We look forward to seeing you in November!

The men’s event was won by Mark Buckingham of Holmfirth Harriers in a time of 35:44, with a lead of over 2 minutes to Ben Crowther of Halifax Harriers, and a further minute to Jason Stevens (M40) in 3rd.  Meltham AC’s top finisher was Rob James in a time of 39:30 in 6th position.

In the ladies’ section, Charlotte Sanderson came home a comfortable winner in a time of 42:38, beating Julie Buckley (F50) and Lesley Leggett (F50) into 2nd and 3rd.

Full results can be found here and links to photos and further information on the event can be found on our Cinnamon Lodge Chase page.

Thanks go out to the organiser Mike Harrison and to all members who helped out as marshalls and other guises on the day.  We hope you all enjoyed the event and we hope to see you all again next year, or at one of our of other upcoming events – the Meltham Cop Hill Fell race, and the Meltham 10k.

All the entry details are ONLINE NOW!!  Race details can be found here, and you can enter online via the John Schofield website.

We hope to see you on Weds 18th August 2010 for this annual 6miler around Meltham, starting at 7pm.  Entries are available on the day, but there is a small extra charge, so get your entry in asap.  Race commences from the Meltham Sports Community Centre.

For those who don’t know, this is an annual bit of fun:

It’s a handicapped race with the slower runners off first. The 1st run is 2 miles multi terrain, the bike leg is 4.5 miles on the road and then its the same run again.

Transition area is by Dathan’s gate.

Afterwards, Richard and Debbie Beaumont have once again kindly offered to host the traditional post race barbeque, please bring a bottle or 2, and some food to BBQ.

Start time for the BBQ is 1.00pm onwards.

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.

The marathon loops round the city taking in sights such as Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Palace before heading for the coast at Portabella.  It then follows the coast south turning at Gosford House to follow the same route back up the coast to finish in Musselburgh racecourse.

5 members competed in the Marathon, unfortunately on the hottest Sunday in the year so far, but plentiful water stations and kindly locals with hosepipes helped to cool runners down.  Graham Sykes was the only male Meltham runner, competing with his daughter Mel Sykes less than a month after he ran the London Marathon.  Both Graham and Mel finished in a very respectable 3 hours 51 mintutes, 19 seconds.  The other three meltham runners were competing in their first marathon and all  finished in good times for their first attempt at this distance. Their times were as follows: Ruth Thomas 4:14:22, Helen-Marie Kruger 4:20:13 and Helen Hunter 4:34:57.

Andy Whitworth of Meltham had a fantastic run in the half marathon event to be the first male veteran over 40 with a time of 1:17:01.  John Hobbs was the first male veteran over 60 with a time of 1:33:01 and Jeff Taylor was first male veteran over 70 with a time of 1:52:43.  Fiona McArthur was the second female veteran over 55 in 1:53:44 and Pam Combes was 6^th lady veteran over 55 in 1:59:42.

Other Meltham runners in the half marathon were Richard Beaumont, 1:40:54; Pete Hirst, 1:50:35; Martin Sturdy, 1:56:03 and for the ladies Anne Tinsdeal, 2:01:50 and Sharon Whitworth, 2:08:40.

Edinburgh Finishers 2010

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