The race at Leyland this coming weekend was the last of the season, but due to flooding on the course, it has had to be cancelled. The organisers have been unsuccessful in finding an alternative venue and the tables stand as they were after Rossall. For the club, this has been another very successful year in this league. What is particularly nice this year is that our newly formed junior section gained bronze in the under 11 boys division. What will these youngsters do once they have a bit more racing experience?
Since we joined this league, then men's team has gained promotion every year and this year has been no different. Next year, they will be in Division 1 and will be competing against the best.
Our ladies too have also had a good season winning Division 3 and gaining promotion to Division 2.
Our V40 men are promoted to Division 1 and our men's B team finished top of Division 4 and obtained promotion to Division 3.
All in all, it has been another very successful year for the club in this league and when you look at the league tables below, it is hard to believe that we have only been in existence for three years. The fact that we have achieved so much in such a short time speaks volumes about the spirit that exists within the club.
Dan Balshaw and Annabell Ralph made the trip to Oulton Park for this 10K and put in cracking performances. Dan Balshaw won the race outright in 34:48 and Annabell had a great run too to finish 12th overall and 2nd lady with a new PB of 39:22.
James Tingle has been hammering races recently and he was rewarded today by finishing 5th with a new pb of 37:04.
Only one Barliicker ran, Angela Donlan, in this race, However, she continued with her present good form finishing in 130th position with a time of 1:26:14. There are no official results out yet, but it appears that Angela is 2nd FV40.
Three Barlick Vests were on display in Malta this weekend. By all accounts, the conditions for this race were tough with 20 degree heat and 30 mph wind.
10 Gary Shaw 2:44:33 (2nd V40)
11 Ian Livesey 2:46:111
655 Ran
Half Marathon
179 Dan Taylor 1:32:27
3156 Ran
3 Lucas PAYNE 18:50
31 Elliot PHILLIPS 22:43 New PB
93 Lucile PICKLES 27:26 New PB
104 Hazel O'HARA 28:32 New PB
116 Emma BAILEY 29:36
117 Clover EDWARDS 29:37 New PB
128 Susan HIRD 30:30
131 Graham WADSWORTH 30:41
137 Helen STEAD 30:55
151 Gary BAILEY 33:32
Barlick dominated this race. Three men in the top ten saw them take the team prize by one point over Todmorden Harriers. The ladies were led home by Paula Cullen, and again, three in the top ten saw them also take the team prize. A nice double for the club today.
3 Shaun Chew 42:40
5 Andy Berry 42:50
7 Dave Poole 43:14
12 Lee Edwards 45:42
19 Andrew Driver 47:49
21 Pete Beresford 48:00
22 Jonathan Boothman 48:36
30 Dave Halliday 50:28
32 Ben Hoyle 50:32
33 Nicolas Kendall 50:34
34 John Boothman 50:3
54 Paulla Cullen 55:17 (6)
57 Leanne Dinsdale 55:31 (7)
58 Glenn Whittaker 55:37
62 Rachel Lowther 56:29 (9)
67 Tom Corrigan 57:48
75 Hannah Newbold 59:19 (12)
2 Marc HARTLEY 17:43
5 James TINGLE 18:07 New PB
Having been knuckling down to get some fat off, I've avoided the pub runs a bit this year, but when I go they still remain my most enjoyable run and social of the week. What's not to like, run, beer and like minded folk who'd rather be out than sat at home watching Emmerdale. We had a few familiar unfamiliar faces at the run this week with the famous Craig, Ian Beresford and David Poole joining the regular pub run goers. It was good to see Bez as his build up to Weets starts to gather momentum at this time of year. His strava bagging is down right embarrassing. First and foremost, we must mention that 2 of our Runners were in Ron Hill Tracksters last night. They even had the infamous stirrups on the bottom of the leg. To mine and Screw's horror, the route choice had been delegated to race machine John 'satnav' Boothman. He warned me from the off saying not to blame him if we took a wrong turn. After a mile or so it soon became apparent that he was using an app on his phone to guide us through Dodgson's land. Some proper crappy running through bogs and sticky mud and we eventually came to a 2 mile stretch on the canal. Andy 'whipped man' Collins was off and instantly took 60 metres out of the following pack. It took me a mile to catch him. Then it was time to get changed and sample the delights of the Cross Keys. Whilst getting changed we realised four things, Jock had no shoes, Pooley was wearing what he had run in, Bez still dresses like a Polish refugee and the worst pair of shoes I have ever clapped eyes on were on our new recruit Baz's feet. We must've looked a right set of scrubbers. Mercilessly the barmaid/waitress/Jimmy's next bird ruined Poole. Pooley asked her where the toilets were and she responded that the "disabled toilets are shut so you'll have to use the normal ones I'm afraid!". That will teach him to stop being a scruffy Ron Hill Trackster wearer. Good craic once again and I still love the pub run although it is better when we know where we're going. Punch Bowl at Earby next week as we've kicked the Red Lion into touch due to its damp interior and poor quality ales. It's also one of the few pubs Wadsworth is allowed to frequent in the region due to his lambasting of Landlords.
During the race, Lorraine led Angela to the summit. Then the positions changed and approaching the finish Angela was in the lead. Seconds after this picture was taken, Lorraine moved alongside Angela trying to regain the lead, slipped in the mud and went down like a sack of potatoes.
Lorraine is unable to drive and is on crutches. She has ligament damage, but not sure of extent until the swelling goes down. Stitches out a week on Thursday.
Three Barlickers went over to Blackpool today and completed this half marathon in 50mph winds with 30ft waves crashing over the promenade, making the conditions interesting to say the least.
219 Emma Bailey 1:44:37 (20th lady)
311 Richard Starkie 1:49:02
633 Jackie Hodgson 2:05:19
A very muddy and a wet and windy day did not put off fifteen of our youngsters from having a a go at the junior races today. Although conditions were far from idea, there were some good performances from our new group of youngsters.
U12s
32 Elliott Phillips 9.29
49 Aaron Slater 10.11
53 Connor Fitzpatrick 10.31
67 Jenna Boothman 11.04
69 Oliver Whipp 11.12
75 Bobby Mason 12.35
U10s
13 Jack Latham 9.54
15 Harley Treitl 9.57
40 Logan McCredie 12.01
59 Clover Edwards 14.05
U8s
5 George Fitzpatrick 4.43
14 Grave Hindley 5.24
27 Chloe Boothman 6.47
37 Annabelle Hoyle 7.32
38 Isabelle Chew 7.44
12 Ian Livesey 17:52
23 Mark Holgate 18:31
24 James Tingle 18:43
30 Lee Edwards 19:08
98 John Boothman 21:49
111 Mark Lovesey 22:20
175 Hannah Newbold 24:39
202 Peter Wilkinson 25:42
The race was won by Tom Adams (again) in what were muddy, wet and very windy conditions.
11 Luke Maude 43:17
13 Tom Corrigan 44:23
15 Nick Treitl 44:36
21 Andy Berry 46:59
121Nick Kendall 57:19
127 Angela Donlan 58:06
133 Lorraine Slater 58:36
296 Heather Driver 79:44
299 Richard Treitl 81:46
Angela Donlan was first lady back and was followed over the line by a limping Lorraine Slater who had taken a fall and may have damaged ligaments.
18 Chris Smale 67:59 1st V50
Rachel Lowther was our only runner out at this race and had a great result finishing 1st LV40 and 5th lady on her comeback from injury.
67 Rachel Lowther 57:19
2 Marc HARTLEY 17:48
4 James TINGLE 18:28
78 Laura CRAIG 26:25 New PB
5 Andrew CHEW 19:06
7 David POOLE 19:48
36 Emma BAILEY 25:26
48 Arran BYRNE 26:18
56 Jenna BOOTHMAN 27:18
93 Hazel O'HARA 30:14
99 Lucille PICKLES 30:29
101 Gary BAILEY 30:44
105 Susan HIRD 30:54
109 Graham WADSWORTH 32:09
114 Tabitha BERRY 33:04
135 Gaynor MASON 37:54
136 Abigail WHIPP 39:16 New PB
137 Robert WHIPP 39:18
Two of our runners decided to take part in the Lancaster 10k races at the weekend. On Saturday, Julian Hood made the trip to Lancaster and finished 2nd in a time of 34.39 on a quickish flat course impeded by the wind. On Sunday Terry Lonergan made the same trip and finished 31st in 47.49.
1 James TINGLE 18:19
9 Annabel RALPH 19:16 New PB
A good turn out from the men saw some terrific performances with the men's team finishing first out of all the divisions. They were led home by Tom Corrigan who had a good strong run from start to finish. He finished in 8th place and but his team mates were not far behind him with four Barlickers finishing in the top twenty.
The ladies too put in some good performances with Jen Hird leading them home and as with the men, her team mates were not far behind her.
The influx of new junior members into the club is now making itself felt in this league with the U11 Boys finishing 3rd team. They can only get better as they gain more race experience.
All in all, a good day out for the club in what was a splendid setting by the sea in weather conditions that were very pleasant for the time of year.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
Men
8 Tom Corrigan 38:32
11 Marc Hartley 38:51
14 Luke Maude 39:18
15 Nick Treitl 39:21
24 Lee Parrington 40:06
31 Shaun Chew 40:49
34 Andy Berry 41:05
41 Mark Holdate 41:52
47 James Tingle 42:21
58 Ian Cocks 42:58
79 Chris Smale 44:22
83 Stephen Chew 44:40
94 Gary Bradley 45:31
96 Des Walkden 45:32
105 Pete Beresford 45:55
146 Dave Halliday 49:05
154 John Boothman 49:53
197 Scott Boardman 53:39
207 Richard Starkie 55:49
Ladies
14 Jennifer Hird 27:37
16 Lorraine Slater 27:45
21 Leanne Dinsdale 28:38
28 Paula Cullen 29:48
65 Hannah Newbold 33:11
U13 Boys
21 Aaron Slater 12:10
U13 Girls
29 Tegan Judson 10:27
U11 Boys - 4th Team
7 Elliot Phillips 7:15
28 Harley Treitl 8:13
32 Connor Fitzpatrick 8:21
35 Jack Latham 8:30
38 Elliot Halliday 8:49
42 Logan McCredie 9:12
44 Oliver Whipp 9:17
U11 Girls
26 Jenna Boothman 8:47
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.