Valley Striders - Relays - Results History

and links to Individual Results and Race Reports

last updated 14 Feb 2016

NB "x" indicates incomplete team, "-" indicates no runners

NB for National XC Relays see vsxc.htm

LOCAL RELAYS

Each year the Striders participate in at least 6 relays ranging in distance from 9 miles to 64 miles

BRADFORD MILLENNIUM WAY RELAY

• Held for the first time on 30 June 2002, organised by Saltaire Striders (previously known as St Bede's AC)
• 5 legs, pairs, total 45 miles
• Leg 1 Beckfoot Lane, Bingley to Marsh Lane, Oxenhope 10 miles
• Leg 2 Marsh Lane, Oxenhope to Chapel Lane, Laycock 9 miles
• Leg 3 Chapel Lane, Laycock to Town End, Silsden 7.5 miles
• Leg 4 Town End, Silsden to near White Wells, Ilkley 8.5 miles
• Leg 5 near White Wells, Ilkley to Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club, Wagon Lane, Bingley 10 miles
• Walk booklets from Jim Thornber, The Millennium Way Project, 10 Laburnham Grove, Cross Roads, Keighley, BD22 9EP
• Preview in March 2002 VS News created 9 Mar 2002
• Saltaire Striders BMW website
• Link to Bradford Millennium Way

Year	Total teams	Mens/A	Ladies	Vets	Mixed	B	Leg winners	Link
2002	?	4th 6:42:11	-	-	11th 7:25:39 (1st mixed)	-	P.Briscoe & M.Wrench (L5Men rec) P.Furness & L.Wilyman (L3mix rec)	Striders News
2003	23	13th	-	-	6th (1st Mixed)	-	-	-
2004	25	7th	-	-	9th (1st Mixed)	-	S.Webb & L.Wilyman (L1Mixed rec) A.Cutts & A.Hutchinson (L4)	-
2005	30	-	-	5th (3rd vets)	17th (1st Mixed)	-	D.Taylor & J.Watson (L1Vets)	-
2006	?	-	-	4th 6:18:30 (1st vets)	-	-	J.Watson & M.Wrench (L3Vets)	bmw06.htm / bmw06vs.htm
2007	32	-	-	8th 6:43:43 (2nd vets)	-	19th 7:39:07	-	VSU 28/06/07
2008	42	-	-	13th 6:48:01 (3rd vets)	-	20th 7:22:29	-	VSU 26/06/08
2009	43	-	-	14th 7:03:55 (2nd vets)	-	-	-	VSU 10/07/09
2010	48	-	-	-	24th 7:22:47 (4th mixed)	-	D.Murray & L.Wilyman (L3mix rec)	VSU 20/06/10
2011	?	12th 6.28.48	-	-	20th 7.08.39 (3rd mixed)	-	-	VSU 27/06/11
2012	48	12th 7:00:30	-	-	19th 7:23:01	-	-	VSU 14/06/12
2013	?	-	-	8th 6:48:03	21st 7:25:42	-	-	VSU 19/06/13
2014	43	9th 6:54:42	30th 8:18:21	-	-	-	-	VSU 12/07/14
2015	50	19th 7:23:32	-	-	-	-	-	VSU 05/07/15

BUNNY RUN FELL RELAY

• April
• 3 legs, singles, 9 miles total

CALDERDALE WAY RELAY

• Originally held in December, was cancelled in December 2010 and has been held in May ever since.
• Link to Halifax Harriers Website
• Information from Ramblers Assocation website:
  Circular from Clay House, Greetland 50 miles (80 km). Follows old packhorse routes and moorland paths, circling high up around the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, close to Halifax, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge.
  Maps: 103, 104, 110
  Publications: "The Calderdale Way" (M) By Calderdale Way Association. £4.99 plus 70p P&P. from Hebden Bridge Tourist Information Centre.

Year	No. of teams	A	Mixed	B	Link	Note
2000	99	Yes	(3^rd mixed)
2001	?		(3^rd mixed)
2002	?
2003	94	23^rd		90^th
2004	?		36^th (2^nd mixed)	48^th
2005	?		37^th 7:33:49 (3^rd mixed)	41^st 7:37:19	up051215.htm
2006	?	50^th 7:57:19	61^st 8:07:45 (2^nd mixed)		up061211.htm
2007	111	44^th 7:32:37		75^th 8:12:00	up071220.htm
2008	127	29^th		89^th
2009	117	72^nd (incl 1hr penalty)		76^th 8:19:00	up091231.htm
2010	NO RACE
2011	?	46^th 7:53:49		70^th 8:50:18	up110513.htm	B team was joint Abbey Runners/VS team
2012	?	14^th 7:05:00		54^th 8:37:26	up120525.htm
2013	?	19^th 7:26:25		45^th 8:23:50	up130531.htm
2014
2015

DANEFIELD FELL RELAY

• Organised by Fellandale in May
• 3 legs, singles, 9 miles total

GOLDEN ACRE RELAY

• Organised by Abbey Runners in July
• 3 legs, singles, 7.5 miles total

HARROGATE RINGWAY RELAY

• Organised by Nidd Valley Road Runners in January
• 5 legs, single runners, 20 miles total
• Leg 1 "Forest Moor" World's End Pub, Knaresborough to Forest Moor Lane 2 miles
• Leg 2 "Crimple" Forest Moor Lane to Leeds Road / Almsford Bank 3.75 miles
• Leg 3 "Pannal" Leeds Road / Almsford Bank to Otley Road / Beckwith Head Road 4.75 miles
• Leg 4 "Oakdale" Otley Road / Beckwith Head Road to Ripon Road / Knox Mill Lane 4.25 miles
• Leg 5 "Nidd Gorge" Ripon Road / Knox Mill Lane to Yorkshire Lass Pub, Knaresborough 5.25 miles
• Route details provided by Nidd Valley R R Added 27 Dec 04 Amended 28 Dec 08 (excludes 2005 diversions)
• Brief route details from NVRR, additional notes by Bob Jackson, including quick return routes by road (excludes 2005 diversions) Added 3 Jan 08
• See Hilary Atkins' website for more information on walking the Ringway
• Walk leaflets (and cloth badges if you complete the whole circuit) from 20 Pannal Ash Grove, Harrogate HG2 0HZ
• Details of Ramblers Association Publications
• Excellent map and information on Walking Englishman website added 31 Dec 09

Year	No. teams						Link
2001	22	6	9	14			Report in April 2001 VS News
2002	23	3	7	9 (V50)	16 (ladies)		Report in March 2002 VS News
2003	37	5	12	13	16	18	Report in March 2003 VS News
2004	31	3	13	15	16	19	Report in January 2004 VS News
2005	?
2006
2007
2008	35	8	15	19	20	27
2009	38	11	17	18	23

• 2006 We did not enter a team because it clashed with our Club Handicap
• 2007 We did not enter a team because it clashed with the Sport Direct cross-country league
• 2010 Race cancelled due to "health and safety issues". 4 Striders, 1 Wetherby and 1 Otley ran solo the full route in just under 4 hours on snow and ice on a chilly occasionally sunny day

LEEDS COUNTRY WAY RELAY

• Organised by Kippax Harriers in September
• 6 legs, pairs, 64 miles total
• Leg 1 Garforth Sports Centre to Grove Road, Stanley 11.75 miles
• Leg 2 Grove Road, Stanley to Scotchman Lane, Morley 11.15 miles
• Leg 3 Scotchman Lane, Morley to Thornbury Cricket Field 9.8 miles
• Leg 4 Thornbury Cricket Field to Golden Acre Park, Bramhope 11.5 miles
• Leg 5 Golden Acre Park, Bramhope to Thorner Lane, Scarcroft 10.06 miles
• Leg 6 Thorner Lane, Scarcroft to Garforth Sports Centre 9.7 miles
• Click Kippax Harriers website for comprehensive route maps and details
• Note that the race follows the old route published in the 1980's. Do NOT use the new route maps published by Leeds City Council
• LCW results 1990-1999 (thanks to Carole Schofield & Joel Giddings)
• 2001 race cancelled due to Foot & Mouth restrictions

Year	No. of teams	Men	Women	Vets	B	C	D	Link	Note
1990		1^st 6:46:50		? 7:11:00
1991		1^st 6:38:22		2^nd 7:03:12 (1^st vets)
1992		1^st 6:30:00		? 7:25:51
1993		1^st 6:38:10
1994		?
1995		7:42:46		7:15:35	8:27:56
1996		7^th 7:17:46	37^th 9:36:06 (2^nd women)	17^th 7:55:13 (2^nd vets)
1997		8^th 7:33:41	34^th 9:30:30 (2^nd women)	13^th 8:01:17 (2^nd vets)
1998		11^th 7:50:19	30^th 9:08:26 (2^nd women)	10^th 7:49:14 (2^nd vets)
1999		14^th 8:10:16	30^th 9:26:02 (2^nd women)	12^th 7:59:40 (3^rd vets)
2000		4^th	(2^nd women)	(3^rd vets)
2001	NO RACE
2002		6^th	(3^rd women)	(4^th vets)
2003		2^nd	(2^nd women)	(2^nd vets)	Yes				Only club with 4 teams
2004		10^th 8:00:20	24^th 9:29:44 (2^nd women)	16^th 8:43:50 (4^th vets)	31^st			Full Results lcw04vs.htm
2005		5^th	26^th (2^nd women)	13^th (3^rd vets)	25^th
2006		10^th 8:12:18	20^th 9:33:48 (2^nd women)	6^th 7:52:13 (1^st vets)	26^th 9:58:26			Full Results / lcw06vs.htm	Only club with 4 teams
2007	36	4^th 7:35:00	14^th 8:59:52 (1^st women)	12^th 8:46:07 (2^nd vets)	16^th 9:02:20			Full Results / up070926.htm
2008	35	3^rd 7:37:52	15^th 8:59:36 (1^st women)	14^th 8:58:50 (2^nd vets)	18^th 9:15:26			Full Results / up080905.htm
2009	32	2^nd 7:21:05	16^th 9:00:58 (1^st women)	9^th 8:12:37 (2^nd vets)	20^th 9:22:11			Full Results / up090906.htm
2010	37	3^rd 7:20:20 (1 leg win)	16^th 8:32:47 (1^st women) (5 leg wins)	11^th 8:02:13 (2^nd vets)	15^th 8:29:19	31^st 10:08:12		lcw10vs.htm	Only club with 5 teams
2011	41	2^nd 7:01:50	26^th 9:21:56 (3^rd women)	10^th 8:03:20 (3^rd vets)	11^th 8:13:35	29^th 9:36:28		lcw11vs.htm	Only club with 5 teams
2012	39	3^rd 7:20:43 (1 leg win)	17^th 9:06:16 (1^st women) (2 leg wins)	26^th 9:44:48 (1hr25min penalty)	10^th 8:45:44	30^th 10:39:57		up120907.htm	Only club with 5 teams
2013	48	1^st 7:02:00 (2 leg wins)	21^st 8:38:41 (1^st women) (4 leg wins)	7^th 7:44:04 (1^st vets)	12^th 8:15:07	37^th 10:40:24		up130916.htm
2014	51	1^st 7:16:45 (2 leg wins)	36^th 10:32:37 (1hr30min penalty)	11^th 8:06:49 (3^rd vets)	21^st 9:01:39	30^th 9:35:13	38^th 10:37:57	up140908.htm	Only club with 6 teams
2015	47	1^st 6:55:46 (4 leg wins)	18^th 8:47:17 (2^nd women) (2 leg wins)	9^th 8:02:52 (2^nd vets)	7^th 7:53:44	24^th 9:27:54		up150912.htm
2016	50	1^st 6:56:48 (5 leg wins)	17^th 8:44:50 (1^st women) (4 leg wins)	9^th 7:59:01 (2^nd vets)	24^th 9:12:19	31^st 9:52:41		up160911.htm

WASHBURN VALLEY RELAY

• Organised by Otley A C in July
• Route notes
• 3 legs, singles, 12 miles total