Spen 20 | Haworth Hobble | Carding Mill | Trafford 10k

Todmorden Harriers took on the longest race of this year’s Club Road Championship on Sunday, as seven Harriers tackled the Spen 20 mile road race.


Paul Brannigan was the first Todmorden runner across the line in 19th place, followed by Paul Alexander in 65th place.

Andy Glyde and Guy Whitmore were separated by just half a minute, as they finished 142nd and 146th respectively.

Julie Wyant was the only Todmorden lady to take on the distance, finishing ahead of Paul Cruthers and Peter Ehrhardt.

Todmorden results: 19 Paul Brannigan 2:09:50; 65 Paul Alexander 2:27:54; 142 Andy Glyde 2:45:28; 146 Guy Whitmore 2:45:59; 206 Julie Wyant 3:05:20; 230 Paul Cruthers 3:14:43; 253 Peter Ehrhardt 3:45:14.

Craig Stansfield finished in ninth place at the 33 mile Haworth Hobble, with Dan Taylor in 35th and Peter Bowles in 39th position.

Dwane Dixon and Ben Crowther were sixth pair, and 66th overall, with Steve Pullan also running as a pair, with Rinaldo Columbi, finishing 85th.

Joe Daniels completed the course in 146th, with Jilly Davidson teaming up with Andrew Woodcock for 299th and Bev Holmes in 304th place.


Lauren Jeska set a new ladies course record at the Carding Mill Canter Fell Race in Shropshire, recording a time of 46:36 for 8th place overall.


Mick Craven was the sole Todmorden Harrier at the Windmills Whizz Fell Race, where he finished in 35th position with a time of 54:19.


A pair of Todmorden runners joined a highly competitive field at the Trafford 10k, where Richard Butterwick set a mark of 39:19 for 210th place and Myra Wells crossed the line in 54:49 for 596th position out of the 750 finishers.


Nick Barber made his parkrun debut at Huddersfield’s Greenhead Park, where he set the 2nd fastest time of the day with a time of 16:59, followed by Robin Tuddenham in 5th place, with 17:29.

Ian Roberts Fell Race, Windmills Whizz, Haworth Hobble

Sean Carey had an excellent run at the Ian Roberts Fell Race at Marsden on Sunday to take the win by over a minute. The Todmorden Harrier took control from the start to run a near perfect race over the tussocky 6 mile course to finish in a time of 48:07, well ahead of Salford’s Ryan Gould who finished in a time of 49:35. Andrew Bibby was Harriers other representative, finishing in 38th in a time of 62:47 out of the 100 strong field.

Jon Wright continued the Todmorden club’s fine record at the 7 mile Windmill’s Whizz Fell Race at Ogden Water on Saturday with 4th place and first vet 40. Ilkley’s Tom Adams took the win, missing out on the course record by just 2 seconds.

Also on Saturday, many Harriers tackled the 33 mile Haworth Hobble on the moors above Haworth, Hebden and Todmorden. The race that started and finished in Haworth, can be entered either as a pair or solo, and attracted a quality field of over 250 entrants as it formed the first round in the Vasque Ultra Running Series. Phil Hodgson was Todmorden’s first finisher in 41st place in a time of just over 5 hours, with Colin Duffield in 80th. Chris Preston finished 7th lady, and 91st overall. Sue Roberts and Louise Abdy were 4th ladies pair.