The race winner was Mark McGoldrick of Wharfedale in 37:14 and the first lady (14th overall) was Judith Jepson of Dark Peak in a time of 43:07.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
5 Shaun Chew 40:13
11 Andrew Driver 41:34
23 Jock Boothman 45:07
35 John Boothman 47:11
49 Dave Halliday 49:46
58 Paul Fryers 51:39
65 Rachel Lowther 52:23 (9th lady)
95 John Beswick 66:25
30 James STEAD 24:54 New PB
70 Jenna BOOTHMAN 30:39
71 John BOOTHMAN 30:40
81 Gary BAILEY 34:15
8 Andrew CARSON 18:38
A great run for Matt Lalor in this race, finishing in 3rd position in a time of 15:46. The race winner was GB International Jonny Mellor who finished in a time of 13:55, which was faster than the European Championship final last Sunday which was won by Mo Farah
The girls did the club proud tonight in winning the first ever team prize for the club in a fell race. The stars were Lorraine Slater, Jennifer Hird and Emma Bailey.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
50 Chris Smedley 49:54
51 Lorraine Slater 50:13 (2nd lady)
67 Jennifer Hird 52:44 (4th lady)
97 Richard Starkie 57:28
112 James Stead 59:36
116 Emma Bailey 1:00:02
138 Helen Stead 1:11:37
This race was a baptism of fire for Andy Driver. This 22.5 km / 1830 m English Championship race was run in atrocious conditions, which made it quite tough.
The race was won by Rob Hope in 2:06. Screw had a pretty decent run to finish in 97th position in a time of 2:49.
There were around 270 finishers.
Jimmy Craig dominated this race from start to finish, in the end running out an easy winner over Duncan Birtwhistle of the University of Bristol Orienteering Club. For his endeavours, Jimmy was awarded the Silentnight Trophy, which puts him in elite company as this has been held in the past by Reeves, Sedgwick, Stuart and Hawkins. Jimmy's sister Emma, made the journey from Scotland to be at the show and she joined him on the line and finished in 66th position. Julian Hood was the 2nd Barlicker home in 3rd place.
Many Barlickers turned up for this race and finished as follows:
1 Jimmy Craig 23:04
3 Julian Hood 24:12
8 Shaun Chew 25:30
12 Rob Weir 26:30
26 Jonathan Boothman 29:43
30 Luke Wallwork 29:55
32 Lee Edwards 30:17
34 Derek Walden 30:23
46 Glenn Whittaker 31:49
53 Jennifer Hird 33:30
60 Michael Thistlethwaite 33:5
64 Harry Jackson 35:02
90 finishers.
3 Ian Livesey 17:40
4 Andrew Carson 18:22
3 Andy BERRY 18:49 New PB
11 Lee Edwards 21:28
45 Sophie Berry 26:34 (First run at Skipton, but new Park Run PB)
55 Helen Stead 29:19
58 Jenna Boothman 29:41 New PB
59 John Boothman 29:41
There were around 35 Barlickers and their families at the presentation night for the supper and dinner dance to support those club members who had won prizes in this series..
The leading lights were Sarah Tipler who won the ladies' championship and Jimmy Craig, who was runner up to Marc Hartley in the men's championship.
Jean Rawlinson came away with the first FV60 prize and Emma Bailey came away with what seemed like a table full of silverware for second FV35, most improved runner and only lady completing all thirteen races.
Andy Berry received the cup for being 6th man out of almost 500.
Finally Des Walkden came away with a 'scholarly prize' for his comments on Facebook.
A few more pictures of the evening will be added later in the day.
Richard Robert of Eryri must enjoy running in the Pennines. Last week, he won the Whittle Pike race and this week, he returned to Lancashire to try his luck again and he secured another win by setting a new course record and finishing with a good lead on the young local, Joe Johnston.
A few Barlickers went over for this race and they were led home by John Boothman, in spite of the fact that he was struggling after his recent long bike ride. The night also saw Bob Jackson return to competitive running, finishing not far behiind John.
Emma Bailey tagged along in the race behind Jean Rawlinson and every time she tried to pass her, Jean always managed to pull out that little extra something that kept Emma in her wake. However, the run in to the finish was on Tarmac and feeling more comfortable on that surface, Emma at last found the opportunity to pass her team mate and finish just ahead of her.
Bringing up the rear for the Barlickers, but having a cracking run, was James Stead and although it was a tough course, he admitted afterwards that he really enjoyed it.
75 John Boothman 55:45
86 Bob Jackson 57:33
92 Emma Bailey 58:05
93 Jean Rawlinson 58:15
104 James Stead 1:02:05
A couple of our youngsters went up for the junior races and finished as follows:
Under 12
3 Daniel Chew 18:02
Under 14
2 Jordan Chew 23:03
Sam Wadsworth was on holiday in France and he took part in this 12.4 km road race which includes 300m of climb. The course takes a loop of the village before setting off up the hillside, zig zagging until it reaches the top before a long descent back to the finish. He only had his fell shoes with him, which were not ideal, but he finished in around 30th position in just under an hour. He reports that it was a nice race with plenty of water stations and a good spread of cakes and refreshments at the finish.
Muddy Kit wanted 4 top men and women to form a team to represent and promote their brand. This race acted as a Muddy Kit team trial with only the top 3 being guaranteed a place in their team. It is a well established course full of deep mud, barbed wire, water crossings, climbs and all other manner of weird and wonderful pain inducing obstacles.. Because of the rewards to the leaders, it was an out and out race to the line.
Despite being his first race back since suffering a calf injury, Shaun Chew had a blinding performance to finish in 1st place, no doubt spurred on by the thoughts of free kit and a place in the team. James Fent and Luke Wallwork also entered and both had great runs especially since all three Barlickers only found out about this race a little over a week ago. Results may not be published, but the Barlick boys all finished in the top 3rd of the field.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.