The Hopton 10K, a fun yet challenging race through the quiet roads and woodland bridleways around the village of Hopton near Mirfield, was held this morning. The race features mixed terrain with a few steady climbs.
This was part of the club's Fell and Trail League and attracted 14 hardy Harriers, a handful of whom won their respective age categories.
First over the line was James O’Rourke (who never disappoints!) in a fabulous 15th place overall, out of over 200 runners and 1st Vet50 in 48.53, closely followed by Lee Cattermole (2nd Vet50 in 49.21).
Hazel Berrett was the first Harriers lady back (1st Vet60 in 58.41), followed by Stef Dickinson (1st Vet50 in 59.04). Fiona Murphy was 1st Vet65 in 65.13.
Other Halifax Harriers were: Will Carver (51.03), Rachel Standish (59.49), Jane Hobson (60.28), Emma Foley (64.46), David Ingle Senior (66.02), Lucia Cattermole (66.31), Andrea Ackroyd (67.07), Margaret Deacon (67.14), Kirsty Carver (81.50).
It was a sunny blustery day in Sunderland for the Harriers at the Northern Road Relay Championships on Sunday. The club fielded 8 teams although some were incomplete due to last minute changes. The course was mostly an out and back with a challenging long uphill drag up to the changeover area back on the track at Silksworth.
The juniors did 3 legs of 2.5 miles and U14 girls were first to run with Aubrey Ambler (17:08) and Florence Painter (19:05) on leg 1. Orla Maden (17:57) and Autumn Good (19:09) completed the A Team who finished 21st position. James Neill was the only U14 boy and ran Leg 1 in 14:12 finishing in 19th position.
The U16 girls were led off by Ellie Smith (15:06) with a solid run in 7th place. Isobelle Crowther ((15:02) flew round to make up 2 places to 5th before Sienna Lavine (14:58) stormed around making up another place to 4th, just missing out on the medals.
The 18s ran the full 5k course and unfortunately we had 2 incomplete teams. However there were fabulous performances from Isaac Male (16:19) finishing 11th on leg 1 and handing over to Beau Clark (17:16) who kept the 11th place. In the U18 women , Isabella Tutt (17:36) finished 2nd on leg 1 with Kitty Harrison-Sargent (19:50) also finishing 2nd on leg 2.
The senior men’s A team came 38th so sadly didn’t make it to the National final this time. Ben Slow (15:56) ran the fastest leg for the Harriers in leg 2 and finished 28th. Eli Cattermole (16:10) was 26th with Alex Whitehead (17:50), Ayan Sinha (19:43), Will Cattermole (18:21) and Liam Parkin (16:55) bringing the team home in 38th place.
The B team was led off by Louis Pickles (19:08), James Franklin who surprised himself with 17:19 after being ill all week, Lee Cattermole (20:14), Paul Bateman (19:39), Daniel Hord (19:53) and Niall Smith (19:09) making a welcome comeback to bring the team home in 61st position.
Brilliant performances by all and well done Harriers!
Six Harriers made the journey to the Colne Valley near Huddersfield to compete in the Darkwood Demon Trail Race this morning. The challenging six mile course explored a varied route of towpaths, bridleways, moorland, boggy ground, woodland and short sections of road. Runners faced a total of nearly 1,000 ft of ascent with a demanding climb up Slaithwaite Moor.
Lee Cattermole led the Harriers home, taking first place in the M50 category in 49:39 and winning a box of chocolates! Stef Dickinson was next in 1:00:09, placing second in the F50 category. The other Harriers were; Rachel Standish (1:04:13), Fiona Murphy (1:12:46), Lucia Cattermole (1:15:03) and Martin Ellis (1:18:27).
A great race that is a strong contender for a place in the 2027/28 Fell & Trail League.