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The Windmills Whizz Trail Race - Saturday 14th March 2009

Pos	Name	Club	Time	Cat
1	DAVE COLLINS	TODMORDEN HARR	46-13	V 50
2	VINCENT PROCTOR	KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN	46-40
3	DAVID ASKEW	HARROGATE	47-20	V 40
4	DUNCAN ASQUITH	SKYRAC	47-31	V 50
5	HAYDN KEITH	UNATTACHED	47-39
6	SALLY MORLEY	ILKLEY HARRIERS	47-45	L
7	LYNNE CLOUGH	CHORLEY HARRIERS	48-01	L
8	ANDREW CUTTS	VALLEY STRIDERS	48-06	V 40
9	ASHLEY BROOK	HARROGATE	48-14	V 40
10	STEVE PLUNKETT	BINGLEY HARRIERS	48-16	V 40
11	JOHN LUDVIGSON	WAKEFIELD TRI	48-17	V 40
12	DAVE KELLY	ROSSENDALE HARR	48-22	V 50
13	RACHEL CHATWIN	PENNINE FR	48-27	L
14	PAUL STEPHENS	ILKLEY HARRIERS	48-31	V 50
15	COLIN HUGHES	STAINLAND LIONS	48-36	V 50
16	ALEXANDER WESTMAN	BINGLEY HARRIERS	48-39	V 50
17	BRIAN MILLER	HARROGATE	48-42	V 50
18	CHRIS JONES	SPENBOROUGH AC	48-45	V 40
19	GARETH PATCHETT	SPENBOROUGH AC	48-49	V 40
20	MICHAEL TOMAS	ROSSENDALE HARR	48-51	V 40
21	BARRY CHAPMAN	HORWICH RMI	49-18
22	JESSICA RILEY	STAINLAND LIONS	49-29	L
23	PAUL HOBBS	UNATTACHED	49-58
24	LEE NAYLOR	STAINLAND LIONS	50-00
25	ANDREW BIRKINSHAW	PUDSEY & BRAMLEY	50-03	V 40
26	PETER MORLEY	ROSSENDALE HARR	50-12	V 50
27	DICK SPENDLOVE	CALDER VALLEY	50-17	V 60
28	DAVE KNIGHT	HOLMFIRTH HARR	50-40
29	AIDEN FORSTER	UNATTACHED	50-44	V 40
30	JOHN HAZELL	F R A	50-47	V 50
31	NIGEL CROSSFIELD	HALIFAX HARRIERS	50-50	V 40
32	JONNIE BUTLER	KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN	50-54	V 50
33	MARK LATHAM	BINGLEY HARRIERS	50-54	V 40
34	WARREN THOMAS	STAINLAND LIONS	51-01
35	ANNE JOHNSON	CALDER VALLEY	51-16	LV40
36	STEVE WEBB	VALLEY STRIDERS	51-20	V 40
37	CHRISTOPHER GROVER	KIRKSTALL HARRIERS	51-31	V 40
38	PHIL COOK	TODMORDEN HARR	51-36	V 40
39	IAN ROWBOTHAM	ILKLEY HARRIERS	51-41	V 50
40	JOHN WILCOCK	UNATTACHED	51-56	V 40
41	THORNTON TAYLOR	ROSSENDALE HARR	51-58	V 50
42	CRAIG GEOGHEGAN	STAINLAND LIONS	52-01
43	STEVE CLAWSON	ROSSENDALE HARR	52-06	V 40
44	JAMES SENIOR	BINGLEY HARRIERS	52-07
45	CHARLIE BOYCE	CALDER VALLEY	52-13	V 40
46	ANDY MOUNCEY	SETTLE HARRIERS	52-18	V 40
47	ANDY THORPE	HALIFAX HARRIERS	52-19
48	JOHN BASSINDER	STAINLAND LIONS	52-23	V 50
49	TIM WRAGG	SPENBOROUGH AC	52-28	V 40
50	ANDREW BASEY	NOTTS AC	52-36
51	HUW ILLINGWORTH	OTLEY AC	52-42
52	RICHARD GREENWOOD	CALDER VALLEY	52-46	V 40
53	BILL JOHNSON	CALDER VALLEY	52-47	V40
54	PHIL ROBINSON	OTLEY AC	52-50	V 60
55	PETER CLEMENTS	ASKERN DRC	52-51	V 40
56	NICHOLAS CHARLESWORTH	UNATTACHED	52-53	V 40
57	ADAM BAIRD	UNATTACHED	52-55
58	JOSEPH CROSSFIELD	HALIFAX HARRIERS	52-59
59	ANTHONY FRYER	VALLEY STRIDERS	53-01
60	BRIAN STEVENSON	PUDSEY & BRAMLEY	53-09	V 40
61	NEIL HORROCKS	UNATTACHED	53-10
62	STEPHEN BATLEY	SKYRAC	53-24	V 60
63	JIMMY SMITH	STAINLAND LIONS	53-28	V 50
64	PETER BOWLES	TODMORDEN HARR	53-30
65	TOM FEATHER	UNATTACHED	53-31
66	LEE JONES	UNATTACHED	53-39
67	CHRIS KING	SPENBOROUGH AC	53-43
68	STEPHEN BOOTH	UNATTACHED	53-46	V 40
69	ANDREW ALTON	UNATTACHED	53-48
70	HUGH TOOBY	CALDER VALLEY	53-53	V 40
71	JEFF ANDERSON	STAINLAND LIONS	53-53	V 40
72	ALLAN RENTON	UNATTACHED	54-04	V 40
73	ANIA SROKA	KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN	54-08	LV40
74	KAREN SINKINSON	HOLMFIRTH HARR	54-11	LV40
75	TONY BRADLEY	CALDER VALLEY	54-38	V 50
76	XANTHE HANNAH	VALLEY STRIDERS	54-42	L
77	DUNCAN CLANK	ABBEY RUNNERS	54-52	V 40
78	MICK BULL	MIDDLETON HARRIERS	55-04	V 50
79	DARREN SABEY	STAINLAND LIONS	55-08
80	BILL MITTON	ACHILLE RATTI	55-35	V 60
81	BOB GRANT	F R A	55-37	V 60
82	GARETH BYRNE	UNATTACHED	55-40	V 40
83	STEVE HUNN	SKIPTON AC	55-45	V 40
84	ANTHONY McMANUS	STAINLAND LIONS	56-03	V 40
85	CHRIS WHITAKER	KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN	56-15	V 40
86	SCOTT OWENS	UNATTACHED	56-19
87	LORNA BALMER	CLAYTON LE MOORS	56-28	L
88	JANE LEONARD	TODMORDEN HARR	56-44	LV50
89	ROBERT HALSTEAD	HOLMFIRTH HARR	56-48	V 50
90	ROY BRADLEY	SADDLEWORTH	57-27	V 60
91	ROBERT HIRST	CLAYTON LE MOORS	57-41	V 50
92	CHRISTINE HALSEY	UNATTACHED	58-55	LV40
93	REBECCA HALSTEAD	HOLMFIRTH HARR	59-39	L
94	GEORGE EMMOTT	QUEENSBURY	59-42	V 60
95	AMANDA NEWHAM	ILKLEY HARRIERS	60-08	LV40
96	TREVOR MURGATROYD	STAINLAND LIONS	60-12	V 40
97	GILLIAN WISBY	CALDER VALLEY	60-26	L
98	JONATHAN AVIARD	UNATTACHED	60-30
99	STELLA CROSS	ABBEY RUNNERS	61-08	LV40
100	JIM SOMMERVILLE	HOLMFIRTH HARR	61-13	V 60
101	RICHARD HAYWARD	UNATTACHED	62-47
102	DAVE BROCKLEHURST	OTLEY AC	62-49	V 50
103	GRAHAM DAVY	UNATTACHED	62-52
104	CLIVE BOOTHMAN	BAILDON RUNNERS	63-18	V 60
105	ANDREW BIDDLE	WEST PENNINE	64-10	V 50
106	STUART WALTON	DENBY DALE	64-28	V 60
107	PAUL STEVENSON	PUDSEY & BRAMLEY	64-41	V 40
108	STEVEN BAYTON	HALIFAX HARRIERS	64-46
109	BEN CROWTHER	HALIFAX HARRIERS	64-54
110	MANDY GOTH	TODMORDEN HARR	65-20	LV40
111	JON BALE	UNATTACHED	65-33	V 40
112	CHRIS SMALE	TODMORDEN HARR	66-00	V 40
113	LEE MORLEY	ILKLEY HARRIERS	66-02
114	GREAME COWLING	UNATTACHED	66-25
115	LINDA CAREY	BAILDON RUNNERS	67-06	LV50
116	KATE WALTER	BAILDON RUNNERS	67-16	LV40
117	CHRIS MILLER	HARROGATE	67-18
118	QUENTIN LEWIS	BAILDON RUNNERS	67-19
119	SARA DYER	VALLEY STRIDERS	67-33	LV50
120	CATHERINE SHAW	BAILDON RUNNERS	68-14	LV40
121	RICHARD BREAR	STAINLAND LIONS	69-20	V 40
122	BRIDGET RICHARDSON	CALDER VALLEY	70-10	LV40

It must have taken only a couple of minutes for some mindless lout to alter one arrow and move three flags from the end of Sawood Lane, thereby undoing my two hours of course marking until dusk on Friday evening. As I said on the start line, the Windmills Whizz is a left handed course. You always have the windfarm on your left.

From the start at the beautifully picturesque Ogden reservoir we run North alongside Ogden Clough, to join Hambleton Lane. At the farm gate we turn left and run along the stony Sawood Lane. After a mile or so, where this bridleway reaches a T junction with the old Cold Edge Road, we turn left, run up tarmac, unmade road and cobbles to The Withens Inn. Then it’s left for the final time, and back down the cart track to Ogden.

Well, I hope whoever sabotaged the course had a good laugh. There is nothing more disheartening for a race organiser than to hear that competitors have gone astray. It has happened more than once in my 18 years of putting on these fun events, though never at this one. I always feel that I’ve somehow been cheated, and on this occasion I must admit, I really did feel that it’s time I chucked it all in and called it a day. Fed up… Deflated… Demoralised. It takes weeks and weeks of planning to put a race on (making the course markers and signs and preparing finish recording equipment, getting land access permission, booking the pub, buying prizes) and when it doesn’t go as planned…..

However, after the leading runners had finally started to flood through the finish, and the crowds of exhausted runners were circulating around the finish area to take their drinks, my mood altered. People were just laughing it off. “Oh, we put an extra mile or two’s training in!” said one, “Well, congratulations to who-ever won it” said another, and there were some very heartening comments of support later on the Fellrunner’s FRA website Forum. In paticular, one person said he was new to fell running and new to the event. “But is was a terrific and well organised event, and now that I know the route, I’ll be back again next year”. Thankyou for your kind words. Other sports could learn a lot from fell runners.

First prize went to 53 year old veteran Dave Collins of Todmorden Harriers. No stranger to picking up the occasional supervets prize at local events, and especially the odd low key orienteering event, Dave knows the area well and had studied the course map at registration. He instinctively knew that something was amiss when he reached Cold Edge and noticed a long line of runners heading off right, down towards Oxenhope. So he took his chance. Luckily, the rest behind him followed on. After a while, those who had erred from the route retraced their steps to rejoin everyone else in the stampede up to FlyFlatts and back to Ogden.

As I stood on the finish line I wondered, what can I do? I felt that I had done my best to mark the route and tell everyone that it is an anticlockwise loop. Well, in the end all I could do was place runners as they crossed the line. At the prizegiving, which was a very light hearted and laid back affair, I paused for a few seconds in order to let Dave savour the occasion!

Vincent Proctor of Keighley and Craven followed Dave home with Harrogate’s David skew coming third to win the over 40 veteran’s prize and lead his club to team victory (beer!) with Ashley Brook and Brian Miller for support. Duncan Asquith of Leeds based Skyrac AC won the over 50’s prize in fourth spot. The first woman to finish was Sally Morley of Ilkley Harriers who placed sixth overall, one place ahead of Chorley’s Lynne Clough with Rachel Chatwin of Pennine third. Stainland’s Jessica Riley finished third with Calder Valley’s Anne Johnson finishing in fourth place to win the over 40’s prize, Jane Leonard of Todmorden the over 50 victor.

Baildon Runners were surprised and delighted to win the team prize choccies!

A big thankyou to my Mum and Dad who manned the drinks at the finish for the 18^th successive year. Thanks to Jackie on registration, Bill Smith who travels all the way from Liverpool by public transport to assist with my races, this time marshalling, collecting some of the markers in and compiling the results boards, and Linda Crabtree who marshalled at The Withens. Finally, thanks to Jackie who along with Kathrine Smale recorded times and numbers on the finish and of course Terry and Christine who had good beers and hot food ready for us at the pub.

A generous donation has been made to Cancer charities as a result of this event. Thanks for being good sports and see you all again soon.

Allan and Jackie.

SALLY MORLEY

ILKLEY HARRIERS

LYNNE CLOUGH

CHORLEY HARRIERS

V 50

GARETH PATCHETT

SPENBOROUGH AC

JESSICA RILEY

STAINLAND LIONS

V 40

JOHN HAZELL

V 40

ANNE JOHNSON

STEVE WEBB

VALLEY STRIDERS

V 40

V 40

IAN ROWBOTHAM

ILKLEY HARRIERS

JOHN BASSINDER

STAINLAND LIONS

RICHARD GREENWOOD

JOSEPH CROSSFIELD

ANTHONY FRYER

LEE JONES

UNATTACHED

STAINLAND LIONS

UNATTACHED

KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN

HOLMFIRTH HARR

LV40

CALDER VALLEY

XANTHE HANNAH

VALLEY STRIDERS

L

ABBEY RUNNERS

MIDDLETON HARRIERS

STAINLAND LIONS

ACHILLE RATTI

F R A

UNATTACHED

SKIPTON AC

STAINLAND LIONS

KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN

UNATTACHED

LORNA BALMER

CLAYTON LE MOORS

L

TODMORDEN HARR

LV50

HOLMFIRTH HARR

SADDLEWORTH

CLAYTON LE MOORS

CHRISTINE HALSEY

UNATTACHED

LV40

REBECCA HALSTEAD

HOLMFIRTH HARR

L

GEORGE EMMOTT

QUEENSBURY

AMANDA NEWHAM

ILKLEY HARRIERS

LV40

STAINLAND LIONS

GILLIAN WISBY

CALDER VALLEY

L

UNATTACHED

STELLA CROSS

ABBEY RUNNERS

LV40

HOLMFIRTH HARR

UNATTACHED

DAVE BROCKLEHURST

OTLEY AC

GRAHAM DAVY

UNATTACHED

BAILDON RUNNERS

ANDREW BIDDLE