24 Nicola Muller 27:42 New PB
41 Donna Milligan 31:18
24 Ian Cocks 21:32
26 James Tingle 21:38
21 Paul Elcock 20:58
22 Emma Bailey 21:13
28 Karen Brindle 22:08 New PB
34 Hannah Watson 22:47 New PB
136 Graham Wadsworth 32:02
151 Susan Hird 33:44
173 Patricia Wadsworth 40:32
Richard Treitl went across to Wales and found this a tough AS race, being 6 miles with 2,100ft of ascent.
54 Richard Treitl 1:38:16
59 finishers
Report from Chewy
There were 5 Barlickers present for this midweek freebie at Marl Pitts. I missed the start with the pack already out of the field as I made my way through the funnel. It was a bit of a novelty bobbing and weaving past folk on the narrow path which goes on for about the first mile. I passed Rachel Lowther about a mile in who has taken to copying my shorts. Then John 'race machine' Boothman, who seemed shocked to see me. I caught up to Andy Berry next who was stalking Shaun in the battle of the chairman. Once past Shaun I'd passed about 120 runners and started trying to reel the front runners in.
It was the first round of the English champs fell season on Saturday and due to the road relays we only had Virgil Barton in attendance. That being said, Virgil put in a cracking performance in a stacked field, finishing 41st in 1.45.56. The race was run by Tom Addison of Helm Hill in a fierce descent to the finish, when after 14 miles of running, there was only a minute between the top 6.
1 Tom Addison(Helm Hill) 1.33.28
41 Virgil Barton 1.45.56
Stephen Shorrocks is a man in form and is getting closer to the front every week. He was our sole runner in this race and finished 5th.
5 Stephen Shorrock 58:25
3 Craig Shearer 33:39
81 Paul Elcock 44:01
The men for the first time entered two teams into the northern 12 stage. The A team was the strongest we've fielded but were still missing a couple due to injuries.
With this we were looking to break into the top 10 for the first time in the clubs short history. Tom Corrigan and John Whiteside got the mens team under way on the super fast 1st leg and both ran well. Tom ran the fastest Barlick long leg on the day against the big boys. The A team were 20th after leg 1 and the B team were 42nd. Marc Hartley started cutting through the field with the fastest short leg of the day and pulled the A team up to 12th, Dan Balshaw just recovering from injury lost a few places for the B team.
137 Richard Starkie 24:09
3 Scott McCredie 21:02
9 John Boothman 22:20
11 Paul Elcock 22:45 New PB
21 Jenna Boothman 24:31 New PB
28 Logan McCredie 26:21
33 Cloey Mason 27:33 New PB
35 Nicola Muller 27:46 New PB
37 Samantha Day 27:59
44 Anne Marie Beech 29:05 New PB
46 Heather Mitchell 29:52 New PB
47 Chloe Boohman 30:25 New PB
65 Jodie Stacey 33:47
67 Graham Wadsworth 33:55
23 David Cockell 22:49
34 Hannah Newbold 23:31
83 Susan Hird 27:53 New PB
3 Charles Morgan 18:20
A Race
9 Thomas Corrigan 15:26
13 Mark Hartley 15:44
B Race
27 Jen Hird 20:04
Mark Holgate was our sole representative in this race, finishing a very creditable 21st and continuing on from his good performance in the last Mid Lancs Cross Country race.
1 Richard Burney(Liverpool) 25.35
21 Mark Holgate 28.05
Conditions were not brilliant for this race, which some described as a rain-sodden bog fest, yet it still managed to attract a record turnout, including five Barlickers. A good run from Andy Collins saw him secure a top twenty finish.
17 Andrew Collins 2:15:04
56 Nick Kendall 2:29:04
94 Pete Beresford 2:40:08
103 Leanne Dinsdale 2:41:58 (5th lady)
211 Heather Driver 3:22:23 (36th lady)
There were ten Barlickers out in this race and they were led home by Stephen Shorrock who managed a top ten finish. A great run by Lorraine Slater saw her finish 2nd lady and fifteenth overall.
9 Stephen Shorrock 1:03:42
15 Lorraine Slater 1:07:13 (2nd lady)
22 John Boothman 1:10:22
31 Paula Cullen 1:13:59
33 Glenn Whittaker 1:14:23
35 Laura Craig 1:14:56
37 Dave Halliday 1:15:55
48 Karen Naylor 1:22:52
53 James Milligan 1:27:28
62 Katie Towers 1:33:19
18 Virgil Barton 1:48:46
These races are hard. It is like running two back to back marathons and then some, with over 8,800 foot of ascent thrown in for good measure. This year, the race was run in the reverse order which made it even harder than usual, as all the climbs come in the second half.
Gary Bradley finished the race in 11:47:53 in 113th positions. This time was slower than that which he achieved last year and he puts this down to the route reversal. This is a pretty good achievement when you consider that 371 runners set off on this race and only 329 of them made it to the finish line.
Ian Livesey and Gary Shaw made their way to Wigan to get in a Half Marathon before their spring Marathon. It turned out to be a great decision as they finished 1st and 3rd. Livers had a good battle with James Kevan of Horwich and came home with a time of 72:19. Gary ran a good time of 76:40.
1 Ian Livesey 72:19
3 Gary Shaw 76:40
New member Craig Shearer ran this race, as he does every year, and put in a cracking performance. He ran 33.46 and came home in 3rd place.
1 Joe Sagar(spenborough) 33.11
3 Craig Shearer 33.46
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.