There was a good turn out of Barlickers for this race in what could be the key race to secure promotion.
In the ladies race, Sarah Tipler had a cracking run to finish in 5th place. In view of the conditions, probably the best choice of foot wear was spikes and had Sarah been wearing spikes, it is not inconceivable that she could have finished 4th or even 3rd.
In the men's race, there were plenty of Barlick vests on display. Nick Treitl set off at a fast pace and was in the top ten, with Jimmy Craig not far behind him. Closely following those two was V40 Lucas Payne, who can always be counted upon to put in a doughty performance. As always with the cross country group, there was a strong team spirit and everyone put in a great performance resulting in the team finishing in 5th place out of all four divisions. This was without counting Jimmiy Craig who for some reason was missing off the provisional results. The places for the Barlickers were:
10 Nick Treitl 35:24
21 Jimmy Craig 35:55 ?
37 Lucas Payne 37:56
51 Dan Taylor 39:29
55 Andy Berry 39:44
65 Shaun Chew 40:20
83 Stuart Bryan 41:36
97 Andy Carson 42:54
110 Derek Walkden 43:52
136 James Fent 46:11
It would appear that the team will have secured the maximum 10 points for this race and with it, promotion to the third division for next season.