ILKLEY Harriers' Jemima Elgood smashed the women's course record at the Jack Bloor fell race on Ilkley Moor last week.

Her run, which was timed at 45.19, took nine seconds off the course record, and earned her the top ladies prize.

This continues her blistering form, which has recently seen her break the ladies all-time Ilkley Harrier club records over the 5k and 10k distances.

Jack Wood won the race overall for the fifth consecutive year in 38:52, helping the Ilkley Harriers men to second team prize.

There were also prizes for Rachel Carter and Joyce Marshall as first F40 and first F50 respectively, helping the women to the third team prize.

There were plenty of fine Harrier performances in the junior races too with Alexander Wolfenden victorious in the under-13's race and Robert Carter in the under-9's race.

The John Carr Trail Series culminated last Wednesday evening with a relay event where Harrier Jane McCarthy came home as first lady.

McCarthy's positions of first, second and first over the series see her claim the first ladies prize overall.

A great performance saw Nick Helliwell claim a long sought-after sub-40 minute finish at the Pilling 10k on Saturday, finishing in 17th place in an impressive 39:40.

In the Lakes at the weekend, Jack Wood continued his great form with second place at the Fairfield Horseshoe classic fell race, with fellow Harrier Will Buckton finishing 89th.

Dick Waddington and Paul Carman took on the Old County Tops fell race, which covers 37 miles and 10,000 feet over the highest summits of the former counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire - namely Helvellyn, Scafell Pike and The Old Man of Coniston. The pair finished in nine hours 14 minutes.

On the roads, Jean Sullivan completed the scenic Windermere Marathon in an impressive four hours 24 minutes.

On Sunday, 12 Harriers formed a team to compete in the Calderdale Way Relay - the first time since 2014 that Ilkley were represented in what is the biggest off-road relay event in the country.

Excellent performances all round saw the team finish in 55th place of 97 teams, and 10th mixed team.

On the Parkrun front, Tom Adams broke the Oakwell Hall course record coming first in 16.31.

CAROLINE HOWE

Results:

Jack Bloor

1 38:52 Jack Wood

14 44:36 Martin Archer

17 45:19 Jemima Elgood (Leeds Uni)

20 45:35 Paul Carman

30 46:54 Daniel Mckeown

37 47:26 Dave Robson

43 48:20 Dave Wilby

48 48:53 Jim Ryder

49 48:55 Gavin Lamb

50 49:25 David Foyston

57 50:56 David Westhead

66 51:53 Richard Joel

67 51:55 Rachel Carter 1st FV40

72 52:20 John Hayes

82 53:01 Colin Williams

89 53:50 Duncan Cooper

93 54:09 Andrew Overend

98 54:37 Michael Duffield

99 55:11 Helen Wood

121 57:12 Joyce Marshall 1st FV50

127 57:24 Jann Smith

128 57:29 Paddy Hagan

141 58:23 Alison Weston

154 59:52 Steve Newell

164 62:19 Mary Gibbons

175 63:22 Geoffrey White

189 65:10 Caroline Howe

217 72:49 Helen Doyle

228 87:25 Amelia Miles

233 109:42 Tracy Russell

234 109:44 David Millson

235 finished

Pilling 10K

(1 33.08 Raymond Edgar, Lancaster & Morecambe)

17 39.40 Nick Helliwell

102 finished

Fairfield Horseshoe

(1 1:20.15 Carl Bell Keswick AC)

2 1:23.06 Jack Wood

89 1:49.52 Will Buckton

232 finished

Parkruns - 18 May

Woodhouse Moor

(1 16.07 Marcos Angel Valero Palacios, U/A)

12 18.38 Tim Ashelford

378 28.36 Karen Lambe

645 ran

Skipton

(1 17.05 Chris Ovenden, U/A)

20 22.49 Catherine Gibbons

57 25.59 Andrew Wilson

58 26.08 Fiona Schneider

92 28.18 Ruth Jones

96 28.35 Andy Wolfenden

208 ran

Oakwell Hall

1 16.31 Tom Adams

267 ran

Keswick

(1 17.35 Stefanos Stephanou, Richmond and Zetland)

225 33.26 Jonathan Sinclair

274 ran

Tyne Green

(1 17.50 Patrick Craig, Harrogate Tri Club)

5 18.57 Adam Rhodes

296 ran

Conyngham Hall

(1 17.43 Rob Scott, Richmond and Zetland)

25 23.27 Geoff Howard

137 ran

Harrogate

(1 17.38 Mark Bailey, Leeds and Bradford Tri)

234 26.21 Petra Bijsterveld

521 ran