A hectic week for Ilkley Harriers saw them competing across a range of distances on the road, trail and fells.

Two popular local 10-mile races attracted large numbers of runners, but they were set off in small waves this year, so essentially racing against the clock as much as each other.

First up was the Otley 10 last Wednesday, a long-established event that passes through the villages of Leathley and Farnley before returning to Otley.

And a double-figure Harriers contingent performed well across the board.

In the ladies standings, Sally Armitage was a close second overall and first in her F40 age category, her time of 1:06:32 seeing her finish less than a minute behind winner Sarah Flaherty of Bingley Harriers.

Rachel Carter was the third lady (and 2nd F45), while Claire McLoughlin was the second F35.

Rob Cunningham was the first male Harrier home in 1:04:37 which placed him in 15th, one spot ahead of clubmate Dave Foyston (3rd M45), while Steve Newell was 3rd M55.

Several of those Harriers then also took on the Eccup 10 along with nearly 1,000 other runners on Sunday.

And again there were plenty of eyecatching performances, Rachel Carter (F45), Jonathan Turner (M50) and Geoff Howard (M75) all winning their age categories, while Foyston (1:03:40) and Mike Abrams-Cohen (1:04:09) led the Harriers home.

Also bettering his Otley 10 time by two minutes and high up the standings again was Justin Pierce in 1:07:18.

Switching to the fells, and there was a win apiece for Harriers Tom Adams and Lucy Williamson.

Adams landed the Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race by 18 seconds after a battle with old rival Joe Baxter while Dan Dry continued his excellent form with a seventh-place finish.

But it was far more clear cut for Williamson, the emphatic winner of the Great Orme Fell Race near Llandudno.

Based at university in Wales, she turned the race into a procession, crossing the line in 35:54, exactly three-and-a-half minutes ahead of the second lady.

Staying off-road and Jack Gribbin and Dick Waddington both took on the Great Lakes Fell Race.

The event packs in an astonishing 7,000 feet of ascent into its 13 miles, and Gribbin came home in 34th place in 3:31:50, just 17 seconds behind fell running legend Nicky Spinks, with Waddington 75th.

Nick Kealey went agonisingly close to a top-five finish in the 100km Race To The Castle in Northumbria.

He covered the first 80km in a hugely impressive eight hours and was in fourth but then took the wise decision to retire after the unusually chilly conditions threatened the early onset of hypothermia.

The weather was altogether kinder for the Summer Solstice race at Bolton Abbey, with the eight Harriers taking part led home by John Pickering.

And in the Round Sheffield Run, Ilkley's Dan McKeown was second in the pairs standings and 16th overall (out of over 2,000 competitors) alongside his brother Joseph.

There have also been plenty of standout performances from the junior Harriers:

Hawkswick Dash, Littondale

A great turnout for the third of this years BOFRA championship races, with 158 juniors taking to the start line.

U17 Boys

Archie Budding 4th

U17 Girls

Hattie Bishop 9th

U14 Boys

Oliver Holder 17th

U14 Girls

Grace Darlington, Sophie Parkin, Lily Singleton, Ella Snow, (10th, 11th, 14th, 17th)

U12 Boys

Robert Carter 5th

U12 Girls

Sophie Leijssen 18th

Megan Snow 26th

Pippa Singleton 29th

U9 Race

Harriet Carter 1st girl

Kirkby Gala, Cumbria

No gala this year but a warm welcome from Kirkby village on a warm and sunny day. Ninety juniors started over a range of age groups.

U17 Boys

Archie Budding 5th