Helm Hill Runners - Results and Race reports

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Results and Race Reports - updated 5th October
If anyone has any race/event reports please email them to me, they don't need to be long or erudite.

Senior Championship positions - now updated after Scafell

Junior championship final positions - Presentations to winners & runners up will be made at the Xmas party.

Langdale Marathon/Half Marathon report - by David White

Beetham Sports report - just five runners from helm hill at this years beetham sports, which turned out to be a very warm, humid day. Good points picked up by the five; Liam Taylor 45.19, Lyndon Dixon 48.02, Dave Richardson 48.17, Tim Murray 50.10, Ian Conway 56.48. Steel fell next, free to enter and a great blast out! - Liam Taylor

Bampton Village Fell Race 12th July - a new record of 38m 40s set by Mark Addison - beating last year's time by more than a minute. Other Helm results: Shaun Addison 5th, Nigel Thomas 15th, Mike Addison 19th, Dave Appleyard 23rd, Tim Murray 24th, Stewart Johnson 32nd, Amanda Conner 38th.

Lairig Ghru Race Report - 29th June 08 - by David White - David, Russ Cannon and John King took part in this race. Read all about it in David's report.

Reston Scar 2nd July - Race Report - This is a great evening race that starts at Staveley Mill Yard and heads up the Kentmere valley before climbing up onto Reston Scar. Some tricky descending before a second ascent and then down to the Kentmere road to return. It was good to see Helm Hill juniors Liam Taylor and Rory Addison pitting themselves against the seniors. Both juniors got off to a flying start. A very friendly atmosphere at the finish with an even better atmosphere in the beer hall at the prize giving. Mick Wilson picked up the V50 prize and Dave White got lucky with a spot prize. Seven seniors and two juniors turned out for this one: J. Bagge 8th, L. Taylor 13th, Mick Wilson 15th, R. Addison 16th, D. White 17th, A. Emmett 18th, L. Dixon 23, D. Appleyard 24th, P. Willink 28th, Amanda Conner ?? - report by John Bagge

Gibson Grind 28th June - Fourth senior championship race of 2008 - Race report by John Bagge
Departing from Dean Gibson school field runners get a good send off for the 8.5 mile route which takes familiar ground for local runners. After reaching The Mushroom the route heads south along the escarpment, a strong side wind which had dried out recent heavy rain buffetted runners from the side. The route involves a further two climbs, the second of which is long and steady up to the trig point, from where a very fast descent can be made down to the racecourse and back to the school field where the runners were greeted by cheers from spectators. A great turnout from Helm Hill with fifteen runners out of a field of 110. The race was won by Craig Roberts in a new course record of 53:20. Mark Addison led Helm Hill home in 5th with Johan Meyfroidt 10th and John Bagge 14th making up the three scorers for the Helm Hill team. Shaun Addison 18th, Rob Blyth 29th, Liam Taylor 34th, Dave Appleyard 48th, Tim Murray 52, Ian Mitchell 53, Chris Schofield 54, James Serleux 55, Lyndon 58, Dave Till 68, ian Conway 95 and Amanda Conner 97. Helm Hill took second team after Kendal. A great race for prizes and it raises money for the school.

Hawkshead 10k 25th June - Lindsay's report - The Hawkshead 10K last night was a good race - undulating and scenic, round Esthwaite Water and despite it being a road race, I don't think I came across a single car except for one waiting by a marshal at a jucntion. There was a very friendly, low-key atmosphere and large contingents from Hoad Hill, Black Coombe and Kendal AC as it was included in a championship series of some sort. Only 5 Helm Hill Runners took part - perhaps because it didn't seem to have been widely publicised and hadn't made it onto our club website. I only found out about it two days beforehand. All the same, Kathleen Aubrey did Helm Hill proud, putting in a magnificent time of 41 minutes (and something - results not on the Internet yet) and coming 2nd lady overall and first F40. Other club representatives were Niall Till, Dave Till, Dave Ratcliffe and me - Lindsay Harrod - in that order! A good way of spending a summer evening so I recommend it for HHRs next year.

Cautley Crags race 19th June - results

Bendrigg Lodge 8th June - results - several Helm Hill Runners took part and we won both the men's team prize and vets' prize.
Lindsay's report - It's an undulating rural route with a steep hill right at the end. I'd been gradually working my way up the field (so to speak! it was a road race!) throughout the race and finally caught up with the second lady (and first F35) near the top of the last hill. Suddenly noticing my presence, she 'woke up' and launched into an impressive sprint finish. I was already running as hard as I could so had nothing extra to give and couldn't catch her, but I had the satisfaction of knowing that I'd made her work for it at the end!

Helvellyn - Race Report

Dockray-Hartside race - report by Chris Robinson - results below.

2nd Chris Robinson 53.11
4th Paul Brittleton 53.41
15th Nigel Thomas 59.55
18th Lee Procter 60.01
19th John Bagge 60.49
23th Gary Beardwood 61.52
31th Russell Cannon 64.16
39th Andrew Conner 66.43
46th Chris Schofield 68.04
50th Ben Procter 70.11
60th? Amanda Conner 82.56

Middle Fell Race report - 5th April by Lee Procter

Arant Haw 30th March - Results

Lakeside 10k 23rd March - results here - Melanie Hyder was first female home

Nine Standards Race 1st Jan - results - Word - PDF

Archive

2007
Downhill Championship Sat 15th Dec - Results
Senior's Club Championship 2007: Final Results
Mens champion: Ollie Fielden, Ladies champion: Amanda Conner
Howgill Howler 23rd Sept - results - photos
Junior Club Championship 2007: Final results
Helm Hill race 24th June - results are on the BOFRA website
Cautley Crags Race 21st June - Report and Results
Arant Haw Results 15th April
Kendal Winter League 2007 - final league positions and results
Senior championship 2007 race list

2006
Results for the 2006 Kendal Winter League can be found here.

Helm Hill Runners Senior Club Championship 2006 - Final results are here and last years race list is here.
Champions in 2006 were - Men: Paul Brittleton, Ladies: Jennifer Dunn

For any other results try checking the race organisers website or UK Results or the FRA website.