BINGLEY HARRIER'S GRAND OPENING FUN DAY
The day began at 12 noon with the first Pack run from the clubs new headquarters. This was followed by a few words and the official cutting of the tape by Club President Graham Smith ably assisted by the Junior Mascot Hound Dog.
The weather helped make the day with warm sunshine and people packed around the Bingley Bistro, Tombola, Coconut Shy, a Welly Throwing competition and other games and of course the Bouncy Castle. The Club Championship had a different format this year in that the endurance part of the competition was a Haystack Steeplechase. We also included a Tossing the Caber competition, Standing Long Jump and Turbo Javelin. At 3pm we had races for the very young and any parents that wanted to have a go.
The big event of the afternoon was Mascot Race at 4pm when The Bingley Harriers Hound Dog Challenged Bullman (Bradford Bulls), Brewster the Bear (Brewsters), Sherlock (Police WatchDog) and Blaise the Bear (The Bingley Fire Station). The competitors voted for a sprint race over 50m and the result was a gold medal for Hound Dog, Silver for Sherlock and in Third Place was Brewster the Bear, with Bullman and Blaise bringing up the rear. I am sure Bullman will want a rematch perhaps during the next Rugby season.
Many thanks to all who helped make this a very enjoyable and fun day followed by a junior Disco and junior presentations by McDonald's and a number of annual awards.
Later in the evening a Disco and an appearance of Johnny and the Poor Boys ended the long but enjoyable day.

Welly Throwing Competition
1st Senior Men   Neil Barratt
1st Women        Kirstin Bailey
1st Boy          Joe Fawcett
1st Girl         Georgina Heaton


Pulton Cup Results

Under 11 Boys
1st              Thom Crowley
2nd              William Baugh
3rd              Matthew Bolton

Under 11 Girls
1st              Hannah Mayho
2nd              Faye McGrath
3rd=             Honor Holding

Under 13 Boys
1st              Joe Fawcett
2nd              James Heaton
3rd              Matthew Cottam

Under 13 Girls
1st              Jennifer Hopkinson
2nd              Rachel Stokes
3rd              Jessica Owen

Under 15 Boys
1st              Philip Picken
2nd              Mark Scully
3rd              Alistair Brownlee

Under 15 Girls
1st              Lucy Mayho
2nd              Leanne Newiss

Under 17 Boys
1st              Bob Daley
2nd              Sam Clegg

Under 17 Girls
1st              Rebbecca Holmes

Under 20 Men
1st              Aidan Johnson
2nd              Adam Walker

Senior Men
1st              Ian Ferguson
2nd              Richard Taylor
3rd              Robert Adamson

Senior Women
1st              Kirstin Bailey
2nd              Caroline Fawcett

Overall joint Winners Hannah Mayho and Jennifer Hopkinson

Also at the Presentation Evening the athletes who had scored most points in the 'McDonalds Points for Points Award Scheme' were presented with Special Trophies donated by the Shipley McDonald's Restaurant.
Award winners were as follows:

Under 13 Girls
1st            Libby Blears
2nd            Stephanie McCartney
3rd            Rachael Stokes

Under 15 Girls
1st            Emily Noble
2nd            Jessica Forbes
3rd            Bernie McCartney

Under 17 Girls
1st            Frances Noble
2nd            Rebbecca Holmes
3rd            Louise Naylor

Under 13 Boys
1st            James Heaton
2nd            Larry Abbott
3rd            Matthew Cottam

Under 15 Boys
1st            Oliver Robinson
2nd            Daniel O'Neil
3rd=           Ben Ambler
3rd=           Mark Sculley

Under 17 Boys
1st            Bob Daley
2nd            James Routledge
3rd=           Mark Hardman
3rd=           Sam Clegg