Sam Watson	Andy Smith

There were some good results all round for the Wharfedalers today and everyone seemed to put in a good performance. The race was won by Ian Holmes in 1:09:42 First Wharfedaler home was Colin Moses who had a good run to come home just ahead Mark McGoldrick, who is getting back to form this season. Keiran Ashworth had a bad fall near the end and banged his head and came home covered in blood. Hopefully, it looked worse that what is actually was. Full results and maybe a few pics will be posted shortly. In the meantime, the times and positions of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   20 Colin Moses 1:22:44
•   22 Mark McGoldrick 1:23:14
•   27 Sam Watson 1:23:58
•   74 Andy Hirst1:33:24
•   79 Jack Smith 1:34:04
•   87 Andy Smith 1:34:41
• 145 Kevin Rogan 1:44:49
• 229 Raj Madhas 2:03:08
• 241 Keiron Ashworth 2:05:06

Tim Stedman towards the end of his 10k race

Friday was a Labour Day Bank Holiday in Belgium and Tim Stedman and his fiancee went to Knokke, a seaside resort on the English Channel, to do a 10K. It was ultra flat and ultra fast and there were only 2 bumps in it, so it was not quite like a fell race. However, Tim finished in 27th place with a time of 34:50, which was a PB, and Hannah came 80th in 48:48, which was also a PB. It was very warm and sunny, with a nice atmosphere and there was a waffle and ice cream and chocolate sauce afterwards.

Full results for both races are no in the results section.

Zoe Baistow	Will Smith

We had two runners out in the main race and several runners in the junior races. The results from the junior races are only anecdotal at the moment, pending the official results coming out, so they may be subject to confirmation. Jonathan Bradshaw came 4th in the U18s and this may be enough to secure him another international team place. In the U16s, Will Marshall was around 10th place and Will Smith came 4th in the U14s. It is believed that Charlie Lowrie was 3rd in his race. That is the only information we have at the moment and it is all subject to confirmation.

In the seniors the times and places of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   19 Jason Hemsley 52:56
• 102 Raj Madhas 1:11:25

Full senior results are in the results section.

It is good, it is informative, it is up to date. Will Marshall has once more been very busy, so find out what has been going on up t' Dale and download the May edition now.

The May Wharfedaler

Wharfedale Ladies Team
We had a ladies team out in this event and they came 6th team overall. Tamara Hird sent in a report of the day which is available from the link below.

Read Tamara's Report

Full results are in the results section.

The weather for this event was absolutely dreadful with strong winds and rain. Every runner did the same lap of about 2 miles. There were all sorts of mixed teams, but one that was easily identifiable was the Wharfedale team of Jack Smith, Jonathan Bradshaw and Bruce Elsworth.

Jack ran the first leg and set off at a good pace, but like everyone else, he struggled going up the hill into the driving wind and rain. However, he finished in third place. Jonathan took over and quickly passed the second place runner, who to be fair, was not looking very strong. Going up the hill and into the wind, he started to close the gap with the leader. He may have put too much effort into that part of the race, for when they came back into view, the gap had widened again to what it was originally. Last leg and Bruce set off worrying about scrambling the egg. Trust a chef to think like that. He started to close the gap on the leader and on the run back down to the finish, he was still closing the gap, but there was too much for him to do and the team ran out in second place to some good opposition, whoever they were.

There is no information about how the other Wharfedalers fared at the moment. There are no photographs either, although Andy Smith was jogging about with camera in hand, so there might be a few later.

David Hird's flair for encouraging and bringing on junior runners was perhaps illustrated by the number of junior Wharfedalers who attended these races - thirteen in total. Not only that, but Jonathan Bradshaw may have done enough to gain an England vest. David took a lot of photographs of the day which we are trying to get on to a Picasa album and hopefully, these will appear shortly.

In the meantime, the achievements of our youngsters were as follows:

Under 8

• 22 Sam Johnstone 3:50
• 27 Tommy Lowrie 4:07

Under 10

•   2 Charlie Lowrie 9:23
•   4 Robbie Johnstone 10:13
• 17 Herbie Davies 11:32

Under 12

•   7 Lloyd Davies 16:57
•   9 Oliver Whyte 17:05
• 34 Zoe Baistow 23:48

Under 14

•   4 Will Smith 19:02
•   8 Ben Johnstone 19:27

Under 16

• 12 Will Marshall 24:05
• 28 Scott Baistow 30:14

Under 18

•   4 Jonathan Bradshaw 21:18

Andy Holden has produced another video masterpiece and this time it is available on Vimeo as he experienced problems with U Tube. If you experience any problems with the playback on Vimeo, please let Andy have your feedback.

The Three Peaks Race 2009 from Andy Holden on Vimeo.

Race Winner Jack Smith
At the summit Ted Mason was leading, with Jack Smith in second place and Pete Keron third. However, on the descent Jack took the lead and ran out the winner with a 25 second lead over the field.Ted finished in second place, with Steve Brock of Keighley third.

We had four Wharfedalers in the top ten and it was good to see Marcus Rae racing again after being absent for a little while. It was also good to see another new member Jim Webb out in a race and hopefully, we will see more of Jim in the future.

Kirsty Hall made this her first come back race after injury. She sent in a report of the night and is available from the link below.

Read Kirsty's Report

Tom Brunt -Race Winner	Jo Buckley - First Lady

Pendle Cloughs Results
Pendle Cloughs Split Times (Also available in pdf and excel from results section).
Pete Jackson's Race Report
Picasa Race Photo Album
Andy Hirst's Picture Gallery

A reasonably bright morning greeted the increased numbers for this challenging race, but towards the end widespread showers developed. The decision to hold the race in May was definitely an improvement on ast year, when it was run in the middle of summer, and in the cooler conditions, most people improved on their previous times.

The race was won by Tom Brunt of Holmfirth in a time of 2:16:36, followed by Alan Life and Andy Brown, both of Clayton. In his first run in this race, Tom had no problem navigating himself round and he led right from the start, only slowing down towards the end when victory was assured.

First lady home was Jo Buckley of Calder Valley in a time of 2:44:24, followed by Carol Life of Clayton and Helen Hodgkinson of Todmorden. This was also Jo's first attempt at this race and again she had no difficulty finding her way about whilst maintaining a good time.

Pete Jackson was one of only three Wharfealers to compete in this race. Not only did he turn up to run, but he was out at the crack of dawn helping to flag the course and he stopped on afterwards to help Andy to clear up. He sent in a report of the day available from the link above.

Full results are available from the link below in web format. They are also available in the results section in pdf format and for those who like to really analyse the numbers, in excel format. Split times will be available shortly and maybe also a few photographs from the day.

Jason Hemsley took part in this year's Fred Witton Challenge, a 112 mile bike ride round the Lake District taking in all six main passes. He has sent in a report of the day, available below.

Jason's Report

Six Wharfedalers went over for this event. Bruce Elsworth seems to be getting back to form after the Three Peaks race and he finished in 2nd place. Our other top ten finisher was Colin Moses. It would appear that Adam Baker enjoyed beating Kevin Rogan and he sent in a report of the day, available from the link below. The finishing times and positions for the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   2 Bruce Elsworth 46:58
•   9 Colin Moses 52:14
• 23 Nick Cunningham 54:31
• 39 Adam Baker 59:08
• 40 Kevin Rogan 59:09
• 68 Cathy Bradley 65:02

Adam Baker's Reflections of the Day

A couple of Wharfedalers went over for this race and finished as follows:

•   9 Gareth Hird 36:43
• 61 Barry Scholes 44:46

Only very brief details of this event at the moment which are as follows:

• 21 Sam Watson 1:44:21
• 24 Mark McGoldrick 1:46:15
• 56 Ted Mason 1:56:02
•       Kirsty Hall 2:26:30
•       Kate Rogan

Jack Smith with the Mearley Clough Trophy
What can you say about Jack? The results say it all. Three race wins in three weeks, this time adding his name to some illustrious names that grace the Mearley Clough Trophy. Not only did Jack win this race, but he won it in style and in the run back down the fields towards the finish, his lead was such that he was unassailable.

The evening was in fact very good for our younger members. Not only did Jack win the race, but Ben Johnstone came 8th and Scott Baistow finished 54th. The net result was that Wharfedale had the first three under 18 finishers.

Our other top ten finisher was Paul Carman. Further down the field, Keiran managed to fall again, but this time with less dramatic consequences than at Coniston and although Andy Holden is shown as finishing last Wharfedaler, he spent most of his time taking video footage.

The finishing times and positions for the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•      1 Jack Smith 32:46
•      8 Ben Johnstone 34:54
•    10 Paul Carman 33:53
•    50 Barry Scholes 40:59
•    51 Kevin Rogan 41:08
•    54 Scott Baistow 41:44
•    58 Neil Taylor 41:54
•    95 Keiran Ashworth 47:52
•    97 Stuart Johnstone 48:28
• 101 Lynn Whittaker 49:15
• 108 Andy Holden 57:03

This school is trying to raise funds for equipment and has asked for our help. Please see note below from Tamara Hird.

Braithwaite School Appeal

Another race to the top of Pinhaw and this time from Earby, although this is more like a trail race than a fell race. First Wharfedaler to the top was Kirt Livesey who always keeps himself fit. Further down the field, it was good to see Scott having another "proper" race and Paul Wilson putting on his Wharfedale vest. The finishing positions and times for the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   3 Kirt Livesey 32:54
• 22 Paul Carman 35:35
• 59 Kevin Rogan 40:02
• 72 Paul Wilson 42:42
• 75 Scott Baistow 43:25
• 80 John Thompson 45:06
• 92 James Webb 51:37

Sam Watson	Sam Watson	Mark McGoldrick

Some people get very pedantic about sharing photographs, but not so Steve Hebblethwaite of Keswick AC. He kindly forwarded the above pics for us to use as we wish. Thanks to Steve for sharing these with us and giving us a visual record of the day. If time allows, they may appear in the gallery later.

Tamara Hird modelling the Wharfedale Pink Hoody
Just a note to remind our female members that pink hoodies are available from Pro-Sport at Skipton (opposite Bizzie Lizzies) who will print them up for the bargain price of £20, the same as the navy blue ones.

With the opening of the BOFRA season this coming Saturday, it is perhaps quite interesting to look back a decade to this event ten years ago and to the early days of Wharfedale Harriers. Barry Scholes has kindly sent an article from the BOFRA Guides Book, which shows how it was ten years ago. There is no mention of any of the clubs, as ten years ago, competitors ran as individuals and not as members of a club. However, there were quite a few Wharfedalers there, some of whom are sadly no longer running. Notable of these is Karen Slater, who, as the article says, won with " a brilliant time". How lovely it would be to turn the clock back and see Karen at her best again. Still, that is all in the past and let us hope that the present generation also give us good memories to look back on. Looking at the present talent that is on display, there should be some good memories still to be made.

For his first attempt at this race, young Jonathan Bradshaw certainly made his mark. Out of 232 starters, he finished in 7th place behind some very good runners.

In the junior races, Alex Speight had a good run to finish 2nd in the U14s behind James Hall.

Full results are now in the results section.

It is pleasing to note that our own Jonathan Bradshaw, along with Billy Pinder of Skipton and Ashley Kaye of Rossendale, has been selected to represent England in this event.

All of Wharfedale Harriers wish the whole of the England team all the best in this competition.

Oliver Whyte closing on Ben Kent	Lucy Horrocks

We are grateful to Tim Done for the above pictures and a few more, also taken by Tim, are in the gallery.

Neil Taylor has written an account of the day Neil's Report

The BOFRA races are popular with a lot of Wharfedalers and that was shown by how many turned up for this opening event.

Of our many juniors on show, Jonathan Bradshaw won the U17s race, Ben Johnstone was 2nd and Alex Speight 5th in the U14s. Oliver Whyte was 2nd and Lloyd Davies 4th in the U12s.

Once more, Colin Moses was first Wharfedaler home, followed by Sam Watson, who should have perhaps been conserving his energy for the Etape du Dales cycle race on Sunday. First lady Wharfedaler home was Cathy Bradley. The finishing times and places for all the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   8 Colin Moses 22:23
• 11 Sam Watson 23:13
• 16 Iain Gibbons 23:41
• 21 Andy Smith 25:01
• 25 Jonathan Gibson 25:27
• 27 Mark Horrocks 25:41
• 31 Kevin Rogan 26:17
• 32 Carl Bradshaw 26:23
• 35 Barry Scholes 26:34
• 39 Neil Taylor 27:59
• 43 Cathy Bradley 29:05
• 44 John Thompson 29:31
• 46 Kate Rogan 29:45
• 50 Juliet Horrocks 30:40
• 51 Paul Wilson 30:43
• 54 Lynn Whittaker 32:03
• 59 Wes Lowrie 33:08
• 64 Pete Metcalfe 35:20
• 70 Lynda Hargreaves 54:55
• DNF Andy Holden

At the moment, when The Wharfedaler is published, a link appears on the front page, but it quickly disappears into the archive as more news items are added, with the result that some people have had difficulty in locating it.

To get round this problem, we have added a new link to the menu bar on the left. From there, you can now download the latest and previous editions of Will Marshall's monthly newsletter.

Just a brief note to say that Bruce Elsworth won this event in a time of 37:10. Further details and full results follow.

Andy Hirst & Pete Jackson
Despite their advancing years, long distance specialists, Andy Hirst & Pete Jackson improved their finishing position by three places on that achieved last year.

Andy has written an account of the day in his own unique style and if you are familiar with the Lake District, you will be able to follow the whole day in your mind's eye.

Andy's Race Report

Some brief provisional results are in the results section and were compiled from notes made on the day. The full official results will follow in due course.

Simon Franklin	Kirsty Hall	Raj Madhas

This event saw Sam Wadsworth back out racing again on the fells, although he was conned into it by Kirsty Hall. She suggested going to the Lakes for a bit of running in preparation for the Saunders (if they manage to get in), without telling him that the running she had in mind was a race. Although he has not trained or run for a year, he was only about seven or eight minutes slower than last year and he managed to finish in front of Kirsty, who was a bit put out that he managed to do so with zero training. Top performing Wharfedaler was new member, Simon Franklin, who completed the course in 1:51:37. It was interesting to see Raj turning up for this race instead of taking on the comparatively easier Bofra race at Sedbergh. Sam reported that once more Kieron fell over.

The finishing times and places of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

• 118 Simon Franklin 1:51:37
• 183 Sam Wadsworth 2:01:30 (approx)
• 219 Kirsty Hall 2:07:38
• 237 Raj Madhas 2:16:05
• 246 Kieron Ashworth 2:17:23

Colin Moses	Pete Keron

A few more pictures of the day are now in the gallery.

This race usually attracts a few Wharfedalers and this year was no exception. Even Sam Watson had a ride out even after saying last year, "Never again". Ted Mason is rumoured to have taken part, although there appears to be no trace of him in the results. The finishing places and times of all known Wharfedalers in the race were as follows:

•     9 Jason Hemsley 6:27:34
•   47 Pete Keron 6:52:37
• 104 Colin Moses 7:12:26
• 321 Paul Carman 8:11:58
• 334 Kevin White 8:15:59
• 377 Sam Watson 8:25:33
• 475 Lucas Payne 9:00:31

Full results are in the results section.

Only brief details of this race at the moment, but the Wharfedalers had five finishers in the top ten, with our youngsters featuring prominently. Jonathan Bradshaw won the race outright, with Jack Smith fourth and Will Marshall eighth.

The positions of the leaders were as follows:

• 1 Jonathan Bradhsaw
• 4 Jack Smith
• 7 Pete Keron
• 8 Will Marshall
• 9 Sam Watson

Again, at the moment, we only have brief details of some of our juniors, but many put in some good performances, the details of which are as follows:

Under 8s

• 6 Sam Johnstone
• 8 Tommy Lowrie

Under 10s

• 1 Charlie Lowrie

Under 14s

• 2 Ben Johnstone

Further details and a few pics will be added shortly.

Whilst on Sunday, some members were showing off their prowess on bikes, the Rogan family, took part in this race. It is a nice race in that it is over the Lakeland fells and so far, it has not attracted too many competitors. Having said that, there were a few big names in the top ten.

Against that background, Chris Newman had an excellent run to finish in 6th place, with Kevin just inside the top half of the field at 28th and Kate 37th.

Full results are in the results section.

Andy Holden was supposedly running in this race, but as he ran, he was taking videos of everyone else. The result is two quite unique videos of this race, which have been put together in Wharfeego's inimitable style.

Part 1...http://www.vimeo.com/4763281

Part 2...http://www.vimeo.com/4769289

This is the next race in the BOFRA Calendar and once more Barry Scholes has sent in a cutting of the report of the race from the 1999 BOFRA Guides Book. There are some names mentioned who are no longer out on the fells, but it is interestring to see the names of a few Wharfedalers who are still running. Kate Rogan was first U17 girl and Sheryl Slater was 3rd U14 girl. In the senior's race, Colin Moses was 5th and Andy Holden 7th. A Wharfedaler who sadly no longer graces the fells is Karen Slater and she was easily the first lady, with a reported time of 10.37. Karen was good, but even she would have battled to complete this race in ten minutes. Perhaps 20.37 was her time.

It will be interesting to see this coming Sunday, how the present generation of runners compares with those of a decade ago.

This race incorporated the Inter Counties Championship and as a result, there were a lot of runners. Four Wharfedalers went up for the race and their positions were as follows:

•   64 Jason Hemsley 56:05
• 181 Barry Scholes 1:07:34
• 195 Judy Howells 1:08:24
• 262 John Thompson 1:14:41

Bruce Elsworth	Sam Watson
Judy Howells	Kate Rogan

A few runners went up for this race, but the main news is that our ladies were first team. The team members were Judy Howells, Kate Rogan and Kirsty Hall. Borrowdale easily took the men's team place. Wharfedale were third team, just behind Calder Valley.

The finishing times and places of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     8 Bruce Elsworth 1:54:32
•   18 Sam Watson 1:59:58
•   43 Rob Shaw 2:08:56
•   86 Andy Holden 2:25:03
•   89 Judy Howells 2:26:22
• 109 Kate Rogan 2:33:27
• 110 Kevin Rogan 2:33:28
• 116 Kirsty Hall 2:34:30
• 136 Keiron Ashworth 2:51:59

Full results, including team points, are in the results section.

A few pictures of the Wharfedalers taken by Lynn Whittaker are in the gallery View Lynn's Pictures

There are more pictures of the race at http://picasaweb.google.com/KeswickAC/Helvellyn2009#

Paul Carman	Barry Scholes

Five Wharfedalers turned up for this race, including Neil Taylor who sent in a report of the day.
Read Neil's Report.

The finishing times and places of the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   3 Mark McGoldrick 56:51
• 20 Paul Carman 63:20
• 43 Neil Taylor 69:09
• 48 Barry Scholes 72:07
• 74 Lynn Whittkaer 82:00

The full results are on the Wharfedale site first. A few pics of all the race can be found at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/TommoPix/AustwickAmble2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCLzfrYvRi-nWIQ#

Good results for both Gareth and Tamara Hird in this race. Gareth was 3rd with a time of 42:53 and Tamara was 3rd lady with a time of 52:47. This is out of a field of nearly 400.

Full results are in the results section.

A couple of Wharfedalers turned out for this road race. Lucas produced a very good result, coming home in 5th place with a time of 37:20 and Paul Carman finished in 24th place with a time of 39:54.

Full results are in the results section.

Kirsty Hall & Judy Howells took part in this mid week Lakeland fell race, which is 6.5 miles / 1350 ft from St John in the Vale. Despite having tired legs from the Helvelyn race, they both had brilliant runs to finish 3rd and 4th ladies. Their times were:

• 3 Judy Howells 58:46
• 4 Kirsty Hall 60:40

The full results are in the results section.

We had quite a few runners in the junior championship races and three of the parents had run out in the seniors race. Their positions were as follows:

•   21 Andy Smith 20:56
•   74 Raj Madhas 27:20
• 104 Lynda Hargreaves 38:43

Full results are in the results section.

Once more Kirt Livesey went up for this 16 miles / 7,500 ft race and this year, Andy Black decided to give it a go too. They came in together with the following times:

• 30 Kirt Livesey 4:50:36
• 31 Andy Black 4:50:43

Bruce Elsworth, Cathy Bradley and Keiran Ashworth had a go at the "short race", which is 9 miles and 3,000 ft. Bruce won it in 1 hour 44 minues. Cathy was 2nd lady in 2 hours 15 minutes. At the moment, there are no details for Keiran. It was not a marked course and Cathy made the mistake of following 6 people only to find that she had to retrace her steps to the first and second checkpoints. That was when a lady got in front of her that she sadly could not catch and she finished 2 minutes behind her. Otherwise, it would have been a "his and hers" clean sweep.

In the full race, four Wharfedalers took part and their finishing positions out of 218 starters were as follows:

•   65 Andy Black 3:56.29
•   87 Andy Hirst 4:09:57
• 113 Pete Jackson 4:22:04
• 126 Kirsty Hall 4:28:40

Full results of both races are in the results section.