This is a fairly flat twice round the reservoir course, spoilt by having to go through 6 gates.  The race winner was Adam Wale from Clayton le Moors and was chased down by our own Craig Shearer.  The winning time was 17:14.

2 Craig Shearer 17:28
8 Robert Cranham 19:21 1st V45

84 finishers.

This is the first in the series of Wednesday night summer races organised by Rossendale Harriers.   This first one is a cracking race.  After running up a lane, the race branches off to ascend through an old quarry on to the tops.  On the night of the race, it was raining and whilst it felt like gentle rain at the start, once on the tops, the conditions were quite wild.  The course is brilliant in that there are many features through which you have to run.  Steep ascent, steep descent, bogs and on the night, there was even a bit of mist, just to make the navigation a bit more tricky - this race had it all, before completing a circular route on the tops and descending back down through the old quarry and along the lane to the finish.

Everyone, including the marshals, were thoroughly wet through by the time the race finished and it was decided to postpone any presentation until the the Whittle Pike race next week.

The race winner was Ben Coop of Bury in a time of 49:37.  The leading Barlicker and 1st V40 was David Poole.

4 David Poole 52:35 1st V40
11 Robert Cranham  56:13
37 John Boothman 1:09:24 2nd V60

83 finishers

This is a nice little evening out and back race over 5 miles. The race winner was William Longden from Buxton & District AC who led all the way and set a new course record of 28.57.  Look out for this young man as he is only 19 years of age.

The only Barlicker who turned out was Rob Cranham who had a particularly good run to finish 5th overall.  With a finish like that, you would think that he would have comfortably won the first V45 prize, but he was pushed hard all the way to the finish by Dave Ryder. 

5 Robert Cranham 33:25

This a great race because young and old run together and is becoming popular with running families as parents can run against their children. 

The winner this year was a young boxer called Caden Jones and it was a neck and neck finish with Otis Brooks from Wharfedale Harriers with Caden just managing to get over the finish line first.  The third to finish was another young runner Zac Jardine from Keighley & Craven and these three youngsters finished well clear of the first senior Andrew Jebb from Bingley.

The ladies race was also a youngster, Alice White from Keighley & Craven who is an under 13 girl and is one to look out for in the future. 

Special mention must be made of Val Lowman who is age 70 and this was her first ever fell race.  She fancied giving it a go and to her credit, she did not finish last.

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