1 Thomas CORRIGAN 18:05
11 Carl PAWSON 20:57
23 Lorna HARGREAVES 24:49
1 Lucas PAYNE 18:24
3 Andy BERRY 18:50
74 Jenna BOOTHMAN 30:21
Andrew Carson had a good run this weekend finishing 6th in this race and on a tough course was only 15 seconds off his PB.
6 Andrew Carson 38:04
110 Gary Parkinson 50:48
14 Charlie Murgatroyd 18:30
Last year, we said that we would improve with more experience of this race and so it turned out. From our 18th place finish last year, we moved up ten places for a top ten finish - a top ten dominated by some seriously strong teams.
Marc Hartley & Julian Hood were our fist leg runners and they handed over in 10th position. The second leg runners of Stephen Chew and Matt Lalor had the teams in front in their sight and they were already closing the gap on the long upward pull from the change over point. In the course of the leg, a lot of teams changed places, with one team flying past our runners as they tip toed down the tricky descent from Thornthwaite Beacon. However they must have passed a few teams themselves, as they handed over in 8th place to Luke Maude and Shaun Chew. They disappeared up Red Screes into the mist and were not to be seen again until the handover at Sykeside. They completed the leg in a good time of just over 56 minutes, pulling back another place in the process. However, at the handover, there was a problem with the dibber. As Shaun went to insert his dibber into the machine, he realised that it had fallen to pieces and that the end was missing. This caused some confusion with the marshals as to what to do and they eventually handed them a replacement and sent them on their way. However, over a minute in time and two places were lost at the changeover as a result. Nick Treitl and Jimmy Craig set off determined to regain those positions and found themselves chasing the Bingley last leg pair of Rob Jebb and Ian Holmes. On the final descent, they came to a gate just behind them and Jimmy jumped the gate to get his nose in front. Ian Holmes was still hold of the gate when Nick did the same. It was then a sprint to the finish, with our pair just managing to keep their noses in front until the finish line.
Our Leg Times and Places were:
10 Marc Hartley & Julian Hood 41:03
8 Stephen Chew & Matt Lalor 1:13:21 1:54:24
7 Luke Maude & Shaun Chew 56:26 2:50:50
8 Jimmy Craig & Nick Treitl 1:17:33 4:08:23
Top Ten Teams
1 Borrowdale 3:39:59
2 Calder Valley 3:42:22
3 Dark Peak 3:50:44
4 Wharfedale 3:58:40
5 Ambleside 4:00:53
6 Dark Peak Vets 4:07:34
7 Keswick 4:07:36
8 Barlick 4:08:23
9 Bingley 4:08:29
10 Westerlands 4:10:03
4 Derek WALKDEN 20:21
6 James FENT 21:04
67 Helen STEAD 29:08
74 Jenna BOOTHMAN 30:27
75 John BOOTHMAN 30:37
16 Lorna HARGREAVES 23:46 New PB
Stuart Bryan, John Boothman, Pete Beresford and Dave Halliday went up today for a recce of the Langdale Race (see pictures above). Their conclusion - it will be a tough one.
We had two runners out in this race. In the first half of the race, there was a bunch of about seven runners who who were out in front of the rest of the pack. However, in the second half of the race, they gradually spread out, with the two Salford runners, Lima Bruno and Glyn Billington taking the first two places. Julian Hood was a close third with Ian Livesey under half a minute behind him.
3 Julian Hood 34:25
6 Ian Livesey 34:54
31 Lianne BELSHAW 28:25
52 Abigail PARK 33:49
2 Ian LIVESEY 17:43
8 James FENT 20:23 New PB
9 Andrew CHEW 20:26 New PB
16 Jennifer HIRD 21:55 New PB
7 Andy Berry 37:48
14 Andrew Driver 39:11
26 Derek Walkden 42:12
35 John Boothman 43:44
36 Dave Halliday 43:50
37 Glenn Whittaker 43:59
57 Rachel Lowther 46:37
88 Jean Rawlinson 49:55
Another good run from Sam Gibbs gave him a top ten finish in this race.
6 Sam Gibbs 23:05
11 Charlie Murgatroyd 22:32
31 Des Walkden 25:39
64 Runners
A few Barlickers took part in this race and here are the results:
5 Andy Berry 37:47 PB
18 Dan Taylor 39:59
63 Richard Starkie 45:59 PB
100 Garry Parkinson 48:43 PB?
Ian Livesey followed up his sterling run yesterday in the road relays, by winning this race in style with a new PB.
1 Ian Livesey 1:18:03 New PB
22 Barlickers made their way to Birchwood for the the Northern Road Relays. The first time the club has entered a road relay and everyone did the club proud. The men got underway with Gary Shaw in 31st, Dan Taylor in 115th and Richard Starkie in 138th. The ladies went 5 minutes later with Lorraine Slater getting proceedings underway in 53rd.
For the A team Nick Treitl came back in 34th on leg 2, Ian Livesey pulled a few places back with a cracking run to take Barlick to 30th. Andy Berry had a solid run and stepping in at the last minute bringing the baton back in 41st. Shaun Chew had a good run and clawed a couple of places back to 39th then Steve Chew finished off in 35th.
Andrew Carson had a cracking run for the B team on leg 2 pulling back 9 places and the team up to 103rd. Des Walkden pulled another place back up to 102nd. David Poole pulled another 3 back with a strong run and the team were up to 99th. Pete Beresford did a solid job and pulled another place back and James Fent finished it off and came back 99th.
The C team amazingly pulled back 4 places on leg 2 even though Mad Bob Jackson decided to stop and have a chat after the first lap. Michael Alexander pulled 6 places back on his first run for a while after injury. John Race machine Boothman pulled 2 more places back. Andrew Chew had a great run and pulled 8 places back. James stead pulled 3 back on the last leg and they finished in 115th.
The ladies had Emma Bailey on leg 2 and she turned an ankle but still managed to get round only losing 1 place. Rachel Lowther had a solid run only losing 1 place also and then Jen Hird pulled 6 places back on the last leg to finish 49th.
A good learning experience for the club, with a few of our best runners unavailable we more than held our own. The next road relay will be interesting to see if we can push on and qualify for the nationals.
Out of the 140 teams who started the men's race, the Barlick teams finished as follows:
35 Barlick A 2:07:16
99 Barlick B 2:28:37
115 Barlick C 2:46:57
Ladies
49 Barlick A 1:52:50
The results for the ladies' race are not yet available
4 John Boothman 21:07
69 Jenna Boothman 31:05
6 Carl PAWSON 20:49 New PB
24 Lorna HARGREAVES 24:27 New PB
Chris Smedley finished in 42nd place in a time of 2:10:23
244 finishers
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.