A FLURRY of new running groups have been set up in south Bradford and the Craven district.

These are being developed through the Run Bradford programme, which is funded by England Athletics.

Activator Janet Arkwright says of the renamed ODSAL TOP RUNNERS: "We are back, meeting every Monday from 6.45pm-7.45pm. £2 per session, meet outside Richard Dunn Sports Centre.

"All runners are welcome and groups are for up to 5k, 5k to 10k and beyond. Call me on 07756-560765 or just turn up."

Similarly, new groups are in place at Haworth (meeting at the Central Park bandstand on Wednesdays at 6.30pm), and are being developed in Sutton-in-Craven and Skipton.

On New Year's Day, the traditional GIANT'S TOOTH FELL RACE took place from Ogden Reservoir.

Holmfirth's Richard Anderson was first back on the three-mile route in 17min 44sec, with a small gap over Queensbury's Tom Collinge.

Queensbury had five more in the top 20: Andrew Dovernor, Pete Hughes, Ben Clare, Mick Coe and Richard Sutherland, all ahead of the first lady Deborah Cowans (Accrington; 21min 4 sec).

Anna Smith of Queensbury was second woman home in 37th place.

Idle AC hosted the third of the WEST YORKSHIRE WINTER LEAGUE fixtures at Buck Wood over a wooded course, made treacherous by the current conditions.

Saltaire Striders' women gained an excellent fifth place in the Premier Division in Sunday's PECO LEAGUE CROSS-COUNTRY at Middleton Woods in south Leeds, and there were also fine men's performances by Wharfedale and Pudsey & Bramley.

Claire Green and Rachel Pilling were first and eighth in the women's race for P&B, but they had only one other runner and so dropped to fifth in Division Two.

In the same division, Eccleshill Road Runners' ladies performed splendidly, just being beaten for first spot by Ilkley Harriers.

Ilkley were led home by junior international Lucy Williamson (10th).

Reena Mistry (44th) was first Eccleshill runner, with Debbie Bland second in 60th, and there were a full complement of counters: Sarita Whitley, Liz Robinson and Gillian Jago, and there were no fewer than 17 other Eccleshill ladies in the 292 finishers.