Summary
It has been a good year for YKH; we have managed to recruit a good number of new members who are keen to participate in team events for the club and also members who have been in the club for a few years have become more active in competitive team events. We have had good results in the Cross Country and Fell running this year with greater strength in depths to the squads. The Summer League again was a big plus point for us with the usual high turnout and winning 3 of the 4 main categories. Finally, well done to everyone who represented YKH this year and hopefully next year can be even better.
Cross Country
There were good performances in the Men’s team competitions at the Championship events this year with our club regularly being one of the highest placed from Yorkshire. The West Yorkshire league was down on last year with clashes with other big races such as the Yorkshire Marathon affecting our numbers which meant we failed to complete the team event. The ladies team of Nik Vogan, Cassie Holmes, Caroline Warrington and Bryony Parkinson did exceptionally well at the Nationals with the Ladies team an impressive 36th.
West Yorkshire League | |
Men Senior | Chris Roberts - 7th, Rory Henderson - 19th |
Men V50 | Peter Downes - 6th |
Men V65 | Ian Bithell - 2nd |
Ladies Senior | Bryony Parkinson - 13th |
Ladies V35 | Caroline Warington - 5th |
Yorkshire Championships | |
Men Individual | Kim Critchley - 19th, Simon Collins - 62nd, Chris Roberts - 80th, Giles Hawking - 83rd, Barry Atkinson - 113th, Neil Stabbs - 127th |
Men's Team | 10th/26 |
Ladies Individual | Nik Vogan - 72nd, Caroline Warrington - 75th, Cassie Holmes 91st, Bryony Parkinson - 108th |
Ladies Team | 20th/25 |
Northern Championships | |
Men Individual | Chris Roberts - 131st, Simon Collins - 161st, Giles Hawking - 220th, Neil Stabbs - 268th, Rory Henderson - 325th, Peter Downes - 334th |
Men's Team | 20th/46 |
Ladies Individual | Caroline Warrington - 99th |
National Championships | |
Men Individual | Chris Roberts - 446th, Giles Hawking 592nd, Darren Hendley - 642nd, Neil Stabbs - 654th, Barry Atkinson - 692nd, Tom Ratcliffe - 754th |
Men's Team | 56th/127 |
Ladies Individual | Nik Vogan - 183rd, Cassie Holmes - 227th, Caroline Warrington - 269th, Bryony Parkinson - 454th |
Ladies Individual Ladies Team | 36th/83 |
Fell Racing
There has been a resurgence of fell running in the club over the last year or so. Participation in the Esk Valley Fell series has increased from a couple of runners a race to us now being able to field 2 teams of 4 at some events. We have male runners well placed in many categories as the winter series reaches it climax with 2 of 15 races left to be run. We now have a number of ladies taking part as well, however they were a little late to the party this winter and as such many have not completed enough races to be high up in the standings, hopefully they will be raring to go when the summer series starts in May.
Current Winter Standings 13/15 Races Complete | |
Men Overall | Chris Roberts – 2nd, Giles Hawking - 5th, Simon Collins - 10th, Neil Stabbs - 13th, Barry Atkinson - 14th |
Men Open | Chris Roberts - 2nd, Neil Stabbs - 4th, Simon Collins - 6th |
Men V40 | Giles Hawking - 1st |
Men V50 | Barry Atkinson – 1st, Matthew Page - 11th |
Men V55 | Andrew Johnson – 3rd |
Men V65 | Peter Schofield - 18th |
Men's Team | 2nd |
Female Overall | Caroline Warrington - 20th |
Female Open | Caroline Warrington - 8th, Anwen Darlington - 11th, Cassie Holmes - 18th |
Female V50 | Janet Cordingly - 5th, Sarah Nettleton - 6th |
Ladies Team | 9th |
Club Championship
Well done to all those who participated in the 2013 Club Championship. The results have been calculated and the winners are listed below. For 2014 we have shaken things up a little with 2 Cross Country events being part of the 12 race series, hopefully this will encourage people who prefer something other than tarmac under their feet to take part.
2013 Winners | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Male Open | Neil Stabbs | Craig Price, Stephen Robson | |
Male V40 | Darren Leaf | ||
Male V45 | Colin Lea | Garry Moss | |
Male V50 | David Darton | Pete Downes | John Middleton |
Male V55 | Graham Bayliss | Michael Collins | |
Male V60 | Martin Parvin | ||
Male V65 | Ian Bithell | Dick Hunter | |
Ladies Open | Sarah Attwood | ||
Ladies V35 | Claire Moffatt | ||
Ladies V45 | Linda Moss | ||
Ladies V50 | Liz Matthews | ||
Ladies V55 | Margaret Brown | ||
Ladies V60 | Susan Adams |
Vets Grand Prix 2013
It was great to see a few new faces flying the flag this year with Neil Stabbs achieving a very creditable 5th place in the M35 category. Well done also to Liz Matthews who in addition to finishing as 3rd F50 lady competed in all of the GP races.
Results | |
Male V35 | Neil Stabbs - 5th |
Male V55 | Peter Welsh - 9th |
Male V65 | Ian Bithell - 4th |
Male Team | 5th |
Female V50 | Liz Matthews - 3rd |
Female V55 | Maureen Medlar - 9th |
Female V60 | Sue Adams - 6th |
Female Team | 7th |
Summer League 2013
It was a great year for YKH in the Summer League again, taking both individual titles and the ladies team prize. However we did lose our men’s team title to York Acorn which hopefully we can take back this year. Well done to all who took part.
Results | |
Male Open | Ewan Brown - 1st, Simon Collins - 5th, Giles Hawking - 10th |
Male V40 | Ian Anderson - 6th |
Male V50 | David Leaf - 8th |
Male V60 | Ian Bithell - 3rd |
Male Team | 2nd |
Female Open | Emma Yates - 1st, Sarah Attwood - 2nd, Andrea Lancaster - 4th, Nik Vogan - 8th |
Female V35 | Emma Yates - 1st, Andrea Lancaster - 2nd, Katy Godfrey - 7th, Vicky Green - 8th, Nicole Lovett - 10th |
Female V45 | Claire Mclure - 5th, Irene Welbourne - 8th |
Female V55 | Sue Adams - 6th |
Female Team | 1st |
Road Relays
Yorkshire Road Relays | |
10th/17 | Jason Higgins, Chris Roberts, Simon Collins, Neil Stabbs, Darren Hendley, Giles Hawking |
Northern Road Relays | |
57th/88 | Chris Roberts, Simon Collins, Stewart Creasey, Neil Stabbs, Rory Henderson, Stefan Durkin |
Yorkshire Marathon 2013
This year was the inaugural Yorkshire Marathon which was a big success; we had 67 runners taking part from the club. The top ten finishers are listed below.
Top 10 YKH Finishers | |
Emma Yates | 03:05:13 |
Darren Hendley | 03:05:46 |
Peter Downes | 03:11:57 |
Jason Higgins | 03:12:22 |
Giles Hawking | 03:16:21 |
Sarah Douglas | 03:16:55 |
Craig Price | 03:19:49 |
Russell Ridge | 03:22:00 |
Neil Holdsworth | 03:26:31 |
Richard Walker | 03:29:29 |
Next Year
Coming up we have 7 runners taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Fell Race in April closely followed by this years Summer League. We are planning to enter two new events; we have entered a 12 person team for the Calderdale Relay in May and plan to enter both men and women’s teams for the FRA Fell Relays in October.
2014 – 2015 Team Events | |
Feb - Nov | Vets Grand Prix Series, Vets Championship |
Apr - Jul | Summer League |
May | Calderdale Relay |
May - Sep | Esk Valley Summer Fell Series |
Sep - Oct | Road Relays, XC Relays |
Sep - Apr | Esk Valley Winter Fell Series |
Oct | FRA Fell Relays |
Oct - Dec | West Yorkshire League XC |
Jan | Yorkshire XC Champs, Northern XC Champs |
Feb | National XC Champs |
Anyone interested in taking part in any of these events for the club to either improve their running or be part of a team should get in touch with Team Manager Andy Neale, Men’s Captain Chris Roberts, Ladies Captain Nik Vogan or Vets Captain Martin Medlar. Contact details are available here