Otley Athletic Club members had options on Sunday. Some travelled to a fell race at Silsden, others to a half marathon road race at Clowne, Derbyshire, and a group was competing in a cross-country event at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

The Rivock Edge Fell Race is ten miles in distance and involves 1,500ft of climbing. Chris Lofthouse, of Keighley and Craven, won the race in a time of 66.34.

Otley's Andrew Robertshaw was some 14 seconds behind in third position and Dale Foster ran well to finish in eighth position. Race times and further positions are not available at the time of writing but the next Otley member was John Armitstead. Carol Armitstead was well pleased with her run coming in ahead of David Cattenach and Antonio Cardinale.

Andrew Wetherall (Redhill Road Runners) won the Clowne Half Marathon in a time of 73.14. During the race he shared the lead with Otley's Mark Hall who finished second in a time of 73.23. Otley's Julian Mawson was third in a time of 76.57. Beth Massey completed the trio of Otley AC members with a time of 93.30.

The West Yorkshire Sport Direct cross-country league meeting at Scunthorpe saw Helen Walsh competing for the club for the first time over the country. She finished half-way through the field.

Ian Fisher notched his third successive league win in the men's race in a time of 30.15, being well ahead of the second runner.

The ground was relatively firm round the playing fields and woodland section.

Duncan Burgess was 32nd, Carl Walsh 89th, Howard Jeffrey 96th, Phil Robinson 99th, Andrew Sumner 105th, Colin Best 108th, Tom Hannah 109th and David Hainsworth 112th.

Next Saturday teams have been entered in the Aaron Trophy Cross-Country Relays at Boddington Hall, Lawnswood, Leeds. The ladies' event starts at 1.30pm and the men's at 2.10pm.

The next day sees the Abbey Dash 10k Road Race with an early morning start.

Otley AC train out of Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green, on a Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm. The Tuesday session has a group doing efforts for those wishing to do some speed work.

Those wishing to gain fitness; run in club handicaps; compete in fell races; cross-country or road races, are most welcome to join us on either night. You could also visit the web site on www.otleyac.co.uk

Ilkley Harriers

There was a great turnout of Ilkley Harriers for Sunday's local Rivock Edge Hill race - a hard race on a cold, misty day. The route climbs from Silsden directly to the top of Nab End - this accounts for most of the 1500ft of climb in the ten mile race.

Then it traces through Wingate Nick and past the Doubler Stones. After a long, cold traverse across farmland to the trig point at Rivock Edge there was a dash back through the woods, before retracing our steps from the Doubler Stones back down to Silsden.

The race was won by Keighley and Craven's Chris Loftus in 66:34 in a tight finish with Todmorden's George Erhardt in 66:37.

Ilkley Harriers results were: 16, Mark Iley 74:13; 18, Nick Pearce 74:22, 28, Graham Pearce 77:24, 33, Geoff Howard 78:24 (1st Vet 50, by our reckoning); 40, Mike Baldwin 80:04; 44, Dave Cheesewright 80:52; 62, Mike Rhodes 83:13; 64, Paul Wood 84:29; 78, Ewan Welsh 85:51; 79, Sally Malir 86:02 (5th lady); 83, Steve Cockerham 86:27; 97, Neil Chapman 89:01; 99, Alison Crane 89:19; 110, Keith Wood 91:49; 112, David Ibbotson 92:18; 118, Anna Liuba 93:03; 119, Ashley Hardwell 93:05; 126, Rachael Gooch 95:33; 128, Graham Weston 96:42.

Second-claim Harriers included fourth placed Jason Hemsley (P&B) 67:42 and seventh placed Stefan Macina (P&B) 70:50. Former Harrier Helen Johnson was first lady in 25th place overall in 76:36.

Ilkley Harriers is a friendly club, training from Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club every Tuesday at 7pm. See www.ilkleyharriers.co.uk.