Stephen Shorrocks is a man in form and is getting closer to the front every week. He was our sole runner in this race and finished 5th.
5 Stephen Shorrock 58:25
3 Craig Shearer 33:39
81 Paul Elcock 44:01
The men for the first time entered two teams into the northern 12 stage. The A team was the strongest we've fielded but were still missing a couple due to injuries.
With this we were looking to break into the top 10 for the first time in the clubs short history. Tom Corrigan and John Whiteside got the mens team under way on the super fast 1st leg and both ran well. Tom ran the fastest Barlick long leg on the day against the big boys. The A team were 20th after leg 1 and the B team were 42nd. Marc Hartley started cutting through the field with the fastest short leg of the day and pulled the A team up to 12th, Dan Balshaw just recovering from injury lost a few places for the B team.
137 Richard Starkie 24:09
3 Scott McCredie 21:02
9 John Boothman 22:20
11 Paul Elcock 22:45 New PB
21 Jenna Boothman 24:31 New PB
28 Logan McCredie 26:21
33 Cloey Mason 27:33 New PB
35 Nicola Muller 27:46 New PB
37 Samantha Day 27:59
44 Anne Marie Beech 29:05 New PB
46 Heather Mitchell 29:52 New PB
47 Chloe Boohman 30:25 New PB
65 Jodie Stacey 33:47
67 Graham Wadsworth 33:55
23 David Cockell 22:49
34 Hannah Newbold 23:31
83 Susan Hird 27:53 New PB
3 Charles Morgan 18:20
This years championship was held at Dalby Forest and several of our juniors were out racing. We are still awaiting full results but early news is that Jacob Reeday had a strong run to take the bronze in the Year 5 Boys race. For the girls Lucille Pickles took 5th in the Year 4 Girls race which Chloe Boothman also ran in but we are still awaiting a finishing position for her.
Full results will follow when available.
A Race
9 Thomas Corrigan 15:26
13 Mark Hartley 15:44
B Race
27 Jen Hird 20:04
Mark Holgate was our sole representative in this race, finishing a very creditable 21st and continuing on from his good performance in the last Mid Lancs Cross Country race.
1 Richard Burney(Liverpool) 25.35
21 Mark Holgate 28.05
Conditions were not brilliant for this race, which some described as a rain-sodden bog fest, yet it still managed to attract a record turnout, including five Barlickers. A good run from Andy Collins saw him secure a top twenty finish.
17 Andrew Collins 2:15:04
56 Nick Kendall 2:29:04
94 Pete Beresford 2:40:08
103 Leanne Dinsdale 2:41:58 (5th lady)
211 Heather Driver 3:22:23 (36th lady)
There were ten Barlickers out in this race and they were led home by Stephen Shorrock who managed a top ten finish. A great run by Lorraine Slater saw her finish 2nd lady and fifteenth overall.
9 Stephen Shorrock 1:03:42
15 Lorraine Slater 1:07:13 (2nd lady)
22 John Boothman 1:10:22
31 Paula Cullen 1:13:59
33 Glenn Whittaker 1:14:23
35 Laura Craig 1:14:56
37 Dave Halliday 1:15:55
48 Karen Naylor 1:22:52
53 James Milligan 1:27:28
62 Katie Towers 1:33:19
18 Virgil Barton 1:48:46
These races are hard. It is like running two back to back marathons and then some, with over 8,800 foot of ascent thrown in for good measure. This year, the race was run in the reverse order which made it even harder than usual, as all the climbs come in the second half.
Gary Bradley finished the race in 11:47:53 in 113th positions. This time was slower than that which he achieved last year and he puts this down to the route reversal. This is a pretty good achievement when you consider that 371 runners set off on this race and only 329 of them made it to the finish line.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.