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ByJim Hickie

Weekend Racing 21st & 22nd September

This Weekends Racing is as follows :-

Road

  • 12 Noon 21/09/13 – Great Langdale Full & Half Marathons – New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale. £18 (Full) £15 (Half)
  • 10 am 22/09/13 – Littlebrough 10k – Wheatsheaf Pub, Littlebrough. £10(eod)
  • 10.30 am 22/09/13 – Rochdale Kingsway 10k – Kingsway Park High School, Rochdale. £15 On the day.

Trail

  • 10 am 22/09/13 – Stainland Trail Race – Recreation Ground, Stainland Rd, Halifax. £12 On the day.
  • 9.45 am 22/09/13 – Harewood House 10k Trail Race – Harewood House, Leeds. £8 On the day.

Fell

  • 10.30 am 21/09/13 – Good Shepherd Fell Race (BL) 14.3 Miles, 2000′ – Good Shepherd Centre, Mytholmroyd. £7 On the day.
  • 1 pm 21/09/13 – Scafell Pike Fell Race (AS) 4.5 Miles, 3000′ – Wasdale Head Campsite. £9 On the day.
  • 11 am 21/09/13 – Three Shires Fell Race (AL) 12.4 Miles, 4000′ – Three Shires Inn, Little Langdale. £8 On the day
  • 12 Noon 22/09/13 – Embsay Fell Race (BOFRA) (AS) 2.7 Miles, 800′ – Main Street, Embsay. £3 On the day

Enjoy!!

ByJim Hickie

Report – Sabden 6 Trail Race.

The second running of this increasingly popular local race saw nine Clayton Harriers tackle the Sabden 6 mile trail race. The undulating course takes in a decent mixture of gravel tracks, tarmac roads and grassy trails with several styles and gates to overcome – not to mention a ridiculously steep ascent up the side of Churn Clough Reservoir between the 4th/5th miles!!

Newly appointed road & trail captain Tom Brewster claimed the “Cannonball Mile” prize – leading the field to the first mile!

Just a shame this was followed by taking a tumble at the first sign of rough terrain to drop back to 5th overall with new addition Nick Gaskell hot on his heels in 7th. The race saw superb efforts from Dave Motley, Garry Wilkinson and Richard Briscoe, all still sporting aching legs from the epic Ben Nevis mountain race a week before. Also present and on form were Laura Hesketh, Mark Taylor, Ron Chappell (Claiming MV65 prize), Bob Hirst and Karin Goss (claiming FV65 prize)

Full Results can be found by following the link HERE

Thanks to Mens Road & Trail Captain Tom Brewster for this write up of the race.

ByJason Pier

**CLAYTON SENIORS ONLY*** UPDATE***

The following seniors have been registered for this seasons Red Rose Cross Country League which begins at Leigh Sports Village on Saturday 28th September.

Men.
Paul Archer, Chris Balderson, Tom Brewster, Peter Browning, Stuart Hartley, James Hickie, Chris Holdsworth, Wayne McIntosh, Dave Motley, Terry O’Leary, Andy Quinn
and Lee Smith.
Ladies.
Sue Allen, Tanya Ashworth, Vicky Heys, Jean Knightley, Christine Leathley, Rebecca Rawcliffe, Irene Roche, Georgina Slater and Helena Leathley.
Numbers will be distributed at the first fixture.
Anymore athletes who wish to race will now have to register themselves and pay
on the day to run. The cost now pre-registration has closed for them is £6
whether they run 1 race or all 4.

RED ROSE CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES

Jason Pier        jasonpier@rocketmail.com       07950 458051

ByJim Hickie

Peris Horseshoe 14/09/2013 – British Champs Race.

Saturday saw the latest installment of the British Fellrunning Championships.

Jean BThe Peris Horseshoe Race is organised by Welsh Fellrunning club Eryri Harriers. The gruelling 17.5 mile category ‘AL’ race attracts the top runners and over 8000′ of ascent ensures they are pushed to their limits .

 

Jean Brown and Katy Thompson were flying the Clayton flag making the long Katy T 1journey down to Llanberis. Once again they did the club proud with impressive runs. Jean completed the course in 4:31:31 earning her 7th F40 (84th place overall). Katy was 6th F50 (153rd Overall).

Excellent stuff Ladies!

At the business end the overall race winner was Bingley Harriers Rob Jebb in a time of Jebby3:12:29, narrowly edging out Borrowdales Morgan Donnelly – setting a new MV40 course record in the process. There were also course records for Mark Roberts (Borrowdale) MV50 and Gill Meyers (Wharfedale) FV50.

A Link to the full results, a report from Eryri Harriers and a photo gallery can be found HERE

ByJim Hickie

A new Committee and Chair

The club’s AGM on 29th August agreed to reduce the size of the club’s committee to seventeen posts.  Dave Scott was elected as President, Jim Hickie was elected as Chair, Mike Wallis was elected as Secretary and Mike Eddleston was elected as Treasurer.  The new Committee includes four new members: Tom Brewster is Men’s Road and Trail Captain; Candice Heys is Ladies’ Road and Trail Captain; Wayne McIntosh is Media Manager; and Andy Armstrong is a committee member.

Retiring Chairman, Pete Booth, and retiring Vice-Chairman, Paul Healey, have served the club so well over many years.  Pete and Paul will continue with much of their work whilst no longer serving on the club’s committee.

The AGM also agreed that future AGMs will be held in September.  A proposal to introduce an alternate club vest was not passed.  However, the Committee does recognise the need to modernise the club’s clothing, and this will be discussed at the first meeting on 16th September.

Ours is a large club, with some 400 members.  With four new committee members and all committee posts filled the club is well placed to move forward.  Our future’s bright, our future’s orange!

 

 

 

 

ByAndy Armstrong

English Schools Fell Running Championship 29th September

This year’s English Schools event will be held in Kendal on the 29th September.

If you’re interested in taking part then all the details you need are on their website

ByJim Hickie

Weekends Racing – 14th & 15th September 2013

This weekends races are as follows :-

Saturday 14th September

  • Sabden 6 Trail Race – 10am, St Nicholas Church, SabdenBreton
  • Turbine Tangle Fell Race – 10am, Cowpe Village, Waterfoot
  • Parkrun 5k – 9am, Towneley Park, Burnley

Sunday 15th September

  • Garstang 1/2 Marathon – 11am, Garstang Sports & Social Club, Garstang
  • Burnsall Fell Race (BOFRA) – 12 Noon, Wharfedale – See www.bofra.co.uk for more details

For full details of these & more local & National Races visit the below links:-

ByJason Pier

Junior Results Round-Up

The juniors have been in action recently at various events.

Briony and Curtis Holt both starred at the Reeth Show in the latest round of the BOFRA race series. Briony, running in the U12 race finished 3rd girl and Curtis finished 8th boy in the U14 race.

REETH SHOW RESULTS

During the month of August two of our juniors have gained PB’s at the Burnley Parkrun.

Annabel Wilcock 27.25 and Lucy Stevenson 30.59

Sisters Eleanor and Grace Root ran in the Blacko Tower Fell Race. Eleanor finished a brilliant 2nd overall and 1st junior setting a course record of 10.05. Younger sister Grace also ran a great race to claim 2nd junior.

George and Alice Pier travelled to Whitworth to take part along with Claytons very own Dr. Ron Hill in the Andy O’Sullivan 30 years of Promotions 5k race. George continued his recent good form by posting a PB of 19.47 for 5k to take 8th place overall and 2nd junior male. Alice also ran well to finish 4th female and 2nd junior female.

WHITWORTH 5K RESULTS

It’s always great to see our juniors not only taking part but putting in brilliant performances to finish at the business end in the results. This is your reward for the hard work you put in during the week at training.

Well done to ALL of you.