As if the Fairfield Horseshoe was not long enough and hard enough in the warm conditions yesterday, John Boothman also turned out for this race. Not perhaps his best performance, but not bad taking everything into account.
1147 John Boothman 44;38
6148 Gary Parkinson 53:30
Today was a proud day for the club seeing our first member ever awarded a county vest, do battle with the other top runners of the fell running world. Sarah had a good first run out in top flight company, finishing in 28th position and helping Lancashire to a 3rd team place.
28 Sarah Tipler 51:36
In 1972, the monolithic county of Cumbria came into being, replacing the historic counties of Cumberland, Westmorland & Lancashire which previously had subdivided the Lakes. The highest peaks in those old counties were Sca Fell Pike, Hellvellyn and Coniston Old Man, respectively. This race visits the highest points in those old counties, a route that covers a distance of 37 miles. The race is run in pairs. We had an all Barlick team of Sam Wadsworth & Lucas Payne, whilst Barlicker Andy Hirst ran with Kirsty Hall of Wharfedale. Just over a minute separated these two pairs, although they each ran their own separate races.
41 Andy Hirst / Kirsty Hall 9:48:08
43 Sam Wadsworth / Lucas Payne 9:49:19
The early news is that Adam Osborne won this race with Judith Jepson first lady.
New Barlick member Richard Lowther had a cracking run in his first ever fell race to lead the Barlickers home.
92 Richard Lowther 150:28
101 John Boothman 151:43
131 Derek Walkden 157:16
196 Rachel Lowther 2:08:05
238 Craig Child 2:17:16
11 Pete BERESFORD 21:19 First Timer
13 Rob HODGKINSON 21:35 New PB
15 Andrew CHEW 21:42 First Timer
30 Emma BAILEY 24:26
47 Kathryn PAYNE 26:56 New PB
James Fent also ran and finished in 7th position, but forgot his bar code, which is a shame, as his time of around 20:15 would have been a new PB.
8 Andrew CARSON 18:48 First Timer
3 Jimmy Craig 24:52
19 Daniel Taylor 27:38
22 Andy Berry 27:55
44 Chris Smedley 30:46
63 Andrew Chew 32:26
70 Rob Hodgkinson 32:56
105 Lucy Beresford 37:35
108 Emma Bailey 38:13
109 Jean Rawlinson 38:29
121 James Stead 40:55
More Race Pictures from Woodentops
Jack Smith of Wharfedale was the race winner in 30:29 and a great run by Victoria Wilkinson to finish 1st lady and in 10th place overall.
6 Nick Treitl 33:37
20 Andy Berry 37:21
77 Glenn Whittaker 44:17
The winner was Steve Gregory in a time of 1:08:00.
15 Rob Weir 1:16:43
27 James Fent 1:21:28
121 finishers
Whilst most of the club was focussed on the events in the Calderdale Valley, John Boothman was in Leeds competing in yet another half marathon. He had a good result, finishing in 401st position out of 5,322 finisher.
401 John Boothman 1:35:48
Barlick take third place
Race Pictures from James Stead
Seventeen months after the club came into existence, Barlick Fell Runners Open Team took third place in this prestigious race. Everyone worked hard and there was a great team spirit in both teams, especially the mixed team, which contained many members who this time last year were not even running, let alone racing.
Calder Valley had set their stall out to go for this race and their team was packed with stars and internationals. They showed their intent right from the start and had built up a lead before they left the Clay House Park starting venue. At the end of the first leg, their lead was two minutes and they continued to add to this with each of the subsequent legs. It was an awesome performance.
The real race was happening behind them. Wharfedale got off to a good start and at the end of the first leg, they had a one and a half minute lead over Barlick. Our second leg pair of Julian Hood and Stephen Chew managed to shave eleven seconds off this lead, but in the third leg, Wharfedale once more pulled away. Both these teams were opening up the gap between themselves and Clayton who at this point in the race were lying fourth. Our fourth leg pair of Nick Treitl and Jimmy Craig reduced the lead once more, this time by over half a minute, but this still left a gap of four minutes between these two teams, who were both pulling away from the chasing pack. In leg five, Chris Barnes and Lucas Payne once more closed the gap, this time by a minute, leaving Barlick just two minutes and a half minutes behind Wharfedale. On the last leg, Shaun Chew and Sam Wadsworth felt that they were running well, but they had no sight of Wharfedale in front of them, nor of the chasing teams behind them and Wharfedale once more increased their lead. Behind them, in leg five Todmorden had managed to catch and pass Clayton and they started leg six with a slender lead. The last leg was nip and tuck between these two teams, with Todmorden just managing to hold on to fourth place.
From a Barlick perspective, this was a very satisfying result and a great David and Golliath performance against the long established clubs.
The times for the top teams were:
1 Calder Valley 5:57:12
2 Wharfedale 6:15:55
3 Barlick Fell Runners 6:22:06
4 Todmorden Harriers 6:32:09
5 Clayton-le-Moors 6:32:27
6 Rossendale 6:33:02
7 Calder Valley 'B' 6:40:57
8 Holmfirth Harriers 6:47:41
9 Sale Harriers 6:60:49
10 Rossendale Vets 6:58:11
43 Barlick Fell Runners Mixed Team 7:29:34.
90 finishing teams.
In total, there were 12 mixed teams in the competition. Barlick finished 6th out of these 12 teams.
43 Kathryn PAYNE 27:40 New PB
There was a battle at the front of this race between the Addison brothers with Tom running out the winner in front of Mark. Jimmy Craig of Barlick was third.
The ladies race was won by Sarah Tipler of Barlick who finished 15th overall. Second lady was Amy Green of Keighley & Craven and the third was Jenny Addison.
This a short (3.6 miles) out and back run to Pinhaw from the centrer of Lothersdale. It was won this year by Jack Smith of Wharfedale, who is returning to the form he displayed in 2011 when he last won this race.
Nick Treitl led the Barlicker home in 3rd place behind Darren Kay of Pudsey & Bramley with Andy Berry, not far behind in 6th place and Andrew Driver in 11th.
Barlick finishers:
3 Nick Treitl 25:25
6 Andy Berry 27:24
11 Andy Driver 28:34
33 Andy Hirst 31:30
34 John Noothman 32:07
In the junior races Harley Treitl finished 4th in the Under 8 race.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.