The Club has one remaining place available for next years London Marathon. If you are interested in running & wish to be considered for this place then please get in contact with Road Captain Tom Brewster before the end of December.
Cannonball 5k Midweek Winter Series (2/4)
Wednesday 4th December saw the second race in the Cannonball 5k race series, another chilly night greeted the runners with 9 brave Clayton harriers bracing themselves against the elements.
Wheelchair Athlete Anthony Gotts once again leading the field away from the start, Tom Brewster lead the Clayton men’s team home, claiming 3rd place in front of a strong finishing Nick Gaskell (4th and 1st MV40) and consistent Chris Holdsworth (5th) to take the men’s team prize for the second week in a row.
The Ladies also had a fantastic run out, Junior runner Alice Pier leading the seniors home in 28th (also 1st FU18) followed by returning superstar Gayle Whittaker (33rd) and Deputy Ladies Road Captain Rebecca Rawcliffe (35th) securing the Ladies team prize and Clayton’s domination over the team event.
Also out in force for Clayton Harriers were George Pier (14th and 1st MU18) and Media Manager Wayne McIntosh (50th) completing another excellent run out for the club.
Full Results are available HERE
Photos are HERE
Race 3 of the series is on Weds 11th December; everyone will be keeping their fingers crossed for a hat-trick for the Men’s team prize, a second ladies team prize and some more strong runs from our ever-improving juniors!
Team Clayton Results – W/C 02/12/13
Here are the results from the last weeks racing, it’s good to see a healthy Clayton turnout throughout the Winter & lot’s of you keeping at the sharp end of the races!
Well done to Tom Brewster, Chris Holdsworth & Nick Gaskell for a second consecutive team prize at the Cannonball 5k race 2, they were of course joined at the top by Gayle Whittaker, Rebecca Rawcliffe & Alice Pier as they scooped the Ladies prize!
Results (click on the name to be directed):-
Cannonball 5k Midweek Winter Series (1/4)
The Cannonball Events Todmorden 5k race series started with a bang on Wednesday with 48 headtorch-wearing runners lining up to do battle. 11 athletes were there representing Clayton Harriers from both the senior and junior sections.
The race was started at 7pm sharp by series organiser John Lloyd. Claytons wheelchair athlete Anthony Gotts swiftly disappeared into the darkness with Captain Tom Brewster and Chris Holdsworth heading the runners into lap 1.
Todmorden Harriers Jon Wright gained a healthy lead on lap 3 and a battle between the two leading Clayton Harriers began with positions changing regularly until the fight was decided in the last 200 meters and a sprint to the line for 2nd and 3rd being taken by Tom and Chris respectively – Nick Gaskell hunting the leaders down with a strong final lap to take 4th and securing the mens team prize.
An excellent race was had by Clayton Junior Kenan Eti completing the race in 7th place just ahead of Kevin Davies (alias Nick Faldo, Mahogany Man, Morroccan Sunset……) in 8th resulting in Clayton securing 6 of the top 10 places, Kieron Mitchell coming home in 18th rounding up the senior team.
Clayton Juniors George Pier, Thomas Bradley, Alice Pier and Daniel Bradley all had an excellent outing showing that their efforts in training are paying off.
An excellent start to the series by Team Clayton!
Race 2 of the series kicks off on Wednesday 4th December with hopes high for another top performance for all athletes!
Full Details for the remaining races can be found HERE
Race 1 Results HERE
Race 1 Photos HERE
What a Day!
What a brilliant weekend for Clayton hosting two rather large and very successful events on the same day!
Saturday started with around 440 runners assembled in Barley for the 30th running of the Full Tour of Pendle. The field was boosted this year with a number of runners in the area for the FRA presentation dinner and dance being held at the Mytton Fold hotel in the evening.
“Spencer Riley”
Thirty six Clayton runners set off on a lovely clear, chilly morning, with Spencer Riley, Paul Thompson and Dave Motley making excellent starts. Matt Roberts from Eryri was first home, closely followed by Ian Holmes; Jasmin Paris from Carnethy took the ladies race, all in excellent times. Unfortunately Paul Thompson had to pull out but Spencer finished a fantastic 7th in 2:23:42 – only 6 months after breaking his ankle – quite a recovery! Fell Captain Dave Motley was the second Clayton home in 2:37:01, according to Dave a PB by 15 minutes!
“Capt Motley”
Well done to the other 34 Clayton finishers, including the 4 ladies. The prize giving was a great advert for the club with Spencer picking up his prize for 7th in the open category. Katy Thompson first lady vet 60, Jean Brown was 3rd lady vet 45 and the ladies also taking second team (Jean Brown, Avril Duckworth and Barbara Savage). Well done to Avril in her first long fell race – not an easy one for sure! A number of runners had personal bests on the day – congratulations to all of them.
Many thanks to Keiran Carr for all of his work to put the race on, and all of his helpers and marshals who made it possible.
“Barbara Savage”
After a good scrub a number of us then went along to the FRA dinner at the Mytton Fold Hotel. Marie Greenwood had organised the event pretty much single handed and what a brilliant job she had done! A number of the club were presented with their English championship medals – Linda Lord was the first up to pick up her trophy for coming first LV65, Linda also collected Wendy Dodds’ trophy for being first LV60 and her medal for 2nd LV55 (Wendy is out being Doctor for the Everest marathon so wasn’t able to attend). When it came to the men, Keiran Carr pick up his medal for being 3rd vet 65, again in the English Championships.
Alongside the championship presentations there was also the presentation for the Lakeland Classic series where Jean Brown picked up her mug for being 3rd lady and 2nd LV40. The evening seemed to be enjoyed by everyone – dancing to the band until the early hours!
Many thanks Marie!
Tour Of Pendle Results 2013
Results from this years race :-
Thank-you to all Marshals, Supporters, Organisers, Volunteers & Runners for making this another successful Tour of Pendle.
#TeamClayton Ladies at Liverpool XC
(L to R – Irene Roche, Rebecca Rawcliffe, Georgina Slater, Christine Leathley, Sarah Whittaker and Jean Kightley)
Team Clayton at The Tour Of Pendle 2013
What a cracking day with so many of Team Clayton there wearing the vest with Pride! Well done to all finishers in this epic race. Full galleries are available at the below links and results & reports will be available this week!
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Race Report Preston 10 mile
Sunday morning around 400 runners lined up for the 32nd Preston 10 mile 2 lap road race organised by Preston Harriers
Clayton team made up by Nick Gaskell, Steve Biscomb, Martin Brady, Ted Orell & Ron Chappell!
Nick being a new member to Clayton and running a few local 10k’s fancied a go at the 10 mile distance! Finishing in a time of 58.59 overall 10th and picking up 1st vets prize!
Since joining Clayton back in the summer I’ve stepped up to doing a mixture of hill and track training and feel this is helping me pace myself in the races! “ I was a bit nervous about running the 10 mile distance as I’ve only really focused on 10k’s / 5k’s coming mainly from an unattached ( non club runner) for years!!
Joining a running club was at first a difficult decision, but now a few months in, running in the Clayton colours as really helped me with my running, there’s lots of support on the social media sites from other members, other clubs and also the spectators at the races too!
Sum up!! going to finish a cracking 2013 off with a few x country’s a few 5k’s up at Cannonball, Longridge 7
2014!! Really looking forward to more races and running for Clayton also working on my times & focusing on the 10k distance!
I love running, it de-stresses me from a hard day’s work..!
The full results list can be found HERE
Nick 😉
Deputy Ladies’ Road & Trail Captain
Candice Heys, our Ladies’ Road and Trail Captain, is recovering following a successful knee operation, and expects that it will be some months before she can return to running and racing. To support Candice in her role, the committee has appointed Rebecca Rawcliffe as Deputy Ladies’ Road and Trail Captain. Rebecca joined Clayton in February this year and is a familiar face at John Roche’s Tuesday and Thursday training sessions. Candice and Rebecca will work together to ensure that our Ladies put up a good performance at the upcoming Witton Park Trail Relays on 2nd February, and also at the Northern Six Stage in Manchester on 15th March.
Jim Hickie, Club Chair