Ykh Round Up – w.e 15th October – Wakefield XC, British Fell Relays, Brid Half, Gormire Gamble..

—West Yorkshire Cross Country League , Race #1 , Wakefield.

https://www.facebook.com/alistair.mcqueen.9/videos/10159355665210177/

Knavesmire’s Ladies got off to a good start with the team placing 4th of 15 teams.

5th Nik Tarrega 21:22
8th Helen Crossley 21:42
30th Sarah Attwood 23:51
54th Mandy Clarke 25:48

60th Jane Nodder  26:04
78th Clare Rowntree 27:36
80th Megan Thompson 27:51
86th Qin Zhou 28:04
95th Pauline Foot 28:41
103rd Abbie Hallas 29:35
115th Jane Morby 31:22
134th Edwina Wilcox  36:30              Ladies Results

Nik Tarrega was fifth.

Knavesmire’s Men also got the season underway with a good result , placing 5th out of 16 teams.

22nd Phil Elliot 34:59
42nd Tom Ratcliffe 37:24
50th Simon Collins 38:33
54th Toby Hone 38:42
56th Darren Hendley 38:43
61st Richard Lowson  39:00

64th Danny Chan 39:17
88th John Willey 40:38
95th Neil Strange  41:05
96th Rory Henderson 41:06
105th Richard Tarrega 41:45
134th Pete Downes 44:22
135th Jamie Bolton 44:23
146th Michael Hemsworth 45:19
167th John Nodder  48:49                        Mens Results 

https://www.facebook.com/alistair.mcqueen.9/videos/10159356328825177/

 Many more photos on the Knavesmire Facebook Group

—UKA British Fell Relay Championship , Llanberis , Wales.

Knavesmire Harriers achieved their best ever result at the National Fell Relay Championships, this year held in Snowdonia.
The YKH  team were 37th/175 overall ( 28th/69 Male Open ).
The race comprises four different legs :

Christian Garvey got us off to a flying start on Leg One which was 8.9 km with 707 m’s of climbing, to the summit of Moll Ellio.

Leg 2 : Sam Allin and Chris Roberts

Sam Allin and Chris Roberts ran the pairs Leg 2 which was 14.9 km with 900 m’s of climbing.

Leg 3, the navigational ( no map prior to start ) pairs leg ( 8.4 miles/ 3074 ft climb )  was undertaken by Neil Stabbs and Gareth Green.

Leg 4 : Giles Hawking

Leg 4 was a short  (8.35km, 512m)  solo leg ran by Giles Hawking.

—Bridlington Half Marathon.

476 finishers / Results 

—Gormire Gamble .

Tom Ratcliffe took his  first ever race victory at this almost 7 mile Fell race at Sutton Bank.

 1st Tom Ratcliffe 44:07
31st Anna Blackwell 55:17 ( 1st F40)
39th Katie Smith 57:15
50th Matthew Page 60:29

The next race in the Dave Parry Winter Fell Series is Saltergate Gallows on Sunday 5th November from Levisham Village Hall, highly recommended.

 —Helvellyn 15k Lakeland Trails.

Victoria Sewell – 1st Lady, 11th Overall

Victoria Sewell – 1st Lady, 11th Overall – 1.03.37
Ewan Sewell – 25th – 1.07.11

—Ullswater Trail Race.
Liz Matthews did the  Lakeland Trails Dirty Double weekend – Helvellyn on Saturday, Ullswater on Sunday.

—Amsterdam  Marathon.

Richard Walker ran the Amsterdam Marathon  on a very warm day. Finished in 3hrs 23 mins 38 sec.

—Lakeland Four Passes.

Windy and wet weather  made for slippery conditions but Peter, Phillip and Jason all made it round

A challenging approximately 19 mile race , a big circle of gorgeous Lakeland scenery starting in Borrowdale  and featuring going up and over Sty Head pass into Wasdale  , Black Sail , Scarth Gap to Buttermere and lastly  Honistor pass.

Phillip Chapman 4h:59m
Jason Newman    4h:59m
Peter  Walker   5h:38m

—Eden Project  Half Marathon.

A multi terrain Half Marathon ( Mara’ also ) which is Cornwall’s biggest running event.

7th Neil Everett 1:24:25

141st Christine Everett 1:50:45

—Shaun Lee Johnson 10 Mile Multi Terrain Race , Boroughbridge.

58th John Oliver 1:20:03

121st Clare Moffat 1:36:57