This is a nice little 7.5 mile race over the tops from Wycoller to Haworth.  Angela Donlan continued her good form to finish 1st FV40 and the race saw the debut of Eve Boothman as a fell runner.  The fourteen Barlickers who turned out, finished as follows:

11 David Poole 59:04
15 Carl Pawson 1:01:28
17 Lee Edwards 1:02:35
20 Andrew Collins 1:03:17
32 Andrew Driver 1:05:16
35 Rob Hodgkinson 1:05:43
47 Nicolas Kendall 1:08:45
51 John Boothman 1:09:25
61 Pete Jackson 1:10:50
64 Angela Donlan 1:11:22 (1st FV40)
65 Chris Smedley 1:11:23
86 Dave Halliday 1:14:11
132 Bob Jackson 1:24:25
147 Eve Boothman 1:29:04

192 finishers

There was a great atmosphere in the lovely setting of Cuerden Park as everyone set off to compete over what the purists would say was a proper cross country course.  It had everything.  Water, bogs, hills and streams, with some runnable bits in between.  There were lots of Barlick vests on display with nearly as many juniors out as seniors.  Most of our juniors are new to running and new to racing, yet they proved formidable opponents with our U11 boys running out first team.

Our women too are also now looking like formidable opposition , with Sarah Tipler finishing 4th overall and with her two team mates, Jen Hird & Rachel Villers,  also finishing in the top twenty, it was enough to secure them 1st place. Our ladies B team finished 12th out of 32 teams and our women's vet 35 team also secured first place.  

What a challenge for the men to emulate.  Tom Corrigan looked like that he meant business and from the start, he was in the leading bunch of runners. Further down the field, his team mates were battling with each other.  Before the race, Livers moaned about not running on tarmac, but in the race, it didn't look a problem and Jimmy Craig had all on to force him into finishing 3rd Barlicker.  Marc Hartley and Luke Maude were also having a ding dong battle with Marc just edging it at the finish.  The result of all this inter team rivalry was that the others did not stand a chance and we had five finishers in the top twenty which was once more enough to secure first place.  

So, a good day for the club with four first team places.

Men
4 Tom Corrigan 33:16
12 Jimmy Craig 34:24
13 Ian Livesey 34:35
19 Marc Hartley 35:42
20 Luke Maude 35:44
30?  Nick Treitl 36:39 ??
39 Andrew Chew 37:41
49 Virgil Barton 38:26
59 Carl Pawson 39:05
120 Tim Piggott 42:42
151 Gary Bradley 4:13
160 Scott Boardman 45:15
214 David Cockell 48:03
1st team
16th Barlick B team

Women
4 Sarah Tipler 20:24
13 Jennifer Hird 22:28
16 Rachel Villiers 22:45
23 Leanne Dinsdale 23:28
47 Rachel Lowther 25:06
48 Laura Craig 25:15
76 Karen Naylor 26:51
128 Nicola Muller 31:21
1st Senior Team
1st WV35 team
12th Barlick  B team

U11 Girls
36 Lucille Pickles 8:24
39 Chloe Boothman 8:38
44 Clover Edwards 8:44
50 Annabelle Hoyle 8:58
53 Charlotte Porter 9:24
7th team

U11 Boys
3 Jacob Reeday 6:23
6 Jayden Whitelock 6:38
9 Harley Treitl 6:47
14 Jack Latham 6:59
21 Arran Byrne 7:16
30 George Fitzpatrick 7:44
1st team

U13 Girls
24 Jenna Boothman 12:47
25 Emily Shuttleworth 12:50
33 Teigan Judson 13:19
7th team

U13 Boys
10 Jack Villiers 13:52
33 Oliver Hartley 15:21
42 Connor Fitzpatrick 16:24
6th team

U15 Boys
15 Daniel Chew 14:48

Tom Adams of Ilkley was the comfortable winner of this race in 27:29

79 Richard Treitl 50:12

99 ran.

12 Paul Elcock 21:30
132 Susan Hird 30:16

41 Emma Bailey 22:25 New PB
184 Graham Wadsworth 30:11
208 Gary Bailey 31:46

The dark nights have started and so have the winter pub runs. Plenty of fun, especially when Pete Jackson is in charge of the route choice. This week, it was Widdop and the Pack Horse. It's a cracking little pub, situated on the moors between Lancashire and Yorkshire. It sounds far away but going up Lenches and through Thursden valley, it only takes about 25 minutes to get there from the capital of the North (Barnoldswick). Once we got there, it was time to don the head torches and head out into the unknown. The race route would've been a little long for our social jaunt so Pete had been and reccied a route over the weekend and said those words we all dread to hear him utter- "Don't worry lads, I know the way!". So off we went minus the Gaffer(fat cankle Jock). We hopped over a stile into the first field and Pete got us lost. We scurried about looking for the elusive exit from the first field and eventually stumbled across it. At this point I was dreading the rest of our night time excursion into the unknown but to be fair, it was the only time we went wrong. It had a bit of everything in it, a forest, a reservoir, rock, bog, mud, stone slabs, ups, downs and lots of leaves as Pete pointed out through the forest. With the pub being at the top of the world there was a little sting in the tail with a three quarter mile climb back up to the drinking hole. The run was pleasant and the beer was top notch. Satnav even ordered a black pudding stacker and then had the audacity to ask for a poached egg with it. The chef told him where to go in no uncertain terms much to our amusement. A good night and next week is the more local Punch Bowl in Earby so hoping to see even more people enjoying the unique banter the pub run brings.