Wharfedale Ladies Team at Dufton
Our growing number of our women members was perhaps reflected yesterday when we had more women out on the fells at Dufton than men. And they did the club proud too. Tamara Hird led them home, followed by Catherine Wolfenden and Judy Howells.

Amongst the men, Jason Hemsley was first home followed by Sam Watson.

Tamara Hird wrote a brief report of the day. Read Tamara's report

Full results are in the results section.

Oliver Whyte at Kilnsey Show
Thanks to Tim Done, we now have the results for Kilnsey Show. These are now in the results section. Again, thanks to Tim, there are also results available for Malham and Hebden. Both these latter results are a little incomplete, but it is perhaps better to have something recorded for these events rather than let them get lost in the sands of time.

Just catching up a bit on all the races over the holiday period. Four Wharfedalers went up for this event and it must be a long time since Kevin Rogan led a team home. But this is what he did, finishing ahead of Neil Taylor and John Thompson. Kate Rogan had a good run to finish 5th lady

Full results are in the results section.

Whilst the lads were doing the Burnsall Classic, two of our girls decided to have a change and tackle a road race. The route is quite tough and undulating, taking in Linton, Grassington and Hebden. Tamara Hird finished 5th lady and Sharon Barker finished 11th.

Full results are in the results section.

Owen Beilby normally sends his reports in fairly promptly,especially when he runs out the winner, but this late August holiday period seems to have affected us all.

Rather than traipsing up to Dufton I decided to spend Saturday looking at carpets and race on Sunday instead. Apologies to Sam & Jason, I didn't know anyone else was running .... more

The results, for what they are worth, are in the results section.

Ben Nevis - 6 September 2008

Friday Afternoon at Fort William

Ben Nevis	John Thompson

Mark Bennett, John Thompson and Neil Taylor have an early recce. The conditions are dry, mild but very breezy, even at low levels. The feeling is that pre-race beer and bravado are needed at the meal this evening.

7:30 Saturday Morning

Neil Taylor was up early and reported as follows:

Overcast, dry with stronger wind this morning. Late arrivals last night, Pete Keron and Lucas Payne no doubt still in the land of nod. Unfortunately, two Wharfedale withdrawals. Tamara Hird is down with a cold and Pete Jackson with a nasty football injury. Otherwise, all team members rearing to go, at least will be when we get up. Breakfast, here we come!!!

9:06 Saturday Morning

More from Neil Taylor

Breakfast now finished and the realisation of perhaps unwarranted optimism on the guess your finish times in the pub last night! Cloud level variable, though no doubt upper slopes will be in mist. Buffeting wind expected

10:30 Saturday Morning

Update from Neil Taylor

Car park filling up nicely and our support team, Sarah, Emma, Johnny, Melissa, Nicole, Mary Jane and Kathryn now en route to their chosen vantage points. Mel and Johnny aiming for the summit! Still windy with a definite chill in the air ... hope it stays dry.

11:20 Saturday Morning

Update from Neil Taylor

Registration now in full swing. Commemorative buff to each runner - nice. Given chilly and windy conditions, mine will be put into immediate service.

11:32 Saturday Morning

Update from Neil Taylor

Bruce and Cathy here, so all gang now set for a great race. Italian and Spanish Sky Runner Series runners mingling amongst indigenous regulars. Lots of brief chats with friends seldom seen, eg Brian Kirkdale of Hastings on his 31st race.

12:30 Saturday Lunchtime

Update from Neil Taylor

Off to warm up. Then pipe band round the field. Then we're off!!!

News from Braemar is that the leading positions and those of our runners were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
1	Scott Frazer	25:06
2	Robbie Simpson	26:34
3	Colin Donnelly	26:37
4	Ted Mason	27:08
10	Andy Robertshaw	29:53
29	Barry Scholes	33:55
37	Lionel Sands	36:54
54	Kirsty Hall	40:33	5th Lady
56	David Hird	42:03

Ben Nevis - 6 September 2008

First report of the race from Pete Keron

Bruce Elsworth was first home for Wharfedale in around 30th place, then Mark McGoldrick, Sam Watson and Lucas Payne all in a time of between 1h 50 mins and 2 hours. James Harrison finished in about 2:05 and Kevin Rogan at about 2:25 and then Kate Rogan and Neil Taylor.

Pete went afterwards to cool his legs down in Red Burn. Apparently, you can walk tomorrow, if you do that. Conditions on the top were OK. It was a bit windy and only the very top was in cloud.

Update from Neil Taylor 17:30

All Wharfedalers finished safely. Most of showered and dozing now. Most times a little down on expectations. Kevin retained the Nevin Cup. There is the possibility that Sam Watson may have won the U23 Trophy. Update from Neil Taylor - 18:50

Nevis bar food , beer and celebrations going well. Loads of race stories being retold, no doubt may grow as the evening proceeds. The Gang
The results:

Name	Time
Bruce Elsworth	1:49
Mark McGoldrick	1:51
Chris Newman	1:52
Sam Watson	1:54
Lucas Payne	1:59
James Harrison	2:05
Kevin Rogan	2:24
Kate Rogan	2:27
Neil Taylor	2:32
Keiron Ashworth	2:35
Mark Bennett	2:57
John Thompson	2:58

Final update from Ben Nevis.

Sam Watson won the Under 23 Trophy. Well done Sam.

Despite the weather, this event attracted a large number of youngsters and events such as this can only be good for the future of the sport. It was nice to see that a number of the ever growing band of Wharfedale youngsters were there.

In the under 9s, Charlie Lowrie took the honours, with Robbie Johnstone in 3rd place. It was good to see Lucy Horrocks having a run out again and she came home 2nd girl.

In the under 12s, Ellamae Gibson showed that she is now getting to grips with this older age group by finishing first girl, whilst Harry Muir finished 7th overall.

In the under 14s, there was tough competition amongst the top four with Ben Johnstone running out the winner and Will Smith in fourth place.

In the under 17s, the Wharfedale runners came in like a true team, with Jonathan Bradshaw, Tom Cunningham and Jack Smith taking 3rd, 4th and 5th places. Young Scott Baistow is still battling in this age group, but it is good to see him sticking at it and if he keeps it up, his day will come.

Many senior Wharfedale runners were in Scotland this weekend but it was good to see John Wootton having a run out and finishing third Wharfedaler. Could this be the start of seeing him out on the fells again? It was also good to see Stuart Johnstone once more having a go and if he keeps this up, together with a bit of training, he can only get better.

Thanks to the spot on work by Tim Done, the results are available in the results section.

The crowd that went up to Braemar stopped over and took part in this race. However, after a night out drinking and dancing, only four took to the start line with heavy legs and eyelids, along with the odd balloon knee, to tackle this fast course.

Provisional results :-

Pos	Name	Time	Other
1	Prasad Prasad	16:58
2	Colin Donnelly	17:49
3	Chris Russell	18:02
4	Ted Mason	18:30
9	Barry Scholes	22:40
11	Simon Throup	23:15
17	David Hird	26:19

After finishing 6th ladies team in the final English and British Championship counter at Dufton on 30th of August -Wharfedale ladies final position is 7th in both the English and British ladies team championships. This is brilliant - especially for a first time! Well done to all those who took part.

The final tables are in the results section.

The gang at Braemar

Sam Watson receiving the Ben Nevis Under 23 Trophy

Cathy Bradley has sent in a few photographs of the day and these are in the gallery

Tim Stedman receiving the winner's trophy

Last weekend Tim Stedman went over to Calais to take part in this event and ended up winning it! He has sent in a brief report of the day.

Read Tim's Report

Full results are in the results section.

You would normally think that this is one for Owen Beilby, but on the day, Judy Howells was our sole representative. This is what she had to say about the day.

I did the Good Shepherd Classic in Mytholmroyd and was the lone Wharfedaler. It was a lovely day with a mediterranean hot sun and by the end of the afternoon I had made lots of new friends from that strange heathery, boggy and tussocky part of the world! Let everyone take note regarding this race - that the second half race goes on a bit and doesn't start till you are about two thirds through!

Judy was 5th lady and the full results are in the results section.

You can always depend on Andy Hirst being there for these great long Lakeland races and on the day, he was accompanied by four other Wharfedalers. The finishing order was Kirt Livesey, Chris Newman, Andy Hirst, Jonathan Gibson and Kate Rogan.

Andy has sent in a report of the day available from the link below.

Read Andy's Report

Mark McGoldrick had a good run in this inaugural race, taking third place overall and first local. He sent in a report of the day as follows:

Only two of us turned up today for this 9.5 mile race in its first year being run, myself and John Thompson. Conditions were ideal. We were even fortunate enough to get a little sunshine. A total of 72 runners turned out on what was a fast course, run over limestone paths, tarmac and grassy lanes on the Settle loop. The race was won by the in form Tom Adams of Ilkley Harriers in a time of 1hr 46sec. I managed 3rd place in a time of 1hr 3min. Not to sure how John went on but he seemed pleased enough with his run when we had tea and cake back in the drill hall. He's even thinking about doing the Ben again!! Thanks must go to the organisers and all the helpers in what was a fantastic run event. I even managed to pick up 1st local and a months free membership at the gym in Settle. This would certainly be a fantastic training run for the club one night and a race to think about next year.

Results are in the results section.

The results are now out for this race and the times and positions of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
25	Kirt Livesey	2:16:01
82	Chris Newman	2:31:19
112	Andrew Hirst	2:37:52
192	Jonathan Gibson	2:52:26
201	Kate Rogan	2:53:50

A report from Neil Taylor today about this race and some great results for Wharfedale.

Cracking race today, very well supported by the gang and some great results knocked up! Slightly changed course from previous years (one of the farmer's fields at the start was unavailable), so about 3/4 mile added (or was it 3 or 4 miles....mind it did feel like that at the end with that Ben-road feeling after the long descent off Lingmell). Fantastic running conditions, vest weather throughout (yes, that's sort of the expected norm Chris...), only very light winds on top and visibility perfect!

Okay, from the top...

Bruce, 5th place (after getting poor position at start and starting at back of field!!!) AND this year's "King of the Mountains" (Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike aggregated results).

1st Men's Team - Wharfedale (Bruce, Tim, Chris and young Will M)

Will Marshall won U18 race and is now new course category record holder!!!!

3rd Jack and Jill (couples combined position ) Chris and Kate.

Latest to set off after starter had sent us on our way - Andy H ...by nearly 2 mins! (mind close run thing with Bruce I hear!).

Simon, Judy and I all had decent runs too, though maybe the 3 of us were chatting a bit too much on the ascent methinks!

Great support also from Lynn, Sharon & Will Smith. Cheers Gang!

A well deserved wee dram this evening methinks. Next stop....Embsay tomorrow

Bruce Elsworth King of the Mountains	Winning Team, Left to Right Tim Stedman, Will Marshall, Chris Newman, Bruce Elsworth	Will Marshall, Under 18 Winner. U18 New Record Holder

A few pics from the day courtesy of the camera of Andy Holden. Maybe a few further pics follow. This was a great day for Wharfedale. Bruce Elsworth, from the aggregate results from Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Sca Fell, won the King of the Mountains title. The team, Bruce Elsworth, Chris Newman, Tim Stedman and Will Marshall took first team place and Chris Newman & Kate Rogan took third place in the Jack & Jill (couples) competition. Well done to all competitors on the day.

Full results are in the results section and the times and positions of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
5	Bruce Elsworth	1:07:42
11	Chris Newman	1:10:14
15	Tim Stedman	1:14:00
16	Will Marshall	1:15:34
25	Andy Holden	1:20:35
33	Simon Throup	1:22:47
40	Neil Taylor	1:25:05
49	Judy Howells	1:31:22
54	Kate Rogan	1:33:41

It was good to see that the return of this race attracted 172 runners, although only one Wharfedaler. At 12 miles and an ascent of 3,000 ft, it was a tough run out for Cathy Bradley ahead of the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relays next week. She finished in 145th place in a time of 2:25:41.

Full results are in the results section.

Quite a few fell runners took part in this event, including four Wharfedalers and the event itself was won by fell runner, Rob Jebb. Out of the 441 starters, two Wharfedalers, Ian Taylor and Pete Keron, finished inside the top forty. The finishing positions and times were as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Other
15	Ian Taylor	3:23:59
35	Pete Keron	3:36:14
120	Mark Horrocks	4:05:41
379	Adam Baker	5:28:07

Scafell Pike Fell Race - 27 September 2008

Dalehead Fell Race - 21 September 2008