We had a good turnout and a lovely evening for the Otley Chevin Race. There were 11 Wharfedalers amongst the 84 runners in the race which was won by Graham Pearce of Pudsey and Bramley in 17:32. Once again, our ladies were the winning team. Times and positions for the club were as follows, photos will be uploaded soon.

• 13 - Christian Holmes - 20:25
• 16 - Rohan Akers - 20:34
• 27 - Luke Appleyard - 21:50
• 31 - Simon Franklin - 22:49
• 32 - Gill Myers - 22:53 (2nd Lady)
• 33 - Tamara Hird - 22:55 (3rd Lady)
• 39 - Judy Howells - 23:41 (5th Lady)
• 46 - Matthew Hird - 24:12
• 50 - John Thompson - 24:58
• 63 - Michael Griffin - 26:19 (Old member making a comeback!)
• 77 - James Webb - 30:08

A great evening was had at the excellent Killington Sports. Dating back to 1848, this village sports which takes place in a field somewhere up North, provides great entertainment (measured in yards) and some of the best burgers you will find anywhere. Races go on until it is too dark to see and everyone comes away with a great feeling of satisfaction. Wharfedale had a good turnout as usual and featured well in both the Mountain bike and fell races. Andy Holden; aka Wharfee, set off steadily and built up speed to come back first in the mountain bike race, scaring a few runners on his way. He was followed home by Thod Gibson in 2nd.

In the fell race, we had a good share of the prizes, with some outstanding performances on the night. Wharfedale results are as follows:

Seniors
•   3 Ted Mason Man 11:24 (3rd Man)
• 19 Tim Done MV40 14:27
• 24 Cathy Bradley Lady 15:10 (2nd Lady)
• 26 Barry Scholes MV50 15:21
• 30 Ian Newbold MV40 16:04
• 62 Caroline Lambert Lady 16:04 (4th Lady)
• 36 Lynn Whittaker LV40 16:25
• 37 Val Done LV40 17:15
• 38 Thomas Wilson Man 17:27
• 41 Roger Hall MV60 17:49
• 42 Sue Narey LV40 17:53
• 47 Trevor Metcalfe MV50 18:53
• 48 Mick Horn MV40 19:02
• 49 Sharon Hudson Lady 19:19
• 50 Patsy Hall LV50 23:40
• 51 Lynda Hargreaves LV40 24:42

16 and under
•   1 Will Smith Boy 09:04 (1st Boy)
•   4 James Hall Boy 09:46
•   7 David Wilson Boy 11:52
• 11 Nicole Narey Girl 14:21

13 and under
•   1 Ben Johnstone Boy 07:44 (1st Boy)
•   3 Phil Done Boy 08:01 (3rd Boy)
•   6 Callum Lambert Boy 08:35
• 12 Matthew Horn Boy 09:52
• 17 Hannah Newbold Girl 11:04
• 19 Zoe Baistow Girl 11:36

11 and under
•   2 Josh Newbold Boy 05:37 (2nd Boy)
•   3 Robbie Johnstone Boy 05:49 (3rd Boy)
•   8 Ellie Lambert Girl (2nd Girl)
•   9 Robert Lambert
• 17 Katie Horn Girl
• 18 Ellamae Gibson Girl
• 19 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas Boy
• 24 Adam Gibson Boy

Further information about this excellent sports can be found at www.killingtonsports.org.uk/

A couple of Wharfedalers took part in this Lakeland Classic. Cathy Bradley has sent in the following brief report:

Just myself and Andy 'mountain man' Hirst entered this, the 'tamer' of the superlong Lakeland classics. At 20 miles and 6000" it is one not to be taken light heartedly though. A superb route taking in a quieter area of the Lakes, and fantastic views of the Scafell Range (or was that just to take my mind off the beast of a climb up Little Stand!).

After cooling down in the stream, a field of about 200 runners set off in blistering heat (apparently similar conditions to last year). The first half to Three Shires Stones seemed to go really fast and feeling good, I picked up my hidden supplies and set off up to Swirl How Summit. From here to the end (about 8 miles I think) is a total blur and was just a case of keeping going at what seemed a snail pace! The heat definately took its toll as I dropped back by about 4 minutes off my scheduled time.

This is a great race and what which I will do again - maybe in cooler conditions...

After falling off his ladder last week, Kieron opted for the half Duddon - 9 miles and 3000' - finishing in 32nd and in 2hr 29.

Results

•   64 Andy Hirst 4.07
• 115 Cathy Bradley 4.31 (10th lady)

Rob Shaw	Tamara Hird

Twenty Wharfedalers took part in this race which was won by Craig Roberts, a V40 from Kendal AC, in a time of 47:46. First lady was Tamara Hird in a time of 1:04:08, with Kate Rogan third lady.

The times and positions for all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     7 Sam Watson 52.50
•     9 Ted Mason 53.40
•   16 Ian Wellock 55.37
•   18 Jason Hemsley 56.01
•   28 Rob Shaw 58.06
•   29 Mark McGoldrick 59.45
•   30 Steve Plummer 59.54
•   32 Nick Treitl 1.00.42
•   37 Ian Page 1.02.43
•   39 Andy Holden 1.02.58
•   44 Tamara Hird 1.04.08 (First Lady)
•   51 Neil Taylor 1.06.41
•   54 Tim Done 1.06.54
•   81 John Thompson 1.12.07
•   85 Kate Rogan 1.12.47 (Third Lady)
• 102 Lynn Whittaker 1.15.56
• 116 Sue Narey 1.20.17
• 120 James Webb 1.25.00
• 127 Raj Madhas 1.31.01
• 131 Lynda Hargreaves

Chris Newman	Sam Watson

As a fell race, this one has it all. It is a lovely setting, it is a very challenging race and it is always well organised by Eden Runners. Chris Newman took the honours for Wharfedale, finishing in 6th place but only just ahead of Sam Watson who was close behind him.

This year saw Paul Harlowe have a go at this race and he had a good run to finish in 34th place. It was also nice to see two of our juniors take part and they too, both put in good performances.

The finishing positions of all Wharfedalers were as follows:

•     5 Chris Newman 1:07:37
•     6 Sam Watson 1:07:52
•   19 Paul Carman 1:13:47
•   34 Paul Harlowe 1:18:07
•   81 Scott Baistow 1:27:38
•   83 Will Marshall 1:28:08
•   94 James Robinson 1:31:00
• 108 Kate Rogan 1:33:59
  
  The full results will be posted shortly.

Andy Hirst	Cathy Bradley

The full results are for this race have now been published and are in the results section.

Traditionally, there has always been a few Wharfedalers in this race and this year was no exception. They were led home by Paul Carman with juniors Lloyd Davies and Declan Bulmer both having outstanding performances to finish second and third Wharfedalers respectively. The finishing times and positions for all Wharfedalers was as follows:

• 13 Paul Carman 24:57
• 24 Lloyd Davies 26:47
• 32 Declan Bulmer 27:42
• 36 Scott Davies 28:14
• 55 James Robinson 31:24
• 75 Brian Hugill 40:57

For Logan Hargreaves-Madhas, this was his first triathlon. He swam, cycled and ran against boys older than himself. He finished somewhere in the middle of the field, after completing the third fastest run of the day. Not bad for an eight year old.

It does not seem that long since 2009 World Triathlon Champion, Alistair Brownlee, was a promising youngster, putting in some good performances at local events. Perhaps we have another World Champion in the making here.

Not only did young Logan put in a good performance but when he got home, he wrote an account of the day for the web site.

Logan's Report

There were lots of Wharfedalers, both seniors and juniors in this event and they finished as follows:

Seniors
•   2 Ted Mason 12:59
•   5 Jonathan Bradshaw 13:36
•   6 Jack Smith 13:47
• 11 Iain Gibbons 14:25
• 13 Paul Carman 14:42
• 18 Paul Crabtree 15:29
• 23 Adam Drury 15:50
• 28 Andy Holden 16:15
• 31 Paul Lambert 16:26
• 34 Jonathan Gibson 16:31
• 38 Andy Smith 17:13
• 43 Tim Done 17:32
• 48 Barry Scholes 17:50
• 52 Luke Appleyard 18:48
• 63 Val Done 20:25 1st LV40
• 67 Jean Powell 21:00
• 68 Lynn Whittaker 21:07
• 69 Sue Narey 21:08
• 71 Roger Hall 21:33
• 83 Brian Hugill 25:17

Under 17s
•   2 James Hall 10:09
•   5 Declan Bulmer 11:57
•   6 Emma Spencer 12:03 1st Girl
•   9 Scott Baistow 12:26
• 13 Nicole Narey 14:04

Under 14s
•   1 Will Smith 06:55
•   2 Ben Johnstone 07:19
•   3 Philip Done 07:30
•   4 Alex Speight 07:42
•   7 Lloyd Davies 08:20
•   8 John Lockwood 08:31
•   9 Callum Lambert 08:40
• 22 Hannah Newbold 11:48
• 23 Zoe Baistow 12:02

Under12s
•   1 Charlie Lowrie 06:50
•   2 Joshua Newbold 06:59
•   4 Robbie Johnstone 07:27
•   5 Ellie Lambert 07:28 1st Girl
•   9 Oliver Spencer 07:44
• 10 Ellamae Gibson 07:50 2nd Girl
• 14 Herbie Davies 8:09
• 18 Alex Ashby 08:26
• 19 George Carman 08:34
• 23 Yulan Brosse 09:35

Under 9s
•   4 Richard Done 04:24 3rd Boy
•   6 Ciaren Crabtree 04:30
•   9 Sam Johnstone 04:41
• 17 Joseph Carman 05:27

Christian Holmes recently suffered from an injury, but he is now back with a vengeance. He finished this race in 7th place and a comfortable two minutes ahead of friend and team mate Paul Crabtree home came home in 12th position. Further down the field Kireron Ashworth managed to stay on his feet to finish in 64th place. The full details are:

•   7 Christian Holmes 47:51
• 12 Paul Crabtree 49:51
• 64 Kieron Ashworth 1:13:58

The early news from this race is that the Men's team came 4th behind Pudsey and Bramley, Bingley Harriers and Keighley and the Ladies team came 5th. Tamara Hird has written a report of the ladies day out and is available from the link below.

Tamara's Report

This is not a race which has previously featured on the Wharfedale Web Site, but this year two Wharfedalers took part. Nick Treitl finished in 10th place and Kieron Ashworth, in his second race in two days, came home in 68th place. Full details are:

• 10 Nick Trietl 31:49
• 68 Kieran Ashworth 40:08

As this is one of the classic Lakeland races, you could be fairly certain that Andy Hirst would be there. He was joined by Simon Franklin and as it was a championship race, by six of our ladies.

There are two contrasting reports of the day. One from Tamara Hird and one from Simon Franklin, which he describes as "a view from the back". They are accessible from the links below

Tamara's Report
Simon's Report

The finishing times and positions of the Wharfedalers were:

• 120 Tamara Hird - 5.07.47 - 9th lady
• 162 Andrew Hirst - 5.24.38
• 188 Judy Howells - 5.34.39 - 23rd lady
• 229 Gill Myers - 5.49.05 - 36th lady
• 231 Cathy Bradley - 5.50.18 - 37th lady
• 233 Kirsty Hall - 5.50.43 - 38th lady
• 272 Simon Frankin 6.59.02

Wat Dog - Top Dog
Some good runners entered this race and competition within the top five was tough. Daniel Chan had come all the way over from Liverpool for the race and he must have fancied his chances of winning it. He certainly looked very strong on the way out. Top female runner, Victoria Wilkinson of Bingley Harriers also turned up and the conjecture amongst the spectators hinged on whether she too might win the race outright. Then of course, there was Andy Brown of Clayton, also a formidable opponent. Against this background, Sam Watson set off. He managed to keep in touch with the front runners and on the return, he was lying second behind Daniel Chan as they were ascending the road. At this point, he decided to make his move and he passed Daniel, taking a 20 metre lead. He maintained this lead across the moor right up to the gate where the road leads down to the finish. At this point,the winning post beckoned and he forced his tired body onwards, only to hear Daniel Chan, hot on his heels and closing the gap. With gritty determination, Sam held on, taking his first senior race win, something he has been threatening to do for some time.

Shortly after these two came home, another two figures appeared on the lane. The leading one was Victoria Wilkinson and she finished just ahead of Andy Brown of Clayton. Victoria is a superb athlete and, as she showed in this race, she is more than capable of mixing it with her male opponents and on another day, she might have won this race outright. Shortly after these two finished, first V40 Nick Charlesworth came home.

Just outside the top ten, Wharfedale junior Ben Johnstone had an outstanding run to finish in 12th place. There were too many Wharfedalers in this race to mention individually, but the full results are available from the link below.

Weets Race Results

Graham Pearce	Helen Berry
Jean Powell	Norman Bush

More pictures of the day can be found at:

Buckden Pike Race Pictures

A cloudy but otherwise fine day saw 138 runners gather to do battle on "The Pike". Graham Pearce set off as if he was determined to win the race and this proved to be the case. When most farmers were just getting up, local farmer and Wharfedale member Ted Mason retired to bed after attending the rugby club dinner. However, this did not stop him putting in a good performance to finish in second place, ahead of Tom Brunt of Holmfirth.

In the ladies race, last year's winner Lisa Lacon did not seem to be at her best and she was beaten to the finish line by team mate Helen Berry.

It was good to see a few juniors take on this race and they were led home by Tom Sessford of Keighley & Craven, followed by Scott Baistow who had a good run and obviously enjoyed this race. The local mountain rescue team had once more to be called upon, this year to help Will Marshall back to the start, as during the race, he aggravated an injury to his foot, which was incurred on the previous Thursday at school. A subsequent x-ray revealed a slight crack in one of the bones in his heel, as well as some muscle and tissue damage, but nothing that time and a short lay off from running will not mend.

The race was completed by two vet 70s, with Norman Bush of Ilkley finishing in the top half of the field, in a remarkable 58th position.

Amongst the Wharfedalers, Jean Powell put in a good performance to finish 2nd FV40.

The first male team was Wharfedale Harriers and first ladies team was Holmfirth.

The results are at:

Buckden Pike Race Results

Race Winner - Graham Pearce

Under 14 Winning Team
The Wharfedale Juniors did well in these junior championship races, with James Hall and Josh Newbold taking first places and our Under 10s and Under 14s taking the team prize.

A few more pictures are in the gallery

The results were as follows:

Under 8
• 2 Sam Johnstone 4:45
• 3 Richard Done 4:47

Under 10
• 1 Josh Newbold 7:13
• 3 Robbie Johnstone 7:27
• 7 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas 8:02

Under 12
• 11 Ellie Lambert 16:44 (third girl)
• 20 Oliver Spencer 19:18

Under 14
• 1 James Hall 21:00
• 2 Will Smith 21:24
• 4 Ben Johnstone 23:22
• 5 Phil Done 23:32

Under 16
• Declan Bulmer 33:19

Roger Hall has written a report of the day, available from the link below.

Roger's Report

Gareth Hird	Declan Bulmer

For the second consecutive year, Gareth Hird won this race ahead of Colin Walker of Pudsey & Bramley and Sam Watson of Wharfedale. Wharfedale junior Declan Bulmer had an outstanding run to finish 19th overall. He finished neck and neck with fellow junior team mate, Ben Johnstone.

In the ladies race, first place went to Judy Howells of Wharfedale, followed by Sharon Smith of Bingley and Cathy Bradley of Wharfedale.

The results are now available at:

Beamsley Results

Gill Myers had another cracking run in this race, leading the Wharfedale ladies team home. Read all about it in Tamara Hird's report below.

Read Tamara's Report

James Hall (chasing race winner Max Wharton)	Ellie Lambert

A number of our juniors took part in these races. Their finishing positions were as follows:

U10 Boys
• 1 Josh Newbold (New Record)
• 6 Logan Hargreaves-Madhas
• 7 Robbie Johnstone

U12 Boys
• 5 Charlie Lowrie
• 8 Lloyd Davies

U12 Girls
• 3 Ellie Lambert (Bronze)

U14 Boys
•   3 James Hall (Bronze)
•   4 Will Smith
•   5 Ben Johnstone
• 10 Phil Done
• 15 Callum Lambert

U16 Boys
• 10 Declan Bulmer

U16 Girls
• 8 Nicole Narey

U18 Boys
•   4 Jonathan Bradshaw
• 12 Scott Baistow

This year, a junior race has been added and it was won by Emile Cairess of Bingley Harriers. He was described on their web site as having blasted round the course. Well the same description must also apply to John Lockwood of Wharfedale, who pushed him all the way and finished a close second and way ahead of the rest of the field.

Wharfedale had another second place on the day with Gareth Hird having a fine run to finish behind race winner Tom Adams of Ilkley. The finishing positions and times for all the Wharfedalers were as follows:

•   2 Gareth Hird 18:29
• 23 Graham Bird MV40 21:29
• 42 Michael Griffin 24:46
• 56 David Wilson U16 26:52
• 57 Paul Wilson 27:01
• 62 Angela Gray 27:47

Emma Spencer
Last weekend, Wharfedale junior, Emma Spencer went off to Italy to represent England in this competition and helped the team to bring home a silver medal.

There are several pictures of Emma and the team in the gallery.

Tamara Hird has written a report of the day, available from the link below. There is also a link to an article on the English Athletics web site.

Read Tamara's Report
English Athletics Report