FORTHCOMING EVENTS
NOTICE FROM OTLEY AC COMMITTEE – do you know an Otley AC member who has been running well recently ?
Do you wish to nominate them for Otley AC’s Runner Of The Month award ?
If so please email the boss Matt Podd with your suggestion.
UPDATED 17 NOV 2014 - added: Otley 10 (2015)
UPDATED 14 NOV 2014 - added: The Oxspring Hunshelf Amble, Lynne Edmondson Memorial & Christine Navan's Brownhouse Wham Reservoir Race, Podium 5k, Travellers 6
UPDATED 11 NOV 2014 - added: European Veterans Indoor Championships (2016), Reindeer Stampede 5k, Barnsley 10k, Manchester Xmas Pudding 5 mile Dash, Leeds Xmas 10k Challenge
UPDATED 5 NOV 2014 - added: Annual Presentation Evening (2015), Washburn Valley Relay (2015), committee meeting and club handicap in December, moonlighters run in November
UPDATED 2 NOV 2014 - added: Gravy Pud (fell race), Trigger, Stanbury Splash (2015 fell races)
UPDATED 30 OCT 2014 - added: Yorkshire Cross Country Championships (2015), David Staff Memorial Race (fell races)
UPDATED 27 OCT 2014 - added: Magor Marsh 10k (2015), The Bewl 15 (2015)
UPDATED 24 OCT 2014 - added: North of England Senior & Junior Track & Field Championships (2015), North of England U17 & U15 Track & Field Championships (2015), National Mens 12 & Womens 6 Stage Road Relays (2015), Leeds Santa Dash, Ward Green 6
UPDATED 21 OCT 2014 - added: Todmorden Park 5k Winter Night Series (4 races)
UPDATED 12 OCT 2014 - added: Gathering Winter Fools relay, club handicap in November
UPDATED 9 OCT 2014 - added: City of Salford Women’s 5.25 mile run, Santa Dash Trail Race, Hot Toddy Road Race
- extra details: Northern Athletics Indoor Open (second meeting)
every Saturday PARKRUN
(5k race – free to enter but register in advance at the website below) (9.00am)
They are held at several venues which would normally be within the scope of this list including: Bradford, Leeds, Harrogate and Skipton
(for details see www.parkrun.com)
Thu 20 November MOONLIGHTERS
Thruscross Reservoir – approx 7.2 km/4.5 miles
Meet 7:15pm at the reservoir car park or 6:30pm at the club for car sharing
Thu 20 November TODMORDEN PARK 5K WINTER NIGHT SERIES
(race 1 of 4)
Hare and Hounds Pub, Burnley Road, Todmorden 7.00pm)
(for details see www.cannonballevents.co.uk/Tod5kwinter.php or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#todpark5k1)
Sat 22 November WEST YORKSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
(race 3 of 4)
Keighley
(for details see www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk or www.otleyac.org.uk or
Andrew Robertshaw)
Sat 22 November KIRKSTALL ABBEY TRAIL MARATHON
(multi terrain race – approx 26.2 miles/42.2 km)
The Leeds Postal Association Club, 5 Beecroft Street, Leeds (9.30am)
(for details see www.malcsblog.net/?p=3484 or )
*** NO LATE ENTRIES . . . CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2014 ***
Sunday 23 November BARNSLEY 10K
Royston Leisure Centre, Station Road, Royston, near Barnsley (10.00am)
(for details see www.barnsleyac.co.uk/races.html or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#barnsley)
*** JUNIOR RACE TOO ***
Sunday 23 November CLOWNE HALF MARATHON
Community Centre, Recreation Road, Clowne, near Worksop (10.00am)
(for details see www.clowneroradrunners.org or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#clowne or )
Thu 27 November TODMORDEN PARK 5K WINTER NIGHT SERIES
(race 2 of 4)
Hare and Hounds Pub, Burnley Road, Todmorden 7.00pm)
(for details see www.cannonballevents.co.uk/Tod5kwinter.php or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#todpark5k2)
Sat 29 November WEETON HANDICAP
(approx 5 miles/8 km)
starts at the railway bridge on Woodgate Lane, Huby [GR 278481] (10.45am for 11.00am)
(for details see www.otleyac.org.uk and for a map see
www.otleyac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weeton.jpg)
Sunday 30 November LEEDS XMAS 10K CHALLENGE
(multi terrain – distance approximate)
John Charles Stadium for Sport, Middleton Grove, Leeds (10.30am)
(for details see www.fairplayevents.co.uk/lc10k-challenge or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#leeds10k or )
Sunday 30 November CITY OF SALFORD WOMEN’S 5.25 MILE RUN
Swinton FC Clubhouse, Barton Road, Swinton, Greater Manchester (10.30am)
(for details see www.swintonrunningclub.org.uk or www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014 or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#salford)
Sunday 30 November MANCHESTER XMAS PUDDING 5 MILE DASH
(off road – distance approximate)
Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe, Manchester (11.00am)
(for details see www.nice-work.org.uk/events.php?id=51 or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#manchester)
Sunday 30 November DAVID STAFF MEMORIAL RACE
(fell race: 6.6 km/366m)
Bandstand, Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, near Blackburn (11.30am)
(for details see www.dashers.org.uk/events/david-staff-memorial or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3098 or www.ukresults.net/14nov.html#staff or )
*** SLIGHTLY SHORTER ROUTE FOR THIS YEAR ONLY ***
Tuesday 2 December COMMITTEE MEETING
After training – at Otley Cricket Club
(for details see John Dade)
Thu 4 December TODMORDEN PARK 5K WINTER NIGHT SERIES
(race 3 of 4)
Hare and Hounds Pub, Burnley Road, Todmorden 7.00pm)
(for details see www.cannonballevents.co.uk/Tod5kwinter.php or www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#todpark5k3)
Sat 6 December THE OXSPRING HUNSHELF AMBLE
(mainly off road – approx 11.2 km/7 miles)
Waggon & Horses, Sheffield Road, Oxspring near Penistone (10.30am)
(for details see www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#oxspring)
Sat 6 December NORTHERN ATHLETICS INDOOR OPEN
(second of two meetings)
English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (first event 11.00am)
(for details see www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014)
*** JUNIOR EVENTS TOO ***
Sunday 7 December STOCKPORT 10
(North of England championships)
Woodbank Stadium, Woodbank Park, Turncroft Lane, Stockport (10.00am)
(for details see www.stk10.co.uk or www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014 or www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#stockport or Gemma Harrington or Liam Dunne)
*** NO LATE ENTRIES . . . CLOSING DATE: SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2014 ***
Sunday 7 December WEST YORKSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
(race 4 of 4)
Nunroyd Park, Guiseley
(for details see www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk or www.otleyac.org.uk or
Andrew Robertshaw)
Sunday 7 December REINDEER STAMEDE 5K
Roberts Park, Saltaire (10.00am)
(for details see www.epilepsy.org.uk/reindeer or )
Sunday 7 December GRAVY PUD
(fell race: 8.0 km/305m)
Bulls Head, Tintwistle, near Glossop (11.00am)
(for details see www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3119 or )
Thu 11 December TODMORDEN PARK 5K WINTER NIGHT SERIES
(race 4 of 4)
Hare and Hounds Pub, Burnley Road, Todmorden 7.00pm)
(for details see www.cannonballevents.co.uk/Tod5kwinter.php or www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#todpark5k4)
Sat 13 December GATHERING WINTER FOOLS
(4 multi-terrain stages (teams of 4 pairs, 8 runners). All changeovers at low-level pubs.)
University Academy, Keighley (9.30am)
(for details see www.kcac.co.uk/gathering-winter-fools or www.otleyac.org.uk or )
Sunday 14 December MYTHOLMROYD
(fell race: 11.3 km/411m)
Community Centre, Caldene Avenue, Mythomroyd, near Hebden Bridge (11.00am)
(for details see www.halifaxharriers.co.uk/club/club-races/mytholmroyd-fell-race or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=2838 or )
Sunday 14 December LYNNE EDMONDSON MEMORIAL & CHRISTINE NAVAN'S BROWNHOUSE WHAM RESERVOIR RACE
(multi terrain – approx 5 km)
Red Lion, The Square, Whitworth, Rochdale (11.30am)
(for details see www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#lynne or )
Sunday 14 December LEEDS SANTA DASH
Leeds City Centre
(for details see www.st-gemma.co.uk/santadash or )
Sat 20 December PODIUM 5K
Swinden Playing Fields, Barrowford, Nelson (from 6.00pm)
(for details see www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#podium or )
Sunday 21 December KEN DIXON CHRISTMAS HANDICAP
(approx 5.05 miles/8.13 km)
starts at the Yorkshire Water car park near Timble (11.00am)
(for details see www.otleyac.org.uk and for a map see
www.otleyac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Ken-Dixon-Christmas-Handicap.jpg)
Sunday 21 December SANTA DASH TRAIL RACE
(approx 6.4 km/4.0 miles)
Curley’s Dining Rooms and Fisheries, Horwich, Bolton, near Manchester (10.00am)
(for details see www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014 or www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#santadash or )
Sunday 21 December STOOP
(fell race: 8.0 km/250m)
Penistone Hill Country Park, near Haworth (11.30am)
(for details see www.woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=stoop&subtopic=home or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3213)
*** JUNIOR RACES TOO ***
Sunday 21 December TRAVELLERS 6
Pie Hall, Denby Dale, near Wakefield (1.00pm)
(for details see www.denbydaletravellers.org.uk/Club_Events.html or www.ukresults.net/14dec.html#denbydale)
Friday 26 December CHEVIN CHASE
(multi terrain – approx 7 miles)
Guiseley
(for details see www.airecentre-pacers.co.uk/chevinchase.html)
Sat 27 December SHEFFIELD OPEN CROSS COUNTRY RACES
Graves Park, Sheffield (from 10.30am)
(for details see www.sheffieldrunningclub.co.uk or www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014)
*** INCLUDING JUNIORS AND VETERANS RACES ***
Sunday 28 December RIBBLE VALLEY 10K
(North of England Championships)
Roefield Leisure Centre, Edisford Road, Clitheroe (11.00am)
(for details see www.ribblevalley10k.com or or Gemma Harrington or Liam Dunne)
Sunday 28 December HOT TODDY ROAD RACE
(approx 8.9 km/5.5 miles)
Todmorden Cricket Club, Burnley Road, Todmorden (11.00am)
(for details see www.todharriers.co.uk/hot-toddy-road-race)
*** JUNIOR RACE TOO ***
Sunday 28 December WARD GREEN 6
(2 laps – 6 miles)
Genn Lane Community Centre, Barnsley (11.30am)
*** TWO DAYS LATER THAN USUAL ***
Wed 31 December AULD LANG SYNE
(fell race: 9.6 km/300m)
Penistone Hill Country Park, near Haworth (11.30am)
(for details see www.woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=als&subtopic=home or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3181)
*** USE ENTRY FORM FROM WEBSITE - NOT ACCEPTED BEFORE SAT 1 NOV ***
Sat 10 January 2015 YORKSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lightwater Valley, near Ripon
(for details see Andrew Robertshaw)
*** JUNIOR RACES TOO ***
Sun 11 January 2015 TRIGGER
(fell race: 32.0 km/1650m)
Marsden Cricket Club, near Huddersfield (8.30am)
(for details see www.marsdentoedale.co.uk/details.htm or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3678 or )
*** NO LATE ENTRIES . . . CLOSING DATE: WED 24 DEC 2014 ***
17 – 18 January 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield
*** U20 AND U17 EVENTS TOO ***
Sun 18 January 2015 BRASS MONKEY HALF MARATHON
Knavesmire, York (10.00am)
(for details see www.yorkknavesmireharriers.co.uk/brass-monkey or )
Sun 18 January 2015 STANBURY SPLASH
(fell race: 12.0 km/400m)
Penistone Hill Country Park, near Haworth (11.30am)
(for details see www.woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=stanbury&subtopic=home or www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=3835)
*** JUNIOR RACES TOO ***
Fri 23 January 2015 ANNUAL PRESENTATION EVENING
Korks, Bondgate, Otley
£20.00 per person. Tickets from Hannah Mallinson
Sat 24 January 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pontefract
(for details see Andrew Robertshaw)
*** JUNIOR RACES TOO ***
Sat 1 February 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield
*** U15 AND U13 EVENTS ONLY ***
Sun 2 February 2015 YORKSHIRE VETERANS GRAND PRIX
(race 1 of 10)
Pudsey (10.30am)
(for details see www.yvaa.org or or Gemma Harrington or
Liam Dunne)
7 - 8 February 2015 BRITISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield
Sun 8 February 2015 HAREWOOD HOUSE HALF MARATHON
(off road – distance approximate)
Harewood (10.00am)
(for details see www.bhf.org.uk/harewood or )
Sun 15 Feb 2015 CENTRAL LANCASHIRE 5K
Leverhulme Park, Long Lane, Bolton (10.30am)
(for details see www.boltonunitedharriers.co.uk/central-lancashire-5k or
www.race-results.co.uk/results/2015)
Sat 21 Feb 2015 ENGLISH CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Parliament Hill Fields, London
(for details see www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=11491&itemTitle=National+Cross+Country+champs+2014+announced§ion=42§ionTitle=England+Athletics+News or Andrew Robertshaw)
*** JUNIOR RACES TOO ***
Sunday 1 March 2015 BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR INTER – AREA CHALLENGE
Lee Valley Centre, London
(for details see www.nvac.co.uk or Caroline Marler)
7 – 8 March 2015 BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lee Valley Centre, London
(for details see www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157)
Sun 8 March 2015 SPEN 20
(Yorkshire Veterans Championships)
Princess Mary Stadium, Spenborough
(for details see www.yvaa.org or or Gemma Harrington or
Liam Dunne)
Sun 8 March 2015 SIDCUP 10
(British Masters Championships)
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, Hurst Rd, Sidcup, south east London (10.00am)
(for details see www.kentac.org.uk/sidcup-10 or www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157 or or Liam Dunne or Gemma Harrington)
Sat 14 March 2015 BRITISH MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ruthin School, Denbighshire, Wales
(for details see www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157 or or Andrew Robertshaw)
20 – 23 March 2015 OTLEY AC TRAINING WEEKEND
(available to all fully paid up members on a first come first served basis)
Limfitt Park, Troutbeck (near Windermere), Cumbria
£57.00 per person for three nights self catering in 5* log cabins holding six people each
(for details see Tom Hannah)
*** CASH OR CHEQUES TO TOM HANNAH ASAP ***
Sun 22 March 2015 BRADFORD 10K
Central Bradford (9.30am tbc)
(for details see www.epilepsy.org.uk/involved/fundraise-events/running/10km-5km-runs/alices-run or )
23 - 28 March 2015 EUROPEAN VETERANS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
(includes cross country and half marathon)
Torun, Poland
(for details see www.evacitorun2015.com or www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157 and www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:international-entries&catid=2:uncategorised or )
Sat 28 March 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND MENS 12 STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Sefton Park, Liverpool
(for details see Liam Dunne)
Sat 28 March 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Sefton Park, Liverpool
(for details see Gemma Harrington)
Sat 11 April 2015 NATIONAL MENS 12 STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Sutton Park, Birmingham
(for details see Liam Dunne)
Sat 11 April 2015 NATIONAL WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Sutton Park, Birmingham
(for details see Gemma Harrington)
Sun 26 April 2015 LONDON MARATHON
Entries are now closed but for those who miss out in the ballot there will be guaranteed club places available at the end of the year – see John Dade for details
(for race details see www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com)
Sun 26 April 2015 BOLTON 10K
Leverhulme Park, Long Lane, Bolton (10.30am)
(for details see www.bolton10k.org or www.race-results.co.uk/results/2015 or )
15 – 17 May 2015 EUROPEAN VETERANS NON - STADIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(includes 10k, half marathon and cross country relay)
Grosseto, Italy
(for details see www.grossetosport.org or www.evaa.ch/files/evacns_grosseto2015.pdf)
Wed 10 June 2015 OTLEY 10
Otley RUFC (7.30pm)
(for details see www.otleyac.org.uk or Colin Best)
13 – 14 June 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND SENIOR AND JUNIOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPS
Sport City, Rowley Street, Manchester
Sunday 5 July 2015 THE BEWL 15
(British Masters Trail Championships)
(multi terrain – approx 15 miles/24 km)
Uplands Community College, Wadhurst, East Sussex (10.30am)
(for details see www.bewl15.co.uk/index.php or )
Friday 17 July 2015 WASHBURN VALLEY RELAY
Yorkshire Water car park near Timble (7.00pm)
(for details see www.otleyac.org.uk/washburn-valley-relays)
*** JUNIOR RELAY TOO ***
Sun 26 July 2015 MAGOR MARSH 10K
(British Masters Championships)
Undy United Football Club, the Causeway, Undy near Caldicot, South Wales (10.30am)
(for details see www.sites.google.com/site/chepstowharriersrunningclub/magor-marsh-10k or or Liam Dunne or Gemma Harrington)
4 – 16 August 2015 WORLD MASTERS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lyon, France
(for details see www.lyon2015.com or www.world-masters-athletics.org/championships/2015 or www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157 and www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:international-entries&catid=2:uncategorised or or )
15 – 16 August 2015 NORTH OF ENGLAND U17 AND U15 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
venue tbc
23 – 30 August 2015 WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES
Mar del Plata, Argentina
(for details see Peter McGouran or www.wtgf.org/events.asp?itemid=751&itemTitle=20th+World+Transplant+Games%2C+Mar+del+Plata%2C+Argentina+2015§ion=0001000100160001)
22 – 27 March 2016 EUROPEAN VETERANS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ancona, Italy
(for details see www.evaa.ch)
26 Oct – 6 Nov 2016 WORLD MASTERS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Perth, Australia
(for details see www.perth2016.com or www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=157 and www.xchangecms.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:international-entries&catid=2:uncategorised or or )
2017 WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES
Malaga, Spain
(for details see Peter McGouran or www.wtgf.org)
19 – 25 March 2017 WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Daegu City, South Korea
25 Jul – 5 Aug 2017 EUROPEAN VETERANS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aarhus, Denmark
(for details see www.evacs2017.dk or www.bvaf.org.uk/fix/fix.asp and www.bvaf.org.uk/fix/internationalentries.asp)