Road Secretary’s Report – January 2025
Happy New Year!
2025 Road Championships
The 2025 Championships kicks off this month with the Four Villages Half on 19th and Stockport Daffodil 10k on 26th. I’ve added more races to the schedule this year in the hope of gaining more entrants across the series and to make it more of a competition. The first six months are shown here and all these events are on the website: https://www.holmfirthharriers.com/championship/road-championship/
| RACE | DATE | DISTANCE | CAT. |
| JANUARY | |||
| Stockport Daffodil | 26-Jan-25 | 10k | Short |
| Four Villages Half | 19-Jan-25 | Half marathon | Long |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k | 02-Feb-25 | 10k | short |
| Run Through Media City Half | 16-Feb-25 | Half | Long |
| MARCH | |||
| Dentdale 14 | 08-Mar-25 | 14m | Long |
| Wilmslow 10k | 23-Mar-25 | 10k | Short |
| LABC Runners 5k | 16-Mar-25 | 5k | Short |
| APRIL | |||
| Not Done The London Marathon (Leeds) | 27-Apr-25 | Half | Long |
| Brighouse 10k (Elland) | 20-Apr-25 | 10k | Short |
| MAY | |||
| Northallerton 10k | 25-May-25 | 10k | Short |
| Leeds Half | 11-May-25 | Half | Long |
| JUNE | |||
| Bradford 10k | 01-Jun-25 | 10k | Short |
| Greenhead parkrun | 21-Jun-25 | 5k | Short |
I’m still finalising July to December and will update next month.
2025 Club handicap races (Club 6, Club 5, Club 10)
Dates for these races have been agreed.
- Club 6 – Saturday 15 March 2025
- Past Members Memorial Club 5 – Tuesday 20 May 2025
- Club 10 – Tuesday 8 July 2025
Please look out for details on how to enter and how to help by volunteering to marshal.
We are also reviewing the routes of these races, particularly the 5 and 10, due to safety concerns and the amount of traffic and narrow pavements on the main roads that they use. Again, please look out for details.
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.
| Southport Santa Dash – 01 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Kevin Terry | 00:28:41 | ||
| Myerscough 10 – 01 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 138/320 | 01:19:55 | |
| Percy Pud – 01 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Josh Human | 1252/3122 | 00:51:15 | |
| Travellers 6 – 15 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Ben Jarvis | 4/224 | 00:36:07 | 1st MV35 |
| Patrick Needham | 9 | 00:37:42 | |
| Kevin Dessoy | 36 | 00:43:27 | 2nd MV60 |
| Anthony Waring | 40 | 00:44:29 | 3rd MV50 |
| Leighton Moxon | 56 | 00:46:32 | |
| Mickey Tivers | 63 | 00:47:02 | |
| Andy Hauser | 98 | 00:51:51 | |
| Michael Hall | 101 | 00:52:20 | |
| Kevin Yewlett | 112 | 00:53:12 | 3rd MV70 |
| Jean Shotter | 124 | 00:54:20 | 2nd FV60 |
| Debbie Hall | 127 | 00:54:56 | |
| Ribble Valley 10k – 29 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Joseph Minchella | 96/1320 | 00:33:51 | |
| Oliver Glover | 121 | 00:34:35 | |
| James Washington | 245 | 00:38:16 | |
| Craig Sheard | 286 | 00:39:19 | |
| Helena Croft | 449 | 00:43:23 | |
| Hannah Austin | 507 | 00:44:48 | |
| Matthew Rose | 509 | 00:44:24 | |
| Michael Hall | 635 | 00:47:57 | |
| John Field | 741 | 00:50:18 | |
| Worden Park 10k – 26 December 2024 | |||
| Name | Position | Chip Time | Notes |
| Mike Hall | 110/224 | 00:48:58 | |
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 / 08Jan25