Following on from the race report yesterday, the team results are now out and Barlick were the 4th team behind Pudsey & Bramley, Calder Valley and Dark Peak. It was four to count and the stars for Barlick were:
Julian Hood 19, James Craig 35, David Poole 37 and Virgil Barton 47.
This is called the cake race, because you can bring a cake in lieu of the entry fee of £5. There is a competition for the best cake and after the race, all the cakes are for eating and if you fancy one, it is yours in return for a £2 donation to local causes. On to the race itself. It is held over well trodden paths in the area surrounding the village of Diggle which is located between Oldham & Huddersfield. It is a ten mile race with 1699 ft of ascent.
Richard Treitl was our only representative there and he finished in 240th position out of 278 finishers.
240 Richard Treitl 1:58:39
23 Paul Elcock 20:38
First of all, those watching this race saw history being made, as an incredible performance from Victoria Wilkinson saw her come home in 13th position overall as first woman and settting a new women's record of 3:09:19 in the process. This was quite an incredible achievement from an incredible athlete.
We had a record number of Barlickers out in this race, many running their first peaks race and they produced some feisty performances. First home was Julian Hood who ran a superb race and secured himself a top twenty finish, knocking 6 minutes from his time of last year. Next behind Julian was Jimmy Craig, who had a ding dong battle with peaks first time David Poole. David was leading the pair at the top of Ingleborough, but Jimmy dug deep into those famous reserves and managed to cross the line just ahead of his team mate. A great performance from David to make a race of it with Jimmy.
5 Sarah Tipler 19:51 New PB
13 Scott Boardman 19:15
14 Scott McCredie 19:18 New PB
20 Ian Cocks 19:53
93 Jenna Boothman 24:00
143 Nicola Muller 25:48
151 Tony Duffy 26:06 New PB
158 Garth Duffy 26:13
162 Cloey Mason 26:22
165 Anne Marie Beech 26:25
231 Logan McCredie 28:48
234 Chloe Boothman 28:53 New PB
260 Ciara Duffy 29:42
281 Wendy Duffy 30:22
This year saw 12 teams from Barlick take to the startline of the Bunny Run Relays. Thomas Corrigan got his team off to a good start recording the 3rd fastest leg time of the evening with Captain Chew bringing them home in 2nd place. Shaun, Tipler and Berry managed to secure 1st mixed team and Boothman, Elcock and Smale took 1st V50 team. It was also great to see the juniors out mixing it with the adults and the Barlick Boyz managed a creditable 41st place out of 102 teams!
2 Barlick Bunny Boppers 28:41
Thomas Corrigan 9:16 Craig Shearer 9:55 Stephen Chew 9:30
42 Andy Berry 32:29
155 Hannah Newbold 43:41
305 Ian Livesey 2:39:42
This is a very much of an up and a down race with much of the climbing not long after the start.. The hard training regime undertaken by Rachel Villiers is paying off and once more she won the ladies race. Scott Boardman had a good race to lead the Barlickers home and finish in 11th place and the ever improving Paul Elcock was not far behind those two to finish in 16th place.
11 Scott Boardman 41:48
14 Rachel Villiers 42:00 (1st Lady)
16 Paul Elcock 42:57
146 finishers.
For most of the first year of the club, we had only one lady member, so our women have been a little behind our men in team events. However, as our female membership has increased, they have grown into a wonderful supportive group and this is now paying off in team events such as this league. Last year, our women gained promotion from the lowly third division and by turning out and working together, this year, they became division two champions. Not only did they win their league, but they won it in style, by winning every race of the season. Following on from that, they were also champions in the V35 League. But it does not stop there. The women are working as a group and for most races, many numbers turned out. Cross country is nothing if it is not a team sport and this turning out in numbers and supporting each other has paid off, resulting in the ladies B team gaining promotion from Division Three to replace our A team there. It has certainly been a season to remember.
It was October 2013, in the first year of the club’s existence, that we joined this league in division four. In what has been a remarkable journey, we gained promotion every subsequent year to the next division, culminating this year in becoming the league champions. Not only did we win the league as a team, but the club also took the honours in the individual competition, with Tom Corrigan comfortably beating James Douglas from Border Harriers to become overall league champion. On reading this, anyone not knowing this league, might think that we had been up against a host of mediocre clubs. On the contrary, we were opposed by many top quality clubs in the Lancashire area (and beyond). The main differerence between us was that our top runners were prepared to turn out for each event and represent their club and that perhaps aptly demonstrates the spirit within the club.
53 Heather Mitchell 29:12
This was Andrew Collins' first time at Skipton and he had an exciting tussle with Lee Athersmith, just beating him to the line by one second and coming first in this run.
1 Andrew Collins 17:29
82 Susan Hird 28:14
Young Jack Villiers has certainly taken to racing, this being his third race in four days. The first three home was a repeat of last week, except that they all recorded faster times. It is good to see a couple of our new female runners out racing - these races are absolutely ideal for getting used to off road running.
33 Chris Smale 17:44
58 Jack Villiers 19:04
64 Sarah Tipler 19:13
107 Paul Elcock 20:48
120 John Boothman 21:20
169 Victoria Peel 23:04
172 Jenna Boothman 23:12
254 Anne-Marie Beech 28:08
Another good day out for the Villiers family with Jack & mum Rachel finishing 20th and 21st respectively. However, this also meant that Jack was first junior, beating fellow U14 Jude Baldard of Halifax to the line and and mum was first W35.
20 Jack Villiers 19:32 (1st U14, 1st U16)
22 Rachel Villiers 19:49 (1stW35)
219 finishers.
A good outing for Emma Bailey, who came home 1st lady and a PB despite the wet conditions and head winds in places. The race was well organised as usual and afterwards, along with all the other runners, she enjoyed a brew, a bacon sandwich and an Easter egg. Except unlike most of the the runners, she also came away with £50 prize money.
19 Emma Bailey 1:30:44 (1st Lady)
17 Nick Treitl 19:54
38 Andy Berry 21:14
75 Scott McCredie 23:10
296 Richard Treitl 32:02
361 finishers
Barlick - 9th team
5 Sarah Tipler 20:51
17 Karen Brindle 22:38 New PB
28 Victoria Peel 24:20 New PB
48 Nicola Muller 28:00
33 Paul Elcock 21:39
78 Jenna Boothman 24:30
125 Lucille Pickles 27:13
135 Susan Hird 27:42 New PB
153 Chloe Boothman 29:55
154 John Boothman 29:56
175 Angela Boothman 31:10
198 Lisa Pickles 33:22
23 Charles Morgan 20:50
154 Tony Duffy 26:55
169 Garth Duffy 27:19 New PB
228 Clara Duffy 29:27 New PB
270 Wendy Duffy 31:04
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.