Juniors – Page 17 – Clayton-le-Moors Harriers

ByTom Brewster

Men’s 12 Stage Road Relay Champs – 15/03/2014

Clayton Harriers intend to enter a team (maybe two if there’s enough interest!) to the men’s 12 stage road relays on 15th March at Heaton Park in Manchester.

Stages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 are approx. 4.9 miles
Stages 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 are approx. 2.8 miles

Please can any fit and able runners of ANY ABILITY please contact Road Captain Tom Brewster to register your interest – there is also a minimum entry age of 17 years (as at 1st Sept 2013) so if there are any male juniors who fit the criteria and would like to run please get in contact.

Futher info on this event can be found here – http://www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk/Pages/Event.aspx?id=160&EventID=694

ByJason Pier

Junior Races 8th & 9th February

Two races for the juniors this coming weekend. First up on Saturday is the Mid Lancs Cross Country at Witton Park, Blackburn, BB2 2TP. Meeting point is in front of the pavilion. Any new members who haven’t run in the Mid Lancs XC League before please come and find me and I’ll arrange a race number for you.

Juniors please make sure you bring along to EVERY race the following items:

Club Vest, waterproof / windproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, hat/buff, gloves, trail / fell shoes or cross country running spikes.

Also remember to bring a drink (not fizzy), a banana or cereal bar with you to have around 30 mins before you race. It’s important that you are fully prepared before you race.

Please make sure you arrive 45 mins before your race starts.

MID LANCS DETAILS

Sunday’s race the Winter Warmer which again is at Witton Park, Blackburn is the first race of this years 3 seasons series. This race is run mainly on the trails within Witton Park so trail / fell shoes will be needed. You’ll need to arrive well before the start time of 10:00am to register and pay. Meeting point is again in front of the pavilion.

Club Vest, waterproof / windproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, hat/buff, gloves, trail / fell shoes.

Also remember to bring a drink (not fizzy), a banana or cereal bar with you to have around 30 mins before you race. It’s important that you are fully prepared before you race.

WINTER WARMER DETAILS

ByTom Brewster

Clayton Score Top 10 finishes at Witton Park Trail Relays!!

A muddy Captain Brewster on the ascent!

The Third running of the Witton Park Trail relay was held Sunday 2nd Feb, 63 teams from the local area turned out to contest the short but fast mixed-terrain event; Clayton Harriers had an impressive 40 runners present in the form of 10 teams: 5 men’s, 2 ladies/mixed and 3 Junior teams.

With most of the field having carried out a recce of the course to judge how muddy it was (Very muddy!) the leg 1 runners lined up ready for the 11am start with Seniors, vets and juniors all kicking off at the same time.

Fell climbing ace Spencer Riley gave the men’s A team a healthy start gaining 3rd place off the first leg, the position was maintained for the remaining three legs with strong runs from team-mates Matt Perry, Jonny McKenna and Chris Holdsworth to take 3rd place overall.

Captain Tom Brewster also got the men’s B team off to a good start coming home in 6th off the first leg, again the position was maintained by very consistent runs by Paul Shackleton, Nick Gaskell and Dave Motley allowing the team to snatch 6th place in the final standings.

The Senior men’s C team were lead off the line by Leon Passco, he handed over to the ever reliable Richard Briscoe who’s stirling effort was followed up by strong runs from Ryan Wilkinson and Dave Bagot to achieve 13st spot.

Not to be outdone by their senior counterparts the Clayton Juniors had a fantastic run out with the boys A team claiming 15th overall, Jordan McDonald coming in a mere 5 seconds and one place behind senior man Tom Brewster on leg 1 to give his team a boost in the standings, his performance was echoed with excellent runs from George Pier, Tom Bradley and Kenan Eti.

The Clayton men’s vets’ team were next in the standings, represented by Sean Clare, John Wilcock, “Coach” John Roche and Dom Car achieving an excellent 21st place.

Not far behind the Vets came the 4th senior team, securing 23rd place and consisting of Adam Shaw, Lee Passco, Matt Law and new-boy Tim Pigott.

Clayton Junior boys “B” team were once again hot on the heels of the senior men, scoring 28th place were young guns Curtis Holt, Alexander Townrow, Tom passco and Ryan Clarke.

The Clayton mixed team were next to complete the relay, Dave Hogan, Katy Thompson, Irene Roche and Paul Wale all enjoying excellent performances to net 44th place.

Next in the standings were the Clayton all-Ladies team of Vice-captain Rebecca Rawcliffe, Jean Knightly, Tanya Ashworth and Georgina Slater, recording an impressive 56th place and finishing 4th out of 6 all-women teams.

Last but by no means least to get a mention are the Clayton Junior Girls, missing a runner on their final leg did nothing to deter Clayton’s rising stars as Eleanor Root, Beth Quinn and Alice Pier all posted times to challenge their senior peers and finish 61st overall.

A massive thanks from the team captains to all runners who represented, as a club we had a fantastic day and it was very encouraging to see so many keen runners turning out so enthusiastically to run for their club – your captains are very proud and we hope to improve on yesterdays performances in the Summer relay!

Full results: http://www.ukresults.net/2014/wittrelayfeb.html
Event Pics: http://www.runningpix.co.uk/XCTrailpics/WittonParkRelay1408D/index.html

ByPeter Booth

February Newsletter

You can now access the Feb ‘Harrier’ here. This month we feature Richard ‘Bomber’ Bellaries’ exploits on Pendle, a report on the Barrow XC fixture and details of this year’s club championship races, as well as all the usual Run of the Month competitions, fixtures, training and results.

ByDave Motley

Welcome Tavern 10k 2014

A wet & windy Sunday morning so Clayton out in force at the Welcome Tavern 10k this weekend. There were some fantastic performances most notabily from our junior section with Kenan Eti, George Pier & Jordan Mcdonald posting good times in there 1st ever 10ks. I’m sure there is more to come from this trio in the future and they’ll be sub 40 soon.

Clayton Results –

27 – 00:40:10 – Eti Kenan
38 – 00:41:26 – Biscomb Stephen
64 – 00:43:44 – Pier George
82 – 00:45:11 – McDonald Jordan
83 – 00:45:12 – Pier Jason
87 – 00:45:27 – Marsh Derrick
98 – 00:46:19 – Clarkson Alan
201 – 00:53:55 – Kershaw Jackie

Full results are here

ByJason Pier

Stanbury Splash – Junior Results

A handful of juniors took to the fells on Sunday 19th January to take part in the Stanbury Splash Junior Quarry Runs, held at Penistone Hill Country Park, Haworth. Christopher Brown was once again in fine form finishing 1st U10 boy and beating many, much older runners. Briony Holt continues to impress in the U12 girls taking 1st place. Molly Hesketh with a solid run finished 14th U12 girl. Curtis Holt and Beth Quinn both performed well in the U16 race, with Curtis 8th boy and Beth 10th girl.

Well done to ALL of you.

RESULTS

ByJason Pier

Witton Park Trail Relays – 2nd Feb.

The Witton Park Trail Relay is being held on Sunday 2nd February at Witton Park, Blackburn. PLEASE NOTE there’s a minimum age on the day of the race of 12 years old. If any JUNIORS wish to compete in a team of four then let me know NO LATER than 25th January. I will choose teams on a first come first served basis so let me know as soon as possible. JUNIORS it’s free to race as once again YOUR club will pay for you to race. Click on the link below for all the details.

DETAILS

ByPeter Booth

January Newsletter

A little belatedly, the January Newsletter can be found here. It has details of the Club Celebration and Awards’ Evening on 1st February, 2014 Club Championship races, English and British Fell Championship counters, and a New Year’s message from the President, plus all the usual features, recent results and fixtures for January and February.

ByJason Pier

Mid Lancs Cross Country – Barrow- 11th January

The next race in the Mid Lancs XC league takes place this Saturday 11th January at Thorncliffe, Barrow-in-Furness. This is a venue I’ve never been to before so I’m unable to give you any details of what the course is likely to be. Please be prepared for all conditions, so make sure you take a selection of footwear with you. I won’t be making the trip on Saturday. If you arrive and find you’ve forgotten to take your Mid Lancs race number with you don’t worry. If you pop along to the Mid Lancs registration tent you’ll find two Ladies, Dawn and Val. Explain to them that you’ve forgotten your number and they’ll sort you out with a replacement free of charge.

Juniors please make sure you bring along to EVERY race the following items:

Club Vest, waterproof / windproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, hat/buff, gloves, trail / fell shoes or cross country running spikes.

Also remember to bring a drink (not fizzy), a banana or cereal bar with you to have around 30 mins before you race. It’s important that you are fully prepared before you race.

Please make sure you arrive 45 mins before your race starts.

Good luck to everyone.

DIRECTIONS COURSE MAP

ByJim Hickie

Lancs XC Champs Report

Well what a good turnout it was last weekend at Witton Park for Team Clayton. It was nice to see so many orange and white vests at as always a very well organized event by Blackburn Harriers.

Let’s start by mentioning some of the performances at the weekend from the Juniors up …..

Isaac Wilkinson took 14^th place in the Under 11 boys. Millie Stubbs 11^th place, Roanna Holdsworth 26^th place, and Grace Root 41^st place in the Under 11 Girls.

The Under 13 boys: Thomas Bradley, Adam Quinn, Daniel Bradley, Zac Jordan. Claiming 4^th team overall.

Briony Holt, Eleanor Root, Karina Rycktnsca, and Alice Gane for 6^th team in the under 13 girls. Kenan Eti, Alexander Townrow, Ryan Clarke, Curtis Holt… for 4th overall under 15 boys.

In the under 15 girls, Alice Pier was 21^st. In the under 17 men George Pier was 23^rd, and Jordan McDonald was 24^th. In the Under 17 Women, Bethany Quinn was 13^th.

Jean Brown, Angela Shian and Vicky Heys for bronze in the Ladies vets .

Spencer Riley, Stuart Fogg, Nick Gaskell, Garry Wilkinson, Colin Shuttleworth and Brian Horrocks for 4^th overall men’s team.

Garry Wilkinson, Nick Gaskell, Colin Shuttleworth…for bronze overall in the men’s vets team. Colin Shuttleworth and our President Dave Scott took top podium position for 1^st V55 and 1^st V70 respectively. Team Clayton also won the Senior Men’s Plate.

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