12 Derek WALKDEN 20:38
It was wet, wild and windy for the annual jaunt up Pinhaw and 143 people ran in the worst conditions seen for a long time in this race. Jimmy Craig showed everyone a clean pair of heels coming home in front of Tom Corrigan and young Jordan McDonald from Clayton. With 4 Barlick men in the top 5, they took the team prize on the night. The Barlick ladies also put on a great show jointly winning the team prize with the Trawden Belles. In the ladies race, Debbie Gowans of Accrington Road Runners was first back followed by Lorraine Slater of Barlick.
A big thanks must go to all the marshals who braved the wind, rain and dropping temperatures and to Terry Lonergan of Complete Runner for sponsoring the race with some prizes, numbers and start and finish banners.
After two races, Tom Corrigan is now leading the table following his 3rd place finish at Hambledon.
Results
(Posted at 10:00 pm 8 May)
Jack Smith had already won this race on three previous occasions and he added to his tally of Lothersdale victories by leading the field home in a time of 24:10. The Barlick finishing times were:
2 Stephen Chew 25:41
4 Andy Berry 26:46
11 Andy Collins 28:35
15 Richard Lowther 29:39
20 Derek Walkden 30:52
23 Dave Halliday 31:27
25 John Boothman 31:50
29 Glenn Whittaker 32:45
42 Jack Ingham 38:00
Under 10
4 Elliot Halliday 6:36
Under 12
15 Jenna Boothman 12:22
45 Richard Starkie 21:52
Des Walkden completed the "short" route and finished in 25th position.
25 Derek Walkden 1:01:47
Harley Treitl ran in this U8 Junior Championship Race and finished 3rd out of a field of 40.
3 Thomas Corrigan 41:32
10 Andrew Chew 44:14
73 James Tingle 52:01
139 Gary Parkinson 1:02:05
145 Jean Rawlinson 1:03:06
155 Clover EDWARDS 37:26
156 Susan HIRD 37:27
2 Carl PAWSON 20:24 New PB
3 Chris SMEDLEY 20:29 New PB
Record holder Tom Brunt returned for a third time to take on this race and before the off, the conjecture was whether he would finish under two hours. The conditions on the top of Pendle were cold, wet and very windy and were not ideal for record breaking times. Perhaps things might have been different had Tom been uinder pressure from the other runners. As it turned out, Tom had a comfortable win over Martin Hurst from Pudsey & Bramley who was closely followed home in third place by Max Wainwright from Helsby RC.
There was only one lady in the race this year and she was Helen Buchan of Calder Valley and she finished in 22nd place overall in a time of 3:26:38.
More photographs of the day will be added to the web site shortly.
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When Gary Bradley posed for this pre-race photo along side Karen Nash, it probably never occurred to him that she would romp home in front of him with two hours to spare!!
12 Charlie Murgatroyd 25:38
Emma Bailey is doubtless smiling as she looks at these results, as she put in an excellent time for this half marathon and finished first in category. Richard entered the full marathon which is completed in just over four hours.
114 Emma Bailey 1:38:53
126 Scott Boardman 1:39:57
Full Marathon
232 Richard Starkie 4:06:22
1 Tom CORRIGAN 17:38 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.