The “Meltham Tough Ten” is, as the name suggests, a 10k running race organised by Meltham Athletic Club. It has a reputation for being a challenging course with significant climbs (218m according to my Garmin), fast descents and the potential for challenging weather. The bitterly cold morning and patchy ice on the course added to the challenge, but despite that, twenty nine Striders made it to the start line. No doubt numbers were swollen by the inclusion in this year’s Road Championships and Leagues.
There were some impressive performances from Striders; Rob Dawson and Darren Barnett were first and third M50s respectively, Hannah Shillitoe was the first F35 and Jacqui Herring was the first F50 whilst Laura Mella claimed second F40 and Kate Waddicor also claimed second in the F70 category.
The men’s race was won by Leo Cossham of Hallamshire Harriers in a time of 33.53 whilst April Stewart of Halifax Harriers and AC was the first female in a time of 41.14.
Striders’ results below. Full results can be found at https://www.ukresults.net/2025/meltham.html
Position | Male | Female | Name | Age | Cat Pos | Time |
20 | 20 | Rob Dawson | M50 | (001/032) | 00:41:07 | |
28 | 27 | Darren Barnett | M50 | (003/032) | 00:41:45 | |
41 | 39 | Chris Boland | M40 | (004/024) | 00:42:56 | |
48 | 46 | Luke Clay | M35 | (012/029) | 00:43:23 | |
57 | 4 | Hannah Shillitoe | F35 | (001/014) | 00:44:50 | |
61 | 57 | Jim Rangeley | M35 | (014/029) | 00:45:11 | |
70 | 64 | Paddy Treehowes | M55 | (004/028) | 00:45:53 | |
77 | 70 | Marcus Dearns | M35 | (018/029) | 00:46:22 | |
82 | 10 | Jacqui Herring | F50 | (001/020) | 00:46:32 | |
92 | 80 | Martin Slack | M50 | (013/032) | 00:47:20 | |
95 | 83 | Adam McAuley | M55 | (007/028) | 00:47:26 | |
105 | 15 | Laura Mella | F40 | (002/008) | 00:47:58 | |
130 | 110 | Brian Jenkins | M50 | (020/032) | 00:50:23 | |
137 | 23 | Victoria Johnson | FS | (005/017) | 00:50:41 | |
144 | 121 | Martin Downham | M60 | (006/021) | 00:51:40 | |
151 | 25 | Sharon Colyer | F35 | (007/014) | 00:52:02 | |
154 | 27 | Molly Wragg | FS | (006/017) | 00:52:12 | |
175 | 36 | Helen Royles-Jones | FS | (008/017) | 00:53:41 | |
186 | 41 | Laura Rangeley | F35 | (010/014) | 00:54:15 | |
197 | 153 | Kevin Wong | M45 | (025/030) | 00:55:06 | |
210 | 162 | William Poynter | MS | (034/039) | 00:56:13 | |
212 | 164 | Ryan Talley | M55 | (021/028) | 00:56:20 | |
226 | 53 | Kate Waddicor | F70 | (002/002) | 00:57:22 | |
241 | 183 | Jamie Smith | M35 | (027/029) | 00:58:30 | |
261 | 195 | Chris Froud | M45 | (028/030) | 01:00:53 | |
289 | 204 | Simon Gleadhall | M55 | (027/028) | 01:04:03 | |
318 | 217 | Clive Downing | M60 | (019/021) | 01:10:24 | |
323 | 103 | Hannah Wright | F35 | (013/014) | 01:12:18 | |
333 | 110 | Eleanor Bull | F35 | (014/014) | 01:17:28 |