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Julian Hood ran an excellent 74:41 to finish 17^th in the Brass Monkey at York.

150 runners took part in this New Year’s Day race at Ogden Water near Denholme. It’s run mainly on woodland trail with a climb at half-way and some undulations thereafter.

Only one runner for Skipton in this one but can highly recommend it to anyone for next year if your hang-over clears!

Auld Lang Syne – 31^st December – 395 runners

 395 runners took part in the popular Auld Lang Syne fell race.

First home for Skipton was Julian Hood, followed by Michael Keedy, Jayne Butterworth and Karen Hood.

A 22-strong group of runners from Skipton AC travelled to Mirfield to take part in the 1^st round of the West Yorkshire Winter League (WYWL).

The 1^st round fixture which comprises a fancy dress element was hosted by Dewsbury Road Runners at Hopton Mills Cricket Club. The figure of 8, single lap, course was run over 4.2 miles and took in a good variety of terrain with, of course, mud aplenty.

Some of the team not needing the toilet!

Leading Skipton male was Julian Hood (4^th overall) whilst the women were lead home by Jayne Butterworth (14^th overall) but both were ably supported by the rest of the Skipton team. Michael Keedy (15), Mark Shakeshaft (22) and Neil Maloney (23) were next home for the men whilst Mel Ives (15), Hilary Seward (30) and Helen Lindley (40) scored highly for the women.

Full results:

Male

Female

Santa Fun Run Skipton 30th Nov 2014

Skipton AC had some participants in the prestigious Santa run in Skipton on Sunday. Basically you dress up as santa and run as fast as you can over 5km with the support having no idea who is who as they are all the same.

Anyway a few pictures of some faces you may know, with a caption or 2 🙂

Hilary – “OMG, I hope Dave knows he lost his santa pants on the way round”
Dave – (Thinking to himself) “If i stand head held high, nobody will notice I have no santa pants on”