Todmorden Harriers’ Paul Brannigan placed second in the Sowerby Scorcher race on Saturday. The sun shone on the 6.4 mile race that contained fell, road, trail and swarms of flying insects enjoying the start of summer. Brannigan was in a break away group of 4 runners and by half way Dewsbury’s Chris Williams had opened up a gap of a …

  Our three intrepid teams did very well in blustery, wet conditions. The A Team placed an excellent 4th out of a field of 90 teams. Full results are on the Halifax Harriers website (Main photo: Louise Abdy and Julie Wyant in mass start of leg 3)   Mens A Team 4th Ben Crowther Paul Hobbs Darren Tweed Jon Wright …

  Saturday 26th April, 8.30am, saw nearly 400 runners set off for the 52nd Fellsman event – widely regarded as one of the most demanding ultra-races on the calendar. The first climb of the 61 mile route took the entrants to the top of Ingleborough, before taking them on a tour of the Yorkshire Dales. The day dawned wet with …

Paul Brannigan and Robin Tuddenham (pictured above) made it a Todmorden Harriers one-two at Caldervale 10 road race near Garstang. Darren Tweed’s fine 11th place ensured Todmorden Harriers took the male team prize too. Brannigan led from gun to tape on the undulating scenic course and spurred on by Tuddenham’s encouragement to break the hour finished the hilly course in …