Master of the ultra races, John Boothman had an outing today in this race and after some of his achievements, he must have felt like he was only getting warmed up when he ran down the finish funnel. Veteran long distance runner teamed up with Glenn Whittaker to tackle the pairs race.
Male Solo Race
116 John Boothman 6:07:33 (2nd M60)
Pairs Race
8 Glenn Whittaker/ Peter Jackson 7:34:10
It was lovely to see the new crop of young Barlickers out today. For many of them, it was their first race, yet they all did extremely well with Pearl Brimblecombe coming away with a silver medal, with others so tantalisingly close. For their first outing, the whole squad smashed it.
They finished as follows:
U12 Girls One Kilometre
2 Pearl Brimblecombe 8:12
5 Esme Watson 9:03
7 Jessica Laycock 9:15
U12 Boys Two Kilometres
5 Oliver Throup 8:49
9 Sam Pigott 9:28
U10 Boys One Kilometre
6 George Calvert 3:41
11 Jack Lambert 3:58
17 Nate Carson 4:22
22 Dylan Gorton 4:58
39 Beulah Cranham 32:24
39 Beulah Cranham 32:24
40 Robert Cranham 32:24
73 Hannah Craig 26:14
167 Richard Shilton 28:03
Men
2 David Mirfield 1:09:12 (1st M40)
11 Sam Horrocks 1:13:18
29 Carl Nevison 1:16:53
30 Andrew Collins 1:17:05
50 Mark Horrocks 1:22:10 (1st M60)
73 Andrew Smith 1:25:48 (3rd M60)
76 Shane Muller 1:27:00
98 Peter Jackson 1:32:53
107 John Boothman 1:33:45
116 Glenn Whittaker 1:36:15
161 Anthony Brown 1:47:38
Women
3 Paula Cullen 1:30:24 (1st M40)
11 Hayley Whitehead 1:36:39 (3rd FS)
12 Jacqueline Collins 1:37:29
15 Emma Law 1:38:50
17 Emma Taylor 1:39:49
26 Nicola Muller 1:51:02
33 Nicola McNamara 1:55:13
38 Lydia Hirst 2:11:57
38 Beulah Cranham 31:11
38 Beulah Cranham 31:11 New PB
39 Robert Cranham 31:12
219 Graham Wadsworth 41:59
110 Lucas Payne 24:06
227 Richard Shilton 27:27
The conditions for this race were clear blue skies and snow on the ground and in those conditions, U23 Evan Allan from Helm Hill set a blistering pace top comfortably take the Honours. Sam Horrocks is gradually getting his fitness back and he had a good race to finish in 7th place. Karl Nevison was 3rd M50. As for our other runners, the organisers had Andrew Smith as an M40 and Mark Horrocks was merely a senior.
The results are nowhere to be found on the internet and they can be accessed from the link below. The Barlickers finished as follows:
7 Sam Horrocks 43:14
21 Karl Nevison 46:10 (3rd M50)
48 Andrew Smith 53:00
65 Mark Horrocks 59:55
12 Beulah Cranham 11:01
46 Andrew Smith 1:31:41
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.