13 Paul Elcock 20:50 New PB
94 Susan Hird 27:56
30 Lucille Pickles 26:24 New PB
47 Ann Marie Beech 28:32
48 Heather Mitchell 28:50
71 Lisa Pickles 33:21
72 Wendy Duffy 33:28
329 Graham Wadsworth 32:46
There was a good turnout of Barlickers for this race which saw Danny Collinge return to form, take the lead and hold it to the end. However, he was chased all the way by a train of Barlickers, Julian Hood, John Whiteside and David Mirfield, who were all competing fiercely with each other. Such strong competition amongst those team mates closed out the opposition and Barlick came away with the men's team prize. Andrew Chew also had a particularly good run to finish in 7th position, as did Andrew Carson who came home 12th.
Just as Danny Collinge dominated the men's race, Rachel Villiers dominated the ladies' race. She took an early lead, kept her concentration and came home as 1st woman and 1st WV35. It was good to see Jen Hird back racing and she has lost nothing in her time away as she demonstrated by coming home in 2nd place and 2nd WV35. This set the scene for a possible ladies team prize, but where would our third counter be? Fresh from her successes in the Three Peaks race and a couple of triathlons, Heather Driver, looking very determined, came through to make the third counter for Barlick and the ladies too, took the team prize.
Junior Club Fell Championships
These championships came to a halt during the covid epidemic, but now we have a new junior coach, we are hoping to revive them once numbers allow.
2020
2019 Tables
Junior Fell Championship Table
2018 Tables
Junior Fell Championship Table
2017 Tables
Junior Fell Championship Table
2017 Races
This was a bit of a different slant on fell running, with only uphill running.
10 Dan Mills 21:22
These races were unusual in that they were uphill only. Jack Reeday demonstrated how good he is at ascending by coming home in second place behind Rowan Ashworth of Ambleside in the U11 race, where there were 66 finishers.
U9
15 Daniel Hood 5:27
19 Isaac Reeday 5:31
U11
2 Jacob Reeday 6:15
U15
26 Jack Villiers 13:55
238 John Carr 1:30:01
4502 Gary Parkinson 2:13:53
5152 Catherine Jackson 2:14:00
U15
1 Jack Villiers 8:01
U11
14 Logan McCredie 4:19
31 Max Villiers 5:36
U9
7 Bella McCredie 5:06 (3rd girl)
4 Mark Holgate 18:31 New PB
32 Paul Elcock 20:41 New PB
88 Taylor Edwards 27:50
93 Susan Hird 28:13
1 Matt Lalor 16:51
4 James Tingle 18:26
The conditions were perfect this year for this race. The course was bone dry, it wasn't too hot so fast times were expected. However, the record set by Andy Norman in 2006 stays in tact. It is a ridiculously fast time and sets a serious challenge for the future. It was Mark Addison who took the win in a good time, being chased home by Matthew Hobbs of Pudsey. Of the locals, Nick Treitl continued his comeback with another good run just in front of John Whiteside. Julian Hood was 5th thus bringing home the team prize for Barlick.
The ladies race was won Holly Page from Calder Valley, with Sarah Tipler taking second place. Third was the ever improving Rachel Villiers. Laura Craig came 7th so the Barlick ladies took the team prize.
Other notable performances on the night were 1st vet 50 for Chris Smale, 1st lady 65 for Jean Rawlinson and excellent performances from Jenna Boothman and Jack Villiers.
Thanks once again to the marshals, volunteers and Earby Cricket Club for holding the presentation.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.