In the full marathon, Halifax Harriers father and son duo, Will and Fred Carver, had an excellent run to finish as second pair in the race in 4:21:46.
In the half marathon, Josh Hall-Brown excelled in his first fell race to finish in second place with a time of 1:47:20. Also running for Halifax Harriers in the half were Hazel Berrett, second F50 in 2:25:43, Sally Shacklock who finished in 2:44:12 and Jenny St Romaine in 3:25:18.arrH
At the Great North Run, Stephen Rainbow finished in 1:28:08, with Chris Burrell 2:03:38 and Jasswinder Sandhu 2:18:53.
Halifax Harriers were well represented at the Vale of York half marathon, which is run on flat country roads near Wistow. Niall Smith finished first for the club in 1:26:12 and the first lady back for Halifax Harriers was Erika Nightingale in a PB of 1:38:21. Stephen Fitz-Costa and Stefanie Dickinson set PB’s of 1:39:40 and 1:47:11 respectively.
Other runners for the club were Jonny Lister 1:38:06, Paul Hopkinson 1:43:33, Marc Rocheteau 1:45:01, Samantha Layfield 1:58:45, David Parrington 2:02:15, John Moore 2:11:07 and Kirsty Carver 2:30:42.
April Caufield was first lady at the Shepley 10k in 45:14 and at the Tholthorpe 10k, Daniel Ryan finished in 57:05.
Halifax Harriers had a small, but successful, team at the Yorkshire Track and Field Championships held at York University Athletics Stadium.
Two club records were set. One by Freddie Bentley in the U15 Boys 80m hurdles with a time of 13.60 and the other by Thomas Hodgson in the Senior Mens 5000m in a time of 15:24.23.
The following members made the finals of their events. Freya Burgin U17 discuss 20.24m (4th), Eli Cattermole U13 long jump 3.42m (9th), Freddie Bentley U15 long jump 5.03m (3rd), 200m 25.19 (2nd), 100m 12.20 (3rd), Will Cattermole U15 3000m 10:55.76 (7th), Javelin 14.84m (6th), 1500m 5:08.44 (8th), Jayde McGregor U15 long jump 3.48m (13th), Sam Keighley U13 800m 2:22.75 (3rd), Nia Harrison Sargent U15 800m 2:17.72 (1st).
TOUR OF NORLAND MOOR TRAIL RACE
The Tour of Norland Moor Trail Race, organized by Halifax Harriers, is a testing trail race. It starts with a fairly steep climb up North Dean Road and then takes a bridleway up to Turbury Lane, then it’s a clockwise loop round Norland Moor before returning to finish at Copley Cricket Club.
The race was won by Jonathan Moon from Sowerby Bridge Snails with Fred Carver second, just in front of his father Will Carver of Halifax Harriers.
The first three ladies to finish were all from Halifax Harriers – Rachael Beaumont, Jude Cole and Stef Dickinson.
JOHN CARR 5K
The John Carr 5k attracted a field of 90 runners for a relatively flat course starting in Roberts Park, Shipley. After leaving the park there was a short road section before following a path by the side of the river, then there were a few steps to negotiate before returning on the canal tow path to the finish in the park.
Halifax Harriers had a good turnout for the race which was part of the Club’s Race Challenge. Six runners set PB’s for 5K. First back for the Club in fourth place was Ben Crowther 16:45, followed by Nial Smith 18:38 PB and James O’Rourke 19:03 PB.
Sally Shacklock was third lady finisher in a PB of 24:13. Three other ladies also set PB’s – Beth Sharp 25:06, Milly Carver 25:09 and Jane Stewart 26:45.
Other runners for the Club were Will Carver19:49, Robert Hick 22:10, Steven Fitz-Costa 22:17, Marc Rocheteau 23:15, Tom Paget 23:22, Paul Hopkinson 23:56, Raymond Hall 25:03, David Parrington 26:02, Deborah Kirkbride 28:16, John Moore 30:14.