The winner was Steve Gregory in a time of 1:08:00.
15 Rob Weir 1:16:43
27 James Fent 1:21:28
121 finishers
Whilst most of the club was focussed on the events in the Calderdale Valley, John Boothman was in Leeds competing in yet another half marathon. He had a good result, finishing in 401st position out of 5,322 finisher.
401 John Boothman 1:35:48
Barlick take third place
Race Pictures from James Stead
Seventeen months after the club came into existence, Barlick Fell Runners Open Team took third place in this prestigious race. Everyone worked hard and there was a great team spirit in both teams, especially the mixed team, which contained many members who this time last year were not even running, let alone racing.
Calder Valley had set their stall out to go for this race and their team was packed with stars and internationals. They showed their intent right from the start and had built up a lead before they left the Clay House Park starting venue. At the end of the first leg, their lead was two minutes and they continued to add to this with each of the subsequent legs. It was an awesome performance.
The real race was happening behind them. Wharfedale got off to a good start and at the end of the first leg, they had a one and a half minute lead over Barlick. Our second leg pair of Julian Hood and Stephen Chew managed to shave eleven seconds off this lead, but in the third leg, Wharfedale once more pulled away. Both these teams were opening up the gap between themselves and Clayton who at this point in the race were lying fourth. Our fourth leg pair of Nick Treitl and Jimmy Craig reduced the lead once more, this time by over half a minute, but this still left a gap of four minutes between these two teams, who were both pulling away from the chasing pack. In leg five, Chris Barnes and Lucas Payne once more closed the gap, this time by a minute, leaving Barlick just two minutes and a half minutes behind Wharfedale. On the last leg, Shaun Chew and Sam Wadsworth felt that they were running well, but they had no sight of Wharfedale in front of them, nor of the chasing teams behind them and Wharfedale once more increased their lead. Behind them, in leg five Todmorden had managed to catch and pass Clayton and they started leg six with a slender lead. The last leg was nip and tuck between these two teams, with Todmorden just managing to hold on to fourth place.
From a Barlick perspective, this was a very satisfying result and a great David and Golliath performance against the long established clubs.
The times for the top teams were:
1 Calder Valley 5:57:12
2 Wharfedale 6:15:55
3 Barlick Fell Runners 6:22:06
4 Todmorden Harriers 6:32:09
5 Clayton-le-Moors 6:32:27
6 Rossendale 6:33:02
7 Calder Valley 'B' 6:40:57
8 Holmfirth Harriers 6:47:41
9 Sale Harriers 6:60:49
10 Rossendale Vets 6:58:11
43 Barlick Fell Runners Mixed Team 7:29:34.
90 finishing teams.
In total, there were 12 mixed teams in the competition. Barlick finished 6th out of these 12 teams.
43 Kathryn PAYNE 27:40 New PB
There was a battle at the front of this race between the Addison brothers with Tom running out the winner in front of Mark. Jimmy Craig of Barlick was third.
The ladies race was won by Sarah Tipler of Barlick who finished 15th overall. Second lady was Amy Green of Keighley & Craven and the third was Jenny Addison.
This a short (3.6 miles) out and back run to Pinhaw from the centrer of Lothersdale. It was won this year by Jack Smith of Wharfedale, who is returning to the form he displayed in 2011 when he last won this race.
Nick Treitl led the Barlicker home in 3rd place behind Darren Kay of Pudsey & Bramley with Andy Berry, not far behind in 6th place and Andrew Driver in 11th.
Barlick finishers:
3 Nick Treitl 25:25
6 Andy Berry 27:24
11 Andy Driver 28:34
33 Andy Hirst 31:30
34 John Noothman 32:07
In the junior races Harley Treitl finished 4th in the Under 8 race.
This race, organised by Stainland Lions, is a 10.3 mile multi terrain race through woodland, canal tow paths, trails and cobbled streets, with the occasional hill thrown in. Richard Starkie took part again this year finishing in 147th position (out of 452 finishers), with a time of 1:34:30 which is an improvement of 11 minutes on his time of last year.
The women are taking over the world. Katie Walshaw was not only the first lady, but she was also the overall race winner.
Sam Wadsworth had been partying the night before and went to this race merely to let his little girl run in the junior races. However, when she finished, she asked if he was running and he felt that he was not setting a good example by saying that he could not be bothered. Just to confirm that partying is not ideal race preparation, he had a shocker by his standards and finished in 30th place.
Full results are in the results section.
Great Win for Sarah Tipler
The first race of the Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix saw Jimmy Craig finish in third place with Sarah, beating Tara Krzywicki and Amy Green, who are both excellent runners, to win the ladies race. The overall race winner was Richard Burney of Liverpool Harriers. The Barlick runners finished as follows:
3 Jimmy Craig 39:37
18 Sarah Tipler 43:16 (1st Lady)
22 Andy Berry 43:48
66 Derek Walkden 48:52
82 John Boothman 50:11
182 Gary Parkinson 59:54
197 Jean Rawlinson 1:02:12
202 Lucy Beresford 1:03:01
203 Emma Bailey 1:03:10
221 James Stead 1:05:20
Under 8 Race:
17 Tabitha Berry 02:04 (4th F7 Girl)
9 John BOOTHMAN 21:07 New PB
38 Emma BAILEY 24:17 New PB
91 Jenna BOOTHMAN 32:04
94 Angela BOOTHMAN 32:40
Rachel Lowther Wins the Ladies Race
This year, the race was won by Charlie McIntosh of Pudsey & Bramley in a time of 2:20:37, whist Rachel took the ladies race, improving on her time last year by over 21 minutes.
In the first part of the race, there was nothing to choose between the first three runners, who drew away from the rest of the pack, but as the race developed, Stephen Chew did not adhere to his original navigational plan and as a result of this, the two lead runners pulled away from him and he found himself caught by the next two chasing runners. However, on the run in, he managed to out pace these two and secure third place.
In the ladies race, Rachel Lowther went off steadily and appeared to judge the pace of the race well managing to hold on to her lead and finish just in front of Kerrie Bretherton of Trawden.
The field was much reduced this year, suffering from the clash with the Championship Race at Coniston
Stephen Chew made a return to the fells in this race, coming home in third place. Ashley Holt from Rossendale was the race winner.
Barlick shirts are now starting to appear all over. There were three on the Island of Guernsey over the Easter weekend in this road race. They finished as follows:
20 Lucas Payne 36:30
120 Mark Newbould 48:24 PB
184 Kathryn Payne 56:45
1 Lucas PAYNE 17:54 New PB
4 Chris SMEDLEY 20:04
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.