134 Graham WADSWORTH 37:26
139 Patricia WADSWORTH 38:29
47 Andrew Driver 25:54
John Boothman was our only representative in this race, but he was rewarded with a chip time of 42:00 which is new PB.
102 John Boothman 42:00
453 finishers.
A bit of a disappointing turn out for this race in that there were nearly as many supporters as runners.. Luckily, we had just enough to make a team. As you would expect, the conditions were muddy and the going was tough, but everyone knuckled down and put on a good show and everyone looked to be going well.
Nick Treitl, running in spikes, admits that he might have gone off a bit too fast and on the first lap he was in 13th place overall and he lost an odd place or two in what seemed like never ending laps of the course, but he still finished in a very creditable 16th position.. The Barlick finishing order and times were:
16 Nick Treitl 32:46
42 Rob Weir 35:23
54 Dan Taylor 36:47
90 Des Walkden 39:09
114 James Fent 42:01
129 Scott Baistow 43:20
Barlick were 10th team out of all four divisions and thanks to the tremendous effort put in by every one who took part, scored the maximum ten points from this event. Barlick are leading the table, with 31 points from four races, but we can be beaten by other teams if they accrue enough points in the last two races. It is therefore all to play for.
5 John BOOTHMAN 23:29
56 Angela BOOTHMAN 37:10
Jack Wright of Ambleside won this race in 29:27, ahead of Mark McGoldrick of Wharfedale.
8 James Craig 31:46
196 finishers.
44 Jenna BOOTHMAN (Junior) 41:15
27 Nick Treitl 35:57
50 Rob Weir 38:48
123 finishers
15 Des WALKDEN 21:11
1 Lucas PAYNE 19:53
8 John BOOTHMAN 24:22
17 Richard STARKIE 27:42 New PB
24 Mark Browne 28:48
Three Barlickers turned out for this race and entered into the spirit of the occasion by dressing up in matching Crime Investigation Suites.
On the serious side, Tom Addison of Helm Hill won the race in 42:09 and Holly Page of Calder Valley was first lady in 50:41.
The Barlickers finished:
161 John Boothman 59:09
232 Dave Halliday 64:08
328 Rachel Lowther 72:21
A few pictures follow.
All pictures courtesy of Sport Sunday
317 Des Walkden 41:26 PB
371 John Boothman 42:14 PB
430 Michael Thistlethwaite 43:48
619 Richard Starkie 47:32 PB
964 James Stead 58:22 PB
1023 Helen Stead 1:01:51 PB
1060 Abi Park 1:07:49 PB
10 John Boothman 23:33
A few Barlickers turned out to run off the excesses of Christmas on this Boxing Day run. The race winner was James Logue of Calder Valley and the first lady home was Olivia Walwyn of Altrincham, who was 10th overall. The Barlickers finished as follows:
8 Sam Wadsworth 26:10
55 James Wadsworth 30:38
59 John Boothman 30:58
79 Lloyd Davies (U16) 33:39
Lloyd Davies was the first home of the seven junior boys in this race.
The first news of this race is that it was won by Tom Adams of Ilkley in a time of 30:51. The first lady home was in 35th position overall and was Olivia Walwyn of Altrincham in a time of 37:46. The Barlickers finished:
118 John Boothman 42:31
198 Dave Halliday 47:05
400 finishers.
U8
54 Tabitha Berry 5:23
U16
4 Lloyd Davies 13:40
Barlick Junior, Jenna Boothman, seems to be getting the running bug after turning out for the Barlick Santa Fun Run and was at the Park Run today. The positions and times for all the Barlickers were:
3 Lucas PAYNE 20:16
35 Richard STARKIE 28:38
55 James STEAD 33:42
62 Helen STEAD 38:08
63 John BOOTHMAN 38:41
64 Jenna BOOTHMAN 38:42
These results are a little late in being posted, as Abigail forgot to mention her club when she registered. It was her first time in the park runs and she finished as follows:
51 Abigail PARK 36:26
This league is divided into four divisions and any new clubs joining the league must start in division four. Unfortunately, when the club results are published, they do not separate them out into the different divisions and they are all clumped together. To make matters worse, they do not publish the divisional tables as the season progresses and it is only now that these tables have been compiled. These show that the top of Division Four is as follows:
| Club | Races | Points |
| Barlick Fell Runners | 3 | 21 |
| Liverpool Harriers & AC | 2 | 20 |
| Lancaster University | 2 | 17 |
One thing we have learnt so far is that results can be very unpredictable. Everyone felt that the race at Hyndburn was very tough, which it was, but we came away with 9 points. On the other hand, the team performed well at Liverpool, yet only amassed 4 points. That was down to the fact that it attracted a lot of local clubs, many of whom ran in Division Four. If a lesson is to be learnt from this, it is that we need to turn up at every race, because at the end of the season, they only include your best four races and low scoring races, such as Liverpool, will be ignored and you cannot predict in advance those races where you will score well.
We have made a good start to this league, but the pressure is on us to maintain the momentum.
The next race in the series is on 11 January at Barrow in Furness.
Membership of the club has increased steadily over the past twelve months to the point where we have now signed up member number 100, who is Charlotte Perry.
It does not feel like 12 months since a small group of runners came together to form Barlick Fell Runners and few of those at that initial meeting ever expected that the club would grow so quickly.
There was a good turn out of 17 runners for this head torch 5K run. Six were first timers and there were PBs for:
Rachel Lowther 23:22
Linda Bostock 23:33
Emma Bailey 24:02
Lucy Beresford 25:55
James Stead 27:00
Helen Stead 30:00
Full Results
Tom Mason was our sole representative in this race and he finished in 189th position with a time of 41:56.
The junior races saw the debut run of Cerri Starkie on a muddy course with one large hill. She was happy to complete the run and even happier that she did not finish last.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.