English Schools Fell Running Championships – Giggleswick

We had no less than 14 of our juniors competing in these national championships for secondary schools, which were organised by Giggleswick School, using North Ribblesdale Rugby Club as the event hub.  The nearby Settle Hills provided 4 challenging courses for the various year-group races.

The event went off really well and a big thank-you and well done to Fergus from Gigg School and his organizing team.  A number of Settle Harriers members contributed to the 50 strong team of course marshals & helpers.

Our juniors represented 3 different schools (QES Kirkby Lonsdale, Giggleswick & Ermysteads) and a number of them took home team medals for their schools.

Results from Settle Harriers  members were as follows…………….

Y7 Boys: 18 Charlie Barry; 26 Douglas Segger-Staveley; 52 Will Scholey

Y7 Girls: 39 Lola Ashton-Fitch; 40 Lauren Evans

Y8-9 Boys; 6 John Egner; 12 Ben Greenep; 16 Sonny Ashton-Fitch; 55 Harry Wilson

Y8-9 Girls; 38 Emily Hutchinson

Y10-11 Boys: 12 Sebastian Segger-Staveley; 36 Matt Holroyd

Y12 Girls;  Eve Hutchinson;  Honor Jeffrey

 

Andy

West Yorkshire Cross-Country League, Leeds, 29th Oct

Well done to the 4 juniors that took part in the 2nd West Yorkshire Cross-Country League fixture on Sun 29th October at a muddy Nunroyd Park, Leeds.

They all ran well.  Seb finished one higher than in the first fixture with a great 3rd in the Under 15 Boys race.  Jack, Dougie & Honor all showed improvement from the 1st race with Dougie improving by no less than 20 places !

The next fixture is at Spenborough on Sunday 19th November.

 

West Yorkshire League at Nunroyd Park, Leeds

U11B: 33 Jack Sanderson 6:42

U13B: 39 Douglas Segger-Staveley 15:40

U15B: 3 Sebastian Segger-Staveley 14:12

U17G : 16 Honor Jeffrey 20:07

English Schools Fell Running Championships – Giggleswick

We had no less than 14 of our juniors competing in these national championships for secondary schools, which were organised by Giggleswick School, using North Ribblesdale Rugby Club as the event hub.  The nearby Settle Hills provided 4 challenging courses for the various year-group races.

The event went off really well and a big thank-you and well done to Fergus from Gigg School and his organizing team.  A number of Settle Harriers members contributed to the 50 strong team of course marshals & helpers.

Our juniors represented 3 different schools (QES Kirkby Lonsdale, Giggleswick & Ermysteads) and a number of them took home team medals for their schools.

Results from Settle Harriers  members were as follows…………….

Y7 Boys: 18 Charlie Barry; 26 Douglas Segger-Staveley; 52 Will Scholey

Y7 Girls: 39 Lola Ashton-Fitch; 40 Lauren Evans

Y8-9 Boys; 6 John Egner; 12 Ben Greenep; 16 Sonny Ashton-Fitch; 55 Harry Wilson

Y8-9 Girls; 38 Emily Hutchinson

Y10-11 Boys: 12 Sebastian Segger-Staveley; 36 Matt Holroyd

Y12 Girls;  Eve Hutchinson;  Honor Jeffrey

 

Andy

Curly Wurly Rat Runs – Report & Results

Despite the lure of chocolate and the lovely weather, we had a  lower than usual Settle Harriers turnout for these races held on the moors near Howarth on Sunday 8th October.  It was good to see several of our youngest members taking part and enjoying themselves though.

This fixture was the last one counting towards our Junior Club Championships for 2017.  The placings for this will now be kept secret until the prize presentation evening in late November !

We had 4 under 9s running a short loop that involved two ascents of the steep face of the quarry.  Well done to Carl, Ben, Francesca & Mabel who were all well up in the large field.

Under 11s up to Under 15s all started off together and ran a 1 mile loop also involving two cliff-face ascents but with a flatter but muddy circuit added.  Well done to our U11s – Jack, Ned, Oliver, Lucy and Jessica and to our Under 13s, Martha and Lauren.

Simone, our only Under 17, ran two laps of the course – approx 3km.

The Settle Harriers results are as below – separated into age categories and boy/girls.

U9 Boys : 9 Carl Sanderson  3:23 ; 20 Ben Brummit 3:59

U9 Girls : 10 Francesca Bagot  3:50 ; 13 Mabel Whittaker 3:55

U11 Boys : 9 Jack Sanderson 7:48 ; 12 Ned Whittaker 8:11 ; Oliver Brummit 8:37

U11 Girls : 7 Lucy Bagot 8:49 ; 16 Jessica Oakey 10:34

U13 Girls : 12 Martha Rigby 8:31 ; 26 Lauren Evans  10:40

U17 Girls : 3 Simone Rigby 18:20

KWL – Whitestones

The rain was lashing down as we drove over to Whitestones last Sunday for the 4th Kendal Winter League fixture and our Under 12s got soaked as they reccied the course and tried to warm up for their race.  Our numbers were down this week, partly due to the weather and partly as a result of the “Settle Sickness Bug” going around at the moment.

The U12 course was steep, muddy and very slippery but our group all rose to the challenge and all got round in once piece, although Douglas took a bit of a tumble and got plastered in mud from head to toe.  Thomas had a great run to finish 2nd as did Matthew to finish in 7th.  Any seniors wanting to improve their downhill technique should study these 2 in action.  Next was Bob, with his highest placing of the season.  Emily Carpenter was next – another good run to finish as 7th girl. Douggie kept going well despite his fall to finish 34th.   Well done to Emily Crossley in only her second race for the club and to Lauren who both coped really well with the tough course and conditions.

Only 3 of us started the senior race.  The rain finally stopped but after the steep, slippery climb at the start, we embarked on what has been described on twitter as a “bog-snorkelling” exercise.  You never knew when the bog would bring you down – I could definately have made use of a snorkel on a couple of occassions !  Nige seemed to revel in these conditions though and ran really well to finish as 2nd M50.  Judy also ran well,  passing me at great speed on the slippery downhill at the end.

 

……… Results round-up from Whitestones …………..

Under 12s

Pos Name Time Notes
2 Thomas Marshall 6:39  
7 Matthew Holroyd 8:28  
17 Bob Evans 7:48  
26 Emily Carpenter 7:59 7th girl
34 Douglas Segger-Staveley 8:28  
62 Emily Crossley 10:57 21st girl
65 Lauren Evans 11:25 24tth girl

Seniors

Pos Name Time Notes
22 Nigel Barnes 40:35 2nd M50
49 Judy Marshall 45:03 7th lady
50 Andy Evans 45:11 12th M50

KWL – Giggleswick 2014

Kendal Winter League 3 – Giggleswick, Sunday 19th January

Wow – what a day !  Settle Harriers fielded a grand total of 44 runners at the Kendal Winter League at Giggleswick last Sunday !  Surely a record for the club.

This included 26 juniors and 18 seniors.  Around 16 members were racing for the club for the first time.

The organisation of the races by Giggleswick School was first class and the courses were interesting and challenging.  Andy Holden took some great pictures of the stream crossing – look out for them on facebook etc.

 

Juniors

We had 23 of the 69 starters in the the Under 12 race, so there was a sea of luminous green vests as the race got under way.  Well done to Thomas who finished in 4th place with Seb and Jack (running for us for the first time) close behind in 10th and 12th. Dougie had a great run to finish 21st with Leo (another new member) next home for us in 24th.  Emily and Erin were our first girls home and did really well to finish as 5th and 6th girls respectively.  The full list of all our finishers is shown in the results below.  Really well done to everyone !

In the Under 14s, Honor ran well to finish as 5th girl and Eve took it easy to recover after a hard run the day before in the County Schools Champs. In the Under 17s, James had an excellent run to finish 10th.

Seniors

Very well done to new recruit Paul Webb who won the race with 19 seconds to spare over Mark McGoldrick in second.  Our next man home was Alex in 14th with Sam and Tony 26th and 27th respectively.  A great run by Jill put her 6th in the ladies race and first W40.  Another high placer was David Timmins who finished 2nd the M60s category.  Again, well done to everyone that ran.  Hope you have been inspired to run another KWL soon !

Next Kendal Winter League fixture – Sunday 26th January at Whitestone, Staveley -in-Cartmell

Usual start times of noon for the juniors and approx 1.00pm for the seniors.  The venue is off the A590 on the way to Newby Bridge – about a one hour drive from Settle. Visit  http://www.helmhill.co.uk/index.php/races for all the info you need, maps, entry forms, parking arrangements etc etc.

Please bring the following kit to carry in the race – Seniors – full waterproof body cover, hat & gloves. Juniors – waterproof jacket, hat & gloves

Look forward to seeing lots of you there !

 

……… Results round-up from Giggleswick …………..

 

Under 12s

Pos Name Time Notes
4 Thomas Marshall 6:18  
10 Sebastian Segger-Staveley 6:49  
12 Jack Hutchinson 6:56  
21 Douglas Segger-Staveley 7:36  
24 Leo Gorner 7:44  
26 Emily Carpenter 7:46 5th girl
27 Erin Cummins 7:52 6th girl
29 Hamish Griffiths 8:05  
36 Harry Cook 8:24  
37 Will Scholey 8:28  
40 Lily Coward 8:33 11th girl
43 Bill Peebles 8:37  
44 Emily Hutchinson 8:44 12th girl
45 Oscar Wulf 8:47  
48 Joseph Binns 8:51  
53 Edie Eccleston 9:10 16th girl
61 Emily Crossley 10:20 20th girl
62 Lauren Evans 10:26 21st girl
64 Isabelle Walker 10:31 22nd girl
65 Connie Eccleston 10:55 23rd girl
67 Melissa Tither 12:34 25th girl
68 Grace Chenery 12:34 26th girl
69 Tilly Chenery 13:28 27th girl

Under 14s

Pos Name Time Notes
13 Honor Jeffrey 14:54 5th girl
20 Eve Hutchinson 17:58 10th girl

Under 17s

Pos Name Time Notes
10 James Maxwell 17:18  

Senior

Pos Name Time Notes
1 Paul Webb 24:11  
14 Alex Pilkington 26:41 5th M40
26 Sam Dalby 29:15  
27 Tony Thornton 29:45 10th M40
35 Jill Eccleston 30:38 6th lady / 1st W40
38 Sam Griffiths 30:54  
48 Andy Evans 31:46 6th M50
51 Simon Oxley 32:14 9th M50
67 Nicholas Hutchinson 34:04 19th M40
69 Judy Marshall 34:27 17th lady
71 David Sexton 34:42 20th M40
74 Jess Bagnall 35:08 20th lady
75 David Timmins 35:10 2nd M60
80 Annie Carrington 35:56 7th W40
82 Julia Murfin 36:28 8th W40
88 Helen Greenep 37:13 10th W40
94 Jo Wulf 38:14 11th W40
99 Ruth Maxwell 39:31 13th W40

 

Andy

KWL – Firbank 2014

Kendal Winter League 2 – Firbank Fell, Sunday 12th January

Well done to the 15 Settle Harriers who competed in the 2nd Kendal Winter League fixture at Firbank Fell last Sunday.

The course was a cracker (with 2 steep hill climbs and 4 stream crossings) and the weather was fine for once.  The race organisation and course marking by Helm Hill Runners was, as usual, flawless – I don’t know how they manage to keep up such a high standard for 12 Sundays in a row.

Juniors

The Under 12s went off first.  Seb and Matthew went off fast and had their own private battle, with Seb just moving away at the end to finish 10th to Matt’s 14th.  Not far behind was Bob, also running well.  Emily had a great result to finish as 3rd girl.  Dougie was next – with another fine run.  Hamish did really well in his KWL “debut” as did Erin who finished just behind.  Lauren put last week’s problems behind her to storm through the field on the final descent to finish 76th.  And well done to Connie, possibly the youngest runner in the race, who ran strongly and with great determination.  In the Under 17s, James was our sole representative, finishing an excellent 18th, despite still having some foot problems.

Seniors

At the “sharp end” of the race, well done to Paul Webb who finished 2nd in a high quality race (Paul will be known to some of you because he lives in Bentham and trains with our Tuesday evening senior group).  A few of our regulars were missing due to a clash with a road race.  Sam was our first member home this week in 31st, followed by myself in 50th. Judy and Ruth (on the comeback trail) also had good runs.  Carol, obviously frustrated about not being able to defend her KWL ladies title this winter, was co-opted for marshalling and gate duties instead.

 

A request from Carol: Please when running in races, could members wear their club vests – it makes you so much easier to spot and you are much more likely to get spectator support !  It also raises the club profile if there is a sea of luminous green ! 

 

 

Next Kendal Winter League fixture – Sunday 19th January at Giggleswick School

 

We are hoping for a huge turnout of Harriers on Sunday in the next KWL at Giggleswick School.  It would be good to see lots of you running, even if you have never run a winter league before or haven’t done one for some time.  It’s entry on the day and the start is near the Catterall pavilion.  Visit  http://www.helmhill.co.uk/index.php/races for all the info you need, including entry forms to download, parking arrangements etc etc. Juniors start at noon, seniors around 1.00pm.

Please bring the following kit to carry in the race (although it may not enforced on Sunday) – Seniors – full waterproof body cover, hat & gloves. Juniors – waterproof jacket, hat & gloves

 

 

……… Results round-up from Firbank Fell …………..

 

Under 12s

 

Pos Name Time Notes
10 Sebastian Segger-Staveley 6:19  
14 Matthew Holroyd 6:32  
23 Bob Evans 6:46  
25 Emily Carpenter 6:56 3rd girl
26 Douglas Segger-Staveley 6:59  
45 Hamish Griffiths 7:37  
47 Erin Cummins 7:39 15th girl
76 Lauren Evans 9:10 27th girl
82 Connie Eccleston 9:33 31st girl

Under 17s

Pos Name Time Notes
18 James Maxwell 15:54  

Senior

Pos Name Time Notes
31 Sam Dalby 24:48  
50 Andy Evans 26:07 5th M50
93 Judy Marshall 29:29 20th Lady
124 Ruth Maxwell 33:16 13th W40
134 Richard Handford (K&C) 36:46 19th M50

Andy Evans

KWL – Scout Scar 2014

Kendal Winter League 1 – Scout Scar, Sunday 5th January

Well done to all those who competed in the 1st Kendal Winter League fixture at Scout Scar last Sunday.  Settle Harriers, with 18 runners out, were well represented despite the Club Handicap being held the day before.  The senior field of 196 runners was a KWL record.

The course was great (with a bit of everything) and conditions were not too bad, just a cold wind until the later stages of the senior race, when the rain started.

Juniors

In the Under 12s, well done to Emily and Connie who were both taking part in their first ever KWL race.  Thomas led the field up the hill, then had problems, but held on well to finish 5th.  Seb was next in 10th, the day after competing in the Yorkshire Cross-Country Trials for Under 13s – where he did really well to finish 47th.  Bob & Erin also ran well as did Douglas who has several more years in this age-group.

In the Under 17s, James ran well, despite a foot problem, to finish 11th.

 

Seniors

Brian ran a blinder to lead home the Settle Harriers contingent just ahead of Sam and Tony.  Judy was our first lady home ahead of Helen, the runnaway winner of the handicap the day before.

Next 2 Kendal Winter League fixtures

Sunday 12th January at Firbank Fell – another cracking course nice and local (near Kendal).  It would be great to have another big turnout from the club – seniors and juniors.

Sunday 19th January at Giggleswick – even more local !  Let’s try and outnumber Helm Hill in this one – no excuses !

For all the information on the league (venues, courses, fixtures, results etc) visit http://www.helmhill.co.uk/index.php/races

The kit requirements are being enforced – even for Under 12s, so please bring the following to carry when you run (preferably in a bum-bag)

Seniors – full waterproof body cover, hat & gloves. Juniors – waterproof jacket, hat & gloves

……… Results round-up from Scout Scar…………..

 

Under 12s

Pos Name Time Notes
5 Thomas Marshall 7:16  
10 Sebastian Segger-Staveley 7:35  
22 Bob Evans 8:18  
31 Emily Carpenter 8:42 7th girl
32 Douglas Segger-Staveley 8:43  
43 Erin Cummins 9:18 10th girl
76 Connie Eccleston 11:30 28th girl
  Lauren Evans retired  

Under 17s

Pos Name Time Notes
11 James Maxwell 25:03  

Seniors

Pos Name Time Notes
38 Brian Kennedy 34:24 5th M50
42 Sam Dalby 34:51  
51 Tony Thornton 36:12 15th M40
64 Andy Evans 37:14 8th M50
67 Nigel Barnes 37:37 ?
93 Justin Eckersley 39:20 30th M40
127 Judy Marshall 42:05 21st Lady
156 Helen Greenep 45:09 12th W40
190 Simon Cane 52:55 13th M60

 

Andy Evans

Bramley Cross Country 2013

West Yorkshire Cross-Country League. Race 2 

Bramley, Leeds. Saturday 2 November 

The Settle Harriers cross-country squad travelled to Bramley last Saturday for the 2nd of 4 West Yorkshire League Cross-Country League fixtures.  The course was similar to the first fixture – undulating parkland with a bit of mud to contend with in places.

Unlike the first fixture, we were not lucky with the weather this time.  A succession of heavy downpours didn’t stop our juniors from producing some excellent performances though and they all placed higher in their respectiive races compared to the fixture a fortnight ago.

Seb was first off in the Under 11 boys and he ran impresively again to finish 6th – one higher than last time.  Next was Erin who improved by 6 places to finish 43rd.  Our  Under 13 girls showed massive improvements with Emily improving by 14 places to finish 26th and Honor by 13 places to finish 40th.  Unfortunately Bob had to pull out of the Under 13 boys race at half-way due to an injury (he’s OK now).

In the Under 17 girls, well done to Grace who finished 8th (up from 21st in the first fixture) and to Sally Handford, running for her first-claim club Keighley and Craven, who had a fine run to finish 5th.  Mark also ran strongly to finish 13th in the boys race (up from 19th).

In the seniors, Carol gradually moved through the field to finish 24th and 2nd W50, but ahead of her fell-running W50 rival Gill Myers.  Debbie also ran strongly to finish 47th.  Claire Lilley, who helps out with our junior coaching, also ran well to finish 21st in Skipton AC colours.

In the mens race, Sam made his cross-country debut and enjoyed the best of the weather conditions to finish an encouraging 96th.  It was interesting to note that the mens team race was won by Wharfedale Harriers, with many of their noted fell runners to the fore (James Hall, Sam Watson etc)

Well done to everyone that took part – hope you enjoyed it despite the weather. Thanks also to all the parents for their support and help.

The next fixture is at West Park, Leeds on Sunday 17th November. Hope to see you all there !

Our results were as follows (full results at  http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/:)

 

Under 11 Girls (1.45k)

43rd. Erin Cummins    7:26

 

Under 11 Boys (1.45k)

6th Sebastian Segger-Staveley    5:51

 

Under 13 Girls (2.9k)

26th  Emily Carpenter   15:01

40th  Honor Jeffrey        15:37

 

Under 13 Boys (2.9k)

Bob Evans  – injured

 

Under 17 Girls (4.3k)

8th Grace Jeffrey  20:13

 

(5th Sally Handford (K&C)    19:25)

 

Under 17 Boys (5.75k)

13th Mark Mahoney  20:05

 

Ladies (5.75k)

24th Carol Evans         21:23 (2nd W50)

47th Debbie Mahoney  23:33 (5th W45)

 

(21 Claire Lilley (Skipton)    21:16)

 

Men (10k)

96th    Sam Dalby     41:22

 

 

Andy

Wakefield cross country 2013

West Yorkshire Cross-Country League. Race 1 

Thornes Park, Wakefield. Sunday 20 October 

 

11 intrepid members of Settle Harriers travelled to Wakefield yesterday to take on the top cross-country runners in Yorkshire on their home terrain.

 

This is a new venture which we hope will provide some wider experience, particularly for our juniors, and help develop their speed against strong competition.  Whilst still being enjoyable of course !

 

We left Settle in the morning in torrential rain so were pleased and surprised that Thornes Park, Wakefield, the venue for round one of the West Yorkshire Cross Country League, was dry, the sun was shining with blue skies all around.

 

We had representatives in 8 of the 10 races which was really encouraging.  The League secretary came over to us during the races to introduce himself and congratulate the club for taking part in the League again after a gap of many years !

 

The course for the races was parkland, fast going but with a short climb and descent on the first half of the lap. Unlike most fell races, there was no long descent to get your breath back, so 100% effort was required all the way round.   The number of laps ran increased according to the age-group.

 

Our results were as follows (full results at  http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/🙂

 

Under 11 Girls (1.45k)

49th. Erin Cummins    6:56

 

Under 11 Boys (1.45k)

7th Sebastian Segger-Staveley    5:25

 

Under 13 Girls (2.9k)

40th  Emily Carpenter   14:13

53rd  Honor Jeffrey    14:40

 

Under 13 Boys (2.9k)

57th  Bob Evans  13:12

 

Under 17 Girls (4.3k)

21st Grace Jeffrey  19:00

 

Under 17 Boys (5.75k)

19th Mark Mahoney  22:26

 

Ladies (5.75k)

15th Carol Evans         23:27 (2nd W50)

40th Debbie Mahoney  26:21 (8th W45)

 

Men (10k)

85th    Andy Evans     43:02  (M50)

114th  Tony Thornton  46:16  (M40)

 

Very well done to everyone that took part !  Hope you all enjoyed it and will be back for the next round on Saturday 2 November in Bramley, near Leeds. Now you have one race under your belt, the target is to try and improve by a few places in the next one.  The final league positions are worked out by taking your best 3 results out of the 4 fixtures.

 

Thanks to all the parents for their support around the course and to our juniors for cheering on their clubmates when not competing themselves.

 

Andy