It was a family affair at this years Jolly Holly Jog at Ripon with both
Senior and Junior runners from Nidd Valley combining for the first time. A muddy
course and sunny weather made for a great mornings running around the Fountains
Abbey route. First back for Nidd was Lee
Dalton 36.23 finishing fifth overall on his way back to full fitness. Next
was Martin
Lofthouse 41.07, wearing a Nidd vest for the first time. Club regular Andy
Todd 41.37 was next followed by Paul
Stalker 44.41,Brian
Sherwood 48.14, Fiona
Deacon 48.54, Mike
Deacon 48.55, Kathleen
Coates 49.49,David
Rushton 54.59,Jenny
Manning 56.22 and Sarah
Chalmers 63.52.
In the juniors the field was dominated by Nidd Valley Junior vests with
many in the top half of the field.
First home was Jack Smith in a superb
time of 5:32, 2nd place overall, narrowly missing first place by 1 second. Next
home was Harrison Iles, first in the M9-11 category and an amazing third place
overall. Jake Stalker stormed home in 5th place winning the M6-8 category. James
Harvey followed close behind in 6th place, 2nd in the M9-11 category. Jessica
Jones proved her hard work at training sessions has paid off, coming home in 9th
place overall, 2nd female and winning the F9-11 category.Completing the team were Daniel Dalton (4th M9-11), Sarah Lofthouse ( 3rd F9-11), Jacob Kavanagh ( 6th M9-11), Oliver Kavanagh ( 4th M12-16), Benjamin Smith ( 5th M12-16), Will Harvey ( 5th M6-8), Adam Coates ( 10th M9-11) and Lauren Coates ( 2nd F6-8).
