ByAdrienne Olszewska

Happy New Year!

Here’s to the new year ahead of us and all the challenges that it may bring. Our club members will no doubt have a huge range of events lined up, fast as lightning road running, technical fell running, cross country or ultras. We are looking forward to seeing what you all get up to this year. In fact, you have already started with a decent turnout at the Pendle New Year parkrun, the Billy Knox New Year’s Day Awakener, and the Lancashire County Cross Country Championships to name but a few!

Club New Year Social Run

Report from Mick Green

I, with the help of friends, have been putting on a New Year run / walk /bike ride for a few years. Each year we try to find a footpath that most of the people who come may not have been on before. That bit is getting harder each year. The format is the same each year, set off at 1pm for a social 2 hour run / walk or bike ride.

Club Members at the annual New Year social run in Great Harwood

Then it is down to the Pub Royale, formally the Royal Hotel, for food and drink. The present and previous owners of the pub have never charged us for the food they put on for us. I ask the people who have the food to make a small contribution and the money collected is offered to the pub owners who always refuse it and ask for it to go to a charity.

Over the years we have donated money to various charities including, The Lifeboats, The British Heart Foundation, a school in Botswana, Asthma UK and so on.Thanks to everyone who has donated

I will start looking at this year’s route soon and look forward to seeing everybody in December.

Club Road Palladium 2014

The 2014 Ladies’ Road Palladium Champion is Jackie Kershaw. The 2014 Men’s Road Palladium Champion is Steve Biscomb. Congratulations to both of you.

Full Results

Lancashire Cross Country Championships – Saturday 3rd January

It was a cold and rainy start to proceedings but despite the mud and the miserable weather it was a great start to 2015. The Vet 40 men took Bronze Team (Breton Holdsworth, Garry Wilkinson, Andy Orr, John John Wilcock. Dave Scott was 1st V70. Clayton ladies took 4th team position, Jean Knightley won the silver medal for LV55 category, Katy Thompson won the silver medal for V60 category and Christine Leathley won bronze for the V65. It was also a great start to 2015 for the juniors; 2nd U11boy for Jackson McKay, 2nd U13 girl for Briony Holt, plus 3rd team place U13 girls, and 2nd team place U15 boys.

U-11 Boys

Pos	Name	Time
2	Jackson McKay	6:16
11	Dexta Thompson	6:45

U-11 Girls

Pos	Name	Time
35	Grace Root	9:02
42	Milly Mccabe	10:45

U-13 Boys

Pos	Name	Time
23	Adam Quinn	14:49
31	Daniel Bradley	16:56

U-13 Girls

Pos	Name	Time
2	Briony Holt	13:05
12	Eleanor Root	14:23
17	Millie Stubbs	14:49
22	Liberty Thompson	15:11

Team Result – 3^rd place

L-R U13 Girls Team – Ellie Root, Liberty Thompson, Millie Stubbs, Briony Holt

U-15 Boys

Pos	Name	Time
14	Curtis Holt	14:53
18	Thomas Bradley	15:58
22	Ryan Clarke	16:23
24	Alexander Townrow	16:33

Team Result – 2^nd place

U-17 Men

Pos	Name	Time
15	Jordan McDonald	22:19

U-17 Women

Pos	Name	Time
14	Beth Quinn	30:09

Senior Women

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
45	Vicky Heys	L40	33:56
46	Angela Shian	L35	34:16
57	Julia Rushton	L50	35:59
60	Jean Knightley	L55	36:19
67	Katy Thompson	L60	37:58
69	Sarah Helliwell	L	38:14
83	Susan Allen	L50	47:15
84	Christine Leathley	L65	48:30

Team Result – 9^th place

Vets team – 4^th place

Senior Men

Breton Holdsworth swapping the road for the mud at the Lancashire XC Champs. Photo by Autumn Howard

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
18	Christopher Holdsworth	M	36:58
39	Breton Holdsworth	V40	39:01
61	Garry Wilkinson	V50	41:20
76	Carl Helliwell	M	42:59
78	Andrew Orr	V40	43:38
89	George Pier	U20	44:56
93	Richard Briscoe	M	45:16
102	John Wilcock	V50	47:00
107	Peter Booth	V60	47:27
121	Andrew Howarth	V55	49:24
122	Andy Quinn	V40	49:26
124	Peter Browning	V55	49:34
125	David Scott	V70	49:48
137	Robin Nicolson	V45	53:23

Team Result – 6^th place

Vets team – 3^rd place

Full Results

KWL Scout Scar Fell Race – 4th January

A classic 5 mile blend of fast hilly cross-country on rough limestone tracks with stupendous 360 degree views. The race starts with a fast charge across the flat field before heading out onto the rough Scar area where the pace settles.

Katy Thompson reported that Clayton Ladies Jean Brown, Wendy Dodds, Carol Life and Katy Thompson took part. Also Jack Holt, Alan Life and one other. A good, fast course and a record field, she said.

Awaiting full results.

Central Lancashire New Year Half Marathon – 4th January

Well done to Tanya Bunkham who was the sole Clayton-le-Moors Harrier at this half-marathon event. She finished in 208th place with a time of 1:49:45 in a field of 449 runners.

Full Results

Belle Vue Racers Hit the Trail – 4th January

Peter Butterworth came 40th in this 5-mile race through Reddish Vale Country Park with a time of 33:14. 269 runners took part

Full Results

Billy Knox NYD Awakener – 1st January

7 club members kicked off the New Year with this 5k trail race in Whitworth. Great performances from the ladies in this event. 87 runners took part.

Angela Shian and Vicky Heys at the Billy Knox Awakener. Photo by Steve Bateston

Pos	Num	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
37	59	Vicky Heys	F40	(001/004)	00:25:20
41	61	Angela Shian	F35	(002/003)	00:25:46
54	60	Jean Knightley	F55	(002/008)	00:27:18
61	58	Robert Hirst	M60	(003/004)	00:28:46
70	66	Yvonne Wickham	F50	(003/003)	00:30:03
78	457	Ron Chappell	M65	(006/008)	00:31:34
80	448	Jack McGuire	M55	(007/007)	00:33:12

Full Results
Photos by Runningpix.co.uk

Auld Lang Syne Fell Race – 31st December

“The costumes and enthusiasm were better than ever and it was fantastic to see so many folk having a grand, if rather chilly, day out. The prize giving was legendary as you would expect. Hopefully see everyone there next year.” said 4 times ALS champion Alistair Brownlee.

Clayton vest visible at the start of the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race. Photo by woodentops.org.uk

To quote the Yorkshire Post ‘This event attracts both elite runners and those taking part in fancy dress meaning the field had everything from Olympians to Ostriches and for everyone there was a bottle of Daleside beer. Alistair has been competing in the race for more than 10 years, brother Jonny won the race back in 2012 finishing 3rd this time. British triathlete champion Mark Buckingham came in 2nd, while Ian Holmes who dominated the race for a decade finished in 4th and first V40’.

Chris Holdsworth chasing the Brownlees at the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race. Photo by woodentops.org.uk

First Clayton Harrier was Christopher Holdsworth, finishing in 11th place with a time of 41:35. First Clayton Lady was Vicky Heys, finishing in 59:09.

395 runners finished the course and there were 2 retirements.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
11	Christopher Holdsworth	M	41:35
44	Neil Hardiman	MV40	46:06
57	Garry Wilkinson	MV50	47:03
58	Lee Smith	M	47:04
68	Dave Motley	M	48:01
70	Dave Bagot	M	48:06
91	Ryan Belshaw	M	49:48
116	Nick Roscoe	MV40	51:44
133	Richard Briscoe	M	53:24
152	John Wilcock	MV50	54:14
201	David Black	MV40	58:08
211	Vicky Heys	FV40	59:06
226	Colin Woolford	M	59:43
267	Angela Shian	F	62:63
275	Wendy Dodds	FV60	63:32
290	Stephen Fish	MV60	64:27
322	Robert Hirst	MV60	67:47
390	John T Francis	MV70	89:22

L-R Lee Smith, Neil Hardiman, Garry Wilkinson, Dave Motley, Dave Bagot

Full Results and Race Reports

Ward Green Six – 28th December

Missed this one on last weeks roundup. This race is described as a 2 lap course with a testing climb. Sole Clayton-le-Moors Harriers representative was Breton Holdsworth who had an excellent run finishing in second place in a time of 33:29. “Not bad for being nearly half a stone heavier”, he said. Not bad indeed!

Full Results

Late Results from Whinberry Naze Fell Race

Results from the Whinberry Naze fell race on Boxing Day

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
12	Lee Smith	M	27:27
34	Alan Life	MV50	29:11
35	Andrew Orr	MV40	29:18
52	David Naughton	MV50	30:58
63	Sean Clarke	MV50	31:36
94	Andrew Dugdale	MV50	34:11
102	Andrew Howarth	MV55	35:07
115	Andrew Firth	MV55	36:07
118	Martin Brady	MV50	36:19
125	Colin Woolford	M	36:38
126	Vicky Heys	LV50	37:05
141	Andrew Walmsley	MV60	38:46
145	Robert Hirst	MV60	39:18
149	Carol Life	LV45	39:45
152	Nicola Horsfall	LV55	39:57
184	Irene Roche	LV55	43:39
185	Sarah Helliwell	L	43:40
186	Jean Knightley	LV55	43:41
187	Julia Rushton	LV50	43:42
196	Julie Toman	LV45	44:36
203	Geoff Smith	MV40	46:46

Full Results

New Year’s Day parkrun at Pendle

Well done to the 10 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers who managed to get up and out to the New Year’s Day parkrun at Pendle. We had 3 top ten finishers and a new PB as well. What a great start to the year!

Pos	parkrunner	Time
2	Jacob WATSON	20:28
3	Kevin DAVIES	20:36
5	John HARTLEY	21:10
23	Ryan Andrew CLARKE	25:04
27	Dawn TERRY	25:26
28	Martin BRADY	25:30
41	Kath BRADY	28:45	New PB!
59	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	31:37
74	Harry MANNING	40:04

Parkrun roundup

Preston parkrun – A total of 238 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
69	George THOMPSON	00:23:54
79	Martin BRADY	00:24:31
83	Katy THOMPSON	00:25:01

Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill – A total of 186 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
176	Eileen JONES	00:30:52

Carlisle parkrun – A total of 178 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
11	Chris FUNNELL	00:21:24

Walsall Arboretum parkrun – A total of 238 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
12	Paul SHACKLETON	00:19:57

Burnley parkrun – A total of 192 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Jacob WATSON	00:18:09
3	Jonathan PYE	00:18:23
6	Kevin DAVIES	00:19:04
9	Paul BRANNON	00:19:39
20	Stephen AINSWORTH	00:21:02
34	Adam STEVENSON	00:23:04
44	Dawn TERRY	00:23:40
68	Donna SCOTT	00:25:14
74	Richard LAWSON	00:25:42
82	Robert HIRST	00:26:20
98	Annabel WILCOCK	00:27:00
100	John WILCOCK	00:27:01
112	Keira STEVENSON	00:27:30
115	Richard STEVENSON	00:27:35
116	Julie TOMAN	00:27:43
117	Ron CHAPPELL	00:27:45
133	Jack MCGUIRE	00:29:28
152	Rachel STEVENSON	00:31:32
154	Heidi KEWIN	00:31:58
155	Lucy STEVENSON	00:32:05
177	Nicola KAY	00:37:09

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 99 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
96	Robin PRICE	00:38:35

Pendle parkrun – A total of 35 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
4	John HARTLEY	00:21:14
10	Stephen WHITE	00:23:43

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 163 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
53	Wendy DODDS	00:25:02

Coming up…

For the fell runners; the Flower Scar Fell Race will be a counter in the 2015 FRA English Championship and entries open 5/1/2015. Let’s try and get a good turn out for this event.

For the road runners; the Winter Warmer 10k on 8th February is the first race in the Club Road Championship 2015. Come on Team Clayton get this in your diary there is also a 2k junior race on the same day.

Mid Lancs Cross Country – Towneley 10th January

Marion Wilkinson, Junior Co-ordinator, ” Don’t forget, this is home turf and training ground for our juniors. We know every blade of grass; so less pressure = better running! Let’s have a good turnout for this local event.”

Club President Dave Scott, ” Towneley can be a good fast course for our Road Men and speed training for the Fells. If you are not shopping or decorating, try to run here, or even help, and ensure a good Clayton turn out.”

If you don’t intend to run but want to help, Paul Archer is organising the races on the club’s behalf. He needs lots of help on the day: setting up the course, marshalling, supervising the finish and collecting equipment after the races. So, if you can help in any way, please contact Paul straight away.

01254 823587 or paularcher09@hotmail.co.uk

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Catchup

It may have been the Christmas holidays but that didn’t stop our members from getting together for a social run on Pendle Hill, or from taking part in Boxing Day racing.

Christmas Eve Club Social Run

There was a great turnout for this festive social run up and around Pendle Hill. As well as lots of our junior members and helpers, there was an additional group of senior members as well as a number of members of Trawden AC. Most people got into the festive spirit and sported santa hats and, having divided into appropriate groups, we were off.

Clayton junior members looking good to go on the Christmas Eve social run

Whether you were running with the juniors or out with the seniors, this is a brilliant social get together and really blows away the cobwebs.

Clayton Ladies Katy Thompson and Linda Lord at the Christmas Eve Run

George and Curtis after the Christmas Eve Run (or should that be slide!)

Team Holdsworth chose to have their run at a different time but still managed to look good and festive whilst out and about.

Team Holdsworth – Looking festive

Worden Park 10k – 26 December

314 runners lined up for this Boxing Day 10k. Well done to Bryan Searby who was the sole Clayton Harrier taking part in this 10k race in Leyland. He was 184th in a time of 52:14.

Full Results

Whinberry Naze Dash festive fell race – 26 December

It seems that our members don’t need much persuading when it comes to fancy dress! Lots of you dressed up and took part in this festive fell race. 228 runners raced. At time of publishing, no results are available.

Clayton Ladies ready for the festive Whinberry Naze fell race

Looking pretty good on this descent our ladies were sticking together it seems.

Clayton Ladies in action at Whinberry Naze

Awaiting Results

Ribble Valley 10K – 28 December

The race goes back over 30 years to the early 1980s when Clayton Le Moors Harriers, first organised the race in the winter as the Clitheroe 10k in parallel with their Clitheroe 10 mile road race held in the spring. Although sadly the 10 miler fell by the wayside the 10k race survived and Blackburn Harriers took over the organisation of the race in 1998.

Ron Hill at the Ribble Valley 10k. Photo courtesy of Sport Sunday

The Ribble Valley 10k now has everything a road racer wants out of a road race. The competition at the front increased in quality and times came down to regular sub 30 minute clockings for the men and Olympian Helen Clitheroe herself regularly going under 33 minutes for the women. The women’s course record is now held by her at 32mins 30 secs and in the men’s race by Jonny Mellor at 29mins 10secs. He set the record in 2011 outsprinting Alistair Brownlee, the soon to become 2012 Olympic triathlon champion.

There was a great turnout of 39 club members at this race which included the Northern Athletics 10k Championships 2014. There were some great performances from our members in a fast and competitive race.

Jonny McKenna at the Ribble Valley 10k

Jonny McKenna was the first Harrier in 33:45 and 51st place overall, and Dawn Terry was the first Clayton lady in 45:54.

Well done to our two junior members, George Pier and Jordan McDonald for a couple of excellent performances. They are beginning to give the senior men a real run for their money.

Clayton Junior, George Pier at the Ribble Valley 10k

A special mention to one of our newest club members, Clare Wilson, who ran for the club for the first time earning herself a new personal best as well. A great start; well done Clare!

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
51	Jonny	McKenna	Men 20-39	00:33:45	00:33:48
73	Andrew	Stubbs	Men 45-49	00:35:03	00:35:06
113	Kevin	Davies	Men 50-54		00:36:51
117	David	Bagot	Men 20-39	00:36:49	00:37:02
118	Richard	Stevenson	Men 20-39		00:37:03
119	Jacob	Watson	Men 20-39	00:37:01	00:37:06
145	Dave	Motley	Men 20-39	00:37:33	00:37:42
150	John	Hartley	Men 55-59	00:37:41	00:37:47
169	Carl	Helliwell	Men 20-39	00:38:14	00:38:18
201	Michael	Hogan	Men 45-49	00:39:02	00:39:06
230	Jon	Hanson	Men 20-39	00:39:34	00:39:41
267	George	Pier	Men Junior	00:40:27	00:40:39
275	Nick	Roscoe	Men 45-49	00:40:39	00:40:46
278	Tim	Pigott	Men 20-39	00:40:37	00:40:50
291	Alan	Life	Men 50-54		00:41:06
297	Chris	Funnell	Men 45-49	00:41:03	00:41:12
319	John	Wilcock	Men 50-54	00:41:43	00:41:49
331	Stephen	Biscomb	Men 60-64	00:42:06	00:42:11
343	Jordan	McDonald	Men Junior	00:42:15	00:42:28
386	Stephen	Ainsworth	Men 55-59	00:42:45	00:43:19
502	Alan	Clarkson	Men 55-59	00:45:21	00:46:03
532	Dawn	Terry	Female 50-54	00:45:54	00:46:44
537	David	Scott	Men 70-74	00:46:38	00:46:48
546	Stephen	White	Men 55-59	00:46:10	00:46:58
593	Brian	Wildman	Men 45-49	00:47:19	00:48:02
595	Julia	Rushton	Female 50-54	00:47:25	00:48:06
637	Martin	Brady	Men 50-54	00:48:38	00:48:51
660	Ted	Orrell	Men 75+	00:49:16	00:49:22
663	Rebecca	Webb	Female 20-34	00:48:44	00:49:25
676	Susan	Clark	Female 45-49	00:49:03	00:49:40
696	Carol	Life	Female 45-49	00:49:19	00:49:56
711	Kathryn	Brady	Female 50-54	00:49:44	00:50:23
718	Tanya	Bunkham	Female 20-34	00:49:30	00:50:36
777	Sarah	Helliwell	Female 20-34	00:52:05	00:52:16
799	Clare	Wilson	Female 35-39	00:51:57	00:52:45
924	Stuart	Barker	Men 45-49	00:55:25	00:56:23
999	Marion	Wilkinson	Female 70+	00:58:34	00:59:30
1042	Ron	Hill	Men 75+	01:01:25	01:02:37
1054	Christine	Leathley	Female 65-69	01:02:22	01:03:43

Full Results

Wansfell Race – 28 December

3.43.4 KM /407m elevationKM /407m elevation

Andrew Firth at the Wansfell race

Andrew Firth, Mark Nutter, Wendy Dodds and Colin Woolford all took part in the Wansfell race finishing in that order. Results not published yet, but Rob Hope won.

Awaiting full results

Parkrun Roundup

Recovering from the excesses of Christmas or warming up for the Ribble Valley 10k, plenty of our members took part in this Saturday’s parkrun. Tom Brewster had a great run finishing first at the Burnley event with a number of our members finishing in the top tens at a range of parkruns. Well done all of you!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 93 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	Tom BREWSTER	00:17:25
7	Richard STEVENSON	00:19:46
8	Kevin DAVIES	00:19:57
11	Curtis HOLT New PB!	00:20:23
14	Sean CLARE	00:20:53
15	Thomas BRADLEY	00:21:07
19	Gordon BARRETT	00:21:51
21	Ryan Andrew CLARKE	00:22:35
29	Dexta THOMPSON	00:23:42
49	Robert HIRST	00:26:56
56	Annabel WILCOCK	00:27:53
57	John WILCOCK	00:27:55
58	Daniel BRADLEY	00:28:04
68	Donna SCOTT	00:29:06
90	Adrienne OLSZEWSKA	00:39:47

Keswick parkrun – A total of 72 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
3	Jonathan PYE	00:18:53

Pendle parkrun – A total of 33 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
3	John HARTLEY	00:21:51
8	Alan LIFE	00:23:29
21	Martin BRADY	00:27:57

Running Resolutions

I asked for your New Year’s running resolutions and here’s a selection of what you came up with;

Running Resolutions from some of our members

Coming Up..

New Year Club Run
On Monday December 29th there will be a club run, walk, bike ride. (It all depends on your post-Christmas fitness and inclination!) It will be the same format as previous years. Start 1:00pm at the bottom of The Memorial Park, Great Harwood (map ref. 736 331). Approximately 2 hour run, walk or ride. Then to the Royal Hotel for food and a drink.

More Info

Boulsworth Night Race

Neil Hardiman is organising a night race on Thursday the 8th of January up Boulsworth in Trawden. It’s approx 4 miles and free to enter. It’s a Bedlamite event and promises to be a really laid back run. All you need is usual running kit and a good head torch. Registration is at the Trawden Arms from 6.15pm with the race at 7.00pm. It will be a good event for those who want to try a night event as it will be marshalled. Please let Neil know if you want to run (or marshal).

Contact info: 07946 412655. Or e-mail: hardimannj@hotmail.com.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Stoop, Red Nose, Grand Tour and the rest of the week’s action

There’s just no stopping our club members. Even in the midst of Christmas preparations you are still out there competing and taking part in a range of events. Congratulations to Ron Hill on running every single day for the last 50 years. An amazing achievement.

Tour de Helvellyn – Saturday 20^st December 2014

154 people finished this event and 12 retired. Four of our club members travelled up to the Lake District to compete in this tough, winter 38 mile event. Well done to Martin Terry for an excellent 14^th place. Jean Brown finished 33^rd overall and was the third lady to complete the course. Andy Armstong and Nicholas Olszewski also put in a couple of solid runs finishing in 54^th and 57^th place.

Report by Nicholas Olszewski

The day started early, at 04:15, loaded up the car with what seemed an excessive amount of kit, before heading over to Colne to collect Martin Terry. Met Andy Armstrong and Jean Brown at Gisburn and travelled up together in the one car arriving in Askham with plenty of time to go through the final registration process and kit check.

Martin Terry and Jean Brown making last minute preparations for the Tour de Helvellyn

At last we were off, it was about 07:45 and just about becoming light. Jean and Martin sped off into the early morning sunrise, Andy and I trotting along at a nice steady pace. For me this race is a part of my master plan for competing in the Lakeland 100 next July and was about time on my feet and acclimatising my legs to the Lakeland hills.

Andy Armstrong at the Tour de Helvellyn

We passed through the first checkpoint at Martindale, the next at Patterdale didn’t open till 09:30 and anyone arriving before that time would have to wait. So, no sense rushing too much as we had a long way to go yet. We arrived at about 09:40 had a quick snack and ploughed on though to the next checkpoint at Greenside, which was in the middle of nowhere. Ahead of us was the climb over Sticks Pass.

As we gained elevation the wind became stronger and the temperature dropped, but the view of snow-capped tops was spectacular. On the descent to the checkpoint at Thirlmere, which became very steep and muddy at one point, I did a dramatic slide on my arse for a good way. Andy commented that if it’d been part of a fell race you’d have had someone there with a video camera recording runners sliding down. We checked into a rather posh and very clean Legburthwaite Village Hall at Thirlmere, which I felt guilty entering as I was covered from head to toe in mud after my dramatic slide.

The next section I have to admit I didn’t enjoy, I’m not a road runner and I find running on the road a bit tedious. The normal route on the east side of Thirlmere had been changed due to forestry work and re-routed down a quiet lane on the west side of Thirlmere, no other option for the race organizers, but this section was hard and when looking down the lake from the head it looked like an infinity lake, which didn’t help. We reached the check point and moved forward towards Dunmail Raise.

The climb from Dunmail to Grizedale Tarn was hard and steep but you knew that you’d turned a corner and were heading back. I could imagine this section being quite treacherous in icy conditions as the path is narrow and wet with a very steep drop off to your left.

The journey from Dunmail to the next checkpoint at Patterdale went without any hiccups, apart from being a little annoyed with myself for following others instead of taking the route I’d plotted for a small section round Grizedale Tarn. I’ll try not to do that again. Arriving in Patterdale the day behind us was now starting to tell, we had one stiff climb left and, having just guzzled half a litre of flat coke, I was ready for it. By now Andy had worked out that we would return just before it was very dark which was a relief as the Cockpit Stone Circle can be a bit confusing in the dark.

We arrived at the final checkpoint, Martindale in good spirits and knew the end was now in sight, as we trundled along. Motivation to keep running is hard as it’s so easy to walk when you can run, but as the light began to fail we passed the Cockpit and I could see the light of Askham shimmering not far away. As we entered the community centre and dibbed for the last time it felt great that we had done it and great to have done it with someone as so many races are all about heads down and running your guts out. It made a change to spend eight and half hours running, walking, laughing and feeling the pain with someone else.

Andy Armstrong and Nick Olszewski at the Tour de Helvellyn ultra. Picture by www.granddayoutphotography.co.uk

A great day, great event and I’ll be back next year, possibly with my race head on, just to see if I can knock an hour off this years time. Thanks Andy for running round with me.

Position	Name	Category	Time
14	Martin Terry	MV50	07:21:31
33	Jean Brown	FV40	07:58:59
54=	Andrew Armstrong	MV40	08:33:49
57	Nicholas Olszewski	MV50	08:35:31

Full Results

Podium 5k -Saturday 20st December 2014

21 super fast runners took part in this competitive race. Podium5k has been set up on a brand new purpose built cycle track (1k loops with 3.6ft of climbing, no corners, just sweeping bends, floodlit and traffic free) and claims to be the fastest 5k in the country.

Well done Johnny McKenna and Dave Motley.

Position	Name	Category	Time
17	Johnny McKenna	M	16:05
37	David Motley	M	18:42

Full Results

Rudolph Red Nose 5 mile Race – Sunday 21^st December

5 Clayton Harriers took part in this 5 mile festive run.

Position	Name	Category	Time
21	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	00:35:23
58	Christina Lewis	FV50	00:40:43
59	Robert Russell	MV60	00:40:47
116	Kevin O’Brien	MV70	00:49:41
121	Nicola Kay	F	00:51:15

Rudolf Red Nose 5 Results 2014.

Mental Elf 5k – Sunday 21st December 2014

Astley Park, Chorley

Exercise is great for your Mental Elf, he really thrives on it… all those endorphins that exercise produce help to keep him, fit healthy and ready to take on everything that Christmas can throw at him… and just think…. Burning off all those calories means more mince pies and an extra SnowBall… Yum!

Well done Bryan Searby who was the sole club member to take part in this fundraising and promotion of the charity Lancashire Mind. He finished in 20th place with a time of 26:40. 250 runners took part.

Bryan Searby (L) at the Mental Elf 5k at Astley Park

Full Results

Stoop Fell Race – Sunday 21^st December

5 miles – 800ft of ascent. Report from the Woodentops website

It was a typical Penistone Hill day driving rain and wind for the 26th annual Stoop race the snow from last week had disappeared which made the course very wet, lots of bogs to fall in. After a bit of track at the start the bog arrived quite quickly. There was lots of camaraderie as runners helped each other along and tried to avoid losing their Santa hats to the bog.

Festive fell running at Stoop fell race. Pic courtesy of Debi Nicholson & Scott Leach

Lots of fast running too on slightly firmer ground, some challenging slippy descents where I think everyone fell over at least once, and a good battle in the ladies race. The juniors got the worst of the weather which made it more challenging as they charged round clad in their Santa hats.

David Bagot at the Stoop Fell Race. Pic courtesy of Debi Nicholson & Scott Leach

Position	Name	Category	Time
46	David Bagot	M	39:17
56	Tim Edward	MV40	39:48
165	Chris Funnell	MV40	45:49
214	Richard Briscoe	M	48:21
256	Jon Sharples	MV50	51:21
271	Colin Woolford	M	51:54
295	Dawn Terry	FV50	52:51
300	Linda Lord	FV60	52:59
305	Katy Thompson	FV60	53:20
326	Robert Hirst	MV60	54:59
354	Stephen Fish	MV60	56:56
412	Julie Toman	FV40	66:21
422	John Francis	MV70	71:25
423	Jack McGuire	MV50	71:37

Congratulations to Julie Toman who was one of the fancy dress winners.

Well done Christopher Brown, our sole junior runner, who came 25^th in the U10/U12 &U14 race in an excellent time of 8:16

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Lots of club members donned a santa hat or other festive garb and took place in a range of christmas-themed parkruns.

Heaton parkrun – A total of 360 runners took part.

Position		parkrunner	Run Time
245		Ron HILL	00:29:20

Bolton parkrun – A total of 205 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
49	George THOMPSON	00:24:44
51	Julia RUSHTON	00:24:58
64	Katy THOMPSON	00:25:47

Burnley parkrun – A total of 117 runners took part

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Jacob WATSON	00:18:56
3	Jonathan PYE	00:19:25
4	Richard STEVENSON	00:19:57
9	Susan BURNS	00:20:59
10	Stephen AINSWORTH	00:21:09
16	Andy QUINN	00:22:36
25	David Ian SCOTT	00:23:30
33	Dawn TERRY	00:24:12
40	Donna SCOTT	00:25:34
59	Robert HIRST	00:27:18
63	Stuart BARKER	00:27:37
66	Julie TOMAN	00:27:55
67	Ron CHAPPELL	00:27:59
70	Jack SKELLY	00:28:08
71	Natalie HARRISON	00:28:09
79	Annabel WILCOCK	00:29:02
80	John WILCOCK	00:29:05
84	Richard LAWSON	00:29:14

Pendle parkrun – A total of 76 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Kevin DAVIES	00:21:13
4	John HARTLEY	00:22:02
35	Amelia DUGDALE	00:28:01
57	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	00:32:26
63	Christine LEATHLEY	00:34:53

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 125 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
37	Martin BRADY	00:23:44
92	Eileen JONES	00:30:48

A run a day

On 20th December, club member Ron Hill, had run every day for fifty years. An amazing achievement from a running legend. Congratulations Ron and here’s to many, many more daily runs.

#runeveryday

Ron Hill who has run every day for 50 Years

And finally…

Why not get in the Christmas spirit by coming along to the Christmas Eve social run. Meet at Barley Car Park for an 11.00am start. We’ll be heading up or around Pendle Hill. Juniors, seniors and walkers all welcome.

For the more competitive amongst you, there is a 10k in Worden Park, Leyland on Boxing Day at 10.00am. Perfect for running off the excesses of your Christmas dinner. Or if you fancy a bit more off road, how about the Whinberry Naze at 11.30 at Marl Pits in Rawtenstall.

Whatever you do, have a great run and don’t forget to take lots of pictures and tell us all about it. We am also interested in any running resolutions you might have for the coming year? Let us know and we will feature them in the New Year Roundup.

Have a Merry Christmas!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Lee Mill Fell Relays, Turkey Trot and the rest of the week’s action

Mud, mud, glorious mud. There’s nothing quite like it… after an arctic start to Saturday with a hard frost and icy conditions to wild, wet and windy on Sunday, the common theme to many events you have been taking part in this weekend has been mud. Lots and lots and lots of it!

Lee Mills Relays – 14th December

This is a new relay event set in the Lee mill Quarry site, for teams of four runners; men, ladies or mixed. All four runners run an individual leg over a 10k flagged course. This is a hard and demanding route run in wintery conditions.

Three teams were entered by Clayton; Ladies V40, Ladies V50 and Men’s V40

Lee Mill Fell Relay Trophy for the winning Ladies Team

Ladies’ Fell Captain, Jean Brown reported; “thanks to the two teams of ladies who braved the weather to run the inaugural Lee Mill relays today and to Rossendale Harriers for organising. I think we all had a great day out, if very wet, windy and boggy. We were the first ladies team home with the second of our ladies teams third (there were five ladies teams racing). I am sure we will be back for more in 2015!”

Anna Kelly, Richard Stott, Jean Brown, Alison Dugdale

Full Results

Todmorden 5k Winter Series – Race 4

The fourth and final race of the Cannonball Winter 5k series took place on Thursday 11^th December. Four Clayton Harriers took part.

Position	Name	Category	Time
12	Richard Briscoe	M	19:31
27	Gary Balmer	MV45	21:53
42	Martin Brady	MV50	23:36
43	Darren Rushton	MV40	23:38

Full Results

Hurst Green Turkey Trot – 14th December

Lots of Harriers dressed up and took part in this festive trail run around the picturesque village of Hurst Green. Breton Holdsworth was the first M40, Thomas Bradley had an excellent run finishing 49^th overall and first junior, Charlie Clutterbuck was the first M65, and Nichola Horsfall was the first F55.

L-R Carl Helliwell, Ian Greenwood and Dave Motley at the Hurst Green Turkey Trot

Position	Name	Category	Time
10	Breton Holdsworth	M40	00:34:55
14	Carl Helliwell	M	00:35:37
15	Ian Greenwood	M50	00:36:08
17	Dave Motley	M	00:37:06
18	Ivan Whigham	M50	00:37:07
22	Keiron Mitchell	M40	00:37:37
25	Sean Clare	M45	00:38:22
29	Chris Funnell	M45	00:38:30
33	Mick Dobson	M40	00:40:50
49	Thomas Bradley	MJ	00:41:07
53	Richard Briscoe	M	00:41:59
58	Andrew Dugdale	M50	00:43:10
60	Stephen White	M55	00:43:24
67	Peter Dugdale	M55	00:44:24
80	Peter Thompson	M50	00:45:59
81	Nichola Horsfall	F55	00:46:50
112	John Roche	M55	00:50:52
115	Irene Roche	F55	00:51:02
116	Natalie Harrison	F	00:51:03
133	Robert Hirst	M60	00:53:08
144	Charlie Clutterbuck	M65	00:55:32
156	Adrienne Olszewska	F45	00:59:03
159	Sophie McIntosh	F	01:00:46
160	Chris Holdsworth	M	01:00:47
192	Nicola Kay	F	01:08:24

Hurst Green Turkey Trot. “slenderman” aka JOhn Roche. Photo by Andy Holden

Other club members running but not listing themselves as Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were:

Position	Name	Category	Time
107	Tracey Mitchell (Hills and Mills)	F40	00:50:24
109	Candice Heyes (Hills and Mills)	F35	00:50:26
113	Vicky Heys (Julia Hartley Sporting Therapy)	F40	00:51:00
118	Angela Shian (Julia Hartley Sporting Therapy)	F	00:51:05

Full Results

Longridge Christmas Pudding 7 – 14th December

A group of six Clayton Harriers took part in this festive run in Longridge. Taking home a christmas pudding were;

Position	Name	Category	Time
37	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	00:50:42
136	Tanya Bunkham	F	01:01:35
137	Peter Costello	MV55	01:01:49
148	Ted Orrell	MV75	01:02:48
170	Bryan Searby	MV40	01:06:34
229	Susan Allen	FV50	01:23:45

Full Results

Mytholmroyd Fell Race – 14th December

99 runners completed the 6.2 mile course on a day of strong winds, mist and rain showers with two of our club members putting in a couple of fine runs.

Jon Sharples at the Mytholmroyd Fell Race. Picture by the Woodentops

The Mytholmroyd Fell Race is mainly run over open moorland. In poor weather conditions runners may be required to use navigation skills in order to complete the course. The route is flagged but only has limited marshalling. Due to the nature of the race route and the time of year at which the race is run, novice or inexperienced fell runners should not attempt the race.

Alan Life at the Mytholmroyd Fell Race. Picture by the Woodentops

Position	Name	Category	Time
25	Alan Life	MV50	60:24
54	Jon Sharples	MV55	66:33

Full Results

Lynne Edmondson Memorial & Christine Navan’s Brownhouse Wham Reservoir Race

Jason, George and Alice Pier ran this 5k race at Whitworth on Sunday 14th December. George was 5th male and first male junior. Alice was 3rd lady and first female junior. Also in the race were Jack McGuire, Christine Leathley and Julie Toman.

Unfortunately, no results are available at the time of publishing this report. Will update when they are out.

Parkrun roundup

It was a beautiful morning but very cold and extremely frosty. Several parkruns were cancelled but some still went ahead despite icy conditions. Well done to the Burnley parkrunners for another batch of excellent runs with 4 of our members finishing in the top ten. A new PB for Richard Stevenson as well. There was a first time appearance at the Ormskirk parkrun from George Thompson making it his 15^th parkrun location.

Clayton Junior, Jordan McDonald at Burnley parkrun.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 113 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Jordan MCDONALD	00:17:57
3	Jonathan PYE	00:18:05
5	Jacob WATSON	00:18:27
6	Richard STEVENSON	00:18:33
14	Stephen AINSWORTH	00:21:15
20	Ryan Andrew CLARKE	00:22:51
26	Martin BRADY	00:23:51
51	Donna SCOTT	00:26:19
68	John WILCOCK	00:27:56
70	Annabel WILCOCK	00:27:59
73	Stuart BARKER	00:28:25

Ormskirk parkrun – A total of 106 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
39	George THOMPSON	00:24:18

Pendle parkrun – A total of 52 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Paul HESKETH	00:20:16
4	John HARTLEY	00:20:57
5	Paul BRANNON	00:21:05
22	Dawn TERRY	00:25:55
39	Molly HESKETH	00:33:32

London Marathon Places

The club had 4 places available to take part in the London Marathon. 3 members who missed out on the general ballot for places came forward and the remaining place was offered out to interested members. A draw was done on Saturday morning at the parkrun and Alan Clarkson was the lucky one.

That makes the club entrants:

Nichola Kay
Stephen Whittaker
Tanya Bunkham
Alan Clarkson

Good luck to all of you!

Cross Country Palladium Standings

In the Cross Country Palladium Competition members receive points for competing in any cross country race held in the UK in the period 1st September 2014 to 7th March 2015.

Vicky Heys and Carl Helliwell are the current leaders. The standings will next be updated after the Northern on 24th January.

Full Details

Cross Country Club Championship 2013/14

The Club Cross Country Championship consists of three races, with a member’s best two races counting. The qualifying 2014 races were:

Saturday 4th January – Lancashire Cross Country Championships, Blackburn.
Saturday 25th October – Mid Lancs League, Hyndburn.
Saturday 29th November – Mid Lancs League, Liverpool.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Vicky Heys and Men’s Champion Christopher Holdsworth.

Club Road Club Championship 2014

The Club Road Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying 2014 races were:

Sunday 23rd February 11:00 am – Great North West Half Marathon, Blackpool.
Friday 23rd May 7:00 pm – Burnley Lions 10k, Colne.
Sunday 27th July 11:00 am – Towneley Park 10k, Burnley.
Thursday 25th September 6:45 pm – Ron Hill 5k, Whitworth.
Sunday 7th December 10:00 am – Guy’s 10, Garstang.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Irene Roche and Men’s Champion Jonny McKenna.

Club Fell Championship 2014

The Club Fell Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying 2014 races were:

Saturday 8th March 11:00 am – Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round (BM), Barley.
Saturday 12th April 11:00am – Coledale Horseshoe (AM), Braithwaite.
Thursday 19th June 7:15 pm – Aggie’s Staircase (AS), Darwen.
Sunday 10th August 10:30 am – Boulsworth Fell (BM), Trawden.
Saturday 15th November 10:30am – Tour of Pendle (AL), Barley.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Jean Brown and Men’s Champion Matt Perry.

2015 Championships

The club road and fell championship are open to any club member. Each championship consists of five races. Your best three races from the list of five count towards the final scores.

The Fell Championship kicks off with the first qualifying race, the Stanbury Splash on 18^th January.

The Road Championship kicks off with the first qualifying race, the Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k on 8^th Feb

Remaining races to be announced in January.

And finally…

If you are a member of the FRA (Fell Runners Association), please note the following advice about renewing your subscription.

RENEWAL OF FRA MEMBERSHIP

Renewal of FRA Membership should now be done on-line. Existing standing orders are no longer valid and will not work. Anyone who renews before 10^th December will receive their Handbook and Fixtures Calendar before Christmas, and if you choose to set up a direct debit payment before the end of the year you will get a £2 discount from the full membership rate.

To renew your FRA Membership please go to the link www.sientries.co.uk/fra/ and follow the instructions. This link can also be found on the FRA web-site at fellrunner.org.uk.

It is also possible to renew by cheque if you don’t have access to the internet – please call Martin Stone or Debbie Thompson on 01931 714106.

For any queries please call Martin or Debbie, or get in touch with FRA Treasurer Andy Watts (details in the 2014 Handbook).

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Red Rose Cross Country, Guys 10 and the rest of the weeks action

Red Rose Cross Country – Rossendale

Regular updates on social media promised mud, mud and more mud as the final fixture of the Red Rose Cross Country League approached.

Part of the Marl Pits course before the race even began!

A cohort of 38 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers braved the infamous muddy slope to take part. Men’s captain, Ian Greenwood made his return to racing after an injury. Richard Briscoe described it as, “A great race at Rossendale. Pleased with my performance and great fun running through the mud and the muddy slopes!”

Katy Thompson was first lady vet 60.

Our junior Harriers had a good day’s racing. Jackson McKay had an excellent run finishing in first place in the under-11 boys race and taking first place overall in his age group for the series. Well done Jackson. I’m told that Dexta lost a shoe during the race… this is turning out to be a bit of a trait for male Clayton Harriers! The fabulous under-13 girls also enjoyed an excellent race with Briony Holt, Millie Stubbs and Eleanor Root all finishing in the top ten giving their team first place on the day. Well done girls! Top ten finishes also for Curtis Holt, Alice Pier and Jordan McDonald.

U-11 Boys

Jackson McKay storming to first place in his race

Team 4^th Place

Position	Name	Time
1	Jackson McKay	6:09
18	Dexta Thompson	6:59
45	Finley Stubbs	7:47

U-11 Girls

Team 13^th Place

Position	Name	Time
39	Keira Stevenson	8:22
69	Eloise Clegg	9:22
81	Milly Mccabe	10:35
84	Lydia Wood	10:57

U-13 Boys

Adam Stevenson battling it out in the U-13 Boys race

Team 5^th place

Position	Name	Time
23	Adam Quinn	10:24
30	Adam Stevenson	11:11
34	Harry Mason	11:26
38	Daniel Bradley	12:44

U-13 Girls
Team 1^st place

Position	Name	Time
2	Briony Holt	9:22
6	Eleanor Root	10:05
8	Millie Stubbs	10:21

U-15 Boys
Team 4^th place

Position	Name	Time
8	Curtis Holt	15:25
21	Ryan Clark	16:53
22	Thomas Bradley	16:58

U-15 Girls

Position	Name	Time
7	Alice Pier	17:44

U-17 Men

Position	Name	Time
3	Jordan McDonald

U-17 Women

Position	Name	Time
11	Bethany Quinn	26:14

Ladies Race

Position	Name	Cat	Time
26	Vicky Heys	LV40	24:14
51	Sarah Helliwell	L	26:38
62	Katy Thompson	LV60	28:25
67	Kath Brady	LV50	29:05
84	Sue Allen	LV50	33:55
95	Christine Leathley	LV65	41:19

Ladies team – 13^th place

Ladies Vet team – 8^th place

Mens Race

George Pier and Ian Greenwood at the Red Rose Cross Country

Position	Name	Cat	Time
33	Andrew Armstrong	MV45	33:29
36	Carl Helliwell	M	33:34
43	George Pier	U20	34:18
47	Ian Greenwood	MV50	34:30
53	Dave Motley	M	34:44
56	Mike O’Donnell	MV40	35:01
81	John Roche	MV55	37:03
89	Richard Briscoe	M	37:40
105	Peter Booth	MV60	38:35
122	John Wilcock	MV50	39:25
123	Geoff Pickup	MV60	39:25
132	Peter Browning	MV55	40:12
142	Andrew Howarth	MV55	40:52
147	Dugald McCallum	V65	41:19
164	Robin Nicholson	MV40	43:54

Team 5^th place

Vets Team 5^th place

Full Results and Final Standings

Todmorden 5k Series – Race 3

80 runners took part in the third race in this series. 5 Clayton Harriers took part with Kevin Davies putting in an excellent run of 17:51 to finish in third place.

Position	Name	Cat	Time
3	Kevin Davies	MV50	17:51
41	Gary Balmer	MV45	21:36
45	Martin Brady	MV50	22:22
68	Robert Hirst	MV60	26:02
71	Ron Chappell	MV65	26:28

Full Results

Guys 10 – Garstang

348 runners took park in this 10 mile road race.

Richard Stevenson, Jean Knightley, Julia Rushton, Irene Roche and Alex Cran at the Guys 10 Race. Pic by Kevin Davies

Race report from Michael Hogan

Guys 10 for those of you that don’t know is a very flat, fast race on quiet-ish country lanes between Guys thatched hamlet out around Inskip and back. The thing with this race is, no matter what your race plan is, the weather will have the final say as the wind can rip in straight off the Fylde coast. The race started in the hamlet carpark with a mad rush from the start to try and avoid the big puddles and bottle necks as we got out onto the road, straight into a 20 mph head wind – nice! The road carried on in a straight line for the next three miles into the wind.

Just after the first mile, the lead group passed a lady on a horse, the horse startled and went into a panic, we slowed down and slowly trotted passt the horse which the lady was trying to calm down, once clear it was back up to speed and battle with the wind. After about 30 seconds running I could hear a lot of unusual noise behind me, I looked over my shoulder to be face to face with said nag bearing down on me at full tilt. I grabbed the guy infront of me and threw both of us into the hedgerow to avoid being levelled. As I screamed ‘HORSE’ at the top of my voice Trawden’s Chris Quigley, who was a short distance in front, turned and had no option but to stare at his fate. Luckily he had the idea of grabbing the rains and stopping the animal. Well done Chris! By this time the lead group was well down the road as was the second group, I then set about chasing down Ritchie Briscoe and a disappearing Alex Cran.

Once out of the wind the running became a little easier and the pace picked up a little. I slowly pulled back Mr Briscoe, I drew level, and as he looked over to me his mouth started to move, OH NO I am going to get a mid-race lecture on last night’s beer!!!! Sorry Ritchie – I’m not hanging about pal. Thankfully the rest of the race was quite orderly, we crossed the finish line to receive a very nice pat of cheese, take stock of just how cold it was and disappear off for a good warm up.

Johnny McKenna – running well in the Guys 10 race. Pic by Kevin Davies

Position	Name	Cat	Time
6	Jonny McKenna	M	55:52
19	Richard Stevenson	M35	61:25
39	Alex Cran	M40	65:36
53	Michael Hogan	M45	66:44
61	Richard Briscoe	M35	67:08
69	Chris Funnell	M45	67:57
158	Martin Griffin	M50	77:30
163	Irene Roche	L55	77:48
189	Martin Brady	M50	81:22
202	Julie Rushton	L50	82:49
211	Ted Orrell	M75	83:51
247	Jean Knightley	L55	87:10
252	David Scott	M70	87:59
259	Ron Chappell	M65	88:54
271	Sarah Helliwell	L	89:44

Full Results

Gravy Pud Fell Race

155 runners took part on Sunday 7th December. The race started from The Bulls Head Pub, Old Road, Tintwistle on the edge of the Peak District. The route heads up on to the moors and to Lees Hill before returning via Swallows Wood. Approximately 5 miles with 1000′ of climb. A couple of Clayton Harriers took part in this event.

Position	Name	Cat	Time
42	Ivan Whigham	MV50	00:44:06
146	Julie Toman	LV45	01:01:46

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

A cold and frosty start did not stop lots of our members from taking part in a number of parkruns. As always some outstanding runs and 7 top ten finishes with Christopher Holdsworth in first place at the Burnley event. Well done everyone!

Christopher Holdsworth heading for first place and a new PB at Burnley parkrun. Pic by David Belshaw

Bolton parkrun – A total of 160 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
106	Julia RUSHTON	00:29:59

Burnley parkrun – A total of 115 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	Christopher HOLDSWORTH	00:17:03
2	Jonathan PYE	00:18:09
4	Jacob WATSON	00:18:23
9	Stephen AINSWORTH	00:20:51
19	Kieron MITCHELL	00:22:46
30	Martin BRADY	00:23:52
46	Donna SCOTT	00:24:54
66	Robert HIRST	00:26:31
68	Jackie KERSHAW	00:26:49
72	Stuart BARKER	00:27:15
79	Annabel WILCOCK	00:28:00
80	John WILCOCK	00:28:02
98	Sophie MCINTOSH	00:31:25

Pendle parkrun – A total of 42 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Paul HESKETH	00:20:30
4	John HARTLEY	00:20:54
5	Susan BURNS	00:21:53
18	Barry MITCHELL	00:25:53
26	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	00:31:41
39	Molly HESKETH	00:38:47

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 94 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
56	Eileen JONES	00:30:27

Preston parkrun – A total of 154 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
53	George THOMPSON	00:24:30
55	Katy THOMPSON	00:24:57

Superfast Santa – Barlick Santa Run

According to the Burnley Citizen, Tom Brewster is the fastest Santa in Barnoldswick. Although the race is a charity fundraiser rather than a competitive race, he was the fastest Father Christmas completing the 5k course in under 18 minutes. A seasonal and festive return for him after months of injury.

Blackburn with Darwen Schools Cross Country Championships

Well done to Natasha Olszewska who finished 5th in the Year 7 Girls race. She was the first girl in for the QEGS team. Further success for our junior members and the dedicated coaching team.

Natasha Olszewska (2nd left) with her QEGS year 7 girls team at the Blackburn with Darwen Schools Cross Country Championships

Other News

Lee Mills Relays
Ladies Fell Captain Jean Brown has the following message;

“Calling all ladies! I have one team entered and now only three quarters of a second team for the Lee Mills Relays on Sunday 14th December. Looks like a great 10km fell relay – all runners do the same marked route, four runners per team. If you would like to run please let me know ASAP”

Ribble Valley 10K
Entries are filling up fast so don’t leave it too long if you want to enter this race.

Christmas/New Year Club Run
On Monday December 29th there will be a club run, walk, bike ride. (It all depends on your post-Christmas fitness and inclination!) It will be the same format as previous years.

Start 1:00pm at the bottom of The Memorial Park, Great Harwood (map ref. 736 331). Approximately 2 hour run, walk or ride. Then to the Royal Hotel for food and a drink.

If people are going to come along could they let Mick Green know if they are vegetarian or not so that he can let the pub know how many to cater for.

I can be contacted on
01254 231650
07455990989
mickgreen906@ btinternet.com

Christmas Eve Pendle Run
Meet at Barley carpark at 11 am. More details to follow when known.

And finally…

Whether you are dressing up and trotting with the turkeys in Hurst Green, relaying on the fells at Lee Mills, sampling pies at the Great Yorkshire pieathlon, racing for pudding at Longridge or multi-terrain racing in Whitworth, have a great run, take lots of photos and don’t forget to tell us all about it!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Mid Lancs Cross Country and the rest of the week’s action

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers have not been battling for flat screen TVs in the local Tesco! Far from it; they have been much too busy battling for the finish in a wide variety of cross country, road and fell races.

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Liverpool

Juniors

Junior coach Jason Pier said, “Well done to the 12 juniors who competed in the British Athletics Cross Challenge at Liverpool. This fixture is a first class event attended by some of the very best junior runners in the country. You all showed great effort and determination to do well on a very fast course which showed in the great results. As always the togetherness of the juniors was evident as you all cheered each other on around the course. Well done to ALL of you.”

Under 11s

Under 11 team at Liverpool. L-R Milly Mccabe, Dexta Thompson, Finan Holdsworth, Roanna Holdsworth, Kady Thomspson

Girls and boys set off together in this event so it was a very large field of 164 runners at the start. This didn’t seem to bother our fabulous five and they all had a great time.

U-11 Boys (64 runners)

Finally caught a photo of our under-11 boys in action. As they are the first to race, it’s sometimes quite difficult to catch them as their races are fast, and over in the blink of an eye. It was a pair of solid performances from some of our youngest members. Well done Dexta and Finan

Dexta storming to the finish.

Position	Name	Time
21	Dexta Thompson	00:08:10
53	Finan Holdsworth	00:10:21

U-11 Girls (100 runners)

A trio of our youngest girls took part. Roanna Holdsworth was the first Clayton girl. Well done to Roanna, Kady and Milly.

Position	Name	Time
38	Roanna Holdsworth	00:09:08
70	Kady Thompson	00:10:23
82	Milly Mccabe	00:11:26

U-13 Girls (98 runners)

Another trio of Clayton Junior girls ran in this race. Briony Holt had another great run finishing in 11^th place amid some top level competition. Well done Briony. Well done to Liberty and Natasha as well.

Position	Name	Time
11	Briony Holt	00:11:40
77	Liberty Thompson	00:14:14
87	Natasha Olszewska	00:15:06

U-15 Boys (116 runners)

Curtis and Simon put in good, solid performances in this group. Well done lads.

Position	Name	Time
83	Curtis Holt	00:11:12
112	Simon Wilshaw	00:13:11

U-15 Girls

Alice was our sole representative in this extremely competitive and fast group. A great performance; well done Alice.

Position	Name	Time
58	Alice Pier	00:12:32

To finish off a great day’s racing a couple of our junior girls met Steve Cram; legendary middle distance runner.

Stars of the future with a star of the past? L-R Briony Holt, Steve Cram, Alice Pier

Senior races

Ladies
Irene Roche, Ladies Cross Country Captain, said, “A great big thanks and well done to all Team Clayton who ran at Liverpool today. Possibly a record Clem Lady turnout at this venue! Decent weather and good fun all round.”

Clayton Ladies at the Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture in Liverpool

Ladies Race – 255 runners

Position	Name	Time
135	Vicky Heys	37:24
141	Angela Shian	38:07
142	Irene Roche	38:13
153	Tanya Ashcroft	39:10
157	Jean Knightley	39:19
160	Julia Rushton	39:29
170	Sarah Helliwell	41:08
183	Helen Burnett	43:50
200	Michelle Butschock	47:30
210	Christine Leathley	52:11
215	Susan Allen	55:30

Mens Race

Report by Chris Holdsworth

Of all the XC races of the previous season, Sefton Park was by far the fastest on the calender. Not only was this due to the flatness of the course, but because of the sheer amount of talented runners dragging you along the course. The same can be said for 2014’s XC fixture!

After the battle of Barlick that I endured at Hyndburn XC, where each member eventually passed me on a very muddy, leg sapping trail, I had hoped to bridge the gap a little more on a faster course. However, in the mass start I found myself unable to weave my way through the pack and was pushed back further than I’d hoped, leaving me with a lot of ground to cover. A new battle I had not considered emerged in it’s place, a battle with Ron Hill and his swanky silk orange short shorts.This lasted approximately one mile until I left him in my dust (joking aside, Breton had a great race and is coming back to form).

My main objective from this point on was to stay as close to the Barlick boys as much as possible. This was successful until around the 5km mark where Chris Singleton, Marc Hartley and Nick Treitl all pulled away, with the leader of the pack (Chris) ending up finishing around 30 seconds ahead. I ended up finishing around a minute ahead of my time from last year, in 34:21. I had thought that I might of produced a slightly faster time than that of last year, having a full year of running under the belt. Unfortunately I think Thursday’s speed session was still rattling around my legs, particularly feeling the effects in the first two miles.

Among the many talented runners on show, Clayton-le-Moors Harriers produced some excellent performances and had a great showing of numbers too. Bring on the next one!

Clayton Men’s Team at the Mid Lancs Cross Country Liverpool fixture

Special mention for Martin Brady; this was his 100th race this year! An awesome achievement from Martin.

Mens Race – 520 runners

Position	Name	Time
159	Christopher Holdsworth	34:21
192	Breton Holdsworth	35:40
198	Lee Smith	36:08
246	Kevin Davies	37:43
248	George Pier	37:49
264	Carl Helliwell	38:21
307	Alex Cran	39:47
341	Richard Briscoe	40:54
371	Sean Clare	42:03
385	John Wilcock	42:36
420	Peter Booth	44:23
428	Peter Browning	44:43
437	Andrew Howarth	45:20
445	David Scott	45:55
448	Dugald McCallum	46:05
452	Melvyn Thistlethwaite	46:19
471	Martin Brady	47:22
495	Richard Lawson	51:49
509	Ron Chappell	54:07

Full Results

English Schools Cross Country Cup Finals

Ellie Root travelled with her team from Skipton Girls’ High School to Newquay to take part in the ESAA Cross Country Cup National Finals. Ellie came a fantastic 27th out of 131 runners and helped her team to become National Champions. Thanks must go to all the Junior coaches and volunteers that have helped Ellie along the way. We are all very proud.

Ellie Root at the English Schools XC Championships

Todmorden Park 5k Series – Race 2 – 27^th November

70 runners took part in this evening event. A cohort of 5 Clayton Harriers took part.

Position	Name	Category	Time
5	Kevin Davies	MV50	17:56
35	Gary Balmer	MV45	21:44
39	Martin Brady	MV50	22:23
57	Robert Hirst	MV60	25:29
64	Nicola Kay	F	28:29

Full Results

Kirkby Moor Fell Race – 29^th November

Kirkby Moor Fell Race is described as a fast race over rolling moorland: a mixture of heather, sheep tracks and sometimes the access tracks for the windmills. It’s not that high or steep, so a good race for beginners and road runners, but some parts are still quite hard going and navigation on the moor can be very interesting in the November fog.

Mike Wallis and Jean Brown headed up to the low-key Kirkby Moor fell race on Saturday. 11km over the moors north of Kirkby in Furness. A return to racing after a year out with injury for Mike was rewarded with a prize for 2nd MV50! Jean also left with a prize – for 2nd LV40.

Position	Name	Category	Time
17	Mike Wallis	MV50	00:58:37
45	Jean Brown	FV40	01:10:24

Full Results

Wesham 10k – 29^th November

Race report from Michael Hogan

I had picked this race to crack the elusive sub 40 run that I was desperate for. The race started in near perfect conditions, unnatural for the end of November really, but who are we to argue.

‪Terry O’Leary and ‪Jordan Mcdonald shot off like whippets, I set my pace at 6:20 min miles and started getting my long lost race face on. With the last few races I have done, the 3-4 mile window seems to coincide with my brain going walkabout and pace being lost, not today, with Graham Cunliffe for company concentration was paramount.

The race flew past. It was predominantly flat with a few undulations to break the stride, and, as the last few corners loomed, it was all or nothing. Drop a gear and floor it time – hey presto 39:56! back in the sub 40club.

Well done to all the Clayton runners and a special mention for Jackie Kershaw who was the sole Clayton Lady in this race for achieving a new PB.

Wesham 10k – 408 runners

Position	Name	Category	Time
25	Terry O’Leary	MV35	00:37:52
35	Jordan McDonald	MU20	00:38:32
53	Michael Hogan	MV45	00:39:56
76	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	00:41:23
261	Ted Orrell	MV75	00:52:29 (1^st in class)
267	Jackie Kershaw	FV40	00:52:46
387	Graham Kissack	MV65	01:03:44

Full Results

The Best 5k – Preston – 30^th November

Just one club member at this event run in and around Preston North End football ground. 139 runners took part. Well done Julie!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
72	Julie Toman	FV45	26:36

Full Results

Movember 10k – 30^th November

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world. With their Mo’s, Bro’s and Sista’s raise vital funds and awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. As an independent global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

Clayton Harrier at Movember 10k in Lytham St Annes

A couple of Clayton Harriers took part in this fundraising event among 305 starters. Bryan getting a new personal best taking him closer to a 50 minute target for the 10k (maybe a go faster moustache is needed for next year’s event!) Well done to the Brian and Bryan.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
40	Brian Wildman	V45	46:01
124	Bryan Searby	V40	54:32

Full Results

David Staff Memorial Fell Race – 30^th November

The race is run in memory of David Staff who turned 17 years of age on 5th December 1994 which then allowed him to compete as a senior for the Darwen Dashers. His first race (and last) as a senior was in the Clitheroe 10k on 27th December 1994.

David collapsed and died by the road side at 5 miles from a condition called Hyperthropic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, which in laymans terms is an abnormal thickening of the heart muscles which interrupted the electrical pulses which keeps the heart working. This condition takes the lives of approximately 8 so-called fit and healthy young people a week, most of them are actively engaged in sport, but it is not the sport that kills; it is the exertion that acts as a trigger.

Darwen Dashers host this race to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young, the charity that David’s father Granville actively supports. The funds raised are used to provide heart screening in the young.

18 Clayton Harriers took part in this race with Andrew Orr first Clayton man in for the club. Vet runners David Scott and Katy Thompson took first positions in their age categories. Katy was also first Clayton lady in for the club. Well done to all that took part in this commendable local race.

Andrew Orr who was the first Clayton man home in the David Staff Memorial Fell Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	CatPos
13	Andrew Orr	M40	00:31:42	(004/048)
15	Alan Life	M50	00:32:21	(003/032)
23	Ivan Whigham	M50	00:33:32	(006/032)
34	Richard Briscoe	M	00:35:10	(012/027)
40	Chris Funnell	M40	00:35:31	(018/048)
42	Mark Nutter	M50	00:35:35	(010/032)
85	Andrew M. Dugdale	M50	00:39:06	(021/032)
104	George Thompson	M60	00:40:45	(006/016)
106	David I. Scott	M70	00:40:57	(001/006)
109	Martin Brady	M50	00:41:14	(027/032)
116	Katy Thompson	F60	00:41:54	(001/003)
122	Sarah Helliwell	F	00:42:28	(007/010)
130	Stephen Fish	M60	00:43:44	(011/016)
132	Julia A. Rushton	F50	00:43:57	(006/010)
134	Carol Life	F40	00:44:14	(005/010)
136	Robert Hirst	M60	00:44:30	(012/016)
142	Kath Brady	F50	00:46:53	(008/010)
151	Ron Chappell	M60	00:50:10	(015/016)

Full Results

Parkrun News

A few people visited new parkrun locations this week as well as the more local ones. Some great placings and a couple of personal bests for Jonathan Pye and Jackson McKay. Well done parkrunners

Burnley parkrun – a total of 141 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Jonathan PYE	00:18:02	New PB!
4	Andrew MCFARLANE	00:19:36	First timer!
7	Jackson MCKAY	00:20:16	New PB!
47	Millie STUBBS	00:24:19
57	Donna SCOTT	00:25:36
59	Finley STUBBS	00:25:42
67	Keira STEVENSON	00:26:36
71	Robert HIRST	00:26:43
84	Stuart BARKER	00:27:53
87	Annabel WILCOCK	00:27:59
88	John WILCOCK	00:28:01
124	Lucy STEVENSON	00:35:15
123	Adam STEVENSON	00:35:15

Pendle parkrun – A total of 35 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	Paul HESKETH	00:20:39
3	John HARTLEY	00:20:49
12	Barry MITCHELL	00:25:48	First timer!
27	Molly HESKETH	00:33:09

South Manchester parkrun – A total of 377 runners took part.

Position	Parkrunner	Run Time
2	Jacob BOYLE	00:16:38	First timer!

Cannon Hill parkrun, Birmingham – A total of 437 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
21	Paul SHACKLETON	00:19:16

Ormskirk parkrun – A total of 87 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
4	Richard STEVENSON	00:18:40	First timer!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 141 runners took part.

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
99	Eileen JONES	00:30:36

Other News

Clayton Ladies turn 21

Clayton Ladies are 21 years old! Well actually I am far too polite to mention the combined ages of all 26 ladies that attended a celebration of 21 years of Ladies Thursday Night Training at the Agra restaurant on 7^th November. A good old time was had by all. Here’s to the next 21 years.

Fell Runners Association Presentations

The FRA Annual Presentation Dinner and Dance was held in Telford this year. After a year when the first British championship race in Northern Ireland demanded good navigation skills, the first challenge of the evening was finding the venue, with a crucial 100m stretch of road being closed and no diversion signs. Eventually (up to an hour in at least one case!) everyone found the Hotel and the night began in earnest.

When the presentations began, Clayton’s star for 2014 was Linda Lord – picking up her trophy for first Lady Vet 65 in the English Championship – brilliant result Linda! Kieran Carr was second in the Male Vet 65 English Championship; Wendy Dodds second in the Lady Vet 55 and 60 English Championships. Wendy was also awarded a coveted Lakeland Classics Mug for being first Lady Vet 60 in the series. We then picked up our medals for the second Lady Vet 40 team in the British Champs (counters Wendy Dodds, Barbara Savage and Jean Brown with Katy Thompson competing in all of the races as a great insurance counter). Fantastic results.

FRA Presentation Evening
L-R Jean Brown, Katy Thompson, Linda Lord and Kieran Carr

The evening ended with a Ceilidh… we all got away with our feet intact. A great evening. What will the club be picking up at the presentations this time next year…?

FRA Subscriptions

The FRA has also decided to take a leap into the 21st century and collect subscriptions online, using the membership system offered by SiEntries. This will accept payment by direct debit, debit or credit cards. We will NOT be accepting any payments by Standing Order from now on.

All members including those who previously paid by standing order, Life and Honorary Members need to complete the renewal process by Wednesday 10th December otherwise you will not receive the FRA Handbook & Fixtures Calendar in time for Christmas. Those who renew late will receive the handbook in late January.

To renew, please visit http://www.sientries.co.uk/fra.

English / British Fell Championships 2015

For those interested in taking part in some of the English / British Championship races in 2015 they were published on the FRA presentation programme as:

English:
Short – Flower Scar 7 March
Medium – Stretton Six Summits 9 May
Long – Duddon Valley 30 May
Long – Bradda, Isle of Man 11 July
Short – Lingmell Dash 25 July
Medium – Guisborough 3 Tops 6 Sept

British:
Medium – Moelwyn Peaks (Wales) 18 April
Medium – Durisdeer (Scotland) 13 June
Short – Lingmell Dash (England) 25 July
Long – Seven Sevens (Northern Ireland) 15 August

If you are interested in running any of the races have a look at the details on the races pages of the FRA website – some have on-line pre-entry opening on 1 December.

Club Fell Championship

Provisional Final Standings in Club Fell Championship are now available. The 2014 Club Fell Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying races were:

Saturday 8th March 11:00 am – Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round (BM), Barley.
Saturday 12th April 11:00am – Coledale Horseshoe (AM), Braithwaite.
Thursday 19th June 7:15 pm – Aggie’s Staircase (AS), Darwen.
Sunday 10th August 10:30 am – Boulsworth Fell (BM), Trawden.
Saturday 15th November 10:30am – Tour of Pendle (AL), Barley.

Jean Brown tops the ladies results and Matthew Perry tops the mens.

Full Details

Pendle Aggregate Trophy Competition

Final standings for the 2014 Pendle Aggregate Trophy are now available. This competition consists of five qualifying races, with a member’s best four races counting. The qualifying races were:

Saturday 8th March 11:00 am – Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round (BM), Barley.
Saturday 5th April Ladies 12:30 pm, Men 2:00 pm – Pendle Fell Races (AS), Barley.
Tuesday 13th May 7:15 pm Mearley Clough Fell Race (AS), Worston.
Saturday 23rd August 2:00 pm Pendleton Fell Race (AS), Pendleton.
Saturday 15th November 10:30 am Tour of Pendle (AL), Barley.

Joint top places are Christopher Holdsworth and Jean Brown

Full Details

Club Road Palladium

In the Road Palladium Competition members receive points for competing in any road race. There are separate competitions for Ladies and Men. Leaders are currently Jackie Kershaw and Chris Holdsworth.

Full Details

Junior Helpers Still Needed

A big thank you to Nat Harrison, Joanne Bennett, Richard Briscoe, Richard Stevenson, Vicky McKay and Steph Jackson for all your help at the junior training session. Your help is greatly appreciated

If any other seniors would like to give us a hand, even on a one off basis then please get in touch. Most weeks are interval session based so you can either join in (risking getting spanked by a 12yr old!) or just help marshal the session. Everybody is welcome. I’ll be starting a rota on the website in the coming days.

Contact Andrew Armstrong for further information

Winter Training News

Winter Training at Barden Athletics Track. Starts this Thursday 4th Dec. 6.30pm. The sessions from Network 65 have now finished until further notice.

Unofficial Christmas Do

This Saturday 6th December.

Order of the day….Run @ Marl Pits XC (Rawtenstall). Home for food, water and glad rags then a night in the metropolis of Burnley, meeting in Weatherspoons @ 7:30pm. After which it’s a free for all!

And Finally….

Don’t forget to have a great week running and racing. If you are out and about please get in touch and tell us all about it, with lots of photos as well if you can. There is still lots going on. Coming up this week;

Todmordon Park 5k Night series
Red Rose XC – Marl Pitts, Rossendale
Guys 10, Garstang
Ulverston or Great Langdale Chrismas Pudding races
3-1-4 Lancaster half marathon
And of course parkrun

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Red Rose Cross Country at Bolton and the rest of the weeks action

Red Rose Cross Country – Bolton Results

Another lucky break in the weather for the runners at the Red Rose Cross Country fixture in Leverhulme Park in Bolton. Jackson McKay had a splendid run finishing second in the under 11 boys race. This secures him joint first place in the Red Rose League table after 3 races. Well Done Jackson!

A special mention also to Beth Quinn who has progressed from the middle of the junior girls to first Clayton lady home. Congratulations Beth!

Beth Quinn – first Clayton lady home

U-11 Boys

Position	Name	Time
2	Jackson McKay	6:34
21	Dexta Thompson	7:34

U-11 Girls

Team position – 13^th

Position	Name	Time
11	Ella Dorrington-Levy	7:47
76	Eloise Clegg	9:45
90	Lydia Wood	10:34
91	Millie MacCube	10:41

Eloise Clegg battling to the finish for the U-11 girls

U-13 Boys

Team position – 7^th

Position	Name	Time
23	Adam Quinn	13:24
30	Adam Stevenson	14:13
34	Harry Mason	14:27
42	Daniel Bradley	15:37

Harry Mason and Adam Stevenson, U-13 boys

U-13 Girls

Team Position – 4^th

Position	Name	Time
3	Briony Holt	12:30
10	Eleanor Root	13:19
26	Millie Stubbs	14:19
34	Liberty Thompson	15:02
49	Natasha Olszewska	16:06

U-13 girls team at the start line.

U-15 Boys

Position	Name	Time
10	Curtis Holt	16:08
25	Simon Wilshaw	18:44

U-15 Girls

Position	Name	Time
7	Alice Pier	18:11

Clayton Junior, Alice Pier, finishing in 7th place in the U-15 girls

U-17 Men

Position	Name	Time
5	Jordan McDonald	19:55

Junior, Jordan McDonald, flying to the finish in 5th place in the U-17 race

U-17 Ladies

Position	Name	Time
13	Bethany Quinn	27:39

Senior U-20

Position	Name	Time
7	George Pier	42:29

Fantastic finish from George Pier coming in 7th place in the U-20 group.

Ladies

Team Position – 18^th Vets Team Position – 16^th

Clayton Ladies Helen Burnett and Katy Thompson

Position	Name	Category	Time
68	Julie Rushton	L50	27:46
76	Helen Burnett	L40	28:46
89	Katherine Thompson	L60 (1^st in Category)	29:47
96	Kath Brady	L50	30:17
127	Susan Allen	L50	35:54
128	Christine Leathley	L65	36:37

Men

Team Position – 11^th
Vets Team Position – 8^th

Position	Name	Category	Time
43	Andrew Armstrong	V45	41:20
50	Carl Helliwell	M	41:49
50	Carl Helliwell	M	41:49
57	Kevin Davies	V50	40:20
61	George Pier	U20	42:29
144	John Wilcock	V50	47:51
148	Andy Quinn	V40	48:21
161	Peter Browning	V55	49:01
181	Stephen White	V55	50:19
208	David Burnett	V45	52:59
216	Martin Brady	V50	54:45

Clayton Men Peter Browning and Andy Quinn at the start

Results in Full
Red Rose Cross Country League Table after 3 races

Navigation Night – 19^th November

A number of our club members took part in this challenging event.

This report from the Barlick Fell Runners Website

It was ideal conditions for this navigation evening as 35 competitors, including a junior, set off to challenge their navigation skills against the dark and the clock, with some running solo and others as teams. The penalty points for taking more than the allotted hour are quite harsh and most of the runners with previous experience of this event made sure that they were back with time to spare.

It was close between the top five finishers, but once more Mark Nutter showed his mastery of this event and his intimate knowledge of the area to finish first solo runner and overall winner. This saw him once more add his name to the Badger Trophy as first runner from Clayton.

Close behind Mark was the Chew brothers team who finished second overall and first team winners. They were chased hard by Sam Wadsworth & Andrew Driver, who finished in joint third position, along with the redoubtable Neil Hardiman, another Claytoner renowned for his night time navigational skills and knowledge of the local area. As if to emphasise that this is Clayton territory, Ralph Baines was the third solo finisher and his club mates Andy Firth & Peter Dugdale were third team.

First solo lady was Jean Brown, who took her young son Christopher with her.

The harshness of the time penalty points was brought home by the fact that the last four runners and teams ended in negative point territory. There was a prize of the “Richard Briscoe Wooden Spoon” for the runner or team with the least points. Richard tried hard to win the spoon bearing his name by losing a battery out of his head torch and returning in the dark, but Chris Barnes was having such an enjoyable time trying to find the check points that he overlooked the price he would pay for being back late and it was he who returned home with his dubious prize.

Full Results

Todmorden 5k – Race 1 – 20^th November

The first in a series of timed 5k events. This is a fast, three lap course. Head torches can be used but must be below 50 lumens in brightness.

73 runners

Position	Name	Category	Time
27	Alan Clarkson	M55	00:21:05
48	Martin Brady	M50	00:23:26
57	Robert Hirst	M60	00:25:24
61	Ron Chappell	M65	00:26:16
66	Nicola Kay	F	00:28:21

Market Rasen 10k – 23^rd November

The Market Rasen 10k is a popular multi terrain event and 447 runners took part in wet and muddy conditions on Sunday morning. The race starts with a lap of the racecourse, continues along Legsby Road, through Dog Kennel Woods and then finishes with a final lap of the race course.

Breton Holdsworth was our sole representative at this event finishing in 7^th place with a time of 35:08. A great run – well done Breton.

Where’s Breton? Breton Holdsworth with signature orange gloves and cap at the start line

Full Results

Parkrun results

Clayton Harriers have been out and about again this week. Some impressive runs at the local Burnley event for Jacob Watson and Jonathon Pye taking first and second places, with Susan Burns coming in first for the ladies. Well done to all of our parkrunners.

Burnley parkrun – 144 runners took part

Position	Name	Time
1	Jacob Watson	00:18:19
2	Jonathon Pye	00:18:25
10	Susan Burns	00:20:49	First lady finisher
15	Gordon Barrett	00:21:48
26	David Ian Scott	00:23:15
38	Sarah Helliwell	00:24:31	New PB!
39	Martin Brady	00:24:33
57	Richard Lawson	00:25:42
63	Robert Hirst	00:26:31
68	Ron Chappell	00:26:48
85	Stuart Barker	00:27:59
91	Annabel Wilcock	00:28:40
92	John Wilcock	00:28:45
106	Nicola Kay	00:29:53

Cannon Hill parkrun, Birmingham – 398 runners took part

Position	Name	Time
19	Paul Shackleton	00:19:14

Lyme Park parkrun – 101 runners took part

Position	Name	Time
80	Ron Hill	00:32:08	First timer at Lyme!

Pendle parkrun – 33 runners took part

Position	Name	Time
2	John Hartley	00:21:12
20	Dawn Terry	00:26:10
29	Molly Hesketh	00:36:07
32	Paul Hesketh	00:37:50

Preston parkrun – 210 runners took part

Position	Name	Time
10	Colin Shuttleworth	00:19:29

Club News

Committee
There is a change in the committee to report. Rebecca Rawcliffe has formally tendered her resignation as Membership Secretary due to unavoidable work commitments. The committee thanks her for the work she undertook in the role. Adam Hamer has put himself forward to take over the appointment and has now been accepted into the role. We look forward to his input over the coming year.

Club Tent
After securing funding for publicity from Sport England, we now have a brand new club tent.
Chairman, James Hickie said, ” A big thank you to Jason Pier for all the hard work sorting our new tent! Our tent was easily the BEST TENT at the Red Rose XC yesterday, and it was great to see so many of our members at the tent. We look forward to seeing even more of Team Clayton at our new tent next Saturday at the big Mid Lancs Liverpool XC fixture. Thanks to Sport England for funding the tent and thanks again Jason!”

Our distinctive new club tent

It certainly stands out!

In use. I can’t imagine anyone not being able to find the tent any more!

And finally…

London VLM Club Place
Just to clarify, you don’t need a rejection letter to apply for the last remaining club place for the London Marathon. It’s open to all senior members- last date for applications is December 12th, will be draw on the 13th. Contact John Wilcock for further information, or to put your name in the hat.

Mid Lancs Cross Country – Liverpool
This is the biggest XC race in the calendar, we need a massive showing and effort to compete against not only local team runners, but some of the best runners in the country. It’s a massive day, so hopefully all the juniors, ladies and men, as well as all the regulars and everyone else can make an appearance and put in a big effort that will be immense!!

Contact Cross Country Captains Ian Greenwood or Irene Roche for more info.

Come on Team Clayton!!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Tour Of Pendle and the rest of the weeks action

Busy week this week with recognition and awards for some of our junior members, tough fell racing, road running glory, cross country action and park run triumphs! The accolades and successes are tinged with sadness on hearing of the loss of a great friend to the club, Pete Hartley.

Tour of Pendle

Tour of Pendle – start of the race. Neil Hardiman and Ryan Wilkinson visible – photo by David Belshaw

This tough, local race attracted a large turnout of club members. On the day conditions were a just a little claggy up on the top.

Chris Holdsworth in the clag at the first passing of the trig point.

Fell captain, Dave Motley shared these thoughts on the race.

Tour of Pendle – Fell Captain, Dave Motley at the crest of the last climb

“Another year, another hard slog at the Tour Of Pendle, misty conditions giving team Clayton a home advantage. My race went well, setting off steady and trying to work through the field almost giving Mr Holdsworth a fright on the last descent, although his tarmac speed allowed him to beat me. Great to see so many from Team Clayton and another fantastic Tour Of Pendle.”

Ladies Fell Captain, Jean Brown, at the finish

Results now available

Mid Lancs XC – Barrow

Considering the distance and the clash with the Tour of Pendle, Team Clayton saw a good turn out at the Midlancs fixture at Barrow. The men had more than enough runners for a qualifying team as did the ladies.

Mid Lancs XC at Barrow. Carl Helliwell. Photograph courtesy of Tickhiller Photography
http://www.tickhillerphotographic.co.uk/

With a flat fast course and an abundance of cheering for those waiting or having already run, it was a successful afternoon all round for Team Clayton. Many thanks to all for making the journey as each runner counts in these Midlancs races.

Clayton Ladies at Mid Lancs Cross Country in Barrow. L-R Julia Rushton, Helen Burnett, Irene Roche, Sarah Helliwell

Some brilliant results were gained today by Clayton juniors at Barrow in Furness for the Mid Lancs Cross Country. Briony Holt came 1st and Curtis Holt came 15 th. Adam and Beth Quinn ran too and both had fantastic races. Well done everyone.

Briony Holt at the Mid Lancs Cross Country in Barrow

Results now available

Award winning Juniors

Our junior members have been enjoying plenty of success and recognition this week.

Ellie Root ran in the Regional Finals of the English Schools XC cup in Stockton-on-Tees, her team (Skipton Girls High School) qualified for the finals in Newquay at the end of the month. Ellie came 14th but didn’t feel like she had a good run. However, yesterday she ran in the Harrogate and Craven XC qualifiers in Knaresborough and came 2nd with a really strong performance.

Clayton junior Ellie Root competing in the English Schools Cross Country Cup

That’s not all, Ellie Root also took part in the NW Junior Triathlon Series. Ellie finished 7th overall & received her certificate from GB athlete Katie Hewison last night at the awards ceremony at Lancashire Manor Hotel. Ellie competed throughout the year in her Clayton vest, registered under the club name. Well done Ellie!

NW Junior Triathlon Series (T3) awards night at Lancashire Manor Hotel

Briony Holt was honoured and awarded for her outstanding performances over the year. She attended the BOFRA presentation evening at the Stirk House Hotel in Gisburn and collected the Under 14 Girls award after competing in 9 of the qualifying races. She was also presented with the most outstanding junior award.

BOFRA Champion Briony Holt

And finally, congratulations to junior member, Jordan McDonald for an outstanding run at the Burnley parkrun where he came first.

It’s a real pleasure to see our junior members enjoying such successes and recognition and it is well deserved. They are a credit to the club and the junior coaching team. The future is bright! (and orange, of course)

Preston 10 Mile Road Race – Sunday 16th November

A cohort of 8 Harriers took part in the Preston 10 mile road race. 431 runners took part in this event.

Michael Hogan had this to report;
“This morning’s race was held in near perfect conditions. It’s a good fast two lap course. Richard Stevenson was holding the 1st Clayton home position until 8 mile, and then Old Boy, Kevin James Davies, came through to lead the road crew home. New boy Jon Hanson had a good run for his first 10 mile effort with a fime just over 64 mins. This boy has talent waiting to be released. With myself, Steve Biscomb, Alan Clarkson, Brian Wildman and Ron Chappell making up a solid Clayton outing, it was a good day out for the Clayton road crew. Go at 10 K pace and hope you last for 10 miles!”

Position	Name	Cat	Time
30	Kevin Davies	MV50	01:00:58
32	Richard Stevenson	M	01:01:16
55	Jon Hanson	M	01:04:20
71	Michael Hogan	MV45	01:06:11
108	Stephen Biscomb	MV61	01:09:22
143	Alan Clarkson	MV55	01:11:08
197	Brian Wildman	MV45	01:15:54
346	Ron Chappell	MV65	01:29:25

Full Results

Leeds Abbey Dash 10k – Sunday 16th November

Known for it’s 10k personal best potential, the Leeds Abbey Dash 2014 did not disappoint. The race was won by Andrew Butchart of Central AC who finished in 29 minutes and 17 seconds. The first female was Steph Twell of Aldershot who finished in 32 minutes and 30 seconds. There were 9524 finishers.

Well done to Johnny McKenna who was 160th with a chip time of 32:59 in an incredibly fast race over in Leeds.

Full Results

Sandgrounder 10k – Sunday 16th November

Two of our members went to Southport to take part in the 5k and 10k races

10K Results: 179 Kevin O’Brien M60 57:47 (216 runners took part)
5K Results: 11 Martin Brady M50 22:34 (34 runners took part)

Well done Kevin and Martin!

10k Results and 5k Results

Arnside Knott Fell Race – Sunday 16th November

A couple of our members were spotted in the results of this race which covers 5.5 miles on a scenic course above Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary. By all accounts it was a dry day with clear views all round. 140 runners took part.

22nd Alan Life MV45 42:23
115th Carol Life W45 56:25

Full Results

Parkrun News

Another great week for club members at various parkrun events this week. From Cheltenham to Newby Bridge, you have been hitting personal bests all over the place! In particular, well done to Jordan McDonald, Jacob Watson and Jonathon Pye for the top three spots at the Burnley parkrun this week. Also congratulations to Jacob Watson, Bryan Searby, Jack McGuire and Eileen Jones on your latest personal best times.

Burnley parkrun (175 Runners)

Position	Name	Time
1	Jordan McDonald	17:55
2	Jacob Watson	18:02	New PB!
3	Jonathon Pye	18:12
21	Gordon Barrett	21:04
32	Martin Brady	23:07
36	Amanda Duffy	23:44
64	Robert Hirst	26:02
69	Ron Chappell	26:21
81	Julie Toman	27:21
106	Adam Hamer	28:35
118	Jack McGuire	29:23	New PB!
128	Nicola Kay	30:06
163	Harry Manning	36:05

Cheltenham parkrun (363 Runners)

Position	Name	Time
15	Alex Cran	20:02	First timer!

Heaton parkrun (409 Runners)

Position	Name	Time
194	Bryan Searby	26:13	New PB!

Pendle parkrun (37 Runners)

Position	Name	Time
4	John Hartley	21:18
17	Barry Mitchell	26:34
28	Christine Jennifer Egerton	32:36

Fell Foot parkrun (178 Runners)

Position	Name	Time
121	Eileen Jones	30:21	New PB!

New Members

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our latest members; Joanne Bennett, Clare Wilson and Darren Rushton to the seniors, as well as Leon Wichester to the juniors. I hope to be reporting on your running achievements soon!

Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix

Just released. The list of races in next year’s grand prix

List of Races in next year’s Grand Prix

Sad News

It is with great sadness that we report that a great friend of many Clayton Harriers, Pete Hartley, passed away at the weekend. After a motor vehicle accident ended his running career with Rossendale Harriers, Pete turned to taking photographs of races in the mountain scenery that he loved. He had an amazing eye for a photograph, and had the knack of giving the viewer a great impression of what it was like to be there. Many’s the time his grinning face would appear as you ran along a trod, miles from anywhere. His wonderful photos appeared in a wide range of publications, especially The Fellrunner.

Pete Hartley

When seven Harriers (plus two supporters) took part in the 2005 Everest Marathon, Pete was the official photographer for the event. The ten of us had a marvellous time, with Pete the life and soul of the party, especially in Kathmandou, a city he had visited before. He captured the whole event in pictures and gave us all a collection of photos on our return – a treasured record of a fantastic three-week trip.

With his outgoing personality and cheerful demeanour, along with his marvellous photos, Pete brought a smile to the face of a huge number of people. He will be greatly missed. Our condolences go to Denise and all Pete’s family.

And Finally…

If you want to run at the Mid Lancs League fixture in Liverpool and haven’t pre-registered, you can contact the team captains Irene Roche or Ian Greenwood for information on how to enter on the day. This information will also be available on the Team Clayton Facebook page and on the Cross Country pages on this site.

London Marathon. We have been allocated 4 places for the VLM. I already have 3 requests from members with rejection letters so they are in. That leaves 1 place available for another club member. If anyone would like this place please contact John Wilcock. We will allow a week so that word can get around, after which a name will be drawn from the hat. John can be contacted on 07970 828167 or john.wilcock@cardium.co.uk

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Shepherds Skyline Fell Race and the rest of the weeks action

We’ve had a bit of a break from cross country this week but there is still plenty of action to report on; fell running, road racing, a half marathon and plenty of park run participation. Many of our members have also been out and about recce-ing for the upcoming Tour of Pendle on 15th November.

Shepherd’s Skyline – 1^st November
The Shepherds Skyline Fell Race is organised by Todmorden Harriers who describe the race as a fast, muddy course – with a steep descent off Stoodley Pike for the kamikaze descenders, immediately followed by a stiff climb back up the hill for the stout-legged amongst you.

Individual Results (231 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
7	Jacob Boyle	MU23	00:46:21
38	Alan Life	M45	00:52:53
68	David Naughton	M50	00:56:09
105	Dugald McCallum	M65	01:00:34
121	Mark Nutter	M50	01:01:43
129	Rick Moore	M50	01:02:28
142	Andrew Howarth	M55	01:03:25
143	Peter Dugdale	M55	01:03:28
161	Andrew Mark Dugdale	M50	01:05:59
169	Martin Brady	M50	01:07:22
171	Sarah Helliwell	F	01:07:43
173	Andrew Firth	M55	01:07:56
207	Robert Hirst	M60	01:13:53

There were 13 Clayton Harriers running in this popular local race.

Jacob Boyle had an excellent run finishing in 7^th place overall and 1^st place in his category. He said, “Tough race – didn’t expect to start climbing again. Really enjoyed it! Was a technical race and loved that aspect of it. Overall a great race and will be doing it next year.”

Shepherds Skyline – Jacob Boyle. Photo courtesy of Woodentops.org.uk

Sarah Helliwell said, “I agree with Jacob, it was a really good race all round. A lot more up hill and drag than you’d expect, however, the views at the top were stunning. Unfortunately, you didn’t have much chance to appreciate them as you had to really concentrate on where you were putting your feet!

Sarah Helliwell at the Shepherds Skyline Fell Race. Photo courtesy of todharriers.co.uk

There was a good mixture of moorland, bog, rocky stuff and technical! The descent of Stoodley Pike was steep in sections and I was in awe of Martin when he came flying past. I told myself because he is closer to the ground so its not as scary for him!!

After the second climb it is still a tough slog back to the last descent to the finish. By the end, your legs felt like they had had a good workout, I slept well last night! I actually think it is one of the best fell races I’ve done in a while, with a good mixture of everything. My husband, Carl, said it was a really good spectator event as you could see runners nearly all the way around the course, especially with the cracking weather we had.”

Martin Brady (Sarah Helliwell just behind) at the Shepherds Skyline Fell Race. Photo courtesy of woodentops.org.uk

Martin Brady said, “I enjoyed the race but it was a lot more difficult than I remember. It was 19 years since I last did the race. There are quite a few sections that require a lot of concentration due the rough terrain especially on the way out to Stoodly Pike.”

In the junior races, Christopher Brown was the sole representative of the club. He had a great run finishing 2^nd under 10 boy in the junior races.

Clayton Junior, Chris Brown at the Shepherds Skyline Junior Fell Race. Photo courtesy of woodentops.org.uk

Judging by the excellent photos provided by Woodentops it looks like it was a battle all the way through between Christopher and Cian Healy of Horwich with Cian just pipping Christopher to the finish by only a second. Well done Christopher!

Clayton Junior, Chris Brown,with Horwich’s Cian Healy, at the Shepherds Skyline Junior Fell Race. Photo courtesy of woodentops.org.uk

Full Results
Junior Results

Through the Villages Road Race – 2^nd November

The 31st annual Through the Villages Road Race took place on Sunday 2 November at 10.30am. The tough, undulating 8.5 mile race takes in Wheelton, Brinscall, Abbey Village and Withnell.

6 Clayton Harriers took part. Stephen Biscomb was the 1^st V60, Fabienne Richmond was 1^st F35 and Dawn Terry was 1^st F50. A great result from the ladies placing them first in the lady vets teams!

Individual Results (240 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
46	Stephen Biscomb	M60	01:00:11
61	Alan Clarkson	M55	01:01:56
62	Fabienne Richmond	F35	01:01:58
105	Brian Wildman	M45	01:07:14
108	Dawn Terry	F50	01:08:12
154	Julia Rushton	F50	01:12:37

Team Results
Male Vets – 8^th (122 pts)
Lady Vets – 1^st (24pts)

Full Results

Lancaster Half Marathon – 2nd November

Just a couple of Clayton Harriers took part in this event on Sunday. Peter Costello came in 340th with a chip time of 01:55:57, and Nikki Kay 541st place with a chip time of 02:22:27.

Well done to both of you.

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Katy and George Thompson have added another location to their expanding list of parkruns – St Albans this week. Where next I wonder? This week Burnley parkrun held its first paced parkrun. Clayton Harrier Andy Quinn acted as pacemaker for the 24 minute slot so a big thank you to him! There was a win and a new PB for Jonny McKenna, and new PBs for Carl Helliwell, Nick Roscoe, Dexta Thompson and Jackie Kershaw. And finally, congratulations to Carol Life for 1st lady finisher at Pendle parkrun.

Well done everyone who took part this week.

Pollok parkrun, Glasgow. A total of 380 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
20	3	Susan BURNS	00:19:37

Heaton parkrun. A total of 394 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
195	151	Bryan SEARBY	00:27:01

St Albans parkrun. A total of 277 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
109	95	George THOMPSON	00:25:30
120	16	Katy THOMPSON	00:25:57

Arrow Valley parkrun. A total of 300 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
3	3	Paul SHACKLETON	00:59:59

Gunnersbury parkrun. A total of 298 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
223	79	Eileen JONES	00:29:59

Marple parkrun. A total of 149 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
106	78	Ron HILL	00:28:36

Burnley parkrun. A total of 197 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	1	Jonny MCKENNA	00:16:59
4	4	Jacob WATSON	00:18:29
5	5	Jonathan PYE	00:18:49
7	7	Richard STEVENSON	00:19:00
10	10	Carl HELLIWELL	00:19:26
11	11	David BAGOT	00:19:50
14	14	Nick ROSCOE	00:20:00
20	20	Stephen AINSWORTH	00:21:03
21	21	Alexander TOWNROW	00:21:04
22	22	Thomas BRADLEY	00:21:06
23	23	Gordon BARRETT	00:21:13
24	24	Jackson MCKAY	00:21:19
34	3	Donna RILEY	00:22:16
41	38	Dexta THOMPSON	00:22:59
46	43	Adam QUINN	00:23:30
49	46	Martin BRADY	00:23:44
62	53	Andy QUINN	00:24:19
77	14	Donna SCOTT	00:25:28
78	15	Beth QUINN	00:25:29
84	66	Robert HIRST	00:26:03
95	26	Jackie KERSHAW	00:26:19
107	32	Liberty THOMPSON	00:27:04
114	36	Adrienne OLSZEWSKA	00:27:21
117	39	Julie TOMAN	00:27:25
124	83	Paul Laurence WALSH	00:27:47
128	84	Stuart BARKER	00:28:10
134	87	Ron CHAPPELL	00:28:40
140	51	Heidi KEWIN	00:28:58
186	105	Harry MANNING	00:35:37

Dewsbury parkrun. A total of 79 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
75	50	Robin PRICE	00:36:34

Pendle parkrun. A total of 61 runners took part.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
5	5	Jez TOON	00:21:45
8	8	John HARTLEY	00:22:49
12	12	Alan LIFE	00:23:38
19	1	Carol LIFE	00:27:21
33	8	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	00:31:36
37	11	Christine LEATHLEY	00:34:57

ByAdrienne Olszewska

British Masters & Mid Lancs Cross Country, and the rest of the weeks action

“Excellent team performance from Team Clayton at the first Mid Lancs XC fixture from the Men, Women, and Junior teams, this is just the first step towards our goal of putting Clayton-le-Moors Harriers back in the top flight where we belong. Please continue to support the Club throughout the season, everyone on the start line counts.”
Ian Greenwood (Mens Cross Country Captain)

Cross Country News

There were two major cross country events going on for club members this weekend.

Firstly, the British Masters Cross Country Relays in Derby with three teams entered. Two ladies’ teams and a men’s team

Irene Roche (Ladies Captain) reported; “Had a brilliant day in Derby at the Masters Cross Country Championships with the Clayton ladies. Success and enjoyment are the words to describe Team Clayton’s trip to Derby on Saturday 25th. Whilst bronze was awarded to our LV55 team, Christine Leathley, Jean Knightley and Irene Roche, our LV45 team comprising of Anna Kelly, Barbara Savage and Julia Rushton gained 9th place amongst many teams of tough competition.

L-R: Irene Roche, Christine Leathley, Jean Knightley

The course was of neat dry grass consisting of one or two short hilly bits with a short visit through woodland. Two laps of this then brought each runner to the finish line. It was brilliant! Compared to many of our usual XC venues it was bit like running round someone’s very large back garden!

L-R: Barbara Savage, Anna Kelly and Julia Rushton

Next year we hope to arrive with more teams (hoping it doesn’t clash with our league runs). Thank you and well done girls!

Garry Wilkinson reported; “Many thanks to Paul Shackleton for organising this. Great to see him holding onto Bronze on the 5th, and anchor leg, in the British Masters XC in Derby today. Massive team effort from the ‘boys’. 5 x 3.1 km relay legs.  We won a bronze medal in the 45-54 age cat and there’s only one of us under 50. That’s an average of 5 min 45sec per mile /average age 51 on grass”

Leg 1 Andy Stubbs 10:58
Leg 2 Mark Aspinall 11:24
Leg 3 Ian Greenwood 11:54
Leg 4 Garry Wilkinson 11:34
Leg 5 Paul Shackleton 11:47 Team Captain

L-R: Andy Stubbs, Mark Aspinall, Ian Greenwood, Garry Wilkinson, Paul Shackleton and mascot

Secondly, the Mid Lancs Cross Country League kicked off at Hyndburn at Wilson’s Playing Fields in Clayton-le-Moors. There was a huge turnout of 71 club members across the races, 30 junior members and 41 seniors.

12 juniors took part in the Under 11 races, some of them competing in cross country racing for the first time, and there were solid performances all round. Jackson McKay had a great run finishing in 3^rd place in his race. It’s great to see such enthusiasm in our youngest members and the future looks positive. A credit to the junior coaching team!

Clayton junior girls at the Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture

Girls U-11 Results (70 Runners)

13 – Ella Dorrington 9:20
35 – Roanna Holdsworth 10:06
50 – Keira Stevenson 10:34
60 – Kady Thompson 12:50

Boys U-11 Results (66 Runners)

3 – Jackson McKay 7:41
15 – Dexta Thompson 8:42
39 – Cobi Doyle 9:24
43 – Finlay Stubbs 9:42
57 – Jack Skelly 10:35
62 – Finan Holdsworth 11:07
66 – Matthew Astley 12:53

8 juniors took part in the under 13 races with a particularly strong performance from the girls team finishing in 2^nd place. The boys team finished in 9^th place.

U-13 Girls Results (51 Runners)

2 – Briony Holt 10:04
8 – Eleanor Root 10:41
13 – Millie Stubbs 11:10
31 – Liberty Thompson 12:03
41 – Natasha Olszewska 13:08

Girls team 2^nd place (53 Pts) Briony Holt | Eleanor Root | Millie Stubbs | Liberty Thompson

Boys U-13 Results (56 Runners)

22 – Adam Quinn 13:24
49 – Adam Stevenson 16:00
51 – Isaac Wilkinson 16:11

Boys team 9^th place (118 pts) Adam Quinn | Adam Stevenson | Isaac Wilkinson

7 juniors took part in the under 15 races. Only 2 girls meant no team placing there, but a strong boys team finished in 4^th place.

Girls U-15 Results (22 Runners)

8 – Alice Pier 13:29
22 – Lucy Stevenson 19:32

Boys U-15 Results (41 Runners)

14 – Curtis Holt 16:33
18 – Thomas Bradley 16:29
24 – Ryan Clarke 17:16
34 – Alexander Townrow 18:03
38 – Simon Wilshaw 19:32

Boys Team 4^th place (55pts) Curtis Holt | Thomas Bradley | Ryan Clarke

Only 2 juniors competed in the under 17 races. Bethany Quinn ran well finishing 9^th in her class with a time of 20:53, and Jordan McDonald finishing 6^th in a strong field of runners with a time of 22:24. Well done!

Jordan McDonald in the Mid Lancs Cross Country U-17 race

Senior Ladies

We had 11 ladies running in the senior ladies race with the over 35 team finishing in 2^nd place. Some great performances from the ladies team even with a number of ladies away running in the British Masters Relays.

Ladies Individual Results (166 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
9	Candice Heys	L35	25:11
45	Vicky Heys	L35	28:40
49	Fabienne Richmond	L35	28:59
50	Angela Shian	L35	29:00
82	Sarah Helliwell	L	30:48
95	Dawn Richardson	L45	31:20
102	Sarah Whittaker	L35	32:02
114	Helen Burnett	L35	32:58
135	Adrienne Olszewska	L45	36:13
154	Susan Allen	L45	40:43
162	Sophie McIntosh	L	42:44

Clayton Ladies in action at the Mid Lancs Cross Country

Ladies Team Results

Clayton-le-Moors – 9^th place (95pts) Candice Heys | Vicky Heys | Fabienne Richmond

Clayton-le-Moors “B” – 22^nd place (211 pts) Angela Shian | Sarah Helliwell | Dawn Richardson

Over 35s Team – 2^nd Place (41pts) Candice Heys | Vicky Heys | Fabienne Richmond

Over 35s Team “B” – 11^th place (115pts) Angela Shian | Dawn Richardson | Sarah Whittaker

Over 45s Team – 9^th place (107pts) Dawn Richardson | Adrienne Olszewska | Susan Allen

Senior Men

An excellent turn out of 31 Harriers took part in the men’s race, including George Pier in the U-20 category. First man in was Chris Holdsworth who finished in 17^th place with a time of 37:34. The men’s teams finished strongly with a fantastic 1^st place for the V60 Mens team. Well done chaps!

A great run from Chris Holdsworth.

Mens Individual Results (296 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
17	Christopher Holdsworth	M	37:34
52	Lee Smith	M	41:06
57	Carl Helliwell	M	41:06
59	Dave Motley	M	41:14
71	Richard Stevenson	M	42:00
87	Andrew Orr	MV40	42:59
92	Michael O’Donnell	MV40	43:02
102	George Pier	U20	43:28
108	Alex Cran	MV40	43:43
116	John Roche	MV50	44:10
122	Michael Hogan	MV40	44:29
136	Sean Clare	MV40	45:12
138	Breton Holdsworth	MV40	45:16
167	John Wilcock	MV50	47:00
192	Peter Booth MV60	MV60	47:55
193	Jeffrey Pickup	MV60	47:56
213	Richard Briscoe	M	50:04
217	Andrew Howarth	MV50	50:14
221	David McCallum	MV60	50:47
224	James Hickie	MV50	51:01
227	Stephen White	MV50	51:14
229	M Thistlethwaite	MV60	51:31
230	Paul Wale	MV40	51:42
241	Martin Brady	MV50	63:00
271	Robert Hirst	MV60	57:50
272	David Burnett	MV40	58:02
279	Stuart Hartley	MV50	59:55
280	Ted Orrell	MV70	1:00:09
288	Adam Hamer	M	1:01:06
292	Richard Lawson	MV70	1:07:06
296	Jack McGuire	MV50	1:17:32

Clayton Harrier, John Wilcock, storming up the muddy slope

Men’s Team Results

Vets Over 40s – 8^th place (161pts) A Orr | M O’Donnell | A Cran | J Roche

Vets Over 40s Team “B” – 14^th place (267pts) M Hogan | S Clare | B Holdsworth | J Wilcock

Vets Over 50s – 7^th place (78pts) J Roche | J Wilcock | H Booth

Vets Over 50s Team “B” – 14^th place (143pts) J Pickup | A Howarth | D McCallum

Vets Over 60s – 1^st place (22pts) P Booth | J Pickup | D McCallum

Vets Over 60s Team “B” – 4^th place (49pts) M Thistlethwaite | R Hirst | T Orrell

Full Results

Trail & Fell News

Great Whernside Fell Race – 25^th October
9 of our club members took part in this classic fell race. Linda Lord finished 1^st Lady Vet 60.

Linda Lord at the Great Whernside Fell Race – photo courtesy of Woodentops

Individual Results (157 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
76	Ivan Whigham	MV50	00:42:22
85	Peter Browning	MV50	00:43:33
93	Mark Nutter	MV50	00:44:33
94	Ian Robinson	MV50	00:44:36
111	Richard Bellaries	MV60	00:46:34
113	Rick Moore	MV50	00:47:07
115	Andrew Dugdale	MV50	00:47:19
118	Peter Dugdale	MV50	00:47:34
121	Andrew Firth	MV50	00:47:48
136	Linda Lord	FV60	00:49:29

Full Results

Montane Trail 26 at Rivington – 26^th October

Nicholas Olszewski and Tim Piggot took Harriers took part in this popular trail marathon.

Report from Nicholas Olszewski

This event has a lot of nostalgia for me as it’s my old stomping ground from the early 80’s when I lived in Bolton and ran for Horwich RMI.

The route takes you through the Chinese gardens of Rivington Pike, around the beacon and up to Winter Hill, dropping down into Belmont. Next is Delph Reservoir at Egerton before the long slog over to Darwen Tower, which seems to go on forever, partly due to the fact that you get a glimpse of it early on and it doesn’t seem to get any nearer.

Once you get Darwen Tower out of the way the climbing and bog is behind you, all that’s left is a little road work through Withnell and Brinscal before trails heading back to Rivington & Blackrod School, running alongside the reservoirs at Anglezarke.

Chuffed with my time and performance this year, knocked an hour of last years’ time, which I think was achieved by my increased running mileage and cycling, I’ll be back next year to try and break the 4 hour barrier; I was just over this year by about 8 minutes.

Individual Results (148 Finishers)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
25	Nicholas Olszewski	MV50	04:08:21
69	Tim Piggott	M	04:46:44

Full Results

Tandle Hill Trail Race – 26^th October
A couple of Harriers took part in this event. Tandle Hill is a famous landmark in Rochdale that is known for its amazing views of the Pennines and surrounding areas. The race has all the features people love about trail running. Country Lanes, woodland running, grassy trails and paths, undulations, amazing views and scenery and a very fast, long, downhill finish. 5.8 miles , 573 ft of climbing

Individual Results (87 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
10	Jon Hanson	M	40:45
67	Stephen Fish	M	55:25

Full Results

Bronte Way Race – 26^th October
There were 9 Harriers taking part in this race with a number of them racing for the second time this weekend. There’s just no stopping some people!

New member, Julie Toman was the only Clayton lady running in this race. She has come a long way in a short time; from her first park run 12 months ago to running tough local trail and fell races. Well done Julie!

Ian Greenwood, racing for the second time this weekend – photo courtesy of Woodentops

Individual Results (158 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
16	David Naughton	MV50	01:03:26
20	Ian Greenwood	MV50	01:04:46
32	Sean Clare	MV45	01:07:17
40	Ivan Whigham	MV50	01:08:25
41	Chris Funnell	MV45	01:08:28
47	Andy Bradley	MV45	01:09:10
92	Mark Nutter	MV50	01:20:55
104	Jeff Hignett	MV35	1:20:55
150	Julie Toman	FV45	1:36:35

Full Results

OMM – The Original Mountain Marathon
Founded in 1968 the OMM is the originator of the 2 day mountain marathon type event and is for teams of 2, carrying all clothing, equipment, tent, sleeping bag, food for 36 hours, navigating one’s own route and including an overnight camp. There are 7 different classes, (the course distances quoted are over 2 days) the longest being the Elite which is literally 2 consecutive marathon length days or thereabouts and with c2,500m of ascent over 2 days.

Class A – Wendy Dodds with Sarah Rowell 18^th place with a time of 13:18:44

Long Score – 12^th place Jean Brown and Mike Wallis with a time of 12:47:43

Full Results

Road News

Snowdonia Marathon – 25^th October
A demanding and spectacular marathon route, encircling Snowdon, Wales’ and England’s highest peak. Two Harriers took part and finished strongly in what is considered to be one of the most difficult road marathons.

Individual Results (1709 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
390	Simon Halliday	M40	3:48:20
331	Paul Thompson	M40	3:43:41

Full Results

Accrington 10k
A modest turnout of 14 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers for this event. Again some of the competitors had raced the day before, like I said you just can’t hold back a Harrier! Well done to Johnny McKenna (McCann) who finished in 3rd place and well done to Claire Vincent who was the 3^rd Lady finisher.

Steve Biscomb also ran, finishing in around 42:30 but is missing from the results.

Individual Results (337 Runners)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Jonny McKenna	M	34:47
15	Phil Hall	MV50	38:06
17	Richard Stevenson	M	38:38
40	Nick Roscoe	MV45	42:01
49	Claire Vincent	F	42:49
68	Richard Anslop	M	44:41
69	Alan Clarkson	MV55	44:45
93	Alison Dugdale	FV45	46:19
113	Brian Wildman	MV45	47:24
128	Martin Brady	MV50	48:16
155	Julia Rushton	FV50	49:37
180	Amanda Duffy	FV35	51:49
206	Jackie Kershaw	FV40	53:37
218	Robert Hirst	MV60	54:14

Full Results

Parkrun News
The parkrun movement continues to go from strength to strength, with new locations joining in the fun on a regular basis. Club members Katy and George Thompson were lucky enough to be a part of the inaugural Fell Foot parkrun last Saturday and here is their report.

George and I were going up to the Joss Naylor Dinner in Wasdale so decided to set off early and take in the new Parkrun at Fell Foot, Newby Bridge. One of the first people we saw as we arrived was Eileen Jones, former Clayton Ladies Fell Captain. She was with her sister Sheila, who has done most of her 205 Parkruns at Heaton Park.

Eileen had helped set up the Newby Bridge Parkrun and said the organisers were hoping for a small field for their first event. But they’d reckoned without the enthusiasm of dedicated Parkrunners! Of the 247 runners who turned up, four had completed over 200 Parkruns and another eight had 100 shirts. Just under half were first time Park runners.
The run starts on the grass near Windermere then goes out and does a loop round a meadow, comes back along the Lakeside with a short sharp hill back up to the start, then once more round the meadow. It was a lovely scenic route with the autumn colours on the surrounding hills. So if you’re ever in the Lakes on a Saturday morning it’s well worth a visit. The usual car park fees at Fell Foot are suspended until after the parkrun if you put a barcode in your car.

Parkrun Roundup
Well done to all of our parkrunners. Many of you went on to run one or, in some cases, 2 other events over the weekend. Congratulations to Susan Burns for her first lady position in the Burnley parkrun!

Heaton Parkrun – 416 Runners

Pos	Name	Time
113	George Thompson	24:18
140	Katy Thompson	25:06
181	Bryan Searby	26:17

Burnley Parkrun – 172 Runners

Pos	Name	Time
3	Jonathon Pye	18:23
4	Jacob Watson	18:36
5	Kevin Davies	18:40
6	Terry O’Leary	19:05
10	Susan Burns	20:25
13	Stephen Ainsworth	20:50
21	Donna Riley	22:07
35	Martin Brady	23:42
60	Donna Scott	25:21
88	Annabel Wilcock	27:44
89	John Wilcock	27:44
90	Stuart Barker	27:45
102	Julie Toman	28:27
126	Mike Holden	30:12
160	Harry Manning	36:13

Pendle Parkrun – 40 Runners

Pos	Name	Time
6	John Hartley	20:59
16	Robert Hirst	24:27

Author Archive Adrienne Olszewska

Happy New Year!

Club New Year Social Run

Club Road Palladium 2014

KWL Scout Scar Fell Race – 4th January

Central Lancashire New Year Half Marathon – 4th January

Belle Vue Racers Hit the Trail – 4th January

Billy Knox NYD Awakener – 1st January

Ward Green Six – 28th December

Late Results from Whinberry Naze Fell Race

New Year’s Day parkrun at Pendle

Parkrun roundup

Coming up…

Christmas Eve Club Social Run

Worden Park 10k – 26 December

Whinberry Naze Dash festive fell race – 26 December

Ribble Valley 10K – 28 December

Wansfell Race – 28 December

Parkrun Roundup

Running Resolutions

Coming Up..

Tour de Helvellyn – Saturday 20st December 2014

Podium 5k -Saturday 20st December 2014

Rudolph Red Nose 5 mile Race – Sunday 21st December

Mental Elf 5k – Sunday 21st December 2014

Stoop Fell Race – Sunday 21st December

A run a day

And finally…

Lee Mills Relays – 14th December

Todmorden 5k Winter Series – Race 4

Hurst Green Turkey Trot – 14th December

Longridge Christmas Pudding 7 – 14th December

Mytholmroyd Fell Race – 14th December

Lynne Edmondson Memorial & Christine Navan’s Brownhouse Wham Reservoir Race

Parkrun roundup

London Marathon Places

Cross Country Palladium Standings

Cross Country Club Championship 2013/14

Club Road Club Championship 2014

Club Fell Championship 2014

2015 Championships

And finally…

Red Rose Cross Country – Rossendale

Todmorden 5k Series – Race 3

Guys 10 – Garstang

Gravy Pud Fell Race

Parkrun Roundup

Bolton parkrun – A total of 160 runners took part.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 115 runners took part.

Pendle parkrun – A total of 42 runners took part.

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 94 runners took part.

Preston parkrun – A total of 154 runners took part.

Superfast Santa – Barlick Santa Run

Blackburn with Darwen Schools Cross Country Championships

Other News

And finally…

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Liverpool

Juniors

Under 11s

U-11 Boys (64 runners)

U-11 Girls (100 runners)

U-13 Girls (98 runners)

U-15 Boys (116 runners)

U-15 Girls

Senior races

English Schools Cross Country Cup Finals

Todmorden Park 5k Series – Race 2 – 27th November

Kirkby Moor Fell Race – 29th November

Wesham 10k – 29th November

The Best 5k – Preston – 30th November

Movember 10k – 30th November

David Staff Memorial Fell Race – 30th November

Parkrun News

Other News

Clayton Ladies turn 21

Fell Runners Association Presentations

FRA Subscriptions

English / British Fell Championships 2015

Club Fell Championship

Pendle Aggregate Trophy Competition

Tour de Helvellyn – Saturday 20^st December 2014

Rudolph Red Nose 5 mile Race – Sunday 21^st December

Stoop Fell Race – Sunday 21^st December

Todmorden Park 5k Series – Race 2 – 27^th November

Kirkby Moor Fell Race – 29^th November

Wesham 10k – 29^th November

The Best 5k – Preston – 30^th November

Movember 10k – 30^th November

David Staff Memorial Fell Race – 30^th November

Navigation Night – 19^th November

Todmorden 5k – Race 1 – 20^th November

Market Rasen 10k – 23^rd November

Through the Villages Road Race – 2^nd November