Four Barlickers took on this race which is used by many as a practice for the main race in 3 weeks time. The race sets off at 7pm and you go straight to the top of the Llanberis pass where the finish is at the summit and get greeted with the best views the UK has to offer. An absolute treat of a race.
13 Jonathan Cleaver 50:46
22 David Mirfield 52:41
32 David Poole 54:47
44 Andy Berry 57:21
1 Ian Beresford 17:54
42 Sarah Jones 26:09 New PB
65 Anne Marie Beech 28:13
48 Daniel Van Essen 35:34
18 Lee Edwatds 20:40
20 Emma Bailey 20:51
27 Molly Ralphson 21:22
16 Carl Pawson 31:24
28 Zac Kaye 33:19
35 Jacqueline Collins 34:05 (3rd woman)
This race is something completely different. The race starts at Bury station on the East Lancashire Steam Railway. On the whistle the runners set off north. The train sets off south, changes tracks and then sets off north in pursuit of the runners. Friends and supporters can enjoy the ride on the train, shouting encouragement to the runners as they both make the eleven mile journey up to Rawtenstall station.
Jon Cleaver took part and fought a hard race, with the first three finishers constantly changing places until the last mile, where Craig Jones of Manchester YMCA managed to edge ahead, nudging John into second place. As regards the train, it was no contest, Jon beat it by 34 minutes.
2 Jon Cleaver 1:06:14
399 runners.
The details are:Several members got together and put a couple of teams into this event and given that it was on such an ad hoc basis, did remarkably well. The vets team took first place and the mixed team were third.
Ian Beresford & Andy Berry got the vets off to a good start by finishing their leg in sixth position before handing over to Shaun Chew & Carl Pawson. These two managed to hold this position and they handed over to Lucas Payne & Paul Elcock. This pair lost a place and the following pair of Shane Muller & Jacqueline Collins slipped by two places and thus handed over to the finishing pair of Ian Cocks & Ben Hoyle in 9th place. This final pair put in a good performance and pulled back one place which was enough to secure first Vets Team.
The first leg of the mixed team was Billy Haines & Leanne Dinsdale who finished their leg in 27th place. The next pair of Lucy Brown & Andy Collins put in a good performance and were 22nd in their leg, but overall finished in 29th position. Next off were Hannah Watson & Scott Boardman who pulled the team up to 23rd overall. Jamie Milligan & Karen Lemon lost three places on their leg and the last leg of Amanda Haines & James Fent lost a further four places to finish in 30th place overall and 3rd mixed team.
All in all, a good day out in a fun event.
20 Andrew Smith 15:30
22 David Pease 15:43
53 Tony Duffy 21:15
59 Kristian Clayton 28:53
Just one Barlicker in this tough Lakeland classic - Gary Bradley. Entries were limited to 120 of which 30 took the short route and 90, including Gary took the long one. Gary enjoyed the day out and commented on it as follows:
An absolutely belting day out, but the hot weather did take its toll early on until there were streams in which to cool off. The 22 mile, 8,250ft route is brutal with long steep climbs, steep descents & rough ground. Wasdale lays claim to be the toughest Lakes AL, but after yesterday I’m not so sure - this is one severe test of fitness & perseverance. Just what a great fell race should be. And the refreshments provided at the finish by the organisers are second to none, even beer on tap!
57 Gary Bradley 6:25:52
26 Laura Craig 24:51
140 John Wadsworth 27:16 New PB
226 Mark Wadsworth 31:41
258 Sharon Newbold 33:19
305 Graham Wadsworth 38:31
Another amazing run from Alex Mason, who is going from strength to strength. He achieved another PB this morning and is two minutes faster than he was just 12 months ago. When you are recording times of below 20 minutes, that is quite some improvement. It is great so see youngsters doing so well in the sport.
2 Alex Mason 17:47 New PB
38 Cloey Mason 24:07 New PB
71 Sarah Jones 26:20 New PB
121 Abigail Park 29:48
8 Jimmy Craig 35:54
98 Hannah Newbold 51:19
9 Andy Berry 33:03
A good turnout of Barlickers in this race who were led home by Alex Mason who had a brilliant run to finish 3rd overall and 1st junior. There was another good run from Jacqueline Collins to finish 2nd in the ladies race.
3 Alex Mason 39:03 (1st MJ)
18 Steven Roberts41:58 (2nd M50)
22 Carl Rawson 42:48 (1st M45)
24 Barrie Charnley 42:58 (3rd M40)
30 Ian Cocks 43:43
36 Jacqueline Collins 44:25 (2nd Woman, 1st FS)
42 Zac Kaye 45:09
44 James Austin 45:13
58 Shane Muller 45:52
64 David Pease 46:41
67 Andrew Smith 47:21
100 Lucy Brown 51:54 (2nd F35)
113 Heather Driver 53:01 (3rd F35)
125 Tony Duffy 54:34
129 Emma Pease 55:10
174 Helen Harrison 1:00:30
175 Nicola Muller 1:00:31
207 Anne Marie Beech 1:06:49
216 J Rawlinson 1:08:00 (1st F65)
223 Heather Mitchell 1:11:11
Elite Race
23 Jonathan Cleaver 15:55
A Race
6 Alex Mason 16:35
10 Jack Villiers 16:43
44 Barrie Charnley 17:54
62 James Austin 18:44
B Race
2 Steven Roberts 18:01
46 David Pease 20:45
87 Heather Driver 22:16
88 Cloey Mason 22:19
96 Tony Duffy 22:39
97 Emma Pease 22:42
131 Helen Harrison 24:14
134 Nicola Muller 24:21
162 Anne Marie Beech 26:29
For club championship purposes, positions will be decided by times.
19 Emma Bailey 20:43 New PB
This year's race was the England selection race for the International Snowdon Race, which meant a class field. The Barlick tribe was led home by the returning Jimmy Craig. His first solo race since his operation at the back end of last year, he showed that he’s still a class act on the descents and that with a good few weeks of solid training he’ll be back on top form. Lucy Brown was our solo female runner at this event and once again put in a strong performance and showed why we are all happy to have her back in a Barlick vest!
14 Jimmy Craig 56:23
30 Andy Berry 61:17
55 Lee Edwards 66:30
68 Anthony Brown 68:56
74 John Boothman 70:15
77 Paul Elcock 71:04
96 Lucy Brown 79:38
78 Andrew Collins 3:25:45
121 Zac Kaye 3:41:45
157 Tim Chadwick 3:53:42
213 Molly Ralphson 4:18:58
62 Amanda Haines 25:22 New PB
98 Sarah Jones 27:20 New PB
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.