Happy New Year! The latest edition of The Harrier is now available here. Click on the link to see a new year’s message from El P, more comment and reaction to the Tour of Pendle, as well as all the usual features, fixtures and results. January Newsletter 2015
December Newsletter
December Newsletter 2014 Here is the latest of The Harrier, complete with a report on the Tour of Pendle by yours truly, plus all the usual features. Most important: a plea for help with junior training sessions. Please volunteer if you can – they’re the future!
Dave Motley leads Christopher Holdsworth at the 2014 Tour of Pendle. Photo Copyright Andy Holden
November Newsletter
This month’s Harrier contains all the usual features, training details, fixtures and results. There are also reports on the British Hill and Fell Relays, held recently near Kirby Lonsdale and the British Masters cross country relays in Derby, where Clayton teams enjoyed great success.November Newsletter 2014
October Newsletter
The October Harrier is here with two Runs of the Month (or should that be Run of the Months?), two months of results & a double dose of Covering Old Ground. Details of the new committee and results of the track 5K are in, along with Winter Training venues. Thanks to Katy T, there are all the fixtures up to the end of the year, including details of the Red Rose and Mid Lancs Cross Country Leagues. There is also an account of Katy’s Joss Naylor Challenge. All the info a club member needs! October Newsletter 2014 
Thieveley Pike Fell Race Results
Report
140 runners, including 6 juniors, set off from Cliviger on a warm, cloudy morning. Mercia’s Simon Bailey led the procession out of the start field – a lead he was never to relinquish. After just under 31 minutes of racing, Simon crossed the finish line with more than 2 minutes in hand over Calder Valley’s Alex Whittem, runner up for the second year in succession. Simon’s winning time, 30.56 was only 12 seconds shy of the course record (set by Rob Hope in 2006 when the race was an English Championship counter and Rob was pushed all the way) – a superb performance, 10 years after his first victory at Thieveley. Ian Conroy (Horwich) took third place ahead of another previous winner, Todmorden’s Andrew Wrench. Jordan McDonald (Clayton) showed great potential to finish in 6th place, first MU18.
Equally impressive was Lindsay Brindle’s 10th place overall to win the ladies’ race by 4 minutes from Honor Thompson (Skelmersdale Border H), with Horwich team mate, Suzanne Budgett in third position. Along with Sandra Kelly (5th lady), Lindsey and Suzanne took the ladies’ team prize for Horwich, while the Clayton men just pipped Horwich in the men’s team competition.
27 Clayton members took part in the senior race – some attempting their first fell race – and another 11 in the juniors. It was great to see the smiles, support and encouragement being given to all, around the course and at the finish. As well as Jordan’s great run, Vicki Heys (F40) and Linda Lord (F65) won their age categories, as did juniors Curtis Holt (BU16), Thomas Bradley (BU14), Eleanor Root (GU14), Natasha Olszewska (GU12), Ella Dorrington (GU10) and Milly MacCabe (GU8).
At the prize giving there was a special mention (and a bottle of wine) for Clayton’s Dug McCallum to mark the fact that Thieveley had been Dug’s first fell race – fifty years ago! Well done Dug. I wonder if any of today’s ‘first-timers’ will still be competing 50 years on.
Well done also to the team of Clayton members who volunteered to help with registration, time-keeping and marshalling. The race organiser is only as good as the support he receives. My Sunday check of the course revealed no tape – or litter!
Thanks to all.
Pete
August Newsletter
The brand new edition of the Harrier is here! On time! Follow the link to catch up on loads of recent results for junior and seniors. There’s a report from Mike Wallis about the Saunders Mountain Marathon and an update on the Summer Series. Not forgetting all the usual features: Run of the Month, Covering Old Ground, Milestones & Training info.
Ring 18th September in your diary – it’s the club AGM & 5000 metre track race – details on p4. August Newsletter 2014
July Newsletter
The July Harrier is here – sorry for the late arrival; I’ve been a bit busy! The Newsletter includes El P’s report on the Boulder 10K, Tom Brewster’s on Hendon Brook Half Marathon and mine about my Challenge, as well as the usual features, fixtures and a bumper list of results. July Newsletter 2014
June Newsletter
Here’s another 40 page bumper edition which contains a reports on the Calderdale Way Relay and the Fellsman ultra fell run, as well as how Linda Lord celebrated her 65th year. (Clue: she didn’t put her feet up!) With all the usual features, fixtures and results, just click the link and it’s all yours!
May Newsletter
Here is the link to the latest newsletter. This month’s edition has (most of) the answers to April’s picture quiz, along with another photograph of Clayton members of yesteryear – so old that even Don Barton & El P will struggle to remember them! On a more serious note there is an obituary for Harry Hartley and fond memories of Walt Wilkinson who died 15 years ago. Plus race reports, results, fixtures & news. May Newsletter 2014
April Newsletter
In this month’s Harrier Katy Thompson looks back to a traumatic period twenty years ago. Katy has also sent a photograph from 1989. See how many members you can identify 25 years on. On a more up-to-date note, the new club race vest is unveiled, along with venues for summer training and details of the 2014 summer series. Plus…. all the usual results, fixtures and features. Enjoy! April Newsletter 2014