Road Secretary’s Report – December 2024
2024 Road Championships
November saw the conclusion of the Road Championships for the year with the Tadcaster 10 mile race held on 17 November. An excellent turnout from the Club for this popular event with 6 PBs, a 2nd in age, 5th in age and 4th in age making the results table.
| Tadcaster 10 mile – 17 November 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Oliver Beatson | 29/793 | 0:59:31 | |
| Michael Sanderson | 57 | 01:02:40 | PB |
| James Washington | 67 | 01:03:32 | PB |
| Damian Mcqueen | 85 | 01:04:49 | |
| Helena Croft | 147 | 01:09:37 | |
| Helen Standing | 159 | 01:10:22 | PB 4th FV45 |
| Kevin Dessoy | 160 | 01:10:22 | 2nd MV60 |
| Leighton Moxon | 164 | 01:10:25 | PB |
| Mickey Tivers | 185 | 01:12:32 | |
| Josh Draper | 289 | 01:16:55 | PB |
| David Straw | 312 | 01:18:39 | PB |
| Gary Putnam | 420 | 01:23:40 | |
| Neil Midgley | 534 | 01:30:09 | 5th MV75 |
| Keren Pearson | 757 | 01:55:38 | |
This means that the final standings are:
| 2024 Mens |
No. of races | Scoring Races | Meltham 10k | Settle 10m | Wilmslow Half | Wilmslow 10k | Monsal Trail | Ripon | Penistone | Hollybank Eccup10 (Leeds) | York 10k | Sheffield 10k | Yorkshire 10m | Worksop Halloween Half | Tadcaster 10 | Club 6 | Club 5 | Club 10 | Road Relays | Total |
| Paul Sammonds | 7 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 159 | |||||||
| Gary Putnam | 9 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 146 | ||||
| Michael Sanderson | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 143 | |||||||||
| Matthew Rose | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 136 | |||||||
| Michael Tivers | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 125 | ||||||||
| 2024 Ladies |
No. of races | Scoring Races | Meltham 10k | Settle 10m | Wilmslow Half | Wilmslow 10k | Monsal Trail | Ripon | Penistone | Hollybank Eccup10 (Leeds) | York 10k | Sheffield 10k | Yorkshire 10m | Worksop Halloween Half | Tadcaster 10 | Club 6 | Club 5 | Club 10 | Road Relays | Total |
| Helena Croft | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 170 | |||||||
| Helen Standing | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 153 | ||||||||
| Keren Pearson | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 139 | |||||||||
| Alison Smith | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Becky Burdon | 3 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 74 |
| 2024 AGE GRADED |
No. of races | Scoring Races | Meltham 10k | Settle 10m | Wilmslow Half | Wilmslow 10k | Monsal Trail | Ripon | Penistone | Hollybank Eccup10 (Leeds) | York 10k | Sheffield 10k | Yorkshire 10m | Worksop Halloween Half | Tadcaster 10 | Total |
| Paul Sammonds | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 131 | ||||||
| Helena Croft | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 129 | |||||||
| Helen Standing | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 124 | |||||||
| Gary Putnam | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 115 | ||||
| Michael Sanderson | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 114 |
(with apologies for the formatting).
Many congratulations to our winners, Paul Sammonds and Helena Croft and to the runners up, Gary and Michael and Helen and Keren.
The full results table is on the Championship Results page here.
This has been a good year for the series with more runners taking part and more runners completing the qualifying 6 races than in the last few years. We’ve seen lots of PBs as well.
Thank you to everyone that took part, well done to all our racers and see you at the start line in 2025.
2025 Road Championships
The 2025 Championships will kick off in January and the race list will be finalised over the next few days. This will be announced on the web site although a “save the dates” post has been published here.
2025 Club handicap races (Club 6, Club 5, Club 10)
I’m hoping to finalise dates for these races by the end of the year and these will be published on the web site and on the club notice boards.
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.
| Guy Fawkes 10 – 3 November 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 251 | 01:23:42 | |
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Preston 10 mile – 17 November 2024 |
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| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 162/232 | 01:20:58 | |
| Southampton 10k – 17 November 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Ellie Rose | 418/1244 | 00:53:21 | |
| Clowne Half – 24 November 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 302/680 | 01:59:19 | |
Don’t forget the Captain’s run from the Club on Boxing Day morning.
Congratulations to all our runners over the last 12 months in what has been an excellent year for the road section. 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 and in the meantime I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and an injury free New Year.
Kevin Dessoy / 04 Dec 2024