42 Andy Berry 32:29
155 Hannah Newbold 43:41
305 Ian Livesey 2:39:42
This is a very much of an up and a down race with much of the climbing not long after the start.. The hard training regime undertaken by Rachel Villiers is paying off and once more she won the ladies race. Scott Boardman had a good race to lead the Barlickers home and finish in 11th place and the ever improving Paul Elcock was not far behind those two to finish in 16th place.
11 Scott Boardman 41:48
14 Rachel Villiers 42:00 (1st Lady)
16 Paul Elcock 42:57
146 finishers.
Failure to get sufficient numbers out in enough races has meant that we have not been in contention as teams in many of the age groups. Once more, our U11 boys have done well by winning bronze medals, but they were our only team finishers. There were some good individual performances, notably Harley Treitl finishing 10th in the U11 boys and Jack Villiers who was 10th in the U13 boys.
For most of the first year of the club, we had only one lady member, so our women have been a little behind our men in team events. However, as our female membership has increased, they have grown into a wonderful supportive group and this is now paying off in team events such as this league. Last year, our women gained promotion from the lowly third division and by turning out and working together, this year, they became division two champions. Not only did they win their league, but they won it in style, by winning every race of the season. Following on from that, they were also champions in the V35 League. But it does not stop there. The women are working as a group and for most races, many numbers turned out. Cross country is nothing if it is not a team sport and this turning out in numbers and supporting each other has paid off, resulting in the ladies B team gaining promotion from Division Three to replace our A team there. It has certainly been a season to remember.
It was October 2013, in the first year of the club’s existence, that we joined this league in division four. In what has been a remarkable journey, we gained promotion every subsequent year to the next division, culminating this year in becoming the league champions. Not only did we win the league as a team, but the club also took the honours in the individual competition, with Tom Corrigan comfortably beating James Douglas from Border Harriers to become overall league champion. On reading this, anyone not knowing this league, might think that we had been up against a host of mediocre clubs. On the contrary, we were opposed by many top quality clubs in the Lancashire area (and beyond). The main differerence between us was that our top runners were prepared to turn out for each event and represent their club and that perhaps aptly demonstrates the spirit within the club.
53 Heather Mitchell 29:12
This was Andrew Collins' first time at Skipton and he had an exciting tussle with Lee Athersmith, just beating him to the line by one second and coming first in this run.
1 Andrew Collins 17:29
82 Susan Hird 28:14
Young Jack Villiers has certainly taken to racing, this being his third race in four days. The first three home was a repeat of last week, except that they all recorded faster times. It is good to see a couple of our new female runners out racing - these races are absolutely ideal for getting used to off road running.
33 Chris Smale 17:44
58 Jack Villiers 19:04
64 Sarah Tipler 19:13
107 Paul Elcock 20:48
120 John Boothman 21:20
169 Victoria Peel 23:04
172 Jenna Boothman 23:12
254 Anne-Marie Beech 28:08
Another good day out for the Villiers family with Jack & mum Rachel finishing 20th and 21st respectively. However, this also meant that Jack was first junior, beating fellow U14 Jude Baldard of Halifax to the line and and mum was first W35.
20 Jack Villiers 19:32 (1st U14, 1st U16)
22 Rachel Villiers 19:49 (1stW35)
219 finishers.
A good outing for Emma Bailey, who came home 1st lady and a PB despite the wet conditions and head winds in places. The race was well organised as usual and afterwards, along with all the other runners, she enjoyed a brew, a bacon sandwich and an Easter egg. Except unlike most of the the runners, she also came away with £50 prize money.
19 Emma Bailey 1:30:44 (1st Lady)
A good day out for the juniors who turned up for these races, with Bella McCredie 2nd U9, Jack VIliiers 2nd U15 and Logan McCredie 6th. Times follow.
17 Nick Treitl 19:54
38 Andy Berry 21:14
75 Scott McCredie 23:10
296 Richard Treitl 32:02
361 finishers
Barlick - 9th team
5 Sarah Tipler 20:51
17 Karen Brindle 22:38 New PB
28 Victoria Peel 24:20 New PB
48 Nicola Muller 28:00
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.