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The girls triumphed for the fifth year The men’s’ teams came 9th, 10th COMPETITION holding the first position through the and 28th with three remaining ladies Can you identify the building or majority of the gruelling 50 mile relay teams coming 42nd, 50th and 51st. landmark indicated by the red race which starts in Bingley and finishes Club members_ cross in this photograph? in Ilkley. LEG 1: Nigel Bedell/Shaun Wilkinson The team, made up of ten runners taking 1.16.45 -3rd fastest on the day. ThisCOMPETITION! month’s prize is donated by The Keigh- on five legs in pairs, completing the -2nd fastest time in club history. ley Can& Worth you Valley identify Railway: the building Day Rover or Ticket course in 7hrs 7 mins and 31 seconds LEG 2: Amy Green/Helen Glover Emaillandmark your answer marked to: by the red cross in – 5 mins faster than neighbouring rivals 1.15.28 -Fastest ladies on the day and [email protected] photograph? 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White fluffy blots dotted on green to run in.” Janet-Alison Arkwright/Liz Tomes Graze under greys blotted with white fluffy blobs. “But each and every team member put 1.09.59 Blue shows through. everything they had into the race and -Fastest ladies on the day and in Yellow sun shafts light up the rocky hill, club history. Valley shaded till hill light’s faded N’ clouds collude to allow light through. Rocks drop n’ roll, crumble in slow motion Taking several years to tumble, But one day on your routine ramble There’s a new displacement or formation. While becks n’ rivers flood or trickle, Carving contours with destructive creation. Get high for the country. Get down for the towns, Dissected by canals n’ ginnels. Streets of grass crossed by washing string, As terraces hump up the slopes back to back. Old mills black chimney stack. Stone walls squaring up to the moors; Breathe in deep feeling this West Yorkshire outdoors. 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