A good day out for BFR taking first place in both the men's and the ladies' races. Tom Corrigan continued with his recent sizzling form by comfortably taking the win from Horwich runner Sam Fairhurst, with a couple more Barlickers filling the top ten places..
Lucy Brown battled with her form earlier in the season, but her dogged persistence and determination paid off today by taking a comfortable win in the ladies race.
Mens Race
1 Thomas Corrigan 40:20 (1st V40)
9 Andy Berry 46:20 (1st V45)
10 Ian Cocks 46:54 (3rd V40)
19 Robert Cranham 48:50 (3rd V45)
21 Carl Nevison 49:06 (2nd V55)
28 Andrew Smith 51:42
30 Stan Dreiling 51:59
78 Raymond Banks 1:02:55 (2nd M70)
Ladies Race
1 Lucy Brown 56:21 (1st F40)
22 Lisa Gee 1:07:20
201 Anne Marie Beech 29:52
12 Robert Cranham 21:54
27 Andrew Smith 2:03:36 (1st M60)
The race was won by Andrew Cairns of Wharfedale. Amelie Lane, an under 21 and also of Wharfedale Harriers, won the ladies race, finishing 10th overall. On a beautiful, but very warm and sticky evening, the Barlickers were led home by Jethro Whitfield. Jethro had a strong start, climbing well. He got too hot crossing the fields at the top, so he slowed and recovered, and then kicked in again to finish strongly. Andrew Smith had a strong run, winning the Vet 60 category.
12 Jethro Whitfield 37:42
18 Robert Cranham 39:22
27 Andrew Smith 42:48 (1st VET 60)
42 John Boothman 48:44 (3rd VET 60)
66 finishers.
4 David Poole 56:45 (1st M40)
7 Andy Berry 57:49 (1st M45)
75 finishers.
114 Emma Law 11:13:42
1373 finishers.
9 Robert Cranham 19:47
2 Jethro Whitfield 18:30
9 Sam Wadsworth 22:24
119 Stephen Jackson 27:18
138 Richard Shilton 28:08 PB
12 Jethro Whitfield 23:30 (1st M40)
255 Susan Hird 1:22:15
12 David Mirfield 56:38 (1st M40)
63 Andrew Smith 1:10:39
109 Paula Cullen 1:20:30
Tom Corrigan is on fire at the moment. In this event, he was pitted against top European International runners - all younger men. Against this competition, he finished 30th overall, but bearing in mind that all but eight of those who finished ahead of him were Internationals, that is an incredible performance. With a performance like that, he was naturally first M40.
30 Tom Corrigan 1:18:13 (1st M40)
It was a disappointing turn out for this race which was caused by the Young Farmers altering the date for the show. The race winner was Andrew Cairns of Wharfedale who is an extremely good runner, yet he was pushed by under 17 boy Peter Sagar-Moss of Hyndburn and also under 15 boy Harry Bebb. The first woman home was Jackie Craven of Craven Energy. The first Barlicker was Robert Cranham doing his fourth race in four days.
4 Robert Cranham 13:43
48 Anne Marie Beech 33:39
66 Robert Cranham 51:15
183 Richard Shilton 29:39
Third race in three days. Robert Cranham is becoming addicted to racing. When the race started, the leaders set off at a brisk pace, but Robert made up his mind not to try and keep with them just for the sake of it, but to run his own race. As a result, when they reached the summit, he was in 7th place. However, he started gaining places on the descent and was within striking distance of second place, but he ran out of time (and legs). Still, with a podium finish and 1st M45, it has not been a bad day at the office.
3 Robert Cranham 51:02 (1st M45)
On a warm evening, Robert Cranham ran his second race in two days. This time it was a race around the reservoir - the race with many gates! A third place finish and a box of Cookie Crisp was his prize.
3 Robert Cranham 19:39 (1st Vet)
1 Tom Corrigan 15:44 (1st M40)
5 David Mirfield 16:48 (3rd M40)
10 Nathan Smedley 17:12
13 Luke Butler 17:29
21 Andy Berry 18:31 (3rd M45)
25 Robert Cranham 18:49
26 Carl Nevison 18:53
81 Raymond Banks 22:06
Ladies' Race
3 Emma Law 19:53 (1st W40)
8 Lucy Brown 20:28
29 Lisa Gee 24:50
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.