Another terrific performance by Jack Villiers saw him take the under fifteen race in an exciting finish, just beating Jackson McKay of Clayton by one second! Garth Duffy also had a good race finishing 3rd in the under eleven race.
U9
9 Oscar Calyton 5:14
U11
3 Garth Duffy 12:02
16 Lily Grace Clayton 15:58 (6th girl)
U15
1 Jack Villiers 14:31
22 Ciara Duffy 20:14 (11th girl)
Under 9
27 Oscar Clayton 9:19
Under 11
29 Lucille Pickles 12:03
30 Garth Duffy 12:06
57 Lily-Grace Clayton 14:27
Under 15
12 Jack Villiers 16:30
70 Ciara Duffy 25:48
This event was held at Dalby forest and was the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country finals. This was the culmination of several rounds covering all North Yorkshire Schools.
Jacob Reeday ran in year 6 boys and had a storming run. He was well clear coming out of the woods, finished way ahead of the rest of the field and winning in amazing style. What a way to win a final.
Lucille Pickles and Chloe Boothman ran in the year 6 girls. Lucille had a great run and was 4th coming out of the woods, but she got pipped by a couple of other runners and finished 6th. Chloe had a really strong run, finishing somewhere mid field.
Jack Villiers only started running two years ago and this is his first year as an U15, and this weekend, he had the honour of representing his county in this race. This reflects the hard work and consistent training that he has put in. He finished 198th out of 303 in a time of 21:13.
Jack Villiers is learning the art of running towards the front of the race and following his win last week at Sedbergh, he followed it up this week with a 2nd place behind James Bowen of Ambleside.
2 Jack Villiers 14:16
U11 Girls
19 Lucille Pickles 9:55
41 Chloe Boothman 11:12
U11 Boys
4 Jacob Reeday 8:13
25 Garth Duffy 9:32
U13 Girls
29 Ciara Duffy 11:20
U17 Men
13 Alex Mason 29:55
Another great run by Jack Villiers saw him come through and win this race.
U15
1 Jack Villiers 10:02
19 Ciara Dufffy 13:25 (5th girl)
U13
20 Ciara Duffy 8:12 (5th girl)
38 Garth Duffy 8:57 (29th boy)
39 Lucille Pickles 8:59 (10th girl)
Lucille Pickles was on form for these races and in an exciting finish, managed to come home in first place, just in front of Izzy-Mai Wilson of Hallamshire.
U15 - Two Miles
23 Ciara Duffy 17:27 (7th girl)
U11 - One Mile
10 Lucille Pickles 7:41 (1st girl)
38 Chloe Boothman 9:32 (12th girl)
49 Lily-Grace Clayton 10:27 (22nd girl)
U9 - Half Mile
17 Oscar Clayton 4:52
Another good performance from Jack Villiers who was up there with the leading runners and finishing just 5 seconds behind race winner James Bowen of Ambleside.
3 Jack Villiers 8:28
U11 Girls
12 Lucille Pickles 8:13
39 Maddison Parrington 9:02
44 Chloe Boothman 9:18
53 Lily Clayton 9:52
U11 Boys
2 Jacob Reedey 6:59
28 Logan McCredie 7:59
43 Garth Duffy 8:19
56 George Fitzpatrick 8:45
71 Michael RiggMoya 9:36
U13 Girls
39 Ciara Duffy 10:11
48 Jenna Boothman 10:43
U13 Boys
59 Connor Fitzpatrick 15:51
U15 Girls
24 Harriet Woodhead 14:49
U15 Boys
10 Jack Villiers 14:09
U13 Boys
25 Garth Duffy 8:17
U13 Girls
12 Lucille Pickles 8:49
17 Jody Whitfield 9:42
18 Ciara Duffy 9:43
U15 Boys
9 Jack Villiers 11:22
For the second weekend running, Jack Villiers has taken part in two races. Having secured a place yesterday in the Lancashire Schools team, it was once more back to the fells for Jack. Amazingly, after the effort he put in yesterday, he still managed a podium finish.
3 Jack Villiers 9:50
46 Lily-Grace Clayton 10:18
55 Jody Whitfield 10:33
96 Oscar Clayton 12:08
A few of our juniors were out today representing their local schools in the Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships at Witton Park. Jack Villiers had an outstanding performance, not only leading his Pendle Team home, but holding off strong challenges from the third and fourth place finishers to take second place overall. His reward is that he will be going to Leeds to represent Lancashire in the Inter Counties School Championship.
Junior Boys
2 Jack Villiers 15:22
68 Elliott Phillips 20:23
Junior Girls
47 Harriet Woodhead 17:35
Year Seven Girls
33 Ciara Duffy 11:10
After his day out yesterday in the Northern Athletics Cross Country Championship, it was back on the fells for Jack Villiers and he was rewarded by coming home in second place behind Ollie Sanders of Helm Hill.
2 Jack Villiers 7:47
More valuable racing experience for Jack Villiers at this event.
108 Jack Villiers 16:15
U13 Girls
16 Maddison Parrington 9:39
30 finishers
U15 Boys
3 Jack Villiers 10:51
16 finishers
U11 Girls
7 Lucille Pickles 7:45
42 Chloe Boothman 8:39
52 Annabelle Hoyle 8:55
61 Clover Edwards 9:22
64 Lilly Clayton 9:34
67 Jodie Whitfield
8th team
U11 Boys
26 Logan McCredie 7:19
30 Harley Treitl 7:24
83 Michael RiggMoya 9:59
8th team
U13 Girls
44 Ciara Duffy 11:17
U15 Girls
30 Harriet Woodhead 13:09
U15 Boys
15 Jack Villiers 13:47
U9 Boys
8 Isaac Reeday 3.23
17 Oscar Clayton 4.19
U15 boys
2 Jack Villiers 6.40
U11 Girls
4 Lucille Pickles 8.40
8 Chloe Boothman 9.54
15 Lilly Clayton 11.23
U15 Girls
2 Ciara Duffy 8.43
3 Jenna Boothman 9.05
It was good to see two of our juniors out in these championship races, gaining very valuable race experience. George Fitzpatrick was out in the under 11 race and Jack Villiers ran in the U15 race where he finished in 10th position. As a result, he will be getting a letter to stand by as a reserve to represent Lancashire in the Inter County Championship and he will get a place if others have to drop out.
They finished as follows:
U11 Boys
47 George Fitzpatrick 7:56
U15 Boys
10 Jack Villiers 13:39
Jack Villiers started the New Year in style by going off and testing himself in a senior fell race. And what a great performance he put in too, finishing in 28th position out of a field of 153. In fell running, every race is different and the first time you have a go at a race, you never run it as well as you could have done, as you are learning the course. Expect an even higher place from Jack if he has another go at this race next year.
28 Jack Villiers 21:12
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.