It was good weather for this race and although it was a bit muddy in places, it was much less muddy than usual. The men's race was marked by Tom Corrigan's return to Cross Country running and in the ladies race another top class performance by Sarah Jarvis saw finish in third place and first LV35.
A terrific performance by Emily Japp saw her take a comfortable win for Blackpool in the ladies race. She was followed home by the young Tiffany Penfold of Liverpool and another great performance by our own Sarah Jarvis saw her come home in third place and 1st V35. Rachel Villiers was looking a lot more comfortable than last week at Witton Park and she booked a top ten place and 2nd V35. Our third first team counter was Lorraine Slater who was definitely one degree under before the race, but as always, once she puts her foot on the starting line, you can always rely on Lorraine to put in a doughty performance. Another runner, in a similar vein is Jacqueline Collins, who finished just a couple of place behind Lorraine. Barlick were third team overall and first V35 team. The ladies B team was a remarkable 8th team overall.
Tom Corrigan dominated the men's race for Barlick, but as always, Craig Shearer is a tough competitor and throughout the race had Tom in his sights and finished just a couple of places behind him. Marc Hartley was the last top twenty finisher for Barlick. During the race, we lost two of our runners. Lucas Payne had to drop out with a hamstring injury and Chris Smale had to drop out with a back problem.
Women
3 Sarah Jarvis 20:56 1st LV35
10 Rachel Villiers 21:46 2nd LV35
16 Lorraine Slater 22:10 4th LV40
18 Jacqueline Collins 22:47
40 Victoria Peel 24:17
42 Paula Clark 24:24
94 Nicola Muller 28:14
120 Marie Beech 30:35
126 Heather Mitchell 30:54
147 Lucy Creasey 34:31
Men
10 Tom Corrigan 32:45
12 Craig Shearer 33:29
20 Marc Hartley 34:49
64 Scott Boardman 38:26
115 Carl Nevison 41:08
118 Scott McCreadie 41:18
120 Gary Bradley 41:21
129 Zac Kaye 41:48
134 Andrew Smith 42:06
140 Paul Elcock 42:13
204 Tom Duffy 47:50
8 Emma Bailey 20:24 New PB
85 Daren Holdsworth 26:53
94 Bella McCredie 27:38 New PB
95 Scott McCredie 27:39
108 Susan Hird 28:11
134 Lisa Pickles 30:14 New PB
168 Amanda Tarn 33:38 New PB
44 James Tingle 23:14
107 Daniel Thornber 25:46
46 Carl Pawson 33:09
193 finishers
David Poole, Dave Mirfield & Luke Maude set off at Saturday tea time and spent a very cold night in the back of David Poole's van. It was a cracking race in very cold conditions. Ted Mason of Wharfedale put in the fastest first run to get to transition first. But after that, Dave Mirfield was too fast on the bike for him and also put in a faster second run to win the event for the second time, with Ted coming home second. Dave Poole finished in 5th place and Luke was 17th after having a very lazy Xmas.
1 David Mirfield 2:06:16
5 David Poole 2:20:34
17 Luke Maude 2:33:35
Andy Berry went down to this event on the Brecon Beacons which is a 14.1 mile race over the former SAS selection route. After 5 miles he fell on ice and broke his left wrist. However, in true SAS style, he soldiered on and still managed to win the race with a four minute lead over the second place runner. His time was 2 hours 34 minutes (tbc).
A good start to 2018 for Lee Parrington with a PB in this race.
58 Lee Parrington 33:01 New PB
It was good to see two of our juniors out in these championship races, gaining very valuable race experience. George Fitzpatrick was out in the under 11 race and Jack Villiers ran in the U15 race where he finished in 10th position. As a result, he will be getting a letter to stand by as a reserve to represent Lancashire in the Inter County Championship and he will get a place if others have to drop out.
They finished as follows:
U11 Boys
47 George Fitzpatrick 7:56
U15 Boys
10 Jack Villiers 13:39
Well, what a day out for our ladies. Despite Leanne Dinsdale having to drop out at the last minute with injury and Victoria Peel picking up an injury during the race, the team did really well, finishing 5th team overall with three runners finishing in the top twenty. Victoria incurred a back injury during the race and whilst many a lesser runner would have dropped out, Victoria battled on to the end, determined to get a finishing place, despite the pain that she was suffering.
In the vet's category, the first two teams were way ahead of the rest of the field, with Blackburn just shading it over Barlick by three points with the Barlick team members getting silver medals.
In addition to the silver vet team medals, there were several individual medals, as follows:
Gold: Sarah Jarvis - 1st LV40
Silver: Lorraine Slater - 2nd LV45
Bronze: Rachel Villiers - 3rd LV35
Bronze: Paula Cullen 3rd LV40
They finished as follows:
12 Sarah Jarvis 27:21 1st V40
17 Lorraine Slater 28:31 2nd LV45
19 Rachel Villiers 28:49 3rd LV35
27 Paula Cullen 30:45 3rd LV40
42 Victoria Peel 33:22
Chris Smale led the Barlickers home and in so doing earned himself a silver medal as 2nd V50. Second home for Barlick was James Austin, with Scott McCredie shorly behind.
Silver: Chris Smale 2nd V50
55 Chris Smale 37:40 2nd V50
100 James Austin 41:34
121 Scott McCredie 43:49
10 Nick Kendall 20:15
15 Emma Bailey 20:42
94 Susan Hird 28:20
105 Daren Holdsworth 29:07
125 Gary Bailey 31:05
165 Amanda Tarn 35:15
172 Graham Wadsworth 36:39
125 Maddison Parrington 29:35
35 Nicola Muller 27:11
44 Anne Marie Beech30:38
1 Mat Lalor 16:57
38 Peter Maher 22:42
Jack Villiers started the New Year in style by going off and testing himself in a senior fell race. And what a great performance he put in too, finishing in 28th position out of a field of 153. In fell running, every race is different and the first time you have a go at a race, you never run it as well as you could have done, as you are learning the course. Expect an even higher place from Jack if he has another go at this race next year.
28 Jack Villiers 21:12
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.