Pendle Fell Race | Bunny Run 1 | Robinson's 5k

Todmorden Harriers put in a strong showing at the Pendle Fell Race on Saturday winning the ladies team and men’s veterans’ team prizes.

The club were set on their way after Alex Duffield had finished first in the juniors under 8’s race, and Jack Willis had finished 18th in the under 10’s category.

The 4.1 mile senior course followed an increasingly steep line towards the summit before plunging briefly down and back up the hill.  After finally reaching the trig point, a hair raising descent took the runners back to the finish at Barley village.

Jon Wright finished in 13th place for the club, followed by Ivan Gee in 18th just ahead of Craig Stansfield in 20th position.
Clare Duffield was first Todmorden lady, and 3rd v40, with Kath Brierley in 185th and Issy Pollard in 204th place.

Todmorden Results: 13 Jon Wright 35:12; 18 Ivan Gee 36:11; 20 Craig Stansfield 36:24; 38 Paul Brannigan 38:00; 55 Robin Tuddenham 39:59; 57 Dan Taylor 40:03; 78 Darren Tweed 41:33; 85 Dave Collins 42:03; 105 Michael Harper 44:14; 138 Andrew Bibby 46:47; 157 Claire Duffield 48:09; 180 Jonathan Daniels 49:32; 183 Mick Craven 49:46; 185 Kathleen Brierley 49:53; 204 Issy Pollard 51:22; 226 Wayne Morrison 52:43; 228 Jane Leonard 52:47; 230 Keith Parkinson 52:53; 231 Clare Kenny 52:59; 238 Elise Milnes 53:40; 265 Graham Milnes 55:51; 277 Richard Blakeley 56:48; 284 David Wilson 57:25; 287 Ray Poulter 57:40; 290 David Leslie 57:47; 307 Peter Ehrhardt 1:00:29; 321 Louise Abdy 1:03:36.


Darren Graham and Dan Taylor fought it out for the honour of first Todmorden man at the first of the weekly Spring Bunny runs on Tuesday, with Darren eventually crossing the line in 43rd with a time of 19:28, and Dan following on 15 seconds behind.

Jack Crummett finished in 20:33 for 70th position on the 3 mile course at Dimples Quarry, Haworth.

Mark Whitaker finished in 126th position, followed by Eleanor Lang in 150th and Andrea Marshall in 228th place.

On the same evening, Clare Kenny was at Marl Pits for the Liver Hill Fell Race, where she finished first v50 lady.


On Wednesday evening, several Harriers were in Littleborough for the Colin and Brenda Robinson 5k. 

Jon Wright finished in 4th position and first v40 with a time of 16:45. A trio of Harriers enjoyed a tight battle with Richard Butterwick finishing in 19:17 for  31st place, closely followed in by Michael Harper in 19:30 and Paul Alexander in 19:42, with both setting personal bests for the distance.

Bev Wright was the first Todmorden lady in 87th, with a time of 24:15 and Myra Wells crossed the line in 28:28.

On Sunday, Richard Butterwick followed that up with a new personal best time at the Lottie Wilcocks 5k in Rochdale, finishing in 12th place with a time of 18:42, with Myra Wells finishing 59th, and first v55, in 26:57.