Rush Around the Rhubarb 2015 Race Report

 

Armed with Rhubarb, beers, and plentiful chocolate, the Rush Around the Rhubarb race started from P&B’s stomping ground at Priesthorpe School, with 103 runners of all ages tackling the local trails in search of the secretive rhubarb plants that inhabit this northern reach of the West Yorkshire Rhubarb triangle.

Senior Race:

After a short briefing involving several livestock descriptions, the seniors were off first with P&B’s very own Joe Baxter taking control of the race from early on and storming to victory in the strong winds to a new course record of 20:03. Luke McQuade from our friendly local rival Pudsey Pacers was second back in 22:32 and hot on his heels Rob “you broke my rhubarb” Furness from Horsforth Harriers who finished third in 22:55.

Here’s what Joe had to say:

This was my first time rushing around the local rhubarb patches of Pudsey and due to the rest of the P&B gang organising, raffling and making sure that the route was fully marshalled, I soon realised that I was the only runner representing the claret & gold, no pressure there then! The race is quick and whilst nearly all off road, its very runnable making sure that there was no let up from the gun. It was great to find a race so enthusiastic to involve the juniors, whose vast numbers clearly enjoyed the race, and fab prizes on offer afterwards, as much as me!”

Finishing 14th overall and first woman was Leeds City’s Rachel Friend – bringing home the women in 26:31. Bev Smith (27:42) had a strong run, just pipping Saltaire Strider’s Amanda Bellwood to second place overall and first V50. Amanda was third overall in 27:55 and second senior lady with Reena Mistry of Eccleshill not far behind coming in fourth overall woman and third senior female in 28:04.

In the Vet Categories, Horsforth Harriers completed their hat trick of prizes with Nathan Crossley (23:16)finishing fifth overall and first V50. Hot on his heels was Paul Gridlow (U/A) in 23:24 finishing first V40 – Paul we will be sending you an application form shortly! Finally Pudsey Pacers took their second prize of the evening with Lisa Heath finishing first V40 in 29:25.

Under 15’s

P&B’s Junior section dominated in the under 15’s taking home all the prizes. Archie Armitage (15:13) had a strong run again to win the race for the second year – not quite beating his previous record time of 15:07 in the strong winds. Second home was Declan Walker in 16:38 with Mitchell Boocock hot on his heels in third, finishing in a time of 16:43.

In the girls race Allahah Grace Mullen showed a strong transition up to the U15 category, taking the course record and first girl in 17:37. Allanah was the previous course record holder of the U11 course in 2014. Following her home to make it another P&B 1-2-3, Olivia Hunt was second in 20:05 and Erin Hinchliffe third in 21:22.

Under 11’s

Twenty six intrepid under 11’s set off in search of rhubarb in the U11 race with Thomas Smith of P&B taking the win and not far off the course record in 11:51. Ty Bowher was second home for P&B after just being pipped by Thomas, finishing in 11:58. One of the most impressive runs of the evening came from Maisy Bellwood of Keighley and Craven – third overall U11 and first girl in a new course record of 12:04 – the question is will she beat all the boys next year? Chiabhan Martin Mullan (P&B) was fourth overall and third boy in 12:18. Emily Kite of P&B had a very strong run – finishing fifth overall and second girl in 12:38 with Natasha Robinson (P&B) just beating Georgia Fennell (P&B) to third in 13:35.

After the race was complete – the real event of the evening commenced – the annual raffle of various wines/ chocolates/ random stuff people don’t want – sorry to the person who “won” the worm in a bottle – sure that one might make a re-appearance next year!

A massive thank you to all the marshals, timekeepers and volunteers who gave up their time to support the race, and a big well done to all the runners who took part in dry but very windy conditions. Special mention goes to Airecentre Pacers who turned out 15 runners – I would have brought my sunglasses if I had known I would be confronted by that much day-glo orange!

Thanks also to our race prize sponsor – Fuggle and Golding in Ilkley – if anyone needs to find out more about their beers and their growler system, go to www.fuggleandgolding.co.uk. Also thanks to Priesthorpe School for allowing us to use their premises again. Oh yeah and Helen at work for donating the Rhubarb!

SENIOR RESULTS (6k)

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Race No.	Time
1	Joe Baxter	P&B	M	284	20:03
2	Luke McQuade	Pudsey Pacers	M	268	22:32
3	Rob Furness	Horsforth Harriers	M	95	22:55
4	Paul Miller	Kirkstall Harriers	M	247	23:11
5	Nathan Crossley	Horsforth Harriers	M50	254	23:16
6	Paul Gridlow	unattached	M40	267	23:24
7	Tim Bellwood	Saltaire Striders	M	264	23:44
8	Chris Fall	unattached	M	256	24:08
9	Chris Glover	Kirkstall Harriers	M50	201	25:01
10	Andy Green	Pudsey Pacers	M	286	25:24
11	Paul Newton	Kirkstall Harriers	M40	287	26:02
12	Paul Stanhope	Eccleshill	M50	285	26:20
13	Christian Lewis	Saltaire Striders	M	266	26:25
14	Rachel Friend	Leeds City	F	292	26:31
15	Martin Gebbett	FellandDale	M50	269	27:02
16	Ian McKenna	unattached	M	290	27:29
17	Simon Ellis	Airecentre Pacers	M40	255	27:37
18	Brad Strutt	Pudsey Pacers	M	277	27:40
19	Beverley Smith	Horsforth Harriers	F50	253	27:42
20	Amanda Bellwood	Saltaire Striders	F	265	27:55
21	Reena Mistry	Eccleshill	F	289	28:04
22	Philip Lonsdale	Pudsey Pacers	M40	96	28:23
23	Mark Flanagan	unattached	M40	270	28:25
24	Mark Smith	Pudsey Pacers	M40	262	28:39
25	James Whiteley	unattached	M	202	28:57
26	Nicholas Ford	Airecentre Pacers	M	272	29:11
27	Lisa Heath	Pudsey Pacers	F40	263	29:25
28	Rob Myers	Baildon Runners	M50	243	29:39
29	Imogen Cassen	unattached	F	251	30:14
30	Jenny Cooper	Pudsey Pacers	F40	276	30:40
31	Catherine Barrett	Kirkstall Harriers	F	252	31:12
32	Lisa Jamieson	Pudsey Pacers	F40	203	31:19
33	Susan Ransome	Pudsey Pacers	F50	271	31:30
34	Kate Desforges	unattached	F	245	31:58
35	Andrew Tesseyman	Airecentre Pacers	M50	279	32:01
36	Mark Johnson	unattached	M	244	32:03
37	Carol Moran	Kirkstall Harriers	F50	291	32:05
38	Ian Mark Storey	Eccleshill	M40	283	32:06
39	Claire Jones	unattached	F	94	32:28
40	Alyson Glover	Kirkstall Harriers	F40	200	32:37
41	Laura Wilson	Airecentre Pacers	F	259	32:50
42	Rhona Neilson	Airecentre Pacers	F	275	33:23
43	Kevin Simpson	unattached	M50	246	33:44
44	Claire Bromley	Kirkstall Harriers	F	248	34:40
45	Amanda Connolly	Airecentre Pacers	F40	261	35:06
46	Clare Ford	Airecentre Pacers	F	273	35:17
47	Hayley Dunn	unattached	F	249	35:33
48	Kev Charlton	unattached	M	250	35:34
49	Jen Sebright-Pickard	Airecentre Pacers	F	288	36:42
50	Jane Tesseyman	Airecentre Pacers	F40	282	36:43
51	Karen Longfellow	Kirkstall Harriers	F40	97	36:54
52	Simone Si Mohamed	unattached	F	278	37:14
53	Anna Greaves	Airecentre Pacers	F	280	40:24
54	Lindsay McKay	Airecentre Pacers	F	281	40:25
55	Anne Proctor	Airecentre Pacers	F40	@	40:28
56	Ashrat Elkurdi	Airecentre Pacers	M40	274	40:35
57	Bernadette Murby	Airecentre Pacers	F40	258	43:18
58	Layla Trantor	Airecentre Pacers	F	257	44:25

UNDER 15 JUNIOR RESULTS (3.5k)

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Time
1	Archie Armitage	P&B	B	15:13
2	Declan Walker	P&B	B	16:38
3	Mitchell Boocock	P&B	B	16:43
4	Edward Wilkinson	P&B	B	17:33
5	Alannah Grace Mullen	P&B	G	17:37
6	Oliver Warren	P&B	B	20:02
7	Olivia Hunt	P&B	G	20:05
8	Erin Hinchliffe	P&B	G	21:22
9	Sydney Mowbray	Airecentre Pacers	G	21:26
10	Kane Bateman	P&B	B	22:11
11	Kiernan Kennedy	P&B	B	22:23
12	Findlay Mckeown	P&B	B	22:48
13	Ruby Smith	P&B	G	27:11
14	Tia Bell	P&B	G	28:47
15	Harlie Thompson	P&B	G	28:55
16	Lucy Ford	unattached	G	30:34
17	Molly Whymarsh	P&B	G	30:35
18	Tiegan Sutton	P&B	G	30:58
19	Hannah Whittles	unattached	G	31:00

UNDER 11 JUNIOR RESULTS (1.5k)

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Time
1	Thomas Smith	P&B	B	11:51
2	Ty Bowher	P&B	B	11:58
3	Maisy Bellwood	Keighley & Craven AC	G	12:04
4	Ciabhan Martin Mullan	P&B	B	12:18
5	Emily Kite	P&B	G	12:38
6	Lucas Mills	P&B	B	12:41
7	Taylor Sebright-Pickard	unattached	B	13:05
8	Natasha Robinson	P&B	G	13:35
9	Georgia Fennell	P&B	G	14:29
10	Eloise Kite	P&B	G	14:39
11	Lucy Warren	P&B	G	15:31
12	Maya Sehhon	P&B	G	15:39
13	Elissa Kite	unattached	G	15:43
14	Max Stanley	unattached	B	15:46
15	Leo Stanley	unattached	B	16:08
16	Declan Wall	P&B	B	16:16
17	Maisie Mills	P&B	G	16:15
18	Annie Wilkinson	P&B	G	16:52
19	Emelia Jamieson	unattached	G	17:00
20	Milo Hull	unattached	B	18:17
21	Amber Sehhon	P&B	G	19:27
22	Amelia Charlton	unattached	G	20:02
23	Evie Charlton	unattached	G	20:05
24	Darcy Whymarsh	P&B	B	20:07
25	Kaitlyn Walsh	P&B	G	21:27
26	Molly Ashcroft	P&B	G	21:28

Click here for downloadable results (Excel File with tabs for each race at the bottom)

Click HERE for Photos from the Senior and Under 15 races.

More Senior photos by Andrew Byrom HERE