The results are now available here, or you can follow the links on the Meltham 10k page.  Race photos taken by Flaming Photography.

The race itself saw a clear victory for Holmfirth’s Matthew Pierson in a time of 34.05, and in the women’s race victory was for Amy Green of Keighley & Craven AC in 39.54.  Full results can be found on the Huddersfield Road Runners website.  Meltham AC had an excellent numer of finishers, 17 in total, and their times and positions are listed below:

• 10 0.37.57 Rob James M 06:06.3 4/106
• 22 0.39.55 Matthew Dillingham M 06:25.3 9/106
• 53 0.43.27 Mick Lunn M40 06:59.4 9/60
• 79 0.44.47 Chris Oldfield M35 07:12.3 13/51
• 80 0.44.47 Raymond McArthur M55 07:12.3 2/25
• 114 0.46.42 John Hobbs M65 07:30.8 1/6
• 128 0.47.34 Nigel Thomas M50 07:39.2 9/33
• 141 0.48.12 Paul Elliott M45 07:45.3 15/39
• 164 0.49.08 Mike Harrison M50 07:54.3 14/33
• 179 0.49.41 Hayley Lomas F35 07:59.6 6/30
• 199 0.51.10 Mark Cope M40 08:13.9 35/60
• 201 0.51.14 Susan Heap F45 08:14.6 1/20
• 219 0.51.51 Jeffrey Taylor M70 08:20.5 1/4
• 286 0.55.08 Martin Sturdy M50 08:52.2 21/33
• 316 0.56.29 Fiona McArthur F55 09:05.2 4/9
• 348 0.57.48 Robert Page M60 09:17.9 11/15
• 435 1.04.30 Hannah Spring F35 10:22.6 25/30

The Club Championships were thus concluded and the final and full results can be viewed now.  The winners of each Championship were announced as follows:

Winter Handicap 2011 Runners

A relatively mild, but ultimately windy day was the setting for this year’s first club race, with 15 members taking part in the Meltham AC Winter Handicap 2011.  The 2.7mile loop took in part of the Cop Hill Fell race course, and, although there was plenty of mud under foot, there was less than many had feared at the start line.

Matt Dillingham completed the course in the fastest time of 18.17, but this was only good enough to come tied 3rd in the handicap results.  The title was taken by Mick Lunn who had an excellent run finishing with an overall handicap time of 26.34.  Penny Ditchfield was his closest overall rival with a handicap time of 27.39, putting her 2nd, just 8 seconds clear of Giles Bailey and Matt Dillingham, who managed to tie for the final position on the podium.

Winter Handicap 2011 Winners

The results are now online on our Cop Hill page.  In summary, the men’s race was won by Ben Crowther of Halifax Harriers in a time of 39:21 and the women’s race by Katie Walshaw of Holmfirth Harriers in a time of 41:20.  Holmfirth had further success taking both the men’s and women’s team prizes.

Men

• 1st – Ben Crowther – Halifax Harriers – 39:21
• 2nd – Matthew Pierson – Holmfirth Harriers – 39:59
• 3rd – Alistair Langron – Holmfirth Harriers – 40:10

Women

• 1st - Katie Walshaw -  Holmfirth Harriers – 41:20
• 2nd – Helen Berry -  Holmfirth Harriers – 43:39
• 3rd – Julia Johnson -  Holmfirth Harriers – 48:36

Male Vet Categories

• MV40 – Nicholas Charlesworth – Wharfedale – 40:20
• MV45 – Mick Stenton - Dark Peak – 41:57
• MV50 – Andy Normandale – York – 41:26
• MV55 – Phil Grimes – Halifax – 42:39
• MV60 – Tony Hesketh – Horwich – 48:55
• MV65 – Tim Cock – Holmfirth Harriers – 56:55

Female Vet Categories

• FV35 – Emma Gregory – Bowland – 49:53
• FV40 – Marisol Carrera-Viva – Bingley – 50:45
• FV45 – Sharon Williams – Ilkley – 52:24
• FV50 – Charmain Heaton – Retford – 61:40
• FV55 – Lesley Ewart – Holmfirth Harriers – 52:00

Team Male – Holmfirth Harriers – Pierson, Langron, Baxter

Team Female – Holmfirth Harriers – Walshaw, Berry, Johnson

The race was won by Holmfirth’s own Dave Watson in a time of 1hr 23min57 comfortably ahead of the field, with Bridget Coomber again the clear winner in women’s race in 1hr 40min23.  Full results can be found at: http://www.ukresults.net/2010/holmfirth15.html

Meltham’s finishers were as follows:

• 12 Matt Dillingham M   01:37:19
• 77 Mick Lunn M40   01:54:09
• 107 Mark Cope M40   02:03:04
• 110 Sue Heap F45  02:03:46
• 116 Jon Burdon F35  02:04:27
• 129 Gilly Markham F50    02:10:33
• 157 Helen-Marie Krugger F   02:24:52

Full Marathon

• 75  Mick Lunn MV40  4.48.47
• 99  Sue Heap     FV45  5.08.07

Half Marathon

• 56 Ray McArthur MV55 2.08.58
• 98 Melanie Sykes F 2.19.54
• 112 Andy Hargreaves MV55 2.24.02
• 127 Penny Ditchfield F 2.26.52
• 128 Hayley Lomas F 2.26.53
• 170 Gilly Markham FV50 2.35.50
• 217 Fiona McArthur FV55 2.52.10
• 243 Alison Hargreaves FV45 3.13.56

Ravenstones Fell Race – 2nd October

• 24 Ray McArthur M55 01:32:15
• 37 Andy Hargreaves M55 01:38:11
• 48 Mick Lunn M40 01:41:57
• 49 Sue Heap F45 01:42:01
• 52 Gilly Markham F50 01:46:01
• 58 Mike Harrison M50 01:51:38
• 70 Fiona McArthur F55 02:11:53

The race for Championship points was again keenly fought between Ray McArthur and Mick Lunn, with Ray finishing just a minute clear, although both were comfortably under the 2hr mark.  Gilly took full points in the female section with a 2hr 15min clocking.  Full results can be found here.

Summer Handicap 2010 - Club Photo

The event was won by new-boy Sam Philpot by a massive margin of over 2 and a half minutes, making sure his future handicapping will be much more punishing.  However, the club were delighted to gain another excellent prospect for the upcoming Joe Percy event – ample compensation for an easily won trophy.  Ruth Thomas came home 2nd in a personal time of 33.30, with similarly-handicapped Helen Hunter 3rd.

Summer Handicap - Winners

Full results:

The excellent evening was rounded off with pie and peas at the Community Centre with eyes now looking forward to a strong showing at the Joe Percy event, now with over 20 team members signed up for this annual invitational event.

Although the morning was a bit on the chilly side, all the runners were brought to boiling-point by the demon climb up Trooper Lane.  This part-cobbled lane, situated around the 4 mile marker, scaled 570 feet in just over half a mile, and didn’t spare much for the remainder of the course.  At the bottom of the climb, Dave Watson of Holmfirth Harriers already had about a 2 minute lead on the rest of the field and he went on to comfortably win the 10.3 mile race in a time of 1:05:20.  Andy Whitworth was the leading Meltham AC runner in 8th in a time of 1:12:14, with Matt Dillingham two and a half minutes behind in 12th.   

The race had an excellent turnout with over 400 finishers and each and every one completing the final challenge of traversing the River Calder just before the finish line.  Full results can be found here and the Meltham finishers were as follows:     

• 8 1:12:14 380 Andy Whitworth M Meltham AC M40 M 4 07:00.8 4/53 8 4 – M40
• 12 1:14:50 332 Matthew Dillingham M Meltham AC M M 6 07:15.9 6/91 12 6 – M
• 56 1:23:26 26 Raymond McArthur M Meltham AC M55 M 2 08:06.0 2/27 56 2 – M55
• 113 1:29:50 70 Mick Lunn M Meltham AC M40 M 26 08:43.3 26/53 109 26 – M40
• 159 1:35:13 399 Fran Whitworth F Meltham AC F40 F 6 09:14.7 6/23 16 6 – F40
• 214 1:41:59 95 Sue Heap F Meltham AC F45 F 5 09:54.1 5/28 30 5 – F45
• 217 1:42:17 363 Jeffrey Taylor M Meltham AC M70 M 1 09:55.8 1/3 187 1 – M70
• 229 1:43:55 25 Fiona McArthur F Meltham AC F55 F 2 10:05.3 2/8 35 2 – F55
• 254 1:47:49 89 Martin Sturdy M Meltham AC M50 M 29 10:28.1 29/41 210 29 – M50
• 325 1:58:06 39 Alison Hargreaves F Meltham AC F45 F 19 11:28.0 19/28 80 19 – F45
• 359 2:04:11 292 Anne Tinsdeall F Meltham AC F40 F 18 12:03.4 18/23 106 18 – F40