19 Nick Treitl 14:36 (2nd M40)
It was ideal conditions for this race and Chris Holdsworth of Clayton made the most of it by setting a blistering pace to the summit. He continued on the descent in the same vein to comfortable win this race by over two minutes. In actual fact, he was only 20 seconds outside the record and had he been challenged more in the race, the record might have been broken. Second home was Adam Wale, also of Clayton and near the summit Ben Whitehead who was in third place started to close the gap, but on the descent Adam opened up a comfortable lead on Ben. Sam Horrocks had a good race to finish in 6th position.
In the ladies race, Louisa Powell-Smith has a goo record in the series and she once more showed her prowess by comfortably taking the women's race ahead of April Thorpe of Clayton.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
Men's Race
3 Ben Whitehead 24:06 (2nd M40)
6 Sam Horrocks 24:48 (3rd MSEN)
12 Carl Nevison 25:58 (1st M55)
22 Jack Villiers 28:30
29 Shane Muller 29:19
34 Nick Trutwein 30:41
42 Glenn Whittaker 32:49
65 Raymond Banks 38:19
Women's Race
5 Laura Craig 29:36 (2nd FSEN)
7 Jacqueliine Collins 31:00 (1st F45)
15 Emma Pease 36:07
16 Lucy Brown 36:08
23 Nicola Muller 37:43
29 Lydia Hirst 45:00
11 Robert Cranham 24:18
77 Dave Halliday 25:00
6 Sam Horrocks 35:45
23 Mark Horrocks 39:27 (3rd M60)
35 David Pease 41:34
76 Anthony Brown 59:51
John Boothman runs marathons in all corners of the circular globe, but one of his favourites is this marathon and this is the 7th time that he has run it. The forecast was sunny spells and showers and the runners got all those with a hailstorm thrown in for good measure. After the turn, it meant running into strong headwinds which slowed everyone down a little. There was a super crowd out who braved the biblical hailstorm to cheer everyone on.
1971 John Boothman 3:40:04
This was John Boothman's first race back in 2011 and he returned this year for a bit of nostalgia and his two daughters joined him for the run. Angela went along too, so it was quite a family day out.
1148 John Boothman 46:06
4650 Chloe Boothman 55:52
5617 Jenna Boothman 57:43
The weather forecast was not good, but apart from the odd shower, the rain held off and it was ideal conditions for fell running. The race was once more won by Rupert Allison from Dark Peak who had a good minute lead over Matthew Heppenstall from Settle Harriers. First home for Barlick was Ben Whitehead, who beat his last year's time to finish in 5th place. Good performances by Dave Mirfield and Stephen Shorrock saw three Barlickers in the top ten.
5 Ben Whitehead 52:55 (1st M40)
8 David Mirfield 54:01 (2nd M40)
10 Stephen Shorrock 54:57
15 Carl Nevison 58:30 (3rd M50)
24 Robert Cranham 1:01:22
25 John Mason1:01:29
31 Shane Muller 1:03:48
32 Andrew Smith 1:03:56 (1st M60)
33 Stan Dreiling 1:03:59
92 Raymond Banks 1:23:23 (1st M70)
Ladies Race
5 Jacqueline Collins 1:07:40 (1st W40)
8 Paula Cullen 1:10:02 (2nd W40)
20 Katie Towers 1:22:13
21 Nicola Muller 1:23:22
5 Robert Cranham 21:18
60 Dave Halliday 25:04
115 Richard Starkie 28:20
What a night for the three Barlickers who turned out for this race as they all ended up as first in their respective categories. Mark Horrocks in particular ran a blinder finishing in 11th place overall and first M60 by a country mile. He also saved Robert Cranham from going wrong when he went heading off in the wrong direction.
There must be something in the Horrocks genes as Lucy Horrocks also had a great race to finish 3rd woman and 1st FSEN.
10 Robert Cranham 27:42 (1st M45)
11 Mark Horrocks 27:44 (1st M60)
20 Lucy Horrocks 28:56 (3rd Woman, 1st FSEN)
Both our teams finished in 5th place which was not bad considering that we had some runners out and others not fully fit. It was good to see Sarah Bell back out in a Barlick vest and teamed up with Lucy Horrocks. It was also good to see Jack Villiers representing the club in a team event.
5 Men 6:26:46
Leg | Runners | Leg Pos | Leg Time | Overall Pos | Overall Time |
1 | James Craig / Craig Shearer | 4 | 1:14:11 | 4 | 1:14:11 |
2 | Ben Whitehead / Nathan Smedley | 2 | 0:59:31 | 3 | 2:13:42 |
3 | Jack Villiers / Sam Horrocks | 16 | 0:45:26 | 5 | 2:59:48 |
4 | Andrew Collins / Matt Smedley | 8 | 1:16:18 | 5 | 4:15:36 |
5 | David Mirfield / Matthew Watson | 2 | 0:54:56 | 5 | 5:10:32 |
6 | Luke Butler / Thomas Corrigan | 11 | 1:16:14 | 5 | 6:26:46 |
5 Ladies 8:39:17
Leg | Runners | Leg Pos | Leg Time | Overall Pos | Overall Time |
1 | Jacqueline Collins / Emma Taylor | 55 | 1:46:05 | 55 | 1:46:05 |
2 | Lorraine Slater / Paula Cullen | 43 | 1:22:42 | 52 | 3:08:47 |
3 | Sarah Bell / Lucy Horrocks | 36 | 0:53:35 | 49 | 4:02:22 |
4 | Hayley Whitehead / Nic McNamara | 57 | 1:45:25 | 51 | 5:47:47 |
5 | Lucy Brown / Leanne Dinsdale | 51 | 1:20:08 | 52 | 7:07:55 |
6 | Emma Law / Laura Craig | 33 | 1:31:22 | 48 | 8:39:17 |
15 Robert Cranham 20:57
59 David Halliday 25:02
101 Richard Starkie 27:34
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.