West Yorkshire Winter League
The club competes in the West Yorkshire Winter League with 15 other local clubs. The league originally started with just eight clubs, but over the years some have drifted away whilst others have joined and now there are 16 clubs in total. Each winter six races are planned - each on a Sunday morning - over a distance between 4 and 5½ miles. An extra two races are planned for the 2021/2022 season to make up for the disappointment of the cancellation of the entire 2020/2021 season due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The conditions are usually (very!) muddy. But everyone who does them has a good time and it’s all about taking part and competing with like minded runners from other local clubs. Occasionally over the years races have had to be postponed, or cancelled, due to extreme weather.
The scoring is based on the first seven men, of which three must be vets (35+), and first four ladies, of which one must be a vet (35+), from each club to finish. You get points according to your finishing position overall. Whilst there is only one race, there is separate scoring for men and ladies.
There is also a separate competition for veterans, known as vets for short (all runners over 35). The vets team is made up of the first two male vets to finish and the first lady vet finisher from each club. In the 2016/2017 season a new separate competition was introduced for super veterans (all runners over 50). The supervets team is made up of the first two male supervets to finish and the first lady supervet finisher from each club.
Whilst you might think that you can’t be one of the first seven Baildon Runners (men) or first four Baildon Runners (ladies) to finish, you might finish before the seventh male, or fourth lady, runner from another club. By doing so, the other club runner gets fewer points and this helps Baildon Runners finish higher in the overall standings. The same principle applies to the vets and supervets competitons. So every club member, whatever their ability, can play their part.
If anyone is not a member of any of the clubs in the league but would like to take part they may do so for a small fee of £3 per event payable on the day.
We meet at the Ian Clough car park in the town centre to car share. This allows anyone without their own transport to take an active part in these events. Supporters are also most welcome.
Further information on the West Yorkshire Winter League can be found at www.wywl.uk.
2019/20 season
It’s a hat-trick - league champions three years on the trot! The men and vets won their categories for the third consecutive year and the ladies made it a clean sweep with their first ever 1st place finish.
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Lucy Baston 1st female open
Emma Stoney 1st F40
Sue Coates 1st F70
Andy Robinson 1st male open
Michael Malyon 1st M35
Quentin Lewis 1st M40
Dan Binks 1st M45
Chris Burke 1st M50
Jim Wheldon 1st M65
Nicola Empson 2nd F40
Jackie Walters 2nd F70
2018/19 season
Having won the league last season we knew the other teams would be keen to topple us but even with two more teams added to the league we retained our overall league champions’ spot with the men and vets both winning their categories once again!
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the six race season as follows:
Michael Malyon 1st male overall
Quentin Lewis 1st M40
Chris Burke 1st M50
Jim Wheldon 1st M65
Emma Stoney 2nd F40
Andy Robinson 2nd male open
Jennie Guard 3rd female overall
Nicola Empson 3rd F40
Jackie Walters 3rd F65
2017/18 season
What a year! With one more team in the league we improved on last year’s 2nd place overall finish to become league champions with the men and vets also winning their categories.
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the six race season as follows:
Michael Malyon 1st male overall
Quentin Lewis 1st M40
Chris Burke 1st M45
Jim Wheldon 1st M65
Barbara Lee 1st F60
Jennie Guard 3rd female overall
Jo Heffernan 3rd F40
2016/17 season
Another brilliant year by backing up last year's remarkable feat to finish 2nd place overall but with 13 teams now in the league. Fantastic!
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Quentin Lewis 1st M40
Kirsty Allen 2nd female overall
Sue Coates 2nd F65
Ian Hartman 2nd M65
Michael Malyon 3rd male
Michelle Woodrow 3rd F35
Craig Blackwell 3rd M45
Carolyn Hargreaves 3rd F50
Jackie Walters 3rd F65
2015/16 season
2nd Place overall! What an achievement!
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Kirsty Allen 1st F40
Rob Myers 2nd M60
Chris Burke 3rd M45
Donna Kaznowski Dowson Trophy Winner
Sarah-Jane Templeman Dowson Trophy runner up
2014/15 season
Highlight of the season must be Baildon ladies coming first on the day in the final race of the season at Baildon.
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Denise Johnson 2nd F55
Don Johnson 3rd M60
Liz Caven 3rd F45
Carolyn Hargreaves 3rd F55
Barbara Lee 3rd F60
Quentin Lewis 4th male overall
2013/14 season
Our best ever season. We had a good turnout for the final event in the mud on a new undulating course at Stainland.
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Emma Stoney 1st F35
Kirsty Allen 1st F40
Quentin Lewis 2nd male overall
Colin Davidson 2nd M65
Barbara Lee 2nd F55
Janice Davidson 2nd F60
Chris Burke 3rd M45
Denise Johnson 3rd F50
Liz Boothman 3rd F60
Ben Watson Turpin Trophy Winner
Janice Davidson Dowson Trophy Winner
2012/13 season
It's all over until November!. We had a good turnout for the final event at Dewsbury in spring like conditions which suited the tarmac lovers amongst us.
Baildon Runners picked up individual awards for performances over the five race season as follows:
Carolyn Hargreaves 1st F55 & Dowson Trophy Joint Winner
Colin Davidson 2nd M65
Sue Coates 2nd F60
Chris Burke 3rd M40
Steve Pickard 3rd M55
Janice Davidson 3rd F60
John Cawley Turpin Trophy Joint runner up
Fixtures and Results 2021/2022
Results 2001-2002 to date