August saw the inaugural hosting of the pretigious "Middleton Cup", with its honorary namesake, club-legend-John-Middleton, claiming glorious victory. As background, YKH Social Secretary, Richard Tarrega, bet YKH Members Secretary, Alistair McQueen (after a couple of cheeky cocktails - honestly) that Alistair could not beat club-legend-John-Middleton in any of the 2014 summer league races. The loser of the bet would host all there present to a night of ten pin bowling. Alistair confidently … [Read more...]
Burnsall 10 Mile and Classic Fell Race Report
25 August 2014 by ·
To celebrate Alistair's birthday a few of us headed to the Dales this weekend. This included a visit to the Burnsall Feast Sports which hosts a full day of races and activities ranging from the entertaining wheelbarrow and egg and spoon racing to the serious business of the Classic Fell Race. In the 10 Mile race YKH had three entrants for the hilly course from Burnsall through Grassington and back on the opposite side of the river. Stef Durkin was first home in 41st in 68:52 followed by Rich … [Read more...]
Knavesmire’s Emma Yates First Lady at York 10k & Photos of the Harriers in Action.
16 August 2014 by ·
Well done to all the Harriers at the recent York 10k, especially to Emma Yates who won the the Ladies race with a time of 38:11. Results Thanks to Brian Hughes for the photos. … [Read more...]
Knavesmire’s Summer of Fell Running Gathers Pace
11 August 2014 by ·
Report by Neil Stabbs. The NEHRA summer series continues on apace, with 3 races in the last 5 weeks, plus the Ravenscar Rumble organised by the National Trust . As ever, there’s been some good Knavesmire performances, some new runners trying out the fells and many more bottles of wine won. The recent races started off with the Carlton Midsummer Meander, a short loop above Carlton in Cleveland including a couple of tough climbs up Cringle Moor/Drake Howe. By the time we reached the … [Read more...]