Turnslack Fell Race | Snowden Race | Ian Terry 5k

Todmorden Harriers were out in force at the Turnslack Fell Race on Saturday, with twenty five of the eighty five finishers coming from the club, and they were rewarded with an armful of prizes including first men’s and first ladies teams.


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The race is run over one of the toughest local routes, with the 8 mile course starting at Calderbrook and tracing a circular route up and over Freehold’s Top, with two steep climbs on the return to the finish at the church steps.

Dwane Dixon led the way for Todmorden finishing in 3rd place behind Calder Valley’s Tim Ellis and Shaun Godsman. The race was the first since Dwane attained veteran status and he comfortably claimed the v40 prize.

Nick Barber finished in sixth place, with John Lloyd in 15th and Sean Carey 17th, and first u23, making up the winning team.

Dave Collins added to the prize haul with second v55.

Melanie Blackhurst was 6th lady, with Maria Prescott 7th lady as they claimed second and third v45 prizes respectively. Elise Milnes finished 8th lady and Chris Preston 10th lady ensuring the ladies team prize also went to the club.

Elise Milnes rounded off a successful day with the first v50 prize.

Todmorden Results: 3 Dwane Dixon 1:09:56; 6 Nick Barber 1:14:27; 15 John Lloyd 1:17:53; 17 Sean Carey 1:17:59; 18 Paul Brannigan 1:18:00; 19 Dave Collins 1:18:06; 20 Ivan Gee 1:18:31; 29 Darren Tweed 1:23:18; 30 Clive Greatorex 1:24:38; 33 Rob Gray 1:25:03; 35 Dan Taylor 1:26:53; 44 Phil Cook 1:32:02; 49 Melanie Blackhurst 1:33:44; 51 Maria Prescott 1:35:27; 59 Chris Drinkwater 1:38:50; 60 Elise Milnes 1:40:01; 61 Simon Galloway 1:40:20; 66 John Preston 1:43:55; 67 Richard Butterwick 1:44:44; 68 Chris Preston 1:45:00; 72 Helen Wilson 1:48:44; 75 David Wilson 1:51:06; 77 Helen Hodgkinson 1:51:38; 78 Graham Milnes 1:54:29; 84 Louise Abdy 2:05:21.


A trio of Harriers were in Wales for the Snowdon International Mountain Race, with Andrew Wrench finishing in 59th and second v45 completing the 10 mile route to the mountain summit and back to Llanberis in 1:24:00.

Paul Hobbs finished in 117th with a time of 1:32:02, with Lucy Hobbs completing the course in 1:58:58 to take her to sixth v40.

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At the Ian Terry Memorial 5k in Littleborough on Tuesday, Martin Stork continued his return from injury with 5th place, finishing in a time of 18:54.

Paul Alexander finished in 20th in 20:14 with Maria Prescott winning the ladies v45 prize in 41st place overall with a time of 22:30.

Chris Drinkwater crossed the line in 23:58 for 64th, with Myra Wells in 117th in 30:45 and Ian Stansfield’s time of 34:56 taking him to 132nd place.

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