Road Section Report – July 2026

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Road Secretary’s Report – July 2026

Welcome to the July report reflecting races held in June 2026.  As usual, lets start with the Road Championships.

2026 Road Championships

There were three races on the Championships in June although no Harriers made it to the East Yorks Half this year.  However Greenhead parkrun and Lindley 10k both had lots of amber vests competing for the points.

Greenhead parkrun – 20 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Ben Jarvis 2/752 00:16:00 parkrun PB, 2nd overall
Patrick Needham 10 00:18:16  
Archie Potts 15 00:18:34 Junior – parkrun PB
Michael Sanderson 17 00:18:42  
Brandon Holroyd 21 00:19:19  
Adam Sunderland 23 00:19:30  
Steven Asquith 35 00:20:25  
Anthony Waring 41 00:20:49  
Robert Dickinson 42 00:20:52  
Chris Beadle 46 00:21:01  
David Milton 50 00:21:16  
Ian Goulding 108 00:23:10  
Amy Sanderson 113 00:23:19  
Heidi O’Shea 131 00:23:56 parkrun PB
Scarlett Savin 141 00:24:15 Junior
James Spencer 159 00:24:39  
Janet Foreman 197 00:25:34  
Michael Pennington 234 00:26:23  
Bill Hunter 441 00:31:18  
Rob Savin 572 00:35:52  
Neil Midgley 584 00:36:15  

 

Lindley 10k – 28 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Thomas Dickinson 8/632 00:38:09 8th overall, 1st Men U20
Paul Sammonds 9 00:38:34 9th overall, 2nd MV40
Jared Watt 16 00:41:15  
Archie Potts 23 00:41:59 1st M U16
Annie Greenwood 27 00:42:14 2nd Lady, 1st Fsen
Andrew Jones 26 00:42:15  
Katie Hollingworth 274 00:56:37  
Michelle Rushby 377 01:00:48  
Alison Smith 423 01:02:58  
Keren Pearson 498 01:07:10  

 

Congratulations to all those with PBs and for getting excellent places both overall an in their respective age groups.

 

So after 12 races in this year’s championships, the table looks like this.

2026 Road Championships – Standings
End of June 2026
2026 Mens 2026 Ladies 2026 Age Graded
2026 Mens Michael Sanderson James Washington Andy Jones (Wolves 2) Michael Hall Brandon Holroyd Heidi O’Shea Michelle Rushby Helena Croft Keren Pearson Helen Haigh Michael Sanderson Michelle Rushby Ben Jarvis James Washington Heidi O’Shea
No. of races 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3
Scoring Races 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3
Central Lancs Half       25                      
Meltham 10k           25     23       25   20
Hale 10k 25 23         23 25     21 20   25  
Settle 10m                              
Wakefield 10k             23         20      
Wilmslow Half 25   22               23        
Caldervale 10m                              
Halifax 10k   23   22   22   23   25       23 19
Buxton Half         25                    
East Yorkshire Half                              
Greenhead parkrun 22       21 23         20   25   6
Lindley 10k     21       22   20     19      
Club 6   5 5     5 5 5 5 5          
Club 5   5 5 5 5 5   5   5          
Club 10                              
Road Relays               10   10          
Total 72 56 53 52 51 80 73 68 48 45 64 59 50 48 45

 

There are two races in July – see below and they are on the website with a brief summary below.

JULY      
Ilkley Half Marathon 12-Jul-26 Half marathon Long
South Cave 10k 26-Jul-26 10k Short
AUGUST      
Fylde Windmill Half 09-Aug-26 Half Long
Birchwood 10k 23-Aug-26 10k Short
SEPTEMBER      
Sheffield 10k 27-Sep-26 10k Short
Warrington Half 20-Sep-26 Half Long
OCTOBER      
Morley 10k (Leeds) 04-Oct-26 10k Short
Yorkshire 10m 18-Oct-26 10m Long
NOVEMBER      
Tadcaster 10 22-Nov-26 10m Long
Weekend Saunter, Kirkstall, Leeds 14-Nov-26 10k Short
DECEMBER      
Bolsover 10k 13-Dec-26 10k Short
Stockport 10 13-Dec-26 10m Long

 

The latest standings in full are on the website – scroll down to the results links.

Closed Club races (races only open to HHAC members)

The next closed club event is the Graham Ellis Club 10 on 7th July.  Entries close at Midnight on Thursday 2nd July so I hope you are reading this before then !

As this race is run on open roads, I still need SIX marshals to keep the runners safe.  Please sign up on the link below or message me direct.

Graham Ellis Club 10.

 

Summer Monthly 5k Series

The third race in the series was held on Tuesday 9th June.  Thank you to Chris Beadle for organising and coordinating this month’s event (again).  25 runners took part in the race with the fastest home being Tom Heap in 0:21:04, taking 5s off his time from last month.  Tom was closely followed by Andy Jones in 0:21:08.

Full results and start times for Race 3 are on the website

The next race is on Tuesday 14th July and then 2nd Tuesday of each month until September.

Good luck to all runners.

  • 14 July 2026
  • 11 August 2026
  • 8 September 2026

 

If you did not run the first or second race you can still enter the rest of the series.  Sign up on the website here and I’d like to stress, these are for ALL senior club members, old and new, young and young at heart.

Other races

Other races I’ve been able to find this month are below.

Bronte 5 mile – 4 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
James Washington 17/130 00:33:28  
Damian McQueen 19 00:33:29  
Brandon Holroyd 22 00:33:49  
Helena Croft 30 00:34:52  
Rob Kersey 101 00:47:23  
Elaine Stewart 107 00:48:58  
Bill Hunter 124 00:55:55  
Port Sunlight 10k – 7 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Mike Hall 371/1425 00:51:28  
Barnsley Boundary Relay – 13 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Holmfirth Harriers Ladies 19/30 12:00:13  
Leg 1 – Michelle Rushby   00:54:02  
Leg 2 – Jean Shotter   01:56:19  
Leg 3 – Debbie Hall   01:05:13  
Leg 4 – Janet Foreman   01:00:51  
Leg 5 – Helen Pettit   00:52:21  
Leg 6 – Katie Walshaw   01:32:34  
Leg 7 – Carly Mann   01:09:49  
Leg 8 – Maggie Baird   00:56:34  
Leg 9 – Elaine Stewart   02:01:55  
Leg 10 – Hannah Austin   00:30:35  
Leeds 10k – 14 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Robert Booth 201 00:38:43  
Rohan Randhawa 1364 00:53:34  
Simon Morley 3257 01:09:17  
Meersbrook 15 – 14 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
Michael Hall 78/136 01:26:15  
Run for Jo – 21 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
The results have not been released by the organiser so the only runner I’m aware of is Simon.  If you would like your result recorded in next month’s report, let me know      
Simon Morley   00:40:38  
Cragg 10m Challenge – 21 June 2026    
Name Position Chip Time Notes
James Washington 9 01:09:43 2nd in age
Helena Croft 12 01:13:05 2nd Lady, !st in age
Michael Hall 49 01:29:27 3rd in age
Barnsley 10k – 28 June 2026    
       
Ruby Sunman 44/2050 00:38:31 1st Lady

 

 

Nova Coast Half Marathon – 28 June 2026    
       
Matthew Rose 59/480 01:40:13 3rd M50

 

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 / 01July2026

 

 

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