Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner won the pairs race last year and were keen to emulate their success again. But, after 6 miles, Jon twisted his ankle and they fell back a little, However, after another couple of miles, it numbed off and they fought their way back up the field, knocking 5 minutes off their last year's finishing time and easily running out race winners. In the euphoria of their win, they vowed to return next year and try to not only make it a hat trick, but to try and do it in a sub 3:30 time.
Jon is now going to let his ankle recover for a couple of days and then start tapering for the bog one in three weeks time
In the singles race, Craig Storozuk finished in 12th place.
Pairs
1 Jon Cleaver & Luke Turner 3:36:11
15 Michael Alexander & Bob Jackson 6:06:50
Singles
12 Craig Storozuk 3:54:06
13 Stephen Shorrock 3:54:12
146 James Crook 4:29:15
Half
539 Lucy Brown 2:23:33
Victoria Peel had an amazing performance, improving on her last year's time by 15 minutes, and coming home 3rd woman overall. Not only that, but she was also first U23 woman.
Barlick were also the third team behind Lochaber and Wharfedale.
9 Luke Maude 1:48:28
16 David Poole 1:51:38
21 Andy Collins 1:55:34
42 Nick Treitl 1:59:36
50 Tim Chadwick 2:01:22
105 Zac Kaye 2:13:16
119 Victoria Peel 2:15:53
131 Karl Robb 2:17:21
253 Andrew Smith 2:36:11
309 Jennifier Hird 2:45:56
395 Hannah Newbold 3:04:04
407 Jacqueline Collins 3:09:43
John Boothman is a pretty consistent runner. He finished this race in exactly the same time, to the second, as he did two years ago.
1254 John Boothman 1:37:28
2316 Paul Elcock 1:38:49
33013 Colette Ward 2:24:50
11 Emma Bailey 21:37
21 Will Pease 20:51 New PB
23 David Pease 20:58 New PB
32 Lucille Pickles 21:30
33 Jack Villiers 21:30
3 Jimmy Craig 17:11
13 Scott McCredie 20:01
25 David Pease 22:18
4 Jimmy Craig 15:19
14 Scott McCredie 17:28
25 Andy Smith 19:39
26 David Pease 19:44
42 Shane Muller 20:49
72 Tony Duffy 25:44
83 Kirstain Clayton 34:10
A good performance by Emma Pease saw her finish first F40 in this Innovate mid week series.
4 Jonathan Cleaver 35:32
13 Ian Cocks 39:59
20 David Pease 42:47
26 Amdrew Smith 43:54
58 Emma Pease 50:02 (1st F40)
Just two Barlickers out at this race, which is a tough one, but has a good route. John Boothman managed to go astray and it seems that in true fell running style, so did plenty of others.
19 Craig Storozuk 2:55:57
24 John Boothman 3:12:57
The title is short for the Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix race and it covers 101 km with 6,100 meters of ascent. Converting this to English money, it is just over 60 miles in length with over 20,000 feet of ascent - a daunting challenge for anyone. A lot did not make it. 2132 started and over 550 dropped out, with 1578 finishers.
There was no dropping out for Gary Bradley. His race went well and he finished in 466th place in 19hrs, 43mins which was inside his target time of under 20 hrs. Quite an achievement.
A race report from Gary follows
This race is an undulating 20 mile race, with 1000 ft of ascent, mainly on country lanes. There are a couple of climbs in it which are challenging, but they are not too long, which makes this race excellent preparation for a marathon.
When taking part in this race, both Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner had their sights set firmly on the Berlin Marathon in four week's time. Next week, they are hoping to retain the Yorkshireman Pairs Title before they begin tapering.
3 Jon Cleaver 1:55:40
23 Luke Turner 2:16:19
7 Zac Kaye 20:43
20 Lucy Beresford 24:31 New PB
21 Hannah Newbold 24:33 New PB
2 Ian Beresford 17:46
9 Barrie Charnley 18:58
163 Marie Beech 28:12
It was a remarkable win in the ladies race by Emma Hopkinson of Wharfedale, as it was only at the weekend that she completed the Bob Graham Round. Second in the men's race was Joe Hudson of Keighley & Craven. He is the son of Rob Hudson who, in his day, dominated the BOFRA races. It is interesting too to see that his other son, Louis Hudson, won the U17 race. It looks as though fell running is in the Hudson blood.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
8 Luke Maude 9:02
24 Tim Chadwick 10:11
37 Victoria Peel 11:33 (5th lady)
46 John Boothman 12:01
52 Andrew Smith 12:25
91 Craig Child 15:31
23 David Poole 40:25
30 Alex Mason 41:26 (2nd U18)
50 Barrie Charnley 45:27
24 David Pease 22:15
36 Shane Muller 23:39
57 Tony Duffy 27:51
59 Emma Pease 28:31
70 Nicola Muller 31:30
13 Karl Robb 23:15
22 David Pease 25:38
No point going all the way to Burnsall just to do one race, so for his second race of the day:
73 John Boothman 24:12
Another cracking run by Jonathan Cleaver saw him come home in 2nd place behind Jack Cummings of Ilkley.
2 Jon Cleaver 58:03
11 Nick Treitl 1:06:25
44 Shane Muller 1:17:13
56 John Boothman 1:20:32
57 Derek Walkden 1:20:41
91 Cloey Mason 1:28:52
131 Nicola Muller 1:40:50
8 Ian Cocks 19:25
This was the final race in the brilliant mid-week series put on by Rossendale Harriers. As with the other races, plenty of Barlickers turned out with plenty of good performances too, although Jimmy Craig & Andy Collins did not get off to the best of starts, by going the wrong way early in the race. Both did well to recover, but the mistake probably cost them both a place.
These races seem to attract some good runners and this one was no exception. Nick Leigh from Horwich RMI looked very good at the front of the field, but then so did Rob James from Royton Road Runners and Joe Mercer, Nick Leigh's team mate.
In 4th place was Jimmy Craig who did well, after the cock up at the start of the race, to get within striking distance of 3rd place. Then all the Barlickers started coming home in quick succession, Andy Collins, Jon Cleaver and David Poole, filling four out of the top ten places. Carl Pawson continued his recent good form to make it into the top twenty, but surprisingly did not manage to secure the 1st M45 place. The honours for age related places went to Andrew Smith (M55) and Pete Jackson (M60). After never winning a prize, Andrew has got one two weeks running. Of course, the number of Barlikers in the top ten meant that the club once more came away with the men's team prize.
In the ladies' race, the honours fell to the cheerful, but determined Annie Roberts of Todmorden Harriers and she was followed home by Jackie Collins. Surprisingly, Lorraine Slater was down in 6th place and although Lorraine is always at the peak of physical fitness, she admitted afterwards that on the night, her head was not in the right place on the night. Hannah Newbold made up the Barlick team and together secured the ladies' team prize. Not only that, but Jackie Collins also came away as the series winner. Once more, it was a night when Barlick came away with more than their share of prizes and it was a good conclusion to this mid-week series.
This is well organised series and full marks should go to Rossendale for hosting these races.
4 Jimmy Craig 40:30
6 Andy Collins 41;13
7 Jon Cleaver 41:31
10 David Poole 41:57
19 Carl Pawson 43:02
29 Barrie Charnley 45:35
52 Zac Kaye 48:24
55 Andrew Smith 48:58 (1st M55)
61 Jacqueline Collins 49:32 (2nd lady)
74 Lorraine Slater 50:53 (1st W45)
76 Pete Jackson 50:58 (1st M60)
80 John Boothman 51:20
135 Hannah Newbold 59:26 (1st W23)
140 Gavin Spencer 1:00:24
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.