Junior training is held on a Wednesday night from 7pm – 8pm at Seedhill Athletics Track in Barrowford. We cater for 8 -16 year olds.
Training is run by Matthew Watson, Nick Treitl and Richard Treitl in partnership with Pendle AC. Although we are a specialist distance running club, younger athletes of primary school age will be coached in a range of track and field events. However, in the winter, training is mainly based around endurance running.
Older athletes can specialise in endurance running with Barlick club coaches or can specialise in other track and field event groups with Pendle AC coaches (please enquire for further information).
There is no charge for our coaching but there is a fee of £4.85 each time you use the track. Alternatively, you can pay a monthly fee of £12.99, to Pendle Leisure, for an Activo pass which will give your child access to West Craven Pool in Barnoldswick, Pendle Leisure Centre Pool in Colne, the pool at Pendle Wavelengths in Nelson and Seedhill Track in Barrowford. In addition, there are junior / teenage gym sessions at each centre covered by the Activo pass (please visit Pendle Leisure website for further information or ask in one of the Pendle Leisure facilities).
We offer a three week trial period, and should athletes wish to continue training after the trial period you will need to join the club and pay the annual club membership fee (see membership page for further details).
Please email Matthew Watson to check availability and with any enquires at
Training is outside year round so children attending will need to bring suitable clothing for the conditions including a waterproof coat and a drink.
Junior Competitions
We aim to develop our juniors to compete in a range of completions including the Red Rose Cross Country League through the winter and BOFRA fell races in the summer.
Athletes can also choose to join Pendle AC as well a Barlick and complete in a track and field league in the summer.
Information for Junior Runners and their Parents/Guardians
Training and Racing
Junior training is currently not running - updates will be posted when the situation changes.
Entering Races
We would encourage Junior Members to enter races
Having a race or a series of races to look forward to provide focus to one’s training and provides an opportunity to run against juniors from other clubs of similar ages and ability.
Race entries are generally no more than £2 or £3 and Junior Members will need to run in a Club Vest and appropriate footwear for the type of terrain.
Types of Races
The types of Races we would encourage our Junior Members to enter are:
Fell Races
Fell Racing (also known as Hill or Mountain Racing) is the sport of racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty.
For the younger age groups the race terrain is usually over grass or defined tracks, with minimal uphill climb and descent. More often than not these are ‘out and back’ courses or a single loop. For older groups this may be similar but typically with rougher terrain, longer uphill climbs and steeper descents.
A typical example of age groups and distances for Junior fell races would be:
Under 8 (Boys and Girls) 1km distance with 15mtrs climb
Under 10(Boys and Girls) 1.9km distance with 70mtrs climb
Under 12 (Boys and Girls) 2.1km distance with 110mtrs climb
Under 14 (Boys and Girls) 2.7km distance with 150mtrs climb
Under 16 (Girls) 3.8km distance with 220mtrs climb
Under 16 (Boys) 5km distance with 281mtrs climb
As with our Senior Runners, Junior Members are likely to enter events organised under the rules set out by the Fell Runners Association (FRA) or the British Open Fell Runners Association (BOFRA).
FRA and BOFRA, as governing bodies, apply sensible guidelines to ensure juniors are not competing in a race above and beyond what would be expected from a child of their age. Additionally measures are in place to ensure a child’s safety and welfare considerations are fully met.
The FRA was formed in 1970 to cater for the needs of fell runners. It has over 6,000 individual members from around 300 athletic clubs. The Association (which is affiliated to UK Athletics) was the first and is still the biggest athletics body which looks after fell runners' interests.
Take a look at the FRA website www.fellrunner.org. It lists around 178 junior and 550 senior races affiliated to the association and is an excellent port of call for race related information.
The FRA organise a Junior Fell Running Championship, which consists of 6 top quality races throughout the year. The individual championship is open to all FRA members – if you complete 4 races you get a free T-shirt. Complete all 6 and you get a hoodie. None members can still compete in these races but they will not be included in the championship. Junior FRA membership is £8 per year.
BOFRA looks after a smaller number of races and like the FRA has a Junior Championship. For example, the 2015 BOFRA championship comprised of 15 junior races and 16 senior races. Please visit their website, www.bofra.org.uk, for more details.
Cross Country
The Mid Lancs League is an Association of Athletics Clubs in the North West of England, set up to provide competition in Cross Country and Track & Field for athletes from the region. Please visit www.midlancs.org.uk for more details.
The Red Rose League formed in 1970 to encourage competitive cross-country running in the local area, the league holds four fixtures each year, usually from October to December and caters for both men and women from 8 years and upwards. Please visit www.redrosecrosscountry.co.uk for more details.
Each fixture has a full programme for Junior Members:
Under 11 (Boys and Girls) 2km distance
Under 13 (Girls) 2.5km distance
Under 15 (Girls) and Under 13 (Boys) 3km distance
Under 15 (Boys) and Under 17 (Girls) 4km distance
Parkrun
Parkrun is a series of 5k runs held on Saturday mornings in areas of open space around the UK. They are open to all, free and easy to take part in.
Parkrun closest to Barnoldswick are Aireville Park, Skipton, Alkincoates Park, Colne and Towneley Park, Burnley.
Check out their website for further information at www.parkrun.org.uk.
The aim of the Barlick Fell Runners results service is to list the full results of all events in which our members have been involved and to archive these for future reference. If any have been missed, please let us know.
Carl Bell was the winner of this race, with Victoria Wilkinson finishing 3rd overall and 1st lady. Andy Berry had a good run to secure a top ten finish.
8 Andy Berry 1:00:59
1 Julian HOOD 18:00
13 John BOOTHMAN 21:40
26 Angela DONLAN 23:10
53 Laura CRAIG 26:23
67 Jenna BOOTHMAN 28:26
104 Lorraine BROADHURST 37:35
12 Luke Maude in 45.27
18 Julian Hood in 47.09
43 Mark Sandamas in 51.00
162 John Boothman 60.06
173 Angela Donlan 60.46
272 Hannah Newbold 68.21
413 finished and 2 DNF
This starts on Sunday 3 January and continues for most weeks until March. There are junior races which start at 12:00 pm and the seniors start at 1:00 pm.
4 Nicolas KENDALL 20:17
23 Sean FITZPATRICK 28:09
31 Connor FITZPATRICK 29:56
38 Susan HIRD 31:33
39 Graham WADSWORTH 34:24
40 Clover EDWARDS 36:01
44 Barbara MURZONE WADSWORTH 39:27
45 Claire MCGLASHAN 44:10
46 Lorraine BROADHURST 44:11
1 Lucas PAYNE 18:14
22 John BOOTHMAN 21:12
Last year, the top three finishers were Tom Adams, Simon Bailey and Rob Hope, in that order. Those same three names were in the top three again, but in a different order. Tom Adams led the field out and he looked as though he was once again going to boss it. On the return, he was still leading on the track coming off the moors, but Rob Hope was up with him and you had to wonder if he was playing a tactical game and just waiting to pounce. This year those two were way ahead of Simon Bailey who was in third place. When it came to the run in, it was Rob who came out the better of the two, taking victory by 8 seconds and setting a new course and V40 record.
Andy Berry had a good run for Barlick, coming home in 23rd place in a field containing a lot of good runners with Dave Halliday in 132nd place.
Hannah Newbold had a good run out and appeared to be going very easily on the run in off the moors and looked very clean despite her face plant in a bog after the second descent.
1 Rob Hope 31:08
2 Tom Adams 31:12
3 Simon Bailey 33:12
23 Andy Berry 36:34
132 Dave Halliday 43:57
251 Hannah Newbold 51:07
We had a few juniors out in the Quarry Runs.The under 10s to U16s all ran together and that is how the results appeared. We have tried to sort out category positions on a provisional basis, but these may be subject to error.
U8 Girls
29 Lucille Pickles 4:05
36 Chloe Boothman 4:34
53 starters
U10s, U12s,U14s, U16s, Combined Race
64 Harley Treitl 9:15 (U10 boy) (10th)
73 Jenna Boothman 9.50 (U 12 girl) (10th)
74 Elliot Halliday 9.59 (U 10 boy) (21st)
78 Oliver Whipp 10.08 (U 10 boy) (22nd)
81 Connor Fitzpatric 10.17 (U 12 boy) (23rd)
87 Harry Carpendale 10.57 ( U 10 boy) (24th)
113 Clover Edwards 12.22 (U 10 girl)
124 starters
The nice thing about John Boothman is that he just loves running. He does not mess about targeting races or having a week off because he is saving himself. If he is free and there is a race, he is out there racing. He knows that he is not going to win, but he enjoys the run out, the freedom of the fells and afterwards a well earned pint and a chat with like minded people.
He was our only runner at this race. He was 68th in a time of 56:41 out of a field of 125. It was a bit slower time for him than last year, which he puts down to the heavy going underfoot.
The race was won by Mark Nixon of Pudsey & Bramley in a time of 41:44 with Sam Tosh 2nd, Ian Holmes 3rd and Sam Watson 4th.
Question. Will John run in The Stoop tomorrow?
It was a good win for our ladies team last Saturday and this week they have made it into Athletics Weekly.
77 Lucy Beresford 43:25
Three pictures in the gallery above including the 'Cheeky Barlicker'
More picture of leg one in https://picasaweb.google.com/110439573756197443848/GatheringWinterFoolsRelayLeg102#
What a day for the Barlick ladies. They were third team in 2013, they were 3rd last year, but this year, they romped home in first place. Jen Hird and Leanne Dinsdale got the team off to a good start by taking an early lead and handing over in first place to Kelly Whiteside and Lorraine Slater. These are a good pair, but they were up against Wharfedale's top pairing of Emma Hopkinson & Lucy Needham and they dropped a place. Then it was the turn of Lucy Beresford & Paula Cullen, who put everything into their leg and regained first place after the Wharfedale pairing made a navigational error. Our last pair was Emma Bailey and Angela Donlan who set off like there was a charging bull after them and at that point, baring injury or accident, it looked like it was all over. As it happened, they ran a cracking leg and opened up the gap even further on the chasing Wharfedale team.
The men's A' team got off to a good start and there was nothing between them and Bingley 'A' at the first hand over point at the White Lion. By the Murder Mile, our pairing of Luke Maude and Julian Hood had opened up a 12 second gap on Bingley and they were a good two to three minutes in front of the chasing Wharfedale pair of Sam Watson & Ted Mason. However, by the time they emerged out of the mist on the top of Ilkley Moor, things had changed dramatically. Wharfedale had suddenly gone to the front and opened up a 90 second lead on the Barlick pair. Last year, Julian Hood looked strong on this leg and was pulling a struggling Chewy round. This year, it was Luke Maude who was pulling a struggling Julian round, who was battling with the cold and the wet. However, at this stage, they still had a 30 second lead over Bingley. However, by the finish, things had changed again as Chris Smale was struggling with a niggle on the last leg and this allowed Bingley to catch up and take second place and for Wharfedale to run out worthy winners.
However, behind them, there were some very sound performances from our 'B' team, who despite being at one time being closely pursued by Wharfedale 'B', managed to pull out a good lead and comfortably take 4th place.
All in all, it was a pretty good day for the club. We had five teams out of the top ten and all of our teams in the top thirteen.
The top teams finished as follows:
1 Wharfedale 'A' 3:27:58
2 Bingley 'A' 3:37:16
3 Barlick 'A' 3:38:54
4 Barlick 'B' 3:47:58
5 Wharfedale 'B' 3:59:15
6 Keighley & Craven 'A'4:08:17
7 Barlick 'C' 4:12:59
8 Barlick 'D' 4:23:28 (Vets)
9 Barlick Ladies 4:25:59 (1st Ladies Team)
10 Bingley 'B' 4:36:56
11Wharfedale Ladies 4:37:04 (2nd Ladies Team)
12 Keighley & Craven Mixed 4:50:19 (1st Mixed Team)
13 Barlick 'E' 4:57:59
14 Bingley Ladies 5:02:51 (3rd Ladies Team)
15 Keighley & Craven Mixed 'B' 5:02:54 (2nd Mixed Team)
A big thank you must go to Keighley & Craven for putting on this event. It is a cracking relay race over a great course. Thanks too must go to all the marshals who stood out in some very cold and wet weather.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.