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.
6 Pete BERESFORD 21:37
30 James STEAD 25:58 New PB
More Race Pictures from James Stead
Full Results - Posted at 15:55
The race was won this year by Jimmy Craig of Barlick in 21:44 ahead of Marc Hartley of Stoke AC.
First lady was Sarah Tipler of Barlick, who had a good run to finish in 24:37, just 3 seconds outside of the course record.
Barlick finishers:
1 Jimmy Craig 21:44
10 Andy Berry 24:21
15 Sarah Tipler 24:37
30 David Poole 25:41
35 Stuart Bryan 26:35
40 Derek Walkden 27:00
41 Richard Lowther 27:01
54 Rob Hodgkinson 27:50
56 John Boothman 28:01
57 Glenn Whittaker 28:29
58 Andrew Chew 28:38
84 Rachel Lowther 30:55
87 Richard Starkie 31:13
93 Andrew Carson 31:45
101 Jean Rawliinson 32:36
102 Emma Bailey 32:47
106 Lucy Beresford 33:33
107 Richard Treitl 33:36
127 Charlotte Treitl 40:35
17 Julian Hood 47:54
Matt Lalor Race Winner
Matt Lalor stormed home in first place at this race, beating Simon Bruton of Salford.
1 Matt Lalor 40:51
Two Barlickers entered this race. John Boothman finished it in 3:22:42 which was a new PB for him by 6 minutes.
Michael Alexander was our other runner. His target was under 4 hours and he cut it a bit fine, finishing in 3:59:01.
The race was won by Colin Bishop in 22:20.
Richard Treitl took part in the race - his first since he injured his calf muscle in the Pinhaw Race. However, his leg held up well and he finished in 51st position in a time of 34:41.
There were 71 starters.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.