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
First of all, those watching this race saw history being made, as an incredible performance from Victoria Wilkinson saw her come home in 13th position overall as first woman and settting a new women's record of 3:09:19 in the process. This was quite an incredible achievement from an incredible athlete.
We had a record number of Barlickers out in this race, many running their first peaks race and they produced some feisty performances. First home was Julian Hood who ran a superb race and secured himself a top twenty finish, knocking 6 minutes from his time of last year. Next behind Julian was Jimmy Craig, who had a ding dong battle with peaks first time David Poole. David was leading the pair at the top of Ingleborough, but Jimmy dug deep into those famous reserves and managed to cross the line just ahead of his team mate. A great performance from David to make a race of it with Jimmy.
5 Sarah Tipler 19:51 New PB
13 Scott Boardman 19:15
14 Scott McCredie 19:18 New PB
20 Ian Cocks 19:53
93 Jenna Boothman 24:00
143 Nicola Muller 25:48
151 Tony Duffy 26:06 New PB
158 Garth Duffy 26:13
162 Cloey Mason 26:22
165 Anne Marie Beech 26:25
231 Logan McCredie 28:48
234 Chloe Boothman 28:53 New PB
260 Ciara Duffy 29:42
281 Wendy Duffy 30:22
This year saw 12 teams from Barlick take to the startline of the Bunny Run Relays. Thomas Corrigan got his team off to a good start recording the 3rd fastest leg time of the evening with Captain Chew bringing them home in 2nd place. Shaun, Tipler and Berry managed to secure 1st mixed team and Boothman, Elcock and Smale took 1st V50 team. It was also great to see the juniors out mixing it with the adults and the Barlick Boyz managed a creditable 41st place out of 102 teams!
2 Barlick Bunny Boppers 28:41
Thomas Corrigan 9:16 Craig Shearer 9:55 Stephen Chew 9:30
42 Andy Berry 32:29
155 Hannah Newbold 43:41
305 Ian Livesey 2:39:42
This is a very much of an up and a down race with much of the climbing not long after the start.. The hard training regime undertaken by Rachel Villiers is paying off and once more she won the ladies race. Scott Boardman had a good race to lead the Barlickers home and finish in 11th place and the ever improving Paul Elcock was not far behind those two to finish in 16th place.
11 Scott Boardman 41:48
14 Rachel Villiers 42:00 (1st Lady)
16 Paul Elcock 42:57
146 finishers.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.