Good weather greeted the 90 runners for the Good Shepherd Classic Fell Race on Saturday. The 15 mile race which finished at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Mytholmroyd raised funds for the Rainbow House orphanage in Poland. The route started at Dauber Bridge and climbed directly up to Stoodley Pike before dropping down to Withens Clough reservoir. A wild moorland loop was then followed taking the runners past the Cloven Stone and along Warland drain before descending to London Road. A second steep climb up to Stoodley Pike was followed by a descent to Cragg Vale before the last section past Robin Hood Rocks to reach the finish.
The race was comfortably won by James Logue of Horwich RMI in just over 2 hours. First finisher of nine Todmorden runners was Dave Collins in 13th place overall and winner of the Vet 50 category. He was followed in by Ben Crowther in 20th and Peter Bowles in 39th. First Todmorden lady, and 6th lady overall, was Mel Blackhurst with Moyra Parfitt completing the course as 1st Lady Vet 60.
On Tuesday five Harriers joined a field of 63 to celebrate prolific race organiser Andy O’Sullivan’s 25th anniversary race at Brown Wardle Hill. The 5 mile scenic course was run over varied terrain of road, trail and fell including a climb up Brown Wardle Hill. Rossendale’s Andy Buttery won the race in a time of 32:10. Martin Roberts finished first Harrier in 11th place narrowly edging out team mate James Riley. Phil Hodgson came in 24th with Jeremy Godden in 32nd. Sole Todmorden lady entrant was Mandy Goth in 54th.
Elsewhere at the weekend, Todmorden Harriers were spread wide and far with Lucy Hobbs finishing 53rd of 174 runners and an excellent 5th woman at the Kirkstall Valley trail race in Leeds. Ian Stansfield tackled the Boggart Chase 10k and Peter Ehrhardt completed the Pennington Flash 5 Mile Trail Race.
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