Paul Rogan has been out with his camera throughout the year and the first batch are now available for viewing on the Web. To see these pictures go to Stirton Race Pictures

In the Senior Women's Race, Tamara Hird came 6th, concluding a very successful season in this league. Sharon Barker also had a fine run today, coming home in 29th place. Bridget Thompson also had a run out today, coming in 97th. Becky Penty, was the winner of the league and had three outstanding performances never finishing outside the top two positions. Only three points separated the next four runners and they had to apply the tie break rules twice to separate them out. As a result, Tamara ended up in 5th position in the league, although she had the same number of points as the person in 4th. This was a very competitive group that was way ahead of the rest of the league. Well done to Tamara, who has put in some good performances in this league.

In the under 11 boys race, Ben Johnstone continued his fine form and came home in 4th place. This left him in a final league place of 7th overall and he can be proud of his achievement in the league this year. If he continues like this, he will certainly be one to watch for the future.

Race Results - U11 Boys
Race Results - Women

The results for the Wharfedale runners in the women's event were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
6	Tamara Hird	21:27
29	Sharon Barker	23:40
94	Bridget Thompson	29:56	V45

The weather threatened to be unpleasant for this race, but in the event, the rain held off for the eight Wharfedale runners who turned out, two of these coming in the top ten. A few race pictures will follow shortly and a few more will be added on Monday. There may even be a bit of video footage! The results printed at the event were wrong in that at position 76 was a runner who was disqualified. The results below show the correct positions.
Full Race Results
Full Race Report by Graham Wadsworth

The results for the Wharfedale runners were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
2	Ted Mason	0:49:52
7	Mark Brown	0:51:13	3rd V40
73	Simon Sharp	1:02:40	V40
78	Sam Watson	1:03:31
91	Kevin Rogan	1:04:46	V40
103	Neil Taylor	1:07:13	V40
126	Mark Bennett	1:12:04
136	Lynn Whittaker	1:13:57	6th LV40

Those of you who saw the TV show "Adventure Story" tonight witnessed a new TV star in the making. Sadly, it was only on BBC2 in Scotland and featured the Ben Nevis Race. The producers naturally featured Robb Jebb and Ian Holmes, but not to be out done by these stars, our own Sam Watson seemed to instinctively know how to catch the producer's eye. As he approached the summit, he raised his hands at the camera and gave a bit of a shout and lo and behold, he was in the programme. The problem remained as to what else he could do to ensure that he remained in the producer's eye. Most runners went over the line and collapsed. Not our Sam. To be certain of inclusion, you have to add a bit more drama. Collapse before you get to the line. The following stills show this dramatic finish to his race. Surely a performance worthy of an oscar. Despite this, he still finished a creditable 98th out of 400.

Well done Sam, that finish was brilliant

More pictures from the camera of Paul Rogan. To see these pictures go to Kelbrook Race Pictures

The team got off to an inauspicious start when Mark Horrocks fell, hit his chest on a rock and winded himself. After that, although he found it very difficult to run for any perod of time, he managed to keep going in short bursts to make it to the end of the leg. This left the team in 38th place, behind the 'b' team which finshed the leg in 33rd position. However, thanks to Mark keeping going, at least the team were still in the race. Leg two saw Andy Black and Steve Barker regain some lost ground to end the leg in 28th place. Sam Watson and Dale Forster carried on the good work and kept picking off a few teams to gain another seven places and end the leg in 23rd place. Andy Robertshaw and Paul Harlow then took over and continued to claw their way back up the table to finsh in 21st place, with the 16th fastest time for that leg. The next leg saw Sam Wadsworth & Bruce Elsworth acheive the 10th fastest time for that leg and this pulled the team back to 19th place. The final leg involved Owen Beilby and Mark Brown who had a sterling run with the 3rd fastest time for the leg. This resulted in the team ending up in 15th place, which given where we were at the end of leg one was quite an acheivement.
The good news is that Mark does not appear to have suffered any serious injury and after a rest and getting warmed up again, he felt fine.

The times for the teams were as follows:

Leg	Runners	Leg Time	Overall Position	Position in leg
1	Mark Horrocks Ted Mason	01:25:48	38th	38th
2	Andy Black Steve Barker	01:08:46	28th	20th
3	Sam Watson Dale Forster	00:41:31	23rd	13th
4	Andy Robertshaw Paul Harlow	01:19:21	21st	16th
5	Sam Wadsworth Bruce Elsworth	01:14:30	19th	10th
6	Owen Beilby Mark Brown	01:19:21	15th	3rd

And for the B team

Leg	Runners	Leg Time	Overall Position	Position in leg
1	Tamara Hird Rob Hudson	01:23:09	33rd	33rd
2	Sharon Barker David Hird	01:19:03	39th	53rd
3	Kevin Rogan Neil Taylor	00:45:56	37th	28th
4	Simon Sharp Glen Whittaker	01:28:26	38th	50th
5	Lionel Sands Nick Cunningham	01:05:51	36th	36th
6	Paul Wilson Mark Bennett	01:54:21	49th	81st

Full Race Results

Sam Wadsworth & Bruce Elsworth - Leg 5	Sam Wadsworth & Bruce Elsworth - Leg 5

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Jonathan Bradshaw	Tom Storrie, John Lockwood and Sam Pratt

It was a beautiful sunny day for this race which saw 5 juniors and 5 seniors take part. The results for the juniors was that in the under 8s, Lucy Horrocks came was 7th girl. In the under 10s, Sam Pratt was 6th under 10. Tom Storrie was 17th under 10. In the under 12s, John Lockwood came 4th under 12. In the under 15s, Jonathan Bradshaw came back from a bout of 'flu and finished 3rd.
Well done to all the youngsters
The senior race was won for the fifth time by Rob Hope in a time of 30:12. The results and times for the senior Wharfedale Runners are as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
7	Ted Mason	33:18
30	Sam Watson	37:40
54	Paul Halstead	39:30
101	Nick Cunningham	42:17	V40
179	Paul Wilson	47:23	V40

A few Wharfedale runners braved the cold and the mist to run the Chevin Chase. Their positions are shown below. The full results appear on the results page.

Pos	Name	Time	Other
103	Tamara Hird	49:11
147	James Wadsworth	49:52
329	Simon Throup	57:19	Male Vet

This event saw 11 Wharfedale runners take to the fells to either work off the excesses of the Festive Season or to work up a thirst for the evening's celebrations. Some pictures of this event are already in the picture gallery and the full results are in the results section. The finishing positions of the Wharfedale runners are as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
5	Ted Mason	43:46
37	Kirt Livesey	48:20
66	Paul Harlow	50:43	V50
109	Paul Halstead	53:40
197	Peter Jackson	58:08	V40
204	Tamara Hird	58:49	F
251	Carl Bradshaw	61:17	V40
269	David Hird	62:21	V50
271	Matthew Hird	62;28
278	Paul Wilson	62:54	V40
441	Melanie Whiteoak	83:12	F