Jonathan Bradshaw
Jonathan Bradshaw was the winner of the race this year, followed by Will Smith and James Hall. Photographs of these first three are now in the gallery.

The full results will hopefully follow shortly.

Will Smith Winner of Two Races	Jean Powell First Lady (Again)
Jonathan Gill 1st Under 9, 6th Under 12	Ellamae Gibson Overall Race Winner

This is a new race and it is a bonny course leading from the showfield up through fields and woods, to the monument on the moor top. Wharfedale Harriers had a clean sweep of each class, except for the U17s where no Wharfedalers entered.

The day started well when young Jonathan Gill romped round the course to easily win this race.

Ellamae Gibson suffered yesterday at Kirkby, where a problem with her shoulder seriously impeded her performance. However, in this race, she came back with a vengeance. Not only was she first girl, but she won the race outright and beat everyone with a gritty performance that was full of determination.It seems that Jonathan Gill did not find the U9s race taxing enough, as he also entered this race and finished 6th.

Next came the U14s and Will Smith and Alex Speight took the first two places.

When Will Smith is on form, it is difficult to find the superlatives to describe him. Having won the U14s race, he decided to have a go in the senior race and he won that also! Quite an incredible performance. That takes his tally to three race victories this weekend. Team mate Alex Speight also decided to give it a go and although he was in 12th position at the summit, he suffered on the descent and finished in 31st place Our other male representative, George Carman finished 5th.

Another Wharfedaler finding her form at the moment is Jean Powell. Having finished first lady yesterday at Kirkby, she turned out again at this race and finished first lady once more this weekend.

Some provisional results will be posted shortly and maybe a few pictures will be added to the gallery.

Jack Smith had a cracking run in this race to finish second behind Brendon Taylor, but ahead of Ted Mason in third place. Also up amongst the leaders, Jonny Bradshaw finished 5th and Paul Crabtree seems to be getting his old form back by finishing in 6th place.

Jean Powell followed up her good run at Buckden Pike by finishing first lady. Lynn Whittaker also enjoyed a good run on the day to finish 2nd lady.

There were lots of good performances from the Wharfedale juniors as follows:

U17
•   1 James Hall 18:36
•   4 Declan Bulmer 20:46
•   6 Emma Spencer 21:11 2nd Girl
•   9 David Wilson 25:23
• 10 Nicole Narey 29:23

U14
•   1 Will Smith 14:09
•   2 Ben Johnstone 15:26
•   3 Phil Done 15:29
•   5 Callum Lambert 16:37
•   7 Lloyd Davies 17:16
• 10 Hannah Newbold 5th Girl

U12
•   2 Charlie Lowrie 9:06
•   3 Josh Newbold 9:27
• 10 Ellie Lambert 10:08 2nd Girl
• 14 Oliver Spencer 10:56
• 17 Ellamae Gibson 12:10 5th Girl

U9
•   2 Adam Gibson 2:51
•   3 Jonny Gill 2:52
•   4 Sam Johnstone 3:04
•   5 Ciaren Crabtree 3:09
•   8 Richard Done 3:16

Richard Wadsworth has hardly been out on the fells for many years and James Feddo was only introduced to fell running during last Winter's Owl Events. However, they both fancied the challenge of this event. Day one saw them finish in 4th place, with their times improving as the day progressed. Day two saw a similar performance, this time with their times matching the leaders, towards the end. They didn't quite do enough to secure 2nd place, but they were delighted with their 3rd place finish. Expect to see these two out on the fells again soon, probably in some of the Lakeland races.

In a different class, Saunders stalwarts, Sam Wadsworth & Kirsty Hall pulled out on the second day and did not finish. Kirsty had not been feeling her best last week and it was just too much for her on the second day. No doubt they will be back again next year.

A report from Tamara Hird.

Wharfedale Harriers had a few teams in the Danefield Relay - which is a 3 leg relay covering 3 miles per leg. The first men's team of Gareth Hird (18.22), Christian Holmes (20.25) and Sam Watson (19.31) finished in 4th place in 57.58 behind Leeds City A and B teams and Pudsey and Bramley Vets.

The Wharfedale Harriers Vets team finished 10th overall and second Vets team in 61.04 and consisted of Paul Crabtree (20.54), Jason Hemsley (20.34) and Nick Charlesworth (19.36).

The Wharfedale Ladies team of Louisa Pickles (23.49), Kirsty Hall (24.52) and Tamara Hird finished 25th and 3rd ladies team just 32 seconds behind Otley AC Ladies - the winners were Bingley Harriers. The second Wharfedale Ladies team also had a good run and finished in 44th place and consisted of Gretel Edwards (30.32), Sarah Martin (27.29) and Sally Bisset (28.03).

Other Wharfedalers Gill Myers, Rohan Akers and Lisa McKevitt - also had good runs in different teams!

Pictures from the following races, some going back a little while, have now been added to the gallery.

Kirkby Gala
Helm Hill
Ilkley Trail
Otley Chevin
Coniston Gullies
Sedbergh

Wharfedale Juniors and their Trophies
Charlotte Carman has kindly sent in a few pictures which she took at this event. The above and others are now in the gallery.

There was a good turnout of Wharfedalers for this mid week race with both Ben Johnstone and Emma Spencer putting in good performances. The finishing times and positiions for all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     8 Nick Charlesworth 20.46
•   13 Christian Holmes 21.14
•   15 Paul Crabtree 21.22 - 3rd Vet40
•   21 Ben Johnstone 21.53 - First U16 boy
•   27 Colin Moses 22.14
•   45 Dave Spencer 23.22
•   50 Emma Spencer 23.33 - First U18 girl and 3rd lady
•   63 Gill Myers 24.25 1st Lady Vet 50 and 4th lady
•   68 Tamara Hird 24.43 - 5th lady
•   76 Ian Page 25.15
• 138 Sarah Martin 29.31
• 139 Kieron Ashworth 29.49.

The ladies also finished 2nd ladies team behind Todmorden.

A few of our juniors turned out for this night race and all of them did well, as follows:

U14
• 1 Lloyd Davies 16.44
• 2 Callum Lambert 17.23
• 3 Harry Muir 17.45

U12
• 1 Ellie Lambert 10.40
• 3 Herbie Davies 11.18
• 4 George Muir 12.24

U8
• 1 Ciaren Crabtree 2.07
• 2 Jack Muir 2.08

Numerous seniors attended with Gareth Hird continuing with his present good form and winning the race outright. We are trying to find out what happened to Owen. The finishing places of all the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   1 - Gareth Hird - 37.12
•   3 - Nick Charlesworth - 38.25 - 1st MV40
•   7 - Jason Hemsley - 39.21 - 2nd MV40
•   9 - Paul Crabtree - 39.33 - 3rd MV40
• 10 - Christian Holmes - 39.44
• 11 - David Kirkham - 40.18
• 12 - Rohan Akers - 40.31
• 18 - Graham Bird - 42.36
• 25 - Tamara Hird - 45.35 - 2nd Lady
• 27 - Gill Myers - 45.51 - 3rd Lady
• 31 - Scott Davies - 46.18
• 40 - Matthew Hird - 47.20
• 44 - Michael Griffin - 47.49
• 50 - Louisa Pickles - 48.43
• 51 - John Thompson - 48.45
• 70 - Lynn Whittaker - 52.41
• 77 - Katherine Kirkham - 54.33
• 84 - James Webb - 59.11
• 87 - Owen Bielby - 1.00.02

The results are now available from this event.

Murder Mile Results

Gareth Hird	Karen Best

Stirton race winners. Pictures by Andy Holden.

Gareth Hird
Wharfedale Harriers took the first three places in this revived race, with the King of Beamsley, Gareth Hird, once more coming first. The positions of all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   1 Gareth Hird 39:09
•   2 Jason Hemsley 40:54
•   3 Rohan Akers 41:25
•   9 Scott Davies 48:53
• 13 Matthew Hird 49:53
• 19 Michael Griffin 52:53

A few more pictures are in the gallery

There are even more pictures at Paul Sugden's Pix

Lynn Whittaker was our only representative in this race and she finished third lady. She has written a report of the day, available from the link below.

Lynn's Report

Sam Watson	Andy Hirst

Conditions for this race were thick mist, high winds and rain. Imagine being out in that for over 5 hours. Cathy Bradley decided to not to bother starting the race - quite rightly. As for Sam Watson, he has gone from Top Dog to Ironman. He completed the course in just under five hours and finished around 15th place. Andy Hirst, of course, took all this in his stride, finishing in around six hours. Another Wharfedaler, Simon Franklin also had a go, but dropped out, as he would have been timed out at Great Gable anyway. Read his account of the day from the link below.

Simon's Report

Ben Johstone, Will Smith & Phil Done
Sharing the Podium with Eilidh McCorquodale (First Girl)
Many of the Wharfedale juniors travelled up to Scotland for this event and once more gave a display of their prowess on the fells. Their finishing positions were as follows:

U17
• 1 James Hall 11:34
• 4 Scott Baistow 13:49
• 5 Emma Spencer 15:30 - 1st Girl
• 6 Nicole Narey 17:10 - 2nd Girl

U14
• 1 Will Smith 08:51
• 2 Ben Johnstone 09:29
• 3 Philip Done 09:56
• 4 Callum Lambert 10:38
• 6 Matthew Horn 11:57
• 8 Hannah Newbold 15:02 - 3rd Girl
• 9 Zoe Baistow 15:50 - 4th Girl

U12
•   1 Charlie Lowrie 09:55
•   2 Joshua Newbold 10:25
•   4 Ellie Lambert 11:05 1st Girl
•   5 Robbie Johnstone 11:36
•   7 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 11:55
•   9 Adam Gibson 12:51
• 10 Sam Johnstone 13:07
• 11 Ellamae Gibson 13:11 - 4th Girl
• 13 Katie Horn 13:25 - 5th Girl
• 14 Ciaren Crabtree 14:11
• 15 Richard Done 14:11
• 16 Tommy Lowrie 17:32

Sam Watson at Widdop
Ten Wharfedalers turned out for this race and were led home in fine style by Sam Watson, who showed no ill effects from the Wasdale race and put in a sprint finish at the end to secure a race win over Tim Black of Calder Valley by one second. Wharfedale were also first team with good supporting performances by Nick Charlesworth & Paul Crabtree.

The finishing places of all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   1 Sam Watson 50:45
•   4 Nick Charlesworth 51:21
•   6 Paul Crabtree 52:12
• 10 Rohan Akers 54:16
• 18 Graham Bird 57:28
• 37 Scott Davies 1:01:35
• 45 John Thompson 1:04:18
• 46 Michael Griffin 1:04:50
• 52 James Robinson 1:06:26
• 69 Sarah Martin 1:13:23
• 84 James Webb 1:23:19

In the junior races, Logan Hargreaves-Madhas came 3rd in the Under 10s and Herbie Davies came 5th in the Under 12s.

Sam Watson at Ingleborough
Sam Watson was out again on the fells today. He was first Wharfedaler and finished about twelfth . Further details follow.

A few pictures taken by David Hird are in the gallery and even more pictures can be found at:

Ingleborough Pictures

Jack Smith
More pictures are in the gallery.

Full results are in the results section.

The Wharfedalers at Oxenhope Fell Race
Nick Charlesworth, Paul Crabtree and Rohan Akers were first three Wharfedalers home respectively and they also picked up the team prize. Sarah Martin was 4th lady but there is no note yet of where Caren Crabtree finished. Full results follow shortly.

Nick Charlesworth	Tamara Hird & Gill Myers

The winner of this 17 mile race was Karl Gray. Our only man in the race to complete the course, Nick Charlesworth, finished in 56th place. Paul Crabtree started, but had to pull out due to not feeling well.

The provisional results for the Wharfedale Ladies are:

• Tamara Hird - 13th lady
• Gill Myers - 16th lady and 1st LV50
• Louisa Pickles - 26th lady
• Judy Howells - 29th lady

This makes our girls the fourth team.

Will Smith	Emma Spencer

The senior and under 17 results are now in and were dominated by the Wharfedale youngsters. Gareth Hird won the race, ahead of Stuart Brown of Keighley & Craven, knocking almost one and a half minutes off his winning time of last year. Third place was Jonathan Bradshaw, who also beat last year's winning time.

In 8th position was Will Smith and first Under 17. He had already won his own age group race which is the U14s. What would he have done if he had just saved himself for the senior race? Another remarkable performance from a talented young man.

And then the first lady came home. Not a senior, but junior international Emma Spencer who finished ahead of senior lady Tamara Hird, herself no slouch in this type of race. Again, a remarkable performance.

Wharfeego was out and about on the course with his SLR and a few of his top quality pictures will shortly be available in the gallery.

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