Press Reports 27 April 2026

London Marathon

Due to a continual increase in entries for the London Marathon, entry is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. However, Scarborough Athletic Club had six runners who joined the record total of 59,000 who took part.

The first finisher for the club was Nev Watson who gained entry due to qualifying on merit for the United Kingdom Athletics Marathon Championship, which is included in the event, with a fast time of 2.34.22 

The club was awarded two places based on the size of the club’s United Kingdom Athletic Association membership. Anthony Gough and Carey Bilton were chosen to represent the club in recognition of their contribution to the running of the club. Anthony finished in 3.32.00 and Carey 

achieved a Personal Best (PB) debut time of 5.54.16. (Photos of both attached) Andrew Hopper improved his 2025 time after finishing in 3.06.21. Aaron Padgham followed with a PB time of 3.20.20

The oldest of the club runners was 73-year-old Susan Rowlands who recorded a most notable time for her age of 5.46.48

Dusseldorf Marathon

Nicola Kidd travelled to the German City of Dusseldorf, and improved her PB by 10-minutes with 3.33.02.


The Yorkshire Three Peaks Fell Race

Six Club members competed in the annual Yorkshire Three Peaks Fell Race.

The Race is a long-distance fell running race starting and finishing in the village of Horton-in Rib￾blesdale with a course covering 24.2 miles with around 5,200 ft of ascent. It also links three of the highest and most iconic peaks in the Yorkshire Dales, namely Pen-y-ghent - 2,227ft, Whernside –2,415ft and Ingleborough – 2,372ft 

In addition to the gruelling course of steep climbs, fast descents and a mix of terrain, and close to the marathon distance, a sudden arrival of searing hot temperatures mitigated against course record times.

The first finisher for the club was Dan Bateson who was 24th Male Over-40 in 4.18.29 Rhona Marshall finished 7th Female Overall and 4th Over-40 in 4.23.15. She was followed by Nikki Carr Walls 25th Female Overall in 4.47.25

Mainly in the interest of safety, the competitors were required to achieve strict cut-off times. A total of 567 completed the course inside the allotted times but 159 were timed out

Of the three other Club Members who all achieved a successful finish result, Ian Beaver clocked 4.35.04 and was followed by Ekaitz Unanue with 5.12.13 and Phil Bowmaker 6.05.35


Esk Valley Winter Series Fell Race. Heartbeat Hobble

Fifteen Club Members competed in the final race of the Esk Fell Club’s Winter Series Races. It was held at and around the village of Goathland, where the television fictional series of Heartbeat was filmed. The course consisted of 11.9 kilometres with 240 metres of climb

The first finisher for the club and also First Overall of 95 was Paul Lawton.He was followed by Dan Watson in 6th Overall and 1st Over-45, Dale Hepples 33rd and 8th Over-50. Chris Clayton completed the Men’s team in 34th and 5th Over-60

The club women runners were led by Anna Giddings who was 4th Female Overall She was followed by Marianne Boresheim in 8th and 2nd Over-50. Liv Bourne completed the Women’s team in 10th and 1st Under-23

The Men’s team was backed up by Neil Scruton 1st Over-75, Chris Bourne 8th Over-55 and David Lester 12th Over-50

The Women’s team was backed up by Katy Dannerolle 3rd Over-50, Beckie May 2nd Over-55, Linda Lindhaugh 1st Over-65, Val Parkin 2nd Over-65, Julie Wiles 5th Over-45


Defy Dalby Trail Races

Four Club Members competed in the Defy Dalby Trail Races


16-kilometres

Sam Forbes 30th Male 1.28.02

10-Kilometres

Martin Pepworth.41st Male 56.12

5-Kilometres

Raffi Aghanian 16th Male 49.23

Astineh Aghanian 32 Female 44.00


New Marke 5-Kilometre Road Race

Three Club Members competed in the New Marske 5-Kilomtre Road Race Mark May finished 79th Male in 21.31 Sue Haslam finished 12th Female with 22.17. Brenda May 61st Female 31.04



Press Reports 21 April


Newlands Memorial Fell Race

4 club members competed in the annual and renamed Newlands Memorial Fell Race, which was a English National Championship event and included many top-class Fell Runners from all over England. The course, which was based around Keswick in the Lake District National Park, consisted of a very testing 11.5 miles with 3,609 Feet of climb Daniel Bateson finished up in 68th Overall and 16th Over-40 in 1.49.02 He was followed by Matthew Jones 184 th , Matt Machouki 306th and Robert Bailey 355th of the 570 finishers, plus 13 who were timed out after failing to meet strict cut-off timing.

(Team Photo attached)


Boston UK Marathon

Evelyn Fordyce became the first club member to compete in an official Road Race Marathon this year. She achieved this accolade ahead of many others, who will be competing at the Manchester and London Marathons on 27 April At the Boston UK Marathon, Evelyn completed her first ever marathon in 4 hours 47 minutes, 175th Female of 243 and 12th Over-55.

(Photo attached)


Hemsley 10-Kilometres Mult-Terrain 10-Kilometre Race

Julia Webb competed in the Hemsley 10-Kilometres Mult-Terrain 10-Kilometre Race. The course consisted of a mixture of forest tracks, footpaths and fields. A finish time of 63.51 was achieved after finishing 247th overall of 304, 91st Overall of 131 Females, and 14th of 22 Over-60s


Leeds Running Festival at Roundhay Park. 10-Kilometres Race Martin and Mandy Pepworth competed in the 10-Kilometres Race at the Leeds Running Festival held at Roundhay Park Martin finished 90th of 542 and 6th Over-55 in 51.44. Mandy finished 307th Female and 17th Over-55 in 97.07


Parkruns

Wykeham

36 Club Members took part in the latest Wykeham Parrkrun, at which a new record total of 322 finishers was achieved. Notwithstanding the record total, the club achieved many notable Age Group results – 5 x 1st , 6 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd, but other than Mark Bowes windy weather seemed to rule out Personal Best (PB) times Paul Lawton led the club members when finishing 2nd Overall of the new record total Fay Hethershaw finished 1st Female for the club, 6th Female Overall of 133 and 1st Over-50 Other Male Results; Dale Hepples 3rd Over-45, M.Rutt 29th, C.Brown 3rd Over-50, M.May 1st Over60, A.Padgham 48th, M. Bowes 1st Over-55 with a PB, N. Kilroe 2nd Junior 10 Years, M.Pepworth 6th Over-55, C. Bourne 8th Over-55, M. Whiteley 4th Over-65, D.Fox 2nd Over-70, P. Northedge 1st Over75, D. Lester 9th Over-50, C.Allen 5th Over-65, P.Shepherdson 11th Over-50, P. Barnard 15th Over-55, M.Padgham 9th Over-65, M.Thompson 1st Over-85 Other Female Results; L. Bourne 2nd Over-50, H. Butterworth 3rd Over-50, N. Kidd 3rd Over-40, J. Graves 2nd Over-60, C. Bilton 5th Over-45, K. Rawlinson 4th Over-55, J. Webb 5th Over-60,S.Kingscott 6 th Over-55, B. May 6th Over-60, S.Houghton 2nd Over-65, S. Vaughan 13th Over-45, S. Shepherdson 10th Over-50, L.Lester 15th Over-45, E.Fordyce 15th Over-55, N.Edmond 17th Over-55, S. Villiers 12th Over-60 Helpers; Carey Bilton, David and Susan Bond, Nicki Edmond, Robert Glover, Mandy and Martin Pepworth, Suzanne Villiers, Chris and Jacob Waite


Dalby Forest

An above average 7 club members took part in the latest Dalby Forest Parkrun Robert Preston finished 1st Overall of 284 and achieved his 14th first place at this Parkrun Claire O’Neil led the club’s females with 11th Female overall of 138 and 2nd Over-45 All other results; Nicola Doody 4th Over-50, David Field 5th Over-60, Giulia Wilkins 5th Over-45, Jennie Trown 6th Over-45


Sewerby

There was also an average of 8 club members taking part in the latest Sewerby Parkrun. The event attracted the 2nd Highest Total of 457 James Robertson was first for the club and 16th overall of the well over average finishers Christine Robertson led the club’s females in an impressive 65th Overall of 202 Females and 3rd Over-65 Other Results; Ekaitz Unanue 7th Over-40, Paul Griffiths 20th Over-45, John Lambe 19th Over-45, Linda Hinchliffe 8th Over-50, Patricia Keenan 7th Over-70, Mary Slater 2nd Over-75


Whitby

Anna Giddings was 4th Female Overall of 108. Robert Grainger 8th Over-50, Karl Cousins 14th Over50 Al Others (not many this week!)


York

Rob Powell 59th Overall of 870 and 3rd Over-55


Millfield

Andrew Kaufman 4th Overall of 266 and 2nd Over-40



Prudhoe Northumberland

Harry Whitehouse 2nd Over-75


Oldham

Kevin Hutchings 8 th Over-55

Press Reports 14 April


Esk Valley Fell Club Winter Series Race at Guisborough Six club members competed in the 13th and penultimate race of the Esk Valley Fell Club Winter Series, which was held at Guisborough over an above average course of 20-kilometres 850 metres of climb The Club’s Women’s Team that finished 3rd Overall was led by Rhona Marshall and 1st Female Overall of 36. She was followed by Sue Haslam in 14th and 1st Over-70. Marianne Borsheim completed the team in 16th and 1st Over-50. Julie Clayton backed up in 33rd and 4th Over-55 Robert Preston finished 6th Overall of 141. Matthew Jones was 9th and 1st Over-45 Paul Lawton assisted the race organisation by acting as a Race Sweeper


Club Summer Handicap. Race 1 at Scarborough Rugby Club 60 club members competed in the first race of the Summer Handicap series, which consisted of a 3.3 mile multi-terrain race based at Scarborough Rugby Club and included a section of the disused Railway Line. The first finisher overall on Handicap was Nicki Edmond, who was followed in 2nd by Raffi Aghanian and Fay Debenham 3rd The Fastest Men’s Result was achieved by Will Anderson. The 2nd fastest was 16-year old Alfie Carr and 3rd fastest Andrew Hopper The Fastest Female was Rhona Marshall. The 2nd fastest Anna Giddings and 3rd fastest Sue Haslam


Parkruns


Wykeham 28 Club Members took part in the latest Wykeham Parrkrun Jamie Ward was the first finisher for the club with 10th Overall of 273 and 3rd Over-45 Claire O’Neil led the club’s Females after finishing 9th Female Overall of 115 and 1st Over-45 Other Male Results; R. Powell 1 st Over-55, D.Hepples 5th Over-45, D. Leaming 3rd Over-50, R. Grainger 3rd Over-50, D. Lester 5th Over-50, M.Pepworth 6th Over-55, C. Allen 1st Over-65, D.Field 3rd Over-60, P. Northedge 2 nd Over-75, M.Whiteley 3rd Over-65, P. Barnard 16th Over-55, A. Doody 17th Over-55, K.Cousins 11th Over-50, M. Padgham 10th Over-65, R. Taylor 15th Over-60 Over Female Results; N. Doody 2nd Over-50, S. Kingscott 4th Over-55, J. Webb 3rd Over-60, L. Lester 9th Over-45, H. Butterworth 7th Over-50, N. Edmond 10th Over-55 with a PB, C. Bilton 17th Over-45, T. Mace 12th Over-55, T. Palmer 9th Over-60, H. Casey 10th Over-60, V. O’Neil 19th Over-45 Helpers; Adrian Atkinson, Hilary Casey, Robert Glover, Noah and Sheldon Kilroe, Helen Layton, Victorial O’Neil, Mike Padgham, Tui Palmer, Mandy and Martin Pepworth, Chris, Ellie, and Jacob Waite, Harry Whitehouse


Dalby Forest Andrew Kaufman 4th Overall of 186 and 1st Over-40, Glyn Hewitt 1st Over-50, Anna Giddings 2nd Female Overall of 87, Lorraine Hewitt 3rd Over-50



Sewerby Linda Hinchliffe 6th Over-50, Patricia Keenan 4th Over-70, Mary Slater 4th Over-75, Julie Hudson 10th Over-65, Lesley Bayes 5th Over-70 Whitby. No Club Members Al Others Lincoln Val Parkin 94th Female Overall and 1st Over-65 Hove Suzanne Villiers 256th Female Overall of 390 and 11th Over-60 Town Moor Newcastle Jack Hopper 88th Overall of 579


Armley Leeds Matthew Rutt 19th Overall of 196 Wakefield Robert Preston 99 th Overall of 215