Mark Horrocks was a formidable fell runner in his day and in this race, he showed a glimpse of that prowess that made him such a good runner.  He not only enjoyed a top ten finish and first V60, but he was not all that far behind runners half of his age.  Quite some performance from Mark.

The Barlickers finished as follows:

9 Mark Horrocks 2;45:23
14 John Mason 2:58:22
25 David Pease 3:04:13
26 Andrew Smith 3:10:04

It was a great day out at this marathon which was organised superbly.  The weather was good, but if anything a little on the warm side although there was quite a bit of shade on the route coupled witha gentle breeze and a few locals with sprinklers helped cool passing runners.   The course is undulating with a 2 mile climb out of Otley, but is nothing too serious.  The crowds and support on the route were incredible.

Three Barlickers took part, but none had their club designation in the results.  Raymond Banks had a super run finishing 3rd V70.

993 John Boothman 3:53:35
2662 Raymond Banks 4:39:18 (3rd V70)
3434 Anthony Brown 4:54:28

60 Dave Halliday 24:53
141 Richard Starkie 29:14

245 Richard Shilton 29:24
287 Stephen Jackson 30:14

Full Results

Video of Race

A lovely sunny evening and dry underfoot made this ideal conditions for this race.  Adam Wale of Clayton is on form at the moment and once more he led all the way out and all the way back.  He was chased by Matthew Cardus of Settle, but in the end, Adam ran out a comfortable winner.

It was good to see the Smedley brothers turn out in their first race for Barlick, giving back three finishers in the top ten and the team prize, with Nathan leading the Barlickers home.  Jack Villiers once more had a good run to secure a top twenty finish.

The ladies races was won by Molly Browne of Wharfedale with Laura Craig leading home the Barlick ladies.

The Barlickers finished as follows:

6 Nathan Smedley 33:02 (1st MSEN)
7 David Mirfield 33:07 (1st M40)
10 Matt Smedley 33:45
14 Jack Villiers 34:17
18 Andy Berry 35:00
21 Carl Nevison    35:25 (1st M55)
55 Shane Muller 40:20
58 Nick Trutwein 40:40
67 James Austin 41:43

Ladies Race
3 Laura Craig 39:13 (3rd(FSEN)
82 Hayley Whitehead 43:52
83 Emma Law 44:06
87 Jacqueline Collins44:35 (3rd F45)
93 Lisa Gee 45:31
109 Nic McNamara 47:35
115 Emma Pease 48:15
129 Nicola Muller 50:14
167 Lydia Hirst 56:36

4 Sam Horrocks 18:53
8 Carl Nevison 19:20
15 Alfie Muller 21:08
18 Mark Horrocks 21:21
20 Laura Craig 21:37
23 Shane Muller 21:54
31 Paula Cullen 22:58
49 Lisa Gee 25:38

Adam Wale from Clayton dominated this race, leading all the way out and all the way back.  He was chased to the finish by Dave Mirfield who finished within a minute of him.  There were good performances all round from Barlick with four finishers in the top ten, with young Jack Villiers in 13th place and already showing signs of improvement since returning to the club.

Men's Race
2 David Mirfield 41:29 (2nd M40)
4 Nathan Smedley 42:19 (1st MSEN)
8 Carl Nevison 43:54 (1st M55)
10 Andy Berry 44:04
13 Jack Villiers 44:29 (3rd MSEN)
35 Stan Dreiling 49:11
65 James Austin 53:52
81 William Catlow 57:47

Women's Race
4 Laura Craig 51:15 (2nd FSEN)
12 Lisa Gee 59:14
15 Emma Pease 1:02:03
50 Lydia Hirst 1:18:35

The junior results are on the junior website.

106 Andrew Smith1:47:37

4 Robert Cranham 20:43

70 Dave Halliday 25:18

273 Stephen Jackson 29:21
296 Richard Shilton 29:43

This was the first marathon for Ben Whitehead.  His approach was to take it steady right from the start and to try and maintain that pace throughout the race.  His plan worked to perfection with his pace in the second half of the race almost matching that of the first.  His feelings on finishing was that he found it easy and much easier than doing the full Three Peaks!  He would now like to have another go, but next time to target a time below 2:30. Ben used his run to raise money for prostate cancer.

1719 Ben Whitehead 2:52:10
6201 Emma Law 3:19:08

Jimmy Craig suffered an injury leading up to this race, but some good physio treatment saw him not only make the start line, but to finish in 5th place.  It was a good result, although Jimmy was disappointed that he just failed to finish under 2hrs 30m.

5 James Craig 2:30:50

Main Event
159 John Mason 4:20:58
449 John Boothman 5:09:59
DNF Raymond Banks

Relay Race
10 Barlick Men 3:57:19
Andrew Collins, Andrew Berry, Derek Walkden, Andrew Smith, Shane Muller, Benjamin Hoyle

36 Barlick Women 4:47:38
Laura Craig, Jacqueline Collins, Lisa Gee, Nic McNamara, Lucy Brown, Paula Cullen

10 Lucas Payne 20:30
85 Kathryn Payne 27:51

283  Richard Shilton 29:45

14 Barlick Bunnies -  36:21

Dave Poole 11:22
Theo Mirfield 14:19
Dave Mirfield 10:40

9 Robert Cranham 23:05

47 Lucy Brown 23:19
100 Emma Pease 25:59

276 Richard Shilton 29:53

96 Lucy Brown 22:45