Guiseley Gallop

Easter Sunday saw the opening round of the club Off Road championship at the Guiseley Gallop 10k.  Its a two lap course, quite technical through the trees with a little bit of the John Carr road in as well, plus a few hills including a tough one in the last mile which is thankfully only used once.

19 men and 13 ladies put in the Harriers vest and made the start line, this included last years ladies champion Rebecca Gray but unfortunately men’s champion James Vickers is out with an injury and is aiming to get back at the end of the season to avoid relegation.

Out the blocks fastest this year was Michael Vargas, fresh from breaking the club 5 mile record in Bridlington he claimed top points in the 1st division and 8th overall in a time of 38.54.

Next Harrier home and scoring top points in the 2nd division was a very strong Gary Grant in 65th and a time of 45.05.

Not far behind Gary with an excellent run and a perfect start to her title defence was Rebecca Gray in 72nd and a time of 45.21.  This was even after a nasty fall which left her cut and bruised.

 

The next Harriers home were quite close together with first time out as a Harrier Pavels Sidlovskis leading this group home in 120th, then Jack Rose in 125th and Graeme miles in 126th just keeping ahead of Curtis Broadhead in 131st.

The leading Premier division runner was Daniel Waas in 163rd.

Back to the ladies and 2nd home and taking top points in the 2nd division was Naomi Kellet in 184th and a time of 51.48.  3rd home and taking the top points in the 1st division was Honor Baldry in a time of 55.05.

All in all some great running and really good to see lots of red and white out there.  Next up in the Off Road series is the Bluebell Trail in May.

Thanks to Phil Bland for the excellent action pics.

Championship points in link –

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vl64U7VDJDrPdwTPCpCFpwsNfVQnMxDCpg8MqccC1XI/edit?usp=sharing

Position	Name	Time	Division		Position	Name	Time	Division
8th	Michael Vargas	38.54	1st		72nd	Rebecca Gray	45.21	Prem
65th	Gary Grant	45.05	2nd		184th	Naomi Kellet	51.48	2nd
120th	Pavels Sidlovskis	48.22	2nd		248th	Honor Baldry	55.05	1st
125th	Jack Rose	48.36	1st		303rd	Maika Ohno	57.33	1st
126th	Graeme Miles	48.40	2nd		320th	Lucy Rider	58.19	Prem
131st	Curtis Broadhead	48.58	1st		361st	Naomi Farrar	1.00.12	2nd
158th	Thomas Mason	50.26	2nd		390th	Matilda Rhodes	1.01.23	1st
163rd	Daniel Waas	50.40	Prem		395th	Jane-Marie Bracchi	1.01.43	2nd
172nd	Jason Newell	51.13	2nd		415th	Alys Griffiths	1.03.52	2nd
225th	Jeremy Forber	53.50	1st		426th	Samantha Scarlett	1.04.52	1st
269th	Paul Dickens	56.04	1st		427th	Nicola Forwood	1.04.52	1st
288th	Richard Edwards	56.51	Prem		472nd	Ciara Crossan	1.11.22	1st
292nd	Rick Pullan	57.10	1st		492nd	Liz Jones	1.20.10	Prem
293rd	Chris Jones	57.10	Prem
314th	Jonathan Mason	57.58	1st
357th	Matthew Gray	59.51	1st
388th	Mike Webb	1.01.14	Prem
420th	Chris Bracchi	1.04.23	2nd
458th	Michael Mason	1.09.00	Prem