Hi all
Welcome to the latest road news where you’ll find updates for the Club Championship, results from club competitions and other races where Harriers have taken part.
If you’d like other races included in future updates, please let me know.
2023 Road Championship
Wakefield 10k – 19 March. There were 1399 finishers at his popular local event in aid of Wakefield Hospice. 17 Harriers made the start line and their results are:
Pos. | Bib | Name | Category | Category Position | Net Time |
12 | 1261 | Joe Minchella | MSEN | 6/180 | 35:55:00 |
55 | 37 | Curtis Firth | MSEN | 18/180 | 39:36:00 |
88 | 74 | Julia Thomas | FV45 | 1/101 | 41:01:00 |
130 | 86 | Anthony Waring | MV50 | 13/99 | 42:47:00 |
135 | 1526 | Craig Sheard | MSEN | 42/180 | 42:54:00 |
139 | 102 | Joanne Jones | FV45 | 2/101 | 43:05:00 |
195 | 168 | Gary Putnam | MV40 | 35/111 | 45:09:00 |
200 | 1266 | Leighton Moxon | MV35 | 32/102 | 45:21:00 |
223 | 114 | Sophie Cromwell | FV35 | 1/80 | 46:24:00 |
247 | 1121 | Logan Anderson | MV50 | 28/99 | 47:02:00 |
265 | 1552 | Sarah Todd | FSEN | 19/161 | 47:34:00 |
278 | 1369 | Diane Baldwin | FV65 | 1/13 | 47:49:00 |
455 | 342 | Noreen Edery | FV70 | 2/8 | 51:26:00 |
696 | 1433 | Carolyn Harrison | FV45 | 26/101 | 55:38:00 |
752 | 485 | Debbie Beck | FV50 | 27/82 | 56:46:00 |
801 | 2213 | Heidi King | FV45 | 36/101 | 57:58:00 |
876 | 842 | Keren Pearson | FV35 | 42/80 | 59:25:00 |
Some excellent results with Joe being 1st Harrier home, Julia and Joanne coming 1st and 2nd in their age category, Sophie and Di coming 1st in their individual age categories and Noreen coming 2nd in hers. Congratulations to all.
Full results can be found here https://racebest.com/results/q88t7
The standings after 2 races are:
Race 1 | Race 2 | |||||
Short | Short | |||||
No. of races | Scoring Races | Run Heaton 10k | Wakefield 10k | Club 6 | Total | |
Mens | ||||||
Anthony Waring | 2 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 49 |
Gary Putnam | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 44 |
Jack Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 | ||
Joe Minchella | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 | ||
Ladies | ||||||
Julia Thomas | 2 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
Noreen Edery | 2 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 47 |
Keren Pearson | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
Age Graded | ||||||
Noreen Edery | 2 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
Julia Thomas | 2 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
Anthony Waring | 2 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 38 |
The next race in the championship is the Buxton half on 28th May
Club Races
Club 6
The Club 6 was held on Saturday 25th March, a move from the traditional day of a Sunday. This seemed to work well with 38 entrants in advance and 32 runners on the day. Thanks to the handicappers, timekeepers, marshals and other helpers.
Congratulations to:
Paul Sammonds, first male home
Katie Walshaw, first female home, fastest overall runner and winner of the Past Members Cup
Emma Sheard, winner of the Walter Greenwood Trophy for fastest handicap
The next race in the series will be the Club 5 on Tuesday 23rd May and you can sign up on the website. I’ll also be looking for marshals so if you’re not running and can help, please register for that (also on the website)
Monthly 5k Handicap
The monthly 5k handicap series starts today (Tuesday 11th April) and lots of Harriers have signed up. If you haven’t pre-registered then you can still turn up and run, starting at 7:00pm from Magdale Fields.
Other races
The sign up sheet for the Joe Percy (14th June) is on the noticeboard and on the website. We’re looking for teams of Harriers for this prestigious local event which is well within the ability of all our club runners and is held on roads used on training nights. We need a minimum of 10 per team so please sign up.
In other news, 5 Harriers took part in the Wilmslow Half with new member Michael Armitage putting in an appearance after only deciding to enter 2 days before. Liz Woodfield was first Harrier home in 1:30:39, edging closer to the elusive 90 minutes and Helen Standing broke her half marathon PB (set more than 15 years ago).
Damo McQueen ran a PB at the Trafford 10k (37:10)
Kevin Dessoy, Mike Hall and Phil Hanson ran the Haweswater Half in March with Kevin getting a new PB (1:32:04)
Mike can’t stop racing, completing the Monsal Trail half in 1:56:23
Thanks for reading
Kevin