Well done to all the juniors who took part in the BOFRA Championships this year. There was some excellent running by all involved and in particular by Jacob Reeday who was the Under 11 Boys Champion and by Lucille Pickles who was the U11 Girls Champion.
U17 Boys
4 Jack Villiers
U14 Boys
9 Harley Treitl
U14 Girls
Ciara Duffy 7th
Amber Muller 9th
U12 Boys
1 Jacob Reeday League Champion
9 Logan McCredie
13 Will Pease
14 Garth Duffy
17 Alfie Muller
U12 Girls
1 Lucille Pickles League Champion
5 Jody Whitfield
7 Lily-Grace Clayton
17 Isabelle Teal
20 Annabelle Hoyle
U9 Boys & Girls
Oscar Clayton 15 Races
Isaac Reeday 15 Races
Bella McCredie 11 Races
1 Lucille Pickles Champion
U9
24 Oliver Teal 4:49
U11
4 Will Pease 7:33
10 Alfie Muller 8:20
22 Isabelle Teal 9:36 (9th girl)
23 Summer Fitzpatrick 9:40 (10th girl)
24 Zachary Beresford 9:59
U13
13 George Fitzpatrick 7:44
U15
5 Connor Fitzpatrick 7:15
12 Ciara Duffy 8:23 (6th girl)
15 Amber Muller 8:40 (9th girl)
45 David Pease 55:06
61 Shane Muller 57:33
83 Lucy Brown 1:02:03
123 Nicola Muller 1:11:16
U11 Boys
9 Will Pease 8:08
10 George Fitzpatrick 8:11
29 Alfie Muller 9:13
32 Harry Driver 9:16
59 Elliot Shckleton 10:36
5th team
U11 Girls
33 Isabel Teal 9:46
59 Summer Fitzpatrick 10:19
U13 Girls
3 Lucille Pickles 10:23
U15 Boys
20 Connor Fitzpatrick 14:25
U15 Girls
39 Ciara Duffy 16:26
45 Amber Muller 18:03
Men
15 Jonathan Cleaver 35:17
16 Gary Shaw 35:35 (3rd Vet)
17 Alex Mason 35:39 (first U20)
115 David Pease 43:40
188 Tony Duffy 51:26
Women
56 Heather Driver 25:03
73 Karen Lemon 26:40
There is a small but growing band of runners within the club who are getting the taste of serious fell running in the Lake District. This is one such race. It is 13 miles in length with 4,757 ft of ascent and is a tough challenge. Luckily, the weather was kind and a record number of starters set off (just short of 400). In view of the recent weather, the going underfoot was very slippery on the rocks and very boggy everywhere else. As a result, many runners spent quite a bit of time on their arses. Stuart Heaviside had a good run and posted a good time as well as leading the Barlickers home. Ben Hoye did not look too great before the start, but he came to as the race progressed and he also had a good run. John Boothman set off wearing an old worn pair of trainers, which were not ideal for the conditions underfoot and they did not help his race. In addition, John also suffered from "sheep syndrome" and after the bad step on Crinkle Crags, he followed a group of runners who led him on a longer excursion than he need have taken. This probably cost him about thirty places, but he still managed a quicker time than last year.
Special mention should be made of Helen Harrison. She made up her own mind to take on this race and whilst she has done long runs, they were probably not anything like the terrain of this race. However, she not only completed the course, but finished in good shape and looking cheerful.
69 Stuart Heaviside 2:42:18
93 Ben Hoyle 2:50:10
194 John Boothman 3:16:35
374 Helen Harrison 4:32:55
396 starters - 377 finishers.
40 Heather Mitchell 32:34
57 Daniel Van Essen 38:15
For the first time since the club was formed, we had a ladies team out in this race and they worked well as a team, they all put in a tremendous effort and came home with a very creditable 6th place.
Again, another good performance from the men, equalling last year's finishing position of tenth place and the third time that the club has made the top ten.
| Leg | Name | Time | Pos |
| 1 | Ian Beresford & Alex Mason | 41:22 | 10 |
| 2 | Andy Collins & David Mirfield | 1:14:42 | 10 |
| 3 | Jimmy Craig & David Poole | 56:58 | 10 |
| 4 | Nick Treitl & Luke Maude | 1:17:38 | 10 |
10th place. Overall Time 4:10:40
| Leg | Name | Time |
| 1 | Lucy Brown & Hannah Newbold | 54:37 |
| 2 | Emma Taylor & Molly Ralphson | 1:35:41 |
| 3 | Victoria Peel & Paula Cullen | 1:24:51 |
| 4 | Jackie Collins & Lorraine Slater | 1:51:05 |
6th Ladies Team 5:46:14
9 Des Walkden 20:01
1 Julian Hood 19:19
4 Tim Chadwick 18:17
17 Paul Elcock 22:01
51 Harry Roberts 30:07
9 James Austin 19:34
20 Will Pease 21:02
65 Emma Pease 23:57 New PB
Jonathan Cleaver has been in training for this race for some time and this paid off on Sunday when he came home in 300th position in a time of 2:34:51. Here is his report of the day:
Definitely up there as possibly my favourite world major with it being a flat fast course with masses of support on the roadside. The day started off well with clear blue skies, but as we started to race the clouds came over, with wind and light rain. I had a target in mind to pace at 05:43 min miles, but I made a bit of mistake trusting this to my GPS and found out by half way I was already 80 seconds adrift which is really hard to get back in the second half. I hit 20 miles at around 01:55 which had me in range for a 02:33, but my legs started to fade ever so slightly drifting me nearer to 06:00 miles for the final 10km landing me on 02:34:51 and 300th place overall in a field of over 44,000. That's a good couple of minutes knocked off my PB from Tokyo which I am delighted with. As always with the marathon - however many you have done - it takes you back to school and you learn about what to do and not to do next time! That's all 6 majors completed now starting back in 2011 in NYC finishing in 03:23.
A good performance from young Alex Mason saw get a top twenty finish and first MU20.
Men
16 Gary Shaw 34:58 (3rd V40)
19 Alex Mason 35:20 (1st U20)
83 Ben Whitehead 40:37
109 Andrew Smith 41:33
129 David Pease 43:06
188 Tony Duffy 49:11
13th Team
Women
38 Lucy Brown 31:39
53 Hayley Whitehead 32:19
76 Heather Driver 33:39
14th Team
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.