Clowbridge 5K - 27 July 2023
Written by Graham WadsworthThis is a fairly flat twice round the reservoir course, spoilt by having to go through 6 gates. The race winner was Adam Wale from Clayton le Moors and was chased down by our own Craig Shearer. The winning time was 17:14.
2 Craig Shearer 17:28
8 Robert Cranham 19:21 1st V45
84 finishers.
This is the first in the series of Wednesday night summer races organised by Rossendale Harriers. This first one is a cracking race. After running up a lane, the race branches off to ascend through an old quarry on to the tops. On the night of the race, it was raining and whilst it felt like gentle rain at the start, once on the tops, the conditions were quite wild. The course is brilliant in that there are many features through which you have to run. Steep ascent, steep descent, bogs and on the night, there was even a bit of mist, just to make the navigation a bit more tricky - this race had it all, before completing a circular route on the tops and descending back down through the old quarry and along the lane to the finish.
Everyone, including the marshals, were thoroughly wet through by the time the race finished and it was decided to postpone any presentation until the the Whittle Pike race next week.
The race winner was Ben Coop of Bury in a time of 49:37. The leading Barlicker and 1st V40 was David Poole.
4 David Poole 52:35 1st V40
11 Robert Cranham 56:13
37 John Boothman 1:09:24 2nd V60
83 finishers
This is a nice little evening out and back race over 5 miles. The race winner was William Longden from Buxton & District AC who led all the way and set a new course record of 28.57. Look out for this young man as he is only 19 years of age.
The only Barlicker who turned out was Rob Cranham who had a particularly good run to finish 5th overall. With a finish like that, you would think that he would have comfortably won the first V45 prize, but he was pushed hard all the way to the finish by Dave Ryder.
5 Robert Cranham 33:25
Lothersdale Show - 8 July 2023
Written by Graham WadsworthThis a great race because young and old run together and is becoming popular with running families as parents can run against their children.
The winner this year was a young boxer called Caden Jones and it was a neck and neck finish with Otis Brooks from Wharfedale Harriers with Caden just managing to get over the finish line first. The third to finish was another young runner Zac Jardine from Keighley & Craven and these three youngsters finished well clear of the first senior Andrew Jebb from Bingley.
The ladies race was also a youngster, Alice White from Keighley & Craven who is an under 13 girl and is one to look out for in the future.
Special mention must be made of Val Lowman who is age 70 and this was her first ever fell race. She fancied giving it a go and to her credit, she did not finish last.
A very warm evening saw a good turnout of Barlickers for this race which was dominated by a good performance from Chris Holdsworth of Clayton, who led from the early stages of the race to the finish. He was chased all the way by Joseph Ormrod and Jon Cleaver from Rossendale, but he never looked like he would be caught by this pair.
A special mention must be made of Jacqueline Collins as this was her first race after only recently giving birth.
5 Ian Beresford 27:04
6 David Mirfield 27:19
7 Ben Whitehead 27:48
12 Barrie Charnley 29:24
19 Ian Cocks 30:39
23 David Pease 31:01
24 Andrew Collins 31:12
37 Andrew Smith 32:59
38 Laura Craig 32:59
39 Molly Ralphson 33:03
40 Zac Kaye 33:16
43 Emma Taylor 33:37
53 John Boothman 34:40
64 Hayley Whitehead 36:04
134 Jacqueline Collins 45:48
Hawkswick Dash - 18 June 2023
Written by Graham Wadsworth19 Robert Cranham MV45 15:33
20 David Pease MV45 15:40
Under 14
5 Will Pease 12:29
13 Elliot Shackleton 13:57
In the short race, three youngsters battled it out for first place, with Will Pease of Barlick finishing just ahead of Theo Robinson of Blackburn and Jack Acornely of Skipton AC.
The long race saw David Poole build up a good lead by the half way mark in Lothersdale, but the young legs of team mates Sam Horrocks and Luke Turner made their mark on the return with Sam running out the victor and leaving Barlick with a one-two three.
Annie Hassell of Wharfedale put in a sterling performance to finish first lady.
Hardmoors 55 - 23 March 2023
Written by Graham Wadsworth
A testing day for John Boothman with another ultra race, this time going from Guisborough over the North Yorkshire Moors and Cleveland Hills, taking in Roseberry Topping before finishing in Helmsley. John was very tired at the finish which he put down to lack of enough training, but nevertheless finishing first M60 and 32nd overall.
A cracking run over this hilly course saw Ian Cocks finish 4th overall and 1st V40
4 Ian Cocks 3:38:55 (1st V40)
Ilkley Moor Race - 5 March 2023
Written by Graham Wadsworth182 Anthony Brown 1:00:06
A good turnout of Barlickers for this event
5 James Craig 1:05:52
7 David Mirfield 1:06:20
13 David Poole M40 1:10:28
19 Stephen Shorrock M40 1:11:50
28 Nathan Smedley 1:15:14
29 Andy Berry M40 1:15:17
30 Mark Horrocks M50 1:15:38
36 David Pease M40 1:17:09
43 Barrie Charnley M40 1:18:15
64 Carl Nevison M50 1:22:28
66 Andrew Smith M50 1:22:47
78 Shane Muller M40 1:24:11
87 Molly Ralphson F40 1:25:02 (3rd woman, 2nd F40)
89 Fiona Hall F40 1:25:06 (3rd F40)
98 Derek Walkden M50 1:27:41
113 Hayley Whitehead 1:29:48
129 Hannah Newbold 1:32:05
147 Heather Driver F40 1:35:06
155 Paula Cullen F40 1:35:59
161 Kerry-Ann Bretherton F40 1:37:58
200 Katie Towers 1:48:05
201 Nicola Muller F40 1:48:05
221 Callum Tadman 1:57:38
Wadsworth Trog - 4 February 2023
Written by Graham Wadsworth
This is a tough energy sapping race through bogs and mud, but at least this year, the weather was good. A good run by David Mirfield saw him take a podium place and good run by his team mate saw them both take a top ten finish.
3 David Mirfield 2:41:32
9 Ben Whitehead 2:56:18
There are two races on the day. A 30 mile and a 45 mile.
30 Mile Race
Lucy Brown and Lorraine Slater ran this race together. Lorraine was not feeling her best half way round and Lucy could have pressed on and taken first place herself, but they stuck together and Lucy sportingly allowed her team mate to get over the line first. A good one - two for Barlick. Not only that, but behind them, Kerrie Bretherton was also putting on a good show, coming home in 4th place.
45 Mile Race
Jason Goodworth had a good run to finish 17th overall. John Boothman did not go for the shorter race, even though he could have been forgiven for doing so as he only recently completed the gruelling Winter Spine Race. However, he put in a good performance despite the fact that his legs were playing up and finishing 2nd FV60
Results
30 Miles Ladies Race
1 Lorraine Slater 6:00:36 (1st FV50)
2 Lucy Brown 6:00:40
4 Kerrie Bretherton 6:33:22 (2nd FV45)
45 Miles Mens Race
15 Jason Goodworthy 9:06:22
30 John Boothman 10:12:57 (2nd MV60)
The Montane Spine Race is designed to be gruelling, and this year’s British winter didn’t disappoint. Blizzards, 70-mile-per-hour winds, waist-deep snow, and low overnight temperatures all took their toll on race participants. “Britain’s Most Brutal” event takes place along the 268-mile Pennine Way, which stretches from the Peak District in England to the Scottish borders. Participants run unsupported: they carry all their supplies (food, sleep system, clothing, and medical supplies), and no pacers are allowed.
John Boothman has become a bit of a club specialist in these challenging events and even though he has entered this competition previously and knows what it entails, he once more put himself forward for days of pain and suffering.
He was not long into the race and he felt sickly, to the point where he considered pulling out of it. Not only that, but there were strong winds and it was raining heavily and the going was very tough People were constantly passing him and by the time he got to Hebden Bridge, he was in 46th position. However, he slowly started feeling better and although he was just plodding steadily along, he was actually improving his position as many people were dropping out.
He slowly started clawing his way back up the field to the point that when he reached Alston, he was in 28th position. At one stage, because of the snow fall, he veered off the track and found himself up to his waist in a snow drift. He managed to get back on the track, but lost half an hour and a lot of energy with that mishap. Ascending the last major hill before the finish, again he did not feel well and his stomach felt upset. However, once on the descent, there was a hut where he could get a coffee and eat a chicken wrap and with that inside him, it gave him a new lease of life. I was a good job too, because as he was leaving the hut, three chasing runners were just arriving. He felt that he had to put as much space as he could between himself and these three runners and he was going as fast as he could. When he left the hut, there was a group of runners about a mile in front of him. With just seven miles to go, catching them looked an impossibility, but with his new found energy, he kept going and not only passed them, but led them home by 33 minutes. As for the chasing group, he led them home by 40 minutes. It says a lot about his strength of character and determination that after 260 gruelling miles, he could muster the energy to actually jog towards the finish, whilst those around him were just concentrating on slowly plodding home.
His final position was 21st man which was quite some comeback from his position at Hebden Bridge.
This is an 80 mile race going from Hessle, just outside of Hull, following a circuitous route through the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey. On the Wednesday before the race, John Boothman did not look too good and he had not been right for a little while. Many wondered if he would indeed take part in this race. But, he seemed keen to do so and said that he would take it steady. Over the years, we have all heard that on many occasions, but when your toe is on the line, adrenalin takes over and common sense flies out of the window. It therefore did not surprise anyone when John set off at a fair pace. The question was, "how long could he keep that pace going"? The answer was; pretty much throughout the whole of the race. He settled down early on within the top twenty and never lost that place. The race is effectively three consecutive marathons all in one day and this took its toll on many who had entered and they dropped out. But John was relentless and he kept going from the start of the race at 8:00 am on Saturday morning until the finish in the wee small hours of Sunday morning and coming through some horrendous running conditions in the last four hours. His reward was not only to get a finish, but also to finish first V60. A good performance in itself but given how he looked on the Wednesday before the race, it was a brilliant performance.
Burnley Park Run - 6 August 2022
Written by Graham Wadsworth34 James Wadsworth 21:52
123 John Wadsworth 26:51
147 Mark Wadsworth 27:56
Rougemont Chase - 31 July 2022
Written by Graham WadsworthThis used to be a BOFRA race which went up to Almscliffe Crag, but the Police eventually put a stop to it as crossed the busy A658 Harrogate Road. The race now takes another route, but is more of a trail and road race. An amazing feature of the race this year was that Antonio Cardinale was NOT last.
10 James Wadsworth 28:17
Burnley Park Run - 30 July 2022
Written by Graham Wadsworth72 John Wadsworth 25:12 PB
101 Mark Wadsworth 27:05 PB
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11 Matthew Watson 31:30
10 Stephen Hall 4:51
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