The first leg was run by Mark Horrocks and Ted Mason. Ted turned up not feeling well with a touch of flu. He struggled to stay with Mark from the off, but they finished 7th. The second leg was the two youngsters Sam Watson and Shaun Chew and they managed to hold 7th place. They handed over to Andy Black and Mark Brown (Mark is just back from a long summer's hot weather training). The pair were working well together, but with their heads down in the cloud, they managed to miss the check point on High Street by a good mile! Once they realised, they turned back to dib and then once again returned towards Kirkstone. At this point Kurt Livesey, who was nervously checking and re checking his map, and Glen Whittaker started to shiver as the team failed to appear on cue. However, they eventually got the baton and managed to bring the team home in 26th place.

The times for the team were as follows:

Leg	Runners	Leg Time	Overall Position	Position in leg
1	Mark Horrocks Ted Mason	01:15:03	7th	7th
2	Sam Watson Shaun Chew	00:40:55	7th	10th
3	Andrew Black Mark Brown	01:33:32	25th	45th
4	Kirt Livesey Glen Whittaker	01:11:34	26th	41st

Wharfedale runner Tamara Hird was third lady with a time of 178.55 and Andy Holden came home in 190th position with a time of 189.28

Report by Kevin Rogan

Well done to both the teams who competed this year. We had an open team and a vets team.

Leg 1. Open team. Mark Brown came in 30th position stating the going was rough and muddy and not really to his liking. Still a good run Mark. Vets team. Simon Sharp came in 74th position. This was Simon's 1st relay for us (HOPEfully not his last) and although missing his mountain bike enjoyed the mud.

Leg 2. Open team. Mark Horrocks & Ted Mason came in 7th with the 6th fastest time on the leg. What a result passing 23 teams. I wonder if Ted has stopped grinning yet. Vets team. Glenn Whittaker & Pete Jackson came in 79th with the 77th fastest time on the leg. Pete was covered head to toe in mud. On asking Glenn why Pete was so muddy, it emerged that when a runner accidentally fell in front of Pete, he decided to jump on top of him. Some sort of frustration I expect!

Leg 3. Open team. Owen Beilby & Steve Roberts came in 21st with the 40th fastest time of the leg. Not a bad result considering neither had any map reading experience especially Owen, who struggles to find his front gate and nearly missed the start of the leg because he couldn't find the venue. Vets team. Dave Hird & Neil Taylor came in 75th with the 77th fastest time of the leg. This was a really good result as Dave kept bleating about his a) his condition. b) he can't read a map. c) he wasn't running very well and d) no toilets on the leg. I suppose we should let him have the last excuse as we all know he has more calls of nature than a cocker spaniel with a bowel problem. And Neil thought it was mud splashing the back of his legs.

Leg 4. Open team. Andy Black came in 18th with the 23rd fastest time on the leg. A great run by Andy who obviously enjoyed the rough and muddy conditions to gain 3 places. Vets team. Kev Rogan came in 78th with the 76th fastest time on the leg. This was a lonely run as the only people I saw on the leg, other than marshals and Dave & Eileen, were the 3 runners that past me and they were obviously late for their tea. It was a good leg though and reminded me of the Widdop race.

It was a great relay in a really good setting and the organisation was nothing short of brilliant, so a big thanks to Calder Valley Fell Runners - WELL DONE.

The times for the teams were as follows:

Open Age

Leg	Runners	Leg Time	Overall Position	Position in leg
1	Mark Brown	0:49:30	30th	30th
2	Ted Mason Mark Horrocks	01:15:38	7th	6th
3	Owen Bielby Steve Roberts	01:20:07	21st	40th
4	Andrew Black	00:49:30	18th	23rd

Vets

Leg	Runners	Leg Time	Overall Position	Position in leg
1	Simon Sharp	0:56:23	74th	74th
2	Pete Jackson Glenn Whittaker	01:38:22	79th	77th
3	David Hird Neil Taylor	01:38:26	75th	77th
4	Kevin Rogan	00:58:54	78th	76th

In the U15 girls - Emily Throup finished 38th in 14.22 whilst in the Senior Women's Race, Tamara Hird was 11th in 21.54 and Sharon Barker was 45th in 23.55.

Wharfedale Runner Mark Horrocks comes seventh with a time of 45.29. Here is Mark, looking very strong, on the steep pull up from the Bronte bridge.

The positions and times of Wharfedale runners were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
7	Mark Horrocks	43:51	2nd Vet40
65	Sam Watson	52:22
87	Tamara Hird	54:29	3rd Lady
95	Kevin Rogan	54:56
151	Neil Taylor	59:46

Wharfedale runner Jonanthan Bradshaw came 2nd in the U14 race and Sam Horrocks and Lucy Horrocks came 7th and 8th respectively in the U8 race. In the main event, Mark Horrocks came third, showing again what cracking form he is in at the moment.

Pos	Name	Time	Other
3	Mark Horrocks	25:59	2nd Vet40
7	Sean Chew	28:38
24	Sam Watson	32:22
36	Neil Taylor	34:37	14th Vet40
41	Kevin Rogan	35:49	16th Vet40

Ben Johnstone was 6th in 5.05 in the under 11 boys. In the Senior Womens's Race, Tamara Hird was 9th in 23.20, Sharon Barker was 39th in 25.45 and Bridget Thompson was 107th in 32.59. Full race results: U11 boys
Senior Women


Tamara Hird at Boddington Hall

Report by David Hird

The inaugural Mt Sinai race included two Wharfedale members. The start time for the event was approx 1:00am. Head torches would have been good but had to settle for a hand torch. Arriving late in Egypt is the norm, so no problems when Mark Bennett and myself got to the start line at 2:30am. Looking up at the torch light procession high on the mountain, we decided we'd start anyhow, the challenge being to pass as many people as possible to the summit. 2500mt, 67mins later and with only six climbers in front, David Hird rounded the summit, shortly followed by (where's the top?) Mark Bennett. After seeing the sun rise above the Sinai mountains and with no sign of big G or Moses, we decided to let the other 380+ start their decent before we gave chase. Again it was David Hird who passed all, to cross the finish line at the monestry first, with Mark close on his heels. Mark saying if only he hadn't made a bad route choice, he'd have won. Picture Gallery.