Two intrepid Barlickers made the journey to Austwick to take on this fell race. Nick Charlesworth of Wharfedale won the race by 4 seconds from Chris Singleton. Mick Keegan came 40th and Jack Ingham was 135th out of the 169 that ran.
The winner of this race was Simon Bailey who came home in 15:35. A top ten finish however, for Chris Smale who finished in 10th position in a time of 18:31
Jean Rawlinson was our only representative in this race. She naturally won her category and was 59th overall out of 79 runners.
59 Jean Rawlinson 62:46 1st FV60
Tom 'Machine Gun' Corrigan set off hard from the start, but was eventually passed by Julian Hood after 2 miles. After that, the race pretty much settled down. The Barlick men took the team prize with Julian 4th, Tom 6th, Chewy 8th and Sam Gibbs 21st. Also running were Andy Driver, Derek Walkden, Rachel Lowther, Lucy Beresford and Heather Driver. Great to see Lucy back racing again.
The race was won by Jamil Parapia from Otley AC in a time of 41:15. The Barlickers finished as follows:
4 Julian Hood 41:55
6 Tom Corrigan 42:35
8 Stephen Chew 42:52
21 Sam Gibbs 45:36
39 Andrew Driver 48:04
71 Derek Walkden 50:14
194 Rachel Lowther 59:44
206 Lucy Beresford 1:00:53
284 Heather Driver 1:10:16
337 finishers
Tom Addison won against a stacked field in a time of 47.11. Sam Gibbs was running for Barlick and finished in a time of 1:00:55 and 25th place.
40 Craig CHILD 23:29 New PB
115 Graham WADSWORTH 32:35
123 Clover EDWARDS 33:32
124 Lee EDWARDS 33:35
Six Barlickers at Burnley today and six PBs, including those who raced last night. Another good performance from young Daniel Chew.
6 Andrew CHEW 18:20 New PB
14 James FENT 19:40 New PB
25 Daniel CHEW 21:13 New PB
33 John BOOTHMAN 21:47 New PB
48 Emma BAILEY 22:47 New PB
143 Jenna BOOTHMAN 28:23 New PB
A one-two for Barlick in this race with 4 Barlickers in the top ten. Provisional positions:
1 Marc Hartley 34:45
2 Tom Corrigan 35:11
8 Andrew Chew 37:52
10 Andrew Collins 38:12
17 Andy Berry 38:57
28 Carl Pawson 40:16
73 Michael Alexander 44:41
76 John Boothman 45:05
82 Glenn Whittaker 45:46
84 Jennifer Hird 46:05
85 Emma Bailey 46:07
93 Richard Starkie 46:56
96 Jackie Hodgson 47:17
152 Jack Ingham 53:24
164 Jean Rawlinson 55:17
202 Hazel O'Hara 62:51
Only one Barlicker in this race, but he secured a top ten finish.
1 Danny Hope, Horwich 30:24
5 Chris Smale 32:37
It was good to see the usual pub runners out tonight, plus a few more, taking part in this race. On the way to the top, Matt Lockyer of Pudsey & Bramley was leading, but Luke Maude was hot on his tail. When they had completed the loop and returned to the Pinnacle, the situation was the same and everyone thought that Luke was playing a tactical game. However, as things turned out Matt, managed to hold on to the lead and he ran out the race winner, in front of Luke. Behind this leading pair, Stephen Chew was putting in a solid performance and he retained the third place which had secured on the ascent right until the finish. Not that far behind, was Stephen's brother Shaun and to complete the top ten finishers, was Carl Pawson.
Lorraine Slater dominated the ladies race. She took the lead on the way up and with her usual gritty determination, there was no way that she was going to relinquish that lead. She said after the finish that she did not look back at who was chasing her, but her lead at the end was comfortable. It was also nice to see Rachel Lowther racing, even though in the Calder Valley, she had been nursing a shoulder injury. It was also nice to see so many Barlick shirts out and to see five of them in the top ten. The results are:
1 Matt Lockyer 26:05
2 Luke Maude 26:19
3 Stephen Chew 26:48
6 Shaun Chew 27:56
10 Carl Pawson 29:19
18 Andrew Driver 30:28
20 Mick Keegan 30:50
24 "Fat" Jock Boothman 31:57
26 Lorraine Slater 32:08 (1st Lady)
30 Des Walkden 32:30
37 John Boothman 33:19
43 Glenn Whittaker 34:12
57 Rachel Lowther 35:34 (6th Lady)
86 Ran
Under 12 Race
15 Aaron Slater 12:16
To say that this is a hilly half marathon is an understatement. It is a half marathon with ascent of 2704 feet.
34 Michael Alexander 2:31:43
Whilst many were anticipating the Calderdale Way Relay on Saturday, a couple of Barlickers made their way to the Lakes for this race.
48 Richard Lowther 1:44:18
119 Pete Jackson 2:03:35
209 Finishers
Pete was happy with his performance in what for him was a comeback race.
The results from this race, including a full breakdown of leg times are now available.
These reveal further facts which were not readily apparent yesterday. The first is that on legs two and three, Barlick were the fastest team.
The second thing the results reveal is that our vets team were 4th vets team.
Lastly, they reveal that there were 88 teams in the competition and that our B team finished in 38th position, comfortably in the top half of the table. This is remarkable when you consider that some members of this team were not even running at this time last year.
All in all, they reflect a great team spirit within the club and everyone who took part in this event can be justly proud of what we have achieved.
Another good performance this weekend was that of Luke Wallwork in the hilly Windermere Marathon. Luke has been quietly working his socks off over the last few months and has been rewarded with a cracking time of 3hr 12mins 51secs on his marathon debut.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.