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Month: May 2015

Wednesday 20th May – John Carr Series, Race 3

Wednesday 20th May – John Carr Series, Race 3

Report from Jamil Parapia: Wednesday night saw the final race of this year’s John Carr 5k Series. Having grown up in Guiseley it is nice to see some familiar faces from school years and it gives the opportunity for family to watch the race. Furthermore now that I work in Bingley I feel it is important to support the races organised by some of our parents and teachers. Saltaire Striders are a lovely club and congratulations to race organiser Helen…

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Wednesday 20th May – Askern 10k

Wednesday 20th May – Askern 10k

Report from Andy Webster: Took the opportunity to catch up with an old running friend from one of my old clubs Barnsley Harriers while travelling back from Rotherham. The Askern 10 is a pretty flat 10 k course with only a small hill around three miles. The sun was out but so was the wind. I got off quickly at the start despite a large field of 773 runners. I was ahead of my friend for the first 3 Km….

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Tuesday 12th May – Jack Bloor fell race

Tuesday 12th May – Jack Bloor fell race

Report from Sarah Fuller: A small but perfectly formed bunch of mini black and whites travelled over for the jack bloor on July 12th. Some fantastic performances particularly from Will and the Brogden brothers. Erin and Skye weren’t impressed that they had now moved up an age category particularly Erin who had to run further and line up alongside all the U14’s as well as the U12’s but they held their own with the bigger kids. Some very impressive descending…

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Saturday 9th May – Mini Great Manchester Run

Saturday 9th May – Mini Great Manchester Run

Report from Becky Lodge: Holly Davey, Jenson Brogden and Aston Brogden braved the rain on the M62 on Friday night to travel over to Heaton Park in Manchester for the Morrisons Junior and Mini Great Manchester Run.  After a wet and blustery evening the gang were up early on Saturday morning and ready for action with 2500 other enthusiastic young runners. Aston was first to race in the 2km Mini Run for children aged 3-8 years.  He speedily finished the…

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Saturday 16th May – Over the Odda

Saturday 16th May – Over the Odda

Report from Sarah Fuller: Just 4 Otley juniors in the over the odda race this year (over 8’s and under 12’s). With a new course and new start the race was much improved from last year and a bit less hilly which led to some impressive times over the 1 mile distance. All ages ran together and 60 kids took part, most of them came back smiling! Erin aggravated an injury half way round so was a bit disappointed with…

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Sunday 17th May – Dukeries Ultra 40

Sunday 17th May – Dukeries Ultra 40

Report from Garry Cochrane: Official finishing time 6:50:30, 30th out of 78 finishers, full results here and race website here The Dukeries Ultra 40 is a 40 mile trail race taking in Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park in one big loop. It has been running for about 3 years but this year has been taken over by a new race director called Ronnie, from Hobo Race/Space after it was in very real danger of folding. Ronnie has promised a 50 mile addition…

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Saturday 16th May -Otley Show

Saturday 16th May -Otley Show

Only three OAC people took part in this premier event, which is now in its 26th year, although there were several spectators from the club. Even though it was a sunny day, conditions were hard due a strong westerly wind which saw several OAC folk take shelter in one of the many beer tents. Club secretary John Dade took the first spot in the lemon curd category using a Nigel Slater recipe. A winner in a previous year with his lemon drizzle cake,…

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Saturday 16th May – Inter county fell championship

Saturday 16th May – Inter county fell championship

Report from Sean O Halloran: This year I became a member of the FRA and while reading the 2015 handbook i discovered there were inter county fell championships each year. I looked through some of the old results and realised my home county of Suffolk was not represented in fell running. Seeing an opportunity, I sent the Suffolk County Athletics Association an email and was given the agreement for me to represent Suffolk in the coming inter counties fell champs…

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