The third running of the White Wells Fell Races was witness to some great competition from local athletes, especially in the junior categories.

In the Under-10s Wharfedale Harriers' Kieran Mitchell had to pull out all the stops to beat Ilkley's Joshua Crane, with Jess Wootton of Wharfedale Harriers close behind in third place winning the girls race.

The Under-12s' race saw a fantastic contest between long-time Wharfedale Harriers rivals Nathan Procter and Alex Sinclair.

They were locked together throughout, Nathan just having a bit more speed in the finishing straight to gain the upper hand.

Emma Thompson was third overall and won the girls' race.

The Under-14s saw a runaway win from the highly talented Jack Wood of Menston with Jack Thompson second and Wharfedale Harriers' Liam Selman in third place.

The senior race was contested by two more long-time local rivals, Stefan Macina and Jason Hemsley, with Stefan prevailing just as he had done the previous weekend when the same two were identically first and second in the Oban Triathlon.

The Veterans' race saw Wharfedale Harriers' John Wootton just hold off clubmate Bob Hamilton, the race organiser, on the final climb.

The ladies race was an all Ilkley Harriers affair with Emma Barclay winning comfortably over Alison Crane and Alison Weston.

Organiser Bob Hamilton said that many thanks were due to all those who helped out with the running of the event, especially those unsuspecting folk who were recruited on the day!

Thanks are also due to Terry Lonergan of The Complete Runner for his sponsorship of the event

Senior Race

1, Stefan Macina 29.36; 2 Jason Hemsley 30.01; 3 Ben Lonsdale 31.12; 4 Graham Pearce 31.58; 5 John Wootton 32.27; 6 Bob Hamilton 32.36; 7 Steve Turland 33.16; 8 Jim Ryder 33.16; 9 Mark Iley 33.16; 10 Duncan Burgess 33.31.

11 Anthony Shepherd 34.01; 12 Jonathan Sinclair 34.08; 13 James Lind 34.12; 14 James Kelly 34.42; 15 Ray Hawksby 35.18; 16 Nick Dybeck 35.20; 17 Andrew Cutts 35.31;18 Emma Barclay 36.15; 19 Steve Barclay 37.35; 20 Alison Crane 37.46.

21 Paul Burnett 38.08; 22 Morgan Williams 38.15; 23 Alison Weston 39.01; 24 Phil Chappell 41.43; 25 Jo Foster 43.53; 26 Dean Thompson 44.42; 27 Robert Cutts 46.37; 28 David Schneider 46.47; 29 Paul Wilson 47.20; 30 Peter Kelly 55.18

Under-12s

1 Nathan Procter 7.21; 2 Alex Sinclair 7.24; 3 Emma Thompson 7.49; 4 Henry Briggs 7.52; 5 Tom Crane 7.56; 6 Rebecca Thompson 8.09; 7 Jenny Dybeck 9.10

Under-10s

1 Kieran Mitchell 4.55; 2 Joshua Crane 5.04; 3 Jessica Wootton 5.06; 4 David Wilson 5.14; 5 Gregory Selman 5.17; 6 Roam Hamilton 5.20; 7 Fred Atkinson 5.26; 8 George Akester 5.54; 9 Jack Cheesewright 6.00; 10 Gabrielle Selman 6.45; 11 Dean Thompson 6.57; 12 James Burgess 8.41

Under-14s

1 Jack Wood 10.06; 2 Jack Thompson 10.36; 3 Liam Selman 11.06; 4 Thomas Wilson 13.20

Cow and Calf

Fell Race

Wharfedale Harriers will be hosting the Cow and Calf Fell Race on Wednesday June 18 running from the Cow and Calf Hotel to Dick Hudson's Pub and back.

Runners are advised that the route will not be flagged so some navigational skill will be required. The race will start at 7.30pm and note that this event replaces the Dick Hudson's Race which was originally scheduled for the following Wednesday.