It was a real battle at the front of this race between Jimmy Craig and Marc Hartley. These two built up a large early lead over the rest of the field and then Marc gradually started to pull away from Jimmy. As the race progressed, the chasing pack, led by Jonny McKenna, started to close the gap and at the end, he was just over 20 seconds behind Jimmy.
1 Marc Hartley 1:23:17 City of Stoke AC
2 Jimmy Craig 1:24:43
23 Andy Berry 1:37:57
26 Rob Weir 1:38:28
31 James Tingle 1:41:06
43 Derek Walkden 1:45:46
52 Chris Smedley 1:49:20
74 Michael Alexander 1:58:33
76 Richard Starkie 1:58:53
97 Jean Rawlinson 2:07:47 (1st F60)
104 Emma Bailey 2:11:50
110 Jennifer Hird 2:16:14
The overall winner was Dave Kirkham of Wharfedale who cruised to victory in 40:56.
8 Andrew Driver 44:30
25 Pete Beresford 50:11
32 Dave Halliday 52:16
35 Rachel Lowther 53:47 (First Woman)
38 Craig Child 54:08
14 Emma Bailey 22:59 New PB
47 Helen Stead 30:39
20 Andrew Chew 21:04 New PB
75 Daniel Chew 24:53
203 Graham Wadsworth 32:37 New PB
241 Patricia Wadsworth 37:16 New PB
The winner of this race was Craig Robert is 50:46. Our only representative was new member and new runner Richard Lowther who finshed in 45th place in a time of 1:04:12.
106 finishers.
12 Julian Hood 1:00:44
392 finishers
Harley Treitl ran in the BOFRA race at Kettlewell and then came home and ran in this race. He finished in 10th place (out of 24) in 13:19 which is not bad to say that the was the only 7 year old. Georgia Treitl also ran, finishing 19th in 16:25.
Well done to all the Barlickers who turned out for this race. With grateful thanks to Andy Holden, above are pictures of everyone who took part.
Apologies for delay in posting this one. Andy Hirst is renown for his long runs in the Lakes. However, here is his account of a more local long distance trek.
65 Abigail Park 32:01
There Barlick runners all over this weekend including a junior at this BOFRA race. Young Harley Treitl finished the U9 race in 14th position in a time of 5:47. The seniors finished as follows:
7 Jimmy Craig 11:33
11 Nick Treitl 12:17
55 Des Walkden 15:47
Matt Lalor Race Winner
For the second week running, Matt Lalor notched up a win, making 3 first places for Barlick this weekend. Matt did well, as for the first 5K he was running into a strong headwind. Not only that, but he finished two and a half minutes in front of second place Richard Farrar of Wirral AC
1 Matt Lalor 33:56
4 Julian Hood 1:31:27
182 Rachel Lowther 2:11:36
A one, two for Barlick Fell Runners, with Jimmy Craig winning the race, ahead of Christopher Holdsworth of Clayton and Sarah Tipler winning the Ladies Race ahead of Deborah Gowans of Accrington Road Runners, who was also first WV40 and first WV50.
A good run by under 18 runner Calum Grant saw him finish in 33rd position overall.
It was nice to see so many Barlickers out supporting the race and they finished as follows:
1 Jimmy Craig 39:27
4 Nick Treitl 42:16
9 Andy Berry 44:03
16 Sarah Tipler 45:06 (First Lady)
22 Dan Taylor 46:48
32 Stuart Byan 48:55
39 Derek Walkden 50:09
43 Pete Beresford 50:42
44 John Boothman 50:51
51 Lee Edwards 52:23
52 Glenn Whittaker 52:34
59 Lorraine Slater 53:44
81 Richard Starkie 58:46
89 Jean Rawlinson 59:46
92 Richard Treitl 1:01:35
94 Emma Bailey 1:02:58
95 Jennifer Hird 1:03:09
97 Lucy Beresford 1:06:01
106 Alison Sugden 1:13:07
Jean Rawlinson was 2nd Vet 60 behind Linda Lord of Clayton.
91 Jean Rawlinson 42:54
108 finishers
This is a really good fell race route (just over 10km) which goes a short distance uphill on a track then joins the moorland and pathways for a long ascent to the top of Whittle Hill. This is followed by a good long descent, but a sting in the tail is a very steep late ascent about a mile from the end which calls for some deep digging. Then it is a blast down the track to the finish at the cricket club where there is good catering and bar in the pavilion.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.