Meanwood Valley
Trail Races and
Airedale Triple Trail Series

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Updated
11 May 08 with Entries to date

Meanwood Trail & Airedale Triple Trail 2008

Meanwood Trail 2008

Senior race is 2/3rds full - there will be 150 more places. Anyone sending a form this week will get in as will at least 100 on the day. We will allocate up to number 450. Number exchanges will be permitted if you pay an administration charge of £2 at the Enquiries Desk on race day. There will be no limit on entries on the day for the Junior Race

Meanwood Valley Trail Race and Junior Races (permit 10572)
The (approximately) 7½ mile off road race for seniors (17 and over), together with 2 mile and 1 mile junior races, are organised by Valley Striders, and held in support of Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Eccup, near Leeds, which gives deserving local children a unique, rewarding and memorable holiday in the country.
The 13th Meanwood Valley Trail Race will be held on Saturday 17 May 2008, starting at 10:30.
For the 5th time, there will also be a Junior Race and this will start at 10:00.
The distance for the junior race is 1 mile for 7-10 years old and 2 miles for 11-16 years old

Note that in 2007 the Meanwood Trail Senior Race filled 3 days before the race and no entries were allowed on the day

Click for a 2008 entry form in MS Word format
(other formats see below)
As at 6 May 2008, the race is 60% full. See lists below.

Airedale Triple Trail 7th series (March-May 2008)
Guiseley Gallop approx 10k - organised by Skyrac A.C. - 23 March 2008 Click for RESULTS
Baildon Boundary Way ½ marathon - organised by Baildon Runners - 6 April 2008 Click for RESULTS
Click for Positions after two races (updated 20 Apr 08)
Meanwood Valley Trail approx 7½ miles - organised by Valley Striders - Saturday 17 May 2008

M.V.Trail Races
17 May 2008
Entry Details

added 5 Jan 08

M.V.Trail Races
17 May 2008
Entry Portion to fill in

added 5 Jan 08

M.V.Trail Races
17 May 2008
Full Entry Form

added 5 Jan 08

M.V.T. JUNIOR Race 08
Information for Competitors
1 2 added 5 Jan 08

M.V.Trail Races
17 May 2008
Entry Form

MSWord format (48k)

added 28 Dec 07

M.V.T. SENIOR Race 08
Information for Competitors
1 2 added 5 Jan 08

Junior Races
entries to date

Numbers listed were sent out 6 & 12 May
updated 11 May 08

M.V. Senior Trail Race 08 Route Description
amended 16 Feb 06

Seniors 17-99 years
entries to date

Numbers listed were sent out 6 & 12 May
updated 11 May 08

"Streetmap" for Leo's
small scale / large scale

new 24 Jan 01

Map of Junior Route
(nb only 50kb)

NB the rugby pitches are private land and should not be trained on
New 7 Apr 04

Multimap
(NB Access is from King Lane)
added 17 Jan 05

Map of Route
(Northern Section)
(nb 147kb)

Start & Finish to Seven Arches
also shows Clubhouse
(Prints on 1 sheet A4)

Amended 15 Feb 06

Map of Route
(Central Section)
(nb 96kb)

Seven Arches to Ring Road
(Prints on 1 sheet A4)

Amended 15 Feb 06

Map of Route
(Southern Section)
(nb 133kb)

Meanwood Park
(Prints on 1 sheet A4)
Amended 15 Feb 06

Map using FLM website mapping



Link to
Briscoe's Brewery
01943 466515


Link to
Fastrax Running Lines
The Club & Team Kit Specialists


Link to
The Complete Runner
Leeds Road, Ilkley, LS29 8EQ
01943 601581

Link to
DUFFIELD PRINTERS

Link to

William G Search Plant Hire, Leeds

Link to
Baildon Runners
Website


Link to
Lineham Farm Children's Centre

Link to
Skyrac Athletic Club
Website


Race History 1996-2007
Meanwood Valley Trail race and category winners for 12 years
Meanwood Valley Junior race and category winners for 4 years
Airedale Triple Trail race and category series winners for 6 years
Airedale Triple Trail ever-presents for 6 years

Meanwood Trail & Airedale Triple Trail 2007

2007 Confirmed Results
Junior 7-10 1 mile / Junior 11-16 2 miles / Senior Race

Record numbers in all 3 races, thank you for the favourable comments we received, we hope you all enjoyed it.
Photos from Raycasse
New! 127 Photos from Kevin Harley Updated 31 May 07 Alternative link for Kevin's pics
The race raised over £1,600 for Lineham farm, thanks to the entry fees and some generous additional donations.
Confirmed Results for Airedale Triple Trail
Certificates for Meanwood Junior Race and Triple Trail were sent out on 1 May.
Updated 19 April 2007 00:30
Please email comments to v.s@virgin.net


Runner's World Ratings / Runner's World Forum



Link to
Briscoe's Brewery
01943 466515


Link to
Fastrax Running Lines
The Club & Team Kit Specialists


Link to
The Complete Runner
Leeds Road, Ilkley, LS29 8EQ
01943 601581

Link to
DUFFIELD PRINTERS

Link to

William G Search Plant Hire, Leeds

Link to
Baildon Runners
Website

n b 2007 race full


Link to
Lineham Farm Children's Centre

Link to
Skyrac Athletic Club
Website


Meanwood Trail & Airedale Triple Trail 2006

Meanwood Trail 2006 Results
We had a record number of finishers in all 3 races

Juniors 7-10 years
8 Apr 06

Juniors 11-16 years
8 Apr 06

Seniors 17-99 years
corrected 10 Apr 06

Airedale Triple Trail - Series Results
updated 16 Apr 06

Airedale Triple Trail 5th series (March/April 2006)
Baildon Boundary Way ½ marathon (results on website) - organised by Baildon Runners - 2 April 2006
Meanwood Valley Trail approx 7½ miles - organised by Valley Striders - Saturday 8 April 2006
Guiseley Gallop approx 10k - organised by Skyrac A.C. - Sunday 16 April 2006 Results
Andrew Cutts, Peter Hey, David Spink are the 3 runners who have run all 15 Triple Trail races.

Junior Races
entries to date

UPDATED 4 April 2006
all listed (except "collect on day")
will have been sent out
by 3 April

M.V.Trail Race 06 Route Description
amended 16 Feb 06

Seniors 17-99 years
entries to date

UPDATED 4 April 2006
all listed (except "collect on day")
will have been sent out
by 3 April



Link to
Briscoe's Brewery
01943 466515


Link to
Fastrax Running Lines
The Club & Team Kit Specialists


Link to
The Complete Runner
Leeds Road, Ilkley, LS29 8EQ
01943 601581

Link to
DUFFIELD PRINTERS

2005

Airedale Triple Trail - Fourth Series - March/April 2005
Meanwood Valley Trail 2nd Junior Race - 9 April 2005 10:00
Meanwood Valley Trail 10th Senior Race - 9 April 2005 10:30

Guiseley Gallop
approx 10k

Link to Skyrac A.C.
Link to RESULTS

Airedale Triple Trail
Series Confirmed results
(updated 10 Apr 05)

Congratulations to the category winners:
Willy Smith, Shaun Wilkinson, Dennis Crossland
Rachel Mackie, Elizabeth McCann, Helen Love

Baildon Boundary Way
½ marathon
Link to Baildon Runners and RESULTS

Meanwood Valley Trail Races - 9 April 2005
Junior Races at 10:00, Senior Race at 10:30

(Permit number applied for)
All profits will go to
Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Eccup
(Click on link for Lineham Farm website - linked 15 Mar 03)

Juniors 7-10 years
Confirmed results

corrected 8 May 05

Juniors 11-16 years
Confirmed results

updated 1 May 05

Seniors 17-99 years
Confirmed results

updated 1 May 05

Thank you, we have again raised over £1,000 for Lineham Farm Children's Centre at Eccup,
bringing the total for 5 years to over £3,200.

2004

Airedale Triple Trail - Third Series - March/April 2004
Meanwood Valley Trail 1st Junior Race - 27 March 2004 10:00
Meanwood Valley Trail 9th Senior Race - 27 March 2004 10:30

Airedale Triple Trail Series 2004
Official Results Updated 3 May 04 Amended 12 May 04

Congratulations to the series overall winners who were
Shaun Wilkinson (Keighley & Craven) & Dawn Gibbs (York Acorn).
Series category winners were
MU40 Nigel Bedell (Bingley H), WU35 Rachel Mackie (Abbey R),
M40-49 Shaun Wilkinson, W35-44 Heather McIntosh (York Acorn),
M50+ Gerry Waterton (Kippax H), W45+ Dawn Gibbs

There are four triple-triple-trailers i.e. people who have run all 3 races for all 3 years.
Tim Broomfield, Andrew Cutts, Peter Hey and David Spink
Andrew leads Tim by 39 seconds for the 80 miles

Baildon Boundary Way
½ marathon
Sunday 7 March 2004 10:00

Link to Baildon RESULTS

Meanwood Valley Trail
approx 7½ miles
Saturday 27 March 2004 10:30

Guiseley Gallop
approx 10k
Sunday 11 April 2004 10:30

Link to
Skyrac Athletic Club
Website

Meanwood Valley Trail Races - 27 March 2004
(Permit number applied for)
All profits will go to
Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Eccup
(Click on link for Lineham Farm website - linked 15 Mar 03)

Juniors 7-10 years
official results

updated 11 Apr 04

Juniors 11-16 years
official results

updated 11 Apr 04

Seniors 17-99 years
official results

updated 11 Apr 04

2003

Meanwood Valley Trail 8th race - 12 April 2003
Airedale Triple Trail - Second Series - April 2003

Baildon
Unofficial Results

added 14 Apr 03

Meanwood
Official Results

updated 22 Apr 03

Meanwood Leading Runners by Age Category
added 13 Apr 03

Guiseley
Unofficial Results

added 25 Apr 03

Airedale T T
Official Results

added 25 Apr 03

Airedale T T
Prizewinners

added 20 Apr 03

Meanwood Trail Race - 12 April 2003

(Permit number 202321)
All profits (over £850) went to
Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Eccup which provides week-long holidays for disabled and disadvantaged children. (Click on link for Lineham Farm website - linked 15 Mar 03)

The Meanwood Trail 2003 was the 2nd event in the Airedale Triple Trail series, the other 2 races being
Baildon Boundary Way on Sunday 6 April

Guiseley Gallop on (Easter) Sunday 20 April

Meanwood Trail 2003 Statistics
  • There were 325 finishers, a record by 46.
  • Of these, 36 had also run it at least 3 times previously. Either they like the race or they like the beer! (or both!).
  • Paul Briscoe is the only ever-present, but Peter Bates, Chris & Kath Drake, Hilary Lane and Derek Martin have each only missed one race.
  • Leading clubs represented were Ilkley H (25 runners), Pudsey P (17), Abbey R (14), Horsforth H (12) and Kirkstall H (10).
  • Over £850 was raised for Lineham Farm in 2003, bringing the total for four years to just over £2000. Thank you!

Airedale Triple Trail 2003 Statistics

  • 61 runners completed the Triple Trail in 2003, up from 35 in 2002.
  • 9 of these runners - Mark Turrell, Kath Drake, Andrew Cutts, Tim Broomfield, Mark Hetherington, John Hutchinson, David Spink, Peter Hey and Andrew Wright are now double Triple-Trail-ers.
  • All 61 runners who ran all 3 races received a certificate showing their performance in each race and overall.

2002

Meanwood Valley Trail 7th race - 23 March 2002
Airedale Triple Trail - First Series - March/April 2002

All profits went to Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Eccup, which provides week-long holidays for disabled and disadvantaged children.
Over £500 was raised for Lineham Farm. This brought to over £1200 the money raised for Lineham Farm over the last three years. THANK YOU!

The Meanwood Valley Trail was the first of a 3 race series
the Airedale Triple Trail Challenge, the other races being
Guiseley Gallop on Sunday 31st March
Baildon Boundary Way on Sunday 7th April

Click for OFFICIAL RESULTS

There were 299 entries and 268 finishers.
The number of finishers was a record (by one!)

Click for OFFICIAL LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS

Guiseley Gallop 2002 results
added 5 Apr 02

Triple Trail 2002
official results

added 7 Apr 02

Baildon Boundary Way 2002
unofficial results

added 7 Apr 02

We had approval from North of England A A (permit 201213)
and Leeds City Council Public Rights of Way Dept
and acknowledgement from West Yorkshire Police

2001

Meanwood Valley Trail 6th race - 30 June 2001

The 6th race, due to take place on Saturday 24 March 2001,
actually took place on Saturday 30 June 2001.
Click here for
OFFICIAL LIST OF RESULTS
We had 257 pre-entries and took 118 entries on the day
Of the 375 entries, 90 were no-shows who had entered prior to 30 March. As stated on the letter sent out in April, their entire entry fee was donated to Lineham Farm - a total of £324 less admin costs of £22.
For the other 285 entries, 50p was donated to Lineham Farm - a total of £142.50
In addition there were donations of £76 sent in with the entries and £32 collected on the day
In total, £552.50 was donated to Lineham Farm
Thank you, everyone!

The Meanwood Valley Trail was due to be the first of a 3 race series
the Airedale Triple Trail Challenge.
The Baildon Boundary Way due to be on 1st April was cancelled.
The Guiseley Gallop was run on 15th April on an alternative course in Nunroyd Park.

Guiseley Gallop 2001 in Nunroyd Park - results

March 2001
Regarding the 24th March, the Emergency Regulations had closed all Public Rights of Way in Adel Woods. There were potential alternative routes using other trails in the woods but these were not as wide. Taking into consideration the recent declaration of Foot and Mouth in West Yorkshire and the likelihood that restrictions would increase rather than decrease we decided to postpone the race.
Numbers already issued would be valid for the revised date. Click here for arrangements if you have already entered. (this letter was sent out to all entrants on Wed 14 March). Entries 203-367 were received up to and including 24 March. All numbers have now been sent out including those marked "collect on day". These runners have been contacted with information about the revised date and arrangements. Entries commencing 368 arrived during May and June.

June 2001
We now have approval from Leeds City Council Public Rights of Way Dept, West Yorkshire Police,
and North of England A A (permit 200124).
In view of the recent outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease at Middleton, near Ilkley, only 10 miles from our race, you should re-check nearer the date that the race is still on.
LATEST UPDATE 28TH JUNE - WE'RE ON!
We are expecting a large number of entries on the day - please arrive early!

Extract from Foot and Mouth Guidelines

2000

Meanwood Valley Trail 5th race - 25 March 2000

M.V.Trail Race 2000
Results
table format

(263 finishers)

M.V.Trail Race 2000
Pictures

New 31 Mar 00
Due to lack of web space, these have been moved to the Valley Striders 2nd website
Follow this link!

M.V.Trail Race 2000
Results
quick download

(263 finishers)

1999

Meanwood Valley Trail 4th race - 27 March 1999

M.V.Trail Race 99 Results
table format

(190 finishers)

M.V.Trail Race 99 Route

M.V.Trail Race 99 Results
quick download

(190 finishers)

1998

Meanwood Valley Trail 3rd race - 4 April 1998

M.V.Trail Race 98 Results
quick download

(130 finishers)

M.V.Trail Race 98 Results

1997

Meanwood Valley Trail 2nd race - 22 March 1997

M.V.Trail Race 97 Results
quick download

(160 finishers)

M.V.Trail Race 97 Prizewinners

1996

Meanwood Valley Trail 1st race - 30 March 1996

M.V.Trail Race 96 Results
quick download

(93 finishers)

M.V.Trail Race 96 Prizewinners


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Created on 9 October 1999