What a good day out for the club in this tough 13.5 mile race. Emma Jarvis had a faultless run. By the time she passed the Shooter’s Arms at the top of the first climb, she had already built up a good lead. However, she kept her concentration and kept up her pace to finish an easy winner with a lead of over 4 minutes over 2nd woman, April Thorpe. Further down the field, Jackie Collins looked to be struggling and she came home fourth.
In the men’s race, Tom Corrigan set off at a good pace and by the Shooter’s Arms, he had built up a good lead, he was looking comfortable and going well. By the time he reached the reservoir and the Coldwell Activity Centre, his lead over chasing runner Aidan Holgate of Clayton had closed. On the touch line, spectators were asking whether he had gone off too quickly. By the time the leaders reach the last climb up Southfield Lane, Aidan had taken the lead but he looked to be battling as he approached the top of the climb. However he managed to keep going and led Tom home by just under 40 seconds. These two had been in a battle of their own and finished well in front of the chasing pack.
However, the top ten was dominated by Barlickers. Andy Collins had a sound run and was in 5th place ascending the final climb, but he dug deep and came home 4th. He was followed home by David Mirfield in 8th and Stephen Hall in 9th to make it four Barlickers in the top ten.
Further down the field Gary Thompson always looked to be going so easily, yet he had a great run to finish 1st V60 with a lead of 15 minutes over Dave Naughton of Cheshire Hill Runners.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
2 Thomas Corrigan 1:20:51
4 Andrew Collins 1:24:43
8 David Mirfield 1:26:03
9 Stephen Hall 1:27:53
18 Ben Whitehead 1:34:23
25 Andy Berry 1:37:46
26 Hannah Jarvis 1:38:16 Race Winner, 1st F35
31 Gary Thompson 1:42:18 1st V60
43 Jacqueline Collins 1:47:15
48 Andrew Smith M55 1:48:41
49 Carl Pawson M45 1:48:45
94 Anthony Brown 2:03:41
It was almost a perfect day for racing. It was not too hot, it was dry underfoot and the only drawback was a strong head wind on the top. Being both a British & an English Championship race, it brought all the top runners in the UK together. The first runner home was Finlay Wild who broke the long standing record for this race set by Colin Donnelly in 1988. Not only did he break the record for the race, but he cycled over from Oxenholme in the Lake District after catching the train down from Fort William. What probably spurred him on to this new record time was the fact that he was being hotly pursued by Daniel Haworth of Matlock AC who came home in second place. It was an inncredible performance from these two athletes. This was fell racing at its best. These two were followed by Matthew Elkington of Ambleside AC
What was also remarkable was that the fact that the fourth runner home was an MU23 and is only 18 years old. It was Finlay Grant of Dark Peak. This young man has a very bright future in the sport.
In the ladies race, Sarah Willhoit was leading at the summit cairn, but on the descent, she was passed by race winner Hannah Russell and second place Nicola Jackson.
Behind the first three, Sharon Taylor put in a good performance to finish first FV40and Eve Pannone was first FU23 in 7th place.
Under 13
4 Harry Driver 10:50
26 Molly Ralphson 29:39
36 Heather Driver 33:01
81 Gary Bradley 04:40:00
2 Thomas Corrigan 51:06
4 David Mirfield 53:00
5 Andy Collins 53:32
11 Stephen Hall 58:46
43 Emma Taylor 01:06:15
61 Sean Fitzpatrick 01:09:49
91 Lucy Brown 01:17:15
95 Jacqueline Collins 01:18:28
Under 15
2 Will Pease 13:01
Under 13
9 Harry Driver 12:17
24 Andy Berry 56:15
32 David Pease 59:56
56 Andy Smith 01:05:58
90 Peter Jackson 01:13:10
12 Julian Hood 01:10:59
128 Helen Harrison 01:39:52
Long
1 Thomas Corrigan 01:00:21
2 Jimmy Craig 01:02:09
3 David Mirfield 01:03:27
7 Andy Berry 01:07:09
11 David Pease 01:10:07
12 Barrie Charnley 01:11:04
15 Mark Horrocks 01:13:32
18 Shane Muller 01:17:00
19 Andy Smith 01:17:12
21 Laura Craig 01:17:56 (2nd Lady)
23 Gary Bradley 01:18:31
26 Jacqueline Collins 01:19:41 (3rd Lady)
31 Gary Thompson 01:21:04
35 Hayley Whitehead 01:24:30
40 Sean Fitzpatrick 01:26:15
41 Heather Driver 01:26:36
45 Pete Jackson 01:28:44
62 Nicola Muller 01:37:31
71 Maggie Bugler 01:46:29
Short
22 Richard Treitl 35:08
29 Stephen Shorrock 02:47:49
111 Helen Harrison 03:45:10
126 Katie Towers 04:04:27
166 Lucy Brown 01:25:42
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.