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"Home of the Brass Monkey"

Why run with Knavesmire?

I suddenly found a group who enjoyed the things I did… the sort of people I wanted to spend time with (Neil Holdsworth)

Whatever your standard you’re part of the friendliest team when you run with the square wasps (Malcolm Fawcett)

Cyprus International Challenge

Super Vet Harold Dobson took victory in the M70 category (by 24 minutes) at the strenuous Cyprus Challenge  which took place  between 26-29 November.
Harold said the event was  "very very hard (for me) especially the hill climb runs".
The event comprised:
Nov 26th. 6km flat road race.
       27th. 11km hilly trail race.
       28th. 1/2 marathon, very long steep climbs.
       29th.  10km flat fast road race.


Lots of Success!

Over the last 2 weeks Knavesmire have been picking up many prizes.
Here is a list and well done.

Robyn Oldham came second in the Snowdon Marathon this weekend (25/10/09)!

Shaun Lee Johnston 10 mile off road. John Oliver took 1st place in the men's 50 category.

Richard Lowson took 7th place overall at Richmond 10k with 3rd in his age category.

McCain 10k race at Scarborough 11th October, Graeme Adams first male vet 65.

Bridlington 1/2 marathon:  A number of prizes came to Knavesmire with:
Kevin Langhan 2nd (m45)
John Oliver 3rd (m50)
Neil Holdsworth 2nd (m55)
Harold Dobson 1st (m70)

Jean Snelling 2nd (f70)

Giles Hawking started the winter fell series well and took 5th overall on the fells in the Saltersgate Gallows 8m/1200ft.

Kate Nelson;
1st Lady in Chesterfield Spire 10 on 30 August
2nd lady in the Clumber 10k in early October - dreadful time though as was ill half-way round.
3rd lady (and 1st in Vets 40) in Worksop Half on 25 October in 1.27 (despite the weather blowing a hooley all the way round,
and it being my first 13 miler since March). Martin Smith and Garry Moss from Knavesmire also competed and did a good
show for Knavesmire. Martin did 1.33 I think.
Other News: Matthew Speake who is 1st claim for Knavesmire on the road took 2nd place for Dark Peak in the British Fell Relay Championshps and
2nd Claim Member Lizzie Adams won the Ladies race for Dark Peak

Men's Health Survival of the Fittest - Nottingham 10/10/09

Shaun Lee Johnstone Memorial 10 Mile Multi-Terrain, Boroughbridge, N. Yorkshire -11/10/09

Results from John Schofield Race Results

Foston & Thornton-le-Clay 10k - 04/10/09.

Congratulations to Darren Hendley on his third place finish.
Also Martin Smith 23rd, James Maxton 55th, Garry Moss 76th, Frank Holden 126th & Gilloan Gill 133rd

Sutton 7 - 27/09/09
report by Margaret Brown

Thank you to all of the 13 Knavesmire Runners who supported this local York Rrce.  For me on a personal note, as I live in the village and am part of the organisation of the Sutton Seven Group, we appreciated those of you who turned up to run and support the local community.  Well done to Giles Hawkings who finished 3^rd male overall in the race followed by Neil Kingham, David Darton, Tim Brown, Colin Lea, Ian Bithell, David Brown, Stuart Ambler, Margaret Brown, Malcolm Fawcett, Paul and Sue Adams, and Jane Thompson. 

Weather conditions were good and the course was flat and being a local village in York it was nice to travel not too far. A great tea tent with cakes was very welcome at the finish and to receive a mug, banana, mint cake and fluorescent arm band was very much appreciated.

Berlin Marathon - 20/09/09

PB’s for Knavesmire Men who ran the BERLIN MARATHON 2009
RACE REPORT by Margaret Brown

Congratulations and well done to 3 York Knavesmire Men who completed the Berlin Marathon 2009.  Fantastic result and all that hard work of preparation for this marathon and representing the club overseas .  All three men achieved PB’s

Neil Kingham                       3.08.14
David Darton                        3.19.53
Colin Lea                   3.22.35

We are proud of your achievement – you now have a PB to beat for the next marathon!  Thank you also for supporting the local York race Sutton 7 after travelling all those miles to Berlin.

Great North Run 20/09/09

To all Knavesmire Harriers who took part in the Great North Run September 2009 and also to Action Medical Research runners.  We look forward to seeing as many of you who have trained with Action Medical Research (once you have recovered!!) down at the club (Dringhouses Sports Club) on Mondays and Thursdays 6.30pm

 Well done and congratulations to the leaders and helpers who head up and trained the Action Medical Research runners. Frank, Dorothy, Gill, Ken, and many more from the club who helped give support to the new runners. 

Predictor Race and BBQ - 31/08/09

Spofforth 10k - 31/08/09

Only a few Harriers took on the trails around Spofforth near Wetherby on Sunday 31^st August for the Spofforth 10k trail race.  An undulating course that took on mainly farmers tracks, paths and fields with a small amount of road, giving a good challenging run for those competing.  Robyn Oldham gave a sterling performance, coming home 1^st lady overall in a time of 40.33.  In the men’s race overall winner was Darren Bilton (Leeds city ac), Phil Elliott-Dick finished in 4^th place in a time 35.39 (a school boy error in choice of footwear, meant that there was much slipping/sliding whilst chasing 3^rd place!!), Kevin Holmes was next harrier back in 39.06 and Maureen and Martin Medlar came in  together in 56.57.  Another good local event and well done to all those who ran. 

Yorkshire Wolds Half Marathon nr. Bishop Wilton - 18/07/09

Well done to everyone who struggled up and down the hills at this local event at the weekend. Despite the torrential rain the day before, the course was in remarkably good condition, even the off-road section through a forestry trail. There were a couple of testing hill sections - a long slog between 3 and 6 miles, along with a final push up Great Givendale between 11 and 12. Those of you who have done the Bishop Wilton league race would have recognised the screaming downhill finish, ending in the Bishop Wilton Show ground. 13 Harriers in total took part:

Full results are here. There are also a selection of photos here and here, courtesy of David Gowans and an unnamed Pocklington runner.

Eccup 12 July 2009.

Having never written a race report I though I would hang on and see if anyone more experienced was going to write it! So here goes!

12th July 2009 saw a handful of Harriers making their way to Eccup near Leeds for the annual 10 mile run.  The weather was ideal for running this early morning race.  The race was not a club run this year and may have been the reason for the drop in Harrier's numbers attending (although it did clash with the Vets race).  This is a fantastic course bursting with 'little undulations'!  Rain the night before meant the part round the reservoir was rather puddly.  The bravest of runners just ploughed through them, getting soaked, whilst me and my fellow runner Karen Ireland tip toed round the edges!  The scenery on this course is amazing and is a nice change from plodding round residential streets.  I would certainly recommend this run to anyone who has not done it before.

Well done to everyone who took part (results can be found on the Abbey Runners website).  Special well done to Colin Ireland who had never done this race before and beat us in (but only because we let him win!!).
Everyone who completed the run received a rather nice rucksack - much more useful than yet another mug!!
Jane Carter

Staveley Stampede - 21/06/09

Another scorching day gave 19 Harriers the chance to top up their tans from Castle Howard at the Staveley Stampede, just north of Knaresborough. In its second year, this 10-mile race is organised by MustTriHarder, the people behind the Arkendale 10k, and mainly consists of road, with a 3ish mile section in the middle over fields, though woods and round a nature reserve. Luckily with the hot weather of late, these off-road sections were relatively clean, with little mud (sorry Joy, m*d!). Despite being pretty flat, the temperature made it tough going in places, but the BBQ, tea stall and (most of all) Black Sheep beer tent at the end more than made up for it!
In the men's race, Phil Elliott-Dick was 3rd, while in the women's race, Kate Nelson was victorious and Robyn Oldham also came in 3rd. Full results are here, and the YKH results as follows (apologies to Gill for missing you out 1st time!):

Congratulations!!

Many congratulations to Michelle and Susan who completed their 10 in 10 yesterday in fine style!!!  -  and in the pouring rain!

There were a number of York Knavesmire Harriers there to support them plus of course Margaret and Vic, Michelle's mum and dad and Abey, Susan's daughter. It was quite an emotional end to their 10 in 10!!!

 We also had a couple of runners in the Windermere marathon itself, Helen Leach and Paul Adams.

I think that you will agree it is a marvellous achievement and they have now earned a well deserved rest!

Full details of the event are here.

Ripon 10 mile - 10/05/09
report by Phill Elliott-Dick photos courtesy of Sarah Elliott

Perfect weather conditions greeted the 225 runners of the Ripon 10 on Sunday and a good turn out of 16 Harriers took on the trails, roads and hills around Ripon. As it has been for the past few years Gary Dunn (Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers) took first place in a time of 55:35. Phill Elliott-Dick was first harrier home in 4th place (1st in age cat) just squeezing in under the hour with a time of 59:57, Christopher Smith was second Harrier back in a time of 1:03:51 (3rd in his age cat).  First Lady Harrier back was Maureen Medlar (2nd in her age cat) followed closely by Martin Medlar and Margaret Metcalfe (3rd in her age).  Unfortunately, due to injury, John Oliver wasn't running to his usual high standards, but in order to defend his Black Sheep Series title he had to run the 10 mile race.  Well done to all Harriers who ran on Sunday. Results of YKH are below:
 
59:57 Phill Elliott-Dick, 1:03:51 Christopher Smith, 1:12:14 Martin Smith, 1:14:54 David Darton, 1:23:35 Colin Lea,
1:24:11 Andrew Smith, 1:28:15 Maureen Medlar, 1:28:28 Martin Medlar, 1:28:38 Margaret Metcalfe,
1:32:49 Margaret Brown 1:38:14 John Oliver, 1:38:16 Garry Moss, 1:39:05 Margaret Oliver, 1:43:28 Jane Hartas, 1:47:11 Andy Young, 1:54:06 Mavis Young

Beverley 10k - 10/05/09
Some photos courtesy of David Gowans. Results here.

Kirkbymoorside 10k - 03/05/09
report by Janet Cordingley

Thirteen Harriers were at this lovely village event, where the brass band played and spectators came out in force to cheer us on. There was a short children's run before the main race.

It was a warm afternoon, with a bit of a breeze to deal with as we went up the first hill, but two water stops helped to cool us off. There were a couple of short hills, although it was mainly on the level. The last half mile was downhill all the way, leading back into the main street.

Darren Hendley was the first Harrier in, with a time of 36.36, 7^th overall; then Chris Richardson three minutes later with a very good time of 39.36.

The women took 2^nd and 3^rd place, Sarah Nettleton (42.54) and Janet Cordingley(43.23), being beaten by a fifteen year old from Thirsk. Helen Blackburn and Hannah Campbell came in almost together in 48.33 and 48.35, giving Knavesmire women the team prize.

This is a well organised run, which raises funds for the local school. It would make an excellent future club run.  Results are here.

London Marathon - 26/04/09

Congratulations and Well done to all members of Knavesmire who ran the London Marathon yesterday.  You all did brilliantly!!

A big thank you to all knavesmire harriers who marshalled your support was appreciated and great to see members travel to London to support their club.

A full race report with times to follow

Margaret Brown

London Marathon - A Marshalls Story

A few months ago, volunteering to help marshal the London Marathon seemed an excellent idea, but now the weekend was here!  Standing on York station, with some of the other Harriers who were marshalling, I realised I had absolutely no idea what to expect.  By the time we arrived at Kings Cross station we had consumed a small amount of alcoholic beverages and everyone somehow seemed more relaxed!  Then came the tube train adventure.  It was so hot and crowded and it amazed me how no one seemed to get cut in half when the doors closed.  Being up close and personal with people you don’t know seems to be an accepted way of life in London.  We all stayed in the same hotel which was nice apart from the planes flying overhead all night!  I mean they could stop the flying between say 10pm and 6am to allow us tourists to get some sleep!

The morning of the marathon arrived.  We were told to be at a briefing meeting at 8:30am.  Our brief seemed to be crowd control to make sure the elite runners ran without people jumping out in front of them. Issued with hats, written instructions and hi viz vests we set out to assume our positions.  It was a glorious sunny day, a bit too hot for running, but lovely for standing and catching some rays!  People were soon starting to stake their places at the barriers. Another of our marshalling objectives was to ‘get to know the people around you so you will notice anyone acting suspiciously’.  This was really a cue to question those around you about their life history in a very subtle way!  I think some of our male harriers were getting into their roles a bit too much and thought they were in the FBI with their black hats and shades on.  They seemed to have developed a whole new way of communicating by moving their heads when certain people went by.  I did notice that this went into overdrive when young ladies in short skirts went past!  People who were watching the race kept asking us touristy type questions – it is so difficult to answer when you are a tourist yourself – so out came the maps and with true Yorkshire spirit we flannelled our way through on the basis that once you had got rid of them they wouldn’t be back!

Watching the race is an amazing experience.  The elite runners looked like they had only just started when they were actually at 12 miles!  The wheel chair athletes are unbelievable in their grit and determination.  We managed to cheer a few of our club runners on if they didn’t whiz past too quick and spot a few of the celebrity runners.  Some of the fun runner’s costumes were fantastic – I really don’t know how they kept going in the heat.  It was amazing how tired and a bit sun burnt you got standing on London Bridge for 5 hours but the time passed so quickly.  We received a lovely goodie bag with a medal, a running top and various other bits and pieces.  Our hotel had done a wall of fame with all the guests running times and a glass of champagne laid on for everyone.  As you can see from the picture Karen and I thought we had worked hard enough deserve a photo and a glass of champagne!  We will definitely be staying there next year!

I would definitely recommend this experience to others and would love to do it again except I have entered myself into the ballot to run the race next year!  If you hear a scream in October that may well be me having got a place in the marathon!

Jane Carter

Great Langdale 10k

A fast and tough 10k with plenty of hills one after the other.  A cracking 10k run with dramatic scenery in the lake district.  David and Margaret Brown completed this and Margaret achieved 2^nd lady over 50.

Results

Guiseley Gallop Multi Terrain 10k

Harold Dobson took first place in the M70 category at this popular multi terrain race, which runs through wooded valleys, along the Leeds - Liverpool canal and passed the original Woolpack Inn from Emmerdale.

Results

Liverpool Half marathon - 29/03/09

Well done to Helen Blackburn who recently ran the Liverpool half marathon in a time of 1.41 and 4^th lady in her category. Well done Helen.

Kate Nelson

East Hull 20 mile Road Race    22-03-09
Photos courtesy of Dave Gowans (EHH & AC).                  Results here                         Photo slideshow here

Connemarathon 2009    22-03-09
Report from Paul & Susan Adams                                Link to Race Website

 We were invited to Connemarathon by the Race Director Ray O'Conner for a
reunion of 10in10 participants but Michelle was unable to travel due to flu.

 We flew to Galway on the west coast of Ireland and saw beautiful scenery in
the Connemara National Park. The event consisted of a 39 mile ultra
marathon, 26.2 classic marathon and a 13.1 half marathon.

With over 3,300 entries across the events we were all transported out to the
starts by bus. The ultra was a circuit of the Conanemara circle and we
joined by the side of a lake aside large mountains. The course was a cross
between Snowdon and Windermere culminating in a lung bursting climb at 22
miles for 2.2miles aptly named "Hell of the west". Paul came home in 5.16
with Susan some 6 mins behind. Susan's recent foot injury at the dinner
dance which has threatened to spoil her training held up really well and
clears the way for London in four weeks time.

 Any one wanting to run a hard challenging road marathon this event is hard
to beat. The organisation is extremely complex and was handled by Ray's team
without fault.

The weekend was rounded off by participating in the celebrations for the
Irish Rugby Team success.

Ferriby 10 mile Road Race    25-01-09

Photos courtesy of Dave Gowans (EHH & AC). Results can be found here.

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