming the first v40 and first v45 prizes respectively.

Richard Blakeley had a fight to line with Salford’s Sidney Sacks, with the Todmorden man claiming the v70 prize by just one second.

Claire Duffield was the first Todmorden lady, finishing ten second ahead of Mel Blackhurst with the pair claiming the ladies v40 and v45 prizes. Issy Pollard added the first lv35 prize and Myra Wells was first lv55.

Todmorden results: 9 Robin Tuddenham 17:26; 10 Paul Brannigan 17:32; 14 Ivan Gee 17:48; 22 Dan Taylor 18:26; 24 Darren Graham 18:34; 25 Trevor Davis 18:38; 29 Darren Tweed 18:55; 30 Richard Butterwick 18:56; 32 Robert Gray 19:03; 38 Ben Crowther 19:21; 40 Paul Alexander 19:28; 73 Jonathan Daniels 21:04; 74 Dave Collins 21:08; 75 Simon Galloway 21:15; 79 Andrew Bibby 21:27; 80 Phil Cook 21:32; 84 Paul Cruthers 21:35; 93 Keith Parkinson 22:05; 94 Claire Duffield 22:11; 97 Melanie Blackhurst 22:21; 108 Melanie Siddall 22:53; 110 Richard Blakeley 22:58; 117 Issy Pollard 23:47; 122 Bev Wright 24:01; 128 David Leslie 24:38; 132 Helen Wilson 24:55; 136 Ray Poulter 25.17; 145 Andrea Marshall 25:47; 152 Moyra Parfitt 26:11; 154 Louise Abdy 26:34; 160 Myra Wells 27:51; 170 David O'Neill 29:37.


For several Harriers it was their second successive night of racing, following on from Tuesday evenings Bunny Run at Haworth.

Dan Taylor was the first Todmorden runner to cross the line in 18:52, with a late sprint nudging him a fraction ahead of Darren Graham as they finished 43rd and 44th.

Rob Tyson was next to finish in 70th place in 19:42, with Jack Crummett stopping the clock at exactly 20 minutes for 77th position.

Other Todmorden finishers were: 114 John Killerby 21:27; 135 Mark Whitaker 22:22; 224 Andrea Marshal 27:22, 231 Paul Hobbs 27:29; 258 Naomi Watt 30:01.


On Saturday, the focus turned to the opening race in this year’s British Fell Championships. The ladies team got themselves off to a promising start with second place at the Silent Valley Race in Northern Ireland.

Lauren Jeska finished 6th lady, combining with Sarah May and Gemma Ford 15th and 18th ladies to give the team an excellent beginning to the four race series.

Jane Leonard was next to complete the course, closely followed by Todmorden’s sole male entrant Andrew Bibby and Kath Brierley.


Jilly Davidson was also on her travels, completing the Edinburgh Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in 2:02:06 for a new personal best for the distance.


Closer to home a quartet of Harriers took on the Wardle Skyline Fell Race. Marcel Ellison was the first to complete the 7 mile route in 54:26 for 37th place, with Rob Gray hot on his heels in 40th place just 21 seconds behind.

Dave Collins was 56th with a time of 56:41 and Phil Cook finished in 1:00:05 for 81st place.


Taking on a much stiffer test were Colin Duffield and Darren Graham at the Calderdale Hike who were part of the winning Team Krypton quartet that took the first placed team prize for the 37 mile route.

Other Todmorden runners to complete the testing route were Clare Kenny and Bev Holmes.


Darren then rounded off a busy week of racing with a steady run at the Radcliffe 10k finishing in 140th place. Richard Butterwick was the first Todmorden finisher in 61st place with a time of 42:33.

Julie Wyant completed the multi terrain route in 205th with a time of 54:31, and Myra Wells stopped the clock at 1:04:29 for 256th position.


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