Report by Stephen Chew
Well a good day which could have been so much better. Firstly, thank you to all the runners who ran and the guys that came in at the last minute, even when not fully fit. All the runners do the club proud and it was great to get a full ladies team out and finish the race this year. As you can see from the results, the club had a good solid day with the A team finishing 2nd for the 3rd year running. That however is only half the story. Any club with three men's teams in these relays has to find 36 runners and quite often, people have to be drafted in at the last minute.
In the men's A team, there were some great performances, especially from runners who were not fully fit, but turned out on the day to represent their club. However, despite what was a great team effort, events on the day conspired against us and once more we were runners up to Calder Valley.
The B team also put in a cracking team effort and by Blackshaw Head were in 9th position, but they slipped later in the race and finished 13th. The early details and finishing times are as follows:
1 Calder Valley 5:56:55
2 Barlick Fell Runners 6:04:34
3 Wharfedale Harriers 6:10:30
13 Barlick "B" Team 6:58:44
27 Barlick "C" Team 7:32:23
54 Barlick Ladies 8:20:39 (5th Ladies Team)
Further details follow.
This is a 10.5 mile race with 3002 ft of ascent
237 Richard Treitl 2:37:07
267 finishers
58 Vicky Holgate 25:28 New PB
11 finishers
21 Nicolas Kendall 30:21
40 Andrew Smith 32:48
66 Hannah Watson 36:14 (5th lady)
101 finishers
13 Paul Elcock 20:50 New PB
94 Susan Hird 27:56
30 Lucille Pickles 26:24 New PB
47 Ann Marie Beech 28:32
48 Heather Mitchell 28:50
71 Lisa Pickles 33:21
72 Wendy Duffy 33:28
329 Graham Wadsworth 32:46
This was a bit of a different slant on fell running, with only uphill running.
10 Dan Mills 21:22
238 John Carr 1:30:01
4502 Gary Parkinson 2:13:53
5152 Catherine Jackson 2:14:00
4 Mark Holgate 18:31 New PB
32 Paul Elcock 20:41 New PB
88 Taylor Edwards 27:50
93 Susan Hird 28:13
1 Matt Lalor 16:51
4 James Tingle 18:26
The conditions were perfect this year for this race. The course was bone dry, it wasn't too hot so fast times were expected. However, the record set by Andy Norman in 2006 stays in tact. It is a ridiculously fast time and sets a serious challenge for the future. It was Mark Addison who took the win in a good time, being chased home by Matthew Hobbs of Pudsey. Of the locals, Nick Treitl continued his comeback with another good run just in front of John Whiteside. Julian Hood was 5th thus bringing home the team prize for Barlick.
The ladies race was won Holly Page from Calder Valley, with Sarah Tipler taking second place. Third was the ever improving Rachel Villiers. Laura Craig came 7th so the Barlick ladies took the team prize.
Other notable performances on the night were 1st vet 50 for Chris Smale, 1st lady 65 for Jean Rawlinson and excellent performances from Jenna Boothman and Jack Villiers.
Thanks once again to the marshals, volunteers and Earby Cricket Club for holding the presentation.
A few member entered this event as Barlickers. Heather Driver once more showed what a natural she is at this event and came home 63rd overall and 9th lady, despite suffering from "Three Peaks Legs" in the final run.
Three of the men entered as a relay team and came first. The were Luke Maude (swim), Andy Berry (bike) and Nick Treitl (run). During his ride, Andy Berry was knocked off his bike and sustained a broken collar bone, but he still managed to finish. The times for the Barlickers were as follows:
| Pos | Name | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | Total Time |
| 1 | BFR Relay Team | 5:32 | 0:52 | 40:53 | 1:07 | 18:51 | 1:07:16 |
| 63 | Heather Driver | 6:20 | 1:09 | 48:14 | 0:48 | 27:31 | 1:24:31 |
Mark Holgate was our only member out in this four miler.
4 Mark Holgate 23:04
254 finishers.
Mark Holgate had a cracking run out in this race to come home in third place and first V40.
3 Mark Holgate 36:46 (1st V40)
273 finishers.
83 Vicky Holgate 26:55
70 Chris Bateson 35:19
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.