This is a tough old race which basically involves running round the top of Pendle and then repeatedly dropping over the sides and running back up again, which each climb tougher than the previous one.  Barlick as a club did well in this race with two finishers in the top ten which went a long way towards making Barlick the team winners of this race. 

5 David Mirfield 2:31:50 (2nd M40)
8 Julian Hood 2:35:27 (1st M45)
26 Stephen Shorrock 2:47:23 (2nd M45)
31 David Poole 2:49:38
46 Andy Berry 2:56:03
70 Sam Horrocks 3:06:42
73 Mark Horrocks 3:07:52 (1st M60
91 Carl Nevison 3:11:21
149 John Mason 3:26:25
155 Andrew Smith 3:27:03
210 Hayley Whitehead 3:39:03
260 John Boothman 3:51:57
223 Lucy Brown 3:56:58
304 Robert Cranham 4:07:32
370 Anthony Brown 4:54:56
380 Raymond Banks M70 5:32:00 (3rd M70)

Teams
1 Barlick Fell Runners
2 Rossendale

Full Results

Craig Shearer has gone through hell recently with complete lower back pain and loss of physical ability to train or race.  But he was born to to run and he finally got back to training and had his first run back after injury in this race.  With a show of grit and determination, he hammered out a third place against a good field.  Not a bad result after weeks of injury.

3 Craig Shearer 37:43

112 Stephen Jackson 28:23
140 Richard Starkie 30:29

49 Joanne Sadowsky 37:44

After making his inaugural come back on 20 October, it didn't take Andy Collins long to clock up a race win, coming home ahead of team mate Ben Whitehead in this Barlick one-two.  For most of the race, the two ran together and it was only in the later stages that Ben dropped away.

It was a good day for the Collins family with wife Jacqueline coming home 2nd in the ladies race.

1 Andrew Collins 1:09:54
2 Ben Whitehead 1:11:23
9 Andrew Smith 1:22:39
31 Anthony Brown 1:43:30

Ladies Race
2 Jacqueline Collins 1:25:25
4 Lucy Brown 1:32:16

The conditions for this race are rarely good and this year was no exception.  There were the usual boggy conditions underfoot and the clag was also down which made navigating difficult.  Andy Berry had a good race to finish in 8th place, but the clag hindered him and he reckons that had he been a bit more familiar with the route, a top five finish could have been a possibility.

8 Andy Berry 1:27:25
32 Pete Jackson 1:44:21

101 starters