At the York Brass Monkey half marathon on January 26, Martin Grainger ran an exceptional race to finish seventh in a time of 1:14.17 and finish second vet.

Also, Steve Dauber finished 705th in 1:59.17 accompanied by Jack Mason 706th 1:59.17.

In a field of 1,000, the Liversedge half-marathon saw a fit Jack Mason finish 65th in 1:2.42, Ron Reid 99th 1:32.33 and Ken Hudson 118th 1:35.26 from a field of 380.

The fourth NYSD cross country meeting took place at a cold Whitby on February 16.

In a low turnout Under-13 boys race saw Jamie Rutherford finish in his best position of sixth. The Under-13 girls Lauren Peacock finished tenth and Emma Clifford finished 21st.

Under-17 men saw only six in the race and Theo Panayi finished fifth in 29.27 and Robert Gibbon sixth in 30.38.

In the senior men Martin Grainger finished 18th in 32.15, Steve Hutchinson 41st in 35.01, Ian Barnes 78th in 38.59, Brian Hannah 91 in 40.32, Brian Hay 98th in 41.30 and John Brant 108th in 43.42. First team in division two. The next meeting is at Hartlepool on March 2.

* The Harriers train at Eastbourne Sports Complex on Tuesday and Thursday from 6.15pm. Contact John Brant on (01325) 257672 for further details.