Category Archive Seniors

ByAdrienne Olszewska

A Bit Of A Do

Huge thanks to all of the organisers, volunteers and supporters who helped make this year’s British Athletics Hill & Fell Running Relay Championships go so smoothly on Pendle. As well as organising we put three teams into the event so read on to find out how they went on. Don’t forget the Mid Lancs cross country fixture is at Towneley Park this Saturday so come on down and take part for the club. Let’s have a good turnout on familiar ground.

Saturday 17 October

British Athletics Hill & Fell Running Relay Championships

74 clubs entered 147 teams in this prestigious event organised by us and run on and around Pendle Hill. Calder Valley Fell runners were the overall winners of the event in 3:29:19, with some stiff competition from Pudsey & Bramley AC 3:29:55 and Dark Peak 3:30:10. Borrowdale Fell Runners were the first vet team, finishing in 3:42:43, 13th place overall.

The British Relay Championships. Photo by Sarah Helliwell

The British Relay Championships. Photo by Sarah Helliwell

We entered two men’s teams; an open team and a Vet 40 team. The open men finished in 25th place with a time of 3:57:06 and the Vets in 34th with a time of 04:02:36.

First Ladies’ team was Ambleside who were 48th place with a time of 4:11:06. First Vet Ladies team was Dark Peak in 65th place with a time of 4:27:14.

We entered a Vet 40 Ladies team who were the 5th Vets team and 120th place overall with a time of 5:25:43.

Report from Ladies’ Fell Captain Kath Brady

We entered our only ladies team in the LV40 Championship to support the first year of this new championship category. We finished 5th out of 11 teams in a time of 5.25.43. 4th team were just 12 seconds in front of us and 6th team were just 4 seconds behind us so every second counted.

Irene Roche, a very last minute call up late on Thursday, lead us off up past Black Moss Reservoir and up the Big end of Pendle (7K approx with 450m of ascent) coming home in 8th in a time of 55.54.

Alison Dugdale & Vicky Heys ran 2nd leg (15K approx with 630m of ascent) pulled back one place to finish 7th in 1.41.10.

Vicky Heys at the British Relay Championships on Pendle. Photo by Woodentops

Vicky Heys at the British Relay Championships on Pendle. Photo by Woodentops

Top navigators Jean Brown & Wendy Dodds on leg 3 picked up their maps half a mile after their start and had a storming run with the 3rd fastest time in 1.42.53. Both enjoyed the challenge of navigating the optimal route.

Our last leg runner Barbara Savage, set off in the ‘staggered’ mass start finishing in 1.05.46, 9th fastest on the leg.

There was great club and team spirit throughout the day, Jean was on car parking at 7am, Barbara had been on the start/finish field all day and at 9.45 was digging a trench to lay electric cables! Irene, Alison, Vicky & Wendy were around encouraging all our teams.

We can build on this result at Loch Lomond in 2016, so keep a weekend free for a recce trip to Scotland!

Irene Roche – Leg 1 Runner – Reports

On arrival at Barley, ready for leg 1, I found there was a great buzz about the place. After collecting a map, dinner voucher, dibber and complimentary head buff from Captain Kath Brady, I was ready for Kit check and dibber activator. Off we then all set for the big hill in view! A brilliant atmosphere amongst fellow runners was followed by the lung busting, energy sapping race up the “big end” of Pendle.

Irene Roche at the British Relay Championships on Pendle Hill. Photo by Woodentops

Irene Roche at the British Relay Championships on Pendle Hill. Photo by Woodentops

The descent by the steps followed by the immediate climb back up the cart track gave no rest to any of us. I must say my favourite part of the course was running down the steady descent towards Buttock Farm and finally the finish. I loved every minute of it. An excellent team effort from all the Clayton Lady runners in an extremely prestigious event!

Report from Christopher Holdsworth

A lot of people seemed eager to see Clayton fail in their efforts to host this year’s British Relay Championships, so it goes to show just how well the members involved managed to pull it off with all the praise and compliments they have received.

Jonny McKenna (L) and Chris Holdsworth at the British Relay Championships. Photo by Sarah Helliwell

Jonny McKenna (L) and Chris Holdsworth at the British Relay Championships. Photo by Sarah Helliwell

The senior men, although having a few dropouts through injury, fielded a very strong and young team. We started our day with Jordan McDonald eager to induce stress in us all by forgetting his dibber (literally 5 minutes after I gave it him). Jordan had a storming run bringing us back in 30th position in a very strong opening leg. Jonny and I managed to reduce the places by 12 coming in at 18th. Dave Bagot and Paul Thompson took over and put in a solid navigational effort, taking some big scalps along the way. Lee Smith rounded off the day with a good performance, finishing 25th overall.

Jordan McDonald (Front) and Andrew Stubbs at the British Relay Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Jordan McDonald (Front) and Andrew Stubbs at the British Relay Championships. Photo by Woodentops

The vets, who posed a threat throughout the day, finished not far behind in 34th – showing just how even our two teams were at times.

A really great day was topped off by attending Marie Flood and Thomas Brewster’s wedding do in the evening. Congratulations to them both!

Pos Time Team Competitors
25th 03:57:06 MOpen J McDonald/J McKenna/C Holdsworth/P Thompson/D Bagot/LSmith
34th 04:02:36 MV40 A Stubbs/G Wilkinson/C Helliwell/M Wallis/N Hardiman/B Holdsworth
120th 05:25:43 FV40 I Roche/V Heyes/A Dugdale/J Brown/WDodds/B Savage

Full Results

Pilling 10k

Run on a flat & quiet roads in the pretty village of Pilling. This 10km race series aims to be a friendly series organised by runners who are dedicated to delivering a well-supported series of 10km’s for every type of runner. This is flat, fast and has some excellent opportunities to stretch your legs!

Pos Name Cat Time
28 Amanda Duffy FV35 00:44:46
41 Lee Moore M 00:48:01
47 Tony Pilling MV50 00:49:01

Full Results

 

Sunday 18 October

Green Drive 5 Road Race – Lytham (incorporating Lancashire 5 Mile Road Championships)

Congratulations to Dave Scott who is the 1st V70 and to Kath Brady who is 2nd V50 Lady 5 mile road champions.

Kath Brady sends this report

Having set off from a gloomy East Lancashire heading for better weather in the West of the county, we arrived in plenty of time to check out the first part of the course and to see and encourage the four Thompson Clayton juniors flying by in the 1 mile race

The course starts on a tarmac pedestrian, tree-lined avenue for the first km then onto the pavements of the flat road between Lytham and Warton. Shortly after 2 miles on the main road a left turn on to a country lane, this doubled back and brought us on to the main road back into Lytham. An ideal race for a 5 mile PB.

This would make a great Club Road Championship race. It is a well organised, friendly race. £11 to enter (going back into Lytham club funds) with a nice technical tshirt along with physio students doing free massages at the finish I’d recommend this race.

I tried to set off steady and get into a rhythm to see how my legs would work after a long day helping at the relay. After 2 miles, started to pick a few off with the focus of a couple club of Trawden vests to chase, the remaining 3 miles seem to pass fairly quickly.

Paul Walsh looking resplendent at the Lytham Green 5 Mile Race.

Paul Walsh looking resplendent at the Lytham Green 5 Mile Race.

5 Mile Race Results

Pos Name Cat CatPos Time
50 Kevin Davies M50 (005/032) 00:31:17
96 Stephen Biscomb M60 (006/018) 00:34:46
112 Martin Brady M50 (014/032) 00:36:17
127 David Scott M70 (001/006) 00:37:04
129 Brian Wildman M45 (017/029) 00:37:08
169 Kathryn Brady F50 (002/018) 00:39:23
198 Paul L.Walsh M60 (14/018) 00:41:21
262 Kevin O’Brien M70 (005/006) 00:46:52

1 Mile Race Results

Another sterling performance from Team Thompson at this event. There’s just no stopping them!

Pos Name Cat CatPos Time
6 Dexta Thompson M10 (001/014) 00:05:50
16 Liberty Thompson F12 (002/003) 00:06:14
48 Kady Thompson F8 (001/006) 00:07:41
56 Felix Thompson M6 (001/001) 00:07:59

Full Results

Jimmy Cricket’s 70th Birthday Cowm 5K

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
42 Robert Hirst MV65 24:33
54 Julie Toman FV45 26:17
68 Jack McGuire MV60 28:28

http://www.ukresults.net/2015/cricket.html 

Parkrun roundup

Plenty of PBs and top ten performances from our club members at Burnley and Pendle parkruns this week.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 312 runners took part.

Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
3 George PIER 17:40 SM18-19 New PB!
4 Jonathan PYE 17:51 SM25-29
6 Richard STEVENSON 17:57 VM40-44 New PB!
7 Matthew DUCKWORTH 18:25 SM25-29
10 Dexta THOMPSON 18:54 JM10 New PB!
14 Chris SNELL 19:32 VM35-39
16 Gareth BERRY 19:43 VM35-39
18 Nick ROSCOE 19:59 VM45-49
28 Jonathan CLEAVER 20:36 VM35-39
31 Simon WILSHAW 21:08 JM15-17
33 Adam QUINN 21:17 JM11-14 New PB!
34 Donna RILEY 21:18 VW50-54
43 Lennon JACKSON 21:49 JM11-14
44 Andy QUINN 21:51 VM40-44
57 Darren RUSHTON 22:24 VM45-49 First Timer!
59 Ella DORRINGTON-LEVY 22:29 JW10 New PB!
60 Sophie ASHWORTH 22:30 JW11-14
63 Julie DAWES 22:38 VW45-49 New PB!
65 Helana WHITE 22:51 JW10 New PB!
68 Elizabeth MULLAN 22:57 SW30-34 New PB!
75 Jean KNIGHTLEY 23:22 VW55-59 New PB!
79 Liberty THOMPSON 23:42 JW11-14
84 Dawn TERRY 23:56 VW50-54
87 Ian HARGREAVES 24:08 VM50-54 New PB!
100 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 25:03 SW25-29
102 Matthew JACKSON 25:05 JM10
103 Donna SCOTT 25:07 VW50-54
105 Beth QUINN 25:08 JW15-17
121 Imogen FERGUSON 25:55 JW10
124 Stuart BARKER 25:58 VM45-49
125 Donna AIREY 26:00 SW30-34
129 Philip NAYLOR 26:10 VM35-39 New PB!
131 Annabel WILCOCK 26:11 JW11-14
135 Stuart HARTLEY 26:17 VM55-59
137 John WILCOCK 26:25 VM50-54
149 Adam STEVENSON 27:11 JM11-14
157 Julie TOMAN 27:43 VW45-49
178 Toby BIRTWISTLE 28:23 JM10 New PB!
179 Justin BIRTWISTLE 28:30 VM40-44 New PB!
188 Aaron LUNDIE 28:53 JM11-14
200 Kady THOMPSON 29:32 JW10
210 Marion WILKINSON 30:01 VW70-74
222 Christine LEATHLEY 30:47 VW65-69
229 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 31:16 VW65-69
282 Valerie LAWSON 35:27 VW70-74
292 Milly MACCABE 36:32 JW10

Pendle parkrun – A total of 61 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
2 John HARTLEY 20:13 VM55-59
4 Paul BRANNON 21:02 VM55-59
20 Barry MITCHELL 24:16 VM70-74
29 Molly HESKETH 26:48 JW11-14 New PB!

Witton parkrun – A total of 173 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
19 Nick COLLINSON 21:30 JM15-17 New PB!

Bolton parkrun – A total of 267 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
265 Julia RUSHTON 44:40 VW50-54

 

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 223 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
141 Eileen JONES 29:40 VW60-64

 Oakwell Hall parkrun – A total of 149 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
125 Robin PRICE 35:50 VM70-74 First Timer!

Preston parkrun – A total of 261 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
5 Colin SHUTTLEWORTH 19:00 VM55-59

Woodbank parkrun – A total of 138 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Age Cat   Note  
114 Ron HILL 32:37 VM75-79

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Marathons, mountains and skylines

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

Saturday 10 October

Langdale Horseshoe

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

Report from Ivan Whigham

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Leigh

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

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

U11 Boys

Team Position 2nd (Thompson/Bentham/Stubbs)

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

U11 Girls

Team Position 7th (Dorrington/White/Ferguson)

Cross Country

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

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

 U13 Boys

Team Position 6th (McKay/Jackson/Stevenson)

Cross Country

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

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

U13 Girls

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

The U13 girls are off! Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

The U13 girls are off! Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

* Natasha is missing from the results

U15 Boys

Team position 5th (Bradley/Quinn/Bradley)

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

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

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

U15 Girls

No team

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

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

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

U17 Men

Team Position 3rd (Holt/Clarke/Wilshaw)

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

U17 Women

No team

Pos Name Time
12 Alice Pier 22:57

U20 Women

No Team

Pos Name Time
6 Bethany Quinn 26:38

Senior Women’s Race

Team Positions

Ladies Team 12th (Leathley/Roche/Heys)

Vets Team 9th (Roche /Heys/Shian)

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

Men’s Races

Senior Men

Team Positions

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

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

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

 Valiants Half Marathon

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

Jubilant Clayton Ladies winning team at the Valiants Half marathon

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

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

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

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

Results???

Wasdale Show Fell Race

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

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

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

Report from Richard Briscoe

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

Pos Name Cat Time
44 Richard Briscoe MSEN 55:46

Full Results

Autumn Breaker

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

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

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

Report by Dan Balshaw

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Full Results

Carsington Duathlon

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

Julia Rushton at the Carsington Duathlon

Julia Rushton at the Carsington Duathlon

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

Full Results

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

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

Breton Holdsworth

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

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

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

Richard Stevenson

Richard Stevenson at the finish line of the Plusnet Yorkshire marathon

Richard Stevenson at the finish line of the Plusnet Yorkshire marathon

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

Donna Airey

A jubilant Donna Airey celebrating completion of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

A jubilant Donna Airey celebrating completion of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

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

Andrew Webster

Successful first marathon from Andrew Webster

Successful first marathon from Andrew Webster

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

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

 Results

Withins Skyline Fell Races

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

Jean Brown at the WIthins Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Jean Brown at the WIthins Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Senior Race

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

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

Christopher Brown at the Withins junior races. Photo by Woodentops

Christopher Brown at the Withins junior races. Photo by Woodentops

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

U8 Race

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

Full Results

Vernons 4 mile & Fun Run

No results or information as yet about this event

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 294 runners took part.

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

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

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 65 runners took part.

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 171 runners took part.

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

Bolton parkrun – A total of 258 runners took part

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

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

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

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 98 runners took part

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

Marple parkrun – A total of 151 runners took part.

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

Skipton parkrun – A total of 155 runners took part

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

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 441 runners took part

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

 

 

 

ByPeter Booth

October Newsletter 2015

WrinkliesatWrigleys

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

October Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Relays, Road Races and Romance

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

Some Club Announcements

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday 3 October

Coniston Trail Races

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

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

Full Results

ERRA National Women’s 4 Stage Relays

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

Ladies’ Road Captain Angela Shian reports;

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

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

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

ERRA National Men’s 6 Stage Relay

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

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

Full Results

Isle of Man Ultra

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

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

Full Results

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

Rivington Trail Half Marathon

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

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

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

Team Clayton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results 

Saddleworth Edges Fell Race

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

Full Results

Burnley Fire Station 10K

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

Team Clayton

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

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

Team Clayton

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

 

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

Full Results

Burnley Fire Fun Run

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

Clayton Juniors

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

Chester Marathon

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

Angela Shian at Chester Marathon

Angela Shian at Chester Marathon

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

Full Results

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

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

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

 

Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay

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

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

Ladies Fell Captain Kath Brady reports

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

1 Linda Lord & Katy Thompson 56.05

2 Wendy Dodds & Avril Duckworth 1.36:56

3 Alison Dugdale & Anna Kelly 1.15:47

4 Jean Brown & Claire Vincent 1.38:45

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

Clayton Lady Fell Runners

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

 

Men’s Fell Captain Dave Motley Reports

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

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

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

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

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

Dominic Carr, Vets Team report

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

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

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

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

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

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

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

Burnley parkrun – A total of 309 runners took part

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

 

Pendle parkrun – A total of 55 runners took part

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

 

Bolton parkrun – A total of 275 runners took part

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

 

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 88 runners took part

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

 

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

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

 

Heaton parkrun – A total of 510 runners took part

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

 

Skipton parkrun – A total of 178 runners took part.

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

 

Rockingham parkrun – A total of 242 runners took part

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

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Hands, knees and bumpsadaisy

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

Your Team Captains 2015/16

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

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

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

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

North West Junior Triathlon Series

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

L-R Grace and Ellie Root.

L-R Grace and Ellie Root.

Tuesday 22 September

Mandy Goth 5k

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

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

Full Results

Thursday 24 September

AGM Club Track Races

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Till Hill Twilight Hill Race

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

Garry Wilkinson at the Till Hill Twilight Uphill Race

Garry Wilkinson at the Till Hill Twilight Uphill Race

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

Results on the Till Hill Facebook Page

Saturday 26 September

Orton Fell Race

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

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Astley Park

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

Cross Country Season begins. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Cross Country Season begins. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

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

Team Clayton - Keeping the medics busy!

Team Clayton – Keeping the medics busy!

U11 Girls – Team Position 9th

Cross country running

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

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

U11 Boys – Team Position 1st

U11 Boys squad. Photo by Chris Thompson

U11 Boys squad. Photo by Chris Thompson

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

U13 Girls – Team Position 1st

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U15 Girls

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

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

Pos Name Time
31 Lucy Stevenson 17:12

U15 Boys

Daniel Bradley in the U15s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Daniel Bradley in the U15s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos Name Time
25 Daniel Bradley 19:01

U17 Women

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

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

Pos Name Time
9 Alice Pier 19:21

U17 Men – Team Position 1st

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

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

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

Ladies Race

Dawn Terry and Julia Rushton. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Dawn Terry and Julia Rushton. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

Ladies Team Positions

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

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

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

Over 55 (Roche/Goss/Leathley) 2nd

Mens Races

Senior Men U20

Jordan McDonald. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Jordan McDonald. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

Vet 70 Men

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

Senior Men

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

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

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

Men’s Team Positions

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

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

Over 40

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

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

Over 50

Team A (Aspinall/Life/Wilcock) 5th

Team B (White/Browning/Hickie) 11th

Over 60

(White/Scott/Monroe) 3rd

Full Results

Ron Hill’s 77th Birthday 5K

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

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Full Results

Thieveley Pike Fell Race

Report from Michelle Butschok

L-R Michelle Butschok, Sarah Whittaker, Rachel Todd

L-R Michelle Butschok, Sarah Whittaker, Rachel Todd

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

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

Full Results

Sunday 27 September

3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross

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

Cyclo-cross

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

English Schools Fell Running Championships

Report from Vicky McKay

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

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

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

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

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

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

Awaiting results

Kendal Sprint Triathlon

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

Nikki Kay at the Kendal Sprint Triathlon

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

She reports;

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

Full Results

Littleborough 10K

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

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

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

Full Results

Run Preston 2K Run

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

Run Preston – 5K Race

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

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

Run Preston – 10K Race

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

Lennon Jackson at the Run Preston 10K

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

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

*Clare Wilson is missing from the results.

Results (Facebook Post)

Sutton Park 10K

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

Julie Toman took part in this multi-terrain 10K

AWAITING RESULTS

Parkrun roundup

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

Burnley nuns on the parkrun.

Burnley nuns on the parkrun.

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

Burnley parkrun – A total of 284 runners took part.

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 43 runners took part.

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 159 runners took part.

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

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 83 runners took part

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

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

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

Penrith parkrun – A total of 86 runners took part

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

 

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Kings of the castle

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

Tuesday 15 September

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

* Means Estimated Handicap Time

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

Wednesday 16 September

Roy Lee Memorial Brownhouse Wham – Awaiting Results

Saturday 19 September

Good Shepherd Fell Race

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Northern Road Relays

Ladies 4-Stage Races

Report from Ladies Captain, Angela Shian

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

Clayton Ladies at the Northern Road Relays

Clayton Ladies at the Northern Road Relays

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

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

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

Mens 6-Stage Races

Report From Chris Holdsworth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Junior Races

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

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

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

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

Full Results

OMM Lite

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

Report from Ralph Baines

Ralph Baines WInner of the OMM Lite Long Score event.

Ralph Baines at the OMM Lite.

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

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

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

Full Results

PFO Orienteering – Marl Pits

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

Full Results

Scafell Pike – AWAITING RESULTS

Three Shires –

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

AWAITING RESULTS

World Mountain Running Championships

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

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

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

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

Still awaiting full results.

Sunday 20 September

Aintree 10K

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

Full Results

Burnley Leisure 10K

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results – not yet published but emailed to participants

 

Dale Head

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

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

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

Report from Sarah Helliwell

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

AWAITING OFFICIAL RESULTS

Embsay (BOFRA)

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

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

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

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

U14 Race

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

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

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

U12 Race

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

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

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

U9 Race

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

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

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

Full Results

English Half Marathon

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

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

Full Results

Lancaster Castle 10k

Report from Dan Balshaw

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Lancaster Castle Half Marathon

Report from Richard Stevenson

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Utterly Butterly Fell Race

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

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

Full Results

Yarrow River Trail 10K

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

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

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

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

Burnley parkrun – A total of 271 runners took part

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 66 runners took part.

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

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

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 193 runners took part.

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

AGM – Reminder!

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

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

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

6:15 2K Junior Track Race

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

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

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

See you there!

Sad News – Michael Wrigley 1944 – 2015

Martin Brady writes;

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

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

ByAdrienne Olszewska

We are the champions

Blimey! Mountain masters, FRA Champions, BOFRA Champions; well done to all of our outstanding athletes.  You’ve also been rubbing shoulders with Mo at the Great North Run, running really rapid relays, hitting the roads, fells, mountains and parks. Another action-packed week for the Clayton-le-Moors Harriers

Thursday 10 September

Bryan Lawton Brownhouse Reservoir Race

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
77 Paul Walsh M60 00:24:28
84 Robert Hirst M65 00:25:09
102 Jack McGuire M60 00:29:30

Full Results

Saturday 12 September

North West Road Relays

Team A finished in 12th place overall and Team B in 23rd Place. There were 75 senior men teams in the competition.

Broken down by county our teams were 6th and 11th in the Lancashire group. 21 Lancashire teams competed. Christopher Holdsworth ran one of the fastest legs from the Lancashire competitors.

Christopher Holdsworth at the North West Road Relays. Photo by Nick Gaskell

Christopher Holdsworth at the North West Road Relays. Photo by Nick Gaskell

Report from David Bagot

The ‘A’ Team featuring Jacob Boyle, Danny Collinge, Dan Balshaw and Chris Holdsworth had a solid run finishing 12th out of 75 teams (6th in Lancashire) and apparently led the start of the race after a blistering start by Jacob Boyle which I missed while warming up. The ‘B’ Team were not too far behind in 23rd position (11th in Lancashire) and were represented by Jordan McDonald, David Bagot, Jonathan Pye and Breton Holdsworth (special mention to Breton who gained 6 places on his leg and posted not only the fastest time in the B Team but also Clayton’s 3rd fastest time).

Breton Holdsworth at the North West Road Relays. Photo by Nick Gaskell

Breton Holdsworth at the North West Road Relays. Photo by Nick Gaskell

Personally I enjoyed the run out and recorded a marginal PB but really struggled around the second lap where I lost 4 places having gained 2 on the first lap. Support from Jim Hickie and Dave Scott was much appreciated on the way round.

A few of the lads seemed disappointed with their times, which is not surprising given that many of the team have recorded numerous PBs throughout the season, but taking into account the trail surface, gradual climbs and the odd sharp bend, it was still not a bad effort around the enjoyable, yet relatively slow, course which I clocked at 3.18 miles.

Dan Balshaw at the North West Road Relays

Dan Balshaw at the North West Road Relays

Many of the Clayton times were very close together which should make for some interesting racing going forward. Hopefully the PBs will continue to tumble and we will see even stronger team performances in the future. Quite a few of the lads are back in action next weekend at the Northern Relays where the competition will be even faster but we will be boosted by the return of fast lads Captain Brewster and Jonny McKenna!

Clayton-le- Moors Harriers ‘A’

Leg Pos Name Time
1 11 Jacob Boyle 16:43
2 18 Danny Collinge 17:29
3 14 Daniel Balshaw 17:25
4 12 Christopher Holdsworth 16:31

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers ‘B’

Leg Pos Name Time
1 29 Jordan McDonald 17:46
2 31 David Bagot 17:50
3 29 Jonathan Pye 18:21
4 23 Breton Holdsworth 17:24

Full Results

Pilling 10k Series

This is the fourth race of the series; there are five in total organised by Lancaster Race Series. The course is described as a flat and fast with some excellent opportunities to stretch your legs. You will enjoy the views down the River Lune.

Dynamic duo Stephen Biscomb and Tony Pilling took part in this race. Stephen Biscomb was 12th with atime of 43:54, making him 1st V60 as well. Tony Pilling was 30th with a time of 51:04. A total of 49 runners took part.

Pos Name Cat Time
12 Stephen Biscomb V60 00:43:54
30 Tony Pilling V50 00:51:04

Full Results

World Masters Mountain Running Championships

Kicking off a week-long series of races and events, the World Masters Mountain Running Championships is a highly attended and thoroughly exciting competition which celebrates the heart of the world mountain running community.

Wendy Dodds at the Masters. Photo by Nancy Hobbs

Wendy Dodds at the Masters. Photo by Nancy Hobbs

Last year, the World Masters Mountain Running Championships were held in Telfes, Austria, separate from the World Mountain Running Championships in Italy. This year’s event will offer the chance for spectators to enjoy both championship events in one place over separate weekends. The World Masters Mountain Running Championships is open to participants between the ages of 35 and 79.

Peter Browning at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Peter Browning at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Three of our super vets took part in a field of over 200 master mountain runners. Peter Browning was our first Harrier completing the course in under an hour. Just a few seconds separated him from Wendy Dodds and Keiran Carr completed the course in just over the hour.

Kieran Carr at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Kieran Carr at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Gender Gender Pos Category Cat Pos Time
85 Peter Browning Male 78 M55+ 31 00:52:11
87 Wendy Dodds Female 8 F60+ 4 00:52:23
100 Kieran Carr Male 88 M70+ 6 00:62:42

Full Results

Sunday 13 September

Burnsall Fell Races

Danny Collinge and Richard Briscoe competed in the senior race. Danny finished in 5th place with a time of 15:44 and Richard was 34th with a time of 21:17.

Danny Collinge at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Bruce Craig

Congratulations to Briony Holt who is once again the BOFRA Champion! With both the FRA and BOFRA titles to her credit this season there is just no stopping her! She was first girl in her race and with that victory has secured the title.

Jackson McKay had a great run finishing in 3rd place in the Under 12s race with Dexta Thompson chasing him hard to finish in 5th just a few seconds later. Lennon and Matthew Jackson ran strongly placing 23rd and 32nd respectively. Kady and Felix Thompson ran in the Under 9s race finishing in 24th and 28th places.

Senior Race

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
5 Danny Collinge MU23 15:44
34 Richard Briscoe MSEN 21:17

Under 14 Race

BOFRA Champion, Briony Holt, flying down to victory at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

BOFRA Champion, Briony Holt, flying down to victory at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
10 Briony Holt Girl 8:23 First Girl

Under 12 Race

Jackson McKay at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Jackson McKay at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
3 Jackson McKay Boy 5:41
5 Dexta Thompson Boy 5:55
23 Lennon Jackson Boy 7:02
32 Matthew Jackson Boy 7:19

Under 9 Race

Kady Thompson at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Kady Thompson at the Burnsall Fell Race. Photo by Geoff Thompson

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
24 Kady Thompson Girl 3:37
28 Felix Thompson Boy 3:49

Full Results

Garstang Half Marathon

Organised by the Garstang Running Club this half marathon is described as an undulating, scenic, one-lap course.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
38 Stephen Hall MV40 96:36
50 John Wilcock MV50 99:21
59 Stuart Proctor MV35 1:42:31
72 Brian Wildman MV45 1:47:22
169 Philip Naylor MV35 2:39:31

Full Results

Great North Run

A select group of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers headed north to give Mo Farah a run for his money at the massively popular Great North Run. In the event, as you probably know, Mo just had the edge over our runners and sneaked the victory!

L-R Justin Birtwistle, Lynsey Birtwistle, Leanne Cottam and Michelle Butschok at the Great North Run

L-R Justin Birtwistle, Lynsey Birtwistle, Leanne Cottam and Michelle Butschok at the Great North Run

Road Captain Tom Brewster Reports

My first great north run and what ended up being a comeback run of sorts after a year out with a severe ‘niggle’, after dispelling the idea of attempting a fast time due to my starting position near the back and the sheer volume of runners I resolved to soak up as much atmosphere as possible, exchanging high fives with the crowd and encourage any fellow Clayton Harriers I saw along the route. As it happened I managed a PB over the half marathon distance, my only other HM attempt being the Hendon Brook half last year!

I fully intend to have another crack next year, hopefully with a bit more training involved!

Leanne Cottam Reports

This was my first ever Great North Run and I really enjoyed every moment of it. Such a great atmosphere and I found it very emotional watching the Red Arrows fly over the Tyne Bridge as I was just about to go cross. Only thing is, it’s just so busy you were constantly tripping over people. But I loved all the support of the crowds all the way along – it really helped me carry on. Plus it was a very hot day but can’t wait to do it again

Lynsey Birtwistle Reports

Second time doing this run and it was an amazing atmosphere again! I wasn’t a Clayton Harrier when I did this last year and with all the help and support and wise words from everyone at the club, especially Coach Roche, I managed to knock 7.5 minutes off last years time!

Nerina Gill Reports

Last year I ran it as part of a team from BBC Breakfast in memory of our boss, whose birthday it would have been had she not died from breast cancer. We started from the front, which was fantastic. This year Morrisons offered us places again, so I moved my holiday to do it, and slotted it in on the way up to Scotland. Started in the pack this time, and boy was it busy, and warm, but the atmosphere was great, the Red Arrows were amazing, and there is so much going on the time just flies by. It’s not a PB race, but the great thing is I feel it’s set me up nicely for a PB attempt in the near future.

Michelle Butschok Reports

My first half marathon (not counting Hendon as its longer!) and what an emotional roller coaster the GNR is, couldn’t help but both smile and cry at the folk running around me for so many worthy causes. Overwhelming support from the crowds all the way, so glad I was able to experience it. Not a PB race but still a must!!

Pos Name Time
524 Tom Brewster 01:27:29
2907 Alun Hall 01:41:09
5933 Rachel Robinson 01:49:35
6172 Lynsey Birtwistle 01:50:06
7348 Nerina Gill 01:52:44
11119 Leanne Cottam 01:59:28
16817 Michelle Butschok 02:09:17
18866 Justin Birtwistle 02:15:19
35154 Nicola Kay 02:39:39

Full Results

Lake District Mountain Trial

Wendy Dodds and Katy Thompson took part in the Medium Course which is aroun 13 miles with 5000ft of climb. The Trial is an annual event held at different venues in the Lake District in mid-September. All courses are severe tests of route choice, navigational skills and stamina in difficult mountain country.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
10 Wendy Dodds FV60 04:43:35
37 Katy Thompson FV60 05:51:49

Full Results

Rombalds Romp

Alan Life was our sole competitor in this event. It’s an approximately 6.5mile Fell v Trail Race on Ilkley Moor. He finished in 14th place with a time of 52:02 and was 1st V50. There is a choice of fell or trail race. Alan, of course, did the Fell race.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
14 Alan Life MV50 52:02

Full Results

Yorkshireman off-road Marathon and Half Marathon

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The Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon and Half marathon is organised by Keighley and Craven AC. The route covers open moorland and the highest point in West Yorkshire. This was originally a pairs event but is now open to solo runners as well.

Dawn Terry ran in the traditional pairs race with Lorna Bulmer and finished in 18th place in a time of 5:39:28. This year 27 pairs of runners took part. Martin Terry and Alex Cran ran as solo competitors finishing in 13th (4:05:30) and 28th (4:26:54) respectively. 134 runners took part in the solo race.

In the half marathon, dynamic duo Vicky Heys and Angela Shian finished in 21st (2:33:59) and 24th (2:35:30) respectively. The half marathon event attracted a field of 149 runners

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 200 runners took part.

Richard Stevenson storming along at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Richard Stevenson storming along at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
1 Richard STEVENSON 18:55 VM40-44
3 Curtis Robert HOLT 19:15 JM15-17
4 Chris SNELL 19:38 VM35-39
5 Jacob WATSON 19:40 SM30-34
18 Paul WALE 21:06 VM45-49 New PB!
20 Mark WIGHTMAN 21:20 VM55-59 New PB!
22 Stephen AINSWORTH 21:38 VM55-59
27 Andrew WEBSTER 21:48 VM45-49
34 Stephen WHITE 22:20 VM60-64
38 Lennon JACKSON 22:38 JM11-14
47 Sophie ASHWORTH 23:17 JW11-14
48 Lee MOORE 23:18 VM35-39
52 Liberty THOMPSON 23:39 JW11-14 New PB!
60 Julie DAWES 24:21 VW45-49
73 Matthew JACKSON 24:53 JM10
80 Robert HIRST 26:05 VM65-69
82 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 26:09 SW25-29
99 Jackie KERSHAW 27:13 VW45-49
101 Philip NAYLOR 27:24 VM35-39
103 Ron CHAPPELL 27:28 VM65-69
104 Imogen FERGUSON 27:53 JW10
108 Annabel WILCOCK 28:05 JW11-14
110 John WILCOCK 28:07 VM50-54
124 Aaron LUNDIE 29:12 JM11-14
128 Adam STEVENSON 29:19 JM11-14

Pendle parkrun – A total of 51 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
1 John HARTLEY 20:07 VM55-59
43 Christine LEATHLEY 32:53 VW65-69

Witton parkrun – A total of 162 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
2 Matthew DUCKWORTH 19:36 SM25-29
19 Nick COLLINSON 22:07 JM11-14 New PB!
28 Elizabeth MULLAN 23:23 SW30-34 First Timer!
31 David Ian SCOTT 24:04 VM70-74 First Timer!
36 Bianca BENNETT 24:50 SW25-29
56 Jude ASHWORTH 27:14 VW55-59 First Timer!

Burnham and Highbridge parkrun – A total of 89 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
23 Richard LAWSON 24:31 VM75-79 First Timer!
80 Valerie LAWSON 35:29 VW70-74 First Timer!

Cuerden Valley parkrun – A total of 129 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
45 Ted ORRELL 27:39 VM75-79 First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 96 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
92 Robin PRICE 36:57 VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 82 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
56 Eileen JONES 30:22 VW60-64

Lyme Park parkrun – A total of 73 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
53 Julie TOMAN 31:13 VW45-49 First Timer!

Medina I.O.W. parkrun – A total of 189 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
48 Donna AIREY 24:42 SW30-34 First Timer!

Skipton parkrun – A total of 113 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
66 Yvonne WICKHAM 27:23

British and English Fell Championships

The final results in the British and English Fell Championships are now out on the FRA website with team Clayton taking six individual medals and one team placing! Fantastic result – well done to the medal winners and everyone else who raced and supported.

British Championship Results :
Wendy Dodds – LV50 Bronze
LV40 Team – Bronze (counters were Wendy, Barbara Savage, Katy Thompson, Linda Lord and Jean Brown)

English Championships Results:
Wendy Dodds, LV55 Gold, LV60 Silver (long races don’t count at LV60 and above)
Linda Lord, LV65 Bronze
Kieran Carr, MV65 Bronze, MV70 Gold

Club Competitions

The final race in the Clayton Fell Championship will now be Shepherds Skyline on the 7th Nov. Who is going to be Mr & Mrs Fell 2015?

Fancy being the king or queen of Cross Country?  Here are the races you need!

Finally…

Good luck to everyone taking part in the Northern Relays this weekend, and all the other events that are going on this week. Have a good run.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Onwards and upwards

Ben Nevis dominates this week with a good turnout of Clayton Harriers.  What an adventurous bunch you are! I have spotted Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at fell races all over the place, super fast 10k races, track meetings, ultra distance events and parkruns.  I am exhausted just looking at the pictures!

Tuesday 1 September

Kilnsey Crag

Richard Briscoe and Stephen Fish took part in this fast and furious fell race at Kilnsey Show. Towards the end of the afternoon, the annual Kilnsey Sports take centre stage, notably the famous fell races, involving the punishing ascent and descent of famous Kilnsey Crag, one of the toughest fell running tests in the sport. It’s a 1.2 mile race with 407ft of climbing.

Stephen Fish doing some synchronised descending at the Kilnsey Cragg Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Stephen Fish doing some synchronised descending at the Kilnsey Cragg Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat Time
47 Richard Briscoe M 12:25
76 Stephen Fish MV60 15:52

Photos and results on Woodentops

Thursday 3 September

Hades Hill Race

45 runners took part in this out and back race with some hard ascents; 1181ft of climbing and 5 miles in total. Eight club members took part. Chris Snell was the first Clayton man home finishing in 16th place in a time of 42:29 with Nigel Weaver following in 18th Place. A Howarth was 1st V55.

Pos Name Cat Time
16 C.Snell SM 42:29
18 N.Weaver V50 43:39
24 A.Howarth V55 45:30
25 D.Rushton V45 45:35
33 S.Fish V60 50:45
39 R.Hirst V65 55:57
41 M.Frost V60 56:32
44 R.Chappell V65 61:07

Awaiting Official Results

Saturday 5 September

Ben Nevis Race

A group of  nineteen club members headed north to take part in this hugely popular race up the highest mountain in Great Britain. 320 runners finished this 8.7 mile race with 4419ft of climbing.

Team Clayton at the Ben Nevis Race. Photo courtesy of Mark Nutter

Team Clayton at the Ben Nevis Race. Photo courtesy of Mark Nutter

Dave Bagot was our first runner to finish with a new PB despite the heat.

Dave Bagot, first Clayton runner to finish the Ben Nevis Race. Photo by Daniel Taylor

Dave Bagot, first Clayton runner to finish the Ben Nevis Race. Photo by Daniel Taylor

Jon Sharples was awarded a Connochie Plaque for completing his 21st Ben Nevis Race as well as finishing as 2nd Vet 60.

Jon Sharples receiving the Connachie Plaque for completing 21 Ben Nevis Races.

Jon Sharples receiving the Connachie Plaque for completing 21 Ben Nevis Races.

Richard Briscoe reports

Celebrating a fine day on the Ben

Celebrating a fine day on the Ben. L-R Neil Hardiman, Andrew Graham (Trawden), Dave Motley and Richard Briscoe

A brilliant weekend for everyone at Fort William. Tough conditions with the heat didn’t really help with the full Scottish breakfast. Did really well on the climb but struggled at Red Burn. Gutted didn’t beat last year’s time of 2 hr 27, was 5 minutes off, but overall it was a brilliant weekend. Well done to everyone especially Dave Bagot who was the first Clayton back

Ryan Wilkinson Reports

One of the best weekends away with a cracking bunch of lads.

Ready for Ben Nevis

As always Team Clayton was out in force in the Highlands this weekend. Fantastic run from all, congratulations to David Bagot on being the first Clayton member over the line in a time of 1hour 57 minutes, followed by Neil Hardiman the BEAST, also just nipping under the 2 hour mark. Gary Wilkinson put a real shift in to hold me off all the way and we had a great battle on the way down but the OLDER & wiser Wilky made sure I was behind him at the finish.

Dave Motley being chased down, or rather up, by Garry Wilkinson, Photo by Daniel Taylor

Dave Motley being chased down, or rather up, by Garry Wilkinson, Photo by Daniel Taylor

Great run from Dave Motley, Dominic Carr who had a great battle & was very close at the finish then followed on by Lee Smith on his first attempt at the Ben. Well done to Jon Sharples, Mark Nutter, Chris Funnell on all completing the race under the 2 & a half hour mark. Richard Brisco was as entertaining as ever & had a decent run even after 10 pints…Andrew Firth was as strong as ever completing the course in 2.34, really well done to Nick Roscoe who really cracked on with it this year. Barbara Savage got stuck in to it and came across the line in 2.45, David Nield was just 9 minutes behind after holding off Stephen Burn & Nicholas Horsfall who was just under the 3 hour mark, closely followed by Mark Taylor & Andrew Dugdale. Robin Nicolson ran the course in 3.08. All in all the weekend was fantastic & really good to see everyone doing TEAM CLAYTON PROUD!

Pos Time Surname First Name Category
50 01:57:22 BAGOT DAVID
60 01:59:47 HARDIMAN NEIL DK
122 02:10:42 WILKINSON GARRY L
128 02:11:20 WILKINSON RYAN
152 02:14:52 MOTLEY DAVE
153 02:14:55 CARR DOMINIC D
185 02:18:01 SMITH LEE E
194 02:19:51 SHARPLES JON HI
243 02:26:49 NUTTER MARK
269 02:31:19 FUNNELL CHRIS DE
273 02:32:24 BRISCOE RICHARD CHARLES
291 02:34:48 FIRTH ANDREW PETER L
325 02:38:42 ROSCOE NICHOLAS D
360 02:45:51 SAVAGE BARBARA FL
396 02:54:12 NIELD DAVID LESLIE
405 02:56:53 BURY STEPHEN L
409 02:59:05 HORSFALL NICHOLA FL
418 03:01:09 TAYLOR MARK
420 03:01:20 DUGDALE ANDREW MARK L
444 03:08:29 NICOLSON ROBIN D

Full Results

Blackshaw Head Fete

Blackshaw Head is a village above Hebden Bridge in the upper Calderdale Valley. The Blackshaw Head Fell Race is part of the village fete held each year on the Saturday after the August bank holiday. Four club members took part in this 5.5 mile race with 899ft of ascent.

Alison Dugdale at the Blackshaw Head Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Alison Dugdale at the Blackshaw Head Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Alison Dugdale was our first Clayton Harrier to finish and our only lady in the race. Vet runners Robert Hirst, Michael Frost and Ron Chappell completed our quartet of runners.

Pos Name Cat Time
46 Alison Dugdale FV40 50:35
68 Robert Hirst V60 58:30
71 Michael Frost V60 1:01:38
79 Ron Chappell V60 1:06:13

Full Results – photos woodentops

Bullock Smithy Hike

Nicholas Olszewski ran in this 56 mile event. It forms part of the Run Further series of events for ultra-distance runners. He finished in 18th place with a time of 12:13. The route is a circular tour of the Peak District skirting around the highlights of the National Park utilising the Pennine Way, Pennine Bridleway, the Limestone Way, Gritstone trail, and others. The weather was kind and the scenery was spectacular.

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Nicholas Olszewski (far right) about to make a brew, er, run the Bullock Smithy. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Yours truly was also present but due to injury was a hiker rather than a runner. I waltzed into the finish a considerable time later. (21 hours and 6 minutes)

Nick’s points keep Team Clayton in 6th place in the RunFurther Ultra distance leaderboard. Martin Terry didn’t run in this event but is looking likely to take 1st Vet 50 in the series

Full Results

Sunday 6 September

Alice’s Run (Mytholmroyd)

Martin Brady at Alice’s Race.

Martin Brady was our sole representative at this race finishing in 51st place with a time of 49:11

Full Results

Bradley Fell Races

Three club members took part in in this 3.7 mile BOFRA fell race

Rick Moore battling to the finish at the Bradley Show Fell race. Photo by Woodentops

Rick Moore battling to the finish at the Bradley Show Fell race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat Time
39 Rick Moore MV50 34:42
56 Michael Frost MV60 40:54
58 Robert Hirst MV60 41:30

Junior Races

Lennon Jackson at the Bradley Show junior fell races. Photo by the Woodentops

Lennon Jackson at the Bradley Show junior fell races. Photo by the Woodentops

Lennon and Matthew Jackson took part in the U12 race. Lennon was 16th with a time of 7:19 and Matthew, running his first fell race, was 21st with a time of 7:39. There were 40 runners in this race. Well done Team Jackson! (pics Michelle Abbott)

Full Results

Guisborough 3 tops

This is an 8.1 mile race with 2149ft of ascent and is the final race of the English Fell Running Championship for 2015. Still awaiting official results for this event but on the entry list are:

Kieran Carr, English Vet 70 Fell Running Champion. Photo by Dave Aspin

Kieran Carr, English Vet 70 Fell Running Champion. Photo by Dave Aspin

Wendy Dodds, Jean Brown, Angela Shian, Vicky Heys, Katy Thompson and Linda Lord for the ladies. John Rusius, Kieran Carr and Peter Browning for the men.

Wendy Dodds and Kieren Carr are looking likely to have come first in their respective vet categories.

Awaiting Results

Loweswater Show – No information

Pendle AC Open Meeting

Ellie Root and Millie Stubbs took part in the Pendle AC open meet at Seedhill in the 1500m. Both girls ran well with Millie taking the lead early on. They worked well as a team to come across the line together in a time of 5:29 minutes. Both girls got a PB and a medal; Gold for Ellie in the U15 and Silver for Millie in the U13 in their first official track meet. Well done girls!

Ellie Root and Millie Stubbs. Photo by Sam Root

Fellow juniors Dexter and Liberty Thompson were representing Burnley AC and won medals for 800m.

Salford 10k

Over 3000 runners took part in this 10k race. The event starts and finishes at the plaza area between the Lowry Theatre and Lowry Outlet Mall before following a route around Salford Keys, Media City and over to Trafford Park. This 10k is becoming one of the most popular and recognised 10ks in the North West.

 

Dan Balshaw was our first finisher in 16th place overall and a time of 34:43. Terry O’Leary bagged himself a top 50 finish and Bryan Searby and Stephen Biscomb both finishing in the top 10% of the field. Club legend Ron Hill finished just under the hour mark.

Pos Name Cat Time
16 Dan Balshaw MSEN 34:43
45 Terry O’Leary MSEN 37:23
285 Bryan Searby MV40 44:57
287 Stephen Biscomb MV60 45:02
1770 Ron Hill MV70 59:28

 Full Results

Shelf Moor

Described as a tough category AS fell race, The six mile route taken by the Shelf Moor race has three of the area’s aircraft wrecks within close proximity. One is at the top of the very steep climb called James s Thorn, the remains of which nestle in the peat on the 1800 foot contour. Two more straddle the summit of Higher Shelf Stones, at 2038 feet virtually the top of the Peak District. Certainly the views from the trig point there are on a clear day quite extensive.

Following markers to the north the far side of Dowstone Clough is picked up. Then runners will hurtle down the soft peaty terrain, and from Lightside emerge at the track that leads to the finish near the bus turning circle at the end of Shepley Street in Old Glossop.

Ivan Whigham and Stephen Fish took part. Ivan came in 30th in 57:24 and Steve in 81st with a time of 1:09:00. There were 90 runners in this event.

Awaiting Official Results

Tiree Ultramarathon

11 miles long, 6 miles wide, famed for it’s white sandy beaches, blue skies, unspoilt landscape, and no midges! Tiree’s coastline is rugged, beautifully carved, and adorned with long stretches of firm sandy beach. The complete circumference takes in 35 miles of the finest Hebridean scenery. And that is the Tiree Ultramarathon – The Land Below the Waves.

Martin Terry at the Tiree Ultramarathon

Martin Terry at the Tiree Ultramarathon

Well done Martin Terry who came second in this ultra.

Awaiting Official Results

Wigan 10k

Almost 3000 runners took part in this 10k race. The route takes in some of the town’s land marks as it starts in the town centre on Market Street heads onto Parsons Walk between Wigan College and the new Wigan Youth Zone, then around the DW Stadium and into Martland Park Industrial Estate before heading back to the town centre via a loop of Mesnes Park and a finish on Market Street.

Report by Ian Hargreaves

Elouise Pemberton and Ian Hargreaves at the Wigan 10k

Elouise Pemberton and Ian Hargreaves at the Wigan 10k

Around 3000 runners arrived at the well organised Wigan 10k start line on a sunny Sunday. Two Clayton Harriers, Elouise Pemberton and myself, geared up to smash our PB’s on a fast flat course, cheered on by great support received all along the route from the locals. Nice easy route, only made slightly difficult as the weather got hotter and hotter, but thankfully we both got our PB’s, with Elouise achieving a fabulous 50.19 and me happy with 52.04. A must to run again and hopefully with more Clayton Crew next year

Pos Name Cat Time
632 Elouise Pemberton 10-34 00:50:19
784 Ian Hargreaves 50-54 00:52:04

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Another week filled with new PBs and first time visits to various parkruns this week. At Burnley three of our younger runners challenging the senior runners and taking top five positions. Lennon Jackson and Sophie Ashworth showed great team spirit by running with new team mate Helana. Oh, and PBs galore! At Pendle, John Hartley continues to finish high up with Paul Brannon, Paul Hesketh and Martin Brady giving him a run for his money. Tom Brewster

Burnley parkrun – A total of 280 runners took part

Our juniors pacing each other at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Team Holdsworth – Roanna, Breton and Rosie the dog. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
2 Jacob BOYLE 16:13 SM18-19 New PB!
4 Jordan MCDONALD 17:19 JM15-17 New PB!
5 George PIER 18:02 SM18-19
6 Jonathan PYE 18:02 SM25-29
11 Chris SNELL 19:26 VM35-39
14 Terry O’LEARY 19:54 VM35-39
18 Kevin DAVIES 20:20 VM50-54
23 Simon WILSHAW 21:07 JM15-17
24 Stuart PROCTOR 21:12 VM35-39 New PB!
25 Andrew FOSTER 21:16 VM45-49
26 Stephen AINSWORTH 21:32 VM55-59
27 Paul WALE 21:33 VM45-49
29 Mark WIGHTMAN 21:41 VM55-59 First Timer!
33 Stephen WHITE 21:47 VM60-64 New PB!
48 David Ian SCOTT 22:44 VM70-74
64 Ella DORRINGTON-LEVY 23:22 JW10 New PB!
69 Lee MOORE 23:34 VM35-39
76 Sophie ASHWORTH 23:55 JW11-14
77 Lennon JACKSON 23:56 JM11-14
78 Helana WHITE 23:57 JW10
79 Andy QUINN 23:57 VM40-44
88 Donna SCOTT 24:15 VW50-54
98 Bianca BENNETT 24:33 SW25-29
101 Andrew WEBSTER 24:41 VM45-49
108 Imogen FERGUSON 25:02 JW10 New PB!
116 Paul Laurence WALSH 25:39 VM60-64 New PB!
124 Kian ADAMS 26:19 JM10
133 Roanna HOLDSWORTH 26:34 JW11-14
135 Breton HOLDSWORTH 26:41 VM40-44
138 Stuart BARKER 26:49 VM45-49
142 Ron CHAPPELL 26:59 VM65-69
145 Richard LAWSON 27:12 VM75-79
147 Robert HIRST 27:20 VM65-69
155 Keira STEVENSON 27:36 JW10
156 John WILCOCK 27:37 VM50-54
158 Annabel WILCOCK 27:39 JW11-14
167 Philip NAYLOR 28:10 VM35-39 First Timer!
189 Aaron LUNDIE 29:24 JM11-14
216 Christine LEATHLEY 31:32 VW65-69
236 Valerie LAWSON 33:56 VW70-74
244 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 34:59 SW25-29
273 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 41:39 VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 55 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
2 John HARTLEY 19:54 VM55-59
3 Paul BRANNON 20:01 VM55-59
10 Paul HESKETH 22:10 VM50-54
11 Dexta THOMPSON 22:22 JM10 New PB!
13 Martin BRADY 23:46 VM50-54
17 Liberty THOMPSON 25:07 JW11-14 First Timer!
52 Molly HESKETH 39:35 JW11-14

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 102 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
94 Robin PRICE 36:35 VM70-74

Heaton parkrun – A total of 501 runners took part.

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
311 Eileen JONES 29:31 VW60-64

Redcar parkrun – A total of 107 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
35 Katy THOMPSON 24:32 VW60-64 First Timer!
39 George THOMPSON 24:57 VM65-69 First Timer!

Skipton parkrun – A total of 185 runners took part

Pos   parkrunner   Time   Cat   Note  
1 Tom BREWSTER 17:21 SM25-29 New PB!

***CLUB FELL CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT***

As Thieveley Pike clashes with the first Mid-Lancs fixture, Thieveley will now not be the final Club Fell Championship race. A replacement race to be announced shortly.

Ron Hill’s 77th Birthday Race

Organised by Andems Runners and assisted by Rochdale Harriers

2:00 pm Saturday 26th September 2015 from the Oxford Pub, Whitworth Rd, Rochdale, OL12 OSW. Andems are staging Ron’s 77th Birthday 5K, this is a Road & Trail Race through Residential area Dr Ron Hill has long been regarded as Britain’s Greatest ever long distance Athlete.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Ain’t no mountain high enough

Some great racing at classic fell races this weekend in the Lake District, Yorkshire and ultra-distances events in Europe – still plenty of true fell runners at Clayton-le-Moors Harriers. But that’s not all; there have been 10K races, duathlons, track and field events and blistering PBs all over the place at parkruns.

Tuesday 25 August

Tour of the Hameldons
There was a turnout of 26 Clayton Harriers and a solo Trawden AC runner for the fourth race in the Summer Series for Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and Trawden AC runners only. No watches are allowed as the runners must predict the time they expect to finish and prizes are awarded for the closest pre-race predictions. Closest estimate was Chris Funnell whose finishing time was only 2 seconds different to his actual time. Second and third best guesses went to Jim Hickie (7 seconds difference) and Sean Clare (11 seconds difference).

Pos Name Cat Time  
1 Alan Life V50 39:40
2 Carl Helliwell V40 39:54
3 Andrew Orr V40 40:28
4 Chris Funnell V40 41:54
5 Richard Briscoe 41:57
6 Chris Snell 41:58
7 Thomas Bradley J 42:33
8 Ivan Whigham V50 43:27
9 Sean Clare V50 43:54
10 Andy Bradley V50 44:11
11 Mark Nutter V50 54:52
12 Peter Browning V50 46:09
13 Gary Balmer V40 46:11
14 Alison Dugdale LV40 46:22
15 Andrew Howarth V50 46:40
16 Rick Moore V50 46:50
17 Martin Brady V50 47:27
18 Tomasz Tereba 47:27
19 Richard Bellaries V60 47:58
20 Matthew Law 49:19
21 Jim Hickie V50 49:47
22 John McDonald V50 49:54 Trawden AC
23 Colin Woolford V40 51:04
24 Peter Dugdale V50 57:10
25 Geoff Laycock V60 57:29
26 Michael Frost V60 61:50
27 Ron Chappell V60 63:18

Full Results

Wednesday 26 August

Harrock Hill Race Series – Race 4
The fourth and final of this series took place with three of our club members toeing the start line. It is a 5.2 mile race with 900ft of climb.

Pos    Name    Cat    Time   
58 Nigel Weaver M50 42:45
185 Julie Toman L45 60:07
195 John Francis M70 70:01

Harrock Hill Race Series Final Standings

Pos    Name    Cat    Race 1 Race 2  Race 3 Race 4  Best 3
28 Nigel Weaver M50 69 0 39 58 166
74 John Francis M70 225 153 154 195 502

Full Results

 

Friday 28 August

Echappée Belle Intégrale

Belle Echappe Ultra

Congratulations to Jean Brown who finished this gruelling ultra of 144km with a mind-boggling 10900m of ascent in 35th place overall, third female in a fantastic time of 38:04:47.

Full Results

Saturday 29 August

Arnison Crag/ Patterdale Dog Day

Run as part of the Patterdale Dog Day a small show that is centred around open sheep dog trials. There are both junior and senior fell races.

Ella Dorrington at the Patterdale Dog Day junior fell race. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Ella Dorrington at the Patterdale Dog Day junior fell race. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Ella Dorrington took part in the junior races and was 1st girl in the U11 race. Well done Ella.

Awaiting Results

Blackpool Hilton Illuminations 10k

Elouise Pemberton was flying solo at this coastal 10k race. Her official time 53:02, 84th overall, 17th Female, 6th in age category, out of 201 runners in total.

Elouise Pemberton at the Blackpool Hilton Illuminations 10K.

Elouise Pemberton at the Blackpool Hilton Illuminations 10K.

Elouise Reports:

Saturday was a lovely day for taking part in the Hilton Illuminations 10k. A pleasant, sunny run out along the flat promenade for about 3 and half miles starting across from the Hilton Hotel.

The route proved much more difficult on the 2.5 mile stretch turning to head back towards the Hilton as it became undulating and testing through a very strong headwind and by this point it started to shower.

I was pleased with my time and enjoyed the race but it was a little lonely out there being the only Clayton Harrier in the race.

Full Results

Mid Lancs Track & Field League

Well done to our members who competed in this event for Burnley Athletic Club. Danny Collinge was 2nd in the Senior Men’s 400m and 3rd in the Senior Men’s High jump. George Pier was 3rd in the Senior Men’s Long JumpAlice Pier was 3rd in the U17 Women’s 800m and Joint 2nd in the High Jump. Liberty Thompson was 3rd in the U13 Girl’s 800m.

Full Results

Pendleton Fell Race

Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

A short race with a long history, the Pendleton Race begins with a flat-out charge up the village’s main street, before climbing over fields and very rough pasture to Apronful Hill. A steep drop and steeper climb take the runners to Alan and Judith’s Cairn on Mearley Moor, from where there is a exhilerating descent into Ashendean Beck and a long run-in back across moor and field to the village.

John Francis at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

John Francis at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Despite it being a Bank Holiday weekend, together with lots of long-standing show races on the same weekend, a very respectable 123 runners took part in this short but tough fell race around Pendle Hill.

Alan Life at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Alan Life at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Alan Life was our first runner home finishing in 12th place overall and 1st Vet50. Claire Vincent was our first lady finisher, 4th lady overall and 1st senior lady. Linda Lord was 1st LV60.

Claire Vincent at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

Claire Vincent at the Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

Pos Name Cat Time
12 Alan Life V50* 0.41.22
14 Neil Hardiman V40 0.41.46
15 Mike Wallis V50 0.42.09
16 Andrew McFarlane V40 0.42.31
17 Carl Helliwell V40 0.42.32
19 Michael O’Donnell V40 0.42.57
20 Andrew Priory V40 0.43.12
26 Chris Funnell V40 0.43.56
33 Ivan Whigham V50 0.44.46
44 Richard Briscoe 0.46.34
48 Mark Nutter V50 0.47.29
50 Jeffrey Pickup V60 0.47.17
55 (lady 4) Claire Vincent L* 0.48.46
60 Peter Browning V50 0.49.23
69 Keith Thompson V60 0.51.04
70 Andrew Firth V50 0.51.30
71 (lady 6) Alison Dugdale LV40 0.51.35
75 Stephen Bury V50 0.53.14
76 Martin Brady V50 0.53.27
80 (lady 7) Linda Lord LV60* 0.53.44
83 Peter Dugdale V50 0.53.58
85 (lady 9) Irene Roche LV50 0.54.47
86 (lady 10) Linda Bostock LV50 0.54.52
90 (lady 11) Barbara Savage LV50 0.55.49
98 Martin Griffin V50 0.58.02
104 Robert Hirst V60 0.59.56
110 Michael Frost V60 1.02.51
111 (lady 18) Kath Brady LV50 1.04.48
112 (lady 19) Karin Goss LV60 1.05.36
122 John Francis V70 1.25.11

Full Results

Sunday 30 August

Grasmere Guides Races

Junior Race Report by Alan Dorrington

Clayton Juniors Curtis and Briony Holt, and Ella Dorrington made the trip to Grasmere for the classic and long running Guides races, part of the Grasmere Show.

Following on from an U11G win the day before at the Patterdale Dog Day Children’s race, Ella found the steep Grasmere course harder than she expected but rallied to come in 4th Girl, only a whisker outside the medals in the U12G.

Ella Dorrington at the Grasmere Guides Races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Ella Dorrington at the Grasmere Guides Races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Briony was a clear and emphatic winner in the U14G, disappointed only in missing the course record. Her brother Curtis ran in the U17 in a high quality field, stacked with strong local runners. A great day out and great racing from all.

Briony Holt at the Grasmere Guides fell races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Briony Holt at the Grasmere Guides fell races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Briony Holt was the first girl in the U14s race with a time of 8:04 and Curtis Holt was 19th in the U17s race with at ime of 13:53.

Senior Race Report by Andrew Firth

Grasmere Guides race is a historic event – a traditional Lakeland Sports event which attracts crowds in the thousands. There are Junior races at half hourly intervals leading up to the Blue Riband event of the Senior Guides race at around 4pm in the afternoon. I only saw a couple of Clayton Juniors in the U14’s and it was Briony Holt who took the honours for the girls.

Wendy Dodds at the Grasmere Guides fell races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

Wendy Dodds at the Grasmere Guides fell races. Photo by Alan Dorrington

In the Senior race there was a good quality field with Simon Bailey, Rob Jebb, Rob Hope, Sam Tosh likely to be battling it out at the sharp end. The record of 12 mins 21 secs by Fred Reeves has stood since 1978 and there is £500 on offer for anyone who can beat it (as well as the 1st prize of £150).

The bracken had been chopped back and with conditions underfoot soft from the earlier rain everything was set for a fast race. Whilst running you can hear Pete Blands commentary to the large crowd and it was clear that there was a real battle on the way up between Rob Jebb and Simon Bailey. As I reached the top you lose the sound of the commentary – probably because the leaders would have finished before I got to the top! I understand that Simon Bailey held on for the win, whilst both Rob Hope and Sam Tosh overhauled the other Rob on the way down. Results often take a while to appear from this event.

For the Seniors Clayton had 4 entrants – Garry Wilkinson, Wendy Dodds, Mark Nutter and myself finishing in that order.

It might be a long way to travel for a race that is little over a mile, and at £10 the entry fee to the show might seem a little steep. However I have always found it to be a great day out and the atmosphere racing in front of such a large crowd is unbelievable – highly recommended.

Pos Name Cat Time
42 Garry Wilkinson MV40 00:18:21
81 Wendy Dodds FV40 00:20:49
84 Mark Nutter MV40 00:21:10
99 Andrew Firth MV40 00:22:14

Awaiting Official Results

Greenwich Park 10K

Surprise 10k race in Greenwich Park this morning all part of a surprise birthday weekend away thanks to Deborah. Good hilly race and managed to bag a 3rd place finish

Richard Stevenson at Greenwich Park 10k. Photo by Deborah Stevenson

Richard Stevenson at Greenwich Park 10k. Photo by Deborah Stevenson

Full Results

Halton Gill Sports

Nicola Thompson Reports

It was another good day running; Dexter Thompson came 2nd in the U12s race, Kady Thompson was 2nd girl in the U9s race, and Liberty Thompson was 2nd girl in the U14s race.

Dexta Thompson at the Halton Gill Sports races. Photo by Chris Thompson

Dexta Thompson at the Halton Gill Sports races. Photo by Chris Thompson

Well done also to Danny Collinge on coming 2nd in the senior race representing Clayton Le Moors Harriers at fell running.

Danny Collinge at the Halton Gill Show fell races. Photo by Chris Thompson

Danny Collinge at the Halton Gill Show fell races. Photo by Chris Thompson

Awaiting Results

Lancaster Duathlon

Grace and Ellie Root took part in Salt Ayre Duathlon on Sunday 30th August which involved a run-bike-run.

Grace ran 1200m cycled 2k and ran 400 m to finish 10th in the T1 category. Ellie ran a strong 2000m taking the lead for the 1st 1000m, cycled 5k and then finished with a 600m run. She had a really strong race and came 7th in the T3 category and scored her highest points this year.

The girls have 2 more races to complete the North West Series. All that Clayton Le Moors Harriers training and at Burnley Athletics Club paying off. She finished 7th, scoring good NW Series Tri points.

Ellie Root at Salt Ayre. Photo by Thomas Root

Ellie Root at Salt Ayre. Photo by Thomas Root

Tour of Norland Moor

This 10k race is organised by Halifax Harriers and is described as more like a trail race than a fell race on their website.  The race starts and finishes at Copley Cricket Club and climbs up a rough, paved bridleway before reaching a 2.9 mile loop of Norland Moor. 800ft of ascent with the promise of some great views.

Three Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part.

Pos Name Cat Time
19 Chris Snell M 45:31
46 Chris Butterworth M55 52:52
72 Robert Hirst M65 62:21

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

United Utilities may have sorted out the issues with the water in some parts of Lancashire but it looks like they have been adding something to the water in Burnley instead resulting in an outbreak of PBs and top 10 finishes at Burnley parkrun!

Fast Clayton lads at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

Fast Clayton lads at Burnley parkrun. What have they been putting in the water? Photo by David Belshaw

This weekend saw the first Witton parkrun take place, organised by our club member Bryan Searby, with a bakers dozen of Clayton Harriers in attendance. Missing from the results is Danny Collinge who forgot his barcode! He finished in third place 17:07 I am told.

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at the first Witton parkrun. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers at the first Witton parkrun. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Witton parkrun – A total of 273 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
9 Matthew DUCKWORTH 19:16 SM25-29 First Timer!
29 Dexta THOMPSON 21:22 JM10 First Timer!
42 Nick COLLINSON 22:12 JM11-14 First Timer!
60 Bianca BENNETT 24:25 SW25-29 First Timer!
61 Katy THOMPSON 24:32 VW60-64 First Timer!
80 George THOMPSON 25:41 VM65-69 First Timer!
84 Natasha OLSZEWSKA 25:57 JW11-14 First Timer!
89 Julia RUSHTON 26:40 VW50-54 First Timer!
115 Yvonne WICKHAM 27:49 VW50-54 First Timer!
159 Kady THOMPSON 30:31 JW10 First Timer!
161 Bronia OLSZEWSKA 30:39 JW11-14 First Timer!
181 Christine LEATHLEY 32:09 VW65-69 First Timer!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 294 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
1 Christopher HOLDSWORTH 16:03 SM20-24 New PB!
3 Jonny MCKENNA 16:45 SM25-29 New PB!
4 Tom BREWSTER 17:04 SM25-29 New PB!
6 Daniel BALSHAW 17:44 SM25-29 New PB!
7 David BAGOT 17:54 SM20-24 New PB!
8 Breton HOLDSWORTH 18:19 VM40-44 New PB!
9 Richard STEVENSON 18:48 VM35-39
10 Terry O’LEARY 18:56 VM35-39
14 Chris SNELL 19:25 VM35-39
15 Laura HESKETH 19:27 SW30-34 New PB!
25 Dave MOTLEY 20:52 SM30-34
30 Kevin DAVIES 21:22 VM50-54
32 Andrew WEBSTER 21:32 VM45-49
33 Paul WALE 21:35 VM45-49
35 Donna RILEY 21:54 VW50-54
37 Lennon JACKSON 22:00 JM11-14
39 Gordon BARRETT 22:04 VM50-54
41 Stephen WHITE 22:13 VM60-64
46 Stephen AINSWORTH 22:38 VM55-59
51 Martin BRADY 22:50 VM50-54
54 David Ian SCOTT 22:54 VM70-74
59 Sophie ASHWORTH 23:05 JW11-14
70 Matthew JACKSON 23:47 JM10 New PB!
74 Julie DAWES 23:54 VW45-49
83 Dawn TERRY 24:17 VW50-54
100 Helana WHITE 25:05 JW10
102 Donna SCOTT 25:10 VW50-54
117 Imogen FERGUSON 26:15 JW10 New PB!
133 Adam STEVENSON 26:42 JM11-14
137 Richard LAWSON 26:48 VM75-79
138 Ron CHAPPELL 26:50 VM65-69
164 Stuart BARKER 28:25 VM45-49
171 Aaron LUNDIE 28:55 JM11-14
178 Roanna HOLDSWORTH 29:24 JW11-14
188 Sophie MCINTOSH 30:20 SW20-24
253 Valerie LAWSON 34:30 VW70-74
268 Isaac SMITH 36:22 JM10

Pendle parkrun – A total of 40 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
1 John HARTLEY 19:29 VM55-59 New PB!
2 Paul BRANNON 20:14 VM55-59
9 Andy QUINN 23:38 VM40-44
31 Beth QUINN 34:18 JW15-17

Cardiff parkrun – A total of 654 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
181 Carl CAREY 23:22 VM45-49 First Timer!
606 Judith CAREY 37:21 VW35-39 First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 77 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
74 Robin PRICE 34:33 VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 198 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
60 Wendy DODDS 23:59 VW60-64
146 Eileen JONES 30:53 VW60-64

Heaton parkrun – A total of 512 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
242 Julie TOMAN 27:10

Marple parkrun – A total of 184 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
139 Ron HILL 29:35 VM75-79

Cross Country (XC) Season 2015

Mid Lancs League
Jason Pier is currently updating the list for Mid Lancs XC runners. If you ran at all during the season last year, your name will already be on. All newcomers more than welcome to add your name to it – juniors, ladies and men.

Clayton Ladies

Clayton Ladies at the Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture in Liverpool

Even if you’re looking to run just the once, it’s easier to organise if you’re already on the list. So don’t be shy, give it a go…. You never know how much you’ll take to running a few miles on grass!!

Clayton Juniors

U-11 Girls Liberty Thompson, Ellie Root, Natasha Olszewska and Millie Stubbs. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

We expect a good turn out this year to add to our club’s success in the Mid Lancs League last year – in all age categories – from juniors to vets. Yes we all count, all abilities from the front runners to the back. All are valued and accounted for Clayton throughout the season. Achievement AND enjoyment is the key.

Mid Lancs League Fixture List

26 September Astley Park, Chorley
24 October Towneley Park, Burnley
28 November Sefton Park, Liverpool
16 January Wilson’s Field, Hyndburn
13 February Rossall School, Fleetwood
5 March Worden Park, Leyland

Perhaps if you’re down for Mid Lancs XC you’ll have a go at Red Rose too. Our juniors did very well last year in this league! Seniors and adults – more details to come about this.

Red Rose League Fixture List

John Roche

John Roche battling for the finish.

10 October Leigh Sports Village
7 November Hyndburn
21 November Leverhulme Park, Bolton
5 December Rossendale

Please message me, Irene Roche, or Jason with your DOB if you need to add your name to the list and we’ll make sure you get sorted.

Pilates for Runners

Strength and Conditioning coach Stephen Alami trains many different sports people and athletes. He knows that good posture, core strength and flexibility will ultimately make you a better runner.

His intention is to run a Pilates sessions specific to running that will address all of these areas and make you a better runner. Obviously you also will gain the benefits of what Pilates does in terms of improving core strength, balance, coordination and posture.

Sessions will start on Friday 4th September at  Burnley College 7pm

First session is free and if you enjoy it, £5 thereafter. You can message him if you have any further questions on stevespilates@mail.com

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Golf balls, peaks and shows

More summer series have come to a close and lots of you are racing at the summer shows. There’s action on the roads as well, with great results at Rochdale, Fleetwood and Pilling. Our juniors continue to race successfully at Horwich and Gargrave and the Pendle 3 Peaks challenge was taken up by quite a few.

Wednesday 19 August

Golf Ball Fell Race
This was the fourth and final race in this mid-week series organised by Rossendale Harriers and is 5.5 miles with 800ft of ascent. Congratulations to Alan Life and Katy Thompson for 1st Vet 50 and 1st Lady Vet 60 in the series.

Pos Name Cat Time
22 Alan Life M50 00:44:57
37 Chris Whiteoak MSEN 00:47:00
40 Ivan Whigham M50 00:47:13
46 Laura Hesketh LSEN 00:48:04
48 Chris Snell MSEN 00:48:40
49 Richard Briscoe MSEN 00:48:42
77 Mark Nutter M50 00:52:38
79 Darren Rushton M45 00:52:49
84 Keith Thompson M60 00:53:57
104 Peter Dugdale M55 00:57:30
112 Linda Lord L65 00:58:38
123 Katy Thompson L60 01:01:09
139 Robert Hirst M65 01:06:11
143 Michael Frost M60 01:09:10
145 Ron Chappell M65 01:09:48

Full Results

Horwich Jubilee Junior Street Race 4

Five of our junior runners competed in the fourth and final race of this series of road races organised by Horwich.

Horwich Jubilee Street Race - Juniors. Photo by Chris Thompson

Horwich Jubilee Street Race – Juniors. Photo by Chris Thompson

Pos Name Cat Time
12 Dexta Thompson U11 05:57
16 Liberty Thompson L13 06:16
17 Jenson Bentham U9 06:16 1st U9
23 Claudia Bentham L13 06:28
34 Kady Thompson L9 07:43

Final Standings

Boys

Pos Name Cat  
10 Dexta Thompson U11
15 Jenson Bentham U9 1st U9

Girls

Pos Name Cat
6 Liberty Thompson L13
20 Kady Thompson L9

Full Results

Horwich Jubilee Senoir Street Races

Ted Orrell was our sole representative in the senior 5 mile road race finishing in 81st postion in a time of 40:53 and also claiming the 1st Vet 75 position. Ted finished in 28th postion overall in the series and 1st Vet 75 having race in all four races of the series.

Full Results

Round Latrigg Fell Race

202 runners took part in this Lakeland fell race organised by Keswich AC. Chris Funnell was our sole representative and finished in a very respectable 55th place with a time of 38:52.

Pos Name Cat Time
55 Chris Funnell M40 00:38:52

Full Results

Thursday 20 August

The Ultra Tour Monte Rosa

The zero edition 2015 Ultra Tour Monte Rosa is a 110 km 3-day stage race from Cervinia in the Aosta Valley, northern Italy to Grachen, Switzerland

Wendy Dodds took part in this event finishing in 41st place overall, 9th female finisher, with a final time of 22:04:06 in a truly international field of runners.

Full Results

Stan Curran Birthday Reservoir Race

Andem Runners organise this race to honour Stan Curran of Salford Harriers on his birthday, 32 years after he won the 1st British ‘Pony’ Marathon in 1981, which will donate proceeds to Turning Point & Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity.

This wheel measured 5K takes in two laps of the scenic Cowm Reservoir

Pos Name Cat Time
59 P. Walsh M60 25:04
65 R. Hirst M65 26:52
67 Julie Toman F45 27:12
69 R. Chappell M65 27:40

Full Results

Saturday 22 August

Burnsall Classic Fell Race

Alan Life at the Burnsall Classic Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Alan Life at the Burnsall Classic Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Burnsall, known as one of Yorkshire’s prettiest villages, is renowned throughout the world for its Sports and most of all for its Fell Race. The race is on record as the oldest Fell race but Games and Sports are referred to in Elizabethan times. In those days it would be very much an impromptu affair probably arranged for the benefit of the children and women of the area.

The fell race was started after a discussion in the Red Lion and one local character Tom Young is supposed to have run up naked. As many men would only have one suit in those times the record of the later Lakeland races have references to runners running in the nude.

Burnsall’s festivities are held to a cycle derived from the Feast of St Wilfred, the patron Saint of the lovely village church. The Sports occur on a different day each year according to an obscure and labrynthine convention – the first Saturday after the first Sunday after the 12th of August

A trio of our club members took part in this historic race in a field of 156 runners. They were 9th team out of 18.

Tim Edward at the Burnsall Classic Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Tim Edward at the Burnsall Classic Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Cat Time
14 Tim Edward V40 17:57
21 Alan Life V50 18:50
134 Robert Hirst V60 31:06

Full Results

Chipping Show – No Results

Elletson Arms 10K Series, Pilling

Four of our members took to the flat and quiet roads around the pretty village of Pilling for this 10k race. Donna Airey had a great run knocking just over 3 minutes off her previous time.

Donna Airey after the Pilling 10K

Donna Airey after the Pilling 10K

Pos Name Cat Time
24 Stephen Biscomb V60 45:03
35 Donna Airey WSEN 47:05
51 Tony Pilling V50 50:35
88 Graham Kissack V65 71:47

Full Results

Gargrave Show

Just one of our senior runners took part in this 3.5 mile fell race with 899 ft of ascent.

Keith Thompson at the Gargrave Show Fell Race. Photo by Chris Thompson

Keith Thompson at the Gargrave Show Fell Race. Photo by Chris Thompson

Senior Race

Pos Name Cat Time
32 Keith Thompson 33:17

Junior Races

Another successful race for Briony who finished in 3rd overall, first girl, in the under 14s race.  Strong performances from all of our youngsters and a dip in the river afterwards to cool down as well!

River

Juniors cooling off in the river after the Gargrave Show fell races. Photo by Tina Hines Holt

U14s

Pos Name Time
3 Briony Holt 9:30
10 Liberty Thompson 11:22

U12s

Pos Name Time
5 Dexter Thompson 6:25

U9s

Pos Name Time
4 Jenson Bentham 6:06
8 Kady Thompson 6:48
16 Felix Thompson 8:08

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Pendle 3 Peaks

Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

17 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers got their teeth into this local toughie. 9.8 miles with 2800ft of ascent this is no easy run.

Jonny McKenna at the Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Jonny McKenna at the Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Jonny McKenna was our first finisher in 7th place overall in a time of 1:33:34. David Bagot made the top 20 finishers in 19th with a time of 1:42:29.

Claire Vincent at the Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Claire Vincent at the Pendle 3 Peaks Fell Race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Our first lady finisher was Claire Vincent in 1:58:46. Doug Monroe and Karin Goss were 1st MV65 and 1st WV65.

Pos Name Cat Time
7 Jonny McKenna MSEN 1:33:34.6
19 David Bagot MSEN 1:42:29.3
29 Michael O’Donnell M40 1:46:55.1
30 Chris Funnell M45 1:46:58.1
33 Ivan Whigham M50 1:47:40.6
47 Richard Briscoe MSEN 1:52:43.0
61 Nicholas Olszewski M55 1:56:59.9
67 Claire Vincent WSEN 1:58:46.4
72 Nick Roscoe M45 2:00:50.1
101 Vicky Heys W40 2:12:42.9
109 Barbara Savage W50 2:14:25.6
114 Angela Shian W35 2:15:59.3
116 Irene Roche W55 2:21:29.0
138 Doug Monroe M65 ( 1st) 2:37:25.5
143 Helen Burnett W40 2:47:28.8
144 Rachel Todd W40 2:47:28.8
148 Karin Goss W65 (1st ) 2:55:17.7

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Sunday 23 August

Birchwood 10k

940 runners took part in this popular 10k. Laura Hesketh was our only runner finishing in 78th place with a time of 41:06.

Full Results

Fleetwood Half Marathon

Well done Richard Stevenson who ran in this race as our sole competitor which he described as ; “A run out this morning to test how the training is going, conditions not really to my liking a bit too warm and windy.

Very flat and uninspiring course and managed to find myself (as I always seem to) in no mans land with the guy to far in front and the one behind to far away as well.

Overall pleased with a new pb of 1:23:18 and a 12th place finish.”

Well done Richard

Full Results

Rochdale 10K

Over 35 runners took part in this 10k organised by Cannonball Events. A pair of our club members took part; Philip Naylor finished in 156th place with a time of 57:48 and Dan Balshaw had a blistering run, finishing in 3rd place with a time of 35:29

Dan Balshaw at the Rochdale 10k

Dan Balshaw at the Rochdale 10k

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Rochdale Fun Run

Clayton Juniors Helana and Alfie White took part. Helana finished in 12th place in a time of 7:12 and Alfie was 32nd with a time of 8:48

Parkrun Roundup

There’s been a bit of parkrun tourism this week with our members popping up in Lincoln, Wales and the Isle of Wight this week. PB chasing continues apace at Burnley. Breton Holdsworth finished in second place at Licoln and was in stealth mode – maybe he should have gone for the usual Mr Tangerine look to dazzle the Notts AC winner , Matt Blunden. Youngster Roanna, however, stuck was happy to fly the tangerine flag!

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Don’t forget that the inaugural Blackburn Witton Park parkrun will take place this coming Saturday 29th August and is being organised by club member Bryan Searby. He’s hoping for a big tangerine turnout to kickstart the event.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 255 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
20 Andrew WEBSTER 21:30 VM45-49
24 Donna RILEY 21:43 VW50-54
26 Gordon BARRETT 21:55 VM50-54
30 Sophie ASHWORTH 22:11 JW11-14
39 Stephen WHITE 22:52 VM60-64
66 Matthew DUCKWORTH 24:23 SM25-29
71 Bianca BENNETT 24:32 SW25-29 New PB!
72 Ian HARGREAVES 24:33 VM50-54 New PB!
77 Helana WHITE 24:44 JW10
79 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 24:48 SW25-29 New PB!
87 Donna SCOTT 25:08 VW50-54
106 Robert HIRST 26:17 VM65-69
112 Ron CHAPPELL 26:47 VM65-69
121 Imogen FERGUSON 27:13 JW10
183 Christine LEATHLEY 31:37 VW65-69
228 Judith CAREY 36:50 VW35-39
229 Carl CAREY 36:50 VM45-49

Pendle parkrun – A total of 60 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
2 John HARTLEY 19:46 VM55-59 New PB!
11 David Ian SCOTT 24:01 VM70-74
12 Barry MITCHELL 24:05 VM70-74

Bolton parkrun – A total of 284 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
41 Nick COLLINSON 22:41 JM11-14

Cuerden Valley parkrun – A total of 145 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
110 Eileen JONES 33:29 VW60-64 First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 75 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
62 Robin PRICE 32:59 VM70-74

Heaton parkrun – A total of 450 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
194 Julie TOMAN 26:55:00 VW45-49

Lincoln parkrun – A total of 247 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
2 Breton HOLDSWORTH 17:20 VM40-44 First Timer!
142 Roanna HOLDSWORTH 28:37 JW11-14 First Timer!

Llyn Llech Owain parkrun – A total of 109 runners took part

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
35 Julia RUSHTON 25:08 VW50-54 First Timer!

Medina I.O.W. parkrun – A total of 188 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
31 Simon WILSHAW 23:25 JM15-17

Skipton parkrun – A total of 102 runners took part.

Pos parkrunner Time Cat Note
34 Dawn TERRY 24:00 VW50-54