Weasdale Horseshoe 2012 - English Championships

It was a great fell race preceded by and finished with a very tough cross county race.

The Start

Dark Peak's Rob takes the race out of the field

Fellrunners having to RUN to keep up

The Middle

But when the cross country race finished and the fell race started, Mercia's Simon Bailey broke away and started to build a big gap. "Simon Bailey ran away and left us 'cos we we weren't good enough to keep up!" said one of the top five finishers.

The End

The mud bath is ready

Our team sports photographer is in position

Now she's ready

And here come the runners, well just one runner, as we thought, first is Simon Bailey, alone without any pressure.

Winner Simon Bailey  - photo by Lisa Holmes

Morgan Donnelley, Tom Addison and Darren Kay getting ready to fight for second place -  photo by Lisa Holmes.

Results

1 - Simon Bailey Open Mercia 00:55:09
2 - Tom Addison U23 Helm Hill 00:56:03
3 - Morgan Donnelly Open Borrowdale 00:56:08
4 - Darren Kay V40 Pudsey & Bramley 00:56:18
5 - Rob Hope Open Pudsey & Bramley 00:57:01
6 - Lloyd Taggart V40 Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:57:25
7 - Mark Addison Open Helm Hill 00:57:33
8 - Robert Little Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:58:26
9 - Rob Baker Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:58:45
10 - Rhys Findlay-Robinson Open Dark Peak Fell Runners 00:59:12
11- Chris Birchall Open Leeds City AC 00:59:22
12 - Jason Williams Open Calder Valley 00:59:36
13 - Martin Mikkelsen-Barron Open Borrowdale 00:59:48
14 - Ben Bardsley V40 Borrowdale 00:59:55
15 - Mark Roberts V50 Borrowdale 01:00:16
16 - Shaun Godsman Open Calder Valley 01:00:23
17 - Tim Ellis Open Calder Valley 01:00:27
18 - Karl Gray V40 Calder Valley 01:00:36
19 - Tim Werrett V40 Mercia 01:00:43
20 - Ted Mason Open Wharfedale Harriers 01:00:47

Full Results

Men

Ladies

Video of Men's race by Will Neill 

Photos of the ladies race by Holmfirth Harriers