May 2010 newsletter:Layout 1 - Horsforth Harriers

May 2010
HORSFORTH HARRIERS
NEWS
Gordon Little
awarded Life
Membership at
Harriers Silver
Jubilee Evening!
Amazingly, he’s still OK!
Well....almost....

Horsforth Harriers
Silver Jubilee Celebration
The evening at the Ramada Parkway seems to
have been a huge success - members past and
present had a great time and it’s a shame we
have to wait another 25 years to have another
one.
Still, I’m sure we’ll think of something else in
the interim to celebrate!
On the evening, TV’s Gaynor Barnes, a long
time friend of Horsforth Harriers, did a brilliant
job in presenting and there were guest speaking
spots from Ralph George, Andrew Charles
and Bob Foulkes.
And club Chairman and founder member
Gordon Little was rewarded with Lifetime
Membership of Horsforth Harriers for having
had the idea in the first place and then doing
25 years - and counting - at the coalface!
In view of the somewhat disastrous history of
the awarding of Lifetime Membership, I’m
happy to report that Gordon is still fine,
although I note that he hasn’t run since
receiving the award!
Angus Teanby put together the audio visual
presentation for the night and Bev Elliot
dressed the room and made sure we had a big
turn out, while Ralph George oversaw production
of the event like an expectant father - and
there were some actual expectant fathers
there on the evening!.

Photographs of the evening - some of which
are reproduced here - were shot by both John
and Hilary Wharam and a small army of people
worked their socks off to ensure the evening
was one to remember.
Ralph found time to put together a potted
history of the club with Steve O’Hara and
Ian Park (who’d like to thank Nicola Liddle for
putting up with his meglomaniac art direction)
and copies of the brochure are still available if
you didn’t get one on the night, or couldn’t be
there and would like one. E-mail:
ian@tcpleeds.com and let me know and I’ll
get one to you somehow, or you can collect
from the clubhouse on a Tuesday night.
Thanks also to our sponsors and those local
businesses, approached by Jody Wharton,
who contributed so generously to the prizes
for the on-the-night raffle. As ever apologies
to anybody missed out - you know who you
are!

Captains
Columns
Your captains are at your service. Any ideas,
observations and even the occasional grumble
should be addressed to: Captains Corner, 106,
Long Row, Horsforth Leeds LS18 5AY.
Hils writes:
Well done to everyone who helped to make
the Jubilee evening such a resounding
success. The room was full of happy smiling
people enjoying each others company and
making sure they spoke to everybody. It was
good to see so many past members and the
presentation brought it all together, thank you
to all who came and made it an evening to
remember.
What a joy to have light evenings again and to
be able to train off road. I hope to entertain
you with more tracks and trails.
Speaking of which Tina and I are in process of
sorting out the teams for the Bradford
Millennium Way and will let you know very
soon (in fact, see Tina’s piece following this -
Ed).
I need to know if people wish to run in the
Washburn Valley Relay, Friday 16th July
7.00pm, three legs each about 4 miles long
with three people to a team, one runner per
leg, M, F, and mixed teams. Information is on
www.otleyac.org/washburn-valley-relay/
I already have some names but don’t want you
to miss out on a scenic easy to recce and very
do-able course.
Hils
Too good to miss! Tina pictured at the
Haweswater Half Marathon.
Picture courtesy of Sportsunday - and no,
Tina isn’t being sponsored by them!
Tina writes:
Hi Everyone -
A short piece this issue just to congratulate
everyone on their recent results. Also well
done to all who did the Leeds Half, I hope your
training paid off for you and you all achieved
what you wanted.
There will be one Ladies Team for Bradford
Millennium Way on Sunday June 13 as follows:

Leg 1 Sophie and Serena
Leg 2 Helen and Lyndsey (Clegg)
Leg 3 Amy and Bev
Leg 4 Lyndsey (Noakes) and Christine
Leg 5 Angie and Gillian
Reserves
Jill, Vicky and me. Thank you all for volunteering,
please let me or Hils know if you require
assistance with your recce(s). We can recce
with you or help with transport etc.
Tina
Nothing from Marc this issue - he’s up on our
roof as I write, but don’t worry I don’t think
he’s going to jump. A rather good photo
though of Marc - could be from the Leeds Half,
at which he won a prize as 1st M55 - I believe
he might have mentioned this in passing at
the club!
On the subject
of the BMW..
I am planning to complete
the full circuit of the BMW in
one day on 13th June,
same day as the race,
all 48 miles and 6130ft of it.
I hope to leave the Beckfoot
Lane start (leg 1) at 3.00 am
and be at Marsh (leg 2) at
6.00 am, Lanycock (leg 3)
at 9.00 am, Silsden (leg4)
at 12.00 noon,
Ilkley at 3.00 pm and Bingley
Rugby Club finish by 6.00pm.
If I am very lucky I might
be a little quicker but recce’s
are not indicating this, I shall
be jogging and walking,
with current best efforts
averaging 3.5 mph
over a 30 mile route.
I do have a volunteer to
start with me would you
believe? If anyone wishes
to join me on any of the other
legs their support would be
most welcome.
The whole thing will be to raise
money for the MS Society.
Hope this leaves you as
startled as everyone else!
Cheers! Hils

Get your kit on!
It’s been a bone a of contention recently that
some of our members - chiefly ladies - have
been running races as Horsforth Harriers but
not wearing the club strip.
This presents a problem as, if you enter as a
Horsforth Harrier, you are obliged to wear the
club colours - in some races, cross country
races for instance - it’s compulsory, otherwise
you don’t count for the team score. And you
can be disqualified as counting as a team
member in other races if you are not wearing
the club colours thereby negating your other
team members efforts. Plus, it’s a bugger trying
to spot Harriers in bigger races!
Apparently some ladies find the vests, shall
we say, unflattering, so ever accommodating,
Hilary has sourced a t-shirt which can be made
in the club colours as an alternative. These
come in a variety of sizes and Hilary has a
sample t-shirt for you to see and is happy to
measure you to make sure you get as close a
fit as is possible.
Downside? Well, each shirt costs £15.00 and
Hilary has to order a minimum of five at a time
(in varying sizes).
It’s also worth mentioning that Hilary has all
manner of Horsforth Harriers logo-ed kit
available from crop tops to hoodies and woolly
hats and waterproof jackets - not to mention
the much maligned regular Horsforth Harrier
club vest, mens and ladies cuts available! See
her on a Tuesday night for an idea of what is
available and at what it will cost you.
Unfortunately the burka in club colours for the
even more reticent, and the full lycra catsuit
with enhanced six-pack and super hero cape
in blue and white with HH logo for the more
flamboyant runner are not currently available!
And speaking of kit.....
You’ll read further on, in the up-coming social
events page of our plan to have a group
Harriers picture shot at our Summer club run
on July 13/20th (exact date to be confirmed).
Obviously the shot should be a sea of blue and
white vests, so you need to bring your Harriers
kit along with you on the night so you can be
photographed in it, even if you don’t run in it.
Championship Races
...coming up in May/June. See our
own website:
www.horsforthharriers.co.uk
for details of rules and future races!
30th May
30th May
1st June
5th June
9th June
16th June
22nd June
27th June
Ilkley Trail Race
Melmerby 10K
Kirkstall YVAA Race
Kirkby Malzeard 10K
Otley Ten Miles
Pudsey YVAA Race
Meanwood YVAA Race
Rainton 10K

Yorkshire Veterans Bit
Eds Note: Tina is looking for someone to help
her with the organisation of the Vets teams
this year. If you can help please do so - Tina
does a tremendous amount for the club but
needs someone to share the load with on this.
A massive thank you to the 10 gents and 4
ladies who ventured over to Meltham for the
first Grand Prix race. Your efforts have given us
a decent start to build on for 2010.
The men are 4th in all categories and the
ladies are 5th in '4 to count' and 6th in 'all to
count'.
After a long gap the Vets Grand Prix kicks off
again with a vengeance in June with 3 races.
Tuesday June 1st it’s all down the road to run
from Kirkstall Leisure Centre for the second
fixture*. Closely followed by Pudsey on
Wednesday 16th and another local venue on
Tuesday 22nd at Meanwood. All very close so
would be great to have high turnouts in all
three races. Anyone wanting more details
please ask.
Every runner is very welcome and every single
point counts in one of the three competitions.
Tina
*Details of registration and the course etc., for
the Vets race at Kirkstall have been posted on
the Yorkshire vets website at www.yvaa.org
Registration is at the Leeds Postal Sports
Association, off Beecroft Street, from 6.10 pm
onwards. The race start and finish is at
Kirkstall Abbey - start time is 7.30 pm, so
leave yourself plenty of time to get to the start
from Beecroft Street which is approximately
half a mile away. There are limited facilities for
showers/changing/bag storage at the LPSA
and Kirkstall Leisure Centre can’t/won’t
accommodate runners - see web site - but
mercifully the bar will be open at the LPSA for
drinks and refreshments (also slightly limited)
after the race. Full details of the course, much
of which will be familiar to Horsforth Harriers,
are also posted on the website.
If you haven’t pre registered for the series, you
can do so via www.yvaa.org, which will help
speed up registration on the night. If in doubt
or requiring further information see Tina at
the club.

Future Social Stuff
As if she hadn’t been busy enough organising
the ‘social event of the year’ (the 25th
Anniversary bash, silly!) Bev has a whole raft
of social events planned for us over the
summer months and beyond.
So here’s what’s planned:
Sunday 20th June
Bowling - usually at the Hollywood Bowl on
Kirkstall Road. Prizes for all abilities. Bumpers
if you think you need them!
Friday 2nd July
Harriers go to the dogs! To Pontefract Dog
Track in fact. Price £12.00 per person which
includes entry and food etc. But not money for
gambling. You are on your own there! Should
be great fun based on last year’s trip to Ripon
Races and the skill, or lack thereof, of Harriers
to separate the bookies from their hardearned.
*
Tuesday 13th or 20th July
Summer Run with our chums from Kirkstall
Harriers! From our clubhouse at Hall Park.
Food laid on afterwards, no cost! As all
Tuesday nights, routes and groups to suit all
capabilities.
Sometime in August
Meal out at Canal Restaurant, exact date to be
confirmed, and mass outing to Seaside 10K
race - if you have a suggestion for a venue for
this, a great seaside race you’ve done on east
or west coast please let Bev know. (Is the
Scarborough 10K on this year? Ed).
Alternative Sport Night - Rounders match to
be organised, possibly for late July/early
August.
As with all social events, Bev needs to know as
soon as possible so she can finalise numbers,
bookings, catering and such like, so please let
her know if you want to come to one, some or
all of the proposed events as soon as you can
please!
*At the Summer Run we propose to get as
many people there as possible from Horsforth
in order to take a Harriers group picture. This
means that we need everybody to turn up with
their Horsforth racing kit so everybody is in
the club strip for the photo - if you don’t want
to run it it then bring it along so you can pose
in it before donning your normal training gear!
Club strip is available from Hilary - see her on
Tuesday nights if you are short of a vest or
want to order one of the ladies ‘alternate strip’
t-shirt option Hilary can get hold of. If you’re a
bloke then see Hilary for the full, bewildering
range of kit sporting the Horsforth Harriers
logo (but mainly, buy a vest!)

National Three Peaks Attempt
Our brave lads - and lass - will
be attempting to scale the three
highest peaks in the UK - Ben
Nevis, Sca Fell Pike and
Snowden in 24 hours between
June 15th -17th.
They will be raising money for
the West Yorkshire Multiple
Sclerosis Therapy Centre at
Rawdon, who were the benficiaries
from last year’s 10K race,
so if you haven’t sponsored
Kevin Watson, Bob Foulkes Angus Teanby, Julia Day and
them yet, please do. See Angus
Michael Walker on a recent Sca Fell Pike ‘reccie’.
on Tuesdays or e-mail
andy.teanby@hotmail.com for further details I’ll be after them for a report once they’ve
on sponsorship or even helping out.
slept a bit and can walk again!
Martin’s ‘Where’s my Garmin?’ ‘Frisco Run
Hi Ian - Very late with this I know. I seem to
have no free time nowadays. Anyway, the run
that Mel and I did was the Mission Rock 5k (In
San Francsico not New York) on December
27th 2009. The course was as flat as a
pancake which is unusual for San Fransisco
and ran round an industrial port area. It would
have been a certain PB for me if I was fitter
(usual excuse). I came 24th with a time of
21:03 and Melanie came 105 with a time of
32:50 (which was exceptional considering it
was only her 2nd run after a lengthy layoff).
She was annoyed though to be beaten by a
chap who ran the entire race backwards!
Martin Coates

In case you missed it last time...
Phil McGeever - our Male Club Member of the
Year at the recent Presentation Evening - often
sends me times and pictures for inclusion in
the newsletter (for which I’m eternally grateful,
and anybody else who wants to send in
stuff, feel free). Now he’s gone one better and
set up a website for all of Horsforth Harriers
to upload and share photos. It’s at:
www.mcgeever.co.uk.
Phil explains how it works: “ To upload photos
to the site users need to log in. So first they
need to register, there’s a link at the top of the
page for this. This will just setup their username,
password and email address (needed).
Also optional info is requested of full name
and club (if I know they’re Horsforth Harriers
they get extra privileges; there is a separate
section for Harriers, not visible to the public
and bigger upload quota). The registration
needs approval (I would do that asap) then
they can login and select Upload file at the top
of the page. Then they can select an album to
upload to, from the drop-down and browse for
files to upload and that’s it. Finally the
uploads need to be approved (to avoid abuse)
and they’ll appear on the site (I may move
them to a more appropriate location).
visitors and top rated and most viewed photos
listed on the front page - for the more competitive
Harriers among us. Titles and comments
can be added to pictures. Also I notice a lot of
other clubs have a photo gallery and it would
be nice to have a decent gallery to compete
with them. It might be a good motivating
factor for getting more runners to PECOs and
VETs races knowing they’ll probably get their
picture on the site afterwards”.
So.....load up those photos!
I may have made it sound complicated and it
isn’t really, it’s just:
Register - Login - Upload
As an incentive...photos can be rated by
Phil pictured at the Nell Bank PECO Cross at
Ilkley. Thanks to Ilkley Harriers for use of
the photo.

Lindsey teams up with Betty
I’m now a regional consultant for Sweaty
Betty: selling and advising on stylish sports
and leisure wear (sorry guys, its ladies only
though!). The running range is absolutely
fantastic - it looks great, is top quality and is,
so far, indestructible, despite my best efforts
to destroy my tights falling over in the snow
and running through waist high muddy water!
We also sell fab ranges tailored for lots of
other sports: cycling, tennis, swimming, golf,
yoga and skiing, plus gorgeous everyday gym
wear.
Take a browse at http://sweatybetty.com or
collect a catalogue from me on a Tuesday
night (I will be bringing a box of catalogues for
the club house - Newsflash! New Summer
catalogues available now!).
I can offer exclusive discounts on orders
(which are not available in the shops or
online) and, for group orders or for anyone
interested in hosting a Sweaty Betty party,
extra discounts plus fab free gifts are up for
grabs. And anyone who can say that they are a
sports/health and fitness instructor of any
description, including all the ladies who take
groups or are involved in the organisation of
the club, can claim a special 20% gym instructor
discount on their orders.
I also have a selection of stock from each of
the core ranges (with a particular emphasis, of
course, on running wear) in a variety of sizes
which you can take a look at, or try for size,
before placing an order. Hopefully, I’ll be
bringing this down to the club on a Tuesday
night for people to take a look at in the next
couple of weeks, so watch this space!
If you don’t manage to catch me at the club
and are interested in making an order, getting
hold of a catalogue or hosting a party, then
please do give me a ring on 07872 520751 or
email me at lindseyclegg1@googlemail.com
Lindsey

Race Results
- a Fat Bloke writes
Apologies for the long gap between newsletters -
sorting out the 25th Anniversary booklet took up
rather longer than I thought it might and that had a
definite deadline to work to, so the newsletter took
something of a back seat while that all got done.
Having said I’d never leave the results to mount up
longer than a month again, I find myself guilty of
that very crime - again - so let’s wade into them from
where we left off in mid February of this year.
And as usual, where better to start than at the Hyde
Park parkrun where we can update the previously
missing Steve O’Hara’s time to 25:31, and follow
that up with the results from the following week’s
parkrun which saw Jamie Stewart 27:14 and Caroline
Faithwaite 30:30 our only runners.
Steve Hall was out on the fells to do the Ilkley Moor
race, finishing in 54:17, while also going off road at
the Yorkshire & Humberside County XC Champs
were Richard Sunley 39:54, Marc Springer 41;35,
Phil McGeever 44:34 and Serena Blackburn 26:36.
Back to the parkrun where Ian Gulliford was making
his debut in 21:31 as was Colin Brown 21:54,
followed by Mike Mooney 22:24, Mal Johnson
24:00, Steve O’Hara 25:57, Charlotte Baker 26:14 -
PB - Jamie Stewart 26:38 and Caroline Faithwaite
30:14.
The cross country mudlarks were also out for a
second week in succession at the National Cross
Country Championships which were held at
Roundhay Park. The men running over 12 km, in a
race won by Andy Vernon, were Richard Sunley
49:10, Marc Springer 52:03 and Phil McGeever,
59:11 and a pulled calf muscle. The ladies ran the
shorter 8 km distance and Serena 38:56, was joined
by Sarah O’Sullivan 40:14 and Vicky Ward 44:29 but
they all had to give best to Steph Twell who was the
ladies race winner. We had a small group of runners
making the trip to Pocklington to run the increasingly
popular (and sold out ever earlier each year)
Snake Lane Ten. Alan Squire was first home in
1:01:44 followed by Steve Large 01:04:07, Kevin
Watson whose 1:08:37 gained him only 5th M60
spot, such is the depth of talent in the field, Angela
Pattinson 1:15:21 and Karen Large 1:30:21.
New(ish) member Steve Raby pictured on
the Spen 20. Picture with thanks to Flaming
Photography.
Back at the parkrun PB’s were tumbling. Tony
Walker lead the way with a new time of 19:05,
followed by Alek Karagic 19:31, Steve O’Hara 25:50,
Cath Gray 26:08, Sheila Mason 28:24, Caroline
Faithwaite 29:50 PB, and under the 30 minute
barrier for the first time, and Karen Allan 32:18.
Steve Hall was back out on the fells, this time completing
the half tour of Pendle, nine miles and 2250
feet of climbing in 1:29:26. The Sunday saw the
clash of fixtures between the final PECO cross country
race and the first Yorkshire Vets Grand Prix
fixture at Meltham, and the vets fielded a surprisingly
big team, giving us a solid start in the Grand Prix
Championship, without setting any records but the
smallish turn out at the PECO event, although we
were boosted by a number of first timers in the
ladies team, saw the men fall short of winning the
Vets title, which with one race to go, had looked a
racing certainty. Hopefully lessons will have been
learnt for next season if a similar fixture congestion
occurs.
Escaping from this minor debacle were Nicola Wilde
1:49:06, Jean Davey 1:56:03 and Tina Dickinson
1::58:34 who were running the Haweswater Half
Marathon in the Lakes and Justin Balfour who was
running the Norton Nine, near Doncaster in 70:01.

Malcolm and Angela Johnson claimed they were the
only Harriers in the worlds first ‘Kilomathon’ - 26.2
km run between Nottingham and Derby, Malcolm in
2:18:41 and Angela in 2:29:42. Going even further
were Harriers at the Spen 20. Phil McGeever led the
way, knocking ten minutes off his time of the previous
year to set a new PB of 2:23:10, hotly pursued
by Alek Karagic 2:26:00, new member Steve Raby
2:27:34, Tim Appleyard 2:41:21, Simon Rudsdale
2:44:55, Steve Wood 2:57:56 and Martin Coates
2:59:18. Tim Midgely, running for Bingley was second
overall in a new PB time of 1:58:08.
In Hyde Park, Tony Walker was continuing to chip
away at his 5K time, breaking the 19 minute barrier
conclusively with 18:31 PB, and not to be outdone,
Angie Pattinson lowered her parkrun PB to 22:40.
Also running but not setting new figures were Sheila
Mason 28:14, Jamie Stewart 28:28 and Caroline
Faithwaite 29:50.
The major race of the weekend of March 21st was
the Bradford ‘Epilepsy Action’ 10K which saw Phil
McGeever, 38:28, fail to set new PB figures despite
being put under pressure by Nathan Crossley 38:44,
followed home by Ian Robertshaw 42:48, Mike
Mooney 45:11, Justin Balfour 46:23 Beverley Smith
50:31 and Jennette White 52:32. Also out and about
the same weekend were Richard Sunley, whose
1:00:22 narrowly missed cracking the 60 minute
barrier at the Lytham Ten, and Kevin Watson who
recorded 42:45 at the Help for Heroes 10K held at
Lightwater Valley.
Steve Hall on the Coledale Fell race. Picture
from Angie Pattinson.
The following weekend saw the Dent Brewery Run,
14 miles through the dales from Dent, a race in
which Richard Pattinson was 3rd overall, and further
down the field, running together were Angie
Pattinson 1:52:27 and Gill Gaskin 1:52:29. In Hyde
Park PB’s continued to fall with Tony Walker lowering
his previous weeks best to 19:02, Sheila Mason
reducing her time to 27:41 PB and Caroline
Faithwaite once again lowering her figures to 29:40.
Only Mike Mooney didn’t set a PB but his 22:10 was
only six seconds away from doing so.
Mike Mooney got it right at the parkrun, with a new
PB of 22:05. Steve Raby also set a new PB of 19:26,
as did Caroline Faithwaite 29:28, while also running
were Jamie Stewart 27:45, Sheila Mason 29:27 and
Karen Allan 29:30. Ian Gulliford was the lone
Horsforth representative in the Coniston 14 - this
year extended to nearer 16 miles due to flood
damage - in a time of 2:04:41. Almost as lonely at
the Arkendale 10K were Sarah Greenlees 54:42 and
Kat Shepherdson 1:10:05, and continuing the theme
of Harriers spread thinly, Ian Robertshaw 43:09 and
Andrew Charles 49:30 were the only Horsforth
Harriers running the Wakefield 10K. The main event
of the weekend was the Baildon Boundary Way
where Marc Springer was first Harrier back and
1st M50 in 1:31:41, Phil McGeever 1:36:41, Lindsey
Clegg 1:48:06, Serena Blackburn 1:55:38, Angie
Pattinson 1:59:11, Tina Dickinson 2:15:25, Catherine
Gray 2:20:04 and Hilary Wharam 1st F65 - only F65
in fact! - in 2:53:36.
Back to the parkrun, a lower turn out here with Mike
Mooney 22:34, Charlotte Baker 27:21 and Sheila
Mason 28:39 the only Horsforth runners. There was
a massive turn out for the Guiseley Gallop however,
where once more Marc Springer was our lead runner
in 41:05, taking the 1st M50 place followed by Steve
Large 41:35, 4th M40, Phil McGeever 43:33,

3rd M45, Alek Karagic 45:36, Kevin Watson 46:04
2nd M60, Lindsey Clegg 49:21, Serena Blackburn
50:04, 3rd F45, Steve Wood 52:10, Angie Pattinson
52:14, new member Andy Millar 52:57, Karen Large
59:26, Jill Hobson 59:58, Cath Gray 01:01:23, Hilary
Wharam 1:13:24, 1st F60 and Jean Davey 1:14:34.
Returning to the parkrun there was a big turn out
lead by Steve Large 17:54, Karen Large 25:16, Steve
O’Hara 25;45, Cath Gray 25:33, new member Tom
Needham 26:55, Charlotte Baker 26:56, Sheila
Mason 27:13, Jamie Stewart 28:25 and Caroline
Faithwaite 30:33. And apart from that the only other
result for the weekend was Malcolm Johnson’s run
at the Blackpool Marathon which he finished in
4:00:42. What was everybody else up to?
So - back to the parkrun again. Another big turn out
saw Tim Appleyard first home in 21:04 followed by
Malcolm Johnson, remarkably setting new PB
figures 23:07 after his marathon exploits the weekend
previously, Steve O’Hara 24:57, Tom Needham,
lowering his PB to 26:01, Jamie Stewart 27:23,
Charlotte Baker 27:33, Sheila Mason 28:19, Pete
Scanlon 28:52, and Caroline Faithwaite another new
PB of 29:10. But - blow me! - a new parkrun in Lister
Park, Bradford, and Steve Large was at the very first
one, 4th overall in 18:17. The Pennine 10K, held over
from earlier in the year, a victim of the snow and ice,
saw Phil McGeever 40:25 and Ian Robertshaw 43:55
belatedly complete the race. Steve Hall took on the
Coledale Fell race in the Lake District, which he
completed in 1:49:55, and the following day, also in
the Lakes Angie Pattinson 45:24, Pat Dawson,
1:00:07, 1st F70 and Graham Dawson 1:22:03 were
all running in the second of two St George’s Day
10K’s in Langdale, a race won by Richard Pattinson.
parkrun again - Tom Needham lowered his PB to
25:07, Steve O’Hara 26:22, Jamie Stewart 26:44,
Helen Gaskell 27:01 PB, nice to to see the return of
Steve Iball doing his first run after knee surgery
27:31, Pete Scanlon 28:19 PB, and Caroline
Faithwaite, 29:06, and yet another PB. The same day
Steve Wood was doing battle with the epic Three
Peaks fell race, finishing in 5:45:22 and also running
here were Richard Pattinson, 7th overall but only 3rd
M40, and Tim Midgely - for the first and possibly last
time judging by his post race comments! - who finished
in 20th overall.
The Sunday saw two big races, the Sheffield Half
Marathon, and possibly the biggest of them all, the
London Marathon. In Sheffield our runners were
Richard Sunley 1:22:12, Phil McGeever 1:29:55,
Lindsey Clegg (missing a top ten placing due to
some stray bloke - also called Clegg - surely this will
be rectified?) 1:34:14, Sophie Hawkswell 1:43:11, Jill
Hobson 1:54:23, Cath Gray 2:00:27 and Ian Taylor
2:05:15. In London those making the trip to run the
marathon were Ian Robertshaw 3:51, Martin Coates
3:53:57, Tim Appleyard 3:54:33, Simon Rudsdale
3:59:32, Angela Johnson 4:00:09, Tina Dickinson
4:36:57 and Cheryl Ashcroft 5:28:00.
Into May and Marc Springer and Serena Blackburn
complete the 23 miles of the Malhamdale Meander,
strictly speaking a long distance walk, but they can
also be run, and this one has a ‘junior rock climb’
thrown in for good measure. Back in Hyde Park the
PB’s continue to tumble, Ian Gulliford 20:42 PB,
Angie Pattinson 22:41, PB missed by a mere two
seconds, Malcolm Johnson 23:26, Tom Needham
24:52 PB, Keith Park 25:00 PB, Cath Gray 26;24,
Charlotte Baker 26:50, Steve Iball 26:55 PB, Jamie
Stewart 26:56, Steve O’Hara 27:10, Sheila Mason
27:32 and Caroline Faithwaite, yet another PB,
28:56. Vicky Ward was off to the Lakes to run the
Lindsey Clegg on the Baildon Boundary
Way. Pic from Phil McGeever.

Keswick Half Marathon in 1:59, beating better half
Matt home by a couple of minutes. Elsewhere, -
Halifax to be precise - Richard Sunley, 11th overall,
2nd M45, 1:35:58, Phil McGeever 5th M45 1:19:42
and Steve Hall 1:24:28 were all in action at the
Bluebell Trail Ten.
The Bank Holiday’s big event was the Rothwell 10K,
run this year on a revised course. Steve Large was
the first Harrier home in 36:47, pursued by Phil
McGeever 38:42, Ken Frost, 39:19, Kevin Watson
41:04, Simon Rudsdale 42:39, Lindsey Clegg 43:07,
Denise Frost 46:11, 1st F50, Jane Webster 49:32,
Pete Samways 50:19, Karen Large 51:54, Jamie
Stewart 55:14, Suzanne Riordan 56:20, Shirley
Walker 56:34, 1st F60, Caroline Faithwaite 59:00
and Karen Allan 1:02:47.
If it’s May, it’s another series of 5K races - the three
race John Carr series. The first race - won by Tim
Midgely in 16:03 - was the YVAA 5K championships
and attracted a big Horsforth turn out. Richard
Sunley 17:08, 3rd M45, Alan Squire 17:25, Marc
Springer 17:48, 3rd M55, Steve Raby 18:38, Phil
McGeever 18:24 Kevin Watson 19:44, 3rd M60(?),
Simon Rudsdale 19:57, Serena Blackburn 20:55,
Justin Balfour 21:23, Angie Pattinson 21:31, Bev
Hurst 23:40, Paula Bray 23:48, Vicky Ward 24:10
and Hilary Wharam 30:47, 1st F60.
There was just time for another parkrun before the
area’s biggest race - the Leeds Half Marathon. With
a huge turn out of Horsforth Harriers in the Leeds
Half, attendance at Hyde Park was thinner. Tim
Appleyard 21:25, Steve O’Hara 26:27, Steve Iball
26:39 PB and Sheila Mason 28:00 were there
though.
And now the roll call of the Leeds Half Marathon.
Spare a thought first though for Tony Walker who
sustained a calf injury on Kirkstall Road and had to
drop out after a fast run up to that point. Steve Large
1:22:23, Marc Springer 1:24:28 and 1st M55, Ken
Frost 1:25:27, Steve Raby 1;26:43, Nathan Crossley
1:26:48, Lee Greenhalgh 1:29:06, Phil McGeever
1:29:32, Lindsey Clegg 1:35:07, Ian Robertshaw
1:40:06, Denise Frost 1:41:08 2nd F50, Serena
Blackburn 1:40:59, Angie Pattinson 1:42:45, Justin
Balfour 1:42:38, Tony Easton 1:45:50, Beverely
Smith 1:47:06, Sarah Thornton 1:47:47, Andrew
Charles 1:48:32, Amy Edmondson 1:48:37, Lindsey
Bunny Runs
The legendary ‘Woodentops’ organise
a five race series of weekly Fell Runs
around Easter - four races and a final
relay - and these regularly attract
Harriers. This year’s results for our lads
and lasses as follows:
Race 1 - Richard Sunley 18:54, Marc
Springer 19:17, Phil McGeever 19:37,
Ken Frost 20:10, Serena Blackburn
23:03, Gill Gaskin 23:27.
Race 2 - Richard Sunley 17:41, Marc
Springer 18:16, Phil McGeever 19:47.
Race 3 - Richard Sunley 18:07, Marc
Springer 18:37, Phil McGeever 19:24,
Serena Blackburn 21:46.
Race 4 - Richard Sunley 18:21, Marc
Springer 18:22, Phil McGeever 19:19.
Race 5 - The Relay. The ‘Horsforth
Harry Hares’ (see what they did there?)
comprising
Richard, Marc
and Phil were
35th team in
37:37.
Marc was
2nd M50 for
the series.

Noakes 1:48:52, Christine Esbensen 1:48:59, Bob
Foulkes 1:49:02, Chris Rhodes 1:49:51, Beverley
Hurst 1:53:01, Rachael Cole 1:54:56, Jill Hobson
1:55:33, Cath Gray 1:58:06
(PB?) Jackie Ford 1:57:37,
Charlotte Baker 2:00:27,
Jamie Stewart 2:08:46,
Helen Gaskell 2:06:54, Jody
Wharton 2:10:57, Hilary
Wharam 2:22:05 2nd F65,
Kat Shepherdson 2:28:18.
Michael Anderson also
shows in the results but
I thought he was currently
injured - in case he did run,
his time was 2:29:39.
Keith Park avoided the
mayhem of Leeds and
sneaked off to Ripon to
craftily rack up some points
in the Club Championship
at the Ripon Ten finishing in
1:26:11.
Despite some of them
competing in the Leeds Half
only a couple of days
earlier, our brave (or daft) lads and lasses were back
out midweek competing in the second John Carr 5K
race. Richard Sunley 2nd M45, lead the way 17:11,
followed by Alan Squire 17:15 Marc Springer
2nd M55 18:05, Richard Butterfield 3rd M55 18:33,
Steve Raby 18:43, Phil McGeever 19:05, Simon
Rudsdale 19:29, Serena Blackburn 21:10, Beverley
Hurst 22:53 and Vicky Ward 24:21.
Back to Hyde Park one more time... Newish member
Steve Mordey was first home in a rapid 18:58
followed by Steve Raby PB, Tim Appleyard 20:54,
Keith Park on a sneaky Championship
points scoring run at the Ripon Ten. Pic
thanks to Ripon Runners.
Beveley Hurst 23:55 PB, Tina Dickinson 24:13 PB,
Angie Pattinson 24:17, Keith Park 25:16, Steve
O’Hara 26:36 1st M60, Stephen Iball 26:59, Ian Park
27:03 PB (!) and Claire
Park 33:16 PB.
The final race in the
Airedale Triple Trail
Challenge, the Meanwood
Valley Trail took place on a
bright Saturday morning.
Tim Midgely, was
outright race winner and
Marc Springer was 1st M50
on the day in 49:10,
followed by Lindsey Clegg
58:19, Serena Blackburn
62:38, Cath Gray 72:05,
Jean Davey 75:34 and
Hilary Wharam 85:31.
Provisional results for the
three race Airedale
Challenge show that Marc
and Lindsey have won
their respective age
groups.
Apologies for anybody
missed out or mistimed - let me know and I’ll
redress as necessary!
welcome runners old and new at Horsforth Hall Park (Cricket Pavilion),
Ring Road, Leeds 18 every Tuesday at 7.00 pm
For further details please telephone:
Marc Springer on 07968 712055, Tina Dickinson on 07958 231180
or Hilary Wharam on 0113 250 5673
See our website at: www.horsforthharriers.co.uk