This is the real tough challenge in the Grand Prix Series and there was some quality competition at the front of the field. Credit therefore is due to our two athletes with a top ten finish, Jon Cleaver and Andy Collins. Jon has written an interesting account of the day from the perspective of battling it out in the tough environment at the front of the field.
"The Jewel in the the GP crown. 2000ft half(ish) marathon taking in the stunning countryside of Pendle. I set of with the intention of hitting it hard and going for broke to try and make the immortal Hall of Fame list of runners who had made it round in under 83 minutes. From the start I knew a Podium was going to be tough with the 3 times champ David Rigby, Ben Fish & Ben Coop toeing the line. I was leading the race until the climb to the Shooters where the Ben(s) took over which was fairly inevitable at some point. I stuck with Rigby until just after Thursden where I started to put a gap into him. For the rest of the race I was on my own versus the clock as I knew that third would happen as long as I kept on pushing and Coop had too big a gap for me to claw back. In the end I came in 01:22:18 which I was delighted with. On the day fortune favoured the brave!
Some other cracking runs from the club with Andy Collins & Andy Berry in the men’s seniors putting in solid times.
On to the next one!
PS - Shout out to Luke Turner who is on his way back in the BFR vest. One to watch in a few months!"
3 Jonathan Cleaver 1:22:18
8 Andrew Collins 1:28:40
14 Andy Berry 1:35:07
18 Luke Turner 1:36:26
32 Carl Dawson 1:40:31
37 Jacqueline Collins 1:43:50
45 Carl Nevison 1:45:31
59 Shane Muller 1:50:16
124 Cloey Mason 2:09:00
154 Nicola Muller 2:17:28
181 Helen Harrison 2:25:07
182 Emma Pease 2:25:07
184 Maie Eden 2:25:13
14 Emma Bailey 20:12
229 Max Villiers 29:28
334 Graham Wadsworth 34:25
4 James Crook 21:51
A good run by Andy Collins saw him take a podium place in this race with to colleagues also finishing in the top ten. Jacqueline Colins also secured a podium place in addition to being 1st F35.
3 Andrew Collins 39:39
5 Tim Chadwick 40:53
10 Carl Pawson 42:36
16 Jaqueline Collins 46:42 (3rd female 1st F35)
18 Andrew Driver 47:08
24 Dave Halliday 49:51
27 John Boothman 51:33
43 Heather Driver 56:00
45 Gavin Spencer 57:04
50 Amanda Haines 59:22
56 Katie Towers 1:02:19
63 Donna Milligan 1:09:34
As usual a few Barlick teams in this event, with the men's 1st team missing out on 3rd place by one second. However the good news that two of the team were "Young Turks" Alex Mason & Jack Villiers and what will we do next year when they are one year older? The ladies team did well in that they were first senior ladies team, although they get shown the way home by a few of the female junior teams.
Barlick Men 1
Jon Cleaver 15:18
Alex Mason 15:43
Jack Villiers 15:24
4th Place - Time 46:25
Barlick Men 2
Andy Berry 15:32
Ian Beresford 16:50
James Austin 18:04
11th Place - Time 50:26
Barlick Men Vets 1
Chris Smale 18:00
Scott McCredie 17:48
Carl Pawson 16:57
22nd Place - Time 53:05
Barlick Ladies 1
Paula Cullen 18:44
Jacqueline Collins 20:31
Lucy Brown 19:34
55th Place - Time 58:49
Barlick Mixed 3
Andy Smith 18:58
Emma Pease 21:54
Hayley Whitfield 21:46
75th Place - Time 1:02:38
Barlick Ladies 2
Laura Craig 21:39
Leanne Dinsdale 20:38
Hannah Newbold 20:50
80th Place - Time 1:02:57
Barlick Mixed 1
Karen Lemon 23:13
Nicola Muller 23:50
Dave Halliday 19:48
92nd Place - Time 1:06:51
Barlick Mixed 2
Jamie Milligan 23:58
Donna Milligan 25:48
Anne Marie Beech 19:48
119th Place - Time 1:16:12
26 Andy Berry 22;36
28 Barrie Charnley 22:42
34 Carl Pawson 23:03
This race was from Wooler to Melrose on the Scottish border, climbing 6,200ft, in temperatures up to 27 degrees with no breeze. Thunderstorm 5 miles from the finish was refreshing but made the terrain difficult, as it was then very muddy clay banking to descend into Melrose.
16 Cloey Mason 12:03:32(7th lady)
Diane MacDonald DNF ( A quarter of the runners DNF)
2 Craig Shearer 41:39
4 Jonathan Cleaver 42:43
12 Andrew Collins 44:33
21 Andy Berry 46:13
26 Barrie Charnley 46:33
30 Steven Roberts 47:39
37 Ian Cocks 48:21
47 Carl Nevison 49:13
58 Shane Muller 50:29
60 Jacqueline Collins 50:38 (3rd lady)
81 David Pease52:08
88 Anthony Brown 52:37
131 Lucy Brown 56:25
141 Heather Driver 57:42
162 Tony Duffy 59:05
181 Emma Pease 1:00:05
251 Nicola Muller 1:05:15
309 Jean Rawlinson 1:10:39 (1st F65)
321 Marie Beech 1:12:03
327 Susan Hird 1:12:41
361 Sally Scothern 1:17:16
362 Lucy Creasey 1:17:22
362 Karen Lemon 1:17:22
DNF Alex Mason
It is great to see the parents of our juniors taking part in the senior races and like everything else in life, the more you do of something, the better you get. And some of these parents are definitely getting into this fell running.
And what a great family day out this makes.
15 Scott McCredie 37:05
24 David Pease 40:42
37 Tony Duffy 48:57
51 Kristian Clayton 1:17:26
Lorraine Slater and Emma Taylor took part in this race in very hot and humid conditions. It was so tough, far worse than last year as the times show.
12 Lorraine Slater (2nd lady, 1st F40)
21 Emma Taylor (3rd lady)
This race is a bit of a favourite for Richard Treitl and this year he was the only Barlicker there.
59 Richard Treitl 35:26
Four Barlickers took on this race which is used by many as a practice for the main race in 3 weeks time. The race sets off at 7pm and you go straight to the top of the Llanberis pass where the finish is at the summit and get greeted with the best views the UK has to offer. An absolute treat of a race.
13 Jonathan Cleaver 50:46
22 David Mirfield 52:41
32 David Poole 54:47
44 Andy Berry 57:21
1 Ian Beresford 17:54
42 Sarah Jones 26:09 New PB
65 Anne Marie Beech 28:13
48 Daniel Van Essen 35:34
18 Lee Edwatds 20:40
20 Emma Bailey 20:51
27 Molly Ralphson 21:22
16 Carl Pawson 31:24
28 Zac Kaye 33:19
35 Jacqueline Collins 34:05 (3rd woman)
This race is something completely different. The race starts at Bury station on the East Lancashire Steam Railway. On the whistle the runners set off north. The train sets off south, changes tracks and then sets off north in pursuit of the runners. Friends and supporters can enjoy the ride on the train, shouting encouragement to the runners as they both make the eleven mile journey up to Rawtenstall station.
Jon Cleaver took part and fought a hard race, with the first three finishers constantly changing places until the last mile, where Craig Jones of Manchester YMCA managed to edge ahead, nudging John into second place. As regards the train, it was no contest, Jon beat it by 34 minutes.
2 Jon Cleaver 1:06:14
399 runners.
The details are:Several members got together and put a couple of teams into this event and given that it was on such an ad hoc basis, did remarkably well. The vets team took first place and the mixed team were third.
Ian Beresford & Andy Berry got the vets off to a good start by finishing their leg in sixth position before handing over to Shaun Chew & Carl Pawson. These two managed to hold this position and they handed over to Lucas Payne & Paul Elcock. This pair lost a place and the following pair of Shane Muller & Jacqueline Collins slipped by two places and thus handed over to the finishing pair of Ian Cocks & Ben Hoyle in 9th place. This final pair put in a good performance and pulled back one place which was enough to secure first Vets Team.
The first leg of the mixed team was Billy Haines & Leanne Dinsdale who finished their leg in 27th place. The next pair of Lucy Brown & Andy Collins put in a good performance and were 22nd in their leg, but overall finished in 29th position. Next off were Hannah Watson & Scott Boardman who pulled the team up to 23rd overall. Jamie Milligan & Karen Lemon lost three places on their leg and the last leg of Amanda Haines & James Fent lost a further four places to finish in 30th place overall and 3rd mixed team.
All in all, a good day out in a fun event.
20 Andrew Smith 15:30
22 David Pease 15:43
53 Tony Duffy 21:15
59 Kristian Clayton 28:53
Just one Barlicker in this tough Lakeland classic - Gary Bradley. Entries were limited to 120 of which 30 took the short route and 90, including Gary took the long one. Gary enjoyed the day out and commented on it as follows:
An absolutely belting day out, but the hot weather did take its toll early on until there were streams in which to cool off. The 22 mile, 8,250ft route is brutal with long steep climbs, steep descents & rough ground. Wasdale lays claim to be the toughest Lakes AL, but after yesterday I’m not so sure - this is one severe test of fitness & perseverance. Just what a great fell race should be. And the refreshments provided at the finish by the organisers are second to none, even beer on tap!
57 Gary Bradley 6:25:52
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.