19 Robert Cranham MV45 15:33
20 David Pease MV45 15:40
Under 14
5 Will Pease 12:29
13 Elliot Shackleton 13:57
Billy Cartwright of Matlock AC started this race as he meant to go along. Conventional wisdom is that with such a steep ascent coming in this race before you have even had the chance to warm up, then it is better to walk up this ascent, saving your energy for the long steady ascent to the summit which follows. Billy showed no such respect for convention and never fell below a steady jog, once he had crossed the beck, until he disappeared out of sight through the fell gate. That is quite awesome running and demonstrated what a supreme athlete he is. It was therefore no surprise that he was the first to re-appear to make the descent, with a good lead over his challenger, the evergreen Graham Pearce from Pudsey & Bramley. Having shown the crowd, that had gathered on the opposing hillside, how to ascend, he then proceed to give a classic demonstration of how to make a steep descent at speed. What a great all round fell runner and a deserved winner of the race. Perhaps with some stronger competition, he could have been pushed to challenging the record for this race.
In the ladies race, Nicola Jackson came 2nd last year when it was a British and English Championship race, so she was always going to be the one to beat and she finished 4th overall and first lady. Her challenger was the young Lauren Munro-Bennett from Ambleside and she put in a good performance in her debut appearance in this race as a senior and she is definitely one to watch for the future.
Sam Watson is not doing very much fell running these days, but he is keeping himself fit by doing a lot of cycling and he demonstrated all of his old his prowess on the fells by taking a podium place and finishing third and his team mate from Wharfedale, Anne Hassell, also had a good run to finish third lady.
Nick Treitl was the leading member of the host club to take part, finishing in 4th place in the men's race.
It was a good day's racing in almost perfect conditions with the recent dry weather leaving it firm underfoot and the beck reduced to almost a trickle and it was a very good start for new race organiser Andy Berry.
21 David Pease 21:21
Under 14
1 Will Pease 07:43
6 Elliot Shackleton 08:39
On what was the warmest day of the year so far 156 runners took on Weeks fell race. Despite the weather Clayton-le-Moors Chris Holdsworth flew round the course in 36:40 setting a new course record!
Full Results
2 Stephen Shorrock 22:07
3 Ben Whitehead 22:12
14 Robert Cranham 27:25
19 Andy Collins 27:50
20 David Pease 27:58
23 Andy Smith 29:15
25 Carl Pawson 29:24
26 Zac Kaye 29:29
33 John Boothman 31:27
39 Hannah Newbold 34:08
44 Katie Towers 41:33
Under 15
1 Will Pease 12:55
69 Mark Horrocks 40:55
Seniors
17 Robert Cranham 15:32
22 David Pease 15:55
27 Andy Smith 16:31
40 Chris Smale 17:52
Under 14
4 Will Pease 10:49
13 Elliot Shackleton 12:36
13 Sam Horrocks 56:47
24 David Pease 01:00:49
57 Andy Smith 01:07:22
10 Stephen Shorrock 00:54:33
24 Victoria Peel 01:01:40 - 1st Lady
26 David Pease 01:02:06
36 Andy Smith 01:05:02
83 Katie Towers 01:18:23
Under 15 Boys
1 Will Pease 12:51
Under 11 Boys
10 Theo Mirfield 09:06
30 Kerrie-Anne Bretherton 00:57:58
Under 14
4 Elliot Shackleton 07:29
24 Toby Nixon 15:27
In the short race, three youngsters battled it out for first place, with Will Pease of Barlick finishing just ahead of Theo Robinson of Blackburn and Jack Acornely of Skipton AC.
The long race saw David Poole build up a good lead by the half way mark in Lothersdale, but the young legs of team mates Sam Horrocks and Luke Turner made their mark on the return with Sam running out the victor and leaving Barlick with a one-two three.
Annie Hassell of Wharfedale put in a sterling performance to finish first lady.
2nd Mens Team - 06:18:14
Leg 1 - M.Watson and J.Craig - 01:15:19 (4th fastest)
Leg 2 - C.Shearer and J.Hood - 01:01:22 (3rd fastest)
Leg 3 - S.Horrocks and S.Shorrocks - 00:40:43 (3rd fastest)
Leg 4 - I.Beresford and D.Mirfield - 01:13:14 (2nd fastest)
Leg 5 - D.Poole and N.Treitl - 00:57:19 (2nd fastest)
Leg 6 - T.Corrigan and G.Shaw - 01:10:17 (5th fastest)
2nd Ladies Team - 08:23:16
Leg 1 - M.Ralphson and F.Hall - 01:36:29
Leg 2 - L.Dinsdale and L.Craig - 01:19:32
Leg 3 - P.Cullen and L.Butler - 00:53:53
Leg 4 - H.Jarvis and E.Taylor - 01:36:02
Leg 5 - H.Whitehead and H.Driver 01:14:13
Leg 6 - L.Brown and F.Swann 01:43:07
Seniors
8 Mark Horrocks 25:29
Under 14
3 Elliot Shackleton 15:03 - 2nd boy
32 Andy Smith 0:50:53
300M
1 Annabelle Hoyle 46.00
3 Lily Nixon 48.70
8 Julian Hood 02:44:51
276 Zac Kaye 02:02:45
3 Ian Beresford 33:09
7 David Mirfield 34:25
10 Sam Horrocks 35:43
12 Barrie Charnley 36:15
21 Ian Cocks 37:28
31 Hannah Jarvis 37:59 - 3rd Lady
32 David Pease 38:00
41 Mark Horrocks 38:38
51 Laura Craig 40:09
64 Andrew Smith 41:43
89 Hayley Whitehead 43:43
104 Heather Driver 44:46
128 Paula Cullen 46:17
142 Hannah Newbold 47:31
2 David Mirfield
12 David Poole
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.