Membership fees

Despite the name, the club participates in all disciplines of running, fell, cross country and road and welcomes applications from runners of all abilities to join us. If you are not sure if the club is for you, why not come to one of our training sessions or one of our regular pub runs. You will be under no obligation to join, but you will get a feel for the club and a better idea if the club is for you. You can merely turn up to a training session unannounced, but it would be better if you contacted our club secretary first (details on the contacts page) and let him know that you will be coming and he will make sure that whoever is leading the group will look out for you. If you are an absolute beginner to running, you too are most welcome to join us in one of our sessions, but please contact our secretary first and he will make sure that you will have a programme with which you are comfortable. Membership fees for the club are as follows:
  • Seniors
  • For members over the age of 18
  • £10/year
  • For runners of all abilities over the age of 18
  • For runners participating in all disciplines of running, fell, cross country and road running
  • Regular training and coaching sessions provided
  • Apply
  • Juniors
  • For members under the age of 18
  • FREE
  • For runners of all abilities under the age of 18.
  • Regular (weekly) training sessions led by experienced runners/coaches
  • Advice about how to train properly so juniors can develop as athletes
  • Apply
  • Non-runners
  • For non-running members
  • £5/year
  • For supporters of the club and club members
  • Support the club and all the senior and junior runners
  • Apply
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It was ideal conditions for this navigation evening as 35 competitors, including a junior, set off to challenge their navigation skills against the dark and the clock, with some running solo and others as teams.

The penalty points for taking more than the allotted hour are quite harsh and most of the runners with previous experience of this event made sure that they were back with time to spare.

It was close between the top five finishers, but once more Mark Nutter showed his mastery of this event and his intimate knowledge of the area to finish first solo runner and overall winner.  This saw him once more add his name to the Badger Trophy as first runner from Clayton.

Close behind Mark was the Chew brothers team who finished second overall and first team winners.  They were chased hard by Sam Wadsworth & Andrew Driver, who finished in joint third position, along with the redoubtable Neil Hardiman, another Claytoner renown for his night time navigational skills and knowledge of the local area.  As if to emphasise that this is Clayton territory, Ralph Baines was the third solo finisher and his club mates Andy Firth & Peter Dugdale were third team.

First solo lady was Jean Brown, who took her young son Christopher with her. 

The harshness of the time penalty points was brought home by the fact that the last four runners and teams ended in negative point territory.  There was a prize of the "Richard Briscoe Wooden Spoon" for the runner or team with the least points.  Richard tried hard to win the spoon bearing his name by losing a battery out of his head torch and returning in the dark, but Chris Barnes was having such an enjoyable time trying to find the check points that he overlooked the price he would pay for being back late and it was he who returned home with his dubious prize.

Full Results

 

The results are now out for this meeting and make good reading for those who made the long journey to Barrow.  The men's team were second overall out of all four divisions and have once more secured maximum points towards the target of the division three championship.

The ladies' team were 10th overall and secured maximum points in the third division and they are now leading their table.

Individual Results - Ladies

3 Sarah Tipler 20:22
41 Jennifer Hird 24:39
64 Leanne Dinsdale 27:05

Individual Results - Men

7 Stephen Chew 31:16
11 Chris Singleton 31:33
13 Marc Hartley 31:55
31 Ian Livesey 33:16
32 Chris Smale 33:38
50 Dan Taylor 35:25
60 Andrew Carson 35:5
128 Stuart Bryan 40:43
190 Robert Whipp 49:57

 

Two quick times in a top quality race:

133 Matt Lalor 32:33
183 Julian Hood 33:16

Three club members went up to Whinlatter to do an off road Duathlon.  David Poole and Charlie Murgytroyd competed as a relay pair with Charlie running (Dave is struggling to run at the moment). They came 7th out of 27 relay pairs. They had a laugh all day, the highlight being when David came back from his ride to find Charlie was missing. After shouting his name, he found him in the back of the car with his feet up.  Luckily he ran well and redeemed himself. 
Lee Edwards also raced but he was solo. It is is tough solo course and Lee did himself and the club proud finishing 42nd out of 177 with a time of 2:25:55. The course is 6.5k run/18k mountain bike/5.5k run.
 
7 David Poole / Charlie Murgatroyd 2:07:43
 
42 Lee Edwards 2:25:55

147 Richard Starkie 1:11:50

This year, the event was won by cyclist Rob Jebb who set a new course record of 35:43.  First lady was a harrier, Victoria Wilkinson, who also set a new course record of 40:07.

45 David Poole 45:14

We had both ladies and men's teams out at Barrow, and as at Hyndburn, both put in great performances. 

Sarah Tipler finished in 3rd place overall and should have been second, but took a wrong route.  She was supported by Jen Hird and Leanne Dinsdale and hopes are high for a third division first place.

In the men's race, the Barlickers were led home by Stephen Chew in 6th place overall, followed by Chris Singleton, Marc Hartley and Ian Livesey.  It is difficult to judge where the team came overall, but they should have secured maximum points in division three.

Further details follow shortly.

A good turnout of Barlickers at this event, but sadly no details of finishing positions.  The only news so far is that Luke Maude led the Barlickers home.

10 Luke Maude
Lorraine Slater 3rd V45. New PB by 17 minutes.

2 Lucas PAYNE 18:21
72 Jenna BOOTHMAN 31:27

12 Lorna HARGREAVES 24:50
18 Emma BAILEY 27:24

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The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.