Des and Sharon went down to Derbyshire for this race  It was up hill, down hill, all in mud and there was even one section where they ran in the river as it had burst its banks.  All in all, seven and a half miles of fell running fun.

The winner was Max Wainwright of Dark Peak in 49:27

58 Derek Walkden 1.08
205 Sharon Newbold  1.51

214 finishers.

13 Andy Berry 54:28

Senior Women
62 Cloey Mason 30:12

Senior Men
66 James Austin 42:50
143 Shane Muller 48:29
207 Tony Duffy 55:41

14 Ian Cocks 20:55

Ladies Race
62 Cloey Mason 30:23
71 Eleanor Moore 31:00
81 Susan Hird 32:38 (1st WV60)

Men's Race
59 James Austin 47:18
89 Shane Muller 51:18
104 Dan Taylor 53:02
139 Tony Duffy 59:47
148 Richard Starkie 1:01:27

1 Andy Berry 19:21

273 Graham Wadsworth 35:51

This year saw the presentation night move from the Golf Club to the Rolls Royce Club  and by all accounts was a great success.

Tim Pigott hosted the evening and ultra runner Tom Hollins entertained with a Q&A session and presented the prizes & the raffle.

The winners were:

Club Road Championship

Men
​1. Jon Cleaver
​2. James Austin

Ladies
​1. Heather Driver
​2. Cloey Mason
3. N/A

Cross Country

Men
1. James Austin
​2. Scott Boardman

Ladies
​1. Rachel Villiers
​2. Jacqueline Collins
​3. Cloey Mason

Fell

Men
​1. Andy Berry
​2. John Boothman
​3. Glenn Whittaker

​V40 Andy Berry

​V50 John Boothman

Ladies
​1. Jennifer Hird
​2. Cloey Mason
​3. Katie Towers

Park Run

Men
1. Jack Villiers
​2. Andy Berry
​3. Alex Mason

Ladies

1. Rachel Villiers
​2. Ciara Duffy
​3. Anne-Marie Beech

Overall Runners of the Year

Men – David Mirfield

Women – Rachel Villiers

Most Improved

Men – Ben Hoyle
Women - Cloey Mason

Performances of the Year

Men – John Boothman (2nd at the Montane Spine Flare Race)
Women – Lorraine Slater (2nd and 1st V40 at Ultimate Trails 55)

Club Man (Person) of the Year

Joanne Sadowsky

DNF Trophy

Ben Hoyle (Weets Race)

284 Tony Duffy 46:24

33 John Boothman 36:19
62 Jamie Fox 40:33
101 Gary Parkinson 47:19
106 Susan Hird 48:01

23 Connor Fitzpatrick 25:01 New PB
42 George Fitzpatrick 28:11

322 Graham Wadsworth 34.52

We had lots of runners out in the Tour of Pendle, but this left us with depleted numbers in this race.  Craig Shearer can always be relied upon to put in a strong performance and he finished in the leading group, coming home in third place.

Ladies
71 Eleanor Moore 26:02
93 Susan Hird 28:27 (2nd V60)

Men
3 Craig Shearer 27:31
102 Shane Muller 36:26
153 Jamie Fox 40:45
158 Tony Duffy 41:40
162 Richard Starkie 42:15

Men win the team prize

Dan Mills had a cracking run to finish third  in this race.  Luckily, he was not alone, with another three team mates also putting in great performances to finish in the top ten.  No one else had this strength in depth and the club came away with the team prize.

In the ladies race, Emma Taylor had a particularly good run to secure a top ten finish against some stern competition.

3 Dan Mills 2:23:12
6 David Mirfield 2:27:45
9 David A Poole 2:30:57
10 Luke Maude 2:32:10
12 Nick Treitl 2:33:58
36 Andy Berry 2:46:18
58 Stephen Shorrock 2:53:39
79 Benjamin Hoyle 2:58:05
92 Ben Whitehead 3:00:22
96 Jimmy Wright 3:01:44
111 Jon Cleaver 3:04:43
123 Scott McCredie 3:06:44
132 Lucas Payne 3:09:30
141 Andrew Collins 3:11:00
148 Luke Wallwork 3:11:47
159 Emma Taylor 3:13:27
190 Andrew Smith 3:20:51
199 Gary Bradley 3:22:36
209 Peter Jackson 3:24:30
227 Tom Beebe 3:27:43
237 John Boothman 3:29:59
274 Jacqueline Collins 3:35:18
287 James Austin 3:37:13
319 Jack Ingham 3:43:37
349 Paula Cullen 3:51:23
298 Mike Alexander 4:07:22
402 Heather Driver 4:07:59
428 Katie Towers 4:18:20
434 Helen Harrison 4:20:58

Des Walkden has been quietly working away at his running and today, it paid off.  He was flying past people down the "black runs", a sight that we have not seen from Des for a while, finishing in a respectable time of 1:55 and  4th in his age category. 

65 Des Walkden 1:55:09

444 finishers.

8 Emma Bailey 20:29
145 Graham Wadsworth 35:43

6 Andy Berry 37:17
9 Carl Pawson 39:31
27 John Boothman 49:25
28 Jamie Fox 49:39

11 Andy Berry 48:35
22 Virgil Barton 51:40
60 Andrew Smith 59:52

Tuesday 11th December @ 7pm 

Chewies Bar

107 Ian Cocks 38:48