17 Lorna HARGREAVES 24:32
1 Mark HARTLEY 17:22
36 Craig CHILD 24:10 New PB
1 Stephen Chew 27:45
7 Jonathan Boothman 31:34
9 Dave Halliday 32:12
2 Ian Livesey 1:14:46 PB
5 Julian Hood 1:15:48
This is the third year in a row that John Boothman has entered this race and he was the only Barlicker there. The race was won by Ted Mason and John trotted round to finish 52nd out of 83. As usual there were plenty of prizes including a holiday and as always there was a good craic in the Fat Lamb afterwards.
77 Jonathan Boothman 57:17
175 Bob Jackson 68:05
This run turned into a dual between Lucas Payne and Lee Athersmith. They pulled away from the other 96 competitors during the first lap with Lee making a couple of attempts to distance Lucas, but he underestimated the tenacity of the old fella, who dug in even harder and did the business on the final lap.
1 Lucas PAYNE 18:45
71 Jenna BOOTHMAN 30:07
72 John BOOTHMAN 30:08
92 Chloe BOOTHMAN 37:16 (Age 6)
93 Angela BOOTHMAN 37:17
26 Andrew CHEW 21:32
67 Daniel CHEW 24:30
69 Craig CHILD 24:51
After the first race in this season's league, Barlick A are leading division three, Barlick B are leading division four and the ladies are in third place in division four. To cap all that off, our MV40 team is also leading division three.
Six Barlickers set off from Wycoller to Haworth on the Bronte Way - a race which was won by Wharfedale's Jack Smith, with two Barlickers in the top ten. As usual, this race had a social ending with free beer, soup and a roll.
7 Andrew Driver 1:00 59
8 Charlie Murgatroyd 1:01:35
30 Rob Hodgkinson 1:06:28
31 Chris Smedley 1:06:38
39 Dave Halliday 1:08:15
49 John Boothman 1:09:31
Three Barlickers ran in this race on a course which started with a very fast first half. The second half was much harder - uphill and into a strong wind.
19 Andy Berry 38:46
52 Sarah Tipler 43:29
89 Richard Starkie 46:12
337 finishers
First competitive race for a while for Stephen Chew. After running round into what felt like gale force winds, he finished in 3rd place in a time of 34:39.
It was an amazing start to the cross country season with a record number of Barlickers turning out to represent their club and this included a ladies team.
Having gained promotion last year the men's A team have started the season in Division 3 and the ladies in Division 4.
A great run from Sarah Tipler saw her finish in 4th place overall and great supporting runs from Jennifer Hird and Rachel Lowther saw them finish 14th team overall, which must put them in contention for top places in their division.
As for the men, there were Barlick shirts all the way through the field, with five runners, led by Jimmy Craig, finishing in the top twenty. Along with Chris Smale who finished in 32nd position, this made Barlick the first team overall out of all divisions, with the B team finishing 9th overall. The vet's team were 7th overall.
This was indeed a very good start to the season.
Finishing positions
4 Sarah Tipler 24:32
52 Jennifer Hird 29:03
72 Rachel Lowther 30:03
7 Jimmy Craig 36:27
9 Chris Singleton 36:41
11 Nick Treitl 37:03
15 Marc Hartley 37:28
18 Shaun Chew 37:37
32 Chris Smale 38:57
38 Tom Corrigan 39:24
43 Ian Livesey 39:45
50 Lucas Payne 40:18
86 Andy Berry 42:43
115 Derek Walker 44:05
117 Andrew Chew 44:20
165 Dave Halliday 46:55
189 Lee Edwards 47:48
196 Michael Thistlethwaite 48:15
199 James Fent 48:21
238 Bob Jackson 52:55
267 James Stead 57:17
276 Robert Whipp 59:31
289 Richard Treitl 1:02:49
Team Results
Ladies
14 Barlick
Men
1 Barlick A
9 Barlick B
Men V40
7 Barlick A
28 Barlick B
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.