Race results

Mytholmroyd fell race

Prize list | Race report

Sunday 13 May 2007

Position	Club	Runner	Time	Category
1	Adam Osborne	Leeds City	45:17	M
2	Ben Mounsey	Calder Valley	45.36	M
3	Shaun Godsman	Todmorden Harriers	45.37	M
4	James Logue	Horwich Rmi	45.58	M
5	Jonathan Hare	Halifax Harriers	46.03	M
6	Alex Whittem	Todmorden Harriers	46.25	M
7	Chris Loftus	Keighley & Craven	46.28	M
8	Andrew Wrench	Todmorden Harriers	47.09	V40
9	Tristen Windley	Halifax Harriers	47.27	M
10	Martin Peace	Bingley Harriers	47.49	M
11	Gary Oldfield	Calder Valley	48.51	V40
12	Jason Stevens	Calder Valley	50.19	M
13	Dave Walker	Clayton Le Moors	50.27	M
14	Andrew Grenfell	Rossendale	51.05	M
15	Andrew Carruthers	Crawley	52.19	V45
16	Stephen Booth	U/A	52.26	V40
17	Neil Hardman	Clayton Le Moors	53.11	M
18	James Franklin	Abbey Runners	53.41	M
19	Dave Collins	Todmorden Harriers	53.46	V50
20	Adrian Muir	Calder Valley	53.55	V40
21	Jordan Burks	U/A	54.10	V40
22	Richard Greenwood	Calder Valley	54.45	V40
23	Dave Beels	Calder Valley	55.04	V55
24	Gerard Mills	Bradford & Airdale	55.07	M
25	Dick Ballentine	Keighley & Craven	55.13	V40
26	Sue Becconsall	Bingley Harriers	55.23	Lv45
27	Mark Clarkson	Keighley & Craven	55.29	M
28	Charlie Marshall	Keighley & Craven	55.44	V50
29	David Emerson	U/A	55.48	V50
30	Paul Rawlinson	Stainland Lions	55.52	M
31	Graham Hill	Calder Valley	55.52	V40
32	Naomi Sharrat	Stainland Lions	56.17	Lv35
33	Colin Hughes	Stainland Lions	57.03	V50
34	Andy Cutts	Valley Striders	57.21	V45
35	Gayle Benson	Stainland Lions	57.23	L
36	Peter Jackson	Warfdale	58.03	V50
37	Martin Huddlestone	Stadium Runners	58.23	M
38	Nigel Hill	G.M.P.A.A	58.36	V45
39	Vincent Procter	U/A	58.54	M
40	Darren Horner	Rossendale	58.58	M
41	Paul Hunter	Valley Striders	59.48	V45
42	Martin Gebbett	Fellandale	60.21	V45
43	Geoff Matthews	Stainland Lions	60.52	V45
44	Keith Parkinson	Todmorden Harriers	61.15	V50
45	Mags Jordan	Stainland Lions	61.31	L
46	Phil Routh	Idle Ac	61.46	V45
47	Graham Barnes	U/A	62.03	V50
48	Stephen Hare	Halifax Harriers	62.06	V45
49	Philip Robinson	Nidd Valley	62.13	V40
50	Dick Spendlove	Calder Valley	62.16	V60
51	Allan Greenwood	Calder Valley	62.18	V45
52	Bernard Hall	Bowland	62.22	V50
53	Phil Robinson	Otley	62.24	V60
54	Brian Horsley	Calder Valley	62.49	V40
55	Tom Feather	Keswick	63.13	M
56	Ian Mcleod	Nidd Valley	63.16	V50
57	Lee Naylor	U/A	63.49	M
58	Harry Atkinson	Bingley Harriers	63.54	V50
59	Heath Reilly	Halifax Harriers	64.05	V40
60	Tony Peacock	Clayton Le Moors	64.09	V60
61	David Clancy	Woodkirk	64.15	M
62	Keith Harrold	U/A	64.16	V40
63	Tim Davies	Lincolnshire & District	64.19	V50
64	Robert Gray	Calder Valley	64.31	V40
65	Lawrence Sullivan	Clayton Le Moors	64.45	V70
66	Daniel Wardlaworth	Keighley & Craven	65.04	M
67	Tracy Dean	Stainland Lions	65.06	Lv40
68	Graham Dyson	Stainland Lions	65.21	M
69	Jim Towers	Nidd Valley	65.46	V55
70	George Large	Northern Vets	66.04	V60
71	Tim Brooks	U/A	66.04	M
72	Jenny Hoult	Calder Valley	66.05	Lv35
73	Graham Lloyd	Calder Valley	66.09	V45
74	Trevor Murgatroyd	Stainland Lions	97.09	V45
75	Neil Croasdell	Calder Valley	67.22	V55
76	Peter Murray	York Acorn	67.50	M
77	Lorraine Naylor	Stainland Lions	67.58	L
78	Simon Bowers	Baildon Runners	67.59	V40
79	Vinny Brodrick	Clayton Le Moors	68.55	V45
80	Gayle Tombs	Calder Valley	68.59	Lv50
81	Mark Perry	Hermitage Harriers	69.04	V45
82	Linda Hayles	Calder Valley	69.30	Lv50
83	Melannie Nichols	Todmorden Harriers	70.42	L
84	Eric Morley	Knaresbourgh	71.14	V50
85	Nick Burton	Nidd Valley	71.15	V50
86	Richard O'sullivan	Todmorden Harriers	71.45	V45
87	Mick Banks	Calder Valley	71.54	V50
88	Jan Atkins	Chorley	71.59	Lv60
89	Sue Morley	Nidd Valley	73.11	Lv50
90	Mark David	Nidd Valley	74.59	V40
91	George Arnold	Preston Harriers	75.49	V70
92	Steve Heslop	Scunthorpe	76.07	V45
93	Louise Abdy	Todmorden Harriers	77.32	Lv45
94	Aileen Baldwin	Stainland Lions	79.45	Lv55
95	Cathy Mellor	Stainland Lions	83.58	L
96	Michael Hennigan	Todmorden Harriers	86.07	V60
97	Suzanne Perry	Hermitage Harriers	86.29	L
98	Lyn Eden	Nidd Valley	92.45	Lv60
99	Jim Smith	Todmorden Harriers	101.57	V60

Race report

An excellent turn-out of one hundred runners on a superb day for fell running. Thanks to all our helpers and marshals on the course, especially those who marked out the route and those who swept round and gathered them all in afterwards. A special thankyou to my daughter Amy and her boyfriend Dave who typed up the results on Sunday evening. These are all time consuming and often thankless tasks. Thanks also to Mytholmroyd Community Centre who opened up the lounge for registration, and bar afterwards for our prize presentation, and to SMK sports who provided prize vouchers for the winners.

Leeds City's Adam Osborne took the race on and won in a creditable time of 45 minutes and 17 seconds, though pressed in the latter stages by local men Shaun Godsman of Todmorden Harriers and Calder Valley's Ben Mounsey. According to one spectator, Ben's final lightning descent saw him move from third to second, though the finish line came just too soon and Adam held a 19 second margin of victory. Godsman, another man on top form finished third just one second behind Ben, Todmorden resident James Logue (Horwich) beating young Jonathan Hare of host club Halifax Harriers by five seconds for fourth. With Alex Whittem sixth and Andrew Wrench taking the veteran's prize in eighth, Tod Harriers won the team prize easily.

Mytholmroyd local Sue Becconsall, the former World masters silver medallist scored again, and her first words on finishing were:

"Well, if I've won, albeit a little slower than before, at least my record time will stay intact".

Calderdale club Stainland Lions had chosen our race as a club championship event and provided almost a third of the entire race field, and their top female runners were among the prize winners. Naomi Sharratt took second place, getting her own back on clubmate Gayle Benson who had beaten her at the Coiners race, also from Mytholmroyd, the previous Monday. Gayle, who recently won a local trail race, breaking the record time set by former World fell running champion Carol Greenwood, placed third on this occasion. With Mags Jordan in fourth place among the women, Stainland won the team prize. Tracey Dean, also of Stainland Lions, won the over 40's section, while Calder Valley's Gail Tombs took the over 50's award ahead of clubmate, Linda Hayles and Chorley's Jan Atkins took the over 60's.

Linda Crabtree, race organiser on behalf of Halifax Harriers Athletics Club.