Road Secretary’s Report – August 2025
Welcome to the August Road report. Firstly, the Road Championships.
2025 Road Championships
There were two races again this month, the Holybank Eccup 10 mile and the Mossley 10k. Some great performances in both races.
| Holybank Eccup 10 mile – 6 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Paul Sammonds | 13/560 | 01:00:14 | 1st MV40 |
| Tim Brook | 28 | 01:02:59 | |
| James Washington | 50 | 01:06:27 | 3rd MV50 |
| Brandon Holroyd | 93 | 01:11:05 | |
| Anthony Waring | 102 | 01:11:46 | |
| Helena Croft | 112 | 01:12:42 | 1st FV35 |
| Mickey Tivers | 136 | 01:14:33 | |
| Michael Hall | 266 | 01:24:23 | |
| Gary Putnam | 434 | 01:38:55 | |
| Keren Pearson | 546 | 02:05:48 | |
| Mossley 10k – 20 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Thomas Heap | 33/410 | 00:41:36 | |
| Mike Hall | 143 | 00:51:04 | |
| Alastair Watt | 394 | 01:14:26 |
Well done to Paul, James and Helena for their age positions at Eccup.
Mike Hall continues to lead the men’s championship and Keren Pearson, the ladies’.
| 2025 Road Championships – Standings | |||||||||||||||||
| End of July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 Men’s | 2025 Ladies | 2025 Age Graded | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Hall | Ben Jarvis | Darren Hansen | James Washington | Brandon Holroyd | Keren Pearson | Helena Croft | Heidi O’Shea | Janet Foreman | Rachael Mellor | Keren Pearson | Michael Hall | Helena Croft | Ben Jarvis | Darren Hansen | |||
| No. of races | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Scoring Races | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Four Villages Half | 23 | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Stockport Daffodil | 23 | 25 | 23 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Run Through Media City Half | |||||||||||||||||
| Dentdale 14 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| LABC Runners 5k | 23 | 25 | 23 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Wilmslow 10k | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Brighouse 10k (Elland) | 25 | 22 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Not Done The London Marathon (Leeds) | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Leeds Half | 25 | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Northallerton 10k | 23 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Bradford 10k | 25 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Greenhead parkrun | 25 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 25 | |||||||||
| Mossley 10k | 23 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Hollybank Eccup10 (Leeds) | 18 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||
| Club 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Club 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Club 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Road Relays | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 126 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 151 | 115 | 63 | 31 | 27 | 123 | 113 | 81 | 75 | 75 | ||
There is plenty of time for that to change though. All the races in the championship are on the website https://www.holmfirthharriers.com/championship/road-championship/ and a brief reminder is shown below. The next race is the Preston 10 miler on 10 August.
If there is a tie for 1st/2nd/3rd place, the number of races entered will be taken into consideration. If there is still a tie then the age graded scores will be used.
| AUGUST | |||
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| Preston 10m | 10-Aug-25 | 10m | Long |
| Leeds 5k | 27-Aug-25 | 5k | Short |
| SEPTEMBER | |||
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| Vale of York Half | 07-Sep-25 | Half | Long |
| Wistow (Selby) | 28-Sep-25 | 10k | Short |
| OCTOBER | |||
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| Accrington | 26-Oct-25 | 10k | Short |
| Oldham half | 26-Oct-25 | Half | Long |
| NOVEMBER | |||
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| Tadcaster 10 | 16-Nov-25 | 10m | Long |
| Doncaster 10k | 30-Nov-25 | 10k | Short |
| DECEMBER | |||
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| Longridge Christmas Pudding | 14-Dec-25 | 7 mile | Long |
| Travellers 6 | TBA | 6m | Short |
2025 Club handicap races (Club 6, Club 5, Club 10)
The Graham Ellis Club 10 – the last in the handicap road races for the year – was held on Wednesday 8th July on the new route starting at finishing on Moor Lane at Farnley Tyas. 24 runners started the race with one dropping out half-way through due to injury (although he is fine now).
This year the race was renamed in honour of Graham Ellis, a former club member who passed away in June 2024. Graham joined the club as a junior in 1967 and was made Honorary Life Member following his incredible senior international career. He was undoubtedly one of the club’s most successful athletes and was Club Captain from 1977/78 to 1978/79 . His 10 mile PB was 47:20, a fact that was mentioned by Helen just before the prizegiving. We were honoured and delighted to have been joined by Christine, Graham’s widow, as well as other members of the family and former HHAC members who had come along to pay their respects.
The handicap was won by Dave Milton (minus 2:20 on handicap) with Bob Dickinson and Helen Haigh coming second and third. Fastest man was Ben Jarvis in 0:57:28 and fastest lady was Helen Haigh.
| Graham Ellis Club 10 – 8 July 2025 | |||||||
| Name | Hcp pos | Position | Actual Time | Hcp Estimate | Hcp | Hcp Time | Relative to Hcp |
| David Milton | 1 | 11 | 1:15:55 | 01:18:15 | 00:21:45 | 0:54:10 | minus 02:20 |
| Bob Dickinson | 2 | 6 | 1:11:25 | 01:12:30 | 00:16:00 | 0:55:25 | minus 01:05 |
| Helen Haigh | 3 | 3 | 1:08:31 | 01:08:45 | 00:12:15 | 0:56:16 | minus 00:14 |
| Ben Jarvis | 4 | 1 | 0:57:28 | 00:56:30 | 00:00:00 | 0:57:28 | + 00:58 |
| Craig Sheard | 5 | 7 | 1:12:30 | 01:11:30 | 00:15:00 | 0:57:30 | + 01:00 |
| Sophie Cromwell | 6 | 16 | 1:18:39 | 01:16:50 | 00:20:20 | 0:58:19 | + 01:49 |
| Tom Heap | 7 | 5 | 1:10:52 | 01:08:45 | 00:12:15 | 0:58:37 | + 02:07 |
| Brandon Holroyd | 8 | 9 | 1:13:23 | 01:11:00 | 00:14:30 | 0:58:53 | + 02:23 |
| Hannah Austin | 9 | 13 | 1:17:19 | 01:14:30 | 00:18:00 | 0:59:19 | + 02:49 |
| Chris Beadle | 10 | 10 | 1:13:40 | 01:10:00 | 00:13:30 | 1:00:10 | + 03:40 |
| Leighton Moxon | 10 | 12 | 1:16:55 | 01:13:15 | 00:16:45 | 1:00:10 | + 03:40 |
| Darren Hanson | 12 | 8 | 1:13:02 | 01:09:00 | 00:12:30 | 1:00:32 | + 04:02 |
| Mark Wilson | 13 | 2 | 1:08:03 | 01:03:45 | 00:07:15 | 1:00:48 | + 04:18 |
| Katie Hollingworth | 14 | 23 | 1:36:40 | 01:31:45 | 00:35:15 | 1:01:25 | + 04:55 |
| Curtis Firth | 15 | 4 | 1:08:56 | 01:04:00 | 00:07:30 | 1:01:26 | + 04:56 |
| David Straw | 16 | 19 | 1:25:42 | 01:20:45 | 00:24:15 | 1:01:27 | + 04:57 |
| Matthew Rose | 17 | 15 | 1:18:23 | 01:13:00 | 00:16:30 | 1:01:53 | + 05:23 |
| Michael Hall | 18 | 21 | 1:26:59 | 01:21:30 | 00:25:00 | 1:01:59 | + 05:29 |
| Joe Brereton | 19 | 18 | 1:21:32 | 01:15:30 | 00:19:00 | 1:02:32 | + 06:02 |
| Neil Robins | 20 | 14 | 1:17:43 | 01:10:15 | 00:13:45 | 1:03:58 | + 07:28 |
| Heidi OShea | 22 | 22 | 1:34:12 | 01:23:00 | 00:26:30 | 1:07:42 | + 11:12 |
| Anthony Waring | 23 | 17 | 1:18:49 | 01:07:00 | 00:10:30 | 1:08:19 | + 11:49 |
| Paul Sammonds (Sweeper) | 24 | 20 | 1:25:43 | 01:00:30 | 00:04:00 | 1:21:43 | + 25:13 |
| Alastair Watt | 25 | 25 | DNF | 01:49:30 | 00:53:00 | DNF | + 10:30 |
Many thanks to all those that raced and / or gave up their time to volunteer to make the run a success. And of course huge congratulations to the winners and thanks to Christine and family/friends for supporting the event. A full write up is on the website.
Summer monthly 5k series
The fourth race of the season was held on 15th July. As we are getting into holiday season there was again a smaller number of runners but the rain held off and it was great to see some new faces taking part in their first event
Results are on the web site here where you can also find start times for race five on 12 August.
Other races
Other races that I’ve been able to find this month are shown below. Please let me know if you would like any of your results included in this monthly update.
| Cheshire 10k – 13 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Gareth Vicars | 65/613 | 00:44:31 | |
| Alexandra Park (Glasgow) 10k – 13 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 88/291 | 00:53:47 | 2nd MV60 |
| Wallington 10k – 16 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 30/116 | 00:50:25 | |
| Flat Cap 5 Miles – 31 July 2025 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Heidi O’Shea | 74 | 00:41:19 |
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 / 04August2025