The ‘Joes” do battle at Hebden Bridge.

Joe on his way to winning. courtesy of Tod Harriers,

Joe on his way to winning. courtesy of Tod Harriers,

Calder Valley Fell Runner did the 1 – 2 – 3  at the local Hebden Bridge Fell race organised by Tod Harriers. The two Joes, Washington and Crossfield did battle and with a blistering start Washington took the lead. With his down and in race mode he unfortunately missed some of the flags and did a slight detour off route. Crossfield did see the flags this time came home to take the win in 47mins 44secs. Washington battled hard back through the race field but had to settle for second place being 3 minutes adrift of his team mate. Mark O’Connor had the run of his fell career to place a fantastic 3rd (51mins 06secs) and this easily secured the mens team prize. Not to be outdone Womens captain Helen “Buckers” Buchan led her team mates of Gillian Wisbey and Jackie Scarf to the women team prize. 

CVFR results: 1, Joseph Crossfield  CVFR 47.44; 2, Joe Washington CVFR 50.38; 3,Mark O’Connor CVFR 51.06; 7, Lee Shimwell  CVFR 52.17; 8, Mark Wharton CVFR 52.32; 9, James Adey CVFR 52.39; 13,  Giles Simon CVFR 53.53; 14, Ashley Sharp CVFR 54.03; 29, Darren Sargent CVFR 60. 34, Helen Buchan CVFR 61.09; 36, Nick Murphy CVFR 61.57; 44, Toby Sydes CVFR 63.20; 45, Johnnie Watson CVFR 63.48; 46, Gillian Wisbey CVFR 64.01; 49,  Jackie Scarf CVFR 64.38; 56, Steve Woodhead CVFR 66.18; 57, John Nunn CVFR 66.39;  59, Dave Culpan CVFR 67.52; 65, Charlotte Wetton CVFR 70.21; 68, Joanna Marshall CVFR 77.54.