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Saturday 16th February – Eric Smith Trophy Race 2 – Wellington Handicap

Saturday 16th February – Eric Smith Trophy Race 2 – Wellington Handicap

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Former Eric Smith Trophy champions finished in the top two, with Rob, (2017 winner),  coasting to an easy win ahead of the 2005 victor Paul Clifford.  Even though Rob has won the overall handicap title this was his first win in 17 races.  The sunny weather brought out the spectators from the village and the club, offering support and abuse on the three lap course.   Tom Paget recorded the fastest time of the day moving through the field to fourth. …

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Saturday 9th February – Parkruns

Saturday 9th February – Parkruns

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Pos Gender Pos parkrunner Club Run Time Cliffe Castle 1 1 James Howarth Unattached 20:36 9 9 Martin Stringer Otley AC 23:38 13 1 Andrea Douglas Bramley Breezers 25:11 Dewsbury 1 1 Jeremiah Truman Unattached 18:59 17 1 Ashleigh Greenwood Stadium R. 22:37 22 21 Lee Gumbrell Otley AC 23:05 Skipton 1 1 Alan Buckley Leeds City AC 17:20 10 1 Alice Jones Wharfedale H. 20:17 22 18 Peter Crowder Otley AC 22:39 Woodhouse Moor 1 1 Philip Goose Hyde…

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OAC Annual Awards 2019

OAC Annual Awards 2019

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President’s Trophy: Hannah Lupton – From being the first contact for many of our new members to our resident bailiff when it’s subs renewal time, she is well known to everyone in the club. She works tirelessly in her capacity as Membership Secretary but also supports the treasurer, president and secretary in many of their duties too. Her no-nonsense, potty mouth approach hides a heart of gold and it is due to her commitment to the Otley AC that Hannah Lupton…

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Dewsbury 10k Sunday 3rd Feb

Dewsbury 10k Sunday 3rd Feb

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Report from Howard Jeffrey This is a fast straight out and back 10K that is rising in popularity each year with 2000 entrants for today of whom 1714 finished. They had sensibly colour coded the numbers based on expected finish time although the ‘slow’ numbers seemed to be a long way back from the start. I was in the second echelon and moved as close to the start as numbers allowed and it still took 34 seconds to cross the start…

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ParkRuns – Saturday 2nd Feb

ParkRuns – Saturday 2nd Feb

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Woodhouse Moor parkrun A total of 486 runners took part. Pos Gender Pos parkrunner Club Run Time 1 1 Josh SAMBROOK Unattached 00:17:29 10 1 Faye BIRKBY Pudsey Pacers RC 00:19:07 139 22 Charlotte CHAMBERS Otley AC 00:25:05 Wetherby parkrun A total of 81 runners took part. Pos Gender Pos parkrunner  ? Club Run Time 1 1 Stephen MORLAND Knaresborough Striders 00:18:43 9 1 Jane MILNES Unattached 00:22:26 46 13 Sarah JONES Otley AC 00:28:12

Runners of the Month – December

Runners of the Month – December

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Runners of the Month for December are: Don Buffham and Bob Baker – for their commitment to getting out and representing the club in lots of race – there aren’t many fell/XC races where at least one of them isn’t in attendance, often many more than you’ll hear about on the results pages.

Saturday 26th-Sunday 27th January: Marmot dark mountains

Saturday 26th-Sunday 27th January: Marmot dark mountains

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Report from Sarah F… This was my third running of this winter pairs event and as the name suggests it involves mountains and er darkness ! It’s perhaps the most challenging, unusual and strangely appealing event in the mountain marathon calendar, taking the usual 2 day / overnight wild camp format and squeezing it into one dusk till dawn extravaganza. I hadn’t run the event since 2014  (due to being involved in Spine race shenanigans in January for a few…

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Saturday 26th January – Northern Cross Country – Pontefract Racecourse

Saturday 26th January – Northern Cross Country – Pontefract Racecourse

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Pontefract racecourse is designed as a place for thoroughbred horses, but for one day the human versions took centre stage, with high quality races throughout the day.  The sharp end of the senior women’s race was stacked with internationals, eventually woman by the Scottish Cross country champion, so Becky and Vicky had great runs finishing 122nd & 68th.  As did all of the juniors, Howard and Antonio.  See Otley’s results below and a full set of results here. Report from…

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