Guisborough Fell Race - April 21 st

The prize of first junior to represent the Poly - goes to William Robson  William has been one of the Club's very best junior supporters for our teams.

A busy weekend for races on the fells -was completed with Esk Valley's 14 miler on the tops beyond Guisborough. The race starts with a sharp climb through the woods out of Guisborough - and then winds out on a circular route on the plateau - interrupted with a sharp climb up and down the inverted  sugar cone at Roseberry Topping.Conditions were good to soft for the running.

Congratulations go to William Robson for a top run in the junior race. Esk Valley organise junior races as well as staging the big event - a lot of work for the organisers . Then on to the main race with about 150 runners across a wide range of Clubs- which saw 2 of our runners pacing the hills.Garry Robson fired round in 16th place as our first returnee. Chris Rowe put in a steady trek in 40th  place. The race was won by Elswick Harriers' Lee Bennett -a popular winner (at least with the BLOG) and one of the areas quickest vets. The team award went to the hosts - Esk Valley - but good to note 14 teams were closed out.

Chris Rowe steadies himself on the climb out of Guisborough - Chris steadily worked his way through to 40th overall

Sadly we didn't field a team. This time the team was let down by 2 absentees - one of whom did a fell running lite event (called orienteering); the other succeeded in running for less than 17 minutes on the Sunday- apparently , he said, there was also a gradient achieved by stepping off a kerb 5 times on a circuit. Of course, no self respecting fell runer would boast of performance in a race lasting any less than 35 mins (and certainly wouldn't tell his colleagues he'd done it) - and even then would expect to climb min 300 m and run through a thistle field.There must surely be a Fell Champs sanction for this behaviour ? Still it is worth noting that since this individual has avoided a proper race - his football team has leaked 9 goals from teams wearing red.(just like the Poly) Maybe neither can handle any more than 17 minutes of action ? More to follow on this surely ......but apologies to Garry and Chris.

Make way for Garry Robson - as he charges hillwards through the field.

Full results here :http://www.eskvalleyfellclub.org/results/fell/nehra/Gisborough%20Moors%2021-Apr-2013.pdf

Junior Results here :  http://www.eskvalleyfellclub.org/results/fell/nehra/Juniors/Gisborough%20Moors%20Juniors%2021-Apr-2013.pdf

It was a Robson family event as Guisborough as we have Lily Robson to thank for the sharp camerawork.