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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Whilst one group of Barlickers were taking part in the Gathering Winter Fools Relay, another were at Hyndburn for the next race in this series and it was nice to see Fiona Raby sporting a Barlick vest as our first lady representative in this series.   It was probably the hardest race of the series so far and she finished in 50th position out of a field of 121, with a time of 32:13. The positions and times of our men were as follows:

37 Nick Treitl 41:21
69 Rob Weir 43:45
110 Andy Carson 46:31
119 Stuart Bryan 47:18
125 Dan Taylor 47:30
147 Des Walkden 49:15
162 Scott Basistow 51:04
174 Michael Thistlethwaite 52:05
181 James Fent 52:37

John Boothman enjoyed this race so much last year that he returned to give it another go.  Last year's snow gave way to high winds which made the ascent very tough, but propelled everyone back down again at a high speed.

Some confusion with the route saw first past the post Rhys Findlay-Robinson of Dark Peak forfeit the win, which was awarded to Danny Hope.  John finished in 75th position in a time of 56:55.

Men's Team - 2nd

Ladies Team - 3rd


There were two great team performances today.  For the men, Gary Shaw and Matt Lalor set off well and on their leg trailed just behind the Bingley A team, a position they maintained until the end, finishing in front of the Wharfedale team, who were third.  They then handed over to Julian Hood and Stephen Chew who had closed down the gap with Bingley by the time they got to the 'Murder Mile'.  At that stage, there was no sign of Wharfedale and Bingley B team had moved into 3rd place.  The runners disappeared out of sight as they went across the moors, but when they reappeared, approaching the Keighley Gate Road, they had opened up a huge gap on Bingley and they handed over a three minute lead to third leg team, Andy Berry and Lucas Payne.  They set off with much determination and maintained this lead to give a two minute lead to the final runners Shaun Chew & Sam Wadsworth.  In the course of this leg, Bingley regained the lead and went on to win the race with a 2 minute lead, which, after the excitement of our strong lead in the middle of the race, was a little disappointing, but on reflection, it was a tremendous achievement for the club, that after only one year in existence, it  could push a top club like Bingley so closely.

At the start of the race, there was also much excitement that we were able to field a ladies team and with so many of the team new to running, we were hoping that they would get round and finish in a reasonable position.  Well the ladies did the club proud.  Rachel Lowther and Linda Bostock took the first leg and handed over to Sarah Tipler and Helen Glover.  They ran a tremendous leg, pushing the ladies team into third place.  They handed over to Sarah Jarvis and Lucy Beresford who had a good run to hold on to this lead to hand over to final leg runners Emma Bailey and Helen Stead.  They ran their hearts out and Helen was absolutely exhausted at the end, but they had done it - they had held on to 3rd place.  This was an amazing performance from our girls and augurs well for development for our ladies group in the future.

The top places were:

Men

1 Bingley 'A' 3:23:11
2 Barlick 3:25:17
3 Bingley 'B' 3:37:28

Women

10 Wharfedale 4:18:14
11 Bingley 4:20:55
16 Barlick 5:00:27

Wednesday, 11 December 2013 15:44

Club Vests

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If you are wanting a club vest, these are available from the Club Chairman, Shaun Chew.  The cost is £20 for adults and £16.70 for juniors.  Please do not leave ordering your vest until the last minute, as they sometimes need to be ordered.

There were lots of Barlickers out around the town helping to marshal this race, but a few did actually take part.  The race attracted 300 entrants of all types, from out and out runners, to joggers and walkers.  Young children took part as did those whose youth was more than a few years ago and they all came together to support this cause.

Out in front, it looked serious.  Barlick member Andy Carson took an early lead, but a young runner, George Graham-Roe, stuck with him.  Coming back up the hill into the town from Salterforth, Andrew was still going at a fair pace, but this young runner went past him, leaving Andrew thinking that he had a real challenge on his hands.  However, the fast start and the fast climb up the hill seemed to take it out of this plucky young runner and Andrew regained the lead, never to relinquish it again.  In the meantime, Luke Wallwork was lying in 3rd place watching this battle taking place before him.  As this young runner started to flag, he closed in on him, moving into 2nd place which he retained until the end, resulting in a Barlick one-two.

In the ladies group Linda Bostock was going well and she finished first lady.

Once the serious runners were out of the way, it was the turn of the fun runners and the walkers and there was a party atmosphere about the event.  It was good to see young Barlickers, Tabitha Berry and Jenna Boothman in this group. 

The race finished in the town square where there was live music and everyone was milling around recounting their experiences of the day.

The event was extremely well organised and hopefully has raised some money for this excellent charity.

Des Walkden and Stuart Bryan entered this 7k Trail Run / 20k Mountain Bike Ride  / 6k Trail Run that is the Kielder Duathonlon.  This was the first duathlon for Stuart Bryan.  The conditions were much more favourable than the sleet and snow that greeted competitors last year.

Des Walkden finished 36th in 2.31.20, managing to knock 19 mins off last year's time.
 
Stuart Bryan finished 78th in 2.49.20. Stuart was flying and breaking various strava hill climb records, but unfortunately was set back by a puncture. It was Stuart's first off-road duathlon and apart from the puncture, he thoroughly enjoyed the event.  On the other hand, he also learnt what it is like to get "jelly legs".
 
Both are looking forward to the next race in the series at Grizedale.
 
Total 148 solo finishers.

Monday 2 December was the first AGM of the club and it was good to review the progress of the club and look at future plans going forward.

Since the club came into being 12 months ago, it has grown beyond all expectations and now has 97 members, made up of seniors, juniors and none running members.  As the year progressed, we have attracted more women members and is a trend we would like to see continue.

In the course of the year, we have acquired a lot of essential equipment, flags for races, a marquee, a gazebo, a print out timer and countless other bits and bobs that are the essential paraphernalia of a running club.

We have done this on the back of a membership fee of £5.00 and, as the treasurer Glenn Whittaker reported, we still have a bank balance of over £1,700.

In the course of the year, we hosted an FRA championship race and next year, we will be hosting a total of five races.  

Although we were formed as a fell running club, we have attracted runners from all disciplines and we have a team in the Mid-Lancs Cross Country League.  We have also attracted road runners.

Runners participating in Cross Country or Road Races have to be registered with English Athletics and in the current year, such runners have paid the registration fee of £10 themselves.  We wish to retain the membership fee at a level of £5, as we do not want the level of fees to be a deterrent to someone joining a club.  However, in the coming year, for members who need to be registered with E.A., they can either continue to pay the fee themselves or the club will pay it for them, PROVIDED that they help out in one of the club races.  In this way, we hope that it will encourage members to become involved with the running of the club.

To reflect the differing interests in the club and also the differing abilities of members, next year the club championship will not just be restricted to fell races, but will include road races, cross country races and park runs.

The existing committee and officers were re-elected unopposed.

The full minutes of the meeting will be posted on the membership page once Stephen Chew has had a chance to get them together.

This race takes place in the scenic area of Bilsborough near Preston.

We had one runner in the race and he finished as follows:

69 John Boothman  MV50  1:09:29

345 finishers

In the autumnal conditions, getting a PB gets harder, but despite that, there were two new PBs this week.

4 Lucas PAYNE 19:48
14 John BOOTHMAN 22:00
58 James STEAD 30:16 New PB
59 Helen STEAD 30:20 New PB

Barlick Fell Runners hosted their first ever Owl event.  This is not a race as it is run off road in the dark, but is effectively a timed training event.  For a bit of fun, participants can guess their time for a bottle of wine.

Steve Chew was not going to run this event, but decided to enter on the nigh and finished a remarkable five and a half minutes in front of Steve Brock Craig who was second home.

Lloyd Davies might be a junior runner, but he is not frightened of mixing it with the seniors and he finished seventh overall. 

First lady home was the FRA female V50 champion, Gill Myers.

Finishing Times

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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.