Due to the snow and ice of January leading to the race being postponed, runners had the pleasure of warm, sunny conditions for this year’s Pennine 10K .  Julian Mawson (Otley AC) led the field in with a time of 34 mins 37 secs with Joanna Seymour (Hallamshire) taking the ladies race in 40 mins 09 secs.

34 – Raymond McArthur 0:43:13 (2nd Male 55)

42 – Mick Lunn 0:44:46

51 – Mike Harrison 0:45:59

96 – Jeffrey Taylor 0:51:05 (1st Male 70)

102 - Fiona McArthur 0:52:29 (2nd Female 55)

107 – Martin Sturdy 0:53:58

An Easter weekend on the Dorset coast was Matt Dillingham’s excuse for competing in the Bournemouth Quarter Marathon.  Crossing the line in 11th place and in a time of 38min 55sec, he completed the race in a sub 6min/mile pace for the first time.  The course followed the promenade for over 2miles before turning back into the wind, and was excellently marshalled and supported by the locals.  Overall, it was a well executed event and hopefully more Meltham AC runners can enjoy it in the future.

Full results can be found here.

Three members of the club headed over to Salford for the 2 lap 10K race on Good Friday. Graham Sykes and Andy Beardsley battled it out on the first lap, with Andy taking the honours in the end

1 – Mark Buckingham (Holmfirth) – 29 mins 59 secs

116 – Andy Beardsley – 38:53
146 – Graham Sykes – 39:51
363 – Peter Hirst – 48:31

Sunday saw a double header of local races. With most of the club over the hill in Marsden for the Ian Roberts Fell Race  (1st counting event in the club championships), a few brave souls dared to tackle the Spen 20.

Andrew Beardsley was first back for the club in 2 hrs 25 mins 05 secs, with Mel Sykes our first lady home.

57 – Andrew Beardsley 2:25:05
131 - Mel Sykes 2:44:12
138 – Hayley Lomas 2:47:04
151 – Mick Lunn 2:49:29
206 – Martin Sturdy 3:04:04
217 -  Lisa Oldfield 3:07:15
239 - Angela Allum 3:16:31

Results – Photos – Video

A fantastic day for the club with Andy, Rob & Matt comfortability taking the 1st team prize from our local rivals, plus we had two vet winners in John Hobbs and Jeff Taylor.

7 - Andy Whitworth (2nd Vet 40) – 0.37.33  
10 - Rob James – 0.38.24  
17 – Matt Dillingham - 0.40.00  
22  – Stephen Robinson – 0.40.37  
83 -  Mick Lunn – 0.45.30  
99 -  John Hobbs (1st Vet 65) – 0.46.54  
112 -  Nigel Thomas – 0.47.18  
124 - Richard Beaumont – 0.47.49  
157 -  Hayley Lomas – 0.49.31  
227 -  Jeffrey Taylor (1st Vet 70) – 0.52.24  
269 -  Gary Spivey – 0.54.57   
306 - Martin Sturdy - 0.56.53  
325 - Ruth Thomas - 0.57.37  
356 - Fiona McArthur - 0.59.27  
368 - Robert Page - 0.59.50  
407 - Wayne Hancock  – 1.03.46  

Results – Photos – Video