21st Ilkley Moor Fell Race

The 21st Ilkley Moor Fell Race had reduced numbers as some unexpected early morning snow made travel difficult for many. Those who made it to the venue enjoyed a challenging race, with fine wins by local hero Graham Pearce and Yorkshire champion Emma Clayton. Over 30 Ilkley Harriers volunteers made the race possible while Pete Bland Sports were the major prize sponsor this year as well as providing race numbers. This race has a real Yorkshire flavour, and as always every finisher received a complimentary packet of Yorkshire Tea from Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. The event also incorporated the eighth running of the Junior Ilkley Moor Fell Races. The weather was absolutely awful while setting up for the event and the snow and ice made conditions the worst they have ever been for the competitiors. Despite all this, 80 juniors came along to run in the event and make the hard work all worthwhile.

In the U-8s half-mile race the first three boys were Ciaran Crabtree 4.40 (Keighley & C), Edward Riley 4.54 (Ashlands School) and Tom Hagan 4.56 (Ilkley). For the U-8 girls it was Annie Brown 5.24 (Airienteers), Molly Hesketh 6.18 and Lucy Hargraves 6.20.

The U-10s, 12s and 14s all did a one mile course. In the U-10 boys’ race the first junior home was Charles Smith in 8.06 followed by Kai Atkins 8.29 (Pendle) and Francis Westhead 8.56 (Ilkley). For the girls Alex Baker 10.44 (Pendle), Bethan Morley 11.10 (Ilkley) and Zanya Moore 11.59 (Calder Valley). For the U-12s Ilkley had a clean sweep of the first three places in both the boys’ and girls’ races with Thomas Kerr 8.13, Ruaridh Mon-Williams 8.18 and William Tench 8.26 for the boys and for the girls Sarah Pickering 8.45, Elizabeth Westhead 9.10 and Lucy Jacques 9.12.

In the U-14s and outright winner of the one mile course was James Merchant 7.58 (Pendle) followed by Jack Cummings 8.26 and Tom Bennett 8.43, both from Ilkley.

In the girls’ race the order was Sally Handford 9.14 (Keighley & C), Lucy Williamson 10.04 and Joanne Williamson 13.03, both from Ilkley. Six U-16s competed in the two mile race and the winner was Kristian Edwards from Tamworth AC in 13.38 followed by Bradley Chapman in 17.53 and Sam Wood in 18.10, both from Ilkley. The girls’ race winner was Pippa Barrett 17.23 (Keighley & C) with Georgia Malir (Ilkley) second in 18.02.

This event was also the annual Junior Ilkley Harrier Club Fell Championship where Phil Dean Trophies are presented to the first boy and girl JIH from U-10 to U-16. The 2010 winners were: U10 – Francis Westhead and Bethan Morley; U12 – Thomas Kerr and Sarah Pickering; U14 – Jack Cummings and Lucy Williamson; U16 – Bradley Chapman and Georgia Malir. In the Great North West Half Marathon, Andy Wiggans finished 18th out of 881 finishers, and first in his class, in a new personal best of 80:09. Jann Smith also recorderd a new personal best 96:27 to finish 205th.

Fell Race results: 1, Graham Pearce (Pudsey & B) 39:52; 2, Robin Lawrence (Bingley H) 42:16; 3, Tom Adams (Ilkley H) 43:04; 4, Matthew Roberts (Eryri H) 43:13; 5, Colin Bishop (Saddleworth) 43:14; 6, Jack Dugdale (Clayton-le-Moors) 43:16; 7, Sean Willis (Saddleworth R) 43:17; 8, Stephen Brock (Keighley and C) 43:40; 9, Dave Wilby (Ilkley H) 43:42; 10, Ted Mason (Wharfedale H) 43:52; 11, Jonny Bradshaw (Wharfedale H) 44:01; 12, Paul Crabtree (Wharfedale H) 44:47; 13, Ryan Greaves (Pudsey & B) 45:38; 14, Alex Sinclair (Skipton AC) 45:40; 15, Jason Hemsley (Wharfedale H) 45:54; 16, Pete Keron (Wharfedale H) 46:28; 17, David Alcock (Pudsey & B) 46:57; 18, James Senior (Bingley H) 46:59; 19, Derek Fuller (Ilkley H) 47:04; 20, Jonathan Aylward (Pudsey & B) 47:19; 21, Stuart Pitches (Ilkley H) 47:21; 22, Colin Valentine (Keswick AC) 47:23; 23, Ralph Tench (Ilkley H) 47:24; 24, Neil Hardiman (Clayton-le-Moors H) 47:38; 25, Jamie Hutchinson (Ilkley H) 47:40; 26, Paul Brannigan (Todmorden H) 47:42; 27, Jim Ryder (Ilkley H) 48:03; 28, Paul Hobbs (Todmorden H) 48:10; 29, Richard Crossland (U/A) 48:17; 30, Dick Ballantine (Keighley and C) 48:25; 31, Nick Pearce (Ilkley H) 48:34; 32, John Beetham (Keswick AC) 48:41; 33, Dave Collins (Todmorden H) 48:45; 34, Richard Joel (Ilkley H) 48:47; 35, Dave Ward (Borrowdale FR) 49:05; 36, Chris Davies (Saddleworth) 49:15; 37, Rob Thackray (Leeds & Bradford Tri) 49:41; 38, Emma Clayton (Scunthorpe) 49:46; 39, Dave Cummings (Ilkley H) 49:50; 40, Phil Clayton (FRA) 50:18; 41, Andrew Fell (Rossendale H) 50:29; 42, Stephen Brandwood (Todmorden H) 50:49; 43, Pauline Munro (Bingley H) 50:52; 44, Richard Thackray (U/A) 51:40; 45, Holly Williams (Keighley and C) 52:11; 46, Neil Smith (Ilkley H) 52:16; 47, Ian Hutchinson (Bowland FR) 52:27; 48, Martin Farrar (Skyrac AC) 52:29; 49, William Smith (Wharfedale H) 52:34; 50, Tom McClelland-Thomas (Calder Valley) 52:37.

51, Brett Weeden (Keighley and C) 52:43; 52, Samuel Stell (U/A) 53:00; 53, Clive Greatorex (Todmorden H) 53:02; 54, Carl Bradshaw (Wharfedale H) 53:29; 55, Paul Smithson (Keighley and C) 54:04; 56, Peter Bramham (Keighley and C) 54:06; 57, Ed Robinson (Settle) 54:09; 58, Michael Toman (Rossendale H) 54:11; 59, Andrew Turner (Ellenborough AC) 54:14; 60, James Sheard (Saddleworth R) 54:15; 61, Steve Hall (Horsforth H) 54:17; 62, Alison Eagle (Ilkley H) 54:19; 63, Paddy Hagan (Ilkley H) 54:20; 64, Paul Hindle (Keighley and C) 54:24; 65, Ian Brocklebank (Skyrac AC) 54:28; 66, Alistair Barlow (Ilkley H) 54:29; 67, Fraser Hardie (Keighley and C) 54:33; 68, Heather Dawe (Ilkley H) 54:38; 69, Simon Harris (FRA) 54:43; 70, Sharron Smith (Bingley H) 54:47; 71, Stuart Conway (Keighley and C) 54:49; 72, Tim Clegg (Keighley and C) 54:50; 73, Nick Hayward (U/A) 54:56; 74, Mike Baldwin (Ilkley H) 55:01; 75, Barry Mordue (U/A) 55:11; 76, Bob Hamilton (Ilkley H) 55:13; 77, Tamara Hird (Wharfedale H) 55:20; 78, Gill Myers (Wharfedale H) 55:21; 79, David Bagot (U/A) 55:39; 80, Jenny Dybeck (Ilkley H) 55:46; 81, John Fortescue (Abbey R) 55:49; 82, Dom Nurse (Abbey R) 56:01; 83, Gordon Rowson (U/A) 56:16; 84, Michael McLoughlin (Preston H) 56:31; 85, Barry Rawlinson (Rossendale H) 56:38; 86, Paul Stephens (Ilkley H) 56:40; 87, Richard Giles (U/A) 56:51; 88, Christopher Jones (Spenborough AC) 56:54; 89, Alison Weston (Ilkley H) 56:55; 90, Antonio Melechi (Ilkley H) 57:01; 91, Ross Powell (Mercia) 57:15; 92, Ed Brougham (Ilkley H) 57:19; 93, Frank Glass (Skyrac AC) 57:26; 94, Nick Dybeck (U/A) 57:32; 95, Chris Tomes (Keighley and C) 57:35; 96, Stephen Coy (Ilkley H) 57:38; 97, Adam Baird (Otley AC) 57:41; 98, Chris Oxlade (Ilkley H) 57:53; 99, Graham Breeze (Ilkley H) 57:54; 100, Alan Brentnall (Pennine FR) 57:55.

101, David Buchanan (U/A) 57:56; 102, Donna Cartwright (Radcliffe AC) 58:17; 103, Mark Cartwright (Radcliffe AC) 58:22; 104, Timothy Jacobs (Abbey R) 58:25; 105, Sam Richards (Pendle) 58:29; 106, John Hayes (Ilkley H) 58:32; 107, Carol Morgan (Nidd V) 59:03; 108, Kelly Harrison (Ilkley H) 59:15; 109, Paul Livsey (Darwen D) 59:17; 110, Ian Yoxall (U/A) 59:18; 111, Sean Makin (Achille Ratti) 59:24; 112, Michael Smith (Bingley H) 59:25; 113, Mark Richmond (U/A) 59:26; 114, Jane McCarthy (Ilkley H) 59:28; 115, Derek Oliver (U/A) 59:30; 116, Trudy Beetham (Keswick AC) 59:51; 117, Britta Sendlhofer (Ambleside AC) 59:52; 118, Eddie Lesniak (Achille Ratti AC) 60:09; 119, Richard Thackeray (Featherstone RC) 60:16; 120, Gareth Miller (U/A) 60:18; 121, Steven Moss (Spenborough AC) 60:51; 122, Richard Butterwick (Todmorden H) 60:52; 123, Owen Mills (U/A) 61:01; 124, Rebecca Mon-Williams (Ilkley H) 61:02; 125, Ruth Dorrington (Abbey R) 61:14; 126, Nicholas Cunningham (Lancs Fire and Rescue) 61:18; 127, David Young (FRA) 61:22; 128, Robert Pritchard (Skyrac AC) 61:23; 129, Barbara Savage (Clayton-le-M) 61:36; 130, Peter Shelley (U/A) 62:02; 131, Andy Lawrence (U/A) 62:03; 132, Arthur Reilly (Ilkley H) 62:05; 133, Tim Whitehead (Keighley and C) 62:16; 134, Jonathan Riley (U/A) 62:29; 135, Steven Weston (Ilkley H) 62:31; 136, Harry Atkinson (Bingley H) 62:32; 137, Sean MacCarthy (Abbey R) 62:35; 138, Michael Waterhouse (Ilkley H) 62:38; 139, Matthew Burns (FRA) 62:44; 140, Matt Podd (Otley AC) 62:46; 141, Dave Roberts (U/A) 62:56; 142, Peter Dugdale (Clayton-le-M) 62:57; 143, Mike Dawe (U/A) 63:04; 144, Michael Keavney (FRA) 63:15; 145, Nicholas De La Poer (U/A) 63:28; 146, Mark Latham (Bingley H) 63:30; 147, Colin Best (Otley AC) 63:43; 148, David Gillian (Abbey R) 63:53; 149, Ashley Hardwell (U/A) 64:21; 150, Mark Cheekley (FRA) 64:25.

151, Derek Parrington (Swaledale RR) 64:27; 152, Tim Thom (Keighley and C) 64:30; 153, Rachel Smith (Bingley H) 64:37; 154, Jean Brown (Clayton-le-M) 64:44; 155,Trevor Symonds (FRA) 64:53; 156, Gary Burns (Horsforth F) 65:01; 157, Charles Barlow (Saddleworth) 65:08; 158, Elizabeth Tomes (Keighley and C) 65:22; 159, Philip Jones (Calder V) 65:31; 160, Martin Smillie (Otley AC) 65:34; 161, Matthew Shepherdson (U/A) 65:41; 162, Michael Hartley (U/A) 66:03; 163, Gerald Paxford (FRA) 66:10; 164, Philip Robinson (Nidd V) 66:15; 165, Sophie Brown (Ilkley H) 66:40; 166, Andrew Kitts (Keighley and C) 66:45; 167, John McGonnagle (Achille Ratti) 66:47; 168, Stephen Batley (Skyrac AC) 66:49; 169, Colin Shackleton (U/A) 66:54; 170, Alison Bennett (Ilkley H) 66:55; 171, Carl Harrison (LUUCCC) 66:56; 172, John Pickering (Ilkley H) 67:22; 173, Aidan Smith (U/A) 67:28; 174, Simon Bowens (Baildon R) 67:30; 175, John Coates (Ilkley H) 67:39; 176, Ian Marshall (Ilkley H) 67:46; 177, Sarah Fuller (Ilkley H) 67:47; 178, Jean Rawlinson (Clayton-le-M) 67:50; 179, Paul Mortimer (U/A) 67:56; 180, Simon Webster (U/A) 67:57; 181, Lincoln Jowett (U/A) 67:58; 182, Natalie Curtis (Ilkley H) 68:57; 183, Sarah Edwards (Abbey R) 69:07; 184, Andrew Jackson (Ilkley H) 70:11; 185, Janet Arkwright (Keighley and C) 70:48; 186, Susan Barber (U/A) 71:05; 187, Bob Payne (Ilkley H) 71:38; 188, Kieron Ashworth (Wharfedale H) 71:45; 189, Simon Everett (Overoptimists) 71:49; 190, Peter Ehrhardt (Todmorden H) 71:53; 191, Anne Freund (Baildon R) 72:10; 192, Michael Fryer (Otley AC) 72:47; 193, Dave Armstrong (St Bede’s) 73:09; 194, David Seaman (Nidd V) 73:36; 195, Stella Cross (Abbey R) 74:11; 196, Jackie Edwards (U/A) 74:13; 197, Sheila Witham (Keighley and C) 74:23; 198, John Ward (Abbey R) 75:06; 199, Alison Frost (Ilkley H) 75:25.

200, Jonathan Easton (Nidd V) 75:35; 201, Richard Parkin (U/A) 75:41; 202, Gavin Burgess (U/A) 76:22; 203, Philip Thackray (U/A) 76:27; 204, Max Wood (Skyrac AC) 76:55; 205, Sue Morley (Ilkley H) 76:57; 206, Caren Crabtree (Keighley and C) 77:08; 207, Robert Hirst (Clayton-le-M) 77:21; 208, Joanna Murphy (Ilkley H) 77:32; 209, Dave Beston (Abbey R) 79:51; 210, Gordon Kaye (Bingley H) 82:36; 211, Christopher Casson (U/A) 84:31; 212, Randall Casson (U/A) 84:33; 213, Richard Handford (Keighley and C) 84:35; 214, James Raffle (U/A) 89:42; 215, Andrew Bennett (Ilkley H) 91:25.