It was raining as usual in Skipton for this Cross Country event in what were muddy conditions. In the under 15 Boys, Jonathan Bradshaw came home in 28th position whilst in the under 15 girls, Emily Throup came 40th.
The positions for the senior ladies were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
36	Tamara Hird	27:36
57	Sharon Barker	29:22
95	Lynn Whittaker	33:00

The positions for the senior men were:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
53	Ted Mason	47:19
80	Mark Brown	49:16
125	Sam Watson	53:10

Eight Wharfedale runners went up to the Lake District for this race, including Jonathan Bradshaw who had a good result, coming 7th in the under 17 boys race. The places of our senior men are shown below. The full results are on the results page.

Pos	Name	Time	Other
28	Chris Newman	32:25
33	Sam Watson	33:20
48	Kevin Rogan	34:50
59	Neil Taylor	36:25
64	Carl Bradshaw	36:40

The places of our senior ladies were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
8	Lynn Whittaker	41:08
9	Kate Rogan	41:27

Six Wharfedale runners went up to Cumbria for this event. Jonathan Bradshaw is becoming a regular in the under 17 boys and he came home in 11th place. In the Ladies race, Kate Rogan is also becoming a regular who came home in 6th place. The results for the other runners are shown below. The full results are on the results page.

Pos	Name	Time	Other
19	Sam Watson	25:07
23	Chris Newman	25:34
42	Kevin Rogan	28:12	V40
55	Carl Bradshaw	29:45	V40

As this league seems popular with some of our members, a list of fixtures is now available under forthcoming events.

A total of 17 runners turned out for this event which was the normal Skipton training run with a staggered start. This made it a bit more serious than normal, but was enjoyed by everyone for a change, except perhaps for Tom Cunningham who took a wrong turning and did not finish the course. Otherwise he felt that he would have won it. The competitive element produced some fairly quick times for the course, bearing in mind that it was the middle of winter on a windy and rainy night. In particular, Jonathan Bradshaw had a good run and was not overshadowed by the senior runners.

The full results were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Handicap	Race Time
1	Mark Brown	50:28	10:55	39:33
2	Mark Horrocks	50:29	11:30	38:59
3	Ted Mason	50:49	12:00	38:49
4	Mark Bennett	51:01	00:50	50:11
5	Kirt Livesey	51:32	08:45	42:47
6	Sam Watson	51:28	07:25	44:13
7	Jonathan Bradshaw	51:39	07:20	44:19
8	Neil Taylor	51:41	02:30	49:11
9	Nick Cunningham	51:49	07:05	44:44
10	Lucas Payne	52:05	09:50	42:15
11	Kevin Rogan	52:07	03:55	48:12
12	Jason Helmsley	52:24	09:50	42:34
13	Peter Jackson	52:45	07:15	46:09
14	Tamara Hird	53:09	07:00	46:09
15	Simon Throup	53:52	02:45	51:07
16	David Hird	56:32	01:00	55:32

A cold evening, with very light snow falling, saw 14 runners and 4 bikers leave the Greyhound Pub to brave the elements, the slippy conditions and the darkness in an attempt to reach the summit of Weets and back. As every competitor could pick their own route, the start saw people heading off in literally opposite directions. Despite the conditions, it was a close call between the bikers and the runners, with the honours shared evenly between the first four places. The conditions underfoot were very slippy and one runner was heard to remark that it was the first time that he had gone down a hill slower than he went up. A few of the entrants tumbled more than once, but every one completed the course with nothing worse than injured pride.

Full results

There will be another Owl Event next month. Full details are available from the link below. Wednesday 21 February. Beamsley Beacon Owl Event. Full details

Open to Wharfedale Harriers and friends. Further details

This was the first club championship race of the year and saw four senior Wharfedale runners take part. Own Beilby had a sterling run, coming home in 6th place. In the juniors, Lucy Horrocks was 2nd girl in the Under 8 race and Jonathan Bradshaw came 4th in the Under 16 race. The positions of the senior runners were as follows;

Pos	Name	Time	Other
6	Own Beilby	48:54
31	Nick Cunningham	55:26	V40
93	Carl Bradshaw	61:09	V40
131	Paul Wilson	69:14	V40

Whilst some club members went to the local event today, the enthusiasts of the Kendal Winter League ignored the first club championship race of the season and once more set off up the A65 for another run in the Lakes. In the ladies event, Kate Rogan had a good run and was second, with a time of 26:41. The results for the senior men were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
15	Sam Watson	21:30
16	Chris Newman	21:52
24	Kevin Rogan	23:29	V40
28	Neil Taylor	24:30	V40

Just for a bit of a change from the usual mid week training session, Glenn Whittaker, Peter Jackson and Andy Hirst decided to run up Penyghent from Horton in the dark. To prove that they did it, here are a couple of photographs taken at the trig point.

After four races, Wharfedale runners feature amongst the league leaders. Although Kevin Rogan is 13th overall, he is third vet 40 and although the scorers have her position wrong, Kate Rogan should be 4th lady.
The positions of the seniors is presently as follows:

Pos	Name	Points
6	Chris Newman	308
7	Sam Watson	306
13	Kevin Rogan	246
30	Neil Taylor	178
83	Carl Bradshaw	77