Lost Shepherds Fell Race, 22 Sep
Report by Paul Alexander
On Saturday 22nd September the Lost Shepherd Fell race took place with 53 runners starting out from Mytholmroyd to take on the 14.9mi course with 2690ft of elevation. Todmorden made a clean sweep with Andrew Worster taking the overall race win and being the only competitor under the 2 hour mark with 1:57.36 along with Annie Roberts winning the ladies’ race for the club in 2:15.33 for 11th overall. Andrew teamed up with Darren Tweed and Richard Butterwick to take the mens’ team prize.
One of the other real stand out performances came in the form of Lucy Hobbs (pictured) who came 2nd in the ladies’ race in 2:42.25 to show she means business in the fell arena with a whopping 8 minutes gap ahead of the next lady.
Full Toddie results:
1 Andrew Worster 1.57.36; 9 Darren Tweed 2.12.49; 11 Annie Roberts 2.15.33; 21 Richard Butterwick 2.23.56; 24 Robert Holdsworth 2.28.10; 25 Dave Collins 2.29.21; 26 Andy Forbes 2.31.23; 28 Antony De Heveningham 2.33.51; 34 Lucy Hobbs 2.42.25