Running Bear Race You To The Summit - Sunday 28th October 2007 Pos Name Club Time Cat Pos@top 1 Ben Mounsey Calder Valley 28,05 1 2 Mike Fanning Borrowdale 28,13 V40 2 3 Alex Whittem Todmorden Harriers 28,27 3 4 Chris Miller Harrogate 28,58 5 5 Chris Smale Todmorden Harriers 29,06 V40 4 6 Mark Shakeshift Bury AC 29,13 J18 6 7 Stewart Gregory Holme Pierrepont 29,54 V40 7 8 Shaun Dimelow Penistone 30,20 8 9 Philip Taylor Rossendale 30,27 V40 10 10 Martin Lee Rossendale 30,34 V40 9 11 Graham Schofield Horwich RMI 30,55 V50 13 12 Luke Harreld Bury AC 30,57 11 13 Stephen Smithies Calder Valley 30,58 V40 12 14 Daniel Jones Rotherham 31,54 15 15 Steve Clawson Rossendale 32,00 17 16 Jo Waites Calder Valley 32,21 L 14 17 Dave Collins Todmorden Harriers 32,31 V50 16 18 Alastair Rhodes-Dawson Un/Att 32,44 18 19 Kristian Robinson Rochdale 33,06 19 20 Howard Darwin Rotherham 33,14 V40 22 21 Dick Ballantine Keighley & Craven 33,20 V40 26 22 Lisa Lacon Holmfirth Harriers 33,23 L 21 23 Ken Taylor Rossendale 33,31 V60 23 24 Joe Crossfield Halifax Harriers 33,40 J16 20 25 Dave Beels Calder Valley 33,44 V50 24 26 Martin Farrar Skyrac 33,57 V40 27 27 John Adair Holmfirth Harr 34,09 V50 25 28 Garry Hodgkinson Calder Valley 34,35 28 29 Simon Anderton Todmorden Harriers 34,49 V40 31 30 Colin Gilmour Un/Att 35,02 V40 33 31 Neil Hindle Un/Att 35,09 V50 35 32 Allan Yeomans Rossendale 35,14 V40 30 33 Paul Crabtree Keighley & Craven 35,28 V40 32 34 Chris Godridge Calder Valley 35,34 29 35 Ian Marshall Ilkley Harriers 35,36 V40 36 36 Heather Corbishley Rossendale 35,49 L 37 37 Martin Finn Pudsey & Bramley 35,54 34 38 Will Stiegeler Calder Valley 35,57 38 39 Steve Carter Spenborough AC 36,02 V50 39 40 Stuart Ryder Darwen Dashers 37,10 43 41 John Lavelle Rossendale 37,14 V40 40 42 Holly Page Halifax Harriers 37,25 L18 41 43 Keith Parkinson Todmorden Harriers 37,31 V50 44 44 Simon Oxley Settle Harriers 37,38 V40 48 45 Harry Atkinson Bingley Harriers 37,57 V50 52 46 Heath Reilly Halifax Harriers 37,58 V40 49 47 Peter Nuttall Rossendale 38,02 V40 50 48 Adam Baker Wharfedale 38,05 46 49 Mark Widdop Rochdale 38,07 V40 45 50 Judy Howells Wharfedale 38,25 L 42 51 Dave Culpan Calder Valley 38,40 V40 51 52 Sarah Sherratt Wesham RR 38,59 L 47 53 Karen Taylor Rossendale 39,04 L50 55 54 Thirza Hyde Calder Valley 39,07 L40 53 55 Ian Lewis Keighley & Craven 39,24 54 56 Paul Whelan Bingley Harriers 39,33 V40 56 57 Michaela Dempsey Wesham RR 39,36 L40 57 58 Peter Jepson Rossendale 39,40 V60 63 59 Tony Peacock Clayton le Moors 39,52 V60 61 60 Gerry Dewhurst Fell Ponies 39,57 L 62 61 Martin Whitehead Calder Valley 40,20 V50 59 62 Paul Crossan Un/Att 40,41 V40 66 63 Keith Verralls Unatt (London) 40,48 V50 58 64 Derek Dewhurst Fell Ponies 40,52 V60 71 65 Gerard Navan Rossendale 40,57 V60 68 66 Julie Keys Rossendale 41,09 L40 70 67 Colin Davies Altrincham Skeleton 41,16 V50 60 68 Linda Murgatroyd Stainland Lions 41,33 L40 64 69 Pete Murray York Acorn 41,38 69 70 George Large Northern Vets 41,50 V60 67 71 Robert Hirst Clayton le Moors 41,59 V50 74 72 Kath Hoyer Wesham RR 42,10 L40 65 73 Paul Jackson Chorley 43,09 V40 72 74 George Arnold Preston Harriers 43,15 V70 75 75 Elise Milnes Todmorden Harriers 43,35 L40 73 76 John Page Todmorden Harriers 43,51 V50 79 77 Rachel Lockley Todmorden Harriers 44,18 L 76 78 Helen Hodgkinson Todmorden Harriers 45,39 L 81 79 Emily Whitehead Keighley & Craven 45,43 L 78 80 Frank Wood Horwich RMI 45,50 V60 80 81 Rose Carnochan Calder Valley 45,58 L40 77 82 Linda Edmondson Wrekin RR 46,22 L40 82 83 Mike McDonald Bowland FR 47,20 V60 83 84 Janet Cliff Un/Att 47,44 L40 84 85 Jenny Ehrhardt Todmorden Harriers 48,37 L 86 86 Sarah Howells Un/Att 50,21 L40 85 87 Joyce Catterick Un/Att 52,26 V60 87 88 Stella Cross Abbey Runners 59,54 L40 88 89 David Danbury 59,59 V50 89 90 Laura Smith Un/Att 63,16 L 90 What a great turnout, with 90 competitors lining up on a superb day for running. The earlier torrential rain and high winds had me muttering a quiet curse as I set off from home with a car full of registration gear, prizes and water t This race was started over 40 years ago as a bet between locals in the former Gale Inn. There was a story about a local man named Halliwell Clough who it was reckoned, could run from Gale to The White House and back in under half an h I was surprised when Mike Fanning of Borrowdale runners came up to register having travelled down from Braithwaite, Keswick especially for the race. Then along came Ben Mounsey of local club Calder Valley and in form Alex Whittem of T Calder Valley's Jo Waites had a comparatively untroubled run to win the women's section, placing 16th overall and taking her second victory here, and a pair of Running Bear Gladiator fell shoes. Holmfirth's Lisa Lacon placed second ju Thanks must go to our sponsors "Running Bear" for again adding prestige to this great little race that has so much history. Cheers Tony, but try to come and run in 2008!! Thanks to Frank and his staff at The Summit Inn, who again prov Thanks everyone and see you all next year for the 42nd race to the White House.. Allan Greenwood. ubs. Luckily I'd flagged the course the day before, so I could relax a little with that job out of the way. How many of the markers would be still there though? Thankfully, however, the storm had died down by an hour before start time. Then our. One of them started a friendly argument saying that there was no way it could be done, so the then landlord, Tommy Smythe, offered to organise a race to prove him wrong. Colin Robinson won that first race in 1967, the first of his seve odmorden, and I knew we were in for a real thriller! And so it was. Those three broke away early on along the fast section of bridleway alongside the eservoir and through the animal sanctuary to Castle Clough and after the turn-around point st six places and a minute behind, with much improved Heather Corbishley in third. Halifax Harrier Holly Page was the first junior in fourth, while LV50 Karen Taylor beat all the other vets in seventh place, one ahead of LV40 Thirza Hyde fr ided a cheery welcome with hot food and good ales. Thanks to my mum and dad on refreshments, Bill Smith and Mick Fryer on results, and of course Colin and Brenda Robinson who again did number recording. Special thanks to Dave Beston who mar the sun came out, much to the relief of all of the finish line crew. This happy band included Colin and Brenda Robinson, who between them won this race no fewer than fifteen times when it was run from the Gale Inn, now closed down, just al n victories, in well under 30 minutes and the race was born. Andy Holden of Preston set a new record of 23-52 two years later that would stand for 26 years, the longest standing record in the fell running calendar. That is until a certain I , the White House Inn on Blackstone Edge, it was all to play for on the sweeping descent to join the Pennine Bridleway back to the bridge at Castle Clough. Ben got his nose in front on the run in alongside the Chelburn reservoir and though om Calder Valley, who together with Rose Carnochan supported Jo to win the team prize chocs! Joyce Catterick, who runs unattached was the first female over 60. The Halloween fancy dress prize went to Colin "SWOOP" Davies of Altrincham, dres shalled near the farm, and Jim Smith and Clive Greatorex who took numbers at the top, then de-flagged the course saving me two hours. But most of all to my biggest helper on the day, Katherine Smale, who bought prizes, took care of registra ong the road. an Holmes of Bingley came along in 1995 to clip three seconds off. Mike chased hard, there was eight seconds in it by the finish. Ben was delighted to win a pair of Running Bear Gladiator fell shoes, very generously donated by our sponsor, Tony Hulme. Mike could take some consolation in winning the vets ra sed in a kids 'full-body-cover' skeleton outfit from Tesco. It was so tight that it had to be shored up with a load of safety pins. I bet he was glad he'd chosen that after the sun came out!! tion, sold food tickets and helped with the prize presentation, all this while dressed as the wicked witch of the West! ce! Alex came in looking quite fresh actually, 14 seconds further back