Lloyd Davies	James Hall

There was a good turnout of Wharfedalers for this event. Brief details of the juniors. Lucy Horrocks was 1st girl in the U10s. Lloyd Davies was 2nd in the U12s and James Hall won the U14s by a country mile.

The senior race was won by John Brown in a time of 33:12. Mike Fanning had a cracking run. He was second at the top, but just got caught by Graham Pearce on the return to finish third. Lauren Jeska of Todmorden also had a good run to finish 24th overall and 1st lady. Jonathan Bradshaw, now running as a senior, had a good performance to lead the Wharfedale contingent home and finish in 6th place. He was followed by the in form Paul Crabtree who finished 11th. The positions and times of all the Wharfedalers were as follows. The positions at the summit are in brackets:

•     6 (7) Jonathan Bradshaw 36:17
•   11 (13) Paul Crabtree 35:55
•   18 (16) Nick Charlesworth 37:42
•   24 (26) Colin Moses 38:36
•   53 (53) Rowan Akers 41:45
•   67 David Spencer 42:51
•   99 Ian Page 45:45
• 109 Pete Jackson 46:25
• 116 (127) Time Done 46:43
• 121 (112) Judy Howells 47:10
• 133 (131) Barry Scholes 48:08
• 179 Sue Narey 55:00
• 205 Caren Crabtree 66:31

A bit of catching up from last week. Five Wharfedalers went to the Lakes for this race. Chris Newman is certainly coming into form and he showed it in this race by coming 7th against some strong opposition. New member Luke Appelyard finished 47th.

We had enough ladies out on the fells to make up a team and they ran as a team too, splitting local clubs Keswick and Borrowdale to finish 2nd. A good performance from our girls.

Jason Hemsley and Tamara Hird had a good weekend away on the Isle of Man where they took part in the Half Marathon. The race was won by Lloyd Taggart in a time of 1.37.24, which is a new course record. Jason came 7th in 1.54.01 and Tamara came 19th and 1st lady in 2.14.36.

James Hall	Charlie Lowrie

The above pictures are courtesy of David Brett. There are many more pictures of the evening on his web site at:

http://www.photos-dsb.co.uk/

There was a large turnout from Wharfedale for the first of this season's Bunny Runs. The in form James Hall followed up his good performance in the Pendle Fell Race on Saturday, by leading the Wharfedalers home and finishing in 6th place. He was just ahead of Jonathan Bradshaw who finished 7th with Paul Crabtree in 15th place. The provisional overall times and positions for all the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     6 James Hall 17:08
•     7 Jonathan Bradshaw 17:14
•   15 Paul Crabtree 17:50
•   23 Ben Johnstone 18:18
•   48 Will Smith 19:31
•   59 Lloyd Davies 19:59
•   70 David Spencer 20:17
•   76 Phil Done 20:35
•   79 Gill Myers 20:41
•   85 Tamara Hird 20:58
•   86 Charlie Lowrie 21:00
• 109 Oliver Spencer 21:33
• 114 Tim Done 21:40
• 141 Scott Baistow 22:28
• 162 Robbie Johnstone 23:08
• 164 Judy Howells 23:11
• 167 David Wilson 23:16
• 199 Herbie Davies 24:30
• 200 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 24:31
• 203 Keiron Ashworth 24:46
• 212 Raj Madhas 25:10
• 216 Sally Bisset 25:17
• 235 Sue Narey 26:05
• 273 Caren Crabtree 28:25
• 275 Gretel Edward 28:35
• 287 Lisa McCann 29:55

Just two Wharfedalers entered this race, both ladies. Sue Narey finished 28th lady and Caren Crabtree 40th lady. Full details are:

• 197 Sue Narey 1:13:48 (28th lady)
• 222 Caren Crabtree 1:23:21 (40th lady)

Kirsty Hall	Judy Howells

Some of the Wharfedale ladies jetted off to Northern Ireland for this British Championship Race. They jetted round the course too, finishing 5th team and returning to England with a smile and a sun tan. Their times were:

• 18 Tamara Hird 2:30:51
• 21 Gill Myers 2:38:03
• 22 Kirsty Hall 2:39:53
• 31 Judy Howells 2:58:38

Raj Madhas took part in this event and here is what he had to say about it:

I did the Calderdale Hike on April 10th. Depending on who you believe, its between 36 and 38 miles, but with a few navigational errors, I possibly added a mile or two, as I was on my own for the most part.

I eventually got round in about 10hrs and 40mins - full results should be available later in the week. It was a blistering hot day and it was really difficult to keep fluid on board, and the route had several tough climbs. As ever, I hit cramps at about 23 miles, but managed to hobble through to the finish with the rest of the walking wounded. As ever with these long events, the organisation was superb and the marshalls were outstanding.

I will try to put a longer account together when I have recovered.

Despite being much colder than last week, there was still a good turnout from Wharfedale for the second race in this series. James Hall had another cracking run to lead all the Wharfedalers home and to improve on last week's time by nearly half a minute. To be fair to all our youngsters, most completed the course more quickly this week. Will Smith put in a good performance, to finish second Wharfedaler ahead of Owen Bielby. Ben Johnstone showed his natural love of fell running when he came to the only bit of serious ascent in this race and he passed a bucket full of runners as he climbed out of the quarry. The finishing times and positions for all Wharfedalers are shown below. Apologies for missing out Caren Crabtree, but there did not seem to be any trace of her on the provisional finishing sheets.

•   15 James Hall 16:40
•   20 Will Smith 17:13
•   21 Owen Bielby 17:15
•   28 Ben Johnstone 17:35
•   36 Paul Crabtree 17:56
•   53 Lloyd Davies 18:35
•   72 Phil Done 19:15
•   73 Josh Newbold
•   79 David Spencer 19:31
• 108 Callum Lambert 20:18
• 111 Tim Done 20:22
• 114 Gill Myers 20:29
• 139 Robbie Johnstone 21:11
• 156 Scott Baistow 21:40
• 172 David Wilson 22:00
• 191 Ellie Lambert 22:40
• 204 Olver Spencer 23:02
• 212 Herbie Davies 23:34
• 213 Ian Newbold 23:34
• 225 Keiran Ashworth 24:00
• 234 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 24:30
• 237 Raj Hargreaves-Madhas 24:43

The organisational details for this event are now crystallising out and the provisional teams are as follows:

Leg 1: Kevin Rogan, Kate Rogan, Raj Madhas, Paul Harlowe

Leg 2: Lucus Payne, Russell Ashdown, (Christian Holmes???-Currently injured)

Leg 3: Chris Newman, Nick Charlesworth

Leg 4: Kirsty Hall, Jonathon Gibson, Andy Hirst

Leg 5: Judy Howells, Mike Fanning, Cathy Bradley (Tamara Hird???)

If anyone else wants to join in, they will be most welcome to do so and they should email Chris Newman. Also, he would appreciate it if anyone could help with a vehicle to pick up and drop off some people. Everyone will chip in for fuel. If you are prepared to help, please contact Chris.

For those who haven't found this website yet, take a look. It has an impressive amount of info regarding the Bob Graham round. It is at http://bobwightman.co.uk/run/bob_graham.php

Is there something magic about donning a Wharfedale vest or is it just that "a change", to use the in word of the moment, shakes out a bit of complacency and adds something to performance? Is it just a figment of imagination or have some of the new Wharfedalers actually improved their performances since joining the club? Val Done, until her recent injury, seemed to be having a new lease of life and since joining Wharfedale, Paul Crabtree has been going great guns. In the juniors, young James Hall has been putting in some sterling performances and since joining Wharfedale, Gill Myers too has been performing out of her skin. In Northern Ireland, she was first female V50 by a mile and last Tuesday, she set a new FV50 record in the above event.

So, is it the new vest or is it just the change? Whatever it it, well done to all the new members, they have certainly added a new dimension to the club.

Chris Newman and Kate & Kevin Rogan entered this race, but there is no news yet as to how they fared. Caren Crabtree and Lisa McEvitt did it along with Cathy Bridger from Todmorden. For them, it was quite an eventful race. Lisa suffered from vertigo on the way up. Having passed checkpoint two, Cathy did her ankle in and had to helped off by the mountain rescue. When Caren & Lisa got running again, there was no one to follow and they took a small wrong turn. They were both glad to finish. In spite of all this, Caren is up for doing it again.

Another mass turn out from Wharfedale for this unique set of races which pits together young and old. Unfortunately, time last night did not allow for a proper analysis of the results, but it appears that once more, Gill Myers is continuing with her new lease of life and would seem to have broken the FV50 record again. Will Smith improved vastly on his performance of the previous week and may be in contention for the first U14. He was certainly not far behind first Wharfedaler, Jonathan Bradshaw. Ben Johnstone once more showed his fell running skills as he made up numerous places on his descent and ascent of the quarry. Special mention should be made of Ciaren Crabtree. He is only seven and he went down and up the quarry like an old hand. He is certainly a top runner in the making. It was nice to see Val Done out racing again following her lay off after her injury in January. She took things reasonably steady, but suffered no ill effects and perhaps this race is her first step back towards competitive racing.

The finishing times and places for all Wharfedalers are below. Apologies to any that have been missed off, but there was little time last night to collect the results.

•     7 Jonathan Bradshaw 16:21
•     9 Will Smith 16:28 (U14 Record)
•   17 Owen Bielby 16:57
•   18 Bruce Elsworth 17:03
•   19 James Hall 17:10
•   34 Ben Johnstone 18:05
•   54 Phil Done 19:00
•   57 David Spencer 19:12
•   66 Josh Newbold 19:27
•   81 Lloyd Davies 20:01
•   93 Gill Myers 20:16 (FV50 Record)
• 103 Charlie Lowrie 20:35
• 112 Tim Done 20:54
• 138 Elli Lambert 21:39
• 139 Oliver Spencer 21:42
• 140 David Wilson 21:43
• 158 Robbie Johnstone 22:16
• 167 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 22:43
• 182 Ian Newbold 23:24
• 184 Raj Madhas 23:26
• 198 Ciaren Crabtree 23:57
• 204 Roger Hall 24:29
• 207 Sally Bisset 24:36
• 241 Val Done 26:11
• 259 Hannah Newbold 27:26
• 260 Zoe Baistow 27:40
• 261 Caren Crabtree 27:42
• 262 Lisa McEvitt 27:43

The great procession of runners over these Yorkshire land marks is now over with Morgan Donnelly of Borrowdale taking the honours ahead of John Brown of Salford. First lady home was Anna Lupton of Radcliffe, who finished in 22nd place overall.

First Wharfedaler home was Chris Newman in 45th place, closely followed by Kirt Livesey in 48th place. The third place Wharfedaler was Pete Keron, who actually represented Wharfedale last weekend in the British Open Wild Water Kayak Race, where he came third. That man is just a phenomenal all round athlete.

Tamara Hird had a great race to finish in 112th place overall and 7th lady, which together with good performances from the rest of our girls, made them second ladies team.

The positions and times of all the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   45 Chris Newman 3:44:12
•   48 Kirt Livesey 3:44:53
•   68 Pete Keron 3:48:28
•   91 Sam Watson 3:54:41
•   96 Rob Shaw 3:55:52
• 101 Nicholas Charlesworth 3:57:01
• 109 Paul Carman 3:57:52
• 117 Tamara Hird 3:59:41
• 151 Paul Crabtree 4:08:27
• 158 Chris Thornton 4:11:27
• 237 Judy Howells 4:22:37
• 246 Nick Treitl 4:24:02
• 253 Steven Plummer 4:25:23
• 271 Ian Page 4:27:23
• 299 Louisa Pickles 4:31:20
• 326 Simon Franklin 4:23:50
• 376 Jonathan Gibson 4:42:58
• 377 Kate Rogan 4:43:06
• 433 Pete Jackson 4:51:59
• 488 Carl Bradshaw 5:02:40
• DNF Lucas Payne
• DNF Bruce Elsworth
• DNF James Harrison
• DNF Mark McGoldrick

Colin Moses
In complete contrast to the Three Peaks Race, only 75 entries were allowed for this race, which was run in conjunction with the Anniversary Waltz. In the event, only 57 took part, so there was no mad rush at the start, but it was straight into the race. Of the fifty seven, two Wharfedalers took part, Andy Hirst and Colin Moses. Their finishing positions and times were:

• 11 Colin Moses 3:18:33
• 36 Andy Hirst 3:58:55

Andy Hirst has written a report of the day and is available from the link below.

Andy's Report

Whilst there seems to have a been an urge to follow the hoards to the Three Peaks Race, a few discerning Wharfedalers went up to the Lakes for this classic.

There were lots of Wharfedale youngsters out in the junior races - sadly too many to mention individually. However, the main points were that Josh Newbold continued his good form that he enjoyed in the Kendal Winter League, by winning the U10s race. Robbie Johnstone has always been an ever present in junior races for many years and it was good to see him finish in second place.

In the U14s race, Robbie's brother Ben finished in 2nd place.

The senior race was an outing for the Wharfedale mums and dads, with Tim Done leading the parental group home. Their finishing times and places were:

• 131 Juliet Horrocks 2:23:39
• 140 Tim Done 2:24:59
• 226 Sue Narey 2:47:41
• 244 Raj Madhas 2:54:52
• 254 Ian Newbold 3:02:37

A full report of the day has been written by Tim Done and is available from the link below

Tim's Report

Will Smith pursuing Jonathan Bradshaw
Another pleasant evening on Haworth Moor and a another bumper crowd of Wharfedalers for the next in this series of races. Jonathan Bradshaw was first home, but he was pushed hard by Will Smith. Will beat his time of last week and one assumes that he has once more set a new record. James Hall had a much better run this week and was looking more like his old self again. Further down the field, Val Done, for her second race back, was pleased to improve on her time of last week and Lisa McEvitt was pleased to do the same. Caren Crabtree ran as a Dalek which seemed to slow her down a little.

The finishing times and places for all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     5 Jonathan Bradshaw 16:13
•     6 Will Smith 16:18 (U14 Record?)
•     9 James Hall 16:40
•   17 Owen Bielby 16:40
•   21 Sam Watson 17:33
•   23 Paul Crabtree 17:37
•   43 Ben Johnstone 18:33
•   63 Graham Bird 19:16
•   68 David Spencer 19:21
•   75 Emma Spencer 19:32
•   87 Callum Lambert 20:05
•   94 Phil Done 20:19
•   97 Gill Myers 20:23
• 135 David Wilson 21:33
• 136 Robbie Johnstone 21:37
• 141 Ellie Lambert 21:59
• 156 Oliver Spencer 22:29
• 157 Matthew Horn 22:30
• 158 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 22:32
• 167 Ian Newbold 22:46
• 201 Raj Madhas 24:11
• 204 Sally Bisset 24:29
• 216 Val Done 25;16
• 227 Dylan Charles 26:02
• 228 Stuart Johnstone 26:03
• 242 Lisa McEvitt 27:11
• 245 Hannah Newbold 27:25
• ??? Caren Crabtree 29:01

Wharfee has made a video of this race. It can be viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fbUxBr2A-o

A report from organiser Neil Taylor of the night:

Last Friday night saw a tremendous 35 Harriers and friends descend upon Matrix Super-bowl in Skipton. Taking 6 of the 8 available lanes, we certainly made an impression ... and not only for Barry’s quite unique bowling style!

Top bowler on the night, and thus bragging rights for the year, went to Paul Wilson. Starting well, the lad just got better as the night went on and not only achieved highest score of the night (155), but also highest aggregate total (284).

Ladies champion by a mile, and overall championship runner-up, was Pat who by scoring 152 showed Graham that she could teach him a thing or two about bowling. Caren’s second-game turkey and score of 112 edged her ahead of 3rd lady Jean (99) to take ladies runner-up.

Runner-up in the men’s competition was a very close run thing with Ian (145) just edging ahead of Neil (144). Birthday boy Sam was clearly holding lots in reserve for the 3-peaks the next day

In the Junior men’s competition Jack (108) needed a last 3 frame flurry of a strike and 2 spares to hold off a strong challenge from David (88 ... must be his Dad’s coaching!) with Luke settling in to a sound 3rd place (83).

Junior ladies title for the year went to Maria (88…and that was definitely not due to her Dad’s coaching!) with Katie (84) close behind and just holding off Zoe and Hannah who tied for 3rd place with 83.

A big thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a good night. Plenty of time now for training and practice ahead of next year's championships!

The results are now out for his race and Wharfedale were first men's team. Men's team is probably a misnomer. They beat the men from all the other teams, but the eldest of our "men" was only 17, and our youngest "men" were under 14s. Talk about men against boys. The winning team were Jonathan Bradshaw, Will Smith and James Hall.

On the night, it looked like Will Smith had set a new U14 record, but it turns out that he also broke the U16 record. So, he now holds both records, bringing the total number of records held by club members to three, Gill Myers holding the FV50 record.

Last year, the bikes dominated, taking five of the top ten places. This year, although Steff Macina again won the race on a bike, the other bikers were more spread out. Second home and first runner was Gavin Chatterton and he was closely followed by U14 junior Will Smith, maintaining the record breaking form he displayed mid week in the Bunny Runs.

First lady to finish was another record breaker from the Bunny Runs, Gill Myers, who showed a clean pair of heels to, in some cases, much younger counterparts.

Wharfedale were both first men's and first ladies teams.