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11/03/10 - Mike Smith 2nd in World Masters Cross Country
On Monday at the World Masters Cross Country Championships held in Canada, Mike Smith a member of Bingley Harriers finished in Silver medal position in the over 65 category.
11/03/10 Ladies 2nd at Noonstone
Bingley Ladies finished 2nd team at the first English Fell Championship counter, Noonstone, on Saturday, 26th February.
Kirstin Bailey led the team home in 11th position, followed by Ruth Whitehead in 20th, Sharron Smith 25th and Mandy Clarke backing the team up in 81st
Kirstin 1h27.55
Ruth 1h32.49
Sharron 1h35.03
Mandy 1h52.22 (13th V40)
Next counter for the English Championship is Coniston on May 1st, entries are open now
Sharon Taylor
02/03/10 - National Cross Country Championships
Victoria Wilkinson was a magnificent 5th place in the senior womens National Cross Country Championships at Roundhay, Leeds on Saturday.
Coming back from a serious injury last summer Victoria had a superb run and wasn't far off claiming a medal.
Congratulations Victoria, the hard work has paid off.
02/03/10 sportSshoeS unlimited junior fell race 2
Ilkley Moor - 21st February 2010
What a disaster!!
Heavy snow during the night before the race had the organisers panicking and the final decision to run the race was only made at 9am.
Unfortunately for me, my two boys and many others we were simply unable to get there so the numbers in both the junior and senior races were understandably lower than usual.
Just 3 Bingley Juniors, all girls, were tough enough to brave the conditions and their efforts have been rewarded with some very valuable points in the Junior Championship.
First to brave the hills was Bo Lawrence in the Under 8 category and she stormed round to finish a great 12th place in 6 mins and 24 secs.
Then it was the turn of our two Under 12 girls Katie Boden and Abigail White who both ran well in the difficult conditions to take 24th and 35th places respectively.
Full details, loads of photos and results can be found here :- www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk
The next championship race in the series is not until the Coiners race on the 3rd of May so there’s plenty of time to get some training in.
Before that though are the Pendle Junior races held at Barley Village on the 3rd of April. These are great races for the kids with good courses for all age categories and goody bags to all finishers. The adults race up Pendle Hill and back in the afternoon is also a cracker.
And of course all the latest positions and news and events can be found in the junior fell section  Here
Andy Nicoll
Junior Fell Team Manager
25/02/10 Yorkshire XC – Championships
Bingley men finished 3rd team at the Yorkshire cross country champs at Thornes Park Wakefield on the 20th February. First Harrier home was 44yr old Ian Holmes in 7th , followed by Richard Harris 17th , Lee Athersmith 27th , Tim Midgley 29th, John Convery 33rd with final counter Andy Brown 37th.
25/02/10 Senior Men Northern XC - Championships
Bingley Senior men headed over the border to Lancashire ( Witton Park, Blackburn) on the 24th January to produce a solid performance finishing 6th team overall. First man home was Mathew Whitfield making his first cross country appearance of the year, closely followed by Lee Athersmith 65th, Tim Midgley 66th, Stuart Mcdonald 73rd , John Convery 80th and 6th scorer Aiden Johnson 99th. President Martin Peace finished 156th.
16/02/10 - Wadsworth Half Trog & Carnethy 5
More success for Bingley on the fells over the last two weekends.
Lee Athersmith continued his dominance in the Wadsworth Half Trog (9 miles over the roughest of Calderdale terrain) with his 4th consecutive win at this event.
Rob Jebb also added to his tally of victories at the Carnethy 5, held on the outskirts of Edinburgh, last Saturday. This was Rob’s 5th win in the most popular Scottish fell (or should that be hill?) race.
Well done to both.
James Senior
16/02/10 - northern vets cross country championships
Once again Bingley were at the forefront of the Veteran championships.
At Warrington on Sunday 14/02/10 a team crossed the Pennines, leaving their box of chocolates and roses with their loved ones to put in a fantastic performance.
Sue Becconsall won the women’s race outright along with the Fv50s title.
Stuart Macdonald was 2nd Mv40,
John Convery was 2nd Mv45,
Pete Pyrah was 2nd Mv55,
Mike Smith improved on his Yorkshire bronze to win gold for a fantastic mv65 title,
These runners combined gave us a very impressive 1st over 40 team prize.
In the over 70s team there was an incredible 18 runners,
Salford fielded 2 teams, but Yorkshire grit came through with
Fred Gibbs (ok adopted brummie) 1st
Peter Covey 4th
Backed up by John Smithurst in 6th
This of course gave them 0/70s gold
Fantastic performance.
Adrian Rushworth
09/02/10 - Yorkshire Vets cross country championships - sheffield
Sue Becconsall won the 0 /50,3rd overall, Ali raw won 0/45s 4th overall, Andréa Dennison 2nd 0/45 5th overall, Marisol Carrera 3rd 0/40 in 16th overall.
The ladies won Gold in the 0/45 team category.
Fred Gibbs, Peter Covey and John Smithurst smashed the opposition in the 0/70 category to finish 1, 2, 3.
Gold in the 0/70s team
0/60s team won silver, with Mike Smith taking a hard fought bronze in the 0/65,Stewart Thompson running a solid 7th 0/60 and Bob Dover 5th in the 0/65.
Pete pyrah ran 2nd 0/55 with Mark Westman an impressive 27th, no 3rd man due to injuries.
0/40 was won by Stewart MacDonald who also won the race outright beating Richard Harris (0/35) into 2nd.
0/40s team were silver with Stewart (1st) Martin Peace in his first vets XC ran a good 3rd, Richard Balshaw a very credible 6th and run of the day from Phil Knight in 15th.
0/35s team also won silver, although we were level on points with winners Hull, we missed out on the count back.
Richard won a brilliant run from Steve Bailey in 4th and to complete the team, a solid performance from Simon Wright, who had driven up from Northampton to make the race and gave a good supportive run.
A very good representation from all the vets running and none running turned up to give vocal support.
Adrian Rushworth
09/02/10 - Northern ClubS Cross Country - Blackburn
Five of our juniors competed over this tough course : Emile Cairess was 40th in the U13 Boys, Thomas Potter 170th and Joseph Wain 181st in the Under 15 Boys, and
Ben Marriott 17th and Jack Thorp 74th in the U17 Men. Well done all!
Tony Kingham
09/02/10 - peco league race four
This was our best turn-out yet, which was particularly encouraging on a bitterly cold day. Emile Cairess kept up his splendid record with another individual win in the U13 Boys, while Abigail White, with her 2nd place in the U11 Girls, kept alive her hopes of a high overall position. Anna Whitehead (6th) and Lucy Shutt (7th) in the U11s continued to show promise, and special mention must be made of two of our “regulars” who were making their racing debuts : Georgie Hird came 9th in the U11 Girls, and Oliver Wain came 11th in the U11 Boys. Well done to you all, and we hope to see you all at the last race on Sunday 7 March at Immanuel College, Thackley. For those of you who have not raced yet, come along and give it a try! It would be great to swamp the races with Bingley Harriers!
Tony Kingham
26/01/10 sportSshoeS unlimited junior fell race 1
Stanbury Splash
Race 1 of the series saw the crowds assemble on the notoriously wet, cold and windy Penistone Hill above Haworth. Holding true to its reputation it was indeed cold, windy and wet underfoot but this did not stop 14 Bingley Harriers juniors making the journey and giving their all around Dave Woodhead’s short but tough course.
First away were the under 8s where 3 intrepid Harriers stormed around the ½ mile course which featured a tough 50 foot climb that they had to tackle twice and an equally scary 50 foot plunge back down the quarry side.
Ben Jones ran strongly to finish 18th in a time of 4.21 (less then a minute behind the winner), then came Bo Lawrence who despite having to help her dad all the way around the course still managed to come home in 22nd place in 4.34. Our third under 8 finisher was Jack Colwell who completed his first fell race in 6.09 coming home in 34th place – well done to you all – you are stars in the making!!!
Then it was the turn of the more senior juniors (if you know what I mean). The under 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s all set off together so as you can imagine there was quite a height range on the start line! The under 16s had to tackle 2 laps of the 1 mile course whilst the rest of the gang waged their battle over a single lap.
Over 100 juniors made the start line and I’m very proud to say that 11 of them were Bingley Harriers – fantastic! It’s not yet the sea of blue and white hoops that I dream of but it’s a brilliant start.
Racing was fast and furious from the start and Jack Thorp our sole under 16 representative went off hard from the start. Jack looked strong through lap 1 and managed to stick on the shoulder of an equally impressive looking Horwich runner to come home in second place just 7 seconds off the top spot and over a minute clear of the 3rd placed runner.
In the 1 mile race Bingley’s racing machine Emile Cairess came home in a fantastic 4th place overall in a time of 6.51 which was just 16 seconds off the leader. Emile led home the following Bingley Juniors :-
Ben Nicoll – 8.18
Katy Boden – 8.30
Max Nicoll – 8.36
Joshua Netherwood – 8.45
Jack Illingworth – 9.19
Abigail White – 9.37
Daniel Netherwood – 10.56
Lucy Shutt – 11.22
Harry Colwell – 11.23
Again, for some of the runners above this was their first fell race and for others their first race over any real distance – I hope you enjoyed it and are eager for more.
Detailed results and loads of pictures can be found at http://www.woodentops.org.uk/
Let me finish by saying a big WELL DONE to all those juniors who turned out and thank you to all the parents who made the effort to get them there on a cold and damp Sunday morning – it really is appreciated.
I hope to see you all at the next Championship race – Ilkley on the 21st February – see the junior fell page or www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk for details.
Andy Nicoll
Junior Fell Manager
26/01/10 - Stanbury splash
Ian Holmes ’ incredible winning record at the Stanbury Splash race continued into a third decade on Sunday as he claimed his 15th consecutive win at this popular fell running event. Ian had a close fought battle with Graham Pearce of Pudsey & Bramley for most of the way but saw off the challenge to run out winner by 17 seconds. Well done Ian.
Bingley’s men also made it a double victory by taking first place in the team event. Ian Holmes, Robin Lawrence (6th place) and Andy Jebb (22nd place) made up the winning team. It’s great to see Robin back at the races and it was another fine run from Andy, just ahead of super vet Paul Mitchell. Also worthy of special note was the performance of 18 year old Lewis Wright, coming home in 39th place out of the 298 finishers. Great run Lewis.
Well done to all the Bingley runners who took part and another successful day for Bingley on the fells.
James Senior
21/01/10 - Bradford Schools XC Champs
The Bradford Schools Cross Country Championships took place on Wednesday 20 January, and runners from the Club were very successful. Individual winners were Emile Cairess (Year 7 Boys), Jack Thorp (Inter Boys), and Holly Craig (Senior Girls). In addition Natalie Brown was 2nd in the Junior Girls, and Gordon Weight was 3rd in the Junior Boys.
Other Harriers selected to represent Bradford in the West Yorkshire Schools on February 6, are : Joseph Wain, Thomas Potter and James Fardy (Junior Boys);
Issa Muvunyi (Inter Boys); Ben Marriott (Senior Boys); Carly Robertson and Eleanor Ainscoe (Senior Girls). Good luck to them all!
If I have missed any Harriers off this list, my apologies – let me know!
Tony Kingham
21/01/10 - Peco League Race Three
Nell Bank, Ilkley
Despite the harsh weather three of our brave Juniors represented the Club with distinction in the third race of this series.
Lucy Shutt finished in 11th position in the U11 race, and Jack Illingworth was 12th in the boys section. Emile Cairess was once again the individual winner of the U13 race, and is now in a strong overall position. Well done to all three!
The next race in the series is at John Smeaton School on Sunday 31 January – we hope that we can persuade many more of our Juniors to turn out.
As always, details will be available from us on Tuesday evening training sessions, or from the Abbeyrunners website.
Tony Kingham
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