It all kicked off on Friday evening with the Wicken Hill Whizz, an out-and-back short race from Mytholmroyd to the Sheepstones trig point on top of Midgley Moor.

First home was Jason Williams of Leicester Owls who flew up to the summit and held off demon descender Steve Smithies to record his first win.

Jason and his club support this race each year so, for once, it was great to see someone come and beat all the locals.

Andy Thorpe of Halifax Harriers was third man, with Calder Valley taking team prize with Steve Smithies, Chris Standish and Tim Brooks.

Essex club Springfield Striders also make the long trip to Calderdale to race each year so there was lots of support for the Striders' Tracey Woodyard, who was first lady.

Keen local race supporter Jackie Scarf was next lady, just ahead of Hannah Dobson.

CVFR runners: Steve Smithies 21:40, Chris Standish 25:03, Tim Brooks 25:46, Peter Walker (u16) 26:17, Jack Paige (u16) 26:36, Ben Davies 28:27, Stephen Grimley 29:49, Hugh Tooby 29:59, Jackie Scarf 30:25, Graeme Woodward 30:26, Tony Steward 30:42, Tom Jennings (u14) 31:58, Hannah Dobson 32:28, Mick Banks 34:15.

The second race, the Reservoir Bogs, set off from the Hare and Hounds pub in Old Town on Saturday.

Each year the course changes with the closely guarded secret route only revealed on the morning of the race. Runners must navigate their way through a sequence of checkpoints choosing between indirect runnable paths and more direct, but rougher, ground.

This year the course, which was carefully designed by Bill to exact maximum punishment on its willing contestants, was particularly tough, with huge tussocks to run over and waist high bracken to wade through.

Continuing the Tarantino theme, Hugh Tooby of Calder Valley Fell Runners who was manning one of the checkpoints, suggested that runners were likely to be thinking Kill Bill as they struggled to get round the course.

In the end it was more a case of the Bourne Supremacy, Calder Valley's crack navigator Simon Bourne choosing all the right lines to win the race, with a five second victory over club mate Jason Stevens. With Jon Emberton fifth the Calder men scooped the club prizes.

Leicester's Jason Williams and Andy Thorpe of Halifax were also going well when they took a wrong turn and slipped down the field.

Unattached orienteer Heather Gardner dominated the ladies race winning with a six minute margin from Tracey Woodyard of the Striders.