Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner won the pairs race last year and were keen to emulate their success again. But, after 6 miles, Jon twisted his ankle and they fell back a little, However, after another couple of miles, it numbed off and they fought their way back up the field, knocking 5 minutes off their last year's finishing time and easily running out race winners. In the euphoria of their win, they vowed to return next year and try to not only make it a hat trick, but to try and do it in a sub 3:30 time.
Jon is now going to let his ankle recover for a couple of days and then start tapering for the bog one in three weeks time
In the singles race, Craig Storozuk finished in 12th place.
Pairs
1 Jon Cleaver & Luke Turner 3:36:11
15 Michael Alexander & Bob Jackson 6:06:50
Singles
12 Craig Storozuk 3:54:06
13 Stephen Shorrock 3:54:12
146 James Crook 4:29:15
Half
539 Lucy Brown 2:23:33
Victoria Peel had an amazing performance, improving on her last year's time by 15 minutes, and coming home 3rd woman overall. Not only that, but she was also first U23 woman.
Barlick were also the third team behind Lochaber and Wharfedale.
9 Luke Maude 1:48:28
16 David Poole 1:51:38
21 Andy Collins 1:55:34
42 Nick Treitl 1:59:36
50 Tim Chadwick 2:01:22
105 Zac Kaye 2:13:16
119 Victoria Peel 2:15:53
131 Karl Robb 2:17:21
253 Andrew Smith 2:36:11
309 Jennifier Hird 2:45:56
395 Hannah Newbold 3:04:04
407 Jacqueline Collins 3:09:43
John Boothman is a pretty consistent runner. He finished this race in exactly the same time, to the second, as he did two years ago.
1254 John Boothman 1:37:28
2316 Paul Elcock 1:38:49
33013 Colette Ward 2:24:50
11 Emma Bailey 21:37
21 Will Pease 20:51 New PB
23 David Pease 20:58 New PB
32 Lucille Pickles 21:30
33 Jack Villiers 21:30
A good performance by Emma Pease saw her finish first F40 in this Innovate mid week series.
4 Jonathan Cleaver 35:32
13 Ian Cocks 39:59
20 David Pease 42:47
26 Amdrew Smith 43:54
58 Emma Pease 50:02 (1st F40)
Just two Barlickers out at this race, which is a tough one, but has a good route. John Boothman managed to go astray and it seems that in true fell running style, so did plenty of others.
19 Craig Storozuk 2:55:57
24 John Boothman 3:12:57
The title is short for the Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix race and it covers 101 km with 6,100 meters of ascent. Converting this to English money, it is just over 60 miles in length with over 20,000 feet of ascent - a daunting challenge for anyone. A lot did not make it. 2132 started and over 550 dropped out, with 1578 finishers.
There was no dropping out for Gary Bradley. His race went well and he finished in 466th place in 19hrs, 43mins which was inside his target time of under 20 hrs. Quite an achievement.
A race report from Gary follows
This race is an undulating 20 mile race, with 1000 ft of ascent, mainly on country lanes. There are a couple of climbs in it which are challenging, but they are not too long, which makes this race excellent preparation for a marathon.
When taking part in this race, both Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner had their sights set firmly on the Berlin Marathon in four week's time. Next week, they are hoping to retain the Yorkshireman Pairs Title before they begin tapering.
3 Jon Cleaver 1:55:40
23 Luke Turner 2:16:19
The U14s & U17s run together and a brilliant run by Jacob Reeday saw him finish closely behind Jack Villiers to take the U14 title. In the U12 girls race, Lucille Pickles trounced the opposition to easily run out race winner, with Isobelle Teal securing third place.
U17/U14 Race
5 Jack Villiers 9:23
6 Jacob Reeday 9:27 (1st U14, 1st local)
U12 Race
5 Lucille Pickles 7:28 (1st girl)
8 Will Pease 7:44
18 Isobelle Teal 11:05 (3rd girl)
It was a remarkable win in the ladies race by Emma Hopkinson of Wharfedale, as it was only at the weekend that she completed the Bob Graham Round. Second in the men's race was Joe Hudson of Keighley & Craven. He is the son of Rob Hudson who, in his day, dominated the BOFRA races. It is interesting too to see that his other son, Louis Hudson, won the U17 race. It looks as though fell running is in the Hudson blood.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
8 Luke Maude 9:02
24 Tim Chadwick 10:11
37 Victoria Peel 11:33 (5th lady)
46 John Boothman 12:01
52 Andrew Smith 12:25
91 Craig Child 15:31
23 David Poole 40:25
30 Alex Mason 41:26 (2nd U18)
50 Barrie Charnley 45:27
Only one junior in these races, but he showed how it was done by taking first place in the U13 Race.
U13 Boys
1 Harley Treitl (Time to Follow)
No point going all the way to Burnsall just to do one race, so for his second race of the day:
73 John Boothman 24:12
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.