There was a good turnout of Barlickers for this race which saw Danny Collinge return to form, take the lead and hold it to the end. However, he was chased all the way by a train of Barlickers, Julian Hood, John Whiteside and David Mirfield, who were all competing fiercely with each other. Such strong competition amongst those team mates closed out the opposition and Barlick came away with the men's team prize. Andrew Chew also had a particularly good run to finish in 7th position, as did Andrew Carson who came home 12th.
Just as Danny Collinge dominated the men's race, Rachel Villiers dominated the ladies' race. She took an early lead, kept her concentration and came home as 1st woman and 1st WV35. It was good to see Jen Hird back racing and she has lost nothing in her time away as she demonstrated by coming home in 2nd place and 2nd WV35. This set the scene for a possible ladies team prize, but where would our third counter be? Fresh from her successes in the Three Peaks race and a couple of triathlons, Heather Driver, looking very determined, came through to make the third counter for Barlick and the ladies too, took the team prize.
2 Julian Hood 30:44
3 John Whiteside 30:58
4 David Mirfield 31:10
7 Andrew Chew 31:58
12 Andrew Carson 33:15
22 Stephen Shorrock 33:55
39 Scott Boardman 36:26
48 Rachel Villiers 36:41 (1st lady, 1st WV35)
61 Jennifer Hird 37:54 (2nd Lady, 2nd WV35)
73 Michael Harwow 38:58
74 John Boothman 38:53
95 Danny Butterworth 41:00
111 Heather Driver 42:32
112 Jamie Milligan 42:39
118 Karen Naylor 43:12
147 Katie Towers 46:40
157 Eleanor Moore 47:55
166 Jean Rawlinson 48:57
176 Susan Hird 50:41