Holme Moss Fell Race 19 July 2015

Having acquired a strange and mysterious leg injury out 'over-recceing' Holme Moss route this week, I found myself in the marvellous situation of being able to simply report on the race!

The start - Helen Berry was the only runner going through the puddles.

Jean Shotter took a couple of inventive little movies at this point (is she starting to be a fell race reporter I wonder - yes let's hope so) Jean's BAFTA winning recordings are on our twitter feed. Give me a shout if you cant find them (linking to them has foxed me).

Matt Lalor 

Matt Lalor and Tim Budd appeared from the direction of Holme Moss together, leaving just the down and up of Ramsden Clough and then the flat track and killer road section to fight it out for the win. Matt obviously had a bit left in the tank as he took the win by over a minute. 

Tim Budd

Mark Ollerenshaw was a little way behind them and perhaps the welcome drink of water provided by Holmfirth Harriers at the top of Ramsden Clough, gave him enough to push on to keep 3rd place.

Mark Ollerenshaw

Helen Berry stormed to finish almost first vet overall, but certainly 6th breaking the 3 hour mark and setting a new PB on 'holme' territory of 2:56:57. She was very pleased with this result and certainly very pleased with her prize - a holiday at Pyrenees Haven and a pair of socks.

Helen Berry

The results have been sent to Holmfirth Harriers to check and put on the website but in the meantime here is a copy as I doubled up a results assistant after my spell of journalism. Mossienet was out on course so keep an eye out for his photos and don't forget to give to his charity!

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Time
1	Matthew Lalor	Barlick	M	02:44:21
2	Tim Budd	Glossopdale	M	02:45:48
3	Mark Ollerenshaw	Glossopdale	M	02:47:44
4	Ian Mills	Pennine FR	M	02:50:26
5	Ed Gamble	Cheshire Hill Racers	V45*	02:56:44
6 (Fem 1)	Helen Berry	Holmfirth	FV40*	02:56:57
7	Charlie McIntosh	Pudsey & Bramley	V45	02:57:27
8	Chris Jackson	Glossopdale	M	02:58:59
9	Kevin Doyle	Kimberworth Striders	V40*	02:59:42
10	Stephen Watts	Pennine FR	V50*	03:00:28
11	Ralph Skrimshire	DPFR	M	03:00:55
12	Andrew Davies	Steel City Striders	V45	03:01:21
13	Julian Rank	Holmfirth	V50	03:01:46
14	Nathan Brickman	Belper Harriers	M	03:01:48
15	Robert White	CVFR	M	03:08:51
16	Richard Hunt	DPFR	V40	03:10:21
17 (Fem 2)	Nicky Spinks	DPFR	FV45*	03:12:01
18 (Fem 3)	Caitlin Rice	Glossopdale	F*	03:12:02
19	Jonathan Melia	Rossendale	V45	03:13:11
20	John Doyle	Pennine FR	V50	03:13:38
21	Steve Long	Tring	V50	03:15:54
22	Howard Darwin	Rotherham Harriers	V45	03:17:27
23	Julian Brown	Macclesfield	V50	03:17:35
24	Kieran Davis	Erewash	M	03:17:48
25	Richard Mackie	Penistone	V40	03:18:22
26	Ronnie Turner	Rossendale	V55*	03:18:56
27	Thornton Taylor	Rossendale	V55	03:19:47
28	Lee Rawson	Kimberworth Striders	V45	03:20:30
29	Mark Law	Holmfirth	V50	03:22:28
30	Neil Weightman	Erewash	V50	03:23:10
31	Ian Charlesworth	Penistone	V50	03:23:23
32	Ken Taylor	Rossendale	V65*	03:23:44
33	Matthew Seddon	Pudsey & Bramley	M	03:24:16
34	Matthew Grainge	Holme Pierrepoint	V40	03:24:53
35	Howard Patridge	Holme Pierrepoint	V60*	03:24:54
36	Jordan Street	Clowne RR	M	03:25:31
37	Keith Holmes	DPFR	V60	03:26:37
38	Steve Crossman	Glossopdale	V45	03:28:47
39	David Nevill	unattached	M	03:29:20
40	Michael Timm	Steel City Striders	V45	03:30:06
41	Tim Rippon	DPFR	V50	03:30:52
42	Robin Jeffries	Mow Cop	V45	03:31:35
43	Ian Rawson	Kimberworth Striders	V45	03:32:38
44	Andy Buck	Steel City Striders	V55	03:33:45
45	Tim Hargreaves	Stockport	V55	03:34:07
46	Chris Jordan	Belper Harriers	V40	03:34:52
47	Oliver Cook	Long Eaton RC	V45	03:35:13
48	Tim Raffle	Altrincham	V50	03:35:33
49	Andrew Reid	Porter Valley	M	03:36:11
50	Colin Earl	Kimberworth Striders	V50	03:36:36
51	Tom Pape	unattached	M	03:37:58
52	Joel Siddall	North Derbyshire	M	03:38:01
53	Jerome McAllister	unattached	V40	03:38:07
54	David Pickering	Retford	V45	03:38:14
55 (Fem 4)	Joanne Worboys-Hodgson	Denby Dale	FV40	03:38:25
56	Paul Skuse	Glossopdale	M	03:39:08
57	Barry Blyth	Macclesfield	V65	03:39:31
58	Steve Adams	DPFR	V45	03:39:56
59	Mike Hill	Wilmslow	V45	03:40:30
60	Joseph Wall	unattached	V55	03:40:33
61	Simon Gregory	Clowne RR	V40	03:40:34
62	Justin Bramall	unattached	M	03:40:46
63	Andrew Hearle	Mercia	V60	03:40:56
64	Adrian Baker	DPFR	V50	03:41:23
65	Jonathan Hardman	Cheshire Hill Racers	M	03:41:29
66	David Wass	Worksop	V45	03:41:48
67	Sam White	West End Runners	M	03:41:59
68	Willy Kitchen	DPFR	V45	03:42:14
69	Simon Conroy	DPFR	V40	03:43:23
70	Michael Bourne	DPFR	V45	03:43:26
71	Mark Smith	Kimberworth Striders	V40	03:44:33
72	Phil Howson	Steel City Striders	V45	03:45:13
73	John Robinson	Holmfirth	M	03:45:51
74 (Fem 5)	Suzanne Budgett	Horwich	FV50*	03:46:23
75 (Fem 6)	Alison Wainwright	Staffordshire Moorlands	FV45	03:46:31
76 (Fem 7)	Jane Mellor	Pennine FR	FV45	03:46:59
77	Barney Crawshaw	Pennine FR	M	03:48:04
78	Alan Hirons	North Leeds FR	V45	03:48:55
79	Richard White	Glossopdale	V40	03:50:23
80	Craig Allen	Barnsley	M	03:51:01
81 (Fem 8)	Zoe Barton	Glossopdale	F	03:51:16
82 (Fem 9)	Julie O'Regan	Saddleworth	FV40	03:52:28
83	John Bradley	Preston Harriers	M	03:53:10
84	Steve Perren	Meltham	V45	03:53:19
85	Ian Shuttleworth	Coniston	V50	03:53:38
86	Chris Charlesworth	Penistone	V40	03:53:57
87	Andrew Mather	unattached	M	03:54:57
88 (Fem 10)	Pamela Beech	Hong Kong Ladies RR	FV45	03:56:03

89	Kenny Turner	DPFR	V55	03:57:26
90	Gabriel Hutchings	Ashbourne	V55	03:57:55
91	Andy Taylor	unattached	V45	03:58:04
92	Max Howard	Retford	V55	03:58:07
93	Chris Horsfall	Handsworth Road Hog	V60	03:58:11
94	Matthew Oddy	Valley Striders	V50	03:58:29
95	Stephen Clarke	Steel City Striders	M	03:58:59
96	John Spencer	DPFR	V50	03:59:27
97	Trevor Longman	Macclesfield	V60	03:59:44
98 (Fem 11)	Fiona Fullwood	DPFR	F	04:00:24
99	Randolph Haggerty	Kirkstall Harriers	V45	04:00:31
100	David Fould	Mercia	V60	04:00:54
101	Glyn Sawford	Holme Pierrepoint	V55	04:01:32
102	Paul Booth-Burke	Holmfirth	V45	04:01:48
103	Ian Barnes	Rossendale	V50	04:01:50
104	Andrew Lewis	Handsworth Road Hog	V45	04:02:05
105	Roger Dent	OMRT	V50	04:02:29
106	Michael McLoughlin	Preston Harriers	V60	04:02:38
107	Andrew Watson	Erewash	V40	04:03:34
108	Sam Needham	Steel City Striders	M	04:03:57
109	Christopher Deacon	Penistone	V50	04:05:34
110	Jeff Miller	Meltham	V40	04:05:37
111	Richard McKuen	Sale Harriers	M	04:08:22
112	Eddie Lesniak	Achille Ratti	V60	04:08:49
113 (Fem 12)	Sian Evans	Steel City Striders	F	04:08:51
114	David Patrick	Ashbourne	V45	04:09:11
115	Alan Appleby	Preston Harriers	V65	04:09:48
116	John Richardson	Handsworth Road Hog	V45	04:13:36
117 (Fem 13)	Bridgett Coomber	Denby Dale	FV50	04:15:20
118	Richard Bory	Valley Hill Runners	V60	04:15:23
119	Bill Hunter	Holmfirth	V65	04:16:38
120	Neil Jones	Stadium	V40	04:16:45
121	Philip Barnes	Pennine FR	V55	04:16:54
122 (Fem 14)	Tanya Haynes	Saddleworth	FV40	04:17:10
123	Matt Podd	Otley AC	V55	04:18:07
124	Andy Gray	Sunlight Runners	V40	04:19:05
125 (Fem 15)	Julie Bembridge	DPFR	FV40	04:20:09
126	David Carr	Activ 8 Tri	V45	04:21:40
127	Phil Eddison	Handsworth Road Hog	V55	04:22:59
128	John Mooney	Macclesfield	V55	04:25:28
129	Lee Hipwell	Queensbury	V40	04:25:47
130 (Fem 16)	Anna Smith	Queensbury	FV50	04:26:08
131	Bill Sheppard	Long Eaton RC	V60	04:28:46
132	Nick Ham	Glossopdale	V50	04:29:12
133	Andy Skelhorn	Macclesfield	V50	04:29:41
134	Julian Illingworth	unattached	V40	04:30:42
135 (Fem 17)	Barbara Clayton	Totley	FV45	04:31:12
136	Mark Clayton	Totley	V45	04:31:15
137	Nick Harris	Rossendale	V65	04:31:34
138 (Fem 18)	Sarah Louise Fowler	Matlock AC	FV45	04:34:02
139	Charles Casey	Harrogate	M	04:34:03
140	Dan Biggs	CVFR	M	04:35:31
141	Mick Fowler	unattached	V55	04:36:51
142	Peter Allanach	Wetherby	V45	04:40:14
143 (Fem 19)	Sharn Waites	Glossopdale	FV40	04:42:14
144	Barry Dunn	unattached	M	04:42:15
145	Jean-Charles Cotteverte	unattached	V45	04:45:34
146	Darren Burns	Fell Ponies	V50	04:46:56
147	Richard Applewhite	unattached	V40	04:48:38
148	Steve Tooms	Ashbourne	V50	04:52:04
149 (Fem 20)	Hanna Samota	Strideout	F	04:52:42
150 (Fem 21)	Maeve Largey	Smiley Paces	F	04:52:56
151	Andrew Lang	Meltham	V45	04:55:43
152	Mark Crowe	Meltham	V45	04:56:40
153	Kevin Holmes	Unattached	V50	05:10:42
154	Colin Grime	Spectrum Striders	V70*	05:19:27
155	Matt Laws	West End Runners	M	DNF
156	Paul Johnson	Barnsley	M	DNF
157	Richard Bembridge	DPFR	V45	DNF
158	Richard Hopkinson	DPFR	V65	DNF
Teams				Points
1	Tim Budd	Glossopdale	2	13
	Mark Ollerenshaw		3
	Chris Jackson		8
2	Ian Mills	Pennine FR	4	34
	Stephen Watts		10
	John Doyle		20
3	Ralph Skrimshire	DPFR	11	64
	Richard Hunt		16
	Keith Holmes		37
Female Teams
1	Nicky Spinks	DPFR	2	Points
	Fiona Fullwood		11	28
	Julie Bembridge		15
2	Caitlin Rice	Glossopdale	3
	Zoe Barton		8	30
	Sharn Waites		19

Tom Addison to stand for PM

We've just heard some breaking news that English Champion 2014 Tom Addison is to stand in the coming general election on Thursday 7 May.

We understand that Tom's achievements of recent years in our sport, have earned him the attention of his local MP and President of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron.

Tim Farron is a keen fellrunner himself and we asked him to explain to us which of Tom's many great attributes made him so right for the job; whether it be his achievement of becoming English Champion 2014, winner of the classics Kentmere, Coniston and Pendle races last year or the sheer resilience under pressure and commitment to training. 

Tim replied "I've told you before, please leave me alone"

We asked Tom how we would manage to juggle his training with running the country. Tom commented "If you don't stop pestering me I will call the police".

The World Federation of Fell Running refused to comment.

Tom Addison, accepting his new role with pride - photo by Norman Berry