White Holme Circular race

[Pudgy]

Roger Rabbit beat Fleeter in a fight to the death but I think he lost the pool match to pudgy as he
was still trying to pot 4 yellows and there didn't seem to be any reds or a black left on the table.

2-0 as it happens Swoop Thanks for the choccys by the way.


Fat Boy beats Disco Smurf again You can talk the talk DS, but can you run the run Run any slower and you'll end up partnering me for the Pennine Relay.

Another race to Stringmans high standards. The chip butties were particularly welcome. Tough though, into the wind, with deep mud I kept trying to swim through, and tired legs from Saturday. Worth it just to watch Aly trying to catch Ali on the run in. Bet there were some words said in the pub later.

[Ali]

Another race to Stringmans high standards. The chip butties were particularly welcome. Tough though, into the wind, with deep mud I kept trying to swim through, and tired legs from Saturday. Worth it just to watch Aly trying to catch Ali on the run in. Bet there were some words said in the pub later.

Aye there were :

"What are ya having?"
"I'll have a Guinness"
"Aye, me too"........etc etc

Well done Pudgy, good effort after Northerns, bet your legs are shot today?

Thanks to Stringman for another great race.

Cheers, Ali

[Swoop]

Worth it just to watch Aly trying to catch Ali on the run in.
Bet there were some words said in the pub later.

Hope you haven't touched a raw nerve there!

[stringman]

Apparently, some peeps can't get the results from my webshite....

White Holme Circular fell race 27 January 2008

pos name club Time Cat
1 Ricky Graham Fell Ponies 1:17:42 M
2 Andrew Wrench Todmorden Harriers 1:19:18 M40*
3 Jon Wright Todmorden Harriers 1:19:54 M
4 Shaun Dimelow Penistone Footpath Runners 1:23:54 M
5 Graham Schofield Horwich RMI Harriers 1:26:25 M50*
6 Steve Smithies Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:26:49 M40
7 Stephen Jones Clwydian Range Runners 1:27:06 M
8 Richard Greenwood Unattached 1:27:07 M40
9 Boff Whalley Pudsey & Bramley 1:27:45 M40
10 Brian Stevenson Pudsey & Bramley 1:28:09 M40
11 Andy Clarke Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:28:47 M40
12 Ken Taylor Rossendale Harriers 1:28:55 M60*
13 Jo Waites Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:28:57 L*
14 Andrew Robinson Clayton Le Moors 1:29:39 M50
15 Richard Stot Rossendale Harriers 1:30:15 M40
16 Ali Welsh Bowland Fell Runners 1:30:37 M40
17 Aly Raw Bingley Harriers 1:30:55 L40*
18 Ian Pudge Rossendale Harriers 1:31:30 M
19 Graham McAra Cheshire Hill Racers 1:32:47 M50
20 Craig Stansfield Rossendale Harriers 1:33:15 M40
21 Colin Valentine Keswick AC 1:33:31 M40
22 Adair Broughton Helsby 1:33:46 M
23 Rob Weston Skyrac AC 1:34:16 M
24 James Horne Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:34:18 M
25 Alan Life Clayton Le Moors 1:35:22 M40
26 Robert Pritchard Skyrac AC 1:36:43 M50
27 Neil Worswick Clayton Le Moors 1:37:06 M
28 Martin Huddleston Stadium Runners 1:37:23 M
29 Adrian Donnelly Shrewsbury AC 1:37:28 M40
30 Alan Bocking Cheshire Hill Racers 1:38:17 M50
31 David Holmes Preston Harriers 1:38:27 M50
32 Graeme Hill Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:38:40 M
33 Steven Moss Spenborough AC 1:38:50 M50
34 Steve Carter Spenborough AC 1:39:52 M50
35 Kevin Booth Todmorden Harriers 1:39:55 M40
36 Darren Horner Rossendale Harriers 1:40:28 M
37 Aaron Kelly Rossendale Harriers 1:40:30 M
38 Andy Fleet Fell Ponies 1:41:10 M
39 Colin Duffield Todmorden Harriers 1:41:22 M40
40 Michael McLoughlin Preston Harriers 1:41:40 M50
41 Paul Morton Bowland Fell Runners 1:41:56 M
42 Sarah Grant Abbey Runners 1:41:58 L *
43 Ian Connell Clayton Le Moors 1:42:48 M40
44 Keith Parkinson Todmorden Harriers 1:43:20 M50
45 Davina Raidy Rossendale Harriers 1:43:22 L
46 James Riley Todmorden Harriers 1:43:38 M
47 Graham Breeze Skyrac AC 1:44:41 M60
48 Pip Fitzpatrick Manchester YMCA Harriers 1:45:01 L
49 John Rowe Penistone Footpath Runners 1:45:49 M
50 Martin Whitehead Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:46:10 M50
51 Andrew Kitts Keighley & Craven AC 1:46:36 M40
52 Neil Reed Pudsey Pacers 1:46:43 M40
53 Clive Greatorex Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:46:58 M40
54 Dave Beston Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:46:59 M50
55 Dennis Lucas Rochdale Harriers 1:47:42 M60
56 John Nunn Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:48:04 M40
57 Mark Cartwright Radcliffe AC 1:48:11 M40
58 Mark Latham Bingley Harriers 1:48:41 M40
59 Steven Foster Fell Ponies 1:48:45 M40
60 Dave Culpan Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:48:49 M40
61 Vinny Brodrick Clayton Le Moors 1:53:17 M40
62 Nigel Shepard Wesham RR 1:53:54 M40
63 Philip Jones Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:54:09 M50
64 Claire Wightman Saddleworth RC 1:54:12 F*
65 Gail Tombs Calder Valley Fell Runners 1:54:18 L50*
66 Colin Davies Altrincham & District AC 1:56:27 M50
67 Clare Fothergill Calder Valley Fell Runners 2:00:50 M
68 Ian Manners Manchester YMCA Harriers 2:02:51 M40
69 Angela Leonard Macclesfield Harriers 2:06:50 L40
70 Polly Nilding Abbey Runners 2:08:16 L
71 Steve Taylor Fell Ponies 2:08:38 M40
72 Hilary Lane Abbey Runners 2:08:54 L40
73 Liz Casey Abbey Runners 2:11:04 L40
74 Roy Bainbridge Northern Vets AC 2:15:13 M70*
75 Sheelagh Ratcliff Abbey Runners 2:16:28 M40
76 Kieran McLoughlin Unattached 2:20:09 M
77 Lee Kings Unattached 2:20:12 M
78 Derek Clutterbuck Unattached 2:21:43 M70
79 Susan Hinde Saddleworth RC 2:21:52 L40
80 Tony Bradley Calder Valley Fell Runners 2:35:35 M40
((5 runners retired))

85 runners is a terrific turnout to say that the race clashed with Dave Woodhead's Stanbury
fell race. I'm glad that strong wind had died down a bit from the previous day and that the
temperature was a little milder for running as well. The general feeling around the finish area
was that you all seemed to have enjoyed the event, and particularly that the course is a good
one.

Thanks to Chris Smale who helped me flag the first part of the route on Saturday afternoon,
though we made a 2 hour run of it, then we did the same, more or less after gathering them
on Sunday. Thanks to Kathryn Smale who again helped me on registration, and Brian Mills
who did a grand job on the laptop enabling us to have computerised results - and my Mum
and Dad who gave out refreshments at the end.
Frank and his staff at The Summit again did us proud with fine ales behind the bar and soup
and rolls and chip butties to all who wanted them.

Ricky Graham took the race by the scruff of the neck and beat 2007 race winner Andy Wrench by
A minute and a half. Ricky was unsure of the course at one point, just before rejoining the Pennine Way
on the return route, so he hesitated, thinking of waiting for Andy. Still, he took 19 seconds from Andy's record, which was set - it has to be said - in atrocious conditions, last year. Andy was first over 40 veteran
and Graham Schofield of Horwich ran a very fine race to dominate the over 50's, placing a superb fifth, though Rossendale's evergreen Ken Taylor won the over 60's section in an amazing twelvth position.

With support from Jon Wright in third place and from Kevin Booth, Todmorden won the team prize beer, though I later realised that because Calder Valley's Richard Greenwood had failed to put his club on the registration form, he had scuppered his club's chances of a clear win!

Calder Valley's Jo Waites smashed the women's record by around three minutes, with Aly Raw of Bingley Harriers also breaking Helen Ilsley's time from last year by over a minute as she took the veteran's prize in second spot. Sarah Grant of Leeds based Abbey runners led her clubmates to the womens team prize chocolates.

Thanks everyone and I hope to see you all again next year.
Allan Greenwood

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[disco stan]

2-0 as it happens Swoop Thanks for the choccys by the way.


Fat Boy beats Disco Smurf again You can talk the talk DS, but can you run the run Run any slower and you'll end up partnering me for the Pennine Relay.

Another race to Stringmans high standards. The chip butties were particularly welcome. Tough though, into the wind, with deep mud I kept trying to swim through, and tired legs from Saturday. Worth it just to watch Aly trying to catch Ali on the run in. Bet there were some words said in the pub later.

Heavy night saturday night pudgy in more ways than one.
But then you've got to keep the little lady happy.
Well run mate.

[stevefoster]

Good to see Stringman's changed the date for next year, doesn't clash with the Splash at Stanbury
Enjoyed this one

[Derby Tup]

Good to see Stringman's changed the date for next year, doesn't clash with the Splash at Stanbury
Enjoyed this one

You're right Merry, some good running Giant's Tooth to look forward to too

[Pudgy]

Is it that time of year already? Might come out of semi retirement and jog very slowly round this. I might even let Disco Smurf beat me

[stevefoster]

Is it that time of year already? Might come out of semi retirement and jog very slowly round this. I might even let Disco Smurf beat me

Last year i was worried about running 12 miles with proper athletes, look at me now.....................I'm still worried about running 12 miles with proper athletes

[Pudgy]

have you found any proper athletes yet, ML? I know a few improper ones.