First fell race of the New Year and young Jack Villiers took part before rushing off to watch the Burnley game. He had a particularly good run competing against the seniors, coming home in 28th place.
28 Jack Villiers 21:14
153 finishers.
Corrigan is definitely back and made a great start for the New Year by taking the win in this race.
1 Tom Corrigan 17:59
442 finishers
3 Lucas Payne 20:14
24 John Boothman 23:39
40 Paul Elcock 25:01
34 John Boothman 22:44
38 Paul Elcock 23:11
Today not only marks the end of the calendar year, but it also marks the end of an era. After over thirty years or organising races, Dave & Eileen Woodhead have decided to call it a day. Thankfully, Wharfedale Harriers have agreed to continue to put on this unique series of races and we are very greatful to them for that, but the absence of the dominant presence of Dave, barking out orders to the runners, will take some getting used to.
Over the years, Dave & Eileen have provided lots of enjoyment to senior and junior fell runners alike and having now laid down the onerous burden of organising races, everyone at Barlick Fell Runners hopes that they can get out and enjoy the sport they have done so much for, without having to worry about the organisational aspect of it.
Anyone turning out for this race can proudly boast that they have competed with British Olympic Gold Medal Winner, Alistair Brownlee. Having said that, once he took the lead in the race, he looked as though the rest would struggle to catch him. Carl Bell, gave it a good go, but you always felt that Alistair always had a bit more in the tank, if he was really pressed.
As usual, this race was full of the festive spirit with lots of imaginative fancy dress on show, including Paul Elcock & John Boothman. Luckily Paul managed to bring home his ukulele (a Christmas present from his daughter) in one piece, despite having a fall on the treacherous muddy downhill section on the return. The times for today were:
1 Alistair Brownlee 38:30
2 Carl Bell 38:46
126 Andrew Smith 59:49
135 John Boothman 60:44
190 Paul Elcock 65:22
262 Cloey Mason 71:46
41 Craig Shearer 33:23
90 James Tingle 36:04
140 Chris Smale (1st MV50)
159 Sarah Jarvis 38:43 (2nd FV40)
293 Derek Walkden 42:17 (27th MV50)
1023 Sally Scothern 1:00:09 (18th FV55)
1199 Sharon Newbold 1:09:20 (50th FV50)
7 Lucas Payne 19:11
23 Alex Mason 21:16
79 Cloey Mason 25:34
2 Marc Hartley 17:43
A very swift run by Lee Parrington saw him take a comfortable victory in this race over Nathan Townsend of Trafford AC. Another swift run, this time by young Jack Villiers, saw him secure a creditable top twenty finnish. Finally, for Barlick, was another promising young runner, Maddison Parrington who quite remarkably finished 133rd out of 405 finishers.
1 Lee Parrington 12:34
15 Jack Villiers 14:29
133 Maddison Parrington 21:03
405 finnishers.
The race winner was Chris Smithard in a time of 38:43.
121 Nick Kendall 51:03
7 Lucas Payne 19:11
23 Alex Mason 21:16
79 Cloey Mason 25:34
5 Marc Hartley 17:19
7 James Tingle 17:24 New PB
22 Jack Villiers 20:11
4 Scott Boardman 19:20 New PB
101 Susan Hird 28:04
Corrigan is back!
1 Tom Corrigan 17:41
2 Andy Berry 19:46
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.