Todmorden Harriers club Road Championship got underway on Sunday with the Liversedge Half Marathon. Starting and finishing at Roberttown, the route followed an undulating course with several tough climbs as it weaved its way through Liversedge, Bailiff Bridge and Brighouse en route.
Martin Stork was the first Harrier to cross the line in 23rd place in a time of 1:27:12 with Sarah May three minutes behind in 35th overall and 2nd lady.
Mick Craven and Mel Blackhurst were the next Harriers to finish just 11 seconds apart.
Todmorden Results: 23 Martin Stork 1:27:12; 35 Sarah May 1:30:26; 130 Mick Craven 1:43:59; 134 Mel Blackhurst 1:44:10; 223 Kevin Coughlan 1:52:14; 239 Mel Robertson 1:54:13; 252 Peter Ehrhardt 1:55:41; 293 Nigel Hanson 2:00:57.
On Saturday, Todmorden had a good showing with three runners in the top twenty at the Wadsworth Trog. The 20 mile fell race features over 4000 feet of ascent as it winds around the moors to the north of Hebden Bridge.
Jon Wright led the way for the club in 5th place, behind race winner and Calder Valley runner James Logue who completed the course in 2:48:25.
Nick Barber continued his fine form from last year with 10th place and Dave Collins finished in 20th.
Kath Brierley led the way for Todmorden ladies in 85th, and 6th lady.
5 Jon Wright 2:55:27; 10 Nick Barber 3:14:58; 20 Dave Collins 3:29:37; 43 Ozzy Kershaw 3:52:21; 60 Richard Bellaries 4:02:53; 95 Kath Brierley 4:22:45; 114 Richard O'Sullivan 4:38:43; 116 John Preston 4:40:30; 117 Christine Preston 4:40:32; 120 Elise Milnes 4:43:21; 124 Jane Leonard 4:48:19.
Monday, 14 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Fell End Clouds Fell Race | Mickledon Straddle | Heaton Park parkrun | Bolton parkrun | Alexandra Park 5k | Dewsbury 10k
Todmorden Harriers experienced wild weather at the weekend as they were spread far and wide.
Braving horrendous gales and torrential rain, James Riley and Simon Galloway tackled the Fell End Clouds Fell Race near Sedburgh on Saturday. The race, which is part of the Kendal Winter League, was run over a shortened course due to the weather conditions with James finishing in 21st and Simon in 40th.
Similar conditions were experienced for the Mickleden Straddle, near Denby Dale, with gusts of up to 90 mph recorded. Derek Donohue and Mandy Goth battled their way around the 13.8mile course to finish 149th and 189th respectively.
Also braving Saturday’s wet weather, Robin Tuddenham recorded a comfortable first place at the Heaton Park 5k parkrun with a time of 17:43, for his 2nd win on the course.
Richard Butterwick and Myra Wells travelled to Bolton for the first running of the latest event to be added to the weekly parkrun family at Leverhulme Park, with Richard dodging the puddles to finish in 5th and Myra in 34th place.
Richard and Myra then travelled to central Manchester on Sunday for the Alexandra Park 5k in much drier conditions, Richard finished in 12th in 20:00 and Myra 5th lady and first fv50 in 28:03.Martin Stork was the sole Todmorden runner in the Dewsbury 10k, completing the course in 38:29 to finish 100th out of the 1000 runners.
Todmorden Harriers’ toughest fell race takes place on the 26th February at 12noon, with entry on the day £5 at race HQ at the Top Brink Inn. The 9 mile Noonstone Fell Race includes over 2300 feet of ascent and further details can be found on the club’s website http://www.todharriers.co.uk/
Braving horrendous gales and torrential rain, James Riley and Simon Galloway tackled the Fell End Clouds Fell Race near Sedburgh on Saturday. The race, which is part of the Kendal Winter League, was run over a shortened course due to the weather conditions with James finishing in 21st and Simon in 40th.
Similar conditions were experienced for the Mickleden Straddle, near Denby Dale, with gusts of up to 90 mph recorded. Derek Donohue and Mandy Goth battled their way around the 13.8mile course to finish 149th and 189th respectively.
Also braving Saturday’s wet weather, Robin Tuddenham recorded a comfortable first place at the Heaton Park 5k parkrun with a time of 17:43, for his 2nd win on the course.
Richard Butterwick and Myra Wells travelled to Bolton for the first running of the latest event to be added to the weekly parkrun family at Leverhulme Park, with Richard dodging the puddles to finish in 5th and Myra in 34th place.
Richard and Myra then travelled to central Manchester on Sunday for the Alexandra Park 5k in much drier conditions, Richard finished in 12th in 20:00 and Myra 5th lady and first fv50 in 28:03.Todmorden Harriers’ toughest fell race takes place on the 26th February at 12noon, with entry on the day £5 at race HQ at the Top Brink Inn. The 9 mile Noonstone Fell Race includes over 2300 feet of ascent and further details can be found on the club’s website http://www.todharriers.co.uk/
Monday, 31 January 2011
Pennine Bridleway Relay
Todmorden Harriers fielded five teams in the Pennine Bridleway Relay, last Sunday. Over 100 teams of ten runners took part in the event, which was organised by Rossendale Harriers, and followed a full circuit of the 47 mile Mary Townley Loop.
The distance is split into 5 legs, of varying lengths from 5.5 to 12.5 miles, each run by a pair of different runners. A light frost overnight meant the course was firm underfoot with occasional icy patches to negotiate, but the day remained dry and windless to provide for near perfect conditions.
Salford Harriers and Calder Valley set the pace at the front, with Salford holding a narrow 3 second lead at the start of the final leg back to Waterfoot, which they managed to slightly extend to win the event overall in a time of 4:49:10, less than a minute outside of the course record.
Todmorden Men’s A team put in a strong performance, with Sean Carey and Andrew Wrench recording the 3rd best time of the day on leg 4 to move them up from 15th to 12th. Team captain Nick Barber and Robin Tuddenham set the 6th best time on the final leg to gain a further two places as the team finished in 10th place with a total time of 5:17:21, improving on last year’s efforts by 12 minutes.
The ladies A team were in contention throughout but had to settle for second place at the finish, in a highly competitive battle for the ladies title. Lisa Parsons and Kath Brierley put in a solid performance to handover in 4th place, a few seconds behind 3rd placed Calder Valley, with Rossendale leading Clayton at the front.
English Fell Champion Lauren Jeska and Team Captain Sarah May then turned things on their head with Todmorden leading Calder Valley by over four minutes at the end of the 2nd leg.
Ali Richards and Sarah Warburton then put in a blistering run to set a new ladies course record on leg 3, to hand over an eight minute lead to Jayne Williams and Sarah Glyde. Calder Valley managed to claw a few seconds back on leg 4, before a strong final pairing of Jo Waites and Gayle Sugden put in a stunning run to overhaul Todmorden’s Mel Blackhurst and Lucy Hobbs to steal the win in 6:03:02.
The Todmorden ladies were left to console themselves that they had at least improved by 13 minutes on the previous year, to finish in a highly respectable time of 6:09:38, which would have been good enough to win the competition in many years.
For the first time the club also fielded a Ladies B team, who put in a fine effort to finish second placed ladies B team behind Clayton le Moors B, in a time of 7:21:11 and 89th overall.
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| Pictures by Myra Wells |
2011 Pennine Bridleway Relay Full Results...
Myra's Photos (leg 3 and leg 4)...
Sports Sunday Pics... leg 1 | leg 2 | leg 3 | leg 5
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Stanbury Splash Fell Race
Penistone Hill Country Park was the venue for the 7 mile Stanbury Splash Fell Race.
The race featured three stream crossings and several climbs adding up to 1200 feet of ascent.
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| Pictures by Myra Wells |
A steep climb, followed by a further track section led onto a loop of the moors with several climbs and descents before a return via the route out.
Bingley’s Ian Holmes had his incredible 14 year winning run ended as he finished in 3rd place behind winner Chris Steele of Borrowdale and Stuart Pond of Dark Peak.
Sean Carey led in the thirty Todmorden runners in 10th place, with Nick Barber in 17th and Dwane Dixon in 32nd.
Sarah May finished 5th lady in 102nd overall, with Hatty Nylan in 271st and Emma Osenton crossing the line in 290th.
Todmorden Results: 10 Sean Carey 47:14; 17 Nick Barber 48:01; 32 Dwane Dixon 49:37; 53 Paul Hobbs 51:54; 69 Martin Stork 53:12; 73 Dave Collins 53:23; 85 Martin Roberts 54:32; 86 Ben Crowther 54:50; 90 Shaun Pickard 55:07; 102 Sarah May 56:25; 131 Marcel Ellison 59:02; 142 Simon Galloway 59:36; 181 Andrew Bibby 1:02:12; 185 Richard Butterwick 1:02:58; 198 Andy Glyde 1:03:46; 206 Derek Donohue 1:04:13; 223 Keith Parkinson 1:05:10; 241 Phil Hodgson 1:06:37; 271 Hatty Nylan 1:08:48; 277 Phil Cook 1:09:03; 290 Emma Osenton 1:09:40; 305 Peter Ehrhardt 1:11:04; 316 Mick Howard 1:11:58; 340 Louise Abdy 1:15:16; 360 Mandy Goth 1:17:16; 362 Ray Poulter 1:17:22; 376 Barry Chapman 1:21:31; 383 Dave O'Neill 1:24:40; 399 Kathy Bridger 1:33:09.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
White Holme Circular Fell Race
Todmorden Harriers battled strong winds and heavy rain at the White Holme Circular Fell Race on Sunday. The weather did nothing to deter a record field of 112 entrants.
The 12 mile route featured 1200 feet of ascent, much of it in the initial climb from the Summit Inn past Chelburn Reservoirs as the runners headed up towards the Whitehouse.
Here, they joined the Pennine Way and passed by Light Hazzles and Warland Reservoirs with a strong side wind blasting the rain across.
After leaving the Pennine Way they continued around the drains on boggier ground, with poor visibility making it difficult to see far ahead.
As they turned towards White Holme Reservoir, they now also had to contend with a powerful headwind blasting the relentless rain into their faces.
Calmer conditions slowly returned as they descended back to the finish.
James Logue, of Calder Valley, seemed unaffected by the conditions as he completed the distance in 1:18:18, close to the course record and over 5 minutes ahead of 2nd placed Jon Morgan of Dark Peak.
Paul Hobbs was the first of the Todmorden runners, finishing in 19th place in a time of 1:33:50.
Darren Graham finished in 1:44:43 for 51st, with Mick Craven three minutes back in 57th and Richard Butterwick a further minute behind in 62nd place.
Kath Brierley finished 4th lady, and 67th overall, in a time of 1:49:46. Mandy Goth finished 109th, just ahead of Jane Leonard who suffered an injury part way through but still completed the course. That unfortunately meant that the ladies team prize was lost by a narrow margin to Calder Valley, who also won the men’s team prize.
Full Results
Myra's Pics...
SportsSunday's Photos...
Steve Bateson's Photos... to come
The 12 mile route featured 1200 feet of ascent, much of it in the initial climb from the Summit Inn past Chelburn Reservoirs as the runners headed up towards the Whitehouse.
Here, they joined the Pennine Way and passed by Light Hazzles and Warland Reservoirs with a strong side wind blasting the rain across.
After leaving the Pennine Way they continued around the drains on boggier ground, with poor visibility making it difficult to see far ahead.
As they turned towards White Holme Reservoir, they now also had to contend with a powerful headwind blasting the relentless rain into their faces.
Calmer conditions slowly returned as they descended back to the finish.
James Logue, of Calder Valley, seemed unaffected by the conditions as he completed the distance in 1:18:18, close to the course record and over 5 minutes ahead of 2nd placed Jon Morgan of Dark Peak.
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| Photo by Myra Wells |
Paul Hobbs was the first of the Todmorden runners, finishing in 19th place in a time of 1:33:50.
Darren Graham finished in 1:44:43 for 51st, with Mick Craven three minutes back in 57th and Richard Butterwick a further minute behind in 62nd place.
Kath Brierley finished 4th lady, and 67th overall, in a time of 1:49:46. Mandy Goth finished 109th, just ahead of Jane Leonard who suffered an injury part way through but still completed the course. That unfortunately meant that the ladies team prize was lost by a narrow margin to Calder Valley, who also won the men’s team prize.
Full Results
Myra's Pics...
SportsSunday's Photos...
Steve Bateson's Photos... to come
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