The penultimate race in the English Fell Championships took place in Dent at the weekend and Todmorden Ladies held onto their 4th place in the overall standings despite growing pressure from Clayton le Moors. With almost 1400 feet of ascent and descent crammed into the short steep 3mile course, the race is one of the steepest in the fell racing calendar.
The ladies race was first off and was won by J Reedy of Ambleside in a time of 32:11, ten seconds ahead of Scunthorpe’s Emma Clayton and Jo Waites of Calder Valley.
Lauren Jeska led in the Todmorden challenge in 18th, followed by Claire Duffield in 25th, Mel Blackhurst in 45th and Sue Roberts in 64th.
In the subsequent men’s race, won by Simon Bailey of Mercia in 25:28, Andrew Wrench was first Todmorden man followed by Alistair Rhodes-Dawson and Dave Collins.
Todmorden Results (Ladies): 18 Lauren Jeska 36:08; 25 Claire Duffield 37:09; 45 Mel Blackhurst 41:05; 64 Sue Roberts 47:45.
(Men) 23 A Wrench 29:10; 39 A Rhodes-Dawson 30:49; 49 D Collins 31:53; 73 A Horsfall 33:38; 93 P Brannigan 35:16; 99 P Cook 35:52; 101 D Tweed 36:23; 115 S Galloway 38:25; 134 P Ehrhardt 43:11; 135 P Marshall 44:01; 147 D O'Neil 48:56; 150 I Stansfield 1:00:00.
The previous Wednesday had seen Alistair Rhodes-Dawson put in a storming performance to finish 3rd at the inaugural Piethorne Fell Race near Newhey. This new race, organised by Rochdale Harriers in memory of Mike Sadula, was a 4.5 mile circular course featuring 900 feet of ascent.
Ben Mounsey of Calder Valley won in a time of 33:50 ahead of team mate Gavin Mulholland. Alistair crossed the line in 38:48, with Scott Lapish making a return to racing in 13th. Three Harriers then crossed the line in quick succession with Dan Taylor, Derek Donohue and James Riley finishing in 18th, 21st and 24th respectively.
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