Midgley Moor Fell Race | Wilmslow Half Marathon

34 Todmorden Harriers made up more than a third of the runners in Calder Valley’s Midgley Moor Fell Race. Lucy Burnett, Kath Brierley and Jane Leonard took the ladies team prize with Tod men Ivan Gee, Ben Crowther and Paul Brannigan finishing second to Calder Valley.

Ivan Gee in his post-injury comeback race was inspirational in being first veteran home. The V70 prize went to the current English fell champion Richard Blakeley and Kath Brierley completed a trio of wins taking the Ladies V50 prize.

The unmarked course caused problems for many runners and wrong detours were the order of the day.

Pacemakers are common in track racing, but special mention must go to Mel Blackhurst competing for the first time since having her very own pacemaker fitted. Recent recruits John Allan and Kirsty Patten had excellent runs with John finishing 23^rd and Kirsty 11^th lady. At the other end of the scale it was great to see club stalwarts Neil Hodgkinson and Darren Graham return to racing after lengthy lay-offs.

Husband and wife Jon and Bev Wright raced in the extremely popular Wilmslow Half Marathon. Jon finished 36^th of 4000 runners with Bev in 1786^th.

Midgley Moor Results:

5	Ivan Gee	Todmorden	V40	0:45:08
7	Ben Crowther	Todmorden	V40	0:45:26
8	Paul Brannigan	Todmorden	V40	0:45:28
12	Craig Stansfield	Todmorden	V40	0:46:01
23	Darren Tweed	Todmorden	M	0:47:10
24	John Allan	Todmorden	M	0:47:55
25	Robert Gray	Todmorden	M	0:48:02
41 (fem 4)	Lucy Burnett	Todmorden	F	0:51:54
45	Simon Galloway	Todmorden	V50	0:52:36
48	Darren Graham	Todmorden	V40	0:52:50
50	Andrew Bibby	Todmorden	V60	0:53:42
53	Andy Glyde	Todmorden	V40	0:54:13
67	Mick Craven	Todmorden	V50	0:57:21
69	Guy Whitmore	Todmorden	V40	0:58:19
70	Phil Cook	Todmorden	V40	0:58:27
71 (fem 7)	Kathleen Brierley	Todmorden	FV50	0:58:35
75	Neil Hodgkinson	Todmorden	V40	0:59:31
77 (fem 9)	Jane Leonard	Todmorden	FV50	1:00:20
80	Richard Butterwick	Todmorden	V40	1:01:41
82	David Leslie	Todmorden	V60	1:02:05
83	Richard O'Sullivan	Todmorden	V50	1:02:43
85 (fem 11)	Kirsty Patten	Todmorden	F	1:04:54
86	Richard Blakeley	Todmorden	V70	1:05:25
87	Kevin Coughlan	Todmorden	V50	1:05:36
89 (fem 12)	Elise Milnes	Todmorden	FV50	1:06:12
91 (fem 13)	Louise Abdy	Todmorden	FV50	1:07:15
93	Peter Ehrhardt	Todmorden	V60	1:10:39
94 (fem 14)	Fiona Armer	Todmorden	FV40	1:10:56
96 (fem 16)	Moyra Parfitt	Todmorden	FV60	1:16:28
97 (fem 17)	Melanie Blackhurst	Todmorden	FV40	1:16:29
98 (fem 18)	Helen Wilson	Todmorden	FV40	1:16:30
99	David Wilson	Todmorden	V50	1:16:51
100	Graham Milnes	Todmorden	V50	1:17:26
101	Chris Drinkwater	Todmorden	V60	1:17:43

Todmorden Harriers welcome and look after runners of all ability. Check out www.todharriers.co.uk for details.

Roddlesworth Roller

Fourteen members of Todmorden Harriers made their way to Abbey Village near Chorley for Sunday’s Roddlesworth Roller 9k Trail Race.

The route, described as undulating and tough, winds past the reservoir, then climbs up through woods to the top of the course. After a dash down the road, it’s back onto the trails for the run to the finish.

The race was won by Chris Singleton of Trawden AC in an excellent time of 33 mins 33 secs. Darren Tweed was Harrier back in his first Grand Prix race of the year.

There were category wins for Andrew Bibby at V60 and Elise Milnes at V50, both continuing last year’s good form.

A good day out was enjoyed by all with cake at the finish.

The next Grand Prix events are the Trimple 20 this Sunday in the road championship and a short race in the fell championships at Midgley Moor on Match 23.

Todmorden Harriers times: Darren Tweed 38.18, Michael Harper 40.36, Guy Whitmore 41.47, Andy Glyde 42.53, Simon Galloway 43.25, Andrew Bibby 43.49, Richard O’Sullivan 46.54, Elise Milnes 48.01, Julie Wyant 52.30, Peter Ehrhardt 52.39, Chris Drinkwater 52.45, Helen Wilson 52.50, David Wilson 54.09, Graham Milnes 54.29.

Norton 9 | Black Combe Fell Race

by PB

Sarah Glyde was first Todmorden Harrier home for the second consecutive grand prix race on the rural lanes of the Norton 9 road race. 

Sarah finished 85th of the 508 runners. Next in a minute later was Paul Brannigan with a below par performance. Another minute later came Guy Whitmore with an excellent performance. Michael Harper ran in another minute later. 

Vet 50 Richard O'Sullivan was Tod's penultimate runner finishing 208th followed by V60 David Leslie in 246th.

Andy McFie’s enjoyed a "cracking day" at the Black Combe fell race in West Cumbria. The race was won by fell running royalty Robert Jebb. McFie's time of 1 hour 27 minutes placed him 34th of the 180 runners.

Results:

Sarah Glyde 85^th 62:30

Paul Brannigan 96th 63:13

Guy Whitmore 118th 64:30

Michael Harper 128th 65:35

Richard O'Sullivan  206th 71:57

David Leslie 246th 75:01

Todmorden Harriers welcome and look after runners of all ability. Check out www.todharriers.co.uk for details.