For a change it was a lovely day for this race, with a clear blue sky greeting the runners at the start. There were fewer runners than normal this year due to the Championship Race taking place at Tebay, but the closer friendly atmosphere was a useful reminder of how fell races used to be.
97 Virgil Barton
255 Lorraine Slater 1:42:24
398 Hannah Newbold 2:01:41
DNF Leanne Dinsdale
Two Barlickers turned out in the sweltering conditions to take part in this race:
10 Eddie Simpson (1st V45)
67 Vicky Holgate (2nd W40)
Lucas Payne was over in the Isle of Wight and he turned out for the local Park Run. It was very hot and quite a convoluted hilly course, but he says that the organisation was very impressive with places for kit, car keys etc.
4 Lucas Payne 19:05
The senior race was split into and A and a B race. In the A race Jacob Boyle finished 4th in a super fast race. GB international Jonny Mellor came home 1st in 14.27. Jacob was 1st Barlicker in 15.34. Julian Hood had a solid run finishing with a Time of 16.22.
In the B race race Andrew Chew finished 2nd behind Martin Hall of Otley AC. Rachel Villiers ran another PB and is coming ever closer to running sub 19:00.
Posted at 16.25 16 June 2017
34 Dave Halliday 3:10:41
Report by Terry Lonergan
I generally do a gentle 3 miler the day before a race. Yesterday, as more hardy folk, prepared to battle up the Weets as the rain continued the lash down, I shuffled along the sodden canal at a pace well over 10 minute per mile; thinking tomorrow at the CATFORTH 10k I'll need to be doing 2 minutes per mile better!
The only person I saw gave me no encouragement. Merely, saying, "Take it easy, old timer!" Cheeky bugger, I thought.
As long as you're prepared to put a number on a vest and the adrenaline kicks in "taking it easy" is not really an option, is it? We chase times, some even PBs, or on day's like today we combat the elements and chase fast starters from half way.
Report by Stephen Chew
Twenty three hardy souls made the trip North, on the Barlick bus, to one of the toughest midweek races on the calendar. Plus Paul Elcock, John Boothman and Katie Towers drove up themselves. The first incident of note was the smells emanating from the bowels of Bob Jackson's hound. The wall of Pedigree chum like smells was incessant. As we drew close Jock was given the task of looking after the beast. Then it had a s*#t. Screw thrust a dog bag into the big man's hand and told him to take care of his responsibilities. Jock did, only the bag didn't meaning his chubby fingers pierced through and went straight into it. Oh dear, I've not seen someone feel as sorry for themselves since Pete Jackson DNF'd at Widdop after 100 yards.
11 Emma Bailey 21:02
85 Gary Bailey 30:58
1 Ian Beresford 19:20
1 Matt Lalor 17:55
28 Peter Maher 50:01
26 Bob Jackson 3:48:53
A cracking run by Sarah Tipler saw her finish 16th overall and an easy winner of the ladies race.
16 Sarah Tipler 53:26
Ted Mason took first place in this race ahead of Jack Smith with the ever improving Nick Treitl in third place. The Barlickers finished as follows:
3 Nick Treitl 12:13
12 Chris Smale 13:51
22 Nicholas Kendal 14:48
34 Andrew Driver 15:55
36 John Boothman 15:58
60 Chris Bateson 18:19
77 Richard Treitl 22:10
First home in this was David Mirfield of Barlick Fell Runners who ran out a comfortable winner. David Poole, also of Barlick was in 2nd place by the summit, but he is still suffering from "Three Peaks Legs" and he was caught by Shaun Livesey of Blackburn Harriers who came through to finish in 2nd place.
The ladies race was easily won by Lisa Powell-Smith, even though she was still not fully recovered from a virus infection. However, a great run by Jacqueline Gissing saw her come home in 2nd place in her first fell race. Not far behind her was Irene Roche who also had a good run to finish 3rd lady and first W55
Posted at 15:23
Only three Barlickers in this race, but they all finished inside the top ten. Nick Treitl is definitely returning to form as he showed by his second place and Carl Pawson followed up his good run last week to just nick 5th place from Chris Barnes. As for Andy Berry, 8th place was a pretty good performance for a lad who only recently broke his collar bone.
2 Nick Treitl 30:54
5 Carl Pawson 33:00 (1st V40)
8 Andy Berry 33:36
A good run by Craig Shearer saw him secure a top ten finish in this race.
6 Craig Shearer 43:33
51 Paul Elcock 51:56
278 finishers.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.