Records galore at Res Bogs Junior Race

DSC_3784After a glorious Friday evening spent flagging the course the weather turned wet, cold and windy on the Saturday! But despite the change in the weather we had 87 entrants for the Reservoir Bogs junior race which goes over the moors and are good and challenging but enjoyable routes for all ages. We had some excellent results given the weather.

In the Under 8 category the winning boy was local runner William Hall in a new record time of 2 mins 25 seconds, followed closely by Billy Smith (Rossendale) just 22 seconds behind and 3rd place was Caleb Denneny (Calder Valley). In the Girls race Grace Root (Clayton le Moor) was the winner also placing a fantastic second overall in a new record time of 3 mins 27 seconds followed by new local runner Mia Clegg Ingram in a time of 3 mins 27 seconds and only 2 seconds adrift for 3rd place was Alicia Kerman (Wharfedale).

In the Under 10 race the winning boy was Jackson McKay from Clayton in a time 7 mins 24 seconds following on only 5 seconds behind was local boy Theo Davies (Calder) with Joseph Hopley from Rossendale taking 3rd spot. In the girls race our two local Calder girls battled it out for first and second with first place this time going to Beth Blacker  in a time of 8 mins 41 seconds and second place to Olivia Sylge just 5 seconds behind and Rossendale’s Sophie Morgan was third.

In the Under 12’s the first junior home in a stunning run beating all the boys was Clayton’s Briony Holt who also broke the girls record by over 40 seconds in a new time of 14 mins 31 seconds followed by Joseph Carnelley (Bingley) for the boys. The second and third girls home were Maisy Vasic (Rossendale) and Eleanor Root (Clayton). For the boys it was our two local Calder runners Ruari Chesworth & Conner McCabe.

In the Under 14’s Thomas Nelson of Wharfedale won the boys race with a new record time of 12.16 and Victoria Merrick of Bingley was equally impressive winning the girls race with a record time of 14 mins 27 seconds shaving 13 seconds off the previous course record. Second & third in the under 14 boys category was Ben Green (Rossendale) and Matthew Merrick (Bingley) were also inside the old course record and for the girls Alice Pier (Clayton) and Emily Morgan (Rossendale).

With the conditions still good underfoot in the Under 16’s we had yet another record, set by Lucy Haines from Ilkley who won the girls race in 28 mins  58 seconds. Lucy was followed by Abigail White (Bingley) in second place and Beth Quinn (Clayton) in third place. For the boys, the winner was Thomas Marchant from Pendle in a time of 25 mins 58 seconds followed by George Pier and Kenan Eti both from Clayton Le Moors.

Many thanks to all the helpers that made the event possible.