Two teams were sent to this years relay championship which took part on the Western shore of Loch Lomond. The decision was made by Andy Berry and Rachel Lowther that two teams would be sent to compete, a mixed team and a V40 team and it proves that the decision was the right one.
The mixed team had an amazing run to finish 1st beating 15 other mixed teams and finishing 44th overall. The V40 team also put in a strong performance to finish 8th team and 53rd overall.
Below are the teams and the leg splits
44 - Barnoldswick Mighty Mixed - 5:01:31
Leg 1 - Sarah Tipler - 29:13
Leg 2 - Angela Donlan & Jen Hird - 1:53:25
Leg 3 - Ian Beresford & Andy Berry - 1:54:23
Leg 4 - Luke Maude - 44:30
53 - Barnoldswick Rapid Veterans - 5:09:40
Leg 1 - Chris Smale - 29:12
Leg 2 - Virgil Barton & Carl Pawson - 1:41:18
Leg 3 - Gary Bradley & John Boothman - 2:08:28
Leg 4 - Gary Shaw - 50:42
8 Chris Smedley 21:33
2 Charles Morgan 17:44
3 James Tingle 17:49 New PB
75 Ian Cocks 24:08
47 Danny Butterworth 24:11
93 Lucille Pickles 27:27
145 Clover Edwards 30:57
153 Susan Hird 31:16
157 Gary Bailey 31:46
43 Paul Elcock 21:19
A run up Blencathra or Helvellyn & the Dodds. Both are pretty challenging races, but for Tim Pigott, that was just the start. After Helvellyn, he continued over Fairfield and then on into Ambleside. Having got to Ambleside, his race was still far from over. He continued along the Western side of Lake Windermere over Claife Heights and eventually crossed the finishing line not far short of the top of Morecambe Bay. It was a total of 50 miles with over 13,000 feet of ascent. He set off at 8:00 am on Saturday morning and finished at 11:09 pm on Saturday night.
What an amazing performance.
7 Carl Pawson 18:44 New PB
The juniors flooded the Haworth hill tops at the weekend with 22 taking part in the infamous Curly Wurly rat runs. The under 8s were up 1st and were straight into the action with a fast start making it easier on the narrow path out of the quarry. 1st home was Lucille Pickles followed by George Fitzpatrick and Chloe Boothman in quick succession. In all, there were 69 Runners in the under 8s race with 10 being from Barlick.
Next up was the fast and furious start for the under 10s through to under 16s. We had 5 juniors in this race with Logan McCredie working his way through the field to finish 26th. Edie Poole and Clover Edwards had a good tussle finishing 44th and 45th.
The under 12s also had 5 Barlickers running with Elliot Philips leading the way with 7th place and Teigan Judson finishing 6th girl with Jenna Boothman not far behind.
The under 14s had just two juniors in attendance with Emma Wilkinson leading the way in 23rd place. Macie Dykes had quite an afternoon still managing to finish despite fainting early in the race. She was happy with the 5 chocolate bars she received for her endeavours though.
After the race is was home, get changed and off to Matrix where we had around 30 bowlers taking part in a social gathering whilst we handed out the club championship trophies. Cracking day out and great to see all the kids getting along well together.
Results-
Under 8s
11 Lucille Pickles 3.15
14 George Fitzpatrick 3.20
15 Chloe Boothman 3.22
26 Hayden McKenzie 3.43
32 Isabelle Chew 3.57
38 Daniel Hood 4.04
41 Bella McCredie 4.12
47 Summer Fitzpatrick 4.25
53 Annabelle Hoyle 4.29
65 Max Villiers 4.56
Under 10s
26 Logan McCredie 8.21
44 Edie Poole 9.36
45 Clover Edwards 9.41
54 Charlotte Porter 10.50
55 Chloe Parker 10.53
Under 12s
7 Elliot Phillips 6.56
20 Jack Villiers 7.47
21 Teigan Judson 8.02
23 Jenna Boothman 8.16
24 Connor Fitzpatrick 8.24
Under 14s
23 Emma Wilkinson 9.29
25 Macie Dykes 10.00
Club Championship Awards
Under 8
Girls Lucille Pickles
Boys George Fitzpatrick
Under 10
Girls Elle Honeyman
Boys Harley Treitl
Under 12
Girls Jenna Boothman
Boys Elliot Phillips/Jack Villiers
Scott Boardman & Emma Bailey turned out for this race. Emma came home as first lady and in running this race, both recorded 5K personal best time of 19:20 for Scott & 20:40 for Emma.
16 Scott Boardman 25:82
32 Emma Bailey 26:45 (1st lady)
It is a long way to go, but it is a good day out and the last race of the BOFRA season is a challenging one..
44 Craig Child 1:02:07
Tom Adams was the easy winner of this race, finishing somewhere around his record time and four minutes ahead of second place.
Following on from her 2nd place finish in the championship race yesterday at Langdale, Nicola Jackson had another good run today to win the ladies race.
The two Barlickers finished:
42 Lee Edwards 50:46
90 Angela Donlan 55:07
Sutton in Coldfield was the setting for the premier road relay event of the year. Confidence was high after the good showing at the northern six stage. Luke Maude was at Langdale on his favoured surface and the revitalised Marc Hartley was back. The competition was again of a very high standard with Olympic 5000m man Andy Butchart running the fastest leg of the day for his club Central. The Barlick boys got off to a solid start with Gary Shaw getting things under way with a good run on leg 1. Jimmy Craig lost a place on leg 2 but was still feeling the after effects of the sickness bug which hampered him at Ian Hodgson. Tom Corrigan was on leg 3 and took 7 places back and moved the lads into the top 50. Matt Lalor also pulled back 5 places and. The boys were on a charge. In form Ian Livesey took back another 5 places and we were in the top 40. Marc Hartley then took 6 places back on the final leg and anchored the team to a very respectable 34th in our first ever 6 stage national. Targets have been set for next year after a debrief on the beer in Burnley. Top performance from the lads yet again.
Stage One 56 Gary Shaw 18:57
Stage Two 57 James Craig 19:10
Stage Three 50 Tom Corrigan 18:59
Stage Four 45 Matt Lalor 19:14
Stage Five 40 Ian Livesey 18:35
Stage Six 34 Marc Hartley 19:04
Sam Tosh won this championship race and was followed home by Simon Bailey. Luke Maude (25th) led home the Barlickers.
25 Luke Maude 2.16.58
56 David Poole 2.29.37
81 Virgil Barton 2.36.44
133 Andy Berry 2.47.38
168 John Boothman 2.57.14
224 Pete Beresford 3.08.42
267 Pete Jackson 3.19.26
287 Dave Halliday 3.27.33
311 Glen Whitaker 3.35.07
343 Rachel Lowther 3.54.36
344 Leanne Dinsdale 3.54.37
378 finished and 11 retired
4 Charles Morgan 17:40 New PB
5 Daniel Mills 17:43 New PB
8 Andrew Chew 18:02 New PB
71 Daniel Chew 23:00
221 Graham Wadsworth 29:33 New PB
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.