THE Ilkley Harriers Race League continued with the Jack Bloor fell race over the footpaths, bogs and flagstones of Ilkley Moor.

The race has changed over the years as stone slabs have been laid on the upper part of the route, making it faster underfoot and eliminating the choice of different routes to the summit control.

Surprisingly for a relatively short race, there remain some interesting route choices in the latter section of the race.

Jack Wood recorded another victory with Dave Wilby and Ben Sheppard also making the top ten. Ilkley ladies won the team prize with Lucy Haines, Kate Archer and Alison Weston.

1 40:10 Jack Wood, 7 43:35 Dave Wilby, 9 43:47 Ben Sheppard, 22 46:01 Jack Cummings, 49 49:58 John Hayes, 55 50:21 Richard Joel, 60 50:41 Alistair Barlow, 69 51:08 Duncan Cooper, 70 51:16 Jonathan Sinclair, 75 51:28 Lucy Haines, 83 51:46 Malcolm Pickering, 84 51:49 Kate Archer, 91 52:49 Ben Joynson, 94 53:08 Paddy Hagan, 102 55:06 Alison Weston, 105 55:15 David Foyston, 107 55:54 Sarah Edwards, 108 55:59 Outi Kamarainen, 110 56:10 Jann Smith, 112 56:13 Paul Stephens, 118 57:09 Peter Haines, 127 58:04 Steve Weston, 136 59:19 Dave Taylor, 139 59:59 Ian Marshall, 149 62:06 Chloe Haines, 160 64:05 Sarah Hayes, 168 65:13 Joyce Marshall, 171 65:21 Val Kerr, 174 66:27 Anna Barlow, 179 67:21 Sue Morley, 182 68:03 Geoffrey White, 186 68:22 Juliet Hammond, 216 83:17 Sophie Brown, 225 85:00 Rachel Hagan. 226 finished.

The second race in the John Carr 5k series saw a great turnout of Ilkley Harriers in what was also a league race. Junior runner Euan Brennan was first home for Ilkley in a blistering 16:57 taking first youth. Geoff Howard finished in just over 20 minutes to take 1st V70 and Petra Bijsterveld won the F50 category.

1 15:41 Marc Fenwick (Tyne Bridge Harriers), 18 16:57 Euan Brennan (junior) 1st MY 24 17:13 Jack Cummings (junior) 2nd MJ 60 18:23 Sally Morley 2nd F40 62 18:27 Oscar Stapleton (junior) 63 18:29 Mark Iley 70 18:40 Stephen Coy 94 19:20 Cameron Reilly (junior) 97 19:28 Arthur Reilly 110 19:51 Tom Worboys 130 20:22 David Chandler 149 20:46 Will Worboys 151 20:48 Geoff Howard 1st M70 159 21:01 Phil Hirst 171 21:22 Harry Stead (junior) 199 22:15 Jean Sullivan 207 22:21 Helen Waddington 251 23:55 Paul Sugden PB 254 24:10 Nick Mellor 263 24:26 Nea Weston (junior) 269 24:34 Peter Lewis 278 24:58 Petra Bijsterveld 1st F50 279 25:00 Julie Elmes 306 26:03 Christopher Brown 311 26:21 Sue Williamson 341 27:52 Christine Reilly 376 ran.

Jack Wood claimed his second trophy in a week at the Over the Odda 10k trail race. Alex Hirst also made the top ten out of 236 finishers and Adela Reperecki took 1st F50. Hilda Coulsey said: “An excellent entirely off-road, local, friendly run where we braved a gusty chilly wind with lots of up hills, over fields and through bluebell woods.”

1 39:19 Jack Wood 10 46:30 Alex Hirst 25 48:21 David Chandler 66 54:05 Outi Kamarainen 77 54:56 Phil Hirst 89 56:40 Adela Reperecki 1st F50 110 60:01 Peter Lewis 123 60:55 Stephanie Fox 149 65:32 Hilda Coulsey 157 66:37 Paul Sugden 236 finished