Road Secretary’s Report – December 2025
Welcome to the December Road report. As usual, lets start with the Road Championships.
2025 Road Championships
The final two races of the year were held in December, the Longridge Christmas Pudding 10k and the Travellers 6 (miles) at Denby Dale.
| Longridge Christmas Pudding (10k) – 14 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Paul Sammonds | 4/154 | 00:43:40 | 4th overall. 1st MV40 |
| Chris Beadle | 36 | 00:53:55 | 3rd MV55 |
| Mike Hall | 69 | 00:58:28 | |
| Travellers 6 (6 miles, Denby Dale) – 14 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Ben Jarvis | 1/174 | 00:34:11 | 1st overall. 1st MV40 |
| Mark Wilson | 16 | 00:41:17 | 3rd MV40 |
| Brandon Holroyd | 36 | 00:44:00 | 3rd MV50 |
| Neil Dutton | 43 | 00:45:01 | |
| Anthony Waring | 48 | 00:45:18 | 3rd MV55 |
| Mickey Tivers | 59 | 00:46:37 | |
| Rachael Mellor | 95 | 00:51:16 | 1st FV60 |
| Heidi O’Shea | 106 | 00:53:44 | |
| Alison Smith | 157 | 01:05:14 | |
Well done to those that took part, especially Ben taking overall first place at Denby Dale and for Paul and Rachael winning their age categories.
This means that the 2025 championship has been decided
| 2025 Mens Road Championship | |||
| Name | Races | Scoring races | Points |
| 1st – Ben Jarvis | 7 | 6 | 170 |
| 2nd – Paul Sammonds | 7 | 6 | 158 |
| 3rd – Mike Hall | 11 | 6 | 155 |
| 2025 Ladies Road Championship | |||
| Name | Races | Scoring races | Points |
| 1st – Helena Croft | 7 | 6 | 165 |
| 2nd – Keren Pearson | 7 | 6 | 151 |
| 2025 Age Graded Road Championship | |||
| Name | Races | Scoring races | Points |
| 1st – Ben Jarvis | 7 | 6 | 148 |
| 2nd – Mike Hall | 11 | 6 | 142 |
| 3rd – Paul Sammonds | 7 | 6 | 137 |
Only Helena and Keren completed the required 6 races in the ladies championship. Many congratulations to our winners and runners up. The full results table is on the web site
https://www.holmfirthharriers.com/championship/road-championship/
2026 Competition
Open races for the first half of next year have been agreed and are on the website with a brief summary below.
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| JANUARY | |||
| Central Lancs Half | 11-Jan-26 | Half marathon | Long |
| Meltham 10k | 25-Jan-26 | 10k | Short |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Hale 10k (Altrincham) | 15-Feb-26 | 10k | Short |
| Settle 10m | 22-Feb-26 | 10m | Long |
| MARCH | |||
| Wakefield 10k | 22-Mar-26 | 10k | Short |
| Wilmslow Half | 22-Mar-26 | Half Marathon | Long |
| APRIL | |||
| Caldervale (Preston) | 03-Apr-26 | 10m | Long |
| Halifax 10k | 05-Apr-26 | 10k | Short |
| MAY | |||
| Buxton Half | 24-May-26 | Half marathon | Long |
| JUNE | |||
| East Yorkshire Half | 21-Jun-26 | Half | Long |
| Greenhead parkrun | 13-Jun-26 | 5k | Short |
| Lindley 10k | 28-Jun-26 | 10k | Short |
I mentioned the Langdale Half / Full marathon last month as a possible away weekend for Harriers-on-tour. Since writing, the date for the race has been set as 17 October 2026. In a very unfortunate clash of disciplines, this is the same date as the British Fell Champs which means that runners will have to prioritise one over the other.
There is a WhatsApp group for those interested in still going to Langdale and I will gauge interest before seeing if this is still viable as a club ‘outing’. Please email me via the website if you are not already in that group and would like to be added.
Closed Club races (races only open to HHAC members)
The dates for the three closed road races (the Club 6, Club 5 and Club 10) have also been agreed.
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE |
| Club 6 | 28-Feb-26 | 6 miles |
| Past Members Memorial Club 5 | 05-May-26 | 5 miles |
| Graham Ellis Club 10 | 07-Jul-26 | 10 miles |
Again, details for these plus how to enter and just as importantly how to volunteer are on the website. Click on the race name links above.
Other races
Other races I’ve been able to find this month are:
| York Evensplits 5k – 5 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Paul Sammonds | 43/99 | 00:17:44 | |
| Ruby Sunman | 47 | 00:17:54 | |
| Mark Wilson | 60 | 00:18:56 | |
| Brandon Holroyd | 74 | 00:19:46 | |
| Myerscough 10 mile – 7 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 149/328 | 01:22:01 |
| Langdale Christmas Pudding 10k – 13 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Richard Anderson | 1/546 | 00:34:48 | 1st overall |
| Ian Goulding | 67 | 00:47:57 | |
| Ribble Valley 10k – 28 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Jordan Millar | 148/1448 | 00:35:45 | |
| James Washington | 262 | 00:38:54 | |
| Helena Croft | 304 | 00:39:52 | |
| Juliette Le Mare | 331 | 00:40:37 | |
| Andrew Jones | 388 | 00:42:07 | |
| Matthew Rose | 465 | 00:43:29 | |
| Tom Hilbourne-Lindley | 638 | 00:47:30 | |
| Joe Emmett | 786 | 00:50:53 | |
| Ellie Rose | 803 | 00:51:11 |
And a couple of marathons:
| Malaga Marathon – 14 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Philip Wilson | 193/7496 | 02:48:18 | |
| Matthew Rose | 1934 | 03:25:53 |
| Enigma Christmas déjà vu Marathon – 7 December 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Chris Hobson | 23/23 | 06:37:29 | This was Chris’ 125th Marathon |
Well done to Richard for getting an overall 1st place in Langdale, another great time for Philip in the marathon and a big mention to Chris for completing her 125th marathon – what an achievement.
Congratulations to all our runners this month. As always, if you’d like your races and achievements celebrated in the Road Update, please let me know by finding me at the club or dropping me an email.
Kevin Dessoy / 07January2026