Calderdale Way Relay – Entries

Calling all Harriers… 2015 sees the 31st running of the Calderdale Way Relay on Sunday 17th May. This is Britain’s biggest club-run off-road event with around 90 teams and over 1,000 runners taking part in the 2014 edition. Last year, the event included a team from York Knavesmire Harriers having its first crack and finishing in a creditable 38th place. Following on from last year’s success, the time has now come to enter teams for the 2015 event. The Calderdale Way route follows a … [Read more...]

West Yorkshire League Report

Race 1 - Thornes Park, Wakefield The first race was the October club run so there were a couple of new faces who were trying out some cross country for the first time. They were treated to a lovely warm october day with no sight of any mud. In the Ladies we had Nik Vogan leading the team home in 18th place followed by Liz Matthews 57th, Louise King 70th, Sam Lyth 79th and Kate Murdoch 80th with the team finishing in 7th. The men, depleted due to the Fell Relays being on the same day, … [Read more...]

Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8 Report

Vet’s Grand Prix Series. Race 8  Spen Stadium 9th November Spen 10     Well done to our 10 intrepid YKH club members who turned out for their club to compete in the last of this year’s G P series in almost perfect running conditions.       Always a very fast start with two laps round the Spen Stadium running track the remainder of the 5.2 mile course was unusually sound underfoot- not much mud but all the other vets goodies – stiles and hills keeping us all … [Read more...]

FRA Relays – Report

We headed over to the Middleton Fells, the venue for this years FRA Relays, at the crack of dawn to get there in time for registration and a team lineup change. It had been an eventful last 24 hours with Tony Heron, my planned leg 2 partner, coming down with illness and us having to draft Tom in at the last minute. We got there with plenty of time to spare and tucked into some much needed bacon sandwiches. The weather forecast was for high winds and heavy showers but they had yet to materialise … [Read more...]