Mick Plummer and Nick Treitl fancied a go in this one. It is the usual mountain marathon format, that is, you have to collect points by visiting various check points which have varying values depending on difficulty in reaching or locating.
They came 122nd out of 169 and by their own admission, they are very much on a learning curve with this type of event. But they enjoyed it and they look forward to taking part in similar events next year.
The race was won by Tom Adams of Ilkley and was closely followed home by Rob Hope of Pudsey & Bramley and Sam Tosh of Rossendale.
Shaun Chew had the honour of being the first person to run for the club and he came home in 15th place in a time of 36:03.
Jimmy Craig finished 2nd in this race to Allan Bush (Norman's son). There are no times for this race. This is a traditional Dales fell race and it used to be common for such races to be held without timing them. This is probably one of the few left that still do this. The positions for the Barlickers were:
2 Jimmy Craig
5 Shaun Chew
14 Michael Thistlethwaite
An awesome performance from Matt Lalor saw him set a new course record and win this race in 1:11:19, beating second place by 6 minutes.
5 Sam Gibbs 21:14
3 Julian Hood 57:50
17 Andy Berry 1:03:50
50 Des Walkden 1:11:15
In this race, Ted Mason is running in his own backyard and every year, he likes to show any offcumdens who dominates the area. And so it was again this year that Ted ran out a very clear winner.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
6 Nick Treitl 17:03
55 Andy Berry 21:52
97 Derek Walkden 24:47
107 Emma Bailey 27:28
116 Richard Treitl 31:13
123 Gary Bailey 45:24
Barlick were 6th team.
Junior Races
U10
11 Harley Treitl (1st U8)
Pete Beresford finished this race in 1:19:57. Not sure of position.
The race winner was Mark McGoldrick of Wharfedale in 37:14 and the first lady (14th overall) was Judith Jepson of Dark Peak in a time of 43:07.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
5 Shaun Chew 40:13
11 Andrew Driver 41:34
23 Jock Boothman 45:07
35 John Boothman 47:11
49 Dave Halliday 49:46
58 Paul Fryers 51:39
65 Rachel Lowther 52:23 (9th lady)
95 John Beswick 66:25
30 James STEAD 24:54 New PB
70 Jenna BOOTHMAN 30:39
71 John BOOTHMAN 30:40
81 Gary BAILEY 34:15
8 Andrew CARSON 18:38
A great run for Matt Lalor in this race, finishing in 3rd position in a time of 15:46. The race winner was GB International Jonny Mellor who finished in a time of 13:55, which was faster than the European Championship final last Sunday which was won by Mo Farah
The girls did the club proud tonight in winning the first ever team prize for the club in a fell race. The stars were Lorraine Slater, Jennifer Hird and Emma Bailey.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
50 Chris Smedley 49:54
51 Lorraine Slater 50:13 (2nd lady)
67 Jennifer Hird 52:44 (4th lady)
97 Richard Starkie 57:28
112 James Stead 59:36
116 Emma Bailey 1:00:02
138 Helen Stead 1:11:37
This race was a baptism of fire for Andy Driver. This 22.5 km / 1830 m English Championship race was run in atrocious conditions, which made it quite tough.
The race was won by Rob Hope in 2:06. Screw had a pretty decent run to finish in 97th position in a time of 2:49.
There were around 270 finishers.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.