70 Chris Bateson 35:19
More & more juniors are now graduating from training to racing and this experience is beginning to be reflected in the results. In the U9s, George Fitzpatrick finished 3rd with Chloe Boothman finishing 2nd girl and Evie Scott 3rd girl. The U11 race saw Harley Treitl put in a determined performance to dominate the race and come home the race winner. The U13 race saw Jenna Boothman finish 2nd girl and the U15 race was a ding dong battle all the way through between Jack Villiers and Eric Beaumont of Keighley & Craven, with Jack just managing to keep his nose in front at the finish and take the honours. This was great racing from both youngsters.
U9
3 George Fitzpatrick 3:35
5 Chloe Boothman (2nd girl)
9 Daniel Hood 4:29
10 Evie Scott 4:30 (3rd girl)
13 Summer Fitzpatrick 4:39 (5th girl)
17 Bella McCredie 4:43 (9th girl)
22 Katie Hood 6:15 (14th girl)
U11
1 Harley Treitl 5:15
5 Logan McCredie 5:57
6 Lucille Pickles 5:58
U13
6 Jenna Boothman 15:12 (2nd girl)
U15
1 Jack Villiers 11:22
This race saw Stephen Chew back in the fell race scene where he came up against Jack Smith, a regular winner of this race. Steve gave him a run for his money, but in the end, younger legs prevailed and once more, young Jack took the honours. It was quite a race, in that whilst Steve was trying to chase down Jack, his team mates were chasing him and he finished just ahead of Nick Treitl and John Whiteside. Barlick dominated this race in that the club secured five places out of the top ten finishers, with Carl Pawson narrowly missing out on joining that group.
The ladies race saw Sarah Tipler return to the fells to win the ladies race by a comfortable margin. After her gruelling performance in the Three Peaks race, Leanne Dinsdale put in a surprisingly good performance to finish second woman, making it a Barlick 1-2. Further down the field, it was good to see new runners Victoria Peel and Donna Milligan out on the fells and with more race experience, these girls will only get better.
Our youngsters are now becoming more comfortable with racing and today saw them take 3 first places. Bella McCredie was first girl in the U7 race, Lucille Pickles was first girl in the U11 race and Jack Villiers won the U15 race, and not only did he win it, but he won it in style, with a comfortable win over Michael Stevens of Clayton. This makes it two wins for him his week. Jacob Reeday also had a good run to finish 2nd in the U11 race where he was actually the first U9 runner.
4 Daniel Hood 3:34
5 Isaac Reeday 3:35
6 Bella McCredie 3:36 (1st girl)
15 Zach Beresford 4:08
24 Katie Hood 4:47 (11th girl)
U11
2 Jacob Reeday 11:12
8 Logan McCredie 12:51
10 Lucille Pickles (1st girl) 13:17
14 George Fitzpatrick 13:34
20 Elle Honeyman 14:08 (4th girl)
23 Garth Duffy 14:11
25 Chloe Boothman 14:25 (6th girl)
28 Evie Scott 14:47 (7th girl)
33 Ruby Beresford 15:21 (12th girl)
34 Annabelle Hoyle 15:25 (13th girl)
U13
11 Connor Fitzpatrick 12:21
19 Ciara Duffy 14:24 (6th girl)
U15
1 Jack Villiers 14:04
4 Daniel Chew 15:35
10 Jenna Boothman 17:39 (4th girl)
A terrific run by Steven Snape saw him run out an easy winner in this first of the Grand Prix series. On the ascent, he had a huge lead and although Danny Collinge tried to chase him down on the return, there was never any danger that he would end up being the race winner. Of the Barlickers Julian Hood ascended well and on the approach to the summit was lying in 4th place with John Whiteside just behind him. However, Julian faded on the descent, whilst John kept his place to lead the Barlickers home. A good run by David Poole saw him finish in 8th position and secure Barlick the men's team prize.
In the ladies race, once more Rachel Villiers once more demonstrated that she is a good performers in all disciplines of running and finished 3rd lady and 2nd WV35.
40 Samantha Day 26:14 New PB
42 Logan McCredie 26:20
43 Scott McCredie 26:22
56 Heather Mitchell 28:26 New PB
198 Cloey Mason 26:48
335 Graham Wadsworth 32:08
10 Paul Elcock 20:54 New PB
19 Danny Butterworth 22:21 New PB
64 Nicola Muller 26:12 New PB
156 Susan Hird 40:03
It was good to see a few Barlickers turn out on the day getting some racing experience under their belts. It was a particularly good run from George Fitzpatrick who got himself in the leading group of four runners who broke away from the rest of the pack and he managed to hold off the promising Jonathnon Archer of Ilkley to finish in second place, just a few seconds behind race winner Rowan Ashworth of Ambleside.
U9
9 George Fitzpatrick 5:13
20 Isaac Reeday 5:47
36 Summer Fitzpatrick (13th girl)
U11
2 Jacob Reeday 8:59
41 Lucille Pickles 11:47 (8th girl)
59 Garth Duffy 12:31
85 Chloe Boothman 14:00 (29th girl)
U13
69 Connor Fitzpatrick 15:48
97 Ciara Duffy 19:37 (40th girl)
U15
43 Jacob Villiers 21:32
46 Andy Berry 1:30:35
Chris Smale is getting back to form. He was 6th out of 113 in this race and first V50.
6 Chris Smale 50:01 (1st V50)
Following on from the race report yesterday, the team results are now out and Barlick were the 4th team behind Pudsey & Bramley, Calder Valley and Dark Peak. It was four to count and the stars for Barlick were:
Julian Hood 19, James Craig 35, David Poole 37 and Virgil Barton 47.
This is called the cake race, because you can bring a cake in lieu of the entry fee of £5. There is a competition for the best cake and after the race, all the cakes are for eating and if you fancy one, it is yours in return for a £2 donation to local causes. On to the race itself. It is held over well trodden paths in the area surrounding the village of Diggle which is located between Oldham & Huddersfield. It is a ten mile race with 1699 ft of ascent.
Richard Treitl was our only representative there and he finished in 240th position out of 278 finishers.
240 Richard Treitl 1:58:39
23 Paul Elcock 20:38
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.