This was one of the first races that Des Walkden took part in, two years ago. Although he was suffering from 'Hendon Brook' legs, he still managed to improve his time by over four minutes.
17 Des Walkden 46:48
43 finishers
The race winner was Mark McGoldrick in 48:42
20 Peter Beresford 1:04:05
40 Lucy Beresford 1:19:36
The legend that is Jean Rawlinson was out racing again in this race at Todmorden. She finished 49th overall, 3rd lady and 1st vet 60.
There were 61 finishers.
Ted Mason has won most of the races in the Wharfedale valley and although he has been second on several occasions, first place in this race has proved to be very elusive. It was therefore nice to see Ted entering the finish funnel first at last. He was pushed hard by Sam Watson, who is also gaining a reputation for being second in this race, but Ted is one of the best descenders on the fell, bar none and this is where he had the edge over Sam. These two had opened up a bit of a gap on Nigel Wood of Coniston who was the third place runner, who finished just ahead of Neal Crampton of Torq Trail Running. Neil is a very good ascender and he showed this again today by being first to the summit.
In the ladies race, Aly Raw of Bingley showed that despite being a Vet 50 runner, she is still a force to be reckoned with, and she took first place. She finished ahead of Lorraine Slater of Barlick Fell Runners. The third lady was Rachel Lowther, also of Barlick Fell Runners.
Hopefully a full album of race pictures will be available tomorrow.
Full Results
Posted 4:45 pm 21/6/14
18 Richard Lowther 14:39
This race is 9.4 miles with 2379 fit of ascent. The race was won by Jaz Brown of Buckley Runners in 1:14:31
36 Richard Treitl 2:08:46
41 finishers
It was a real battle at the front of this race between Jimmy Craig and Marc Hartley. These two built up a large early lead over the rest of the field and then Marc gradually started to pull away from Jimmy. As the race progressed, the chasing pack, led by Jonny McKenna, started to close the gap and at the end, he was just over 20 seconds behind Jimmy.
1 Marc Hartley 1:23:17 City of Stoke AC
2 Jimmy Craig 1:24:43
23 Andy Berry 1:37:57
26 Rob Weir 1:38:28
31 James Tingle 1:41:06
43 Derek Walkden 1:45:46
52 Chris Smedley 1:49:20
74 Michael Alexander 1:58:33
76 Richard Starkie 1:58:53
97 Jean Rawlinson 2:07:47 (1st F60)
104 Emma Bailey 2:11:50
110 Jennifer Hird 2:16:14
The overall winner was Dave Kirkham of Wharfedale who cruised to victory in 40:56.
8 Andrew Driver 44:30
25 Pete Beresford 50:11
32 Dave Halliday 52:16
35 Rachel Lowther 53:47 (First Woman)
38 Craig Child 54:08
14 Emma Bailey 22:59 New PB
47 Helen Stead 30:39
20 Andrew Chew 21:04 New PB
75 Daniel Chew 24:53
203 Graham Wadsworth 32:37 New PB
241 Patricia Wadsworth 37:16 New PB
The winner of this race was Craig Robert is 50:46. Our only representative was new member and new runner Richard Lowther who finshed in 45th place in a time of 1:04:12.
106 finishers.
12 Julian Hood 1:00:44
392 finishers
Harley Treitl ran in the BOFRA race at Kettlewell and then came home and ran in this race. He finished in 10th place (out of 24) in 13:19 which is not bad to say that the was the only 7 year old. Georgia Treitl also ran, finishing 19th in 16:25.
Well done to all the Barlickers who turned out for this race. With grateful thanks to Andy Holden, above are pictures of everyone who took part.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.