41 Emma Bailey 22:25 New PB
184 Graham Wadsworth 30:11
208 Gary Bailey 31:46
The dark nights have started and so have the winter pub runs. Plenty of fun, especially when Pete Jackson is in charge of the route choice. This week, it was Widdop and the Pack Horse. It's a cracking little pub, situated on the moors between Lancashire and Yorkshire. It sounds far away but going up Lenches and through Thursden valley, it only takes about 25 minutes to get there from the capital of the North (Barnoldswick). Once we got there, it was time to don the head torches and head out into the unknown. The race route would've been a little long for our social jaunt so Pete had been and reccied a route over the weekend and said those words we all dread to hear him utter- "Don't worry lads, I know the way!". So off we went minus the Gaffer(fat cankle Jock). We hopped over a stile into the first field and Pete got us lost. We scurried about looking for the elusive exit from the first field and eventually stumbled across it. At this point I was dreading the rest of our night time excursion into the unknown but to be fair, it was the only time we went wrong. It had a bit of everything in it, a forest, a reservoir, rock, bog, mud, stone slabs, ups, downs and lots of leaves as Pete pointed out through the forest. With the pub being at the top of the world there was a little sting in the tail with a three quarter mile climb back up to the drinking hole. The run was pleasant and the beer was top notch. Satnav even ordered a black pudding stacker and then had the audacity to ask for a poached egg with it. The chef told him where to go in no uncertain terms much to our amusement. A good night and next week is the more local Punch Bowl in Earby so hoping to see even more people enjoying the unique banter the pub run brings.
Three Barlickers at this road race.
11 Lee Edwards 30:29
34 Emma Bailey 34:15 (4th lady & 2nd FV40)
38 John Boothman 34:47
100 ran
Simon Bailey won this race ahead of Tom Adams. Victoria Wilkinson was first lady in 15th place.
13 Dan Mills 34:29
25 Nick Treitl 37:51
30 Andy Berry 38:43
2 Marc Hartley 17:05
4 James Tingle 17:41 New PB
229 Graham Wadsworth 30:24
231 Gary Bailey 30:25
11 Jennifer Hird 20:30 New PB
12 Rachel Villiers 20:33 New PB
17 Paul Elcock 21:15 New PB
27 Aaron Slater 22:25 New PB
35 Jack Villiers 22:56 New PB
37 Rachel Lowther 23:04
This was a low key 10 mile race to raise funds for brain tumour research. Julian Hood led from gun to tape in what was a friendly race in muddy conditions around the tracks and fields near Boroughbridge and in the end, ran out an easy winner.
1 Julian Hood 58:52
183 finishers.
139 Macie Dykes 27:30 New PB
Emma Bailey won this race last year and she returned to defend her title. She did so in style by finishing first lady once more and getting a PB in the process.
20 Emma Bailey 43:03 (1st lady).
414 finishers.
Senior Ladies
19 Rachel Villiers 23:22
U13 Boys
25 Jack Villiers 10:37
A couple of Barlickers were in this race
219 Ian Cocks 1:24:26
855 Paul Elcock 1:35:11
1 Lee Parrington 17:41 New PB
A run up Blencathra or Helvellyn & the Dodds. Both are pretty challenging races, but for Tim Pigott, that was just the start. After Helvellyn, he continued over Fairfield and then on into Ambleside. Having got to Ambleside, his race was still far from over. He continued along the Western side of Lake Windermere over Claife Heights and eventually crossed the finishing line not far short of the top of Morecambe Bay. It was a total of 50 miles with over 13,000 feet of ascent. He set off at 8:00 am on Saturday morning and finished at 11:09 pm on Saturday night.
What an amazing performance.
7 Carl Pawson 18:44 New PB
The juniors flooded the Haworth hill tops at the weekend with 22 taking part in the infamous Curly Wurly rat runs. The under 8s were up 1st and were straight into the action with a fast start making it easier on the narrow path out of the quarry. 1st home was Lucille Pickles followed by George Fitzpatrick and Chloe Boothman in quick succession. In all, there were 69 Runners in the under 8s race with 10 being from Barlick.
Next up was the fast and furious start for the under 10s through to under 16s. We had 5 juniors in this race with Logan McCredie working his way through the field to finish 26th. Edie Poole and Clover Edwards had a good tussle finishing 44th and 45th.
The under 12s also had 5 Barlickers running with Elliot Philips leading the way with 7th place and Teigan Judson finishing 6th girl with Jenna Boothman not far behind.
The under 14s had just two juniors in attendance with Emma Wilkinson leading the way in 23rd place. Macie Dykes had quite an afternoon still managing to finish despite fainting early in the race. She was happy with the 5 chocolate bars she received for her endeavours though.
After the race is was home, get changed and off to Matrix where we had around 30 bowlers taking part in a social gathering whilst we handed out the club championship trophies. Cracking day out and great to see all the kids getting along well together.
Results-
Under 8s
11 Lucille Pickles 3.15
14 George Fitzpatrick 3.20
15 Chloe Boothman 3.22
26 Hayden McKenzie 3.43
32 Isabelle Chew 3.57
38 Daniel Hood 4.04
41 Bella McCredie 4.12
47 Summer Fitzpatrick 4.25
53 Annabelle Hoyle 4.29
65 Max Villiers 4.56
Under 10s
26 Logan McCredie 8.21
44 Edie Poole 9.36
45 Clover Edwards 9.41
54 Charlotte Porter 10.50
55 Chloe Parker 10.53
Under 12s
7 Elliot Phillips 6.56
20 Jack Villiers 7.47
21 Teigan Judson 8.02
23 Jenna Boothman 8.16
24 Connor Fitzpatrick 8.24
Under 14s
23 Emma Wilkinson 9.29
25 Macie Dykes 10.00
Club Championship Awards
Under 8
Girls Lucille Pickles
Boys George Fitzpatrick
Under 10
Girls Elle Honeyman
Boys Harley Treitl
Under 12
Girls Jenna Boothman
Boys Elliot Phillips/Jack Villiers
Scott Boardman & Emma Bailey turned out for this race. Emma came home as first lady and in running this race, both recorded 5K personal best time of 19:20 for Scott & 20:40 for Emma.
16 Scott Boardman 25:82
32 Emma Bailey 26:45 (1st lady)
It is a long way to go, but it is a good day out and the last race of the BOFRA season is a challenging one..
44 Craig Child 1:02:07
Tom Adams was the easy winner of this race, finishing somewhere around his record time and four minutes ahead of second place.
Following on from her 2nd place finish in the championship race yesterday at Langdale, Nicola Jackson had another good run today to win the ladies race.
The two Barlickers finished:
42 Lee Edwards 50:46
90 Angela Donlan 55:07
Sutton in Coldfield was the setting for the premier road relay event of the year. Confidence was high after the good showing at the northern six stage. Luke Maude was at Langdale on his favoured surface and the revitalised Marc Hartley was back. The competition was again of a very high standard with Olympic 5000m man Andy Butchart running the fastest leg of the day for his club Central. The Barlick boys got off to a solid start with Gary Shaw getting things under way with a good run on leg 1. Jimmy Craig lost a place on leg 2 but was still feeling the after effects of the sickness bug which hampered him at Ian Hodgson. Tom Corrigan was on leg 3 and took 7 places back and moved the lads into the top 50. Matt Lalor also pulled back 5 places and. The boys were on a charge. In form Ian Livesey took back another 5 places and we were in the top 40. Marc Hartley then took 6 places back on the final leg and anchored the team to a very respectable 34th in our first ever 6 stage national. Targets have been set for next year after a debrief on the beer in Burnley. Top performance from the lads yet again.
Stage One 56 Gary Shaw 18:57
Stage Two 57 James Craig 19:10
Stage Three 50 Tom Corrigan 18:59
Stage Four 45 Matt Lalor 19:14
Stage Five 40 Ian Livesey 18:35
Stage Six 34 Marc Hartley 19:04
Sam Tosh won this championship race and was followed home by Simon Bailey. Luke Maude (25th) led home the Barlickers.
25 Luke Maude 2.16.58
56 David Poole 2.29.37
81 Virgil Barton 2.36.44
133 Andy Berry 2.47.38
168 John Boothman 2.57.14
224 Pete Beresford 3.08.42
267 Pete Jackson 3.19.26
287 Dave Halliday 3.27.33
311 Glen Whitaker 3.35.07
343 Rachel Lowther 3.54.36
344 Leanne Dinsdale 3.54.37
378 finished and 11 retired
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.