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Raindrops keep falling

Storm Abigail did her best but it wasn’t enough to deter our hardy Harriers. You have been on the roads, fells and parks as always giving it your all. An international flavour again this week with Clayton Harriers popping up at parkrun in New Zealand and the Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon in Las Vegas.

Club News and Announcements

VLM London Marathon – the draw

The draw has been done (overseen by Clayton member Stuart Proctor). The successful applicants are Stephanie Hawke, Lynsey Birtwistle and Richard Briscoe. Congratulations to the three of you – let the training begin!

Lee Mill Fell Relays

There is a Lee Mill Relay recce run this Sunday at 9am from Stubbylee Hall, OL13 0DE
This is with Richard Stott organiser of the relay, open to all and suitable for all abilities.

Juniors at Large

Congratulations to Ellie Root in the ESAA Cross Country Cup regional finals in Stockton on Tees on Sat 7^th November. She ran in the inter girls (year 9/10) and was 3rd counter in her team, in 20th place. The team have qualified for the finals in Bedford on 5th December.

Ellie Root (no 47) at the ESAA Cross Country Regional Finals

Well done also to Dexta and Liberty Thompson who ran in the U11 boys and U13 girls races of the West Yorkshire League in Keighley on Saturday 14^th November. They both ran well but are listed as guest runners and not counted in the places. By my reckoning, Dexta was in equal 5^th place and Liberty was in 36^th. Well done both of you!

Dexta Thompson at the West Yorkshire Cross Country League fixture in Keighley. Photo by Woodentops

Thursday 12 November

Todmorden 5k

On a somewhat soggy night, 7 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers made the trip to Todmorden for the first of the winter 5k series. Dan Balshaw finished in 2^nd place and together with Matthew Duckworth and Garry Wilkinson was part of the 1^st place mens team running for the “Running4CF” charity.

Dan Balshaw at the Todmorden 5k Winter Series. Photo by Bryn Barnes

There were some great runs in what Paul Walsh described as “biblical” weather conditions so well done to all.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
2	Daniel Balshaw	M	17:43
5	Matthew Duckworth	M	18:49
8	Garry Wilkinson	MV50	19:33
13	Kevin Davies	MV50	20:18
44	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	25:04
45	Elouise Sylkie Pemberton	W	25:05
48	Paul Laurence Walsh	MV60	26:12

Full Results

Dunnerdale Fell Race

Dunnerdale is a classic short race round the tiny but rugged fells between the Lickle and the Duddon valleys. The scenery is superb, the course is tough and varied, you get a pie and there’s a very nice pub at the finish.

Wendy Dodds at the Dunnerdale Fell Race. Photo by Granddayout Photography

No results as yet but I have spotted Peter Browning and Wendy Dodds on the race photos.

Awaiting Results

RunFurther AGM & Presentation

The RunFurther AGM and presentation was held in the Pendle Inn at Barley after the Tour of Pendle. With a 4th overall and 1st Vet 50 for Martin plus a 6th place for our team (Martin Terry, Andy Armstrong and Nick Olszewski) we are definitely making our presence felt in the ultra scene.

Martin Terry, 1st V50 Male at the RunFurther Championships Presentation.

The Runfurther race series is an annual championship based round 12 off-road Ultra running races in the UK. They don’t organise the races, just the tournament scoring. You can join in for free (although you’ll have to pay to enter the races of course). The races change from year to year, but there are usually a number of old favourites in the series, and they try to stick to lower-cost races as far as is practical.

Nick Olszewski and yours truly, happy winners of spot prizes at the RunFurther presentation night.

The 2016 Runfurther Ultra Championship races are listed below. Some of the races are already open for entries, so don’t wait until it’s too late!

Date	Event	Location	Miles	Cat
Sat 12 March	Haworth Hobble	W Yorkshire Pennines	32	S
Sat 9 April	Calderdale Hike	W Yorkshire Pennines	37	M
Sat 16 April	The Fellsman	Yorkshire Dales	62	L
Sun 15 May	Marlborough Downs Challenge	N Wiltshire	33	S
Sun 5 June	Northants Ultra	Northamptonshire	35	S
Sat 18 June	Pennine 39	North Pennines	39	M
Sat 16 July	St Cuthbert’s Way Ultra	Northumberland/Borders	62	L
Sat 6 August	Long Tour of Bradwell	Peak District	33	S
Sat 10 September	Clif Bar 10 Peaks Brecon Beacons	South Wales	55	L
Sat 17 September	High Peak 40	Peak District	40	M
Sat 15 October	Round Rotherham 50	South Yorkshire	50	L
Sat 12 November	Warrington Way Ultra	Cheshire	40	M

The Tinto Hill Race (7Km, 460m)

Report By Robin Nicolson

It was a bit of a pilgrimage (of sorts). When I was at University (studying Statistics) I undertook a research project on fell running! The purpose was to use statistical techniques to create a formula to predict times for fell races. Well as part of my research I went, with the then chairman of the Scottish Hill Runners Association (SHRA) – Alan Farningham, to observe the race scene. The race I went to observe was the Tinto Hill Race. Alan actually finished 5th (32:26 – running for Gala).

Registration is at Symington Village Hall (a 10 min drive to the start) – so early registration is advised to get a “good parking” spot. The village itself is only 15 mins from M6 – which makes it relatively accessible for us “southern” runners! The SHRA hold their AGM in the village hall at the conclusion of the prize giving – that might be the reason for the fairly large field, 244 this year.

From my previous visit (11th November 1989) – I can only recall a line of pylons and a hill in the distance. This time, with the benefit of what such a race entails, I was able to recce the first part of the climb, before the start. I have run the whole route in the summer – different conditions from race day. The route is a straightforward “up and back” following the main walkers path to the summit. The path is fairly eroded, similar in many ways to the main path up Pendle from the nick, but climbing from the start. However after ½ mile there was a “kissing gate”, yes there was choice of routes (flagged) but Scottish racing rules must be different – everybody went over the barbed wire fence! The first climb (to just under Totherin Hill – 479m) was very reasonable, we contoured under the “top” and followed a routine of plateau, climb, plateau and a final push to the summit (707m). Anticlockwise around a boulder strewn peak before taking the fast descent to the finish, following the same route.

After a forecast of wind and rain it was a relief to arrive at the foot of Tinto hill to cold (6°C) but dry weather. The top of the hill was shrouded in cloud and when we reached the summit there was a wee bit of snow just to make things more interesting (a couple of inches)! Overall conditions were great. On a personal note, I did not climb well but was more than happy with my descent; nobody went past me (and no I was not last at the top)!

I would thoroughly recommend this race to those wanting a great short winter race with character. I had a good number of conversations with “friends not yet met” (WB Yeats) and I will be returning in the future.

Race description on Scottish Hill Racing Website “A social afternoon with tea, soup and beer afterwards at Symington Sports Club”.

P. S.I note here some observations for race organisers (that I have not come across before).

Full body cover was required, as well as map, compass etc. Rather than having to queue to have this checked 10 mins before the start (or at registration – when all your gear is still in your car!); you took your “kit” to the start line to confirm you “had everything” and your race number was signed! Allowing you to proceed with your warm-up. The allowed for a smoother start to some FRA races. However, there was no counting to the number at the start line – a whole debate in itself.

Tour Of Pendle

With a weather forecast full of doom, gloom and Storm Abigail set to batter us, the organisers took the difficult decision to switch to a bad weather route. The response was a mixture of relief from some and disappointment from others. In the event, the really foul weather waited until later in the day. A tough call but the right one by the organisers.

Race organisers and marshalls at the Tour of Pendle Race.

422 hardy fell runners lined up to tackle what is still a pretty tough 13/14 mile course albeit with a mere 3000ft of climb, the last couple of killer climbs being bypassed on the bad weather route. Still a hard challenge in anyone’s book. 409 crossed the finish line.

Chris Holdsworth at the Tour of Pendle. Photo by David Belshaw

Chris Holdsworth had a phenomenal run in a brand spanking new pair of shoes and finished in 2^nd place. After last year’s event he’d had a bone to pick with this race and has certainly put in the training to tackle it. A great result for Chris ( new shoes not quite so pretty at the end, however!)

Clayton Ladies, Vicky Heys, Angela Shian and Jean Brown with Angela Hartley at the Tour of Pendle

Clayton Ladies Angela Shian, Vicky Heys and Jean Brown with Julia Hartley at the Tour of Pendle

24 Clayton Harriers were registered to race and we are awaiting results.

Chris Funnell and Dominic Carr looking far to chipper after completing the Tour of Pendle.

Awaiting Full Results

Sunday 16 November

Abbey Dash 10K

David Bagot and Vicky Heys were among thousands of runners taking part in the Age UK Abbey Dash 10K race from the centre of Leeds to Kirstall Abbey and back.

Pos	Name	Category	Time
334	David Bagot	MSEN	00:35:44
2477	Vicky Heys	F45	00:47:54

Full Results

Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon – Las Vegas

Well done Nikky Kay who ran in the Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon in Las Vegas over the weekend which she described as the best of times and the worst of times. The first half went well but the second half was a bit more troublesome as a result of a troublesome knee. Our Nikki, didn’t let that stop her though and finished in a time of 5:26:04

Nikki Kay with her finishers medal from the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon

Great grit and determination!

Full Results

Preston 10 Mile Road Race

A quartet of Harriers took to the roads around Hutton for this 10 mile road race. Kevin Davies was the first Clayton male finisher in 52^nd place overall and in a time of 01:05:25. Fabienne Richmond was our first lady in 117^th place overall and with a time of 01:10:17. They were joined by fellow clubmates Ted Orrell and Clare Wilson who finished in 01:28:47 and 01:35:06 respectively.

Pos	Name	Category	Time
52	Kevin Davies	MV50	01:05:25
117	Fabienne Richmond	F	01:10:17
300	Ted Orrell	MV75	01:28:47
354	Clare Wilson	FV35	01:35:06

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 185 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Richard STEVENSON	18:27	VM40-44
3	Jacob WATSON	18:33	SM30-34
6	Chris SNELL	19:31	VM35-39
10	Michael CLARKE	20:06	VM40-44
13	Jonathan CLEAVER	20:30	VM35-39
15	Simon WILSHAW	20:57	JM15-17
17	James BOULT	21:09	SM20-24	New PB!
19	Helena LEATHLEY	21:20	SW20-24
25	Adam STEVENSON	21:52	JM11-14
29	Andy QUINN	22:11	VM40-44
35	Amanda DUFFY	22:34	VW35-39	New PB!
37	Sophie ASHWORTH	22:43	JW11-14
43	Lennon JACKSON	23:27	JM11-14
55	Julie DAWES	24:10	VW45-49
56	Ian HARGREAVES	24:14	VM50-54
63	Katy THOMPSON	24:39	VW60-64
74	George THOMPSON	25:08	VM65-69
77	Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON	25:33	SW25-29
82	Beth QUINN	26:01	JW15-17
89	Annabel WILCOCK	26:26	JW11-14
90	John WILCOCK	26:27	VM50-54
102	Richard LAWSON	27:26	VM75-79
106	Aaron LUNDIE	27:46	JM11-14
111	Heidi KEWIN	28:23	JW11-14
140	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	31:17	VW65-69
148	Christine LEATHLEY	32:09	VW65-69
152	Judith CAREY	32:30	VW35-39
153	Carl CAREY	32:31	VM45-49
159	Rachel STEVENSON	34:28	JW10
169	Valerie LAWSON	35:51	VW70-74
176	Donna SCOTT	37:10	VW50-54
177	Diane ORRELL	39:03	SW30-34

Cheltenham parkrun – A total of 290 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
13	Alex CRAN	19:59	VM40-44	New PB!

Cornwall parkrun – A total of 212 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
32	Alan LIFE	21:23	VM50-54	First Timer!
106	Carol LIFE	27:22	VW50-54	First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 71 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
64	Robin PRICE	34:34	VM70-74

Keswick parkrun – A total of 95 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
64	Eileen JONES	30:17	VW60-64

Marple parkrun – A total of 107 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
101	Ron HILL	34:47	VM75-79

Pendle parkrun – A total of 60 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
3	John HARTLEY	20:53	VM55-59

Preston parkrun – A total of 188 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
6	Matthew DUCKWORTH	18:31	SM25-29	First Timer!

Salisbury parkrun – A total of 172 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
5	Colin SHUTTLEWORTH	19:27	VM55-59	First Timer!

Skipton parkrun – A total of 98 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Tom BREWSTER	17:28	SM25-29
12	Roger James BREWSTER	21:56	VM55-59
24	Barry MITCHELL	23:16	VM70-74

Witton parkrun – A total of 114 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Garry R WILKINSON	19:56	VM50-54
11	Nick COLLINSON	21:57	JM15-17

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Skylines, windmills and lots of mud

Mud, mud, mud and more mud. It’s been a bit of a dirty weekend for our hardy Harriers! A little bit of wind and rain doesn’t really get in the way of such a tough bunch. You’ve been ploughing through cross country, up and down fell and along blustery promenades with gusto this week. There’s even been a bit of cyclocross as well.

Club News and Announcements

Lee Mill Fell Relays – sign ups

This relay event, on Sunday 29^th November, is set in the Lee Mill Quarry site. 10km / 6.2m & Climb: 340m / 1115ft. Teams of four runners. All four runners will run individual over a 10k flagged course.

The club is entering teams and are looking for names, please contact your captain ASAP if you would like to run.

Dave Motley 07810 895862

Kath Brady 07899722922, kabrady64@hotmail.com

This is a hard and demanding route, possibly run in wintery conditions. Full kit including full waterproof bodycover, hat, gloves, compass and whistle must be carried. Stringent kit check will be made to all competitors. A map of the course will be provided on registering.

Weekly Roundup – Assistant Editor required!

If you’re one of the around 400+ people who view our website news roundup each week and want to help ensure its continued publication then this is the job for you! Our Media Manager, Adrienne Olszewska, does a fantastic job producing the weekly roundups but is not able to produce the roundups all 52 weeks of the year ( because I do like to go on holiday occasionally !).So, the club is looking for a Website News Editor to produce the weekly roundup approximately once a month. Good writing and IT skills are needed for this important role. You’ll also need to be able to commit to finding around four hours to produce each roundup so that publication is normally on Monday.

We need more help to make our club even better. If you think you could be our Website News Editor then please get in touch with Jim Hickie or Adrienne Olszewska.

Saturday 7 November

Cheshire 10K

John Hartley was our sole competitor in this popular 10K race. He finished in 60^th place with a time of 37:54 and was 2^nd V55 finisher on a wet and windy race around the flat and rural roads of Antrobus. 1116 runners took part.

John Hartley at the Chester 10K

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
60	John Hartley	M55	37:54

Full Results

Podium 5K

Well done to Laura Hesketh who took part in this fast 5k organised by Chris Barnes. She was the first lady in the race with a time of 18:17 in what look like pretty grim conditions!

Laura Hesketh at the Podium 5k . Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
22	Laura Hesketh	F	18:17

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Hyndburn

Mud, mud, glorious mud! After what seemed like a never-ending downpour the rain sort of stopped and one thing was for certain; there would be mud. Lots and lots of it! There’s a slightly evil start to the race that involves contouring round an incline and the U11 boys who started first ended up with half the field sliding down the hill! So depending on your attitude to the black stuff it was either a heavenly course or something not so nice.

U11 Boys

Team Position 1^st ( D Thompson | J Bentham | F Stubbs )

Finlay Stubbs and Jenson Bentham. Photo by David Belshaw

A great run from Dexta Thompson who battled through to first place. Jenson Bentham also put in a strong performance to finish in fifth. Finlay Stubbs made up the final counter in the team and William Nicholls, Matthew Jackson and Joshua McKay all ran well on a tough course.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Dexta Thompson	7:40
5	Jenson Bentham	8:31
13	Finlay Stubbs	8:54
33	William Nicholls	9:34
34	Matthew Jackson	9:38
45	Joshua McKay	10:10

U11 Girls

Team Position 8^th ( E Dorrington | H White | I Ferguson )

U11 Girls team already a bit mucky at the start of the race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Ella Dorrington was our first U11 girl battling through the muddy course to finish in 4^th place. Helana White and Imogen Ferguson were also team counters. All of our girls looked to be at ease on this quagmire of a course despite the loss of a shoe at times. Well done!

Pos	Name	Time
4	Ella Dorrington	8:39
22	Helana White	9:38
55	Imogen Ferguson	10:42
76	Kady Thompson	11:27
80	Rachel Stevenson	12:01
93	Tillie Ferguson	13:10
96	Millie Maccabe	14:15

U13 Boys

Team Position 7^th ( J McKay | A Stevenson | L Jackson )

Jackson McKay in the U13 boys race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Jackson McKay was our first finisher in 5^th place. Adam Stevenson and Lennon Jackson both performed strongly as the course started to become particularly boggy.

Pos	Name	Time
5	Jackson McKay	10:09
34	Adam Stevenson	11:44
35	Lennon Jackson	11:49

U13 Girls

Team Position 3^rd ( M Stubbs | L Thompson | C Bentham )

U13 Girls ready to race at the Red Rose Hyndburn fixture. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

A fine run from Millie Stubbs earned her a 4^th place finish. Liberty Thompson also had a good run despite a dodgy knee to finish in 15^th place. Claudia Bentham made up the team counters. Some determined performances followed from their team mates through mud that was now ankle deep in places.

Pos	Name	Time
4	Millie Stubbs	11:04
15	Liberty Thompson	11:56
30	Claudia Bentham	12:55
34	Natasha Olszewska	13:11
54	Heidi Kewin	14:42
64	Bronia Olszewska	16:32

U15 Boys

Thomas Bradley was our only competitor in this age category, finishing in 14^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
14	Thomas Bradley	17:30

U15 Girls

Running solo today was no deterrent for Briony Holt who had a storming run finishing in 2^nd place.

Pos	Name	Time
2	Briony Holt	17:33

U17 Men

Curtis Holt and Simon Wilshaw were running in this category. 5^th place for Curtis and 10^th for Simon.

Pos	Name	Time
5	Curtis Holt	20:25
10	Simon Wilshaw	22:10

U17 Women

Another solo runner, Alice finished in 10^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
10	Alice Pier	24:26

U20 Women

Bethany Quinn was our sole competitor in this age category and finished in 7^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
7	Bethany Quinn	26:37

Ladies

Team Positions

Team 7^th ( H Leathley | O O’Mahony | A Shian )

Vets Team 8^th (A Shian | V Heys | I Roche )

Clayton Ladies, Donna Airey, Orlaith O’Mahony and Julia Rushton, all shiny and clean before the ladies race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Well done to our ladies for giving their all on very tough and muddy course. Helena Leathley was our first lady finisher and was 7^th overall in a time of 21:59. Orlaith O’Mahony also finished strongly in 25:10. Third counter was Angela Shian. Some gutsy running from the Clayton Ladies on show today.

Helena Leathley, first Clayton finisher in the ladies race at the Red Rose Cross Country Hyndburn fixture. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
7	Helena Leathley	L	21:59
39	Orlaith O’Mahony	L	25:10
42	Angela Shian	L35	25:28
46	Vicky Heys	L40	25:43
54	Irene Roche	L55	26:12
60	Bethany Quinn	U20	26:37
67	Donna Airey	L	26:57
75	Julia Rushton	L50	27:47
85	Julie Dawes	L45	28:34
99	Joanne Motley	L	30:13
122	Karin Goss	L65	33:28
133	Elouise Pemberton	L	37:17
135	Susan Allen	L55	37:32
138	Christine Leathley	L65	39:45

Men

Team Positions

Vets Tea 3^rd (R Stevenson | C Helliwell | M Aspinall | A Orr)

Deep discussion at the cross country. Photo by Alan McDonald

Great finish for Jordan McDonald who was 6^th overall in the mens race. Some great performances from our hardy male runners on an extremely churned up and muddy course.

Richard Stevenson with Carl Helliwell following. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
6	Jordan McDonald	U20	38:26
28	Tom Brewster	M	40:50
32	George Pier	U20	41:40
35	Richard Stevenson	M40	42:02
36	Carl Helliwell	M40	42:04
43	David Motley	M	42:37
56	Mark Aspinal	M55	43:42
62	Andrew Orr	M45	44:20
63	Chris Snell	M	44:21
75	Alan Dorrington	M45	45:56
95	Gareth Berry	M	47:42
105	Michael Clarke	M40	48:22
137	John Wilcock	M50	51:45
142	Andy Quinn	M40	52:33
158	James Hickie	M55	53:37
167	Stephen Green	M60	54:09
168	David McMullan	M45	54:09
199	Douglas Munroe	M65	1:06:20
203	Philip Thornber	M60	1:12:56

Full Results

Shepherds Skyline

Described 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. 232 runners completed the course. Eighteen Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this race which was also the final race of the current club fell championship.

Chris Holdsworth at the Shepherds Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Christopher Holdsworth was our first Clayton runner finishing in 3^rd place overall. Garry Wilkinson was 1^st V50 finisher and Katy Thompson was 1^st L60 finisher.

Rachel Todd and Stephen Fish at the Shepherds Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Christopher Holdsworth	M	43:18
16	Breton Holdsworth	M40	48:53
35	Garry Wilkinson	M50	52:05
64	Ivan Whigham	M50	56:50
85	Sean Clare	M50	58:52
99	Darren Rushton	M45	60:44
105	Mark Nutter	M50	61:17
125	Peter Browning	M55	63:45
134	Alison Dugdale	F45	65:07
138	Martin Brady	M50	65:36
140	Peter Dugdale	M55	65:51
143	Andrew Firth	M55	66:19
181	Stephen Fish	M60	72:11
182	Rachel Todd	F40	72:23
191	Katy Thompson	F60	73:41
198	Jude Ashworth	F55	75:46
204	Richard Briscoe	M	76:02
209	Martin O’Rourke	M55	76:49

Full Results

Sunday 8 November

Ilkley Cyclocross

Report from Andrew Armstrong

The mud arrived.

The world of Cyclocross has been waiting for the mud ever since the season started and, finally, this weekend delivered it in lumps. Great big sticky lumps that bind together with grass and leaves, that render expensive bikes near useless and gets everywhere. The kind of mud that takes days to clean off the bike

Paul Hesketh, left, 3rd place in the Ilkley Cyclocross

Ilkley Cross is a low key club run event that combines most of the best bits of Cross in a compact course at the Ilkley Lido. It has fast sweeping sections, tight technical hairpins, treacherously boggy climbs and steep descents between the trees into gloop filled bomb holes. What’s not to like!

Two Harriers made the trip to Ilkley. Paul Hesketh had a score to settle; having failed to finish two races due to mechanical problems he openly admitted to having ‘spat the dummy’ at his last race and thrown his bike in the hedge. He had better luck this time and claimed a podium position with his third place Vet finish. I came significantly further down the field and looked a lot filthier, thanks to a ‘technical sit-down’ on one of the off camber hairpins. We also managed to dodge the rain, which started after the presentation had finished.

All in all; a successful weekend; with plenty more muddy fixtures to look forward to!

Paul Hesketh was third overall and third vet, Andrew Armstrong was 12th, field of 47.

Wadsworth Half Trog

A local classic taking in all the best terrain of the full Trog, without the full distance. Plenty of varied tough terrain. And perhaps a bit of mud! Jeffrey Pickup and Richard Bellaries took part in this 9.3 mile race with 1400ft of climb.

Richard Bellaries at the Wadsworth Half Trog. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
30	Jeffrey Pickup	M60	1:39:07
44	Richard Bellaries	M60	1:46:04

Full Results

Windmill 10K

Amanda Duffy reports

Amanda Duffy at the Windmill 10k

We arrived at Lytham green on not the best of days to be racing. Still abit of wind and rain won’t put us runners off! As it was Remembrance Sunday we had a 2 minute silence and then the race was off. It was a slightly different route than last year which took us off the green and on the road down towards Fairhaven Lake, we ran a lap around the lake and back on to the sea front only to be hit by very strong winds! It was a battle back down towards the windmill to finish back on Lytham green. Overall an excellent race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
18	Alex Cran	MV40	40:26.7
68	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	46:06.0
74	Amanda Duffy	LV35	46:39.6
117	Lee Moore	M	49:11.2
189	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	52:15.4

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

The foul weather didn’t put too many of our hardy Harriers off on Saturday morning with a pretty good turnout all things considered. The exception being Bianca Bennett who continues her tour of Australian parkruns by taking part in the St Peters parkrun in Sydney where the weather was considerably better than here in blighty!

Bianca Bennett enjoying much nicer weather than Burnley at the St Peters, Sydney parkrun.

Bit of a contrast! Not such nice weather in Burnley. A rather soggy Martin Brady.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 214 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Jonathan PYE	18:57	SM25-29
4	Phil HALL	19:19	VM50-54	First Timer!
12	Paul WALE	21:43	VM45-49
18	Nick COLLINSON	22:03	JM15-17
30	Donna RILEY	22:57	VW50-54
35	Reece Adam LAWRENCE	23:11	JM15-17
36	Martin BRADY	23:16	VM50-54
60	Julie DAWES	24:49	VW45-49
74	Annabel WILCOCK	26:11	JW11-14
75	John WILCOCK	26:12	VM50-54
100	Donna SCOTT	27:26	VW50-54
103	Aaron LUNDIE	27:33	JM11-14
121	Robert HIRST	28:48	VM65-69
150	Sophie ASHWORTH	30:40	JW11-14
187	Valerie LAWSON	35:49	VW70-74

Cuerden Valley parkrun – A total of 126 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
49	Katy THOMPSON	27:33	VW60-64	First Timer!
52	George THOMPSON	27:56	VM65-69	First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 66 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
62	Robin PRICE	37:28	VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 95 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
33	Wendy DODDS	23:59	VW60-64

Keswick parkrun – A total of 108 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
75	Eileen JONES	29:54	VW60-64	New PB!

St Peters parkrun – A total of 311 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
138	Bianca BENNETT	25:48	SW25-29	First Timer!

ByPeter Booth

November Newsletter

This month’s Harrier is a relay, relay, relay good edition. It has reports on the Northern and National Road Relays, the Hodgson Brothers Fell Relay and the British Athletics Hill & Fell Running Relay, organised by Clayton at Barley last month. It also contains all the usual features, results & fixtures for the next 2 months. November Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Spooky shenanigans, speakers and summits

What a spooktacular weekend it was! Lots of fun was had dressing up and racing at the Hurstwood relays helping to raise money for the victims of the Nepal Disaster earlier this year. As well as road racing, fell racing and some far-flung parkrun tourism as always you are a busy bunch.

Club News and Announcements

VLM Entries

London Marathon 2016 club places update – we have received confirmation that the club has been allocated 3 places for this year’s VLM. Club Secretary John Wilcock is planning on doing the draw on the 14th November so there is still time to apply for a place. If you’ve been rejected in the public ballot and wish to go into our draw, please send your rejection letter to John before the 14th.

Guest Speaker Evening

Social Secretary, Marie Greenwood

A big thank you to Denise Park for a wonderful evening. Informative, educational, entertaining (even a bit of Disney thrown in for good measure) what more could we ask for. Plenty of food for thought for our Clayton runners I think – there were quite a lot of ‘oops that’s me expression’ as you were being told what you shouldn’t be doing!

About 30 club members attended this interesting presentation at Padiham Football Club. Denise Parks gave a fascinating and useful talk about injuries and injury prevention for fell, trail and mountain runners drawing on an incredible wealth of experience in the field at the highest level.

Saturday 31 October

Nepal Trail Relays

Held in the idyllic location of Hurstwood, Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix organisers put on a team relay event to raise money for Nepal. 33 teams took part. The official line was each team should have 1 cyclist, 1 senior runner, 1 vet runner and 1 lady runner. On the day, however, there were a few honorary vets and ladies on the course.

Sean Clare (or should that be Scare!) at the Hurstwood relay. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Fancy dress costumes were actively encouraged and both competitors and marshals threw themselves into it, thoroughly embracing the fact that the event was taking place on Halloween.

Helen Burn( in hell)ett at the Hurstwood Relays. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Some great team names were proffered, personal favourites were Motley Crew, Alice Nutters, Tutu Crew, Team Terrible, Devils and Barlick Bitches.

First leg was a mountain bike race. This was won by Paul Julian. Paul Hesketh finished in 3^rd and Elouise Pemberton was one of the few lady riders on this leg.

John Wilcock being chased by a zombie Barlick lass at the Hurstwood Relays. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Second leg was the Vets which was won by our own Mr Tangerine, Breton Holdworth. There were a handful of lady vets also running. Dave Motley was an honorary vet for this leg.

Breton Holdsworth, winner of the leg 2 of the Hurstwood Relays. Photo by David Belshaw

Third leg was the ladies. Laura Hesketh winning easily. Second was honorary lady for the day, Jacob Watson; great to see him recovering from injury and regaining fitness.

Start of leg 3 (mostly) ladies. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Fourth and final leg was the senior runners. Chris Holdsworth held off Barlick’s Jimmy Craig for a fast and furious finish. Danny Collinge finished in 4^th having already taken part in leg 1 for another team.

Start of leg 4, senior runners. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

All in all a very entertaining event for a worthy cause.

Race you to the Summit

Report from Martin Brady

Martin Brady at the Race You to the Summit event. Photo by Woodentops

This was the 49th running of this race (used to be called the Gale Fell Race). The race started as a bet between two people in the Gale Pub near Littleborough after a long drinking session. One said it was impossible to run to the White House Inn on the road to Ripponden and back within 30 minutes the other said he could do it. The race was run and he broke the 30 minutes.

Next year is the 50th and last running of the race. It is mainly trail running with steeper fell section. Kath and myself decided to do the hilly Parkrun at Watergrove near Wardle and then do the Race You To The Summit which was close by.

I have not seen the results of this yet. but the Clayton runners as far as I remember are:-

Robert Hirst and Kath Brady at Race You to the Summit. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Time
63	Martin Brady	43:23
77	Stephen Fish	46:58
82	Robert Hirst	48:41
84	Kath Brady	48:58
101	John Francis	64:23

Full Results

Sunday 1 November

NEWSAR Clwydian Hills Fell Race

The NEWSAR Clwydian Hills Fell Race is held annually and is a 15km race with 3,000ft of ascent, over the Clwydian hills in North Wales, including the summit of Moel Famau.

Report from Peter Browning

The Clwyddian Hills is a hidden gem of a race held on the first Sunday in November from the hilltop village of Cilcain in north east Wales. We had a new course to tackle this year, but 159 runners still crossed some stunningly beautiful countryside made all the better by the unseasonably good weather. The warm sunshine blazing down from a pure blue sky actually left runners with running vest sunburn (yes in November!), on what was as good a running day as any experienced this summer. In the distance, the peaks of Snowdonia could clearly be seen, but Liverpool and Manchester were hidden under the blanket of fog that I am told enveloped East Lancashire for most of the day.

The magical sunshine brought out the full range of autumn colours, and for the record, the 9 mile race with almost 3000 feet of climb was won by Stephen Skates of Prestatyn in 82.58. As the only Clayton competitor, my time was a more modest 114.16 but my 75th place made the top half which is my target these days. It was good to see Clayton old boy Dave Nuttall winning the V50’s in 14th place overall. I reckon this was my 15th Clwyddian Hills race, and as it’s in my top 5 races anywhere, I will keep returning as long as I can.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
75	Peter Browning	M50+	01:54:16

Full Results

Peak Raid 2015, Round 2

Report by Katy Thompson

Having had a bit of a disaster at the first 2015 Peak Raid event, when my shoe fell to pieces, I was hoping for a better run in Round 2. Setting off from home in thick fog, it didn’t look very promising, but by the time I got to Glossop the sun was shining and it promised to be a lovely day. Unusually for me, I chose well, didn’t make any navigational errors, and managed to get back within the given time.

The Peak Raid events are ideal for anyone wanting to improve their navigation skills: 3 hour Score events – get to as many checkpoints as you can in the given time. There is a big incentive not to be out too long, as 50 points are lost for every minute over time! You can make it as hard or as easy as you want. It would be good to see more Clayton members at these events. Navigators are always in demand for fell relays. Details are on the Fixtures Calendar or the Fellrunner website.

Through the Villages Race

This is held over the unusually accurate distance of 8 miles 781 yards!

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
144	Martin Brady	M50	(019/029)	01:07:11
187	Julia Rushton	F50	(008/022)	01:11:50
189	Nerina Gill	F45	(011/027)	01:12:41

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Some fantastic runs, some first time events and some far flung places this week. All over the UK and even as far away as Australia for Bianca Bennett.

Bianca said; “Clayton’s made it down under! Here’s to a 7am park run in the sunshine state in Australia!!! Clearly wearing the best vest out there today. Next stop… Sydney park run.”

Bianca ready for her Australian parkrun!

Katy and George Thompson took part in the inaugural Haigh Woodlands parkrun near wigan.

Katy Thompson reports:

The inaugural Haigh Woodlands Parkrun attracted a field of 199 runners. We set off along a tarmac track, but soon veered off into the woods on muddy paths. Downhill for nearly 3k then a slightly shorter route back up to the Hall – a fairly familiar route if you have done the Haigh Hall races. Well worth a visit – just a few miles off the M61.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 298 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
6	Jonathan PYE	18:39	SM25-29
7	Jacob WATSON	18:40	SM30-34
12	Chris SNELL	19:29	VM35-39
16	Gareth BERRY	19:39	VM35-39
17	Michael CLARKE	19:43	VM40-44
25	Stephen AINSWORTH	20:25	VM55-59
26	Helena LEATHLEY	20:31	SW20-24
29	Richard BRISCOE	20:49	VM35-39
35	Lennon JACKSON	21:27	JM11-14
38	Donna RILEY	21:45	VW50-54
39	Gordon BARRETT	21:50	VM50-54
63	Matthew JACKSON	23:19	JM10
77	Martin O’ROURKE	23:57	VM55-59	First Timer!
80	Jean KNIGHTLEY	24:05	VW55-59
86	Helana WHITE	24:20	JW10
87	Lee MOORE	24:20	VM35-39
91	Ian HARGREAVES	24:30	VM50-54
92	Donna AIREY	24:34	SW30-34
107	Donna SCOTT	25:32	VW50-54
114	Annabel WILCOCK	25:47	JW11-14
115	John WILCOCK	25:47	VM50-54
119	Stuart BARKER	25:57	VM45-49
122	Adam STEVENSON	26:24	JM11-14
128	Richard LAWSON	26:37	VM75-79
142	Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON	27:25	SW25-29
157	Kady THOMPSON	28:09	JW10
161	Felix THOMPSON	28:14	JM10
182	Ron CHAPPELL	29:17	VM65-69
210	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	30:56	VW65-69
229	Christine LEATHLEY	32:04	VW65-69
230	Aaron LUNDIE	32:22	JM11-14
248	Valerie LAWSON	34:47	VW70-74
293	Kathleen GARNETT	40:58	VW75-79

Chelmsford Central parkrun – A total of 506 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
5	Jacob BOYLE	18:11	SM18-19

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 99 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
95	Robin PRICE	36:09	VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 177 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat
40	Wendy DODDS	23:41	VW60-64
121	Eileen JONES	30:15	VW60-64

Gorleston Cliffs parkrun – A total of 182 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
7	John HARTLEY	19:48	VM55-59

Haigh Woodland parkrun – A total of 199 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
55	Katy THOMPSON	24:42	VW60-64	First Timer!
83	George THOMPSON	26:53	VM65-69	First Timer!

Heaton parkrun – A total of 575 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
266	Julie TOMAN	27:31	VW45-49
535	Ron HILL	38:21	VM75-79

Pendle parkrun – A total of 89 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
17	Stephen WHITE	23:40	VM60-64
24	Barry MITCHELL	25:40	VM70-74
32	Dawn TERRY	26:22	VW50-54
41	Molly HESKETH	28:08	JW11-14
66	Susan ALLEN	36:37	VW55-59

Sandgate parkrun – A total of 314 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
43	Bianca BENNETT	24:02	SW25-29	First Timer!

Skipton parkrun – A total of 180 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Tom BREWSTER	17:39	SM25-29

Watergrove parkrun, Rochdale – A total of 53 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
14	Martin BRADY	24:46	VM50-54	First Timer!

Witton parkrun – A total of 163 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
17	Nick COLLINSON	22:13	JM15-17

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 415 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Jonny MCKENNA	16:38	SM25-29
7	David BAGOT	17:44	SM20-24

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Running further!

Another amazing, action-packed week on the roads, trails, parks, fells and mountains. We’ve been out in force at the Mid Lancs cross country at Towneley Park, Accrington 10K and Bronte Way fell race, with some great individual and team performances across all disciplines. Congratulations to Martin Terry for his MV50 win in the RunFurther Ultra race competition.

Club Announcements

Clayton Harriers Social Evening with Guest Speaker Denise Park
On Friday 30th October we are holding a social evening at Padiham Football Club, at which the highly respected physio Denise Park will be attending to give a talk / questions and answers session on the Recognition and Prevention of Running Injuries.

Val Lawson will also be there with club kit, so an ideal opportunity to kit yourself out.

The evening starts at 8.00pm with a small cost of £2.00 per person – payable on the night
Can you please let Marie Greenwood know if you plan to attend by emailing her at mgreenwood1969@outlook.com or ringing on 01254 237485 or by posting a message on the Clayton Facebook page – just so we have an idea of numbers.

Saturday 24 October

Great Whernside Fell Race

Report from Andrew Walmsley

Heavy rain was forecast for the morning of the race. Just before the start at 11:30 am it had stopped raining, though still looked threatening and promised a cold tailwind to the summit turnaround, so not all bad!

Andrew Walmsley at the Great Whernside Fell Race. Photo by Scott Leach

Before the start Andrew Jebb informed the assembled runners that after organising the race for 25 years Peter Jebb was standing down as race organiser. this being his last race in charge and asked for a round of applause in appreciation of his years of service. This was answered by warm applause from all present. Wharfdale Harriers have taken up the reins for future events.

Peter set us off straight into the steep climb which quickly strung the field out into a long line. I found myself 5th out of 5 clayton starters with Ivan [Whigham ] and Mark [Nutter] already out of sight! Peter [ Dugdale ] and Andy [Firth] were locked in battle 50M ahead, then 80M, steadily pulling away. Being passed by “Sumo”[ Andy Holden ] was a kick up the backside and I began to gain a few places. Through the broken crag above Hag Dyke and onto the marshy ground beyond I picked up a couple more before the leaders began to fly past in the opposite direction, heading for the finish, the first few very close together and pointing to a tight contest, amongst them Victoria Wilkinson of Bingley Harriers looking secure as first lady in this leading group.

Andrew Firth at the Great Whernside Fell Race. Photo by Scott Leach

By this time Ivan had a clear lead over Mark with Peter and Andy still having a battle that wasn`t resolved until the final steep descent where Andy used his trademark descending skills to open a gap to take 3rd Clayton.

Some way back up the course I was enjoying quite a good descent too picking up a few more places and chasing to the finish to complete the tough but enjoyable outing.

Unofficial times: Ivan Whigham 41.00, Mark Nutter 45.37, Andrew Firth 46.59 Peter Dugdale 47.09, Andrew Walmsley 52.02.

Awaiting Official Results

Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra & RunFurther Update

Congratulations to Martin Terry, this year’s Runfurther MV50 winner Martin Terry and 6th overall in the competition. Andy Armstrong was 44th and Nicholas Olszewski was 45th. The three of them as a team came 5th. Well done!

At Jedburgh, Martin came in 22nd in 5:58:54 in the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra, and took the race MV50 trophy.

This was the 12th and last of the 2015 Runfurther Championship races, and it really was a belter. The start location was in Jedburgh. There were marshals and supporters everywhere, and the reception at the finish was quite something, with everyone cheered in by name over the PA as they approached the finish, to a chorus of cheers, yelps and handclaps.

The route has great views, and is mainly very runnable. It starts with an offroad half-marathon, predominantly on an old Roman road and then along the banks of the River Tweed. That is followed by a stiff fell race over the Eildon hills, then another half-marathon back, mainly on the same route you came out on. Conditions were good, despite the poor weather forecast: there was a spell of rain early on, but it soon cleared, and we even had a bit of sun later on. It was a bit muddy in places, but we’re used to that aren’t we?

Awaiting Jedburgh Results

RunFurther Final Results

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Towneley

Another great turnout for the club at the Towneley Park fixture of the Mid Lancs Cross Country League. There was a record number of younger runners, many of them running for us.

U11 Girls

A great run from Ella Dorrington in this race who finished in 6^th place. Helped to a great team position by Helana White and Imogen Ferguson.

Imogen Ferguson in the U11 Girls’ race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 5^th (E Dorrington/H White/ I Ferguson)

Pos	Name	Time
6	Ella Dorrington	7:49
21	Helana White	8:16
33	Imogen Ferguson	8:38
58	Kady Thompson	9:17
71	Rachel Stevenson	10:10
72	Tillie Ferguson	10:17
83	Millie Maccabe	11:11

U11 Boys

A third place finish for Dexta Thompson and a first place team position along with Christopher Brown and Jenson Bentham. A great performance from our under 11 boys.

U11 Boys getting ready to race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 1^st (D Thompson/C Brown/J Bentham)

Pos	Name	Time
3	Dexta Thompson	6:58
10	Christopher Brown	7:28
16	Jenson Bentham	7:41
23	Finlay Stubbs	7:54
42	Joshua McKay	8:44
53	Charlie Birtwistle	8:57
62	Finan Holdsworth	9:36

U13 Girls

Despite some changes to last year’s lineup our under 13 girls continue to work extremely well together. Millie Stubbs was our first finisher in 7^th place and the team counters alongside her were Liberty Thompson and Sophie Ashworth.

Sophie Ashworth in the U13 Girls’ race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 2^nd (M Stubbs/L Thompson/S Ashworth)

Pos	Name	Time
7	Millie Stubbs	11:57
13	Liberty Thompson	12:04
23	Sophie Ashworth	12:56
30	Claudia Bentham	13:25
35	Roanna Holdsworth	13:38
41	Natasha Olszewska	14:07
42	Heidi Kewin	14:11
51	Bronia Olszewska	18:27

U13 Boys

Jackson McKay was our first under 13 finisher in the boys race, finishing in 5^th place. Good runs from his team mates Lennon Jackson and Jay Bowman place their team in 9^th place.

Lennon Jackson and Jay Bowman in the U13 Boys’ race. Photo by David Belshaw

Team position 9^th (J McKay/L Jackson/J Bowman)

Pos	Name	Time
5	Jackson McKay	11:33
41	Lennon Jackson	13:20
46	Jay Bowman	13:40

U15 Girls

As a couple of our girls have moved up the age groups we are able to field an U15 girls team. Briony, back from an injury at the English Schools Fell Running Championships had a great return and finished in 6^th place.

Eleanor Root in the U15 Girls’ race.

Team position – not listed but 4^th by my reckoning! Well done girls.

Pos	Name	Time
6	Briony Holt	12:41
18	Eleanor Root	13:42
31	Lucy Stevenson	17:09

U15 Boys

Brothers Thomas and Daniel put in some solid runs in this race.

Pos	Name	Time
16	Thomas Bradley	16:41
25	Daniel Bradley	18:44

U17 Women

Alice Pier was our only U17 Lady and she finished in 10^th place with a time of 18:25.

Pos	Name	Time
10	Alice Pier	18:25

U17 Men

Solid performances from our under 17 men. Curtis Holt was our first finisher in 15^th place overall backed up by Ryan Clarke and Simon Wilshaw to earn a third place team finish.

Team Position 3^rd (C Holt/R Clarke/S Wilshaw)

Pos	Name	Time
15	Curtis Holt	24:01
20	Ryan Clarke	25:27
23	Simon Wilshaw	27:55

U20 Ladies

Beth Quinn was our sole representative in the U20 Ladies and finished in 4^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
4	Bethany Quinn	31:34

U 20 Men

George Pier ran well finishing in 11^th in the U20 race and 56^th overall in the men’s race.

Pos	Name	Time
11	George Pier	35:55

Senior Ladies

A great run from Laura Hesketh who was 6^th in the Ladies Race. Irene Roche took the 1^st LV55 category. Our Ladies team were 8^th overall and we had some good placings in the Vets team categories winning first Vet 55 team.

First Clayton lady, Laura Hesketh. Ryan Clarke in the background in the U15 Boys' race. Photo by David Belshaw

First Clayton lady, Laura Hesketh. Ryan Clarke in the background in the U17 Boys’ race. Photo by David Belshaw

Ladies Team positions

Team A – 8^th (L Hesketh/H Leathley/ I Roche)

Team B – 17^th (E Mullan/A Shian/V Heys)

Over 35 Team A – 10^th (I Roche/A Shian/V Heys)

Over 35 Team B – 12^th (J Dawes/J Bennett/J Knightley)

Over 45 Team A – 4^th (I Roche/V Heys/J Dawes)

Over 45 Team B – 8^th (J Bennett/J Knightley/J Rushton)

Over 55 Team – 1^st (I Roche/J Knightley/K Thompson

Elizabeth Mullan chasing Angela Shian to the finish. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
6	Laura Hesketh	L	24:21
32	Helena Leathley	L	26:51
50	Irene Roche	L55	28:08
67	Angela Shian	L35	28:53
68	Elizabeth Mullan	L	28:54
70	Vicky Heys	L45	29:04
71	Julie Dawes	L45	29:05
72	Joanne Bennett	L45	29:13
75	Jean Knightley	L55	29:22
89	Julia Rushton	L45	30:05
90	Helen Burnett	L35	30:06
96	Rachel Todd	L35	30:22
101	Donna Airey	L	30:44
102	Sarah Whittaker	L35	30:45
111	Bethany Quinn	L20	31:34
113	Katy Thompson	L55	31:40
114	Joanne Perry	L	31:41
116	Kath Brady	L45	31:52
123	Elouise Pemberton	L	32:56
132	Joanne Motley	L	33:49
180	Christine Leathley	L65	40:43
185	Susan Allen	L55	42:47

Senior Men

Cross country captain, Chris Holdsworth, had a fine race finishing in 9^th place and helping push the men’s team into third place overall. As with the ladies, the men’s teams had some great placing particularly our Vet 40s who finished in 2^nd place.

The unmissable Breton Holdsworth. Photo by Dave Belshaw

Men’s Team Positions

Team A – 3^rd (C Holdsworth/A Stubbs/B Holdsworth/T Brewster/G Pier/M Perry)

Team B – 9^th (L Smith/A Armstrong/D Bagot/C Helliwell/D Motley/M Duckworth)

Over 40 Team A – 2^nd (A Stubbs/B Holdsworth/A Armstrong/C Helliwell)

Over 40 Team B – 10^th (A Holt/A Dorrington/A Life/A Clarke)

Over 50 Team A – 7^th (A Life/J Wilcock/S Ainsworth)

Over 50 Team B – 18^th (S White/J Hickie/P Browning)

Battling for the finish at the Towneley Cross County. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
9	Christopher Holdsworth	M	32:55
28	Andy Stubbs	V40	34:55
34	Breton Holdsworth	V40	35:32
38	Tom Brewster	M	35:45
56	George Pier	U20	36:55
57	Matt Perry	M	37:04
60	Lee Smith	M	37:10
71	Andrew Armstrong	V40	37:50
79	Dave Bagot	M	38:15
93	Carl Helliwell	V40	38:49
96	Dave Motley	M	38:57
100	Matthew Duckworth	M	39:10
102	Andrew Holt	V40	39:28
108	Alan Dorrington	V40	39:51
111	Alan Life	V50	40:00
120	Jonathan Pye	M	40:21
127	Chris Snell	M	40:27
134	Gareth Berry	M	40:27
152	Adam Shaw	M	41:49
161	Michael Clarke	V40	42:08
167	Jonathan Cleaver	M	42:25
184	John Wilcock	V50	43:04
187	Stephen Ainsworth	V50	43:23
211	Chris Paul	M	44:31
221	Stephen White	V60	45:06
222	Andy Quinn	V40	45:08
225	Jason Pier	V40	45:17
237	James Hickie	V50	46:15
247	Peter Browning	V50	46:51
252	David Scott	V70	47:10
254	Martin Brady	V50	47:42
298	Stuart Barker	V40	54:59
302	Doug Monroe	V60	59:48

Full Results

OMM – Original Mountain Marathon

OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) is a test of endurance, navigation and mountain survival. Held in some of most remote locations and at a time of year when conditions can be extremely challenging, an OMM is meant to be hard; it is hard!

Well done to Jean Brown (partnered with Nicky Spinks) in the Elite, and Wendy Dodds (partnered with Helene Whittaker) in the A class of the OMM

Full Results

Accrington 10K

Hundreds of runners took part in the Accrington 10k road race’s 30th anniversary event. Former Olympian Ron Hill also joined runners for the start of the race but nfortunately due to injury he was only able to do a couple of miles before he had to retire.

Starting out on Burnley Road by the Whitakers Arms pub, the race takes on a challenging 10-kilometre course, which winds through Huncoat and Clayton-le-Moors before finishing at Accrington Cricket Club on Thorneyholme Road.

18 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this popular local 10K road race. Matthew Duckworth was our first finisher taking 5^th place overall in a time of 38:28. Phil Hall followed not long after in 8^th place and with a time of 39:01. Stephen Hall was our third finisher in 15^th place with a time of 40:10. These three made up the 1st place mens team so well done to all three!

Our first lady was Fabienne Richmond who was fourth lady finisher with a time of 43:47.

Fabienne Richmond. Our first lady finisher at the Accrington 10k. Photo by David Belshaw

Matthew Duckworth Reports

For me it was a no brainier to run this as soon as l so the route, as it take us through our namesake. It was a fantastic race that was well marshalled and very well supported, which was a very big boost on the 2 mile long hill coming out of Altham. It was a good result for the club winning the male team prize and on a personal note a great achievement for me after running my first XC the day before, I wasn’t expecting such a good result!

Matthew Duckworth, first Clayton male finisher at the Accrington 10K. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
5	Matthew Duckworth	M	38:28
8	Phil Hall	MV50	39:01
15	Stephen Hall	MV40	40:10
22	Andrew Payne	M	40:41
43	Michael Clarke	MV40	43:31
45	Fabienne Richmond	FV35	43:47
48	Stuart Proctor	M	44:04
52	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	44:30
79	Amanda Duffy	FV35	46:04
103	Martin Brady	MV50	47:43
110	Julie Dawes	FV45	48:28
113	Elizabeth Mullan	F	48:44
139	Lee Moore	M	51:06
148	Leanne Cottam	FV35	51:51
155	Elouise Sylkie Pemberton	F	52:17
156	Ted Orrell	MV75	52:18
157	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	52:22
199	Julie Toman	FV45	56:12

Full Results

Bradford City 10K

Dan Balshaw was our sole representative in this 10 race in Bradford. He finished in fourth place with a time of 35:24

Full Results

Bronte Way

Fifteen Clayton Harriers took part in this 8 mile fell race with 1150ft of ascent organised by Keighley and Craven AC. Neil Hardiman was our first finisher in 32^nd place with a time of 01:03:45. Our first lady finisher was Vicky Heys who finished in 138^th place with a time of 01:20:23. 210 runners took part.

Barbara Savage (on stile) and Linda Bostock at the Bronte Way Fell Race. Photo by Andrew Graham

Andy Bradley reports

Third year running for one of my favourite races the Bronte Way, perfect running weather and plenty of familiar faces at the Aisled Barn at Wycoller. An unusual one way race which needs a bit of organisation in order to get to the start at Wycoller and back from the finish at Howarth, (the coach has to be booked well in advance), the number of runners asking for lifts back suggests that not everyone had thought this through! Just short of 8 miles of fell and trail over the moor tops makes for a great run, especially when there is no rain and hail en route. A quick dash up the final cobbled street, hand over your beer token for a pint of Timothy Taylors and a post mortem on the race with fellow runners, what could be better? Oh yes a chip butty on the way home, love this race!!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
32	Neil Hardiman	MV45	01:03:45
42	Chris Funnell	MV45	01:04:54
62	Andy Bradley	MV50	01:08:54
71	Sean Clare	MV50	01:09:37
75	Richard Briscoe	M35	01:10:14
87	Jeffrey Pickup	MV60	01:11:55
91	Gary Balmer	MV45	01:12:58
108	Stephen White	MV60	01:14:53
138	Vicky Heys	FV45	01:20:23
140	Angela Shian	FV35	01:21:30
150	Barbara Savage	FV50	01:21:46
153	Linda Bostock	FV55	01:23:13
165	Katy Thompson	FV50	01:26:21
169	Kath Brady	FV50	01:27:51
176	Robert Hirst	MV65	01:29:35

Full Results

Fairclough 5

Paul Walsh at the Fairclough 5 race.

Report from Paul Walsh

This was a friendly well organised, well marshalled event, with plenty of encouragement from them. It was a cold day and the course is a mostly rural figure of 8 with a few shallow climbs. Goody bag at finish included a banana, apple, kit-kat, bottle of water & a red Thornton-in-Cleveleys running drinks bottle (can’t take that to Training nights!!..ha-ha) In summary, a very friendly well organised race, made better by me getting my V60 5k PB down to 25:03

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
64	Paul Walsh	MV60	40:39
87	Kevin O’Brien	MV70	45:51
105	Valerie Lawson	FV70	55:52

Full Results

Tandle Hill Trail Race

Peter Butterworth was our only runner in this trail race organised by Cannonball Events.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
30	Peter Butterworth	MV60	45:26.2

Full Results

Blackpool Illuminations

Not a race at all but a social event. A 9.4 mile up and down the prom run with a chippy treat at the end. Sounds like great fun and maybe something we can all join in with next year? Ian Hargreaves and junior runners Aaron Lundie and Adam Stevenson all went along with a number of fellow runners from Burnley parkrun. It was the furthest Adam has ever run so very well done! (amazing what the promise of chips will do!)

Clayton runners on the prom at Blackpool

Parkrun roundup

Some great runs in some far flung places this week. Well done to Colin Shuttleworth on his first place in Inverness and Jacob Boyle for his 4^th in Chelmsford. Closer to home there were top ten finishes at Burnley, Pendle and Witton parkruns and a couple of PBs as well.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 215 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
3	Richard STEVENSON	18:37	VM40-44
11	Paul WALE	20:51	VM45-49	New PB!
13	Donna RILEY	21:24	VW50-54
18	Stuart PROCTOR	21:51	VM35-39
40	Martin BRADY	23:25	VM50-54
66	Andrew TAYLOR	25:13	VM55-59
72	Donna SCOTT	25:24	VW50-54
93	Annabel WILCOCK	26:33	JW11-14
94	John WILCOCK	26:34	VM50-54
143	Marion WILKINSON	30:24	VW70-74
154	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	31:18	VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 59 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	John HARTLEY	20:08	VM55-59
4	Richard BRISCOE	20:52	VM35-39

Witton parkrun – A total of 163 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
6	Garry R WILKINSON	19:40	VM50-54
13	Nick COLLINSON	22:12	JM15-17
35	Katy THOMPSON	25:09	VW60-64
45	Jude ASHWORTH	26:16	VW55-59	New PB!

Chelmsford Central parkrun – A total of 487 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
4	Jacob BOYLE	17:44	SM18-19	First Timer!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 123 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
88	Eileen JONES	30:25	VW60-64

Heaton parkrun – A total of 495 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
239	Julie TOMAN	27:34	VW45-49

Inverness parkrun – A total of 77 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Colin SHUTTLEWORTH	18:39	VM55-59	First Timer!

South Manchester parkrun – A total of 356 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
332	Ron HILL	34:07	VM75-79

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Marathons, mountains and skylines

It’s been a bag of all sorts this week. There was another win for fast lad Dan Balshaw with Jordan McDonald snapping at his heels in second at the Autumn Breaker. You’ve been up in the high mountains, running long in full and half marathons, hitting the Yorkshire skylines and competing in cross country. The end of summer brings no end to your running adventures.

Saturday 10 October

Langdale Horseshoe

Eight Clayton Harriers took part in this 131 mile Lakeland fell race with 4757Ft of ascent.

Report from Ivan Whigham

Ivan Wigham at 3 tarns with the Sca Fell massive in the background. Photo by Mark Nutter

There was a strong Clayton turnout at the Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race. The weather was perfect with high cloud and good visibility .Tim Edwards retired early on with calf problems. Dave Naughton and Andrew Orr were fighting for first Claytoner.

Jon Sharples at 3 tarns with Langdale pikes in the background. Mark Nutter

Jon Sharples overtook me past Esk Hause. I tried to hang on but his down hilling speed was too fast for me . As I was climbing Blisco I could see him in the distance but he just got away. I finished just after the 3 hour mark a few minutes behind Jon.

Andrew Firth at 3 tarns also with the Sca Fell massive in the background. Photo by Mark Nutter

Our other finishers were Wendy Dodds, Andy Firth, Pete Dugdale and Ian Connell

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
66	Andrew Orr	MV45	2:40:58
95	Dave Naughton	MV55	2:49:02
125	John Sharples	MV60	2:55:26
158	Ivan Whigham	MV50	3:01:13
223	Wendy Dodds	LV60	3:18:21
233	Andrew Firth	MV55	3:20:05
342	Ian Connell	MV50	3:47:45
374	Peter Dugdale	MV55	4:03:15

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Leigh

Some great results both individually and teams for our junior runners at this cross country fixture. Second place finishes for both Dexta Thompson and Ella Dorrington in the U11 races and some great team placings as well.

A slightly depleted senior turnout as many of our runners were taking part in other events over the weekend but still some solid performances on show.

U11 Boys

Team Position 2^nd (Thompson/Bentham/Stubbs)

Pos	Name	Time
2	Dexta Thompson	7:35
6	Jenson Bentham	8:03
18	Finlay Stubbs	8:24
23	William Nicholls	8:32
35	Matthew Jackson	8:52
51	Joshua McKay	9:37

U11 Girls

Team Position 7^th (Dorrington/White/Ferguson)

Millie Maccabe in the U11 Girls’ race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
2	Ella Dorrington	8:03
21	Helana White	8:44
45	Imogen Ferguson	9:26
77	Kady Thompson	10:28
99	Millie Mccabe	11:46

U13 Boys

Team Position 6^th (McKay/Jackson/Stevenson)

Lennon Jackson and Adam Stevenson in the Boys’ U13 Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
4	Jackson McKay	9:10
30	Lennon Jackson	10:22
32	Adam Stevenson	10:29
33	Jay Bowman	10:31

U13 Girls

Team Position 8^th (Stubbs/Thompson/Stevenson) Incorrect due to Natasha missing from results. Should place a bit higher than 8^th.

The U13 girls are off! Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
12	Millie Stubbs	10:17
17	Liberty Thompson	10:47
29	* Natasha Olszewska	11:03
61	Keira Stevenson	12:50
71	Bronia Olszewska	15:20

* Natasha is missing from the results

U15 Boys

Team position 5^th (Bradley/Quinn/Bradley)

Thomas Bradley in the U15 Boys’ Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
16	Thomas Bradley	13:19
28	Adam Quinn	14:18
34	Daniel Bradley	15:00

U15 Girls

No team

Lucy Stevenson in the U15 Girls’ Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
15	Eleanor Root	14:42
38	Lucy Stevenson	19:36

U17 Men

Team Position 3^rd (Holt/Clarke/Wilshaw)

Pos	Name	Time
11	Curtis Holt	19:26
15	Ryan Clarke	20:37
16	Simon Wilshaw	21:10

U17 Women

No team

Pos	Name	Time
12	Alice Pier	22:57

U20 Women

No Team

Pos	Name	Time
6	Bethany Quinn	26:38

Senior Women’s Race

Team Positions

Ladies Team 12^th (Leathley/Roche/Heys)

Vets Team 9^th (Roche /Heys/Shian)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
32	Helena Leathley	L	22:26
41	Irene Roche	L55	23:09
52	Vicky Heys	L40	23:41
55	Angela Shian	L35	23:44
65	Helen Burnett	L40	24:19
70	Rachel Todd	L40	24:45
87	Kath Brady	L50	25:30
103	Bethany Quinn	U20	26:38
136	Karin Goss	L65	30:07
147	Christine Leathley	L65	32:17
151	Susan Allen	L55	35:36

Men’s Races

Senior Men

Team Positions

Men’s Team 13^th (Armstrong/Berry/Snell/Vleaver/Wilcock/Paul)

Vet’s Team 14^th (Armstrong/Wilcock/Quinn/Pier)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
38	Andrew Armstrong	V45	36:43
73	Gareth Berry	M	39:26
99	Chris Snell	M	41:00
123	Jonathon Cleaver		42:11
128	John Wilcock	V50	42:18
154	Chris Paul	M	43:50
163	Andy Quinn	V40	44:35
175	Jason Pier	V45	45:31
177	Martin Brady	V50	45:48
181	James Hickie	V55	46:00
192	Peter Browning	V55	47:11
227	Douglas Monroe	V65	56:34

Valiants Half Marathon

Photo

A team of three Clayton Ladies, Elouise pemberton, Clare Wilson and Steph Hawkins took part in this half marathon

Jubilant Clayton Ladies winning team at the Valiants Half marathon

Valiants Half Marathon was a totaly different experience to any other race I have taken part in, collecting our race numbers from a farm building out in the middle of the countryside.

There where only about 80 runners taking part so it was nice that there where three Clayton ladies together at the start.

The course was very scenic and the weather was perfect which made it a very enjoyable run.

To top off getting a new half marathon PB we also won first ladies team for Clayton so all in a great success!

Results???

Wasdale Show Fell Race

Thankfully, not dressed as a sumo wrestler, Richard Briscoe was our sole representative at this late season Lakeland fell race. He finished in 44^th place with a time of 55:46.

Richard Briscoe at the Wasdale Show Fell Race. Photo by Bruce Craig

Report from Richard Briscoe

The Wasdale show is a popular Lakeland event where there is a shepherds meet, dog classes, hound trails and,of course most important, the fell race. The fell race is only 3 miles but you go to the top of Kirk Fell which is over 2000 feet and back down again. BOFRA organise the race and to qualify for the prizes you have to do at least 8 races, so I had to do it to qualify. The race is a fast and furious start jumping over a wooden fence and straight on the mountain. I did really well on the climb and was in a good position then on the descent it was lethal. The top of the mountain there are lots of boulders to jump unfortunately I twisted my ankle on one of them I thought it was broken so I lost quite a lot of places. The finish got nearer I was glad to finish. After the event it was good to enjoy a beer at the Wasdale Inn before going back to the campsite. Overall was a great event.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
44	Richard Briscoe	MSEN	55:46

Full Results

Autumn Breaker

First and second place in this race for Dan Balshaw and Jordan McDonald. Chasing them down and finishing in 9^th was Matthew Duckworth. First V60 position for Stephen Biscomb and some solid runs from Brian Wildman and Ian Hargreaves made for a successful showing for the club at this popular 10k with 349 runners taking part.

Jordan McDonald (L) and Dan Balshaw at the Autumn Breaker 10K

Report by Dan Balshaw

Another early Sunday get up for some, I arrived outside the Turf where I was due to pick Jordan and had to make the ‘are you up yet’ phone call (he wasn’t up!) I drove up to his house and a couple of minutes later armed with an excuse that he’d been on a double date with George, beetroot juice and a banana we were on the road to pick up Matt Duckworth.

After the warm up we lined up, my aim was to make it four podiums in four weekends, myself and Jordan came up with the plan for Jordan to stick with me for 5k and see what he had for the 2nd 5k, this kind of didn’t go to plan, after the first lap of the Stanley Park track the pace was slow and no one willing to take the lead, so at this point I took it on myself to up the pace, one lad from Liverpool who’d won on the same route in the spring came with me and kept with me, as we came through 5k in just over 17min I kicked a little to see if I could break him and managed to get a 100m gap within 30seconds, a quick look around as I left the track once again and I could see Jordan on the track in a well placed 4th

From this point It was me and the lead bike, navigating past dogs, trees, prams etc. at a cross over point at about 9km I spotted Jordan in 4th still and shortly after a speedy looking Matt giving it a ‘go on Dan’ cheer, a few minutes later I crossed the line in 34:44.7 which I was happy with on the twisty cluttered course.

I turned around after having my picture taken by the local paper and there was Jordan coming home in 2nd a high five and pat on the back, Jordan had the biggest smile on his face for a PB and second place until……….. We got the prizes of a pair of tennis socks and a size large tennis brand top! This may have been down to one thing…… as people may have noticed I was wearing an Up & Running vest (don’t worry it was still orange! Breton would have been proud!)

It’s quite political why I wore it mainly due to the race being sponsored by Sweatshop and as I’m coached by Ben Fish who used to work for them before leaving to manage Up and Running Clitheroe all though he left on good terms they didn’t let him leave with quite the same respect.

A big well done to Jordan, Matt and Ian on PBs

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Balshaw	MSEN	34:45
2	Jordan McDonald	MU20	35:30
9	Matthew Duckworth	MSEN	38:12
40	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	42:58
73	Brian Wildman	MV45	46:34
131	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	50:52

Full Results

Carsington Duathlon

The Carsington Short Course Duathlon is set in the scenic countryside of the Derbyshire Peak District. Julia Rushton took part in this running and cycling event and completed in an overall time of 2:06:17. Well done Julia!

Julia Rushton at the Carsington Duathlon

The first run is an undulating, out and back route along side the reservoir, the course is traffic free on country tracks and footpaths. Next comes a 30K bike ride that takes competitors on a loop through the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District on an undulating course, all on roads. With a challenging climb towards Middleton Top. The route is marshaled and signposted throughout but extra care should be taken on some of the steeper descents. Finally, after taking in the sights on your bike, competitors head out onto the out and back run, repeating the first run.

Full Results

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

A quartet of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon.

Breton Holdsworth

Breton Holdsworth at the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. Photo by Matthew Lalor

On Wednesday I was contemplating not doing the marathon due to the total lack of marathon prep, zero long runs and no carb loading planned. The newly appointed road captain (my nephew) convinced me that I should do it. My plan was to go at 6.30 pace which would bring me in at 2.50, that sort of went out of the window and I kept around 6.20 pace till it all really started hurting from 16 miles onwards. Atmosphere was great, tango man, you’ve been tango’d etc was shouted at me throughout and I got plenty of cheers for my subtle attire! I managed a 2.50.16 in the end so was very happy all things considered and DEFINITELY no more road marathons for me!

Richard Stevenson

Richard Stevenson at the finish line of the Plusnet Yorkshire marathon

Sometimes things don’t always go to plan, after months of training and some promising times in warm up races I decided to give this marathon a real go. The plan was working well as I was steadily knocking out the miles until I got 22 miles in, from then on things fell apart quite badly and was just pleased to get to the finish. Overall I’m pleased to have completed another marathon and finished with a new pb, no plans at the minute for another marathon but I did achieve a good for age qualification time for London 2017 so you never know I may just give it another go.

Donna Airey

A jubilant Donna Airey celebrating completion of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

Perfect choice for a first marathon. Not too many there to hold you up, and plenty of other runners around for support. The Yorkshire people were fantastic and as always a well organised Jane Tomlinson event. There was a minute applause at the start for the Great North run runner David Colley who died. Overall a great first marathon for me and I am over the moon with a sub 4 hour result.

Andrew Webster

Successful first marathon from Andrew Webster

I’m glad I picked this for my first marathon; great atmosphere and well organised. The support was fantastic, people out shouting you on and offering you sweets I’m happy with a sub four for my first attempt and would recommend it. My longest run was 18 in training and I didn’t properly carb load (unless a few packets of jammy dodgers while playing c o d on line count!) the support that made me laugh was the man on his own with a sign that said ” if you think you’ve had it hard try clapping for 3 hours!!”

Pos.	Name	Cat	Chip Time
26	Breton Holdsworth	M40	2:50:16
99	Richard Stevenson	M40	3:02:28
994	Andrew Webster	M	3:44:05
1418	Donna Airey	F	3:55:02

Results

Withins Skyline Fell Races

Six Clayton Harriers took part in this 7.5 mile fell race with 984ft of climb in and around the Penistone Hill area in Yorkshire. The race is organised by Woodentops and features junior races as well.

Jean Brown at the WIthins Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Senior Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
143	Jean Brown	LV40	57:19
229	Stephen Fish	MV60	65:41
235	Katy Thompson	LV60	65:57
263	Robert Hirst	MV60	68:35
276	George Thompson	MV60	71:09
280	Michael Frost

Junior Race (U10, U12, U14, U16 & U18)

Christopher Brown at the Withins junior races. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
10	Dexta Thompson	U10	7:00
11	Christopher Brown	U10	7:03
44	Liberty Thompson	GU14	7:58

U8 Race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
20	Kady Thompson	GU8	3:32
29	Felix Thompson	U8	3:59

Full Results

Vernons 4 mile & Fun Run

No results or information as yet about this event

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 294 runners took part.

New club hoodies on display at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
4	Jonathan PYE	18:11	SM25-29
5	Mark ASPINALL	18:29	VM55-59
6	Terry O’LEARY	18:32	VM35-39	New PB!
7	Paul BRANNON	18:34	VM55-59	New PB!
8	Laura HESKETH	18:36	SW30-34	New PB!
11	Alan DORRINGTON	19:30	VM45-49	New PB!
12	Dave MOTLEY	19:42	SM30-34
13	Michael CLARKE	19:57	VM40-44	New PB!
15	Jonathan CLEAVER	20:02	VM35-39	New PB!
23	Paul WALE	21:23	VM45-49
41	Lee MOORE	22:44	VM35-39	New PB!
42	Sophie ASHWORTH	22:45	JW11-14
44	Richard STEVENSON	22:48	VM40-44
45	David Ian SCOTT	22:49	VM70-74
46	Matthew DUCKWORTH	22:52	SM25-29
48	Julie DAWES	23:00	VW45-49	New PB!
78	Donna SCOTT	24:25	VW50-54
89	Lisa JOHNSON	25:12	VW40-44
102	Stuart BARKER	25:43	VM45-49	New PB!
104	Robert HIRST	25:48	VM65-69
119	Stuart HARTLEY	26:41	VM55-59
121	Annabel WILCOCK	26:42	JW11-14
123	John WILCOCK	26:44	VM50-54
149	Danny PILKINGTON	28:09	VM35-39
157	Nicola KAY	28:28	SW30-34	New PB!
183	Marion WILKINSON	29:43	VW70-74
200	Aaron LUNDIE	30:38	JM11-14
203	Richard LAWSON	30:49	VM75-79
254	Valerie LAWSON	35:04	VW70-74
285	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	41:35	VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 65 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	John HARTLEY	20:21	VM55-59
23	Dawn TERRY	27:10	VW50-54
13	Martin BRADY	24:04	VM50-54
14	Barry MITCHELL	24:15	VM70-74

Witton parkrun – A total of 171 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
17	Nick COLLINSON	21:55	JM15-17
148	Garry R WILKINSON	38:30	VM50-54

Bolton parkrun – A total of 258 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
79	Katy THOMPSON	25:02	VW60-64
88	George THOMPSON	25:42	VM65-69

Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill – A total of 250 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
214	Eileen JONES	30:08	VW60-64

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 98 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
90	Robin PRICE	36:45	VM70-74

Marple parkrun – A total of 151 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat
148	Ron HILL	35:32	VM75-79

Skipton parkrun – A total of 155 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
64	Yvonne WICKHAM	27:00	VW50-54	New PB!

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 441 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
4	David BAGOT	17:27	SM20-24	New PB!

ByPeter Booth

October Newsletter 2015

At last. It’s here – the latest Harrier. Sorry for the delay. I’ve been busy with Thieveley & the Fell Relays and was on holiday at the beginning of the month. To make up for the 2 months’ + wait it’s a bumper edition – 40 pages with 15 pages of results, plus all the usual features.

October Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Relays, Road Races and Romance

Running relays on the roads and in the mountains, tearing up trail races, going long distance in ultra races, winning 10k races and fun runs. As always you are a busy bunch. Race wins, our best performance in the mountain relays for 10 years with a talented young team, and a strong presence at the National Road Relays. The future is most definitely bright!

Some Club Announcements

Junior Training – The juniors could do with some help this Thursday, we need 3-4 extra helpers if anyone’s free. It’s a 6pm start from Spirit of Sport, next to the fire station in Burnley. You won’t need to coach or do anything complicated, just run along with the group and be an extra pair of hands if needed. Contact Andy Armstrong if you can help.

Virgin London Marathon – If any member out there has had their application for London rejected and wants to be entered into the ballot for a club place, please send your rejection letter to the club secretary, John Wilcock. If successful, you will still need to pay the normal entry fee to VLM.

The evening is aimed at all levels of runners – from beginners to experienced, from young to old. I’m sure all our running members – whether still competing or now just running socially / training could benefit from the pearls of wisdom that Denise can pass on, that maybe the difference between a good winter season of training and a miserable (and grumpy) winter season!

The evening starts at 8.00pm with a small cost of £2.00 per person – payable on the night
Can you please let me know if you plan to attend by emailing me at mgreenwood1969@outlook.com, ringing me on 01254 237485, or by posting a message on the Clayton Facebook page – just so we have an idea of numbers.

Saturday 3 October

Coniston Trail Races

Club member David Black was our sole representative at this 15km trail race in the Lake District. He finished in 91^st place with a time of 1:19:33.

216 runners took part in this race which the organisers, Lakeland Trails, describe as following circuits along well marked and marshalled footpaths and bridleways, taking in panoramic views of Lake Coniston and the surrounding peaks of the Old Man, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Dow Crags. Underfoot conditions are generally good for those used to off road running, although there is one short 200m section after approx 4km on the 15km routes which only agile mountain goats will be able to run!

Full Results

ERRA National Women’s 4 Stage Relays

Our Ladies’ team placed 47^th with an overall time of 1:10:44 in a field of 67 complete teams.

Ladies’ Road Captain Angela Shian reports;

We were Birmingham bound, taking the long route to the start – it pays to recce the route first to find the start. Laura Hesketh had an amazing start on leg 1, getting us to 36th position. Claire Vincent leg 2 head it well for us. Leg 3 was myself; I pushed as hard as I could, out of my comfort zone! Then handed the last leg to my little sister, Helena to pull back any places I lost! Clayton ladies came 47^th , very respectable place In the nationals, really looking forward to qualifying again for next year

Ladies Team. L-R Laura Hesketh, Angela Shian, Claire VIncent, Helena Leathley

Leg	Name	Pos	Time
1	Laura Hesketh	39	16:04
2	Claire Vincent	50	17:48
3	Angela Shian	55	19:15
4	Helena Leathley	47	17:37

ERRA National Men’s 6 Stage Relay

Men’s team placed 53 with an overall time of 2:01:21 in a field of 68 complete teams

Leg	Name	Pos	Time
1	Chris Holdsworth	40	18:37
2	Breton Holdsworth	58	19:49
3	David Bagot	57	20:38
4	Jordan McDonald	59	20:52
5	Danny Collinge	57	20:51
6	Jacob Boyle	54	20:25

Full Results

Isle of Man Ultra

Long distance adventures in the Isle of Man for Paul Thompson and Simon Halliday. This is the penultimate race in the Run Further Championships which classifies this ultra a ‘short’ race. Short it most certainly isn’t! It’s 31 miles with 8500feet of climbing. 73 runners completed this tough event.

Excellent results for both of our runners. Paul Thompson finished in 4^th place, 1^st V40, with a time of 5:32:23 and Simon Halliday was 9^th with a time of 5:59:45.

Full Results

http://www.isleofmanmountainultra.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IOM-Mountain-Ultra-Results-2015.pdf

Rivington Trail Half Marathon

Six club members took part in this popular trail half marathon taking in Rivington, Yarrow and Anglezark reservoirs and White Coppice on a scenic route.

Our first finisher was Andy Bradly, who sends this report;

Perfect running conditions, if a little misty to enjoy the views on Saturday. I was joined at the start by 5 other Clayton members a quick chat and off! Nice undulating course no real killer hills and good underfoot. Managed to be about 30 secs slower than last year but it was my first race as a V50! Highlight of the event was seeing the Burnetts cross the line together it must be love if you can get a half marathon entry as an anniversary present and finish together smiling, surely there was a heated debate somewhere on the way round! Recommended event, hope to do it again next year with a bit more orange on display.

L-R Rachel Todd, Michelle Butschok, Helen Burnett and Dave Burnett at the Rivington Trail Half Marathon.

Romance was in the air as Helen and Dave Burnett were running the event to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Ahh… this is what Helen had to say;

Following on from Hendon Brook and GNR training Michelle suggested that we do a half marathon off road and the Rivington Trail Half seemed a good choice. As it was mine and Dave’s wedding anniversary and his first half marathon we decided to run together.

The four of us travelled together cursing Michelle for what seemed like a bad idea at that point, after such an early foggy start. At the start we met up with fellow Claytoners Andy Bradley and Martin Griffin. Andy was returning for his second year and gave us some pointers about the route (where to expect the hills).

The route has a good 1 mile climb at the beginning and short climb just after mile 10 but apart from that was a lovely route meandering through woodland and trails and round the edges of the reservoirs.

Dave and I ran the route together managing not to bicker and the old romantic held my hand for the sprint finish across the line.

It was a well organised event and all finishers got a T shirt and goodie bag so it made the entry fee good value.We were all on a high at the end, pleased with our performances and now praising Michelle for her choice!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
79	Andy Bradley	MV50	1:43:02
190	Martin Griffin	MV50	1:56:08
237	Rachel Todd	FV40	2:02:18
287	Helen Burnett	FV40	2:07:27
288	Dave Burnett	MV50	2:07:27
339	Michelle Butschok	FV40	2:18:17

Full Results

Saddleworth Edges Fell Race

Keith Butterworth was our sole representative in this 8.1 mile fell race with 1148 feet of ascent. He finished in 77^th place in a time of 1:29:56. 108 runners took part.

Full Results

Burnley Fire Station 10K

There was an excellent turnout of 27 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at this popular local 10k despite it’s proximity to the National Road Relays and the clash with the Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay. Our road runners were in fine form with a resounding win from Dan Balshaw. Jonathan Pye, Matthew Duckworth and Paul Brannon all made top ten finishes.

L-R Dan Balshaw, Jonathan Pye, Matthew Duckworth and Bianca Bennett

There were category wins for Paul Brannon (MV55), Stephen Biscomb (MV60), and Amanda Duffy (FV35). Tracy Michell was our first lady, third lady finisher overall, and took the first FV40 category as well.

Team Clayton at the Burnley Fire 10K. Photo by Geraldine Varley

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Daniel Balshaw	M	35:43
5	Jonathan Pye	M	38:33
6	Matthew Duckworth	M	38:35
9	Paul Brannon	MV55	39:14
12	Stephen Hall	MV40	40:19
15	Richard Briscoe	MV35	41:19
29	John Wilcock	MV50	43:12
33	Michael Clarke	MV40	43:25
34	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	43:30
35	Tracy Mitchell	FV40	43:40
39	Stuart Proctor	MV35	43:58
59	Chris Paul	MV35	46:09
60	Lennon Jackson	U17	46:11
64	Amanda Duffy	FV35	46:39
78	Elizabeth Mullan	F	47:49
80	Donna Airey	F	48:05
83	Julie Dawes	FV45	48:50
89	Bianca Bennett	F	49:09
98	Andrew Taylor	MV55	50:08
106	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	41:31
108	Robert Hirst	MV65	41:41
114	Dianne Orrell	F	52:28
123	Elouise Pemberton	F	53:14
129	Stuart Barker	MV45	54:10
139	Ron Chappell	MV65	55:38
152	Deborah Greenwood	FV45	57:04
175	Nicola Kay	F	60:35

Full Results

Burnley Fire Fun Run

A number of our junior runners took part in this race. Excellent run from Dexta Thompson who went on to win. No results to be found unfortunately!

Clayton-le-Moors Juniors at the Burnley Fire 10K. Photo by Dave Belshaw

Chester Marathon

Two Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this popular marathon. John Hartley finished in 49^th place overall and was 1^st MV55 with a time of 2:55:55

Angela Shian at Chester Marathon

Not content with taking part in the National Road Relays, Angela Shian also ran the Chester marathon finishing in 820^th place with a time of 3:49:48

Full Results

There was also a mini marathon event which Team Stevenson (Lucy, Adam, Keira and Rachel) took part in, with Adam winning the event! Well done all of you.

Team Stevenson who took part in the Chester Mini Marathon. Photo by Deborah Stevenson

Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay

The relay is in memory of Ian Hodgson, who at the aged 25 was tragically killed in a road accident whilst cycling the day after winning the score class at the Karrimor Mountain Marathon in 1985. Prior to the presentation Jon Broxap, from the organising team announced that Ian’s brother, Michael (57) had suffered a cardiac arrest whilst out cycling in August and never regain consciousness. The family and organised team had decided to rename the relay The Hodgson Brothers Relay.

Our A team finished in 18^th position with an overall time of: 4:14:12. Our Vet team finished in 38^th place with an overall time of 4:47:33. The Clayton ‘Z’ team were 55^th with a time of 5:13:35. Our ladies team were 68^th overall with a time of 5:27:33. Only 10 ladies teams took part and our ladies were 8^th.

Ladies Fell Captain Kath Brady reports

We finished 8th out of 10 extremely competitive ladies teams, in a time of 5 hours 27 minutes, 19 minutes quicker than 2014

1 Linda Lord & Katy Thompson 56.05

2 Wendy Dodds & Avril Duckworth 1.36:56

3 Alison Dugdale & Anna Kelly 1.15:47

4 Jean Brown & Claire Vincent 1.38:45

Thanks must go to Jean Brown who did all the hard work in pulling the team together. I just collected and handed out numbers on the day. Thanks to all 8 ladies for racing hard. Special note must go to Claire Vincent running strong on the last leg with Jean in her first ever race in the lakes.

Claire Vincent and Jean Brown at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relays. Photo by Andy Jackson

Men’s Fell Captain Dave Motley Reports

Alarms were off early for the drive to the Lakes, registration and at 9:15am its GO GO GO!. The lads had a really good start with Jordan Mcdonald and Jonny Mckenna bringing the team home in 7th. Next up Danny & Dave Bagot who completed the leg with no navigational issues but they did finish one buff down (I’ll let Danny tell that story ). Me & Lee Smith next and we had a solid run to pass the baton onto Chris & Jacob who brought the team home in 18th place. The vets finished in 38th (8th Vets) which was fantastic performance with the problems I had sorting the team.

David Motley and Lee Smith at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay. Photo by Andy Jackson

Looking at the results I am reliable informed that the A team posted the quickest Clayton time for 10 years, which is a massive positive and the majority of the team were under 25! This really shows the progression of the club in the last couple of years.

I’d like to say a massive Thanks to all the lads but special Thanks goes to Sean Clare & Geoff Gough we were called up on 48hr notice due to injuries in the vets team. Cheers boys and here’s to an even quicker time in 2016!!!

Dominic Carr, Vets Team report

It was cool with a chill in the air before the start of leg 1 of the Ian Hogson mountain relay. Nerves were starting to jangle. We had a last minute drop out for the leg 1 vets team; Andy McFarlane, hamstring, and I was to run with club legend Geoff Gough. He’d been out injured for a while, but class is class so I was worried about keeping up. As usual the nerves went when we set off, and I managed to set the pace which was good. A fast first mile left me wishing for a steeper gradient and my wish soon came true, as me and Geoff traded places back and forth with Rossendales Mick Toman. The recce paid off as I was able to pick the better of the lines as the file of runners in front invariably split in places with route choice up to individual teams.

Dominic Carr and Geoff Gough (No. 19) at the Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay

We made the first Checkpoint in 27 mins, and had boxed off most of the climb, with a very steep grassy descent to come, which didn’t disappoint. Final Checkpoint at the bottom and a very fast run in on metalled cart track where me and Geoff really dropped the hammer and picked off a couple of teams. We finished fizzing with adrenaline and (for me) relief we acquitted ourselves okay. 3 year in the making running ambition ticked off; nothing else beats running in the lakes and I’ve always wanted to do the Ian Hogson. Hope I make next year’s squad now!! Placed 35th out of 70 teams and 46:35.

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

Lots of you out and about at a range of parkruns despite the murky, misty morning

Plenty of Clayton runners at a very foggy Burnley parkrun. Photo by Dave Belshaw

Burnley parkrun – A total of 309 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Jonathan PYE	17:54	SM25-29
3	Mark ASPINALL	18:39	VM55-59
8	Jackson MCKAY	19:20	JM11-14
9	Gareth BERRY	19:47	VM35-39
17	Simon WILSHAW	20:34	JM15-17
18	Matthew DUCKWORTH	20:35	SM25-29
22	Paul WALE	21:07	VM45-49
23	Donna RILEY	21:30	VW50-54
30	Andy QUINN	21:56	VM40-44
31	Gordon BARRETT	21:57	VM50-54
33	John WILCOCK	22:20	VM50-54
39	Martin BRADY	22:38	VM50-54
48	Julie DAWES	23:06	VW45-49	New PB!
49	Lee MOORE	23:08	VM35-39	New PB!
61	Julia RUSHTON	23:26	VW50-54	New PB!
80	Richard LAWSON	23:54	VM75-79	New PB!
91	Sophie ASHWORTH	24:24	JW11-14
92	Lennon JACKSON	24:25	JM11-14
94	Matthew JACKSON	24:26	JM10
95	Helana WHITE	24:30	JW10
100	Ella DORRINGTON-LEVY	24:55	JW10
103	Dawn TERRY	25:03	VW50-54
106	Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON	25:18	SW25-29
111	Jackie KERSHAW	25:31	VW45-49	New PB!
114	Heidi KEWIN	25:42	JW11-14	New PB!
130	Robert HIRST	26:11	VM65-69
132	Stuart BARKER	26:17	VM45-49	New PB!
228	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	32:28	VW65-69
230	Milly MACCABE	32:39	JW10
272	Valerie LAWSON	36:28	VW70-74

Pendle parkrun – A total of 55 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Paul BRANNON	19:48	VM55-59
16	John HARTLEY	23:33	VM55-59
19	Barry MITCHELL	23:57	VM70-74
36	Christine LEATHLEY	32:29	VW65-69

Bolton parkrun – A total of 275 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
77	Katy THOMPSON	24:58	VW60-64
89	George THOMPSON	25:35	VM65-69

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 88 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
76	Robin PRICE	35:26	VM70-74

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

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
29	Wendy DODDS	23:21	VW60-64	New PB!
96	Eileen JONES	30:10	VW60-64

Heaton parkrun – A total of 510 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
234	Julie TOMAN	26:37	VW45-49

Skipton parkrun – A total of 178 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
25	Stephen WHITE	21:52	VM60-64	New PB!
46	David Ian SCOTT	23:50	VM70-74	First Timer!

Rockingham parkrun – A total of 242 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
41	Ted ORRELL	25:21	VM75-79	First Timer!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Hands, knees and bumpsadaisy

We get knocked down but we get up again! Cross Country season has kicked off with some great results for the club and there have a few bumps and bruises too. Also this week, you have been branching out into cyclo-cross and triathlons and doing rather well. As always you have been spotted on the roads, trails and fells and the track to as lots of you came together for the AGM track meet.

Your Team Captains 2015/16

There are some changes to the team captains. Angela Shian and Irene Roche are continuing their roles of Road and Cross Country Ladies Captains respectively. Jean Brown has stepped down from the Fell position and Kath Brady is now the Ladies Fell Captain.

L – Irene Roche, Angela Shian
Centre – Christopher Holdsworth
R- Kath Brady, Dave Motley

For the men, Tom Brewster has stepped down as Men’s Road Captain and is replaced by Chris Holdsworth. Chris Holdsworth is also taking the vacant Men’s Cross Country Captain role. Dave Motley is continuing as Men’s Fell Captain.

North West Junior Triathlon Series

Eleanor and Grace Root completed the NW Junior Triathlon series on 19^th September, clocking up 19 Aquathlons/Triathlons between them. They competed in Carlisle, cycling on a tough grass course where Ellie managed to pick up a 3rd place. In the final race of the season at Salt Ayre in Lancaster, Grace put in a strong performance to come 12th in the T1’s with big sister Ellie coming 9th in a really strong field of T2’s. Both girls have worked very hard and are looking forward to the presentation evening in January where they will be able to celebrate completing the series.

L-R Grace and Ellie Root.

Tuesday 22 September

Mandy Goth 5k

A quartet of our vet men took part in this 5K race that comprises a steep road climb, stony trail and two laps of the Brownhouse Wham reservoir.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
34	Stephen Fish	MV60	24.21
39	Robert Hirst	MV65	25.36
52	Ron Chappell	MV65	27.39
58	Jack. McGuire	MV60	29.13

Full Results

Thursday 24 September

AGM Club Track Races

Over 60 club members of all ages turned up at Seedhill track for a set of track races.

For the younger members, there was a 2k (5 lap) race held first. 20 youngsters took part. Dexta and Liberty easily took the top 2 positions, using the shorter distance as a warm up event for the racing they would be doing over the weekend. It was a first time race for a number of our younger members and they all looked to be enjoying the competition immensely, so much so that Emily Johnson got quite carried away and completed an extra lap!

Our younger juniors at the AGM 2K race. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Age	Time
1	Dexta Thompson	9	7:16
2	Liberty Thompson	12	7:54
3	Nathan Kewin	10	8:39
4	Alexander Thompson	10	8:48
5	Joshua McKay	8	8:51
6	Heidi Kewin	12	9:13
7	Honey Tattersall	8	9:19
8	Eve Waters	9	9:32
9	Imogen Ferguson	10	9:33
10=	Kady Thompson	8	9:47
10=	Hannah Layfield	9	9:47
12	Felix Thompson	6	9:52
13	Toby Birtwistle	6	9:52
14=	Rachel Stevenson	9	10:50
14=	Bronia Olszewska	11	10:50
16	Millie Maccabe	8	11:32
17	Redvers Theaker	7	11:00
18	Tillie Ferguson	8	11:23
19	Holly Applegate	7	11:46
20	Emily Johnson	5	13:30

Race B was up next, this was billed as a race for club members with a 5K time of 21-30 minutes and there was a mix of junior and senior members. Ryan Clarke had a blistering run, hotly pursued by fellow juniors Simon Wilshaw and Lennon Jackson. Eleanor Root lead the girls race. They certainly gave the seniors a run for their money. First seniors were Angela Shian and Alison Dugdale with Andy Quinn leading in the senior men.

Fast Lasses at the AGM 5k. Photo by David Belshaw

Race B
Pos	Name	Time
1	Ryan Clarke	19:44
2	Simon Wilshaw	19:49
3	Lennon Jackson	19:59
4	Eleanor Root	20:51
5	Jenson Bentham	20:59
6	Ella Dorrington	21:21
7	Claudia Bentham	21:22
8	Angela Shian	21:31
9	Alison Dugdale	21:33
10	Andy Quinn	21:50
11	Sophie Ashworth	21:58
12	Matthew Jackson	22:02
13	Jim Hickie	22:15
14	Alice Pier	22:20
15	Helana White	22:39
16	Martin Brady	22:45
17	Daniel Bradley	23:03
18	Natasha Olszewska	23:30
19	Richard Lawson	23:39
20	Tony Pilling	23:56
21	Bethany Quinn	24:40
22	Keira Stevenson	24:47
23	Elouise Pemberton	25:02
24	Harry Mason	25:45
25	Adam Stevenson	27:29
26	Jack Maguire	28:48
27	Lucy Stevenson	30:03

Race A was one for the fast guys and gals with the criteria being a sub 21 minute time. 15 club members toed the line. Danny Collinge easily led the way finishing in 16:53. Laura Hesketh was our only lady runner, finishing with a time of 18:29.

Fast Lads at the AGM 5K A Race. Photo by David Belshaw

Race A
Pos	Name	Time
1	Danny Collinge	16:53
2	Jordan McDonald	17:09
3	George Pier	17:34
4	Jonathan Pye	17:46
5	Terry O’Leary	18:19
6	Matthew Duckworth	18:23
7	Laura Hesketh	18:29
8	Jackson McKay	18:32
9	Dave Motley	18:55
10	Chris Snell	19:08
11	Gareth Berry	19:19
12	Sean Clare	19:08
13	Thomas Bradley	19:36
14	Kevin Davies	19:46
15	John Wilcock	20:23

Till Hill Twilight Hill Race

Till hill Twighlight race is a 4.5 mile up hill only off road race, starting in Hurst Green climbing up too the trig point on Longridge fell in time to watch the sun set on Bleasdale and weather permitting the Yorkshire three peaks.

Garry Wilkinson at the Till Hill Twilight Uphill Race

Garry Wilkinson was our only competitor as this took place on the same night as the AGM track races. He came third in a time of 27:43.

Results on the Till Hill Facebook Page

Saturday 26 September

Orton Fell Race

This race takes place in Penrith and is a 6.2 miles with 846ft of climb. Wendy Dodds was our sole competitor in this fell race. She finished in 60^th place (1^st FV60) with a time of 28:35

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Astley Park

What a tremendous start to the cross country season! An excellent turnout of juniors meant we were able to field teams in the U11 Girls, U11 Boys, U13 Girls, U13 Boys (one of our runners is missing from the results) and U17 Men. We earned some great team positions with first places for U11 Boys, U13 Girls, U17 Men, and Over 45 Ladies. Second place positions for our Senior Men, Over 40 Men and Over 55 Ladies.

Cross Country Season begins. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

There were some great individual performances as well. Dexta Thompson won the U11 Boys race with Jenson Bentham and Finlay Stubbs finishing in the top 10 to make their 1^st place team position. Millie Stubbs and Liberty Thompson finished in the top ten in the U13 Girls race. Jackson McKay was 3^rd in the U13 boys. Top ten finishes were the order of the day for our U17 Men team as well. Helena Leathley was our first Clayton lady finisher and new Men’s Cross Country Captain, Christopher Holdsworth, was our first Clayton male finisher. Barry Mitchell and Richard Lawson were 1^st and 3^rd Vet 70 men.

Alas! Three trips to the medics with a dodgy knee, a turned ankle and a fall. Everyone is doing well, no lasting damage and, more importantly, all eager to come back and race another day!

Team Clayton – Keeping the medics busy!

U11 Girls – Team Position 9^th

Rachel Stevenson in the U11 Girls Race. Photo by Chris Thompson

Pos	Name	Time
18	Imogen Ferguson	7:07
52	Kady Thompson	8:32
60	Rachel Stevenson	9:05
62	Millie Maccabe	9:34

U11 Boys – Team Position 1^st

U11 Boys squad. Photo by Chris Thompson

Pos	Name	Time
1	Dexta Thompson	5:54
7	Jenson Bentham	6:33
10	Finlay Stubbs	6:38
32	Matthew Jackson	7:17
40	Joshua McKay	7:35
49	Finan Holdsworth	8:33

U13 Girls – Team Position 1^st

Millie Stubbs and Liberty Thompson in the U13 Girls race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
4	Millie Stubbs	10:56
7	Liberty Thompson	11:10
16	Sophie Ashworth	11:42
19	Natasha Olszewska	12:02
25	Roanna Holdsworth	12:25
34	Keira Stevenson	13:38
35	Heidi Kewin	13:39
39	Bronia Olszewska	15:37

Under 13 Boys – Team Position (should be 5th)

Jay Bowman in the U13 Boys Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
3	Jackson McKay	12:42
25	Lennon Jackson	14:22

Jay Bowman missing from results but likely position 28th time 14:34

U15 Girls

Lucy Stevenson in the U15 Girls Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
31	Lucy Stevenson	17:12

U15 Boys

Daniel Bradley in the U15s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
25	Daniel Bradley	19:01

U17 Women

Alice Pier in the U17 Womens Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
9	Alice Pier	19:21

U17 Men – Team Position 1^st

Simon Wilshaw in the U17 Men’s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
8	Curtis Holt	25:46
9	Ryan Clarke	26:41
10	Simon Wilshaw	30:10

Ladies Race

Dawn Terry and Julia Rushton. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
27	Helena Leathley	L	29:19
37	Angela Shian	L35	29:55
40	Irene Roche	L55	30:14
50	Vicky Heys	L45	31:48
58	Helen Burnett	L35	32:21
75	Julia Rushton	L45	34:35
82	Dawn Terry	L45	34:47
95	Elouise Pemberton	L	36:20
117	Karin Goss	L65	36:58
134	Christine Leathley	L65	43:56
135	Susan Allen	L55	44:10

Ladies Team Positions

A Team (Leathley/Shian/Roche) 7^th| B Team (Heys/Burnett/Rushton) 17^th

Over 35 A Team (Shian/Roche/Heys) 6^th| Over 35 B Team (Burnett/Rushton/Terry) 14^th

Over 45 A Team (Roche/Heys/Rushton) 1^st| Over 45 B Team (Terry/Goss/Leathley) 10^th

Over 55 (Roche/Goss/Leathley) 2^nd

Mens Races

Senior Men U20

Jordan McDonald. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
3	Jordan McDonald	37:56
13	George Pier	48:55

Vet 70 Men

Pos	Name	Time
1	Barry Mitchell	30:13
3	Richard Lawson	36:28

Senior Men

Andrew Holt giving it his all in his debut for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
8	Chris Holdsworth		35:52
21	Jordan McDonald	U20	37:56
28	Breton Holdsworth	V40	38:32
45	David Bagot		40:08
56	Andrew Armstrong	V40	41:13
57	Andrew McFarlane	V40	41:19
78	Andrew Holt	V40	42:46
93	Carl Helliwell	V40	43:47
106	Mark Aspinall	V50	44:50
108	Richard Briscoe		44:50
109	Chris Snell		45:02
129	Alan Life	V50	46:09
132	Adam Shaw		46:17
150	John Wilcock	V50	47:49
152	George Pier	U20	47:55
154	Michael Clarke	V40	48:13
164	Stephen White	V60	48:59
179	Chris Paul		50:08
186	Peter Browning	V50	50:55
192	James Hickie	V50	51:48
207	Martin Brady	V50	53:39
208	David Scott	V70	53:43
242	Doug Monroe	V60	1:03:36

Men’s Team Positions

Team A (Holdsworth/McDonald/Holdsworth/Bagot/Armstrong/McFarlane) 2^nd

Team B (Holt/Helliwell/Aspinal/Briscoe/Snell/Life) 17^th

Over 40

Team A (Holdsworth/Armstrong/McFarlane/Holt) 2^nd

Team B (Helliwell/Aspinall/Life/Wilcock) 12^th

Over 50

Team A (Aspinall/Life/Wilcock) 5^th

Team B (White/Browning/Hickie) 11^th

Over 60

(White/Scott/Monroe) 3^rd

Full Results

Ron Hill’s 77^th Birthday 5K

With the first race of the cross country season already clashing with our club race at Theiveley Pike, just the great man himself took part in his eponymous birthday 5k.

Full Results

Thieveley Pike Fell Race

Report from Michelle Butschok

L-R Michelle Butschok, Sarah Whittaker, Rachel Todd

This was my 2nd attempt at Thieveley Pike Fell Race; loved it the 1st time and it didn’t disappoint this time round. There was great weather for it and a great turnout. The 3rd hill is still a tough sting in the tail but I managed to pass a couple up the hill and beat last year’s time, as did my fellow Claytoner Rachel Todd so smiles all round!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
10	Alan Life	M50	37:33
16	Mike Wallis	M55	38:32
38	Andy Bradley	M45	42:02
44	Sean Clare	M50	43:03
65	Andrew Howarth	M55	45:49
79	Alison Dugdale	F45	47:38
82	Peter Dugdale	M55	48:00
86	Stephen Fish	M60	49:57
89	Andrew Firth	M55	50:36
99	Kath Brady	F50	53:28
100	Rachel Todd	F40	53:35
104	Sarah Whittaker	F	54:59
113	Michelle Butschok	F40	61:23

Full Results

Sunday 27 September

3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross

The 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross is staged in the Yorkshire Dales National Park every year at the end of September. It is the toughest and biggest Cyclo-Cross event in the UK. Three of our club members took part in this 38 mile course, of which 34 is rideable (20 cross and 18 road) and 5000 feet of climbing thrown in just for fun!

Ryan Belshaw who suffered a number of punctures at the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross. Photo by David Belshaw

Paul Hesketh finished in under 4 hours giving him 1^st class status. Neil Hardiman and Ryan Belshaw finished under 5 hours giving them 2^nd class status. All finishers over 5 hours are given a merit so well done to all three of you!

Paul Hesketh at the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	No	Cat	Elapsed
123	Paul Hesketh	219	MV50	03:53:32
216	Neil Hardiman	114	MV40	04:16:09
388	Ryan Belshaw	284	M	04:51:15

Full Results

English Schools Fell Running Championships

Report from Vicky McKay

English Schools Fell Championship race took place at Mytholmroyd. Jackson Mckay was up against the fantastic Bofra runners that he has been chasing all fell season (Fraser Sproul ,Sam Smith and Alexander Thompson). He managed to beat 2 of them to come 3rd. Fraser 1st and a boy from Bradford 2nd. A fantastic achievement as it was 3k with unforgiving hills. Well done Jackson xx

Jackson McKay in the Year 7 Race at the English Schools Fell Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Well done to Briony Holt for her fantastic first half only to be snatched away with a superman dive. Great way to descend though in the back of the Mountain Rescue Vehicle. Hope it is not as bad as it looks, you did yourself proud though with the way you behaved. You will have to show them next year!

Briony Holt at the English Schools Fell Running Championships (pre-fall). photo by Woodentops

Awaiting results

Kendal Sprint Triathlon

Nikki Kay took art in this event which involved a 400m swim, 18K bike ride and 5k run.

Nikki Kay at the Kendal Sprint Triathlon. Photo by James Kirby

She reports;

It was a very well organised, friendly, and welcoming event. Unfortunately, I hadn’t put the training in and so didn’t perform greatly. I finished in 1 hour 54. But that didn’t matter – it was a learning curve and a very enjoyable one at that. The great thing about a triathlon is that you all start at different times and so whilst out on the course no one really knows where you are position wise and everyone is so friendly. I will definitely be signing up for more.. with a little more preparation next time.

Full Results

Littleborough 10K

Described by the organisers as a fast and picturesque course that is run on good runnable roads, paths and some country lanes. The course, after the first start section is on a small gradual decline in terms of elevation. This makes the race feel down hill and makes for a really enjoyable running experience.

Dan Balshaw had a good run finishing in third place with a time of 36:16 and he was joined by fellow clubmates Stephen Biscomb, Ian Hargreaves and Elouise Pemberton.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Dan Balshaw	M	35:16.2
36	Stephen Biscomb	M60	43:67.3
8	Ian Hargreaves	M60	52:00.2
100	Elouise Pemberton	F	54:09.7

Full Results

Run Preston 2K Run

Congratulations to junior member Helana White who came second after battling it out with another junior girl from Blackburn Harriers.

Run Preston – 5K Race

Great runs from juniors Dexta and Liberty Thompson at this popular 5k event in Preston. Marion Wilkinson was our sole senior runner.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
12	Dexta Thompson		20:30
31	Liberty Thompson		23:11
133	Marion Wilkinson	V70	30:34

Run Preston – 10K Race

An outstanding run from Lennon Jackson in his first ever 10K on his 12th birthday in 117th place with a time of 45:13.

Lennon Jackson at the Run Preston 10K

Amanda Duffy was our first senior finisher in 46:36. Lee Moore was our first senior male in 48:33. Clare Wilson is missing from the results but completed around the 53 minute mark and Kevin O’Brien finished a shade over the 1 hour mark.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
117	Lennon Jackon	M	45:13
154	Amanda Duffy	FV35	46:36
212	Lee Moore	MV35	48:33
731	Kevin O’Brien	V70	1:02:07

*Clare Wilson is missing from the results.

Results (Facebook Post)

Sutton Park 10K

The race begins and ends in the picturesque North Yorkshire village of Sutton on the Forest. The route includes parkland tracks through Sutton Park and Forest, quiet roads and parts of a former airfield.

Julie Toman took part in this multi-terrain 10K

AWAITING RESULTS

Parkrun roundup

Some great results and PBs at Burnley parkrun this week but were they chasing the nuns or running away from them?? Who knows…

Burnley nuns on the parkrun.

Not much action further afield this week. John Hartley continues to dominate the top spot at Pendle and there were Harriers spotted at Witton, Dewsbury, Fell Foot and Penrith this week

Burnley parkrun – A total of 284 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Jonathan PYE	17:58	SM25-29
3	Richard STEVENSON	18:08	VM40-44	New PB!
5	Terry O’LEARY	18:38	VM35-39	New PB!
10	Kevin DAVIES	19:35	VM50-54
16	Nick ROSCOE	20:11	VM45-49
23	Andrew FOSTER	20:36	VM45-49
25	Andrew WEBSTER	20:59	VM45-49	New PB!
31	Gordon BARRETT	21:33	VM50-54
32	Donna RILEY	21:37	VW50-54
50	Martin BRADY	22:51	VM50-54
54	Julie DAWES	23:07	VW45-49
86	Andrew TAYLOR	24:47	VM55-59
95	Donna AIREY	25:10	SW30-34
105	Donna SCOTT	25:53	VW50-54
108	Jackie KERSHAW	25:59	VW45-49	New PB!
135	Aaron LUNDIE	27:33	JM11-14
167	Toby BIRTWISTLE	28:51	JM10	First Timer!
168	Justin BIRTWISTLE	28:53	VM40-44	First Timer!
174	Nicola KAY	29:10	SW30-34
180	Marion WILKINSON	29:39	VW70-74
201	Adam STEVENSON	30:59	JM11-14
233	Valerie LAWSON	33:25	VW70-74	New PB!
242	Chris SNELL	34:02	VM35-39
263	Sean CLARE	38:16	VM50-54
283	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	42:07	VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 43 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	John HARTLEY	19:58	VM55-59
18	Molly HESKETH	27:17	JW11-14

Witton parkrun – A total of 159 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
61	Julie TOMAN	27:35	VW45-49

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 83 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
79	Robin PRICE	35:17	VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 144 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
123	Eileen JONES	32:17	VW60-64

Penrith parkrun – A total of 86 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
47	Jude ASHWORTH	25:53	VW55-59	First Timer!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Kings of the castle

Another week of success! Kings of Lancaster Castle 10K and Half Marathon. Winner of the OMM Lite. Part of team GB at the World Mountain Running Championships. And not forgetting team competition at the Northern Road Relays, 10Ks galore, Lakeland & Yorkshire Fells and parkruns. There’s just no stopping us!

Tuesday 15 September

Club Handicap Race
The race was based on last week’s Coppice Race (the last of the Summer Series). In effect the last runner in the race sets off first on a zero time and then the rest of the field set off on the time difference achieved last week – in other words last week’s winner sets off last on a time difference equal to that achieved last week – so Alan Life won last week and was 24 minutes 20 seconds in front of Sue Allen. In theory all the runners should cross the finish line on the same time.

* Means Estimated Handicap Time

H’cap Pos.	No.	Name	Cat.	Start Time		Finish Time		Actual Time		Speed Pos.
				mins	secs	mins	secs	mins	secs
1*	221	Dave Naughton	V50	20	20	66	36	46	16	1
2	220	Andrew Howarth	V50	18	50	66	55	48	5	2
3	225	Geoff Smith	V40	10	42	67	5	56	23	6
4	226	Peter Dugdale	V50	15	21	67	14	51	53	5
5	223	Peter Browning	V50	16	13	67	43	51	30	4
6	219	Geoff Laycock	V60	7	50	67	46	59	56	7
7	224	Sue Allen	LV50	0	0	68	13	68	13	8
8	218	Alan Life	V50	24	20	73	52	49	32	3

Wednesday 16 September

Roy Lee Memorial Brownhouse Wham – Awaiting Results

Saturday 19 September

Good Shepherd Fell Race

Described as a pleasant, but tough, end of season fell race over woodland paths, moors and rough fell this is a 15 mile race with 2000ft of ascent.

Alison Dugdale at the Good Shepherd Fell Race. Photo by Richard Sunderland

Alison Dugdale was our sole competitor finishing in 41st place with a time of 2:32:41

Full Results

Northern Road Relays

Ladies 4-Stage Races

Report from Ladies Captain, Angela Shian

Clayton had 12 lady runners compete at a sunny Stanley Park on Saturday. It was so hot we even had to take off our renowned orange hoodies…! We had a few nerves in the 3 teams, as most or our runners had not competed in relays of this kind before! A special well done to leg 1 ladies; Laura, Amanda & Elouise, as this is by far the most nerve racking stage.

Clayton Ladies at the Northern Road Relays

We did have a marshal trip up one of our competitors – Bianca Bennett (I wont repeat her language at the end!!!). Unbelievably, we were also told off for the noise volume of “cheering” our ladies in (Rachel Todd).

There were 62 teams competing in total – Our first Team came 23rd which now qualifies us for the National road relays championships at Birmingham! Team 2 came 44th position, and Team 3 came 57th position. All in all cracking day and effort by the ladies, roll on next year!

Leg	Name & Pos	Time
Team A
1	Laura Hesketh (22)	19:20
2	Claire Vincent (26)	21:24
3	Angela Shian (25)	22:51
4	Helena Leathley (23)	22:10
Team B
1	Amanda Duffy (56)	23:23
2	Rachel Robinson (51)	23:56
3	Joanne Bennett (47)	23:58
4	Helen Burnett (45)	24:28
Team C
1	Elouise Pemberton (67)	26:39
2	Michelle Butschok (64)	28:29
3	Rachel Todd (58)	25:08
4	Bianca Bennett (58)	24:54

Mens 6-Stage Races

Report From Chris Holdsworth

The improvements made between 2014 and 2015 6-Stage Road Relays has been excellent. Having raced at both, it was great to be able to see our teams compete for places throughout the day.

I had a poor personal performance having been too eager to get us off to a good start, but the rest of the lads were able to keep our position with some solid performances throughout.

Chris Holdsworth at the Northern Road Relays. Photo by David Wood

Finishing the day in 31st place, we narrowly missed out on qualifying for the National relays having fallen out of the top 25 requirement.

However, on another day I believe we’d have had enough quality to qualify which is very encouraging. With an improvement of over 50 places from 2014, I’m sure we’ll continue that trend in to 2016 and beyond!

Leg	Name & Pos	Time
Team A
1	Chris Holdsworth (30)	21:20
2	Jordan McDonald (43)	23:15
3	Danny Collinge (41)	22:32
4	Daniel Balshaw (35)	22:49
5	Breton Holdsworth (33)	22:49
6	Jonny McKenna (31)	22:29
Team B
1	George Pier (77)	23:59
2	Lee Smith (66)	23:24
3	Richard Stevenson (65)	23:59
4	Richard Briscoe (73)	25:53
5	Jonathan Pye (67)	24:14
6	David Motley (66)	25:56

Junior Races

We fielded an U13 girl’s team but due to a last minute change of lineup, they were omitted from the team results. They would have been in 21^st place. Still a set of great runs from the girls!

U13 Girls Team at the Northern Road Relay. L-R Claudia Bentham, Liberty Thompson, Sophie Ashworth

Leg	Name & Pos	Time
1	Claudia Bentham (27)	13:18
2	Sophie Ashworth (24)	13:55
3	Liberty Thompson (21)	13:39

Full Results

OMM Lite

Congratulations to Ralph Baines on his win over the weekend at the OMM Lite Long Score event- Reeth, Swaledale

Report from Ralph Baines

Ralph Baines WInner of the OMM Lite Long Score event.

Ralph Baines at the OMM Lite.

Having done a few Orienteering score events this year and really enjoyed them I was asked by my brother-in-law Barry to partner him on this. It was a two-day score event, 7 hours on Saturday north of the river and 5 hours Sunday south, but without the usual OMM overnight camp and carrying your tent/food etc.

It was beautiful weather and a good selection of people doing both the mountain biking and orienteering. We spent a good 5 minutes marking the scores on the map and deciding which route to set off on, this turned out to be time well spent since through the weekend we managed to get lots of the high value checkpoints. After about 5 hours I was, as usual, starting to get really tired and the cramp kicked in but plenty of determination and encouragement from Barry got us to the finish where I could have a sit down and be served tea and cake in the sunshine, and be unable to get out of the chair for 20 minutes! The pain was eased by the fact we were winning, if only by 10 points. I texted my wife Naomi to tell here the good news but with the caveat that there wasn’t a hope in Christmas of us holding the place for the following day.

Day 2 and a large bacon sandwich, to replace some lost salt, and lots of tea just before being first to set off worked a treat and didn’t feel too bad after we had done the climb up to Grinton Lodge YHA and got onto the beatiful grouse moors up there. Lots more points came and the time seemed to pass much quicker albeit I did feel slower still. Anyway we got 22 miles in which I was more than impressed with and we had to sit and wait for an hour to see who beat us. Nobody did, we were second on the day and extended our lead so got to go and receive the prizes, one for overall winners and one for the vets. So after 25 years running it has taken until now for my first win. Thanks to Barry for encouraging me round.

Full Results

PFO Orienteering – Marl Pits

Team Motley (Dave and Joanne) took part in this orienteering event organised by Pendle Forest Orienteers.

Full Results

Scafell Pike – AWAITING RESULTS

Three Shires –

Clayton shirt spotted in the photos I’ve seen but can’t quite identify the runner.

AWAITING RESULTS

World Mountain Running Championships

Well done to Jacob Boyle who competed in the Bronze medal winning, junior GB men’s team at this prestigious event. He reports;

Wow what a hectic couple of days. Down at the World Mountain Running Championships and met all the squad getting to know them before the event. Met some amazing people and made some great friends. The race didn’t go how I wanted to but I can now go away and train even harder. Was really proud to represent Great Britain. My team mates did absolutely amazing helping us become the bronze medalists for the worlds. So inspiring to see some of the team getting individual medals and great news at the fact we all came away with a World Championship medal. Well done team GB. Hope to see you all soon

Jacob Boyle (Red Shirt) with Team GB at the World Mountain Running Championships. Photo by MacVicker

Jacob Boyle (Red Shirt) with Team GB at the World Mountain Running Championships. Photo by Helen MacVicker

Still awaiting full results.

Sunday 20 September

Aintree 10K

Running legend, Ron Hill took part in this popular 10K race from the Grand National race course at Aintree in Liverpool. He finished in 476^th place with a time of 59:48

Full Results

Burnley Leisure 10K

Fourteen Clayton-le-Moors Harriers toed the start line in this inaugural Burnley Leisure 10K race in Padiham. The route is almost entirely off road and starts and finishes at the Padiham Leisure centre, taking in the Padiham Greenway, Leeds Liverpool Canal towpath and some single track riverside footpath.

Amanda Duffy at the Burnley Leisure 10k in Padiham. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

First Clayton man was Jonathan Pye who finished in 7^th place in a time of 39:36 and our first lady finisher was Amanda Duffy who was 2^nd lady (1^st F35) with a time of 48:40. Stephen Biscomb was the 1^st V60 and Julie Dawes was 1^st F45.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
7	Jonathan Pye	M	39:36
9	Stephen Hall	M40	40:41
16	Keiron Mitchell	M40	42:26
21	Andrew Webster	M45	43:51
24	Stephen Biscomb	M60	45:43
26	Ryan Clark	M	46:39
35	Amanda Duffy	F35	48:40
43	Julie Dawes	F45	51:01
53	Ian Hargreaves	M50	53:19
58	Clare Wilson	F35	54:16
66	Philip Naylor	M	55:44
67	Ron Chappell	M60	56:00
72	Elouise Pemberton	F	57:06
74	Stuart Barker	M45	57:24

Full Results – not yet published but emailed to participants

Dale Head

Carl Helliwell tackled this 4.5 mile Lakeland fell race with 2215ft of climbing organised by Keswick AC.

Carl Helliwell at the Dalehead Fell Race. Photo by Paul Dobson

Report from Sarah Helliwell

Carl was either 15th or 16th out of 51 runners. He went hard and managed to keep up with the front runners on the way up, however the Lakeland lads showed their skill on the way back down, as he lost roughly 4 or 5 places. This was his first Lakeland fell race and it was a steep sharp nasty one of just under 700m of climbing, then descending in 4.5miles. He said the brief 5 seconds he had to admire the view was pretty impressive. He thoroughly enjoyed it and is hoping to do some more Lakeland fell races.

AWAITING OFFICIAL RESULTS

Embsay (BOFRA)

Danny Collinge, Tim Edward and Richard Briscoe took part in the senior BOFRA race. 83 runners took part. Danny had a great run finishing in 3^rd place in a time of 19:51 and 1^st MU23. Tim Edward was 12^th and Richard Briscoe 29^th.

Tim Edwards at the Embsay Fell Race. Photo by Estelle Willis/Geoff Thompson

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Danny Collinge	MU23	19:51
12	Tim Edward	MV45	22:03
29	Richard Briscoe	M	24:45

U14 Race

Liberty Thompson was our only competitor in the U14 race finishing in 17^th place overall, 3^rd girl.

Liberty Thompson in the U14s Race at Embsay. Photo by Geoff Thompson

U12 Race

Jackson McKay was 2^nd in the U12 race with a time of 9:01 and Dexta Thompson was 4^th in 9:11.

Jackson McKay chased by Dexta Thompson at the Embsay Races. Photo by Geoff Thompson

U9 Race

There was a win for Jenson Betham in the U9 race in a time of 4:33. Kady Thompson was 29^th and Felix Thompson was 32^nd.

Jenson Bentham at the Embsay U9s Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Full Results

English Half Marathon

5,000 runners took to the streets of Warrington for the new look English Half Marathon and 10k. It started and finished at the Town Hall. The Golden Gates marked the finish line for the first time

Bryan Searby was our sole representative at this event and finished in a respectable 476^th place with a time of 1:41:35

Full Results

Lancaster Castle 10k

Report from Dan Balshaw

After the 6 Leg relays, and a moment of madness, I turned up for the Lancaster Castle 10k; an out and back course finishing with a nasty little hill, before the finish line in the castle grounds. When I went to pay my fees and get my number I was directed into the old prison which has got to be the strangest place I’ve ever seen a race registration.

Dan Balshaw at the Castle 10K. Photo by Sprint Finish Race Photography

When the race started along with the Half Marathon, I somehow managed to create a lead from the off and after hitting 5k in 17m20 I was a bit surprised that no one had come with me. At the turning point I had a good 30 seconds over 2nd place (who’d also done the relays), and tried to make more of this only to literally run into someone coming the other way. Despite my efforts of shouting and letting people know I was coming, one headphone-wearing runner got in the way. I managed to get going again and claim the win finishing 50 seconds ahead of 2nd and was one slow cooker better off. It was a good day for Clayton, with Richard Stevenson winning the Half Marathon and a Microwave.

Full Results

Lancaster Castle Half Marathon

Report from Richard Stevenson

It was a bit confusing at the start of the race, as we started alongside the 10k runners so didn’t have a clue who was running what until the 10k turned around to head back.

Richard Stevenson at the Castle Half Marathon. Photo by Sprint Finish Race Photography

At that point I found myself at the front with another runner so took it steady and stuck with the planned pace and soon found myself pulling away.Tried to keep it steady and not panic and the plan worked perfectly all the way back to the finish.

First ever race win and a new PB to boot. Roll on Yorkshire Marathon in 3 weeks!

Full Results

Utterly Butterly Fell Race

This race is described as a nice introduction to fell running. A third of the route is on tracks, a third on paved footpaths and a third on grassy / gravelly footpaths. It is a scenic run passing 5 reservoirs in under 5 miles. The route goes over the moors above Marsden keeping on good footpaths all the way.

Julie Toman was our sole runner finishing in 68^th place with a time of 53:05

Full Results

Yarrow River Trail 10K

Sharon Wilson was flying the tangerine flag in this 10k multi-terrain event in and around the woodland and river of the Yarrow Valley Country Park in Chorley. She had a great time taking part in this event which she found tough but great fun, especially running through the river!

She finished in 164^th place with a time of 1:21:06

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Looks like we stayed pretty local this week as far as parkruns go; perhaps because of all the other events many of you took part in over the weekend. A big turn out as usual at Burnley with plenty of PBs and top ten finishes. Well done to Dexta who continues to improve and push for faster times – and he’s only 9! Lots of good runs from the juniors who are getting ready for the cross country season that kicks off next week. There was a trio of first time visits to the Witton parkrun and a trio of returners producing more PBs and great placings.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 271 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
3	Terry O’LEARY	18:48	VM35-39
4	Chris SNELL	19:06	VM35-39	New PB!
9	Dexta THOMPSON	19:43	JM10	New PB!
10	Kevin DAVIES	19:49	VM50-54
11	Sean CLARE	19:54	VM50-54
12	Nick ROSCOE	20:03	VM45-49
17	Mark WIGHTMAN	20:27	VM55-59	New PB!
20	Michael CLARKE	20:50	VM40-44	New PB!
21	Lennon JACKSON	20:51	JM11-14	New PB!
22	Stephen AINSWORTH	20:52	VM55-59
34	Matthew JACKSON	21:29	JM10	New PB!
36	Donna RILEY	21:31	VW50-54
39	Simon WILSHAW	21:42	JM15-17
52	Helana WHITE	22:55	JW10	New PB!
62	Julie DAWES	23:16	VW45-49	New PB!
86	Donna SCOTT	24:30	VW50-54
91	Ted ORRELL	24:42	VM75-79	First Timer!
111	Richard LAWSON	25:57	VM75-79
117	Lisa JOHNSON	26:07	VW40-44
122	Robert HIRST	26:12	VM65-69
127	Heidi KEWIN	26:17	JW11-14
129	Stuart BARKER	26:32	VM45-49	New PB!
133	Annabel WILCOCK	26:41	JW11-14
134	John WILCOCK	26:42	VM50-54
139	Aaron LUNDIE	26:50	JM11-14	New PB!
146	Imogen FERGUSON	27:25	JW10
170	Adam STEVENSON	28:45	JM11-14
180	Marion WILKINSON	29:49	VW70-74
197	Christine LEATHLEY	31:12	VW65-69
240	Isaac SMITH	34:45	JM10
246	Valerie LAWSON	35:14	VW70-74
267	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	42:33	VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 66 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	John HARTLEY	19:44	VM55-59
6	Paul HESKETH	21:04	VM50-54
17	Barry MITCHELL	24:05	VM70-74	New PB!
57	Molly HESKETH	34:37	JW11-14

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 126 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
35	Wendy DODDS	23:32	VW60-64
96	Eileen JONES	30:14	VW60-64

Witton parkrun – A total of 193 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
5	Garry R WILKINSON	19:17	VM50-54	First Timer!
14	Adam SHAW	20:26	SM30-34	First Timer!
21	Nick COLLINSON	21:54	JM11-14	New PB!
42	Julia RUSHTON	24:35	VW50-54	New PB!
63	Yvonne WICKHAM	26:37	VW50-54	New PB!
73	Julie TOMAN	27:18	VW45-49	First Timer!

AGM – Reminder!

Don’t forget that this Thursday, 24^th September, at 8.00pm, it will be the club Annual General Meeting. The AGM receives the Secretary’s Report, the Treasurer’s Report and Financial Statements, and elects the committee for the forthcoming year. The committee is responsible for running the club and appoints members to roles to assist with this responsibility.

If you want to change things, or get involved, then this is your opportunity. Come along and make yourself heard.

In addition to the business side of things, there are also some races to take part in beforehand.

6:15 2K Junior Track Race

6:25 5K Track Race B – Juniors and Seniors (time 21 mins or over)

6:55 5K Track Race A – Juniors and Seniors (time sub-21 mins)

The race venue is Seedhill Track in Nelson and the AGM will be in the Cricket Club behind the track.

See you there!

Sad News – Michael Wrigley 1944 – 2015

Martin Brady writes;

I was sorry to hear the sad news about the death of Michael Wrigley. He was a true member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and always wanted the best for the club. I remember racing with him in the early 80’s when he regularly would do sub 60 minutes for 10 miles. He was easy to identify then with his green and white celtic style top under his Clayton vest. When he became unable to run he could be seen at many local races supporing the club e.g. Hendon Brook, Three Peaks etc. When my brother died in 1986 aged 23 he was one of the people who carried his coffin. Rest in peace Mick.

His funeral will take place on Friday, 25th September, at 2:20pm at Burnley Crematorium and after at the Rosegrove Club. No flowers and donations to Friends of Marsden Park.

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