John Boothman (who else?) was out racing today and he had a pretty decent run, finishing 112th in 43:50. Another Barlick vest was spotted at the race, but at this stage, not sure who is was. Further details follow.
6 Kelly WHITESIDE 22:46 (1st lady)
14 Angela DONLAN 23:56 New PB
Witton Park was the setting for this years Lancashire Cross Country Championship. 17 Barlick vests raced over a very muddy leg sapping undulating course. The ladies vets team took silver with Lorraine Slater taking individual silver in the V45 category.
U13 Boys
36 Aaron SLATER 30:28
Ladies - 7th team / 2nd vets
19 Jennifer HIRD 30:28
24 Lorraine SLATER 31:39
31 Leanne DINSDALE 32:21
38 Paula CULLEN 33:27
47 Emma BAILEY 35:05
Mens - 6th team
15 Tom CORRIGAN 37:40
30 Marc HARTLEY 38:52
45 Chris SINGLETON 40:26
52 Lee PARRINGTON 41:08
57 Dan BALSHAW 41:39
58 Mark SANDAMAS 41:46
97 Charlie MURGATROYD 46:14
102 Dan TAYLOR 47:07
104 Derek WALKDEN 47:32
109 Scott BOARDMAN 48:53
139 Richard STARKIE 56:38
1 Andrew CHEW 18:53
5 Rob HODGKINSON 19:54
7 Nicolas KENDALL20:02
12 John BOOTHMAN 21:22
34 Craig CHILD 23:20
105 Harry CARPENDALE 29:14 New PB
118 Graham WADSWORTH 31:22
133 Joanne SADOWSKY 33:18
145 Joanne MAURIZI 34:28
148 Annabellle HOYLE 34:41
156 Lorraine BROADHURST 36:34 New PB
161 Susan HIRD 38:11
163 Claire MCGLASHAN 42:57 New PB
Marc Hartley got the new year off to a quick start going sub 16 at the local Podium 5k on the Steven Burke cycle track in Barrowford. He finished third overall with Tim Raynes of Blackburn Harriers winning the race. Dan Balshaw also ran making his debut with a 17.14 clocking.
1 Tim Raynes 15.43 (Blackburn)
3 Marc Hartley 15.55
14 Dan Balshaw 17.14
Tom Addison has been an ever present in this league and he once more showed his intentions by turning up for this first race of the new season and winning it with a comfortable margin in a time of 28:08. Lee Parrington was our only representative there who had a good run to secure a top twenty finish out of a field of 233.
16 Lee Parrington 32:05
The winner of this race was Charlie Batho of Stockport in 1:18:39.
123 Richard Starkie 1:42:19
4 Nicolas KENDALL 19:53
10 Ben HOYLE 20:45
25 Emma BAILEY 23:05
29 Craig CHILD 23:25 NEW PB
46 Karen BRINDLE 24:55
76 Connor FITZPATRICK 28:44 NEW PB
85 Harry CARPENDALE 29:20
87 Kathryn PAYNE 29:25
96 Susan HIRD 30:31
103 Gary BAILEY 31:07
106 Graham WADSWORTH 31:27
123 Joanne MAURIZI 34:07 NEW PB
134 Lorraine BROADHURST 38:51
Carl Bell was the winner of this race, with Victoria Wilkinson finishing 3rd overall and 1st lady. Andy Berry had a good run to secure a top ten finish.
8 Andy Berry 1:00:59
23 John BOOTHMAN 23:51
107 Lorraine BROADHURST 45:06
1 Julian HOOD 18:00
13 John BOOTHMAN 21:40
26 Angela DONLAN 23:10
53 Laura CRAIG 26:23
67 Jenna BOOTHMAN 28:26
104 Lorraine BROADHURST 37:35
12 Luke Maude in 45.27
18 Julian Hood in 47.09
43 Mark Sandamas in 51.00
162 John Boothman 60.06
173 Angela Donlan 60.46
272 Hannah Newbold 68.21
413 finished and 2 DNF
4 Nicolas KENDALL 20:17
23 Sean FITZPATRICK 28:09
31 Connor FITZPATRICK 29:56
38 Susan HIRD 31:33
39 Graham WADSWORTH 34:24
40 Clover EDWARDS 36:01
44 Barbara MURZONE WADSWORTH 39:27
45 Claire MCGLASHAN 44:10
46 Lorraine BROADHURST 44:11
1 Lucas PAYNE 18:14
22 John BOOTHMAN 21:12
Last year, the top three finishers were Tom Adams, Simon Bailey and Rob Hope, in that order. Those same three names were in the top three again, but in a different order. Tom Adams led the field out and he looked as though he was once again going to boss it. On the return, he was still leading on the track coming off the moors, but Rob Hope was up with him and you had to wonder if he was playing a tactical game and just waiting to pounce. This year those two were way ahead of Simon Bailey who was in third place. When it came to the run in, it was Rob who came out the better of the two, taking victory by 8 seconds and setting a new course and V40 record.
Andy Berry had a good run for Barlick, coming home in 23rd place in a field containing a lot of good runners with Dave Halliday in 132nd place.
Hannah Newbold had a good run out and appeared to be going very easily on the run in off the moors and looked very clean despite her face plant in a bog after the second descent.
1 Rob Hope 31:08
2 Tom Adams 31:12
3 Simon Bailey 33:12
23 Andy Berry 36:34
132 Dave Halliday 43:57
251 Hannah Newbold 51:07
We had a few juniors out in the Quarry Runs.The under 10s to U16s all ran together and that is how the results appeared. We have tried to sort out category positions on a provisional basis, but these may be subject to error.
U8 Girls
29 Lucille Pickles 4:05
36 Chloe Boothman 4:34
53 starters
U10s, U12s,U14s, U16s, Combined Race
64 Harley Treitl 9:15 (U10 boy) (10th)
73 Jenna Boothman 9.50 (U 12 girl) (10th)
74 Elliot Halliday 9.59 (U 10 boy) (21st)
78 Oliver Whipp 10.08 (U 10 boy) (22nd)
81 Connor Fitzpatric 10.17 (U 12 boy) (23rd)
87 Harry Carpendale 10.57 ( U 10 boy) (24th)
113 Clover Edwards 12.22 (U 10 girl)
124 starters
The nice thing about John Boothman is that he just loves running. He does not mess about targeting races or having a week off because he is saving himself. If he is free and there is a race, he is out there racing. He knows that he is not going to win, but he enjoys the run out, the freedom of the fells and afterwards a well earned pint and a chat with like minded people.
He was our only runner at this race. He was 68th in a time of 56:41 out of a field of 125. It was a bit slower time for him than last year, which he puts down to the heavy going underfoot.
The race was won by Mark Nixon of Pudsey & Bramley in a time of 41:44 with Sam Tosh 2nd, Ian Holmes 3rd and Sam Watson 4th.
Question. Will John run in The Stoop tomorrow?
It was a good win for our ladies team last Saturday and this week they have made it into Athletics Weekly.
35 Danny BUTTERWORTH 25:15
68 Susan HIRD 30:24
80 Graham WADSWORTH 32:04
99 Joanne MAURIZI 36:36
2 James TINGLE 18:55
14 Ben HOYLE 21:11
77 Lucy Beresford 43:25
Three pictures in the gallery above including the 'Cheeky Barlicker'
More picture of leg one in https://picasaweb.google.com/110439573756197443848/GatheringWinterFoolsRelayLeg102#
What a day for the Barlick ladies. They were third team in 2013, they were 3rd last year, but this year, they romped home in first place. Jen Hird and Leanne Dinsdale got the team off to a good start by taking an early lead and handing over in first place to Kelly Whiteside and Lorraine Slater. These are a good pair, but they were up against Wharfedale's top pairing of Emma Hopkinson & Lucy Needham and they dropped a place. Then it was the turn of Lucy Beresford & Paula Cullen, who put everything into their leg and regained first place after the Wharfedale pairing made a navigational error. Our last pair was Emma Bailey and Angela Donlan who set off like there was a charging bull after them and at that point, baring injury or accident, it looked like it was all over. As it happened, they ran a cracking leg and opened up the gap even further on the chasing Wharfedale team.
The men's A' team got off to a good start and there was nothing between them and Bingley 'A' at the first hand over point at the White Lion. By the Murder Mile, our pairing of Luke Maude and Julian Hood had opened up a 12 second gap on Bingley and they were a good two to three minutes in front of the chasing Wharfedale pair of Sam Watson & Ted Mason. However, by the time they emerged out of the mist on the top of Ilkley Moor, things had changed dramatically. Wharfedale had suddenly gone to the front and opened up a 90 second lead on the Barlick pair. Last year, Julian Hood looked strong on this leg and was pulling a struggling Chewy round. This year, it was Luke Maude who was pulling a struggling Julian round, who was battling with the cold and the wet. However, at this stage, they still had a 30 second lead over Bingley. However, by the finish, things had changed again as Chris Smale was struggling with a niggle on the last leg and this allowed Bingley to catch up and take second place and for Wharfedale to run out worthy winners.
However, behind them, there were some very sound performances from our 'B' team, who despite being at one time being closely pursued by Wharfedale 'B', managed to pull out a good lead and comfortably take 4th place.
All in all, it was a pretty good day for the club. We had five teams out of the top ten and all of our teams in the top thirteen.
The top teams finished as follows:
1 Wharfedale 'A' 3:27:58
2 Bingley 'A' 3:37:16
3 Barlick 'A' 3:38:54
4 Barlick 'B' 3:47:58
5 Wharfedale 'B' 3:59:15
6 Keighley & Craven 'A'4:08:17
7 Barlick 'C' 4:12:59
8 Barlick 'D' 4:23:28 (Vets)
9 Barlick Ladies 4:25:59 (1st Ladies Team)
10 Bingley 'B' 4:36:56
11Wharfedale Ladies 4:37:04 (2nd Ladies Team)
12 Keighley & Craven Mixed 4:50:19 (1st Mixed Team)
13 Barlick 'E' 4:57:59
14 Bingley Ladies 5:02:51 (3rd Ladies Team)
15 Keighley & Craven Mixed 'B' 5:02:54 (2nd Mixed Team)
A big thank you must go to Keighley & Craven for putting on this event. It is a cracking relay race over a great course. Thanks too must go to all the marshals who stood out in some very cold and wet weather.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.