Several of our junior runners were out at this mid week race. Lucille Pickles finished 4th overall in the U9's race and 1st Girl with Jack Villiers taking the win in the U13's race.
U9
4 Lucille Pickles 8:47 (1st Girl)
8 Chloe Boothman 9:54 (4th Girl)
10 Evie Scott 10:26 (5th Girl)
U13
1 Jack Villiers 13:39
4 Elliott Phillips 15:28
14 Jenna Boothman 17:56 (6th Girl)
Report from Chewy
There were 5 Barlickers present for this midweek freebie at Marl Pitts. I missed the start with the pack already out of the field as I made my way through the funnel. It was a bit of a novelty bobbing and weaving past folk on the narrow path which goes on for about the first mile. I passed Rachel Lowther about a mile in who has taken to copying my shorts. Then John 'race machine' Boothman, who seemed shocked to see me. I caught up to Andy Berry next who was stalking Shaun in the battle of the chairman. Once past Shaun I'd passed about 120 runners and started trying to reel the front runners in.
It was the first round of the English champs fell season on Saturday and due to the road relays we only had Virgil Barton in attendance. That being said, Virgil put in a cracking performance in a stacked field, finishing 41st in 1.45.56. The race was run by Tom Addison of Helm Hill in a fierce descent to the finish, when after 14 miles of running, there was only a minute between the top 6.
1 Tom Addison(Helm Hill) 1.33.28
41 Virgil Barton 1.45.56
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)
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.