Ilkley Moor is starting point for county venture (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Ilkley Moor is starting point for county venture

2:29pm Wednesday 24th February 2010 in

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Airienteers are hosting an important regional event on Ilkley Moor on Sunday.

It is the first in the newly-constituted Yorkshire Superleague, which includes all the leading contests in Yorkshire and Humberside across the best terrains that the region has to offer. The competition on Ilkley Moor will mainly be centred on the complex north-facing moorland, with extensive rock and contours making for a good technical challenge, attracting runners from all over the north of England.

Meanwhile, Airienteers’ Winter Night Score League has been completed. Steve Watkins (299 points), Dave Alcock (289) and Nick Jones (270) were the first three in the men’s league, while Jess Trowbridge (294), Lucy Griffiths (246) and Zoe Ricketts (182) were the first three women. In all, the league events attracted over 100 runners. The Yorkshire & Humberside Night League has also been completed, with Aire scoring a clean sweep in the senior men’s competition with Andis Celinskis (first), Martyn Broadest (second) and Bryan Websdale (third).

Steve Watkins was one point ahead of Sheffield’s Dean Field in winning the veteran men’s competition, with Ian Marshall fourth. Airienteers' Spring series of O-Lite events will start on Saturday, march 6 at Calverley Woods, near Greengates, north Bradford. O-Lite events offer a range of courses from easy to difficult and provide an ideal opportunity for those new to orienteering to try ‘cunning running’.

Help and advice are available at registration. Starts are from 1-2pm and details of these and other events at this friendly club can be found at www.aire.org.uk.