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ByChristopher Holdsworth

Durisdeer Fell Race 2015 & The Rest of the Week’s Action

Durisdeer Fell Race 2015

“We started outside the village church, with a mad dash through the parking field, and over a stream onto the hill – about a mile and a half of it to Black Hill, gaining about 300m which was immediately lost in a knee wrenching descent…”

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Durisdeer is a tiny hamlet in the Southern Uplands, about 3 hours up the motorway from home. The annual fell race (9.5m/4000′) usually attracts about 30 runners, but this year 268 competitors gathered for the second British Championship race of the year.

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Friday had been the hottest day of the year so far, but luckily the temperature had dropped with a light but cooling breeze. Linda and Pete Lord were up in Scotland for the week, so Wendy, Jean and I travelled up together, arriving to find ourselves parked next to an injured Jon Sharples. Jon was chauffeuring Gwilym Williams, former Clayton newsletter editor, over from Austria – the only Clayton man to race, and the one who was the furthest from home!

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We started outside the village church, with a mad dash through the parking field, and over a stream onto the hill – about a mile and a half of it to Black Hill, gaining about 300m which was immediately lost in a knee wrenching descent. After smiling for Pete’s camera before crossing the road, there was a more gradual climb to the third checkpoint, remembering to shout “Happy 70th birthday,” to the organiser’s mother, Jessie. Back across the road, with support from Pete again, then a long climb up to Well Hill, the highest point on the race. One more short climb back up to Black Hill then a fast grassy run down to the finish, just spoilt by the short but steep pull up through the parking field.

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There was no need for anyone to go hungry after the race; the village ladies were all set to feed the 5000 – and we were feeding the midges. Despite the midges, we stayed for the presentation where Wendy, Linda and I were all awarded prizes as the first three LV60s. Jean was 22nd lady and 7th LV40, despite still recovering from her record breaking Old County Tops run and a 50m race on the mountains round Lake Annecy a couple of weeks ago. Gwilym found a new friend to run round with – Jean Robson, a former Clayton member now living in Scotland.

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The Southern Uplands are lovely grassy rolling hills, well worth a visit. If the Scottish race in the British Champs is in that area next year, let’s hope more runners can see their way to travelling there – not that much further than Keswick or Wasdale.

137 Jean Brown LV40 2.04.08

155 Wendy Dodds 1st LV60. 2.08.47

222 Katy Thompson 2nd LV60 2.27.24

229 Linda Lord 3rd LV60 2.30.17

264 Gwilym Williams M60 2.59.40

268 ran incl. 73 ladies

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Thanks to Katie Thompson for the report. Full results can be found Durisdeer Results.

The Rest of the Week’s Action

Worsthorne Trail Race

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In an excellent contest between two of Clayton’s best talents, Danny Collinge managed to pip new member Joshua Boyle in this tough 5 mile fell race. This will be the first of many exciting battle’s between the two young Harriers, and I look forward to seeing them contents for the win once again in the future.

Full Senior Results

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Jackson Mckay eased to the win comfortably and effortlessly in the junior race. He was followed shortly by Dexta Thompson in second place in a fantastic time, managing under the 20 minute mark. Third Place went to Natasha Olszewska, whilst forth went to Ella Dorrington. All the juniors showed great promise and the determination to succeed was clear to see through-out.

Full Junior Results

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High Hall Fell Race 2015

Julie Toman was out sole representative at this mid-week race, finishing the fell race in 36:28. Well done Julie!

75 368 022 Julie Toman F45 (006/009) Clayton le Moors Harriers 05.40/09.07 00:36:28

 

2 Towers Fell Race 2015

In a stronger showing for the 2 Towers Fell Race, David Naughton finished as our first senior male in 5th place, whilst Katie Thompson finished first for the ladies.

5 57 005 David Naughton M55 (001/008) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:39:07
30 19 029 Mark Nutter M50 (004/006) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:44:24
42 59 039 Mark Taylor M (015/019) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:46:59
51 20 046 Andrew Firth M55 (005/008) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:48:40
59 61 053 Peter Dugdale M55 (006/008) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:51:12
61 3 007 Katy Thompson F60 (001/001) Clayton le Moors Harriers 00:51:59

 

Weets Fell Race 2015

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In this week’s Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix fixture, it was a return to the toughest fell race on the calendar in “Weets”. Overall we had 34 runners compete, and I can now slowly feel my Fell Palladium Trophy slip away as I see so many super efforts each week.

Not least of all in Jordan McDonald, who continues to light up the P&B Grand Prix and is in excellent form right now – long may it continue! Full results below.

 

 

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The Rings Of Shap 2015

In a race that only psychopaths will enter, runners get to choose how many “rings”, or more appropriately, circles of hell they’d like to travel around. Martin Terry finished third, choosing to race along all three rings! Nick Olszewski, slightly less unhinged decided to tackle two rings, finishing in 6th place overall. A fantastic effort from both men!

South Downs Way 100 – (Results to be found here soon)

Simon Halliday, another runner with a vendetta against his own legs, competed at the South Downs Way 100. Although results are yet to be released, Simon finished in a total time of 19:17:21 (according to his Strava results) – Absolutely brilliant effort Simon!! Full results to follow shortly.
Endure 24 2015
In yet ANOTHER endurance event this week, Julia Rushton and Nerina Gill competed at the famous Mizuno Endure 24. 
Report from Julia Rushton
This weekend I ran my first proper endurance event, Endure24, what was I thinking of when I signed up!! Neri and I had a plan, 50miles for me and 50+ for Neri.
On paper it was only 10hrs running in 24hrs, how hard can it be? Once we got there the atmosphere was brilliant, think Glastonbury for runners, tents, vans and caravans covered two big field. Music, food and drink. We set off at midday on Saturday. My plan was to run the 5mile laps in decreasing sets 4, 3, 2, 1 and I stuck to it forgetting that the furthest I’ve run this year was 16miles and my first set was 20miles.
The 7th lap was the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I gratefully whimpered into bed for a few hours. Neri got up bright and early and was about to aim for 60miles till she heard someone point out it was just short of 100km. Never one to avoid a challenge off she went and clocked up 65miles.
I stuck to my target and on my last lap I walked round taking in the atmosphere, enjoying the woodland surroundings and music filtering through the trees. I was so chilled I almost missed the time and had to run to the finish to beat the midday klaxon. The marshals and support was brilliant, many shouts of “Go Solo” and “well done Clayton Ladies” Will we do it again? You bet we will, planning already underway.
 
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 Results:
Pos      Team           Laps        Total Time     Cat
24      Nerina Gill        13           24:46:05      SW
41      Julia Rushton   10           23:44:43      SW
BOFRA Hawkswick Fell Race 2015 – (Results to be found here soon) 
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Briony Holt continues to excel in the BOFRA races, becoming one of Clayton’s brightest stars in doing so. Also, its clear one of our bravest as I’ve seen many our more seasoned “fell runners” struggle down descents more gingerly compared to this shot from Briony!!
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Report from Tina Holt
Another great running day with Clayton Le Moors Harriers. At Hawkswick dash today, the 4th race of the series, briony came 1st girl. An amazing race, good conditions, a steep uphill, with.a scramble at the top, but overall an enjoyable race. Well done Jackson who also raced with an amazing result of 4th place.
Liverpool Half Marathon
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Jacob Watson continues to show his strength on the road, finishing in 01:19:23, whilst Elouise show’s just how far she’s come whilst adopting the orange banded vest by recording a Half Marathon time of 02:04:24. Top effort guys!!
Full Results
16 1464 Jacob Watson BURNLEY 01:19:13
1159 3711 Lynsey Birtwistle Burnley 01:49:20
1562 6472 Leanne Cottam burnley 01:53:34
2694 9743 Elouise Pemberton Accrington 02:04:26
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If your result is missed, please contact me here.
Edgeworth 5k & 10k
Dan Balshaw managed to take 1st place in the 5k in his first outing for the club! Well done Dan! Bryan Searby also had a good outing, finishing in 13th position for the club.
Full 5k Results
Position        Race Number       Finishing Time        First Name     Last Name   Gender
1                         80                     00:17:58               Daniel            Balshaw      Male
13                        2                      00:24:01               Bryan            Searby         Male
Race For Life 2015
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Report from Marion Wilkinson
Well Done to the Clayton Harriers girls at race for life at Towneley, 1st 10k winner Liberty Thompson & 1st 5k winner Ella Dorington, also well done to Sophie & Millie
great effort from all of you!!!
Castle Howard 2015
Last but not least, and mostly because he messaged me in tears as I’d forgotten his race completely, congratulations to Breton Holdsworth for finishing third in his annual race at Castle Howard. Especially impressive due to his recent buggered knee – well done!!
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ByAdrienne Olszewska

Parks, pikes, poles and proms

Another action-packed week.  Plenty of our members taking part in all kinds of events from 5ks to Ultras. We’ve won parkrun awards, ultra distance events and super steep fell races. Phew! I am feeling quite exhausted just from writing it all down!

Paddy’s Pole Fell Race – Tuesday 2 June

There was a great turnout of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers for this midweek, 3.7 mile race with 1102ft of ascent at Fell Foot near Chipping. With 20 members running we were able to field both a men’s and a women’s team. The men finished as third team overall but the ladies were in first place. Well done ladies. Linda Lord was also first FV60.

Darren Rushton reports:

It’s 17 years since I last did this race and it’s only 18 miles down the road. There’s no official venue, just the road at the bottom of the fell. It’s easy enough to find with sat navs, and directions on paper. We got to Chipping in good time but where is the road we go up? We pass a few cars with runners in them and we turn straight onto a private farm – big iron gates – oh dear! Quick U-turn on the grass and try again. Finally we find a marshal who directs us to the right place. It’s 7.00pm and we make a makeshift toilet with car doors and then it’s off to the start with 2 minutes to spare, everyone ready to get cracking.

Next minute a loud start rings out and we are off. 20 yards up tarmac, lung busting oxygen debt kicks in and I begin to ask myself what the hell I am doing here along with my friends from the club as this was our warm up. Kicks right onto fell with a nice scramble to the top, a free for all to the top and then it levels off. Ah, nice. I can see runners ahead going up the side of the wall to another massive fell in the distance. I’m thinking I should have stopped at home. Luckily after the wall the route switches back with tremendous views all the way to the Irish Sea and beyond. Not one club mate in sight at this stage so I keep going having never recovered from the lung busting start. The track drops down then a steady climb out to the final descent where you can test your legs.

I spot a few Clayton members, but I have no answer, my ass has been kicked! A pint of coke at the longest presentation followed by a pleasant drive home with my buddies. A cracking little race.

Pos Name Cat Time
17 Andrew Priory MV40 00:34:35
24 Richard Briscoe M 00:36:08
28 Alex Braysford MV40 00:36:33
31 Chris Funnell MV40 00:36:47
33 Ivan Whigham MV50 00:37:17
35 Ralph Baines MV40 00:37:36
49 Mark Nutter MV50 00:39:47
50 Nigel Weaver MV50 00:39:51
57 Dugald Mccallum MV60 00:40:46
63 Angela Shian F 00:41:56
64 Vicky Heys FV40 00:41:58
65 Darren Rushton MV40 00:42:16
78 Linda Lord FV60 00:43:58
79 Stephen Fish MV60 00:43:59
80 Colin Woolford M 00:44:01
84 Andrew Walmsley MV60 00:44:57
85 Robin Nicolson MV40 00:45:28
86 Peter Dugdale MV50 00:45:40
92 Katy Thompson FV60 00:47:19
94 George Thompson MV60 00:47:50
102 Robert Hirst MV60 00:49:20

Full Results

Astley Park Trail Series – Wednesday 3 June

This was the second race in this popular series held in Astley Park, Chorley. A number of our junior members attended the first race in May but with this race being one of their club summer race series, there was a very good turnout of 20 junior members.

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The start of this race is a bit of a squeeze and there was a little bit of shuffling around as everyone jostled to get into a good starting position. This is a fast and furious race and with ages ranging from U7s to teens, there can be a fair bit of tussling and rough stuff at times.

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Curtis was our first finisher finishing in second place overall. Top twenty positions followed quickly for Thomas Bradley, Jackson McKay, Briony Holt and Simon Wilshaw. Briony was also the first girl, so very well done to her. Jenson Bentham was the first finisher in his age group.

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There were some great performances all round. A special mention for Natasha who fell, and despite being trampled by the other runners, got up and finished the race.

Pos    Name    Cat    CatPos    Time   
2 Curtis Holt M15 (002/013) 00:05:03
14 Thomas Bradley M15 (008/013) 00:05:32
15 Jackson McKay M13 (005/026) 00:05:34
16 Briony Holt F15 (001/008) 00:05:37
17 Simon Wilshaw M15 (009/013) 00:05:39
32 Dexta Thompson M11 (003/016) 00:06:08
36 Millie Stubbs F13 (003/022) 00:06:12
42 Liberty Thompson F13 (005/022) 00:06:22
45 Daniel Bradley M15 (013/013) 00:06:27
46 Jenson Bentham M9 (001/009) 00:06:28
47 Lennon Jackson M13 (018/026) 00:06:29
50 Ella Dorrington F11 (002/023) 00:06:33
56 Sophie Ashworth F13 (009/022) 00:06:39
72 Natasha Olszewska F13 (012/022) 00:06:55
104 Imogen Ferguson F9 (003/011) 00:07:47
109 Tillie Ferguson F9 (006/011) 00:07:52
111 Kady Thompson F9 (007/011) 00:07:53
123 Felix Thompson M7 (002/006) 00:08:12
134 Mille McCabe F9 (009/011) 00:09:05
135 Bronia Olszewska F11 (023/023) 00:09:09

Senior Race

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Our sole representative in the senior race was Jonathan Pye. He finished in 10th place with a time of 27:21, loudly cheered on by lots of our juniors!

Full Results

Littleborough 5k Series – Wednesday 5 June

153 runners took part in the final race of this series put on by Cannonball events. 5 club members took part in this fast 5k. George Pier finished in 8th place overall with at time of 18:08 and Laura Hesketh was the first female finisher for us and also in the race. Alice Pier was the 2nd U18 female in the race and 15th female overall.

Pos Name Num Time Cat Cat Pos
8 George Pier A00245 00:18:08 MU18 1
27 Laura Hesketh A00232 00:19:29 Female 1
54 Jason Pier A00243 00:21:23 M45 9
61 Alan Clarkson A00236 00:21:37 M55 4
86 Alice Pier A00244 00:22:35 FU18 2

Full Results

Badger 10K Race – Thursday 4 June

This race takes place in the Cuerden Valley Country Park and is described as undulating within the confines of the park with one crossing of a road out and back.

Five Harriers took part. Nick Roscoe was our first finisher in 29th place with a time of 46:43. Ron Chappell was the first V65.

Martin Brady reports; “I had not run the Badger 10K trail race at Cuerden Valley Country Park since 2007 and I had forgotten what a good race it is. There are a few little hills in it (none steep) and some long flat stretches. There were five Clayton runners and it would be great to see some more at the next race on Thursday 2nd July.”

Pos    Name    Cat    CatPos    Time   
29 Nick Roscoe M45 (006/021) 00:43:43
47 John Wilcock M50 (006/018) 00:45:59
73 Martin Brady M50 (011/018) 00:49:14
135 Ron Chappell M65 (001/006) 00:56:28
167 Julie Toman F45 (015/019) 01:01:24

Full Results

Hebden Bridge Fell Race – Thursday 4 June

The Hebden Bridge Fell Race takes place on the first Thursday evening in June. Starting on Hebden Bridge Park, this race goes to Stoodley Pike and back via Erringden Moor, thereby adding a different twist to the climb up to the Pike compared to other races. The final run-in is along densely wooded paths and tracks.

Four Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this race in a field of 104 runners. Alan Life was our first man over the finish line in 15th place and 1st V50.

Pos Name Cat Club Time
15 Alan Life M50 Clayton-Le-Moors 0:54:26
32 Chris Whiteoak M Clayton-Le-Moors 0:57:41
64 Andrew Howarth M55 Clayton-Le-Moors 1:07:26
93 Robert Hirst M60 Clayton-Le-Moors 1:20:41

Full Results

Calderdale Way Ultra – Saturday 6 June

Congratulations to Christopher Holdsworth for his win at the 28 mile Calderdale Way Ultra organised by Cannonball Events.  Christopher ran for the Run4Nepal charity to help raise money for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

Report From Christopher Holdsworth

Originally I was supposed to be racing the event with Breton, but a dodgy knee ruled a first ever Holdsworth pairing out until another day. I decided to change to a solo entry though I was relying on Breton for the first 10 miles of the route, as he knew it well from racing in the Calderdale Way Relays.

With this in mind, I decided to keep close to the front runner to guide me round. Myself and the eventual 2nd place runner, Ed Hyland, kept each other going through the whole race and with enough energy still in my legs, I just managed to push ahead with a mile to go, finishing 1st in 3 hours 54 minutes.

It really is one of the best routes for running, squeezing in all the possible sights, hills and terrain you could fit into 28 miles. Cannonball Events put on a great race, though with how my legs are feeling, I don’t think I’ll be graduating to their 50 mile option any time soon!

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Chris Holdsworth and Ed Hyland neck and neck at the Calderdale Way Ultra.

Full Results

Ennerdale Horseshoe – Saturday 6 June

Paul Thompson was 7th at a shortened and flattened Ennerdale (even more than last year). They ran over to Buttermere, back into Ennerdale over Scarth Gap then back down the forest road and along the lake to the finish. About 17 miles. Wendy Dodds also took part.  Further details when the results are published.

Awaiting Results

Kelbrook FR – Saturday 6 June

There was another large turnout of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers for the 5th race in the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix series.

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Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at the Kelbrook Fell Race. Photo by Andy Holden

This race was first organised by Rev Andrew Proctor, the vicar of Kelbrook Parish Church in conjunction with a garden party held in the grounds of the vicarage, with the profits going towards church finances. Later, the race became part of the Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix with a consequential increase in the numbers taking part and the vicarage garden party gave way to Kelbrook Gala.  The original race route went up Waterloo Road and on to Cob Lane before heading out on to the fells, but a new route was introduced in 2003 which took out the road sections and made the race trail and fell only. Part of the race is over private land, so cannot be reccied before the race.

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Jordan McDonald at the Kelbrook Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

First Clayton Harrier home was Jordan McDonald who ran an excellent race finishing in 5th place. Top twenty positions followed for Carl Helliwell, Russ Clarke, Paul Hesketh (1st M50), David Naughton (1st M55) and Matthew Duckworth. Jeffrey Pickup was 1st M60 and Barry Mitchell was 1st M65. Our first lady, and first lady finisher of the race, Clayton Harrier was Claire Vincent.  Irene Roche was 1st W55 and Karin Goss was 1st W65.

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Claire Vincent at the Kelbrook Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat Time
5 Jordan McDonald MU18 00:23:46
12 Carl Helliwell MSEN 00:25:16
13 Russ Clarke MSEN 00:25:29
15 Paul Hesketh M50 00:25:48
17 David Naughton M55 00:25:57
20 Matthew Duckworth MSEN 00:26:14
25 Dave Motley MSEN 00:26:53
26 Chris Whiteoak MSEN 00:26:54
28 Chris Snell MSEN 00:27:10
29 Chris Funnell M45 00:27:20
33 John Roche M55 00:27:29
34 Alex Braysford M40 00:27:37
35 Nick Roscoe M45 00:27:39
39 Richard Briscoe MSEN 00:27:59
43 John WIlcock M50 00:28:08
47 Claire Vincent WSEN 00:28:14
48 Andy Bradley M45 00:28:15
49 Jeffrey Pickup M60 00:28:17
52 Gary Balmer M45 00:28:40
53 Stephen Ainsworth M55 00:28:44
56 Stephen Biscomb M60 00:29:19
63 Stephen Breckell M60 00:30:03
66 Andy Quinn M40 00:30:18
72 Stephen White M60 00:30:59
74 Martin Brady M50 00:31:10
76 Irene Roche W55 00:31:23
79 Martin Griffin M50 00:31:52
80 Stephen Bury M55 00:32:02
82 Barry Mitchell M65 00:32:25
88 Joanne Bennett W45 00:33:05
91 Andrew Taylor M55 00:33:15
97 Helen Burnett W40 00:33:37
99 Robert Hirst M60 00:33:56
101 Andrew Walmsley M60 00:34:24
103 Martin O’Rourke M50 00:34:29
114 Karin Goss W65 00:38:12
115 Ron Chappell M65 00:38:15
116 Michelle Butschock W40 00:39:03
122 Stuart Barker M45 00:40:09

Full Results

Series Standings after 5 Races Congratulations to Jordan McDonald and Claire Vincent who are both currently second in the men’s and ladies’ standings. Can they push on to victory?  With 8 races left to go, it’s definitely a possibility!

Pen-y-ghent Fell Race – Saturday 6 June

Seven club members took part in the Pen-y-ghent fell race in the Yorkshire Dales.  Settle Harriers organise the annual Pen-y-ghent fell race (AS, 5.5m, 1650ft)  in the first week in June in association with the Horton-in-Ribblesdale gala. This is an ideal venue for families to attend a race before midsummer Gala fatigue sets in.

Katy Thompson Reports;

With forecasts of gale force winds I wasn’t sure Pen-y-ghent was a good idea, but George seemed keen to cycle up – with a tail wind – so off I set. The wind didn’t seem too bad as we ran through the village, and it blew us up towards the summit, getting stronger and stronger as we climbed. It was hard to keep on my feet at the top and I was hoping that the wind would be behind again as we ran off the top – but no such luck. With the wind trying to blow me back up the hill and the dust in my eyes it was a relief to reach the comparative calm of the Finger Post. I was glad the route to Hull Pot was flagged as the runners were well spaced out (in more ways than one!) and the rest of the race was a battle into the wind. There was slight respite on the climb to Whitber Hill then it was downhill on grass, track and road back to the gala field. Thanks to the marshals and well done to everyone who ran.

Pos. Name Category Time Comments
59 Ivan Whigham MV50 01:01:34
82 Mark Nutter MV50 01:05:15
100 Mark Taylor Man 01:10:55
109 Linda Lord LV60 01:12:08 1st LV60
111 Stephen Fish MV60 01:12:28
125 Katy Thompson LV60 01:17:18
139 John Francis MV70 01:47:03

Full Results

Wharfedale Half Marathon – Saturday 6 June

Well done Vicky Heys and Angela Shian who took part in the Wharfedale half marathon which is described as a great day out in some of Wharfedale’s finest scenery with over 2,000 feet of ascents the route follows well established footpaths, including the Dalesway and Mastiles Lane taking in the fabulous scenery.

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Angela Shian reported; “A total of just 2 Clayton Hariers raced this one, myself and Vicky Heys. We had a fine day but battled against super strong winds for probaby 10 miles of it! Taking our breath away and our conversation at times (hard to believe) it was a lovely runnable route, a lot of gradual hill climbing along the way. Hardest part was 1 mile of tarmac finish!!! Would recommend this trail race, but just check weather forecast for wind strength next time!”

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Vicky Heys and Angela Shian at the Wharfedale Trail Half Marathon looking windswept but still smiling. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat TIme
208th Vicky Heys FV40 02:14:31
209th Angela Shian FV35 02:14:33

Full Results

Kettlewell Fell Races – Sunday 7 June

A small group of juniors took part in these BOFRA championship fell races in Kettlewell. Kady Thompson bravely tacked the steep terrain to finish 29th in the U9s race. Jackson McKay had an excellent race in the U12s, finishing in 4th position with Dexta Thompson not far behind in 11th place. Briony Holt took part in the U14s race with Liberty Thompson, finishing 6th overall and first girl. Well done everyone!

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Clayton Juniors at the BOFRA Kettlewell Fell Race. Photo Nicola Thompson

Vicky McKay (Jackson’s Mum) reports;  “The juniors did great today. Briony comfortably got top spot. While Liberty must have overtaken a few across the top to get a better position. Jaxx and Dexter ran brilliantly both their uphills were really steady picking off people. The descent was really hard and rocky underfoot. Jaxx got 4th boy. Kady put in a really strong performance. Great race in beautiful spot. Well done guys”

U9s (47 Runners)
29 Kady Thompson 05:23

U12s ( 57 Runners)
4 Jackson McKay 5:03
11 Dexta Thompson 5:32

U14s ( 27 Runners)
6 Briony Holt 8:32
24 Liberty Thompson 11:30

Senior Race

105 runners took part in the senior race with three Clayton Harriers amongst them.  First Clayton man home was Jack Holt ( also 1st V60). Richard Briscoe was 67th and Andrew Firth was 73rd

43 Jack Holt              MV60  14:38
67 Richard Briscoe    M        16:49
73 Andrew Firth         MV50  17:07

Full Results

Morecambe 10k – Sunday 7 June

218 runners took part in the Superbowl Morecambe 10k race.  Starting and finishing on the Promenade this seaside race provides a good course coupled with lovely views across the famous Bay.A fast opening section follows the promenade towards Heysham taking a slip way into and around Heysham Village before looping back onto Morecambe Promenade for a fast finish.

Three of our club members took part.

Amanda Duffy reports;

When we arrived in Morecambe we had a little drive around the course. I thought it would be flat but there was a couple of hills at the Heysham end and there was a bit of a headwind! So I decided instead of going out too fast to take it easy for the first few k, then pick it up on the way back. Think I will stick to this tactic as I surprised myself and came home with a PB nearly one minute faster! Overall a great race and a nice medal to finish.

Pos Time Name Category
27 00:40:58 Michael Hogan MV45
71 00:47:18 Amanda Duffy FV35
172 01:00:49 Kevin O’Brien MV70

Full Results

Morecambe Fun Run – Sunday 7 June

Well done to Jack McGuire who came 3rd with a time of 07:26

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun celebrated it’s 3 year anniversary with a very well attended event with many runners wearing fancy dress for the occasion. As usual there was a very big attendance from many of our club members and a handful of PBs as well.

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Team Clayton celebrating at Burnley parkrun’s 3rd anniversary. Photo by David Belshaw

Congratulations to Jonathon Pye who is the 2014/2015 Burnley parkrun champion and our junior member Sophie Ashworth for taking the junior award. Every Saturday morning come rain, wind or hail they have turned up to parkrun and their dedication has been rewarded.

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Burnley parkrun champions Jonathan Pye and Sophie Ashworth

Jonathon Pye reports;

“People should never underestimate the power of this wonderful, entirely volunteer led event every Saturday morning. Starting out 4 years ago after being dragged down to my first one, I never really aimed to be more than a reliably average runner, running with a smile on my face and enjoying the fun and fitness.

4 years later, I’ve joined a club, won three events, two trophies and love every second. Parkrun has given me confidence, introduced me to some amazing people and been a great event to become part of. It’s seen me develop an epic duel with Jacob Watson and been cheered along by Team Stevenson, a family who embody the spirit of running. It isn’t always about the fast lads at the front, but the people who turn out every weekend, sometimes having never run before and who put in the dedication to see their PBs tumble. It’s about the fabulous volunteers who are always there and, whatever the weather, make sure it happens. It’s about the amazing David Belshaw who takes photos week in week out. Most importantly for me, it’s about the juniors who make up a sea of smiling face every Saturday and who see running as a massive part of their lives. Teaching isn’t and shouldn’t always be about academia but about helping children who have a genuine talent thrive in something, and that’s what Parkrun does.

Here’s to another year Parkrun. I bloody love you!”

Burnley parkrun – a total of 317 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
4 Jacob WATSON 18:10 SM30-34
5 Jonathan PYE 18:47 SM25-29
10 Jon HANSON 20:22 VM35-39
27 Alan CLARKSON 22:20 VM55-59
29 Simon WILSHAW 22:40 JM15-17
31 Martin BRADY 22:52 VM50-54
37 Sophie ASHWORTH 23:04 JW11-14
49 Daniel BRADLEY 23:34 JM11-14
50 Andy BRADLEY 23:34 VM45-49
53 Natasha OLSZEWSKA 23:37 JW11-14 New PB!
54 Lennon JACKSON 23:39 JM11-14
72 Adam STEVENSON 24:37 JM11-14
80 David Ian SCOTT 24:55 VM70-74
87 Lee MOORE 25:15 VM35-39
91 Liberty THOMPSON 25:32 JW11-14
97 Ian HARGREAVES 25:39 VM50-54
100 Annabel WILCOCK 25:43 JW11-14
101 John WILCOCK 25:45 VM50-54
102 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 25:49 SW25-29
107 Andrew WEBSTER 26:12 VM45-49
119 Keira STEVENSON 26:40 JW10
130 Kian ADAMS 27:06 JM10
136 Imogen FERGUSON 27:25 JW10
138 Heidi KEWIN 27:37 JW11-14
152 Nick ROSCOE 28:30 VM45-49
187 Lucy STEVENSON 29:57 JW11-14
211 Nicola KAY 30:56 SW30-34
213 Bronia OLSZEWSKA 31:06 JW10 New PB!
220 Rachel STEVENSON 31:24 JW10
221 Richard STEVENSON 31:25 VM35-39
247 Christine LEATHLEY 33:05 VW65-69
272 Valerie LAWSON 35:12 VW70-74 New PB!
285 Judith CAREY 36:10 VW35-39
290 Stephen BURY 37:13 VM55-59 First Timer!

Pendle parkrun – A total of 67 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
5 John HARTLEY 20:52 VM55-59
9 Pete BOOTH 22:13 VM60-64 New PB!
21 Stephen WHITE 24:53 VM60-64
29 Robert HIRST 27:36 VM60-64
53 Molly HESKETH 34:44 JW11-14

Bolton parkrun – A total of 317 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
95 Katy THOMPSON 25:10 VW60-64
113 Nerina GILL 25:45 VW45-49
147 Julia RUSHTON 27:05 VW50-54

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 91 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
89 Robin PRICE 38:47 VM70-74

Gunnersbury parkrun – A total of 348 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
254 Eileen JONES 28:48 VW60-64 New PB!

Woodbank parkrun – A total of 132 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
85 Ron HILL 28:29 VM75-79

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 462 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
8 David BAGOT 18:01 SM20-24 New PB!
ByAdrienne Olszewska

Spring has sprung

The days are long, the nights are short and there is an abundance of racing opportunities for our members to get their teeth into. It’s all been rather scenic this week with hills, parks, waterfalls and people dressed up as cows.

Austwick Amble – Monday 25 May

This year’s Austwick Amble, held in conjunction with the Annual Street Market, was held in dry but overcast conditions this year. The event attracted a record numbers of entrants, some of who had travelled from far afield, including a party from Orion Harriers in Essex and a family from Sark in the Channel islands.

Runners received enthusiastic support from spectators, particularly at the start and finish located in the centre of the village. This year there was a full programme of junior races from Under 12 up to Under 18.

Lennon Jackson was our sole junior representative and finished in 12th place in the U12 boys race with a time of 11:50. Well done Lennon!

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Lennon Jackson on the start line at the Austwick Junior race

The senior race (8 miles with 1,200 feet of ascent and descent) featured a record field of 169 runners who set off from Austwick Village at 1.00pm, with the weather overcast but still dry. Paul Hesketh was the first Clayton man home and was also the leading V50. Jeffrey Pickup was leading vet 60.

 Senior Race

Pos Name Cat Time
21 Paul Hesketh MV50 00:56:22
50 Chris Whiteoak M 01:01:59
57 Richard Briscoe M 01:02:48
59 Sean Clare MV50 01:03:15
64 John Wilcock MV50 01:04:22
66 Jeffrey Pickup MV60 01:04:39
70 Gary Balmer MV40 01:05:38
76 Nigel Weaver MV50 01:06:55
93 Andrew Howarth MV50 01:09:45
110 Colin Woolford M 01:11:48
125 Stephen Bury MV50 01:14:33

Full Results

Bowley Hill Race – Monday 25 May

A half dozen Clayton Harriers took part in this trail run that takes part in conjunction with the Great Harwood Agricultural show. Dave Motley and Adam Shaw were running as part of the Run 4 Nepal team to raise awareness of their upcoming National 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

Pos Name Cat Time
4 Ryan Wilkinson (Run 4 Nepal) MSEN 44:27
7 Dave Motley (Run 4 Nepal) MSEN 45:50
19 Adam Shaw (Run 4 Nepal) MSEN 51:00
30 Stephen Breckell MV60 53:17
53 Bryan Searby MV40 58:57
60 Amanda Duffy FV30 62:51
63 Ron Chappell MV65 63:38

Full Results

Fishwick 5 Mile Trail Race – Mon 25 May

Tanya Bunkham was flying the Clayton-le-Moors flag in this 5 mile trail race. She finishied in 32nd place with a time of 42:03.  She described it as a small race, nice scenic route looping route around the nature reserve but with a killer hill thrown in twice for good measure!

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Tanya Bunkham at the Fishwick 5

Full Results

Johnny Butterworth Memorial Trail 5k – Tuesday 26 May

Yvonne Wickham was the sole Clayton-le-Moors Harrier in this event.

Full Results

Vernon’s (formerly Welcome Inn) 5k Series – Tuesday 26 May

Three Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in the second race in the Vernons Summer Series

Pos Name Cat Time
43 Tony Pilling MV50 00:23:58
47 Richard Lawson MV70 00:24:12
48 Anthony Hughes M 00:24:23

Harrock Hill Race – Wednesday 27 May

232 runners took part in this event.  Representing Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were Nigel Weaver and John Francis.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
69 Nigel Weaver M50 42.44
225 John Francis M70 66.29

Full Results

Ingleton Scenery – Thursday 28 May

A trio of Harriers took part in this brand new race.  The Ingleton Scenery Off Road Race features a five-mile route along the famous Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, with runners climbing 800ft during the race. Looks like a stunning place to run, it’s going on my to-do list for next year!

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Stunning waterfalls on the Ingleton Scenery Race

Pos Name Category Time
39 Mark Nutter M50 00:38:03
61 Peter Dugdale M55 00:43:46
88 Julie Toman F45 00:53:00

Full Results

Blackpool Promenade 10 Miler – Saturday 30 May

240 runners completed this 10 mile run around a two loop course of 4 and 6 miles, on the traffic free North Promenades of Blackpool. Stephen Biscomb and Donna Airey took part in this event.

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Donna Airey at the Blackpool Prom 10 Miler. Photo by Donna Airey

Donna reports; Watch time 1 hour 21 mins 28 secs. Smashed my target of 1 hour 30 and maybe a sneaky 10k PR. Thanks to my supporters and the firemen, they made me want to “look good”!

Pos Name Cat Time
39 Stephen Biscomb MV60 1:12:54.4
77 Donna Airey F 1:21:28.0

Full Results

Catforth Canter 5k – Saturday 30 May

Well done to Amanda Duffy who was our sole representative at this fast-paced 5k. She finished in 67th place with a time of 23:21 in a field of 112 runners.

Full Results

Duddon Valley Fell Races – Saturday 30 May

The Long Duddon is a classic fell race covering 18 miles around the head of the Duddon Valley with 6000ft of climb over Harter, Hardknott, Little Stand, Swirl How, Dow Crag, White Pike and Caw.

The Short Duddon is run at the same time over a 10 mile course with 3000 feet of climb up Dow and Caw. Both are category A fell races so navigational ability, proper kit and some idea of what you’re doing are all essential.

Report from Peter Browning

Saturday May 30th, saw the third round of the 2015 English Fell Running Championships with the Duddon Valley Fell Race. This event is a classic AL Lakeland race, and was founded in 1978 by my wife Sandi’s uncle, Ken Ledward. Although the course doesn’t take runners to any of Cumbria’s highest peaks, there are still 18 miles and 6000 feet of climbing to be tackled, and in misty weather, the route poses many difficult navigational problems.

This year however, the 325 starters were pleased to welcome a nice weather window in what has been a dismal May, and although it was never that warm, the clouds remained high and good visibility maintained throughout. Four Clayton Harriers started the race, all veterans of one sort or another. It’s a great shame that our talented senior runners were all absent, but maybe that’s another story for another day.

I must confess to having been quite nervous prior to the race, not having done a race as tough as this for quite some time. “Start slowly and work your way into the race” was the general advice, and this is what I did. 254th place at checkpoint one to a finish position of 188th tells its own tale, and I was delighted to discover that the old stamina and ability to keep going at a steady pace all the way was still lurking in there. The climb from the foot of Hard Knot to the top of Little Stand (checkpoints 2 to 3) looks daunting when you first see it, and although it took me a good 26 minutes, it passed quickly enough. Once through the Three Shires Stone checkpoint, you are on the way home, and whilst there is some rough ground, notably towards the Dow Crag checkpoint where in the 1991 race, I tripped and fell face first into the ground smashing a front tooth out and badly cutting my lip, knees and hands, there is also some good fast running towards White Pike if you have anything left in the tank. No scares for me on Dow Crag this year, though when I finished the race in 1991, having been scraped off the floor by my club mate Steve Breckell and the late Paul Martin from Bolton, my club vest was definitely more red than white! It’s amazing what adrenalin can do. A fast descent from the last checkpoint on Caw takes you back down to the finish at the Newfield Inn.

Race winner Rob Hope from Pudsey and Bramley was showered, changed and on his third pint by the time the Clayton runners got back, but for the record their times were:

  • Rob Hope (V40) 2. 44. 01
  • Peter Browning (V55) 4.11.15
  • Andy McFarlane (V45) 4.12.32
  • Kieran Carr (V70) 4.23.46
  • Wendy Dodds (LV60) 4.28.09

Both Kieran and Wendy won their respective age group categories, and I was absolutely delighted to be first Clayton finisher since I can’t remember when. Now, when’s Wasdale?

Wendy Dodds at the Duddon Valley Race with

Wendy Dodds at the Duddon Valley Race with ‘fan’ Chris Jordan

Long Race

Pos Name Category Time
188 Peter Browning MV55 04:11:15
195 Andrew McFarlane MV45 04:12:32
211 Kieran Carr MV70 04:23:46
223 Wendy Dodds FV60 04:28:09

Short Race

Pos Name Category Time
26 Andrew Howarth MV50 02:11:37

Full Results

Malham Kirkby English Junior Fell Championships – Saturday 30 May

This was a well attended FRA race with a steep climb straight up having to use hands to get up the steepest parts, also up through a stream then decent back down the same route. All juniors did very well and the weather stayed fine for them. Extra bonus was the big goody bag each child received.

Clayton Junior Joshua McKay at the Malham Junior Races

Clayton Junior Joshua McKay at the Malham Junior Races

The races take place amid some beautiful scenery and there were some great performances from all of our juniors.

Under 8’s.
Joshua Mckay – 15th (4.53)
Kady Thompson – 22nd – (5:19) (5th girl)

Under 10’s
Dexta Thompson – 4th (7:54)

Under 12’s
Jackson Mckay 6th (10:52)
Lennon Jackson 56th (13:32)

Under 14’s
Liberty Thompson 51st (19:07) (15th girl)

Juniors

Dexta Thompson at the Malham English Junior Champs. Photo by the Woodentops

Full Results

Malham Kirkby Senior Fell Race – Saturday 30 May

Chris Whiteoak and Linda Lord represented the Clayton Harriers at the senior Malham Kirkby Fell Race. Linda was 1st LV65.

Pos Name Category Time
21 Chris Whiteoak M 29:46
53 Linda Lord FV65 36:32

Full Results

Blackpool Triathlon – Sunday 31 May

Grace and Ellie Root took part in the Blackpool triathlon on Sunday 31 May.

Grace was up 1st in the T1 category, she was in heat 2 and led the race right from the start in the swim, she held her lead throughout all disciplines and won her heat. Overall she came 13th and was really proud of her performance.

Juniors

Grace Root at the Blackpool Triathlon. Photo Sam Root

Ellie was up next in the T3 category. She was in a tough heat, swimming and cycling well, but came into her own again in the run where she gained 3 places to finish 6th overall.

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Ellie Root at the Blackpool Triathlon. Photo Sam Root

Well done girls

Coniston Gullies – Sunday 31 May

Coniston Gullies is a brilliant fell race for the fearless fell runner. It may be short in distance, but it has a lung buster of a climb and a tremendous descent which is a sheer drop taking in a scree section. It’s a classic up and down race, not for the faint hearted.

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Briony Holt at the Coniston Gullies Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Briony Holt travelled to Coniston Gullies for the 2nd BOFRA race of the series. It was wet, boggy and very steep with a rocky underfoot. Briony ran in u14s and came 1st girl luckily without any cuts, bruises or tears that unfortunately some of the other athletes endured during their race. Well Done Briony

Full Results

Crazy Cow 10K – Sunday 31 May

Described as a great race with a great atmosphere on a flat course partly through Avenham Park.

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Matthew Duckworth at the Crazy Cow 10K. Photo by Jacci Clarke Mellor

Matthew Duckworth reports: “Crazy is the word, arriving there to a carnival atmosphere full of fancy dress cow runners! I wasn’t feeling my best today however I still managed to steal a sub-40 finish and Bianca again finished with a PB! So was a very good day on a flat, but very windy, course!”

Crazy Cow 10K

Sarah Angelone and Leanne Cottam with their hard-earned cowbells.

Pos Name Cat Time
9 Matthew Duckworth M 00:39:39
39 Ryan Clarke M 00:45:34
57 Bryan Searby MV40 00:47:37
60 Sarah Angelone F 00:47:47
102 Leanne Cottam FV35 00:51:25
106 Bianca Bennett F 00:51:37

Never outshone by the seniors, our junior runners ran well in the Crazy Calf Junior race with 1st overall Dexta, 2nd boy & girl Felix & Kady. Go Team Thompson!

Team Thomson at the Crazy Calf

Team Thomson at the Crazy Calf

Pos Name Time
1 Dexta Thompson 00:06:14
3 Kady Thompson 00:07:59
6 Felix Thompson 00:08:27
8 Jack McGuire 00:08:46

Full Results

Edenfield Fell Race – Sunday 31 May

Six Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this local fell race that starts from Edenfield Cricket club. It’s a 6.4 mile route with 1565ft of ascent.o

Pos Name Cat Time
14 David Naughton M55 00:53:57
16 Andrew Orr M40 00:54:14
25 Alex Braysford M40 00:57:33
67 Linda Bostock F55 01:10:26
87 Ron Chappell M65 01:27:46

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

There was a little bit of parkrun tourism going on this week.  As usual the Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were out in force at the Burnley parkrun, many of them warming up for the Crazy Cow 10 the following day.  Almost all of the top ten finishers were our club runners and there were new PBs for Elouise Pemberton, Bianca Bennett and Christine Egerton.

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Clayton Men leading the way at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Burnley parkrun – A total of 251 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
2 Jonathan PYE 18:10 SM25-29
3 Jacob WATSON 18:28 SM30-34
4 Curtis Robert HOLT 19:01 JM15-17
5 Chris SNELL 19:49 VM35-39
6 Matthew DUCKWORTH 19:52 SM25-29
7 Laura HESKETH 19:54 SW30-34
10 Simon WILSHAW 20:44 JM15-17
12 Adam SHAW 20:52 SM30-34
19 Helena LEATHLEY 21:31 SW20-24
20 Andrew WEBSTER 21:59 VM45-49
25 Sophie ASHWORTH 22:24 JW11-14
27 Martin BRADY 22:32 VM50-54
65 Stephen GREEN 24:39 VM60-64
69 Andrew TAYLOR 24:48 VM55-59
84 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 25:34 SW25-29 New PB!
86 Ian HARGREAVES 25:38 VM50-54
90 Annabel WILCOCK 25:55 JW11-14
91 John WILCOCK 25:56 VM50-54
95 Bianca BENNETT 26:11 SW25-29 New PB!
96 Ron CHAPPELL 26:22 VM65-69
125 Kian ADAMS 27:56 JM10
150 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 28:34 VW65-69 New PB!
153 Jenson BENTHAM 28:44 JM10
162 Nicola KAY 29:26 SW30-34
195 Christine LEATHLEY 32:23 VW65-69
198 Bronia OLSZEWSKA 32:46 JW10
217 Milly MACCABE 34:02 JW10
226 Judith CAREY 35:24 VW35-39

Pendle parkrun – A total of 37 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
1 Paul HESKETH 20:08 VM50-54
3 John HARTLEY 21:15 VM55-59
22 Yvonne WICKHAM 29:01 VW50-54 First Timer!

Bolton parkrun – A total of 304 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
80 Julia RUSHTON 24:45 VW50-54

Inverness parkrun – A total of 96 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
39 Katy THOMPSON 24:17 VW60-64 First Timer!
51 George THOMPSON 25:11 VM65-69 First Timer!

Keswick parkrun – A total of 127 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
86 Eileen JONES 30:04 VW60-64

Sewerby parkrun – A total of 142 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
136 Robin PRICE 37:08 VM70-74 New PB!

Woodbank parkrun – A total of 116 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
73 Ron HILL 28:09 VM75-79

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 446 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
11 David BAGOT 18:28 SM20-24 New PB!

Kit News

If we can get to the minimum order we will be ordering Clayton branded cropped vests/tops sizes start at xxs (30in) and cost £22 contact our kit manager, Nicola Thompson,  if you would like one ordering. Nicola21@ntlworld.com

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Proposed crop top design

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ByDave Motley

I would walk 100 miles and the best of the rest…..

Another busy week and a treat for you as I’m the guest editor of the weekly roundup (just hope I do it justice). The week started with the 1st of the Clayton Summer series races .

The Ogden Valley round a tough 6.2miler was won by Jacob Boyle with Paul Hesketh not to far behind, and guest Joshua Boyle in 3rd. In the more important guess the time competition Ralph Baines took the prize being only 9 seconds out (you sure you didn’t wear a watch Ralph??). There were 23 runners in total. Full results are here.

 

Horwich Jubilee Street Races

The jubilee street race is part of a series of races over the summer which is run over a competitive five mile undulating course through picturesque Rivington. Race 1 in the series saw ‘Super Ted’ (Ted Orrell) as the only Clayton senior competitor finishing in 102nd place in a time of 41:16. Full results are here.

In the junior event we had Team Thompson out in force with a number of the other young harriers running the one mile course, Dexta Thompson was the 1st harrier to come over the line in 23rd place (4th U11). Full Results are here.

23. Dexta Thompson U11   6:08

29. Liberty Thompson U13  6:26

32. Jenson Bentham U9 6:29

36. Sophie Ashworth U13 6:37

69. Kady Thompson U9 8:13

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Blackstone Edge Fell Race

Blackstone edge a very tough 3.5miler from Littleborough had 3 members taking part. Full results are here.

1. Danny Hope (Horwich Harriers) 30:24

45. Alex Braysford (V40) 39:30

70. Keith Thompson (V60) 41:53

109. Linda Lord (V65) 47:06

 

Cautley Horseshoe Fell Race

Cautley Horseshoe with its steep and sharp climbs over 4.7 mile of some of this area toughest hills had Wendy Dodds taking part as our sole Clayton runner finishing the race in 69:44. Full results are here.

 

John Carr 5k Series.

Jonny McKenna was out again in this midweek 5k running in the 3rd race of this super fast 5k series. He finished in 8th place in a time of 16:17. Full results are here.

 

Burnley Lions 10K Race

Friday night saw the 4th race of the Pendle and Burnley grandprix with a 2 lap 10k around the outskirts of Colne. The race part of the club road championship series was full of the Clayton tangerine.

The overall race was won by Mark Hartley of Barlick but as you can see below our runners were hot on his heels. Full results are here.

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Jonny McKenna – Chasing them down courtesy of David Belshaw

3 69 Jonny McKenna M Clayton Harriers 35.30
5 199 Jordon McDonald MJ Clayton Harriers 36.53
6 201 Andrew Stubbs M45 Clayton Harriers 36.59
9 146 Jacob Watson M Clayton Harriers 38.00
11 203 Russ Clarke M Clayton Harriers 38.21
13 192 Kevin Davis M50 Clayton Harriers 38.38
14 107 Jonathan Pye M Clayton Harriers 38.42
15 162 Richard Stevenson M Clayton Harriers 38.50
16 52 Matthew Duckworth M Clayton Harriers 38.55
23 86 Paul Hesketh M50 Clayton Harriers 39.44
26 193 Carl Helliwell M Clayton Harriers 40.04
30 87 John Hartley M55 Clayton Harriers 40.27
32 47 Michael O Donnell M40 Clayton Harriers 40.46
33 184 Richard Briscoe M Clayton Harriers 40.56
36 65 John Roche M55 Clayton Harriers 41.30
37 93 Chris Funnell M45 Clayton Harriers 41.49
41 147 Chris Snell M Clayton Harriers 42.16
44 133 Nick Roscoe M45 Clayton Harriers 42.33
45 40 Stephen Ainsworth M55 Clayton Harriers 42.40
47 79 Neil Garnett M50 Clayton Harriers 42.46
53 179 John Wilcock M50 Clayton Harriers 43.15
54 175 Andrew Payne M Clayton Harriers 43.25
56 111 Gary Balmer M45 Clayton Harriers 43.32
58 211 Sean Clare M50 Clayton Harriers 43.37
62 59 Claire Vincent F Clayton Harriers 43.51
66 183 Andy Bradley M45 Clayton Harriers 44.02
70 123 Stephen Biscomb M60 Clayton Harriers 44.27
77 108 Jeffery Pickup M60 Clayton Harriers 45.15
90 91 Andy Quinn M40 Clayton Harriers 46.19
91 76 Stephen White M60 Clayton Harriers 46.20
94 171 Stuart Proctor M Clayton Harriers 46.58
98 66 Irene Roche F55 Clayton Harriers 47.20
104 6 Martin Brady M50 Clayton Harriers 48.26
107 97 Martin Griffin M50 Clayton Harriers 48.53
109 34 David Scott M70 Clayton Harriers 49.06
111 51 Barry Mitchell M65 Clayton Harriers 49.24
115 135 Sarah Angelone F Clayton Harriers 49.59
116 137 Joanne Bennett F45 Clayton Harriers 50.00
123 198 Tanya Burnham F Clayton Harriers 50.10
130 143 Jean Knightley F55 Clayton Harriers 50.46
131 118 Donna Airey f Clayton Harriers 50.48
133 119 Andrew Taylor M55 Clayton Harriers 50.54
141 41 Rachel Todd F40 Clayton Harriers 52.14
142 57 Martin O Rourke M50 Clayton Harriers 52.15
144 67 Ted Orrell M75 Clayton Harriers 52.52
145 43 Andrew Webster M45 Clayton Harriers 52.54
148 53 Bianca Bennett F Clayton Harriers 53.09
155 7 Kath Brady F50 Clayton Harriers 53.46
158 15 Richard Lawson M70 Clayton Harriers 54.01
160 145 Elouise Pemberton F Clayton Harriers 54.10
163 136 Leanne Cottam F35 Clayton Harriers 54.31
170 22 Ian Hargreaves M50 Clayton Harriers 55.49
171 141 Ron Chappell M65 Clayton Harriers 55.50
175 173 Joanne Motley F Clayton Harriers 56.23
178 180 Natalia Suchomsua F Clayton Harriers 56.35
179 38 Stuart Baker M45 Clayton Harriers 56.38
188 29 Karin Goss F65 Clayton Harriers 58.50
206 17 Jack McGuire M55 Clayton Harriers 64.36

 10730960_972776649421351_4514007135499621351_nA number of team Clayton after the race.

 Pendle Boar Clough Fell Race

Saturday saw race 2 of the weekend of running and another race in the Fell Club Championship.  This new race was a real tester for the runners of Clayton taking you up Boar Clough past the trig before descending sharply to the bottom of the big end, then traversing across to the cart track for the 2nd major climb and then onto the fast run off the spine back to Barley.

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And there off…… courtesy of Adam Shaw

The 1st Clayton runner back taking maximum points in the club championship was Jonny McKenna?? Stewards enquiry by the fell lads, How did that happen?. Full results are here.

In the junior race we had 20 young harriers taking part with wins for Eve Waters in the U10 race and Dexta Thompson in the U14’s. Full results are here.

After the race we held a little social and prize giving in the Pendle Inn with a few of the lads celebrating their success.

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Forrest & Garry Wilkinson celebrating their joint 4th place.

Hutton Roof Crags Fell Race

A glorious summer’s day greeted 244 senior and 129 junior fell runners to Hutton Roof Crags 30th Fell Race. This race was originated by Ian Rooke, Pete Bland and Dave Bayliss with the first offical race taking place in 1985 to support the building of the new Village Hall. The event, in conjunction with the fabulous County Fair – with its famous cakes – have supported the Village Hall ever since.
The lovely weather dried up the course well, with a few muddy areas remaining under the trees, making it the fastest race since 2009, when it was an inter-counties fixture. Full results are here.

  1. Chris Whitoak 64:56
  2. Vicky Heys 74:42
  3. Angela Shian 76.08
  4. Kath Brady 86.50
  5. Michael Frost 87.01
  6. Robert Hirst 87.28
  7. John Francis 106.01

 

Helvelyn & The Dodds Fell Race

This 15mile fell race is a real beast and our sole Clayton runner was Wendy Dodds who finished the race in 98th position in a time of 3:15:46. Full results are here. 

 

Great Eccleston Scouts flat 4 miler

Lee Moore was our sole represative it this race finishing in a time of 31.15. Lee said after the race “It was a really enjoyable race”

 

Red Rose 100

Adrienne Olszewska took part in this LDWA 100 mile event (hence why I’m here today).

The route is anti-clockwise loop from the Anderton Centre on the banks of Rivington Reservoir. Some people say theres 183 stiles others 250, Adrienne lost count!!
This event looks look a really toughy with Adrienne saying the day after “This morning I am mostly cursing the fact that I live in a house with two staircases after completing the LDWA Red Rose 100 miler, a massive thank you to all the people that came out to support me” and from the look of her feet im not sure she’ll be doing it again… or will she?
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ByAdrienne Olszewska

To me, to you

Teamwork was most definitely the theme this week with absolutely loads of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers taking part in relays on the fells and the British Masters Road Relays. We’ve also been representing the county at the FRA Inter County Championships and setting the odd course record.

Mearley Clough Fell Race – 12 May

Mearley Clough Fell Race is a fast and furious local classic with 1200ft of ascent. The race starts and finishes at the Calf’s Head pub in Worston. 24 Clayton Harriers took part in this midweek race. Alan Life was the first man home in 35:07 and 13th place overall. Vicky Heys was our first lady with a time of 43:54 and 75th place overall. Dugald McCallum was first V60.

Mearley Clough

Mearley Clough Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat Time
13 Alan Life V50 35:07
29 Andrew Orr V40 38:26
35 Richard Briscoe M 38:49
37 Ivan Wigham V50 39:03
38 Chris Whiteoak M 39:16
39 Dave Naughton V50 39:32
62 Mark Nutter V50 42:19
63 Sean Clare V50 42:22
65 Dugald McCallum V60 42:29
67 Keith Thompson V60 42:36
68 Peter Browning V50 42:37
75 Vicky Heys FV40 43:54
76 Geoff Smith V40 43:58
77 Darren Rushton V40 44:12
81 Rick Moore V50 45:01
83 David Naylor V50 45:39
87 Angela Shian F 46:21
88 Andrew Firth V50 46:24
89 Colin Woolford M 46:27
93 Stephen Bury V50 46:57
103 Carol Life FV40 50:20
104 Susan Clark FV40 50:39
109 Robin Nicholson V40 51:41
111 George Thompson V60 53:11

Full Results

Wholan Nook Trail Race – 13 May 

Another fantastic turnout for this midweek race, the third in the Burnley and Pendle Grand Prix series for 2015. 57 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in a field of 150 – that’s a third of all the people running! The weather conditions were near perfect, with plenty of sunshine, a pleasant temperature and not too much wind.

Wholan Nook Trail Race

Danny Collinge leading the way at the Wholan Nook Trail Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

Running in his first trail race, Danny Collinge was at the front of the pack for much of the race battling with Barlick Fell Runners’ Thomas Corrigan, but finally finishing in second place. Jordan McDonald also had an excellent race finishing in fourth place. Andrew Stubbs completed our hat trick of top ten finishers. Kevin Davies was first V55 and David Scott and Ted Orrell were the first V70 and V75 respectively.

Wholan Nook Trail Race

Clayton Ladies, Bianca Bennett, Leanne Cottam and Lysnsey Birtwistle at the Wholan Nook Trail Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

Claire Vincent was the first Clayton Lady and second lady overall in the race. Alice Pier was the only junior female and put in a great performance finishing as 7th lady in the race. Irene Roche and Jean Knightley were first and second F55 and Karin Goss was first F65.

Pos Name    Cat Time
2 Danny Collinge M 32:02
4 Jordon Mcdonald MJ 32:43
7 Andrew Stubbs M45 33:28
11 Russ Clarke M 34:03
14 Richard Stevenson M 34:15
15 Jonathan Pye M 34:36
18 George Pier M 34:47
19 Kevin Davies M55 34:49
22 Paul Hesketh M50 35:01
23 Carl Helliwell M 35:13
24 Matthew Duckworth M 35:42
26 Michael O Donnell M40 35:55
29 Richard Briscoe M 36:42
32 Nick Roscoe M45 37:26
34 Chris Funnell M45 37:39
38 Chris Snell M 37:52
40 Stephen Ainsworth M55 38:03
43 Jon Hanson M 38:24
48 Andy Bradley M45 38:46
49 John Wilcock M50 38:51
51 Claire Vincent F 38:55
52 Jeffery Pickup M60 39:08
55 Gary Balmer M40 39:02
63 Stephen Biscombe M60 40:03
65 Andrew Webster M45 40:19
68 Ryan Clarke MJ 40:39
72 Stephen White M60 40:51
74 Andy Quinn M40 41:06
75 Alice Pier FJ 41:17
76 Sean Clare M50 41:24
82 Irene Roche F55 41:55
85 Jason Pier M45 42:32
90 Andrew Howarth M55 43:07
91 Stuart Proctor M 43:09
93 Martin Griffin M50 43:32
97 David Scott M70 43:05
99 Richard John M 44:00
100 Paul Wale M45 44:33
101 Lynsey Birtwistle F35 44:37
103 Elizabeth Mullan F 44:46
104 Jean Knightley F55 44:52
106 Joanne Bennett F45 44:59
107 Dawn Terry F50 45:02
108 Andrew Taylor M55 45:38
110 Sarah Angelone F 45:55
118 Biancia Bennett F 46:56
119 Rachel Todd F40 47:15
120 Martin O Rourke M50 47:19
124 Ted Orrell M75 47:59
128 Stephen Fish M60 48:26
131 Leanne Cottam F35 48:44
132 Robert Hirst M60 49:22
135 Joanne Motley F 50:02
139 Ron Chappell M65 51:01
140 Stuart Barker M45 51:16
143 Michelle Butschok F40 52:08
146 Karin Goss F65 54:54

Wholan Nook Trail Race Results    

John Carr 5k Series Race 2 – 13 May

The John Carr Series consists of three 5k races held on Wednesdays during May (6th, 13th and 20th in 2015) in memory of a former member of the Saltaire Striders running club who tragically died aged 30.

The races are based at Esholt Sports & Social Club in Esholt near Bradford and start at 7.30pm. Please note there is a 10 minute jog to the start from the race HQ.The course is held mainly on private roads through the Yorkshire Water estate but finishing on the quiet mainly traffic free roads of the village. It is a fairly flat, fast course.

Jonny McKenna and Laura Hesketh have been representing the club in this super fast series of races.

Pos Name Cat Time
8 Jonny McKenna M 16:07
85 Laura Hesketh F 19:06

Full Results

The Ian Casey 5K at Cowm Reservoir – 14 May

Report from Richard Lawson

Ian Casey collapsed and died in a marathon after 15 miles in around 2010. He was a member of Royton Road Runners and this is why 67 of them turned up for this fast 5K. Four of us went and Bob Hirst ran near his PB to record 25:44.  Jack McGuire managed a sub 30, Richard failed by a long way to win the M70s but wife Val did a post hip op PB of 33:47, but was still 2nd W70. These races have a good atmosphere and raise a 5-figure sum for charity each year

Full Results

Old County Tops – 16 May 2015

Congratulations to Ladies Fell Captain Jean Brown and Nicky Spinks for 1st Ladies in the Old County Tops in a new ladies record of 8.28.06. Excellent performance!

Jean reports;

The Old County Tops is described on the organisers website as ‘a 37 mile/10,000ft event (distance and climb dependant on whether you go the right or wrong way).  The Race starts in Great Langdale and takes in the tops of Helvellyn, Scafell Pike and Coniston after which the competitors are fed and watered.’

It is run in pairs – which adds a different element to the race!  I have done it three times before and it is one of my favourites.  This year for the first time I had a female partner -Nicky Spinks. Nicky is nationally renowned for her long distance challenge records, but was planning on supporting leg one of a Bob Graham round at midnight the night before so I hoped she would be slowed to my pace!  We worked well as a team, each with our strengths – Nicky tweaked her ankle early on so I was faster down, and she was faster on the ascents.  It was tough on the tops with a strong cold wind – my face went numb in the wind on the way back from Coniston!  

We finished in 22nd overall in 8 hours 28 minutes. 1st ladies team and a new ladies course record which we were extremely pleased with.

Awaiting results

RA Inter Counties Championship – 16 May

A handful of our younger club members travelled down to Betwys-y-Coed in Wales to take part in the FRA Inter Counties Fell Running Championships – 16 May

Clayton juniors

L-R Ryan Clarke, Jordan McDonald and Curtis Holt. Clayton junior runners representing Lancashire at the FRA Inter Counties Championships. Photo by Jacci Clarke Mellor

Alice Pier ran in the Women’s Under 16 race, Curtis Holt and Ryan Clark ran in the Under 16 Mens race, Jordan McDonald ran in the Under 18 Mens race and Christopher Holdsworth ran in the Senior Men’s race.

FRA Inter-County Champs

Alice Pier running in the FRA Inter Counties Championships at Betws-y-Coed. Photo by Jane Pier

All of them ran well and were a credit to the club and the Lancashire county team. Most of them were counters in the team placings. Full Results

British Masters Road Relay Championships – 16 May

British masters

Team Clayton at the British Masters Road Relays . Photo by John Roche

Report by John Roche

A very early start of 7:00am saw around 40 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers making the journey to the British Masters Road Relays at Sutton Park – Sutton Coldfield – Birmingham.

John Roche 1

This is possibly the best road running relay in the calendar. Sutton Park is perfect for this type of event, set inside 2000 acres of beautiful parkland. The course is one lap and quite testing in places with nowhere to hide from spectators encouraging you to keep pushing through the pain barrier.

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers has great history of success at this event and this year would hopefully continue that trend.  This year we had the company of the tangerine army of ladies on tour with most of them attending for the first time and as you would expect the nerves were jangling all morning preparing for the start.

Ladies corrected

 

Silver Medallists L-R Christine Leathley, Karin Goss, Chris Egerton

BMAF Relays

Bronze Medallists L-R Jean Knightley, Katy Thompson and Irene Roche

mens corrected

It was another fantastic day for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers thoroughly enjoyed by everyone that made the journey. The weather was sunny as usual …thanks ‘Shack’.  The return journey was a happy one with a few medals and some tremendous individual performances from; Karin Goss, Irene, Mark Aspy (Legend), Dave Naughton to name just a few.

Post race - smiling faces have returned

Post race – smiling faces have returned

The newbies also had a memorable day with many PB runs (Well done) and wearing our vest with pride in such a prestigious event. Personal thanks to all the last minute ‘stand in’ runners.

Garry Wilkinson… ‘Always a fantastic day and a chance to run the best of the best’. It’s only a short distance but with the adrenaline and pushing yourself to the limits, this is the hardest type of racing and you need to be mentally tough to succeed’ .

Full Results

Charlesworth Chase – 16 May

5.2 mile 1200 ft : BS From Craven Arms in Appletreewick to Simons Seat and back.

Robert Hirst was our sole representative in this fell race finishing in 77th place with a time of 1:08:49.

Full Results

Calderdale Way Relay – 17 May

Calderdale leg 1

Leg 1 Runners L-R Carl Helliwell, Dave Bagot, Chris Holdsworth, Jonny McKenna, Michael O’Donnell and Kieran Mitchell. Photo Adrienne Olszewska

88 teams of runners lined up to start the 2015 Calderdale Way Relay with Clayton-le-Moors Harriers fielding an impressive 4 teams (3 mens teams and a ladies team).  There were some brilliant runs across the teams.

Calderdale Relays

Team Clayton at the Calderdale Relays. John Wilcock, Nick Olszewska, Katy Thompson, Alison Dugdale, Sarah Whittaker ,Barbara Savage

A special mention must be made for the remarkable organisational and support skills of Mens’ Fell Captain, Dave Motley, who not only kept appearing at each leg to support his runners but went on to run our fastest Leg 5 with Ryan Wilkinson. I think he may have cloned himself to do it!

Dave

The Amazing Captain Motley, co-ordinating the Mens’ teams and still managing to run leg 5 at the Calderdale Relays.

Our Mens A Team were in third place in the first two legs but began to lose places after that.  Despite a set of fast legs the third place spot remained out of reach and their final position was 7th.

Relay

Handover at the start of Leg 2 with the Clayton-le-Moors A Team. Photo Adrienne Olszewska

POS TEAM Leg 1 Leg2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6
7 Team A Chris Holdsworth Lee Smith Jordan McDonald Paul Thompson Dave Motley Breton Holdsworth
Jonny McKenna Russell Clarke George Pier Andrew Stubbs Ryan Wilkinson Jacob Watson
1:14:56 (3) 1:04:03 (8) 0:48:21 (40) 1:14:55 (13) 0:59:58 (10) 1:12:29 (7)
1:14:56 (3) 2:18:59 (3) 3:07:20 (6) 4:22:15 (7) 5:22:13 (8) 6:34:42 (7)
Relay

Sean Clare and Dominic Carr awaiting the start of leg 3. Photo Adrienne Olszewska

An additional super vets team was fielded this year and after a decent start, they steadily pushed forward to finish in 13th place overall.

POS TEAM Leg 1 Leg2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6
13 Vets Team Michael O’Donnell Garry Wilkinson Dominic Carr Neil Hardiman John Roche Andy Armstrong
Kieron Mitchell Paul Hesketh Sean Clare Tim Edwards Mark Aspinall Kevin Davies
1:30:42 (29) 1:05:51 (11) 0:43:18 (22) 1:18:14 (22) 1:00:12 (12) 1:16:15 (11)
1:30:42 (29) 2:36:33 (21) 3:19:51 (21) 4:38:05 (17) 5:38:17 (16) 6:54:32 (13)
Relay team b

Alan Life and Jonathan Pye ready for leg 3 of the Calderdale Relay. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

The Mens B team ran a solid set of legs to finish in 25th place overall.

POS TEAM Leg 1 Leg2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6

25

Team B

 Carl Helliwell Nick Olszewski Jonathon Pye Nick Roscoe Paul Wale Matthew Duckworth
Dave Bagot John Wilcock Alan Life Richard Briscoe Adam Shaw Chris Funnell
1:28:39 (26) 1:16:53 (37) 0:40:23 (13) 1:24:41 (38) 1:14:07 (51) 1:18:46 (15)
1:28:39 (26) 2:45:32 (34) 3:25:55 (24) 4:50:36 (27) 6:04:43 (29) 7:23:29 (25)
Relay

Claire Vincent and Anna Kelly in the leg 2 mass start at Calder Vale. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Our Ladies team had managed to finish slightly ahead of their position last year and there were some great runs from the ladies, particularly Anna Kelly and Claire Vincent who stormed through leg 2.

Leg 4 Runner Wendy Dodds said, ” Although Vicky (Heys) made me work hard, I think we enjoyed a good day out, 1.37.36 Very impressed at Katy and Barbara’s run.Fortunately Vicky had a grandstand position with her car at the end of the take over lane, looking straight at the oncoming runners so we were able to stay inside until the last minute

Clayton Harriers

Richard Briscoe, Wendy Dodds and Nick Roscoe..er..warming up!

We also found a new way of warming up before a relay!

POS TEAM Leg 1 Leg2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6
57 Ladies Team Alison Dugdale Anna Kelly Kay Thompson Wendy Dodds Irene Roche Marion Dixon
Sarah Whittaker Claire Vincent Barbara Savage Vicky Heys Angela Shian Sarah Angelone
1:48:35 (68) 1:18:35 (41) 0:52:41 (60) 1:37:33 (64) 1:13:09 (45) 1:41:43 (64)
1:48:35 (68) 3:07:10 (56) 3:59:51 (60) 5:37:24 (60) 6:50:33 (58) 8:32:16 (57)

Full Results

Worden Park 10k and 1 Mile – 17 May

Five Clayton Harriers took part in this 10k organised by Red Rose Runners. 323 runners took part.

Amanda Duffy described the event as; “A really nice race through the park and along farm tracks. Not as fast as the Manchester or the Windmill, but a really enjoyable race. Nice mug and chocolate at the end.”

Pos Name Cat Time
50 Stephen Biscomb M60 00:43:22
83 Alan Clarkson M55 00:45:46
100 Brian Wildman M45 00:47:10
126 Amanda Duffy F35 00:49:18
245 Kevin O’Brien V45 01:00:04

Not to be outdone by the senior runners, a group of 7 junior members took part in the 1 mile fun run. 66 runners took part in this event. All of our junior runners finished in the top twenty and four of them were in the top ten. Brilliant running from our juniors as always!

Clayton Juniors

Our juniors at the Worden Park 1 mile run. Photo by Nicola Thompson

Pos Name Time
2 Dexta Thompson 5:13
4 Liberty Thompson 5:37
5 Sophie Ashworth 5:38
6 Jenson Bentham 5:56
15 Jack McGuire 7:00
16 Kady Thompson 7:02
18 Felix Thompson 7:16

Full Results

Montane Trail 13 Howgills – 17 May

Whilst often appearing as bridesmaid to the more glamorous pairing of the Lakes and the Dales, the Howgills have long been regarded as an underrated area in which to walk, cycle or run. 

In my quest to convert cycling-legs to fellrunners-legs and get used to running further, if not faster, a round of the popular Montane Trail series promising a tour of the best bits around Sedbergh seemed like a good place to start. Offering both half and full trail marathon options, this round of the series seemed to offer slightly rougher terrain and plenty of climbing, more akin to a fell race than an traditional trail race. I opted for the 13 mile distance, given the longest distance I had run since starting a few months ago was 10 miles.

Alan Dorrington

Alan Dorrington at the Montane Trail 13 in the Howgills. Photo by Sport Sunday Photography

The course started straight up Winder and onto the Calf – about 4 miles of steep, almost continuous climbing that I really enjoyed. What height we had gained in the past 4 miles, was then mostly lost in the next 2 as the route descended steeply down by Cautley Spout – a profile much like the couple of shorter local fell races I’d done recently. Except there was no finish in a grassy field by a pub, rather a 6 mile run in on at times rocky, at times grassy paths back to Sedbergh.

Running with friend Greg whose extensive experience in 24hr and multi-day mountainbike racing was also not converting particularly well to fast-ish running, we both struggled to keep a good pace along this section of rolling tracks and fields. Still, the views over to Great Baugh Fell and the River Rawthey valley more than made up for the worsening condition of my/our legs. Smoother, grassy river meadows on the final run in to Sedbergh allowed a leg-based second wind and I enjoyed picking up the pace substantially, and picking off several places into the finish.

Having cracked the trail half marathon distance, I’m looking forward to some longer fell races over summer and into Autumn, ultimately with a view to getting entry in the 3 Peaks fell race next Spring, the cyclocross version of which I’ve done many times over the years.

Full Results

Chester Half Marathon – 17 May

Two of our ladies took part in this popular half marathon in the picturesque city of Chester.

Report from Clare Wilson

‘There was a fantastic atmosphere at this race which started at Chester race course and finished in the city centre. Considering there were 7000 runners we thought it might take a while to get going, but the race got off to a fast start and it felt a harder course than the other half marathons that Steph and I have previously run so it felt a tough race. Considering this, both of us got times we were happy with, with Steph getting a new PB.’

Clayton Ladies

Stephanie Hawke and Clare Wilson at the Chester Half Marathon. Photo by Clare Wilson

Pos Name Cat Time
1841 Clare Wilson FV35 01:50:07
2244 Stephanie Hawke FV35 01:53:15

Well done ladies!

Full Results

Fairfield Horseshoe – 17 May

AM 9m/3000’  (14.5km/914m)

There were 209 runners in this years race, starting from Rydal Hall in sunny but blustery conditions.Winning the race for a 5th time was Robb Jebb of Bingley Harriers in 1 hour 20 minutes 49 seconds. Next year will be the 50th Fairfield Race and the provisional date will be Saturday 14thMay 2016.

Andrew Orr was the sole Clayton Harrier in this classic lakeland fell race.  He finished in 55th place in a time of 01:46:02.

Full Results

Athletics and Triathlon – 14th & 17th May

Clayton junior member, Ellie Root, took part in the Bradford Schools Athletics Competition on Thursday 14th May and came 2nd in the 1500m in a time of 5:31.

She has also taken part in the Blackpool Junior Triathlon on Sunday 17th May, she had a good swim and cycle and a very strong run. She came 7th in the T3 category.

Ellie Root

Talented Clayton Junior member Ellie Root at the Blackpool Junior Triathlon. Photo by Thomas Root

Well done Ellie!

Parkrun Roundup

Burnley parkrun enjoyed a bumper turn out of over 300 runners on Saturday and the numbers were definitely boosted by 21 Clayton -le-Moors Harriers junior runners. This parkrun was selected as one of the juniors’ summer series races and they were out to impress with PBs galore. The future is definitely bright!

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Juniors out in force at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Burnley parkrun – A total of 328 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
5 Jonathan PYE 18:26 SM25-29
7 Jackson MCKAY 19:01 JM11-14 New PB!
10 Chris SNELL 19:38 VM35-39 New PB!
11 Laura HESKETH 19:56 SW30-34
16 Dexta THOMPSON 20:13 JM10 New PB!
20 Simon WILSHAW 20:47 JM15-17 New PB!
25 Andrew WEBSTER 21:22 VM45-49 New PB!
26 Millie STUBBS 21:26 JW11-14 New PB!
33 Adam STEVENSON 21:54 JM11-14 New PB!
35 Richard JOHN 22:06 VM35-39 First Timer!
40 Alan CLARKSON 22:17 VM55-59
44 Lennon JACKSON 22:27 JM11-14
57 Daniel BRADLEY 23:19 JM11-14 New PB!
61 Nathan KEWIN 23:32 JM10 New PB!
68 Matthew DUCKWORTH 23:50 SM25-29
71 Elizabeth MULLAN 23:54 SW25-29 New PB!
82 Sophie ASHWORTH 24:13 JW11-14
84 Natasha OLSZEWSKA 24:19 JW11-14
94 Liberty THOMPSON 24:39 JW11-14 New PB!
97 Tanya BUNKHAM 24:46 SW25-29 New PB!
112 Kian ADAMS 25:15 JM10 New PB!
113 Donna SCOTT 25:16 VW45-49
123 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 25:37 SW25-29 New PB!
124 Annabel WILCOCK 25:40 JW11-14
127 John WILCOCK 25:48 VM50-54
128 Finley STUBBS 25:50 JM10
133 Heidi KEWIN 26:04 JW11-14 New PB!
153 Yvonne WICKHAM 26:59 VW50-54
160 Imogen FERGUSON 27:24 JW10 First Timer!
171 Keira STEVENSON 27:42 JW10
191 Lucy STEVENSON 28:13 JW11-14
197 Adrienne OLSZEWSKA 28:22 VW45-49
221 Kady THOMPSON 29:38 JW10 New PB!
225 Rachel STEVENSON 29:49 JW10 New PB!
250 Milly MACCABE 31:25 JW10 New PB!
298 Valerie LAWSON 36:07 VW70-74 New PB!
Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
33 Molly HESKETH 30:24 JW11-14 New PB!

Pendle parkrun – A total of 50 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
33 Molly HESKETH 30:24 JW11-14 New PB!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 139 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
88 Eileen JONES 29:22 VW60-64

Marple parkrun – A total of 185 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
134 Ron HILL 29:12 VM75-79

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 87 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
75 Robin PRICE 37:19 VM70-74

Weekend of Running – the only place to be this Bank Holiday Weekend

Don’t forget, it’s the weekend of running this week.

Weekend of Running flyerNext week’s roundup will be brought to you by the Talented Mr Motley as I will be out tramping around Lancashire on the LDWA Red Rose 100 Mile Challenge.  Who knows, if I get a wiggle on I might even catch some of you carousing in the Pendle Inn on my way through Barley!

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

The darling buds of May

Spring is sprung, and our members are competing and being selected for a wide range of national and regional competition.  This week you have been road running, track running, trail running, and scaling the fells with wins and PBs breaking out all over the place.

Avenham Park 5k – 4 May

Despite it being a bank holiday, the weather was surprisingly good as 388 runners lined up to take part in the Avenham Park 5k on a course that promised fast times.

Avenham Park 5k

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at Avenham Park 5k. Photo by Jane Pier

Danny Collinge reports:

It was a really good race all round. Everyone gave it their all and there were new PBs for George Pier and Bryan Searby. Overall a cracking result for the team with me finishing in the top 5, then Jordan and George both in the top 20. Every single one of us had great support from all the Clayton supporters that were there. It was a great race – I loved it!

Pos Name Cat Time
5 Danny Collinge M 00:17:03
11 Jordan McDonald M 00:18:18
13 George Pier M 00:18:20
54 Jason Pier MV45 00:21:15
68 Martin Brady M 00:21:55
89 Bryan Searby MV40 00:22:58
92 Ryan Clarke M 00:23:07
177 Jackie Kershaw FV40 00:27:12
233 Marion Wilkinson FV70 00:29:35

Full Results

Wray Scarecrow Fell Race – 5 May

A trio of members took part in this Bank Holiday fell race that marks the close of the Wray Village Scarecrow festival.

Pos Name Cat Time
20 Alan Life M50 00:52:02
93 Linda Lord F60 01:06:17
137 John Francis M70 01:29:05

Full Results

Astley Park Trail Series – 6 May

The Astley Trail Series of races for seniors and juniors, are set in the picturesque grounds of Astley Hall in Chorley and take pace on the first Wednesday of every month from May to August. Both races have proven to be very popular, drawing runners from all over the North West of England.

Junior Race

Clayton Juniors

Junior members at the Astley Park Trail series. Photo by Nicola Thompson

This series is always popular and this year is no exception, there was a record number of entries which meant that the organisers ran out of Mars Bars! 12 of our junior members took part in the first race of the series.

Astley Park Trail Race

First girl and boy, Briony and Curtis Holt at Astley Park. Photo by Michelle Abbot

Curtis Holt was the first finisher, completing the course in 5:15 and Briony Holt was first girl, 10th place overall. Jenson Bentham was first finisher in his age category. All of our juniors ran well so very well done to all of you!

131 runners took part.

Pos Name Cat Time
1 Curtis Holt U17 5:15
10 Briony Holt L15 5:43
11 Jackson McKay U13 5:45
23 Dexta Thompson U11 6:04
44 Lennon Jackson U13 6:36
45 Jenson Bentham U9 6:37
47 Liberty Thompson L13 6:39
58 Sophie Ashworth L13 6:57
88 Heidi Kewin L13 7:47
66 Kady Thompson L9 8:51
67 Felix Thompson U7 8:53
124 Milly Maccabe L9 9:21

Senior Race

Jonathan Pye at the Astley Park Trail Race.

Jonathan Pye at the Astley Park Trail Race.

Jonathon Pye was the sole Clayton representative and he reported;

“ Very happy with a 7th place finish at Astley Park trail race tonight. 4.6 miles done in 26.55. Congratulations to Curtis for winning the junior race and all the other juniors for a strong showing! Happy days!”

The next race takes place on Wednesday 3rd June and is one of the Junior’s summer race series so there should be an even bigger turn out for that one!.

Full Results

Foe Edge Fell Race – 6 May

A trio of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this local 6.6km/300m climb fell race organised by Rossendale Harriers.  The race started from Cowpe Village Hall nr Waterfoot in Rossendale. 45 runners took part.  Jacob Boyle was the first Clayton Harrier in finishing in 3rd place overall with Lee Smith following on in 6th place.  Stephen Fish was 39th.  Well done guys!

Poss NAME Cat TIME
3 Jacob Boyle MU23 00:35:33
6 Lee Smith MSEN 00:36:56
39 Stephen Fish MV60 00:53:12

Full Results

Lothersdale Fell Race – 6 May

64 runners including 4 Clayton Harriers took part in this race organised by Keighley and Craven AC.

Pos Name Cat Time
13 Richard Briscoe M 00:29:35
35 Nigel Weaver M50 00:33:49
39 Stephen Bury M55 00:36:10
53 Robert Hirst M60 00:41:22

Full Results

Pinhaw Moor – 8 May

There was an impressive turnout of 38 Clayton Harriers out braving inclement weather to take part in the second race of the Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix Series. This race is a 5 mile trail race organised by Barlick Fell Runners.

Report by Michelle Butschok
Thoroughly enjoyed the Pin Haw Trail race. Yes it was wet, windy and boggy in places…but you know what, I did it with a smile on my face, even when I fell on it in the mud!! First fall and didn’t dampen my spirits. Thanks to all the marshalls for their encouragement and for being there in those conditions.

Clayton Ladies

Post race selfie sheltering from the weather! L-R Leanne Cottam, Joanne Bennett and Sarah Angelone

Report from Dave Burnett
Horrible conditions tonight but really enjoyed it, apart from my Helen nearly beating me to the trig and my subsequent traditional running vomit. Had a laugh at myself on the way down though, as whilst I was trying to keep ahead of the runner hot on my heals I turned and realised the heavy breathing I could hear was in fact myself echoing off the dry stone walls. Ha! Ha!

Jonathon Pye added; “Dave was right – horrible conditions but enjoyable, running in road shoes which needed a viking burial afterwards.”

Pos Name Cat Time
3 Jordan McDonald MU18 00:33:34
12 Andrew Stubbs M45 00:35:25
14 Russ Clarke MSEN 00:36:14
17 Paul Hesketh M50 00:36:52
18 Carl Helliwell MSEN 00:36:55
22 Jonathan Pye MSEN 00:37:31
25 Richard Briscoe MSEN 00:38:06
27 John Roche M55 00:38:43
31 Chris Funnell M45 00:38:43
33 Michael O’Donnell M40 00:38:59
35 Jon Hanson MSEN 00:39:27
36 David Naughton M55 00:39:33
38 Alex Braysford M40 00:39:41
47 Sean Clare M50 00:40:42
49 Stephen Ainsworth M55 00:40:45
54 Jeffrey Pickup M60 00:41:41
60 Gary Balmer M45 00:42:08
64 Neil Garnett M50 00:42:43
72 Andy Quinn M40 00:43:43
73 Darren Rushton M45 00:43:56
80 Stephen White M60 00:45:02
87 David Burnett M50 00:46:43
89 Irene Roche W55 00:46:48
90 Martin Griffin M50 00:46:56
94 Helen Burnett W40 00:47:46
102 Jean Knightley W55 00:49:15
106 Andrew Taylor M55 00:50:02
110 Joanne Bennett W45 00:50:19
112 David Ian Scott M70 00:50:36
117 Rachel Todd W40 00:51:25
118 Julia Anne Rushton W50 00:51:38
122 Sarah Angelone WSEN 00:52:26
127 Leanne Cottam W35 00:53:50
132 Joanne Motley WSEN 00:55:33
135 Michelle Butschok W40 00:56:53
136 Karin Goss W65 00:58:04
138 Stuart Barker M45 00:59:10

 Full Results

 Lakeland Trails Series – Stavely 9 May

Congratulations to Christopher Holdsworth on his win at the Lakeland Trails Staveley race. He produced some great running in muddy conditions and it looks like he will also be the series winner as well.  Breton Holdsworth was 4th over all and first vet.

Christopher Holdsworth Reports

Christopher Holdsworth

Chris Holdsworth at Lakeland Trails Staveley Race. Photo by Lakeland Trails

All I can say about the Lakeland Trails Spring Series of racing is – if you’ve fallen out of love with running, then get yourself signed up to those races… The atmosphere, the organisation, the trails and the scenery make it more than just running another race. They are phenomenal.

Brett Holdsworth

Breton Holdsworth at the Lakeland Trails Staveley Race. Photo by Lakeland Trails

As for Staveley, it was my favourite of the three – and possibly my best performance of the lot, completing 11.2 miles in just under 1:10 exactly. Breton also had another excellent run, coming in 4th which he consistently achieved in all three races. Will certainly be back again to compete for the Spring Series crown once again next year!

Full Results

Stretton Six Summits – 9 May

Stretton Six Summits is the second race in the English Fell Championships.

Fell Championships

L-R Garry Wilkinson, Dave Bagot, Paul Shackleton, Vicky Heys, Angela Shian, and Ryan Wilkinson at the English Fell Championships. Photo by Garry Wilkinson

Mens Report from Paul Shackleton

Around 15 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in the English Championship fell race at Church Stretton. With 3000 feet of ascent in only 6 miles,  it was no wonder that one of our members described the route as “the toughest 6 miles he’d raced in 30 years of running”. The route took in six summits around the Long Mynd with steep climbs, steep descents and some fast running in the valleys to break it up.

Paul Shackleton

Paul Shackleton at the Six Summits British Championship Race. Photo by Colin Williamson

The race was won by Tom Addison and Annie Conway was first woman. Some excellent performances from Clayton runners with Alan Life, Garry Wilkinson and Ryan Wilkinson all getting in the first 100 (Alan and Garry 7th and 9th V50) Kieran Carr was 1st V70 and. Wendy Dodds and Jean Brown were 2nd and 4th in their respective categories.

Ladies Report by Katy Thompson

Five Clayton ladies made the trip down to Church Stretton for this, the second English Championship race. 6.3m and 3250 ft of climb over six summits: it was never going to be easy. I’ve done enough races around the Long Mynd to know how steep the ascents and descents are.

After my usual slow start up the steep road and onto the fell there weren’t many runners behind me on the first summit but I gradually gained on those ahead on the contour round to Yearlet. As I slithered down the steep descent I wished I had gone ahead and bought those new shoes before the race instead of just thinking about it. The steep climb up and over Grindle was well marked through the heather; then there was a lovely run down Callow Hollow – a bit frustrating though if you wanted to pass anyone. As we climbed Callow I was gradually passing other runners, and on the contour round to Nills I caught Angela. But she wasn’t going to let me have it all my own way, and I had to chase her up the hill and down to the footbridge in Ashes Hollow. As we set off on the climb to the final summit I was aware that she wasn’t far behind. My legs were protesting loudly, but they gradually got into uphill mode again, then it was a lovely downhill, gentle at first then getting steeper as we dropped down to the finish, with a final short pull up before the downhill into the finish.

Katy Thompson

Katy Thompson at the Six Summits British Championship Race. Photo by Colin Williamson

Jean was our first finisher, 31st in a field of 79 ladies, and 12th LV40. Wendy was 2nd LV60. Vicky was third finisher making us joint 4th Lady Vet team.

Poss NAME Cat TIME
81 Alan Life M50 01:14:44
92 Garry Wilkinson M50 01:15:45
98 Ryan Wilkinson SM 01:16:31
138 David Bagot SM 01:20:02
180 Kieran Carr M70 (1st) 01:26:02
185 Paul Shackleton M50 01:26:47
187 Jean Brown L45 01:27:07
207 Peter Browning M55 01:31:02
214 Wendy Dodds L60 (2nd ) 01:32:06
240 Vicky Heys L40 01:36:17
280 Andrew Firth M55 01:42:38
282 Katy Thompson L60 01:43:46
286 Angela Shian SL 01:44:19
298 Stephen Fish M60 01:48:02

Full Results

Morrisons’ Great Manchester 10k – 10 May

Well done to our Great Manchester 10k runners!  Jacob Watson ran up a storm finishing in 90th place with a time of 36:16 and an appearance on the TV coverage to boot! And there were PBs galore for our runners too. Legendary Ron Hill was also among the thousands running on the day.

Team Clayton

L-R Amanda Duffy, Richard Briscoe, Elouise Pemberton, Jacob Watson, Lee Moore. Bryan Searby photobombing at the back! Photo by Michelle Searby

Report from Jacob Watson

Nearly £40 for a 10k? Now I wouldn’t say I’m tight-fisted but that seems quite steep I remember thinking while entering my card details onto the Great Manchester Run website. I’m sure Towneley 10k was about a fiver!

This was the second time I’d run this race and, like most people lined up at the start, I was looking for a PB. The atmosphere was awesome, I was feeling confident, and my aim was to start comfortably and finish strong. The buzz of the event kept me on pace through miles 1-4, however, by the fifth mile I started flagging. The bands kept me going as did the crowd (hearing “Come on Clayton!” never fails to lift my spirits), and I managed to hold it together, knocking 4 minutes off last year’s time.

So was the asking price of £3.80 for each kilometre worth it? I don’t think I’d be racing much if every race cost this much, but as an experience; yes. One for the race calendar next year (and the year after!).

TV pic

Jacob Watson’s TV finish!

Report by Lee Moore

Arrived at Manchester early and the atmosphere was already building up. We got into postion in the orange wave and, after chatting to fellow runners and the group warm up, we were off. I got to pass my beloved Old Trafford on the course and really enjoyed the cold showers en route! Overall an excellent day and managed to post my best 10k time this year.

Report by Elouise Pemberton

The morning of the race I was filled with excitement and nerves, this being the first time I had taken part in an event as big as this. I had no idea what to expect and I was stunned by the sheer amount of people taking part.

We were greeted by the compere, welcoming the Clayton team with pride.  The atmosphere was buzzing, the course was enjoyable and the live music and spectators really helped you to keep up the pace.

Well all got PBs.  I will be signing up again for next year.

Pos Name Time
90 Jacob Watson 00:36:16
271 Richard Briscoe 00:39:08
1006 Fabienne Richmond 00:43:31
2535 Edward Milne 00:47:07
3171 Amanda Duffy 00:48:11
4530 Lynsey Birtwistle 00:50:12
6482 Lee Moore 00:52:51
6966 Elouise Sylkie Pemberton 00:53:29
9127 Ron Hill 00:55:49
16117 Nicola Kay 01:04:02

Blacksticks Blue 10k – 10 May

This low key 10k road race starts and finishes at Whitechapel Village Hall and offers stunning views overlooking the Bowland Fells.  Bianca Bennet and Robert Hirst took part.

Bianca Bennett Reports;

Blacksticks Blue 10k was the complete contrast of Manchester 10k today. 128m total ascent compared to the flat 30m total ascent of Manchester. 190 participants at Blacksticks to the many thousands that took part at Manchester. Then there was the scenic route of woodlands and fields to the busy city life; the list could go on…but they did have one thing in common a supportive crowd! It was amazing to have people really root for the runners. The runners of Blacksticks really supported one another too and even though we ran for different clubs there was a real sense of community.

Pos Name Cat Time
13 Matthew Duckworth M 40:23
44 Stephen Biscomb MV60 44:52
67 Alan Clarkson MV55 47:50
76 Brian Wildman MV45 49:27
113 Bianca Bennett F 53:30
116 Robert Hirst MV60 54:10

Awaiting Results

Blackpool Beach 10k – 10 May

The organisers describe this 10k as a gruelling, yet fun event on Blackpool Beach between South Shore and St Annes Pier. Run mainly on wet compacted sand, shortly after high tide, this event is great for runners of all abilities

Two of our members took part; Alex Braysford and Kevin O’Brien, both of them finishing first in their respective age categories.  Well done chaps!

Poss Name Cat Time
10 Alex Braysford MV40 41:22
82 Kevin O’Brien MV70 59:05

Full Results 

parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun

John and Annabel Wilcock at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

As always, lots of our members were out running in various parkrunevents. Some for fun, some as a warm up for other events over the weekend.  Lots of great runs and finishes from Team Clayton and a handful of new PBs as well.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 196 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
3 Jonathan PYE 18:22 SM25-29
4 Richard STEVENSON 18:44 VM35-39
7 Laura HESKETH 19:46 SW30-34
8 Chris SNELL 19:53 VM35-39 New PB!
10 Jon HANSON 20:04 VM35-39
14 Simon WILSHAW 21:04 JM15-17 New PB!
20 Gordon BARRETT 21:54 VM50-54
21 Millie STUBBS 22:28 JW11-14 New PB!
26 Lennon JACKSON 22:46 JM11-14
43 Nathan KEWIN 24:31 JM10
64 Bryan SEARBY 25:36 VM40-44
75 Annabel WILCOCK 26:03 JW11-14
76 John WILCOCK 26:08 VM50-54
77 Donna SCOTT 26:10 VW45-49
78 Robert HIRST 26:11 VM60-64
82 Heidi KEWIN 26:23 JW11-14 New PB!
98 Yvonne WICKHAM 27:46 VW50-54
100 Sophie ASHWORTH 27:49 JW11-14
110 Julie TOMAN 28:18 VW45-49
158 Judith CAREY 33:53 VW35-39
165 Milly MACCABE 35:13 JW10
178 Andrew WEBSTER 38:17 VM45-49

Pendle parkrun – A total of 48 runners took part.

Pendle parkrun celebrated its first anniversary this weekend.  Not only were they celebrating with a fancy dress, they were also revealing the brand new route for this event.

Pendle parkrun

Peter Booth enjoying the new route at Pendle parkrun. Photo by Pendle parkrun

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
1 Paul HESKETH 20:30 VM50-54
4 John HARTLEY 21:33 VM55-59
5 Susan BURNS 22:02 VW55-59
8 Pete BOOTH 22:26 VM60-64
39 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 32:25 VW65-69
41 Christine LEATHLEY 33:54 VW65-69

Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill – A total of 256 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
210 Eileen JONES 29:51 VW60-64 New PB!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 75 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
75 Robin PRICE 37:58 VM70-74

Skipton parkrun – A total of 98 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
20 Barry MITCHELL 23:08 VM65-69 New PB!

St Helens parkrun – A total of 164 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
54 George THOMPSON 25:25 VM65-69 First Timer!

Great news for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers

Our talented young Harriers continue to enjoy success and the following members have been selected to represent Lancashire in the British Inter Counties Fell Running Championships in Betws-y-Coed North Wales. Chris Holdsworth, Jacob Boyle, Danny Collinge, Jordan McDonald, Curtis Holt, Ryan Clarke, and Alice Pier. The Championships take place on Saturday 16th May.

Congratulations and the best of luck to all of you. We know you will do us all proud!

Upcoming team events

Good luck to all our athletes running in the British Masters Road Relays, Calderdale Way Relays and the British Inter Counties Fell Championships! Go get ’em Team Clayton

Weekend of Running

If you aren’t jetting off to sunnier climes over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, why not come along to our fabulous weekend of running.  There’s road and fell on offer and a bit of a do in the Pendle Inn at Barley afterwards. It’s going to be a great weekend of running and socialising. Go on, you know you want to!

Weekend of Running flyer

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers – Weekend of Running

ByAdrienne Olszewska

True colours shining through

After all the epic endurance escapades last weekend, you’d think our members would be taking it easy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Business as usual from the tangerine army! Competing, winning and cheering each other on as always! The future’s bright.

Vernons 5k – 28 April

Otherwise known as the Welcome Inn Tuesday night series.  Just one member at this event, Tony Pilling who finished in 53rd place with a time of 23:25.

Full Results

Vera Hirst 5k Cowm Race – 29 April

Irene Roche reports;

A few Clayton members ran at Whitworth, Cowme Res 5k. Andy O’Sullivan has a few of these mid-weekers going and raising good amounts of money for charity. Around 35 to 40 runners took part after a slightly delayed start due to late competitors arriving after traffic problems. But the delayed start was welcome as this was when the sun shone through after a dark cloud threatened to dampen our spirits! Laura Hesketh achieved First Lady and lots of other Clayton winning prizes/age categories. Totally enjoyable midweek event.

Awaiting Results

Cake Race – 2 May

An interesting moorland course with as much cake as you like to eat at the end. Who could ask for more? The course takes in open moorland scenery, industrial heritage, and Pennine farmland all in a hour or so. It is mainly on flagged paths, tracks and trails with the challenge of going over the Pennines and back.

Cake Race

Nerina Gill at the Cake Race. Photo by the Woodentops

The first mile or so is up hill onto the moors, which is very runnable, we call the path boat lane, since it was build to take the horses from the canal barges over the hills. Once up on the Moors you take the flagged path to Brun Cough Reservoir. The course is fast at this point, although care is needed as the flagstones can be slippy. The route splits the reservoirs at Wessenden Head and turns down toward Marsden where you can run fast down towards Marsden. The hardest part is yet to come as runners meet a long flight of stone steps that sweeps them down the side of the dam only to return them up a similar flight on the other side! Save a bit of energy for the climb back up onto the Moors, against the prevailing wind, you will be rewarded with stunning views across Marsden Moor.

The track brings runners back to the top of Boat lane and a good long run into the finish where cakes and tea await all finishers. All Runners are invited to bring a cake which will be entered into the Cake contest. Prizes for best tasting and best decoration. This is a tough race and you’ll really feel like you’ve earned the cake afterwards.

Three Clayton Ladies took part, Vicky Heys, Angela Shian and Nerina Gill.  Interestingly, Nerina has just entered the VLM ballot for next year… I do hope it wasn’t because of all the cake! Well done ladies!

Awaiting full results

Pendle Cloughs – 2 May

Just 30 hardy fell runners finished this tough, local race organised by Barlick Fell Runners. Course record holder Tom Brunt returned for a third time to take on this race. The conditions on the top of Pendle were cold, wet and very windy and were not ideal for record breaking times.  As it turned out, Tom had a comfortable win over Martin Hurst from Pudsey & Bramley who was closely followed home in third place by Max Wainwright from Helsby RC.

Pendle Cloughs

Clayton Harriers on the Pendle Cloughs Fell Race. Photo by Andy Holden

Four Clayton Harriers took part, Pete Booth, Andrew Priory, Ralph Baines, and David Naylor.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
10 Pete Booth MV60 02:40:30
11 Andrew Priory MV40 02:40:50
12 Ralph Baines MV40 02:42:34
27 David Naughton MV50 03:34:11

Full Results

Great Hameldon Hill Race – 3 May

Despite a rather grim start to the day, 27 juniors and 57 senior members took part in the first of the Burnley and Pendle Grand Prix Series, with a fair few of both adults and children running in their first ever fell race.  The weather was kind to us and things cleared up nicely for the first race of the day. The juniors were out in force with many of them cheering and running alongside their siblings and team mates. They also formed an enthusiastic and exuberant cheer squad as they watched the seniors coming in.

Under 8s Race 

15 children took part in the Under 8s running a fast and furious circuit of the Peel Park school playing field incorporating a bit of a hill at the rear just to add a little sting in the tail ( also added to the end of the longer races just to add a little spice!).

Clayton Juniors

Isaac Smith, proud winner of the U-8s race and first timer for Clayton Harriers. Photo by Lee Smith

We had some fantastic runs from our juniors with first and third positions for Isaac Smith and Joshua McKay. A Masie Howarth and Jessica Bradley were are two girls in the race and both of them had great runs. Very well done!

Pos Name Cat Cat/Pos Time
1 Isaac Smith M7 (1/5) 00:01:30
3 Joshua McKay M7 (3/5) 00:01:34
8 Maisie Howarth F7 (3/5) 00:01:46
12 Jessica Bradley F7 (5/5) 00:01:58

Under 10s Race

22 children took part in the next age group race with two laps of the playing field to undertake.  Dexta Thompson took the lead and held onto it with great great and determination, managing to save a bit extra for a sprint to the finish to secure his win.

Clayton Juniors

Dexta Thompson storming to the finish and first place in the U-10s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Imogen Ferguson was our first Clayton girl in the race and second girl overall. Another great set of runs from our juniors.

Clayton Juniors

Imogen Ferguson, first Clayton girl in the U-10s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos    Name    Cat    Cat/Pos    Time   
1 Dexta Thompson M9 (1/7) 00:02:53
3 Nathan Kewin M9 (1/2) 00:03:07
5 Joe Czapowski M9 (3/7) 00:03:11
6 Finley Stubbs M8 (2/6) 00:03:12
11 Jenson Bentham M8 (4/6) 00:03:18
13 Imogen Ferguson F9 (2/5) 00:03:24
15 Alexander Thompson M9 (5/7) 00:03:31
18 Matthew Armstrong M8 (6/6) 00:03:50
19 Rachel Stevenson F8 (1/2) 00:04:05
22 Milly McCabe F8 (2/2) 00:04:30

Under 16s Race

U16 Race

On the start line of the U-16 Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

 

This is a tough race for the under 16 group, leaving the playing fields and heading out and up the Coppice Hill that overlooks the school. Jackson Mckay ran a superb race finishing comfortably ahead of the rest of the pack.  26 runners took part.

Clayton Juniors

Jackson McKay winner of the U16 race. Photo by David Belshaw

Ella Dorrington was our first girl finisher, just passing team mate Millie Stubbs at the end to secure 8th place overall and first girl. Hot on her heels, Millie finished in 9th place and second girl.

Pos    Name    Cat    Cat/Pos    Time   
1 Jackson L. McKay M11 (1/9) 00:11:23
8 Ella Dorrington F10 (1/4) 00:13:09
9 Millie Stubbs F12 (1/3) 00:13:13
10 William M. Nicholls M10 (2/2) 00:13:13
11 Adam Stevenson M11 (4/9) 00:13:17
12 Lennon Jackson M11 (5/9) 00:13:24
17 Liberty Thompson F12 (2/3) 00:14:07
18 Sophie Ashworth F11 (3/4) 00:14:08
19 Harry Mason M12 (2/2) 00:14:53
20 Natasha Olszewska F12 (3/3) 00:15:50
21 Keira Stevenson F10 (2/4) 00:16:23
22 Heidi Kewin F11 (4/4) 00:16:42
25 Bronia Olszewska F10 (3/4) 00:20:06

Senior Race

An impressive turnout of 57 Clayton Harriers in this race; the first race of the Burnley and Pendle Grand Prix Series. Christopher Holdsworth was our first Clayton man finishing in 2nd  place and Claire Vincent was our first Clayton Lady finishing in 72nd place and 4th lady in the race. Jordan McDonald ran very well finishing in 4th place overall and first Male Junior. Irene Roche was 1st L55 and Karin Goss was 1st L65.

Report by Christopher Holdsworth

Great Hameldon Hill Race

Chris Holdsworth and Richard Burney battling it out at the Great Hameldon Hill Race. Photo by Neil Broadhurst

I’d hoped for a weekend off from racing after the Three Peaks, but couldn’t resist competing at one of the best races in the P&B calendar. With the Peaks still in my legs, and a full week of comfort eating, I decided to ease myself into the race and ran with the Liverpool runner, Richard Burney for the majority of the way up Hameldon Hill. I held back until the summit, hoping to pull away on the way back down… As it turns out, Richard is a 15 minute 5K runner. I ended the race in 2nd place with a time of 38:45 – almost 2 minutes quicker than last years time. So very happy with the result! We had a great turn out, and had some great performances from the younger members in Jordan McDonald, and some impressive junior displays too. A top event to kick of the Summer racing calendar!

Report by Claire Vincent

Great Hameldon Hill Race

Claire Vincent – 1st Clayton Lady at the Great Hameldon Hill Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

After suffering from a stress fracture since before Christmas, I’ve just started to get back into running in the past month or so. I know the Hameldon route well so felt ok and reached the summit with a lady from Trawden in sight. On the descent however she pulled away and I was over taken by a lady from Accrington road runners. I thought I might have been able to catch them but I’m not too good on the downhill so they stayed out of reach! I also finished 2 minutes quicker than last year and enjoyed being cheered on by a group of Clayton juniors at the end! Look forward to more races this summer and being part of the relay team for my first time in the Calderdale Way.

Our Ladies ‘A’ team were 2nd and our Mens ‘A’ Team were 1st.  Well done everyone.

Pos    Name    Cat    CatPos    Time   
2 Chris. Holdsworth M (002/042) 00:38:45
4 Jordan McDonald MJ (001/005) 00:42:45
6 Andrew Stubbs M45 (001/028) 00:43:21
8 Russ Clarke M (006/042) 00:44:02
14 Kevin Davies M50 (003/023) 00:45:21
15 Richard Stevenson M (008/042) 00:45:26
16 Carl Helliwell M (009/042) 00:45:46
17 Matthew Duckworth M (010/042) 00:45:51
18 Andrew Orr M40 (003/021) 00:45:53
25 Michael J. O’Donnell M40 (006/021) 00:46:32
26 Jonathan Pye M (012/042) 00:46:50
29 Alan Dorrington M45 (003/028) 00:47:24
35 Richard Briscoe M (015/042) 00:48:07
40 Chris Funnell M45 (006/028) 00:48:40
42 Andrew McFarlane M45 (007/028) 00:48:54
43 John Roche M55 (003/014) 00:48:58
45 Alex Braysford M40 (008/021) 00:49:12
46 Jon Hanson M (017/042) 00:49:22
59 John Wilcock M50 (011/023) 00:50:20
60 Jeffrey Pickup M60 (003/012) 00:50:25
62 Andy Bradley M45 (010/028) 00:50:34
63 Nick Roscoe M45 (011/028) 00:50:53
72 Claire Vincent F (003/010) 00:51:55
76 Gary Balmer M45 (013/028) 00:52:27
81 Stephen Ainsworth M55 (006/014) 00:53:10
83 Adam Shaw M (026/042) 00:53:27
86 Martin Brady M50 (014/023) 00:53:56
90 Andy Quinn M40 (015/021) 00:54:37
91 Richard Bellaries M60 (005/012) 00:54:37
94 Geoff Smith M40 (016/021) 00:55:00
96 Andrew M. Dugdale M50 (016/023) 00:55:12
101 Stephen Breakell M60 (006/012) 00:55:35
103 Andrew J. Webster M45 (018/028) 00:55:47
104 Rick Moore M50 (018/023) 00:55:58
105 Stephen White M60 (007/012) 00:56:10
108 Stuart Proctor M (029/042) 00:56:18
112 Paul Wale M45 (019/028) 00:57:05
114 Irene Roche F55 (001/004) 00:57:08
121 Stephen Fish M60 (008/012) 00:58:18
127 Helen Burnett F40 (005/007) 00:58:49
130 Martin Griffin M50 (019/023) 00:59:27
131 Colin Woolford M (036/042) 00:59:57
135 Dawn Terry F50 (002/005) 01:00:38
136 Robin Nicholson M45 (024/028) 01:01:23
143 Joanne Bennett F45 (003/006) 01:02:56
149 Jean Knightley F55 (002/004) 01:03:53
151 Kath Brady F50 (004/005) 01:04:34
152 Nichola Horsfall F55 (003/004) 01:04:55
157 Martin O’Rourke M50 (021/023) 01:05:46
161 Geoff Laycock M60 (010/012) 01:06:42
165 Sarah Angelone F (007/010) 01:08:01
167 Leanne Cottam F (008/010) 01:08:26
168 Ron Chappell M65 (002/003) 01:08:39
169 Karin Goss F65 (001/001) 01:08:44
175 Michelle Butschok F40 (007/007) 01:15:01
180 Stuart Barker M45 (028/028) 01:21:35
181 Phillip Thornber M60 (012/012) 01:22:34

Full Results

Coniston Fell Racer – 3 May

Report by Peter Browning

Coniston Fell Race

Coniston Fell Race – a return to wintery conditions. Photo by Coniston Fell Runners

Five Clayton Harriers made the journey north to the southern Lakes for the annual Coniston Fell Race, the first of the truly classic Lakeland races. The race is traditionally held under blue skies and lovely spring sunshine, but not this year. We were well and truly back in winter conditions, with snow falling on the tops, high winds and poor visibility. Following recent comments from some quarters, if ever there was a reminder of the need to carry full kit in all fell races as outlined by the FRA, this was it. Former top ten Coniston finisher Tim Edward led the Clayton contingent home, followed by Peter Browning, Andrew Firth, Mark Taylor and Peter Dugdale. Full results have still not been published, but finishing safely was the simple aim of most competitors.

Awaiting Results

North West Junior Traithlon Series 2015 – Warrington – 3 May

Clayton Juniors

Ellie and Grace Root competing in the North West Junior Triathlon Series.

Congratulations to the Root sisters Ellie and Grace who both took part in the Northwich Aquathlon, Grace in the T1 and Ellie in the T3, they are now looking forward to the start of the triathlons later this month.

Also Ellie has been awarded a Talented Athlete Grant from Pendle Leisure Trust, to help with triathlon training. Another member of Clayton Juniors being recognised for their commitment to sport and well deserved!

Well done girls, flying the tangerine flag for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and a credit to our junior coaching team.

Bluebell Trail 10k – 3 May

A scenic one lap race in and around woodland, following the River Yarrow, starting and finishing in the Yarrow Country Park, Chorley. This course will take in the crossing of the River Yarrow.

Bryan Searby and Steve Biscombe took part in this trail race.Bryan described the course as  full of lovely scenery. We ran through the bluebells and had great fun in the river. Hilly and muddy.

No results as yet.

Coiners Junior Fell Races – 4 May

A group of our juniors competed in the FRA English championship races organised by Calder Valley Fell Runners.  Liberty and Dexta Thompson, Jackson McKay and Joshua McKay and Briony Holt.

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Juniors at the Coiners ( English Junior Fell Championships). Photo by Nicola Thompson

Tina Holt reported; ” What a fab day today at Coiners. Mytholmroyd, for the 4th FRA race of the season. The Clayton Le Moors Harriers orange army were out in force once again! Not completely sure on results as yet, but they all gave 100% . Well done juniors. Dexta ran halfway round with only one shoe, and Sophie ran down the hillshouting “I’m gonna fall!” but had an amazing upright finish. Curtis didn’t run after yesterdays track meet in Preston but Briony did and secured another 1st position. Well done everyone!

In fact, Briony won her fourth championship race in a row making her the 2015 English FRA champion with two races still to go to further consolidate her victory.  Congratulations to a brilliant runner and absolute credit to our club!

Full Results

Coiners Senior Fell Races – 4 May

Well done to Jacob Boyle and Mark Aspinall who took part in the ‘short’ race. the Coiners is described by the organisers as a fast tour of Coiner’s country on paths, tracks and moorland, taking in Erringden Moor, Stoodley Pike and Bell House Moor. The route offers spectacular views of Cragg Vale and passes by the old coiners cottages of Bell House and Keelam.

9 Jacob Boyle MU23 0:54:09

10 Mark Aspinall  M55 0:54:22

Full Results

parkrun roundup

It was the 150th run at Burnley, our unofficial club parkrun, and both seniors and juniors were out in force, many of them warming up for other events over the weekend.  King of the parkrun, Mr Jonathan Pye, was spotted taking to the fells the following day at the Great Hameldon Hill Race. Rumours that he presented a bemused race official with a carefully laminated barcode at the finish line are greatly exaggerated! It was a paced event so lots of PBs and it was also great to see Danny Collinge & Jonathon Pye giving Clayton Juniors one to one coaching to help them improve!

Burnley parkrun

Jonathon Pye pacing some of the juniors at the 150th Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

All of the people who had competed in Marathons, 3 Peaks or Fellsman events were called out for a round of applause in a fairly understated 150th celebration event.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 267 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
2 Jacob BOYLE 17:34 SM18-19 New PB!
4 Mark ASPINALL 18:22 VM55-59
7 Laura HESKETH 19:48 SW30-34
11 Dexta THOMPSON 20:31 JM10 New PB!
12 Dave MOTLEY 20:32 SM30-34
13 Nick ROSCOE 20:33 VM45-49
25 Simon WILSHAW 21:42 JM15-17
28 John WILCOCK 21:57 VM50-54
30 Ryan Andrew CLARKE 22:03 JM15-17
33 Alan CLARKSON 22:10 VM55-59
34 Lennon JACKSON 22:25 JM11-14
41 Sophie ASHWORTH 22:57 JW11-14
42 Jonathan PYE 23:08 SM25-29
58 Daniel BRADLEY 24:11 JM11-14 New PB!
79 Robert HIRST 25:41 VM60-64
93 Andrew WEBSTER 26:01 VM45-49
94 Natasha OLSZEWSKA 26:08 JW11-14
95 Paul Laurence WALSH 26:20 VM60-64 New PB!
105 Ron CHAPPELL 27:04 VM65-69
113 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 27:20 SW25-29
114 Jackie KERSHAW 27:32 VW40-44
153 Richard LAWSON 28:58 VM70-74
164 Adrienne OLSZEWSKA 29:16 VW45-49
184 Marion WILKINSON 30:25 VW70-74
193 Nicola KAY 31:30 SW30-34
201 Bronia OLSZEWSKA 32:00 JW10 New PB!
237 Valerie LAWSON 36:43 VW70-74 New PB!
247 Milly MACCABE 40:39 JW10

 

Pendle parkrun – A total of 71 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
5 John HARTLEY 20:48 VM55-59
15 Martin BRADY 23:22 VM50-54 New PB!
17 Stephen WHITE 23:56 VM60-64
28 Dawn TERRY 25:35 VW50-54
52 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 31:06 VW65-69
62 Christine LEATHLEY 33:04 VW65-69
65 Susan ALLEN 34:06 VW55-59 New PB!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 164 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
105 Eileen JONES 29:02 VW60-64 New PB!

Heaton parkrun – A total of 581 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
80 Bryan SEARBY 22:36 VM40-44 New PB!

Skipton parkrun – A total of 164 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
6 Paul BRANNON 19:00 VM55-59 First Timer!

St Albans parkrun – A total of 361 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
119 George THOMPSON 23:21 VM65-69 New PB!
129 Katy THOMPSON 23:37 VW60-64

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 451 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
4 Jonny MCKENNA 16:46 SM25-29

Coming up

For all club members taking part in the British Masters Road Relay Championships on 16th May, coach arrangements are as follows;

Coach travel £5 per head.

Depart Seedhill 6.45am
Network 65 at 7.00am
Dunkenhalgh at 7.15am

Also coming up on the same weekend, the Calderdale Relays.  Make sure you have reccied, or plan to reccy, your leg of the race soon as it’s only a couple of weeks away.

ByPeter Booth

May Newsletter

In the latest edition of the Harrier a ‘hypochondriac fell runner’ reports on his day out at the Haworth Hobble. there are details of how members can help with the club’s staging of the British Fell & Hill Running Relays at Barley in October, as well as all the usual features, fixtures and results. May Newsletter 2015

Ron-Hill-Nat-Harrison edit

ByAdrienne Olszewska

The calm before the storm

On the countdown to a few biggies; London Marathon, Yorkshire Three Peaks, the Fellsman and no doubt many more, you’d expect a quiet kind of week in the run up wouldn’t you? Absolutely not!  Team Clayton is at large, in all terrains, scoring PBs, winning events and picking up awards. Wouldn’t expect anything else!

Mid Lancashire Cross Country League Presentation – 17 April

It was a very good night for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and a very well organised evening for all in attendance.

Team Awards – Gold for the Vet 60 Men’s team, Silver awards for Senior Men in Division 2 and the Vet 50 Men’s team, and Bronze awards for the U-13 Girls and the Vet 45 Women’s teams.

Clayton Juniors

U-13 Girls with their Bronze medals at the Mid Lancs Cross Country Presentation Evening

Individual Awards – Silver awards for Briony Holt (U13 Girl), Jordan McDonald (U17 Men) Kevin Davies (VM50), Irene Roche (VF55), David Scott (VM70), and Bronze awards for George Pier (U20 Men), Peter Booth (VM60), Richard Lawson (VM70)

Mid Lancs

Irene Roche with her silver FV55 award at the Mid Lancs Cross County Presentation Evening

If you weren’t at the presentation, and you won a senior award or team award, contact John Roche to arrange collection of your trophy/medal.

The Mike McGee Memorial Cowm Reservoir 5K – 15 April

Andems Runners assisted by Rochdale Harriers stage this 5K race around the scenic Cowm Reservoir, in memory of Mike MGee who passed away in 2012. All proceeds go to Bowel Cancer UK.

Team Clayton

Clayton Ladies out in force at Cowm Reservoir Memorial Race

Fourteen club members turned out for this race.  Laura Hesketh ran up a storm finishing in 19 minutes and taking the first female position.  Team Roche cleaned up the V55 category with first category finishes for John and Irene. Some great performances all who ran and plenty of PBs.

Pos Name Cat Time
13 Laura Hesketh F (1st Female) 19:00
16 John Roche VM55 (1st) 19:11
45 Irene Roche VF55 (1st) 22:09
49 Sarah Angelone F 22:22
61 Richard Lawson VM70 24:00
62 Rachel Todd VF40 24:01
66 Leanne Cottam F 24:41
69 M Moore JM 25:17
77 Robert Hirst VM60 25:55
84 Karen Clarkin VF40 27:17
87 J Lee M 28:44
88 Anita Jones VF55 28:50
95 Judith Carey VF35 33:28
98 Val Lawson VF70 35:46

West Nab – 18 April

Report by Andrew Holt

The third FRA English junior championships race took place across the M62 in Meltham. As usual it was well organised and well attended. The course is similar to the FRA route at Pendle, with an uphill start, longish flat straight and a sharp ramp upwards into the moors. The weather was sunny, warm and hard underfoot with the only mud to be found in the occasional bog and small river crossing. Unusually for a fell race a good percentage of this course is singletrack making overtaking difficult.

Clayton juniors were represented by three runners, Dexta and Liberty Thompson, running only their second FRA fell race, and Briony Holt. Dexta was first away, pacing himself well along the single track and overtaking where and when he could. Finishing we think (photo counting) an amazing fourth. (he was nearly half way back at the start!)

West Nab Fell Race

Dexta Thompson in the U8 & U10 Race at Wet Nab. Photo by Woodentops

Briony and Liberty ran next, climbing further up and around the farm. Liberty was rightly cautious about starting too quickly and started towards the rear of the group. Liberty held a steady position around the course, even gaining ground on more experienced athletes. Obviously feeling tired at the end, Liberty finished strongly in approx 25th position, (counted via photos on Woodentops) in a competitive field on a difficult course.

West Nab Fell Race

Liberty Thompson in the U14 Race at West Nab. Photo by the Woodentops

This was Briony’s second attempt at West Nab, but first at the longer u14 route. After the usual dash out of the field Briony was placed 5th or 6th the, but gained ground and led from from the first downhill stretch, and had a healthy lead at the half way point. A strong challenge from two athletes including last years champion, provided an excellent finish, with Briony narrowly claiming a victory via a sprint in the starting field.

West Nab Fell Race

Briony Holt in the U14 Race at West Nab. Photo by Woodentops

Briony has only to finish one of three races to be joint english champion,and she’s won three out of three so far. 

Well done Dexta, Liberty and Briony!

Awaiting results

Lakeland Trails Hawkshead – 18 April

Starting and finishing at Hawkshead, the 17km Hawkshead Trail Race, 17km Hawkshead Trail Challenge and 10km Hawkshead Trail Run follow circuits along well marked and marshalled footpaths and bridleways, taking in panoramic views of Lake Windermere and the surrounding peaks of the Coniston Hills, the Langdales and most of the Lakeland fells. All of the routes take in the infamous, mile long, near vertical, killer climb of the “Coffin Trail”! Underfoot conditions are generally good, particularly for those used to off-road running.

Clayton Lady, Sophie McIntosh tackled the 10k. She described it as a tough one with an extra 1.7km (making it 11.7km), not to mention the 1 mile vertical climb called ‘the coffin trail’. However, the scenery was beautiful and she really enjoyed it.

Lakeland Trail Races

Sophie McIntosh at the Lakeland Trail races. Suitably tangerine t-shirts for completers as well!

Christopher and Breton Holdsworth tool part in the 17km race finishing in 2nd and 4th place respectively.

Lakeland Trail Races

Chris Holdsworth and Breton Holdsworth who were 2nd and 4th at the Lakeland Trail 17km Race

Full Results

Podium 5k – 18 April

The sun shone but a cold easterly wind hit the runners on each of the 5 laps in the April version of the PODIUM 5K at Barrowford, Lancashire. Three Clayton men took part in the B race.

Report by Richard Stevenson

After missing out on a sub-18 for 5k at Hollingworth Lake 2 weeks ago, I thought I’d give the Podium 5k a go. I’d heard it was a very flat and fast course. We got there early to watch the A race; boy these guys are impressively fast! Then straight after was the B race with a few from the first race kindly helping out as pacers for us. My tactic was to try and stay just in front of the 18 minute pacer which I just about managed then it was down to an eyeball out sprint for the line. Oh yes 17:49! A new PB and my first sub-18 minute 5k. Well done to the fellow Clayton runners there John and Andy. I know Andy was very pleased with his time.

Podium 5k

Richard Stevenson heading for the finish at the Podium 5k. Photo by Jamie McIlvenny

Report from Andy Bradley

Podium 5k perfect for PBs! No pacer for someone hoping to beat 20 mins, not sure some of the a race guys could go that slow!! Asked a couple of lads what they were aiming for and tried to hang on to them, just managed it! Enjoyed the encouragement from the Trawden and clayton attendees, always a help in the last lap when your legs feel like lead. will hope its less windy time as I think I can go (a little bit) faster. £4 well spent and loved watching the a race, some proper runners there!

Podium 5k Race

Andy Bradley at the Podium 5k. Photo by James McIlvenny

Pos Name Cat Time
6 Richard Stevenson M 17:49
12 John Hartley MV55 18:48
16 Andy Bradley MV45 19:53

Full Results

Y Moelwyn Fell Race – 18 April

Race report from Paul Shackleton

A bakers dozen of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were at the first British Fell Championships race of the year at Blaenau Ffestiniog on Saturday for the Ras Y Moelwyn race; 16.9k (10 miles) with 850 metres of ascent. Under a cloudless sky we went off down the road from the town centre and climbed up through the old quarries to Moelwyn Mawr at 770 metres. After a steep descent, we then climbed Moelwyn Bach, down a rocky and boggy descent to the Llyn Stwlan dam where the locals offered us jelly babies and flapjacks and then climbed again to Moel Yr Hydd. A fast descent and a run back through the quarry tracks and we were at the finish. The race is a classic! Finley Wild won the men’s race with Rob Hope second and Jasmine Parris was the first lady. Clayton men were led home by Neil Hardiman and fist Clayton lady was Jean Brown. 362 runners took part in the race.

British Fell Champs

Garry Wilkinson and Paul Shackleton at the Y Moelwyn race. Paul did not run the race barefoot!

Pos Name category time
108 Neil HARDIMAN Male V40 01:34:09
123 Garry WILKINSON Male V50 01:36:38
208 Paul SHACKLETON Male V50 01:47:33
213 Jean BROWN Female V40 01:48:05
216 Jon SHARPLES Male V60 01:49:33
242 Peter BROWNING Male V50 01:51:55
293 Mark NUTTER Male V50 02:04:05
297 Mark TAYLOR Male Senior 02:04:47
298 Wendy DODDS Female V60 02:05:01
299 Andrew Mark DUGDALE Male V50 02:05:10
338 Peter DUGDALE Male V50 02:14:52
341 Barbara SAVAGE Female V50 02:16:29
351 Nichola HORSFALL Female V50 02:22:02

Full Results

Great Langdale St. Georges Day 10k – 18 April

Graham Kissack was our sole representative at this 10k out and back road run along the beautiful Great Langdale Valley. The Great Langdale St Georges Day Run is a 10k run held in April each year. The course is an undulating route, along the Great Langdale Road. Starting at the New Dungeon Ghyl, running to The Langdale Estate in Elterwater and returning to the New Dungeon Ghyl.

Full Results

Asics Greater Manchester Marathon – 19 April

Congratulations to the dynamic duo of Clayton runners that took part in the Greater Manchester Marathon. Nick Roscoe was first Harrier over the finish with a time of 03:17:13, followed by Stephen Biscombe in 03:51:17.  Well done guys.

Manchester Marathon

Nick Roscoe at the ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon. Photo by Garry Wilkinson

Stephen Biscomb said, “I found it very tough over the last five miles, my pace dropped off considerably. However, I have ticked the marathon done box. 4 months of thinking about this race is over.” 

Full Results

Cheshire 10k – 18 April

The Cheshire 10k offers one of the fastest 10k road racing courses in the North of England. Racing around the flat and rural roads of Antrobus with full road closures, this Run Britain/UKA licensed, officially measured 10k road race offers the perfect opportunity for runners of all abilities to get a chip timed personal best.

A couple of our members ran in this event, Paul Hesketh and Richard John.  Well done!

Pos Name category time
66 Paul Hesketh V50 37:16
250 Richard John Sen M 44:34

Full Results

Great Welsh Mountain Marathon – 19 April

Well done to Nerina Gill who competed in this event.  She beat her personal best by 15 minutes to finish a few seconds over the 4 hour mark.  Congratulations.

Awaiting Results

Clitheroe Triathlon – 19 April

Clitheroe Triathlon consists of a 400m pool swim. a 30k road cycle and an 8k trail run around some of the most beautiful and challenging place in the Ribble Valley with rolling country lanes, sneaky challenging climbs and views to die for.

Very well done to Claire Vincent and Martin O’Rourke who both took part in the Clitheroe Triathlon organised by Epic Events

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Clayton Harriers at parkrun

Clayton Men dominating the Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Well we’ve had an outbreak of PBs this week from lots of our runners from the youngest juniors to the most senior veterans, but particularly for lots of our juniors at Burnley!  On a sunny and cool morning, conditions were ripe for such a crop of great runs.  As usual our male runners dominated the top ten at the Burnley parkrun and at the Pendle event as well this week so well done to them.

Burnley parkrun – 275 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
3 Jonathan PYE 17:45 SM25-29
4 Jordan MCDONALD 17:49 JM15-17
5 Jacob WATSON 17:52 SM30-34 New PB!
6 Mark ASPINALL 18:03 VM55-59 New PB!
7 George PIER 18:26 JM15-17 New PB!
11 Matthew DUCKWORTH 19:29 SM25-29
16 Alexander TOWNROW 20:09 JM11-14 New PB!
31 Simon WILSHAW 21:34 JM15-17
34 Martin BRADY 21:48 VM50-54
36 Lennon JACKSON 21:53 JM11-14 New PB!
38 Andrew WEBSTER 22:03 VM45-49
54 Bryan SEARBY 23:24 VM40-44 New PB!
60 Sophie ASHWORTH 23:39 JW11-14
63 Ella DORRINGTON-LEVY 23:42 JW10 New PB!
68 Nathan KEWIN 24:00 JM10 New PB!
77 Natasha OLSZEWSKA 24:37 JW11-14
88 Robert HIRST 25:32 VM60-64 New PB!
101 Annabel WILCOCK 25:53 JW11-14
102 John WILCOCK 25:53 VM50-54
121 Paul Laurence WALSH 26:51 VM60-64
122 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 26:52 SW25-29
134 Stuart BARKER 27:15 VM45-49
141 Heidi KEWIN 27:46 JW11-14
168 Karen CLARKIN 29:02 VW40-44
206 Milly MACCABE 31:48 JW10 New PB!
230 Bronia OLSZEWSKA 33:44 JW10 New PB!
231 Judith CAREY 33:46 VW35-39
234 Adrienne OLSZEWSKA 33:51 VW45-49
265 Kathleen GARNETT 39:07 VW75-79

Pendle parkrun – 53 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat
2 John HARTLEY 20:24 VM55-59
3 Jon HANSON 20:25 VM35-39
6 Paul BRANNON 21:13 VM55-59
34 Andy QUINN 28:03 VM40-44
47 Christine LEATHLEY 33:54 VW65-69

Dewsbury parkrun – 71 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat
70 Robin PRICE 38:36 VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun – 156 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
92 Eileen JONES 29:50 VW60-64 New PB!
ByAdrienne Olszewska

All kinds of everything

From fast and furious 200m at the track to long and steady ultra distances, our club members have been out in all weathers in all kinds of places.  There have been personal bests, and the odd personal worst, but as always we are chomping at the bit and raring to take on the next challenge.

Joe Salt Memorial Cowm Reservoir 5k – 8 April

There was an impressive turnout of fourteen Clayton Harriers on this mid week, evening race. Michelle Butschok described the race as; “a lovely race on a flat and fast course, thoroughly enjoyed it, especially running in lovely warm and dry weather too! Bonus was the bag of sweets for every runner!”

Team Clayton

Team Clayton at the Cowm 5K

John Roche said, “Well done to all the tangerine ladies and not forgetting cracking runs from Dave Burnett and a PB for Richard Briscoe and the new slimline Martin Brady”

Pos Name Cat Time
11 Richard Briscoe M 18:52
39 Martin Brady MV50 21:42
45 Irene Roche FV55 (1st) 22:16
49 David Burnett MV50 22:49
52 Sarah Angelone F 22:53
56 Helen Burnett FV40 23:20
69 Leanne Cottam LV35 25:38
73 Yvonne Wickham LV50 26:10
75 Michelle Butschok LV40 26:23
77 Julie Toman LV45 (2nd) 26:50
79 Karen Clarkin LV40 27:38
81 Geraldine Varley LV55 (2nd) 28:35
82 Anita Jones LV55 30:20
83 Judith Carey LV35 34:08

Full Results 

Loughrigg Fell Race – 8 April

For many, this early season evening race heralds the start of Summer. A four mile out and back blast from Rothay Park in Ambleside, this race packs a lot into its short length. The fell section is flagged so runners don’t end up heading down to Grasmere in the dark!

The weather was glorious as 188 runners set off on this tough 4 mile race with 3 Clayton runners amongst them; Jean Brown, Stephen Bury and Wendy Dodds.

Pos Name Cat Time
112 Jean Brown F40 00:38:07
150 Stephen Bury M50 00:43:06
154 Wendy Doddds F60 00:43:24

Full Results

Coledale Horseshoe – 11 April

Fourteen Clayton Harriers took part in this Fell Race in a field of 249.

Report by Richard Briscoe

Fell Running

Richard Briscoe at the Coldedale Horseshoe Fell Race. Photo by www.granddayoutphotography.co.uk

Just a quick report from the Coledale Horseshoe. I had the weekend off work and Burnley were playing at 5pm, so I decided to do some preparation for the Three Peaks Race in two weeks. I left home at 8am, the weather was terrible with driving rain and I thought to myself I must be insane going up to the lakes. I arrived at Braithwaite where there were strong winds but the sun was out with snow on the Mountains. So the event was shortened because of the snow, and the route was changed slightly. There were quite a few Clayton members running Neil Hardiman, Barb Savage, Jean Brown, David Bagot, myself, Andy Firth, Pete Browning, Mark Nutter, Peter Dugdale and Andrew. Overall it was a very enjoyable day.

Pos Name Cat Time
49 Neil Hardiman MV40 1:24:05
77 David Bagot M 1:27:54
83 Andrew Priory MV40 1:29:49
94 Ralph Baines MV40 1:31:19
106 Richard Briscoe M 1:33:23
115 Jean Brown LV40 1:34:25
141 Mark Nutter MV50 1:38:14
151 Peter Browning MV50 1:39:35
186 Wendy Dodds LV60 1:47:33
197 Robert Mitchelll MV60 1:48:45
201 Barbara Savage LV50 1:49:18
217 Peter Dugdale MV50 1:54:33
218 Katy Thompson LV60 1:54:42
224 Andrew Firth MV50 1:57:03

Race Photos

Full Results

Calderdale Hike – 11 April

Accomplished ultra runner Andy Armstrong took part in this 37 mile event. It forms part of a series of ultra distance events that make up the Runfurther annual championships. He finished in a time of 7hrs 37 mins.

Awaiting Results

Mid Lancs Track at Blackpool – 11 April

Danny Collinge, George Pier, Alice Pier and Liberty Thompson all took part in the first of the track and field league fixtures representing Burnley AC.

Well done!

Full Results

Wardle Skyline – 11 April

In a strange twist of fate, we had two events overlapping in time and space!  Whilst out on the Calderdale Hike, I found myself suddenly in the middle of the Wardle Skyline Fell Race cheering on fellow club members.  Bit surreal!

Wardle Skyline Fell Race

Vicky Heys at the Wardle Skyline

However, back on track.  Irene Roche continues to stretch her fell legs and described this event as very runnable with great views particularly so on this day due to the sunshine, although a bit cold and breezy with it. Definitely back next year!

Wardle Skyline

Irene Roche at the Wardle Skyline Fell Race

Other club mates spotted were Vicky Heys, Angela Shian, Kath and Martin Brady, Steve Fish, Robert Hirst and Rick Moore

Wardle Fell Race

Martin Brady at the Wardle Skyline Fell Race

Pos Name Cat Time
107 Martin Brady M50 01:02:55
119 Vicky Heys W40 01:04:41
127 Angela Shian WSen 01:05:26
129 Irene Roche W55 01:05:29
139 Rick Moore M50 01:06:05
163 Stephen Fish M60 01:11:47
168 Kath Brady W50 01:12:27
180 Robert Hirst M60 01:17:41

Full Results

3 Bridges 10K – 12 April

This is described as a flat, fast and scenic route though Lancaster, unsurprisingly, going over 3 bridges

Adam Hamer described this race as: ” a tough one because of the weather but relatively flat. The first 5k wasn’t too bad with the wind behind us but as it was an out and back again type race the gales were in our faces which made tired legs even more tired for the final 5k. Overall the race would have been average-okay but catching the bad weather made it pretty tough.”

Sophie McIntosh added; “Those steps in the middle were a surprise that my legs did not enjoy!”

Clayton Harriers

Adam Hamer and Sophie McIntosh at the 3 Bridges 10k in Lancaster

Well done both of you and well done to super vet Stephen Biscombe who was 2nd V60.

Pos Name Cat Time
54 Stephen Biscombe V60 00:43:08
252 Sophie McIntosh F 01:04:19
253 Adam Hamer M 01:04:19

Full Results

Fleetwood 10K – 12 April

Another Clayton Lady flying the tangerine flag was Clare Wilson who competed in the Fleetwood 10K. The Race starts behind the Marine Hall and runs along Fleetwood’s Outer Promenade with great views over Morecambe Bay. Maybe not on this occasion as the weather did not turn out to be anyone’s friend.

Clare Wilson

Clare Wilson at the Fleetwood 10k

Clare Wilson reported; “I was absolutely soaked to the bone in awful conditions but I think the pelting rain and sheer need to get dry, sped me up and got me a PB of 49.41. 5th lady overall as well apparently!”

Well done Clare

Full Results

Radcliffe 10K – 12 April

Five club members took part in this multi-terrain 10k.

Sarah Angelone said; “A great event with fab marshals throughout. A good race with cobbles, pot holes, big ass stairs, hills and fun galore. A good event.”

Radcliffe 10k

Sarah Angelone (L) and Leanne Cottam (R) at the Radcliffe 10k

Leanne Cottam said; “Enjoyed it really. A bit of everything; some killer hills and some killer steps on the second mile. Didn’t expect them at all, ha!. A great off road race. Yes plenty of cobbles & pot holes. But good fun. Plus the rain held off while we ran so a bonus”

Also taking part were Peter Butterworth , Jeffrey Pickup and Julie Toman.

Pos Name Cat TIme
75 Peter Butterworth M60 00:43:42
97 Jeffrey Pickup M60 00:44:46
156 Sarah Angelone F 00:48:20
224 Leanne Cottam F 00:53:34
271 Julie Toman F45 00:58:52

Full Results

Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon – 12 April

Boasting a field of over 6000 runners, this popular half marathon takes place in Sheffield. Cancelled last year due to a lack of water for runners, this year’s race started without a hitch.

Team Clayton

Tanya Bunkham’s kit ready for the Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon

Flying the Clayton-le-Moors Harriers flag at the Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon, Tanya Bunkham reported; “Sheffield half marathon done and dusted in 1:56:28. Disappointed in my time, but the first 5 miles were seriously uphill and the wind was brutal. Can’t believe in two weeks’ time I’ll be going twice as far, eeek!”

Well Done Tanya

Full Results

Mynd Mac – 12 April

Jean Brown was running in this fell race  which she describes as a lovely 4.5 miles on the Long Mynd – very windy and lots of climbing. She was 3rd Lady overall.

The race rises out of the beautiful Carding Mill Valley, there is a stiff climb up over Stanyeld followed by a good old gallop down a north-easterly spur of Haddon Hill into the delightful Batch Valley, immediately leaving via Long Batch – long by name and nature, and one of the lesser used routes on the Longmynd. An entertaining path (now you see it, now you don’t – but waymarked on the day) crosses a stream several times as it hauls up to a pool and cairn, and a track which runs parallel to the Saxon drove of The Portway.

A few hundred yards further and the turn for home with a lovely, undulating run over Haddon and spectacular views for those with the time and inclination to enjoy them. Just when you thought it was all over, one last climb up to the remarkable Iron Age fort on Bodbury Hill and then along the top of the hill before sweeping down, back into Carding Mill Valley – job done!

Awaiting Results

Parkrun roundup

Apologies if I miss any far flung parkrun tourists this week. The consolidated club feature that finds you all for me is not working at the moment so the results have been gathered manually. I have only checked the parkrun events that are regularly attended by our members.

Burnley parkrun

Leading the way at the Burnley parkrun. Photo by Bryn Barnes

Just having a look through the local event results we had a stonking set of results at the Burnley parkrun. Top ten finishes for four of our male runners, first female finisher, and eight junior runners with new PBs for Sophie Ashworth and Nathan Kewin. New PBs also for senior runners Andrew Webster and John Wilcock who finished a mere second apart – bit of a race was it?

Burnley parkrun

Junior runner, Sophie Ashworth on the way to another PB at Burnley parkrun. Photo by Bryn Barnes

Shiny new PBs also for Barry Mitchell and Eileen Jones, which just goes to show that you can continue to push and improve whatever age you are!

Well done to all of our parkrunners!

Burnley parkrun – 235 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time Cat   Note  
4 Jonathan PYE 18:17 SM25-29
5 Richard STEVENSON 18:50 VM35-39
6 Paul HESKETH 19:11 VM50-54
8 Matthew DUCKWORTH 19:33 SM25-29
11 Laura HESKETH 20:09 SW30-34 First Female
14 Thomas BRADLEY 20:48 JM11-14
19 Andrew WEBSTER 21:25 VM45-49 New PB!
20 John WILCOCK 21:26 VM50-54 New PB!
22 Dexta THOMPSON 21:53 JM10
23 Martin BRADY 21:55 VM50-54
31 Sophie ASHWORTH 22:46 JW11-14 New PB!
52 Nathan KEWIN 24:14 JM10 New PB!
57 Andy QUINN 24:46 VM40-44
70 Andrew TAYLOR 25:16 VM55-59
73 Daniel BRADLEY 25:24 JM11-14
90 Ron CHAPPELL 26:39 VM65-69
92 Jackie KERSHAW 26:41 VW40-44
98 Robert HIRST 26:55 VM60-64
136 Donna SCOTT 28:57 VW45-49
137 Richard LAWSON 28:58 VM70-74
142 Heidi KEWIN 29:23 JW11-14
145 Jack MCGUIRE 29:32 VM55-59
189 Molly HESKETH 33:54 JW11-14
209 Milly MACCABE 36:57 JW10

Pendle parkrun – 53 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
4 John HARTLEY 21:17 VM55-59
18 Barry MITCHELL 23:52 VM65-69 New PB!
45 Christine LEATHLEY 33:30 VW65-69

Heaton parkrun – 495 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
89 John SEARBY 23:32 VM40-44

 Fellfoot parkrun – 160 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
111 Eileen JONES 30:06 VW60-64 New PB!