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:

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

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 

EIGHTTEENTH JOE PERCY 10K - 7.30PM Monday 14 June 2010

 The course is a potentially fast, two-lap, gently undulating, rural course. It starts and finishes at Thurstonland Cricket Club, which has some showering facilities, toilets and a bar!

The following clubs have been invited to take part in this ‘pre-entry’ only club competition:

• Denby Dale Travellers
• Dewsbury Road Runners  
• Halifax Harriers AC     
• Holmfirth Harriers AC 
• Huddersfield Road Runners     
• Longwood Harriers AC
• Meltham AC
• Penistone Footpath Runners     
• Spenborough & District AC
• Stadium Runners
• Stainland Lions            
• Wakefield District Harriers AC

ALL entries to me by Saturday 12 June on the entry form provided to the club

Scoring is kept simple with the first 10 finishers in each club to count. There’s an annual trophy awarded to the winning club, to be signed for and returned for presentation the following year. No individual prizes will be awarded, but commemorative awards will be given to each scoring member of the first three teams. Runners must be 15 or over on the day of the race.

Finishers will be issued with a number which they must pass on to their team ‘manager’ who will record the Race Number, FULL Name, Veteran Category and Race Position on the team sheet(s).  ‘Finishing numbers’ are to be placed inside the team’s plastic wallet, suitably labelled, e.g. Longwood ‘A’, Longwood ‘B’, etc. and handed in at the results table – once the team score has been calculated! People do tend to miss veteran categories off both entries and result envelopes, thereby leaving me unable to write them into the results. First names are a preferred option to initials too since they help identification – sex or otherwise!

HEALTH & SAFETY issues… we will require signatures from competitors on or before the race day – space for signatures is provided on the entry form.

Club vests MUST be worn, it’s a club race! A full set of results will be available to runners on request (at no extra cost) – please leave your name and address with me. A copy (or copies as requested) will be posted on to team managers – who will be also (where possible) be emailed copies of the results for publication on websites, notice boards, etc..

Please use the enclosed/attached sheets for you club entries - £3 per runner – all cheques should be made payable to Longwood Harriers AC.

Entries to:       Andy Miller, 145 Healds Road, Dewsbury, and WF13 4HT   

 a.d.miller@ntlworld.com           01924 462477 or 07799 714586

Hopefully it’ll be another warm, clear, light evening and we’ll see you there!

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

Full results can be found here.

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

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