There were 18 teams from Barlick, a total of 54 runners, in these relays. And what a show they put on, with the 'A' team of Jimmy Craig, Luke Maude and Tom Corrigan winning the event out right. The Barlick Ladies team of Sarah Tipler, Angela Donlan and Lorraine Slater were first ladies. The Barlick Vets team of Virgil Barton, Carl Pawson and Chris Smale were first vets team and to cap it all, Sarah Tipler had the fastest ladies lap time.
The draft results are below. More detailed results showing individual times will be published over the weekend.
This is the first time we have put a team into this event and it was done on the basis, not of the club entering a team, but a group of members coming together and giving it a go.
The first leg was Andy Berry & Ian Livesey who put the team into 5th position on what was a tight leg. They handed over to Pete Beresford & Rob Hodgkinson, the latter having come into the team at the last minute to replace an injured runner. These two held on to 5th place. The next leg was Glenn Whittaker & Ben Hoyle and they dropped a place, putting the team into 6th. The next leg was Jock Boothman & Mick Keegan who held on to that position. They handed over to Sam Wadsworth & Ian Beresford, who had Pudsey & Bramley & Pudsey Pacers in their sights when they set off. They took these two teams on the climb up onto Ilkley Moor and descending on the other side, they opened up a good gap, which the chasing teams never looked likely to close. The club therefore ran out 4th on the first attempt at this event.
The finishing times were:
1 Wharfedale 5:33:26
2 Keighley & Craven 6:06:27
3 Saltaire 6:11:41
4 Barlick 6:21:36
5 Pudsey & Bramley 6:30:01
6 Pudsey Pacers 6:38:23
7 Horsforth 6:43:30
8 Queensbury 6:49:50
63 Richard Treitl 29:30
We have been saying for a while that Angela Donlan has been running well and she proved the point today by finishing first woman and managing an overall top twenty finish. As a consequence, she was also first W40.
The men's race was won by Simon Bailey, with Jimmy Craig in second place
2 Jimmy Craig 32:04
20 Angela Donlan 41:40 (1st woman, 1st W40)
U14
20 Jack Villiers 20:01
U12
17 Oliver Whipp 11:53
3 Andrew Chew 18:32
10 Scott McCredie 19:28 New PB
12 Scott Boardman 20:21
29 John Boothman 21:41
30 Paul Elcock 21:43
40 Rachel Villiers 22:25 New PB
66 Daren Holdsworth 24:32 New PB
92 Jenna Boothman 26:12
93 Lucille Pickles 26:18 New PB
141 Graham Wadsworth 31:03
152 Susan Hird 33:07
161 Chloe Boothman 34:05
4 James Tingle 18:16
24 Jonathan Phillips 20:41
2 Julian Hood 37:34
10 Andrew Chew 40:12
14 Sam Wadsworth 40:52
23 Sarah Tipler 42:25
40 Scott McCredie 45:50
46 Angela Donlan 46:18
47 John Boothman47:26
51 Lorraine Slater 47:42
72 Rachel Villiers 50:46
75 Heather Driver 51:18
94 Hannah Newbold 53:34
Early news from this race is that Simon Bailey won it, with Jimmy Craig second and James Hall of Wharfedale third.
2 Jimmy Craig 22:53
41 Angela Donlan 30:44
62 Laura Craig 35:43
68 Hannah Newbold 37:41
U9
15 Lucille Pickles (1st girl) 03:33
26 Chloe Boothman 04:18
U12
33 Jenna Boothman 08:08
38 Emma Wilkinson 08:26
39 Oliver Whipp 08:27
U14
22 Jack Villiers 10:05
Race Pictures at the summit by James Stead
Over the years, some great names in fell running have done battle in this race, but this year, there was a feeling that a wind of change was taking place. It seems that a new generation of runners are coming through. Junior Great Britain International runner, Josh Boyle led the race up to the summit, where he was showing a good lead. However, it appears that he did not take the best line coming off the top, which allowed the chasing pack to close the gap. It was at this point where another promising young runner, Jamie Parkinson from Pudsey & Bramley, showed everyone a clean pair of heals as he took the lead. He opened this lead to the point where he only had to make the final steep descent safely to ensure victory, which he duly did, finishing over half a minute in front of the chasing pack.. Behind him, a real battle was developing for the next three places and much depended on how everyone handled the final descent. It was a close thing between Jack Wood of Ilkley and Josh Boyle of Barlick and both came over the car park wall together, with Jack just shading it and less than a second separating the pair. Next to finish was the wily old fox and previous race winner, Ted Mason. Ted is one of the best descenders in the sport and coupled with his ability to be able to pick a good line, he was not going to let these young upstarts have it all their own way. He did not manage to catch the first three, but on the final descent, they must have been only too aware that he was there waiting to take advantage of any mistakes that they made. Completing the top five was another young runner and former Junior International, Luke Maude. Apart from the more experienced Ted Mason, the oldest runner is this group was Jack Wood who is aged 27 and the fact that there is so much young talent coming through, says a lot about the future of the sport.
It does not seem that long ago that Kirsty Hall was hobbling about on a pair of crutches following a skiing accident and wondering if she would ever run again. It says much about the medical professionals and Kirsty's steely determination that she has come through this setback seemingly stronger than ever and it was fitting to see her follow up some recent stunning performances to run out the winner of the ladies race. This was in front of yet another promising young runner, the 18 year old Hannah Russell of Helm Hill. This was Hannah's first attempt at this race and on this showing, she demonstrated that she will be a future race winner. Making up the top three in the ladies race was another runner who has been showing recent good form and that is Jean Powell of Wharfedale Harriers.
Further down the field were stalwarts from the past, who still enjoy the challenge of this race, tough though it is. Of these, special mention should be made of Norman Bush. Although he has now reached the grand old age of 75, he still turns up for this race and not only that, but he puts in a good performance, this year finishing in 55th position out a total of 98 finishers.
Mention should also be made of local farmer, Gary Schofield. He has always allowed this race to be run over his land, although he himself is not a runner. Until this year that is, when he decided to enter the race both as a personal challenge and to raise money for Manorlands Hospice, a local charity. He was a bit nervous about doing it before he set off, but he needn't have been. He finished in 72nd place and was 5th MV45 out of a total of 9 who took part.
In the team races, both the Barlick and the Ilkley men finished with 19 points each, but Ilkley won it on the basis that their last runner finished in front of the Barlick last runner. The Ilkley ladies also won the team prize, demonstrating the strength in depth of this local club.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
3 Joshua Boyle 34.51
5 Luke Maude 36.06
11 Sam Wadsworth 39.45
17 Andrew Driver 43.52
26 Jonathan Boothman 45.12
31 John Boothman 45.58
60 Rachel Lowther 50.27
75 Craig Child 53.10
79 Paul Elcock 54.13
This is a 6 mile / 1299 ft ascent race.
109 Richard Treitl 1:09:23
137 finishers
Full Results including Juniors
A warm but overcast day saw 137 runners gather for the race up Weets. Shortly after the start, Danny Collinge had to drop out with an injured knee, which was a pity, as it was very competitive at the front and Danny would have been in contention with those leading runners.
As it turned out, Tom Corrigan had another cracking performance to comfortably run out the winner, ahead of previous race winner Sam Watson of Wharfedale. Third home was Julian Hood of Barlick.
In the ladies race, Sarah Tipler followed up her winning run last week with another top performance to once again take first place. She finished in front of Lynn Clough of Chorley and Ali Keats.
It was good to see some youngsters taking part in this race with Jordan Mcdonald taking the honours as first U18 and finishing 15th overall.
Barlick, running on their own midden, took both the men's and women's team prizes.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
1 Thomas Corrigan 38.08
3 Julian Hood 39.33
7 Andy Berry 40.54
8 David Poole 41.50
9 Sam Wadsworth 42.37
11 Andrew Chew 43.09
17 Sarah Tipler 45.43
20 Carl Pawson 46.23
22 Andrew Collins 46.26
29 Nicolas Kendall 48.37
34 John Boothman 49.07
35 Lorraine Slater 49.19
39 Angela Donlan 50.12 (1st W40)
45 Scott McCredie 50.42
46 Gary Bradley 50.45
55 Jen Hird 51.28
57 Glenn Whittaker 51.57
59 James Fent 52.28
63 Michael Alexander 52.47
66 Leanne Dinsdale 53.42
70 Hannah Watson 54.51
75 Paul Elcock 55.25
83 Heather Driver 56.38
89 Hannah Newbold 58.00 (1st WU23)
90 David Cockell 58.05
98 Laura Craig 1.00.13
102 Bob Jackson 1.01.13
114 Darren Holdsworth 1.04.38
DNF Jamie Milligan
25 Paul Elcock 22:41
96 Susan Hird 30:27
116 Gary Bailey 33:59
A great run by Matt Lalor saw him comfortably win this race, with Dan Balshaw finishing 3rd
1 Matt Lalor 34:14
3 Dan Balshaw 35:46
51 Andrew Carson 42:20
784 Abi Park 01:01:40
The race was won by Harry Coates of Wallsend in a time of 1:28:31
2 Julian Hood 1:31:20
61 Pete Beresford 1:54:07
99 Rachel Lowther 2:02:30 (7th woman)
131 Tom Beebe 2:07:40
172 Heather Driver 2:14:19 (32nd woman)
389 ran -of which 164 were womem
24 Paul Elcock 22:34
104 Sara Hardacre 30:49
The race was won by Ted Mason of Wharfedale Harriers in 49:43. First Barlicker was Tom Corrigan in third place.
3 Tom Corrigan 50:57
11 Nick Treitl 55:04
38 Andy Berry 62:07
49 Jock Boothman 65:18
100 Hannah Newbold 75:20
144 Richard Treitl 85:57
162 Sharon Newbold 99:05
The conditions were good for this race, although perhaps it was a little too warm to call them ideal. Grant Cunliffe of Rossendale had a cracking run out and had a good lead at the summit, where unfortunately, he made a wrong turn. By the time he realised this, his lead had been lost and he dropped out of the race. If he had continued on the correct route, the probability is that he would have won the race.
However, Grant's misfortune was David Mirfield's lucky break and he took advantage of this to run out the race winner, with V45 Paul Crabtree hot on his heals. Third home was Jordan McDonald from Clayton. Sam Wadsworth was next and first Barlicker and he led home a train of Barlickers, which ensured that Barlick took the team prize.
In the women's race, Sarah Tipler showed that she is rapidly regaining her old form and she was first woman, finishing 11th overall. Second woman home was Lorraine Slater, another Barlicker who is returning from injury and she was naturally first W45. The third woman was the ever improving Autumn Howard of Trawden AC. Leanne Dinsdale was the 4th woman home ensuring that the Barlick women took the team prize too.
The early news is that Andy Berry had another good race to lead the Barlickers home in 3rd place, with Carl Pawson a couple of places behind.
Karen Brindle had a cracking run to finish first woman with Hannah Watson 2nd.
3 Andy Berry 31:26
7 Carl Pawson 33:02
27 Karen Brindle 39:47
33 Hannah Watson 40:47
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.