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ByAdrienne Olszewska

Wadsworth Trog, Winter Warmer 10k and the rest of the week’s action

You’ve been trogging in Yorkshire, ripping along in Licolnshire, orienteering, cross country running and foggy winter road racing.  Vets, seniors, juniors and lots of new faces all getting stuck in and representing their club with gusto. Just another busy weekend for Team Clayton.

The Rauceby Ripper – Saturday 7 February

The  Rauceby Ripper is an 8½ ~ 9 mile (approximately) multi-terrain course, over trail, edges of fields and some road sections. Starting within the grounds of Rauceby Hall, Lincolnshire and finishing in South Rauceby near to the Village Hall. The route takes competitors over public and private land and through one of the most beautiful estates in the County.

Breton Holdsworth

Breton Holdsworth leading the way at the Rauceby Ripper

Breton Holdsworth was our sole representative at this event which he won. Again!  He said; “1st place at the Rauceby Ripper and kept my title. It was a slightly longer course this year.  Unbelievable mud in places very sticky and heavy. Brilliant, loved it, led from the start.”

Full Results

The Wadsworth Trog – Saturday 7 February

A classic,long route to start the season. 19.25 miles (31km) with a climb of 3650ft (1110m).  9 Harriers took part; 8 men and 1 lady.

Wadsworth Troggers

Nick Roscoe and John Wilcock at the Wadsworth Trog

Paul Hesketh was the first of our men, finishing in 21st position just over the 3 hour mark with a time of 3:03:10. Not far behind him were Andrew Armstrong and Martin Terry. Nicholas Olszewski came in at the 3:30 mark and the rest (Nigel Hodson, John Wilcock and Nicholas Roscoe) trogged in together a short while after. Our sole lady, Vicky Heys finished just over the 4 hour mark having valiantly helped coax her injured race buddy around the course.

Full Results

Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships, Witton Park – Saturday 7 February

Our juniors continue to perform outstandingly, with many of our junior members representing Blackburn, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle School teams at the Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships. It was near perfect conditions; sunny, no frost and not a sniff of wind.

Boys Events

Tom Bradley finished in 18th place in the Junior Boys race and was first counter in the 7th place Burnley team. Curtis Holt, Ryan Clark, and Alexander Townrow all ran in the Inter Boys race for Pendle, Burnley and Blackburn respectively. Curtis and Ryan both counters for their team places.

Girls Events

Our excellent U-13 girls team were out in force representing a cross section of East Lancashire teams in the Year 7, Junior and Inter Girls races.

In the Year 7 girls race, Millie Stubbs had a great run finishing in 10th place, Liberty Thompson finished 19th and Natasha Olszewska finished in 65th place.  Millie was second counter in the 2nd place Hyndburn team, and Liberty was first counter in the Burnley Team.  Well done girls!

Junior XC

Liberty Thompson representing Burnley Schools but still sporting her tangerine bow.

Fellow U-13 teammate, Briony Holt, was running in the Junior Girls race. She ran really well in a tough field finishing in 3rd place and first counter for the 7th place Pendle Team. Another fine performance from Briony.

Alice Pier finished in 14th place in the Senior Girls race but no team placing as there were not enough counters.

Results not yet available online.

PFO Spring Intro Series – Witton Park

Witton Park was the 3rd in the Pendle Forest Orienteers’ Intro Series. The wide open spaces of Witton made much of the navigation easy, except when delving into the surrounding woodland.  There were a range of courses on offer to suit everyone from complete beginners to experienced orienteers.

Three club members and one junior took part in this event.  Colin Woolford was 5th in the Green course.  In the Orange course, Junior member Christopher Brown was second and Adrienne Olszewska was third. Mark Nutter was first on the  tough Green Technical course.

Full Results

Next event is at Nick O’Pendle on 28th February.

King Henry VIII Cross Country – 4 February

Ellie Root ran in the King Henry VIII’s XC in Coventry which is a national event where schools enter a team of four girls or six boys to complete a 2.3-mile relay course. 504 girls and boys took part. In her team of 4 Ellie, who was one of the youngest competitors in the field, ran the 1st leg and secured the fastest team time of 16.06 over 3.6k. It was a muddy, undulating course-spikes not allowed but Ellie enjoyed the experience and put all her Clayton training to good use.

Well done Ellie

Winter Warmer 10K – Sunday 8 February

The Winter Warmer 10K is a scenic course which starts and finishes on the athletics track at Witton Park and takes in the stunning scenery over Pleasington. However, the stunning scenery wasn’t much in evidence on the day due to thick fog throughout the morning making it more of a February Fogger!  This was no deterrent to our hardy club members of course, and there was a fabulous turnout of 46 members at this event ranging in ages from 5 years old to over 70!  31 members took part in the 10K and 15 juniors took part in the 2k.

This race is the first race in our annual club road championship so it was great to see so many faces new and old getting stuck in.

Junior Race

We had a good turnout of juniors for this race with some of them having taken part in the Lancashire Schools Cross Country the day before. There were 239 runners overall. We had 5 top twenty finishers and some fine performances.

Clayton Juniors

Jackson McKay first Clayton Junior and first in his age group

Jackson McKay had a great race finishing in 8th place and first in his age category. Liberty Thompson was first finisher in her age group closely followed by Natasha Olszewska.

Clayton Juniors

L-R Natasha Olszewska, Keira Stevenson, Liberty Thompson and Lucy Stevenson

Team Stevenson were out in force and all four of them beat their times from last year’s race.  “Fast” Alice Pier was our first girl home, third girl finisher in the race and thirteenth finisher overall in the race. Sophie Ashcroft put in a fantastic run finishing sixth girl and nineteenth overall.  Imogen Ferguson ran her first race for the club and had a great time. Let’s hope it’s the first of many.

Clayton Juniors

New Junior Member Imogen Ferguson in her first club race.

There were solid performances from Dexta Thompson, Joshua McKay, Kady Thompson and Millie MacCabe. Another well done to our youngest member in the race, Emily Johnson, for an excellent first race – she put in a very assured performance for her age.

Clayton Juniors

Youngest Clayton Junior, Emily Johnson, encouraged by junior coach (and grandma) Marion Wilkinson

Pos Name Cat Time
8 Jackson McKay M10 07:36
13 Alice Pier F14 08:06
16 Dexta Thompson M9 08:15
19 Sophie Ashworth F11 08:33
20 Adam Stevenson M12 08:34
29 Liberty Tompson F12 09:09
35 Natasha Olszewska F12 09:31
46 Imogen Ferguson F9 10:02
48 Joshua McKay M7 10:07
54 Keira Stevenson F10 10:18
63 Lucy Stevenson F13 10:48
98 Rachel Stephenson F8 11:52
145 Kady Thompson F8 13:05
158 Millie MacCabe F8 13:35
222 Emily Johnson F5 16:01

Full Junior Results 

Senior 10K Race 

Winter Warmer

Youngest Harrier Ryan Clarke alongside oldest Harrier David Scott. Martin Brady and Andy Quinn also visible

Four of our junior members were able to take part in the senior race; Jordan McDonald, George Pier, Ryan Clarke and Bethany Quinn. All four of them put in fantastic performances; a top twenty finish for Jordan and good times for George and Ryan. Bethany said, “Really enjoyed the course and a great atmosphere all the way around. Surprised myself and ran better than anticipated for my first 10k. I’m sure there will be more to come!”

There were also some good results for our vet runners.1st F55 for Irene Roche, 1st M70 for David Scott , 2nd M55 for John Hartley, 2nd M60 for Stephen Biscomb, 3rd F45 for Nerina Gill, 3rd F50 for Julia Rushton.

Road Captain, Tom Brewster, had a great race finishing in fifth place and Jacob Watson wasn’t far behind him finishing in 9th place.

Tom Brewster

Road Captain Tom Brewster at the start of the Winter Warmer 10k

Tom Brewster’s Report

“With the Blackburn Winter Warmer being the first fixture in the club’s Road Championship I felt this would be a fitting “comeback” race after spending 7 months away from competitive racing due to injury – as road captain I was pleased to see a healthy number of road enthusiasts turn out despite the chilly conditions; 31 Clayton Harriers in total with the Women outnumbering Men 18 to 13!

After a steady warm-up I joined the 477 other runners on the start line in the freezing fog, willing the clock to count down to the race start quicker so we could head off and attempt to generate some heat! Just after 11am we were off, starting with two laps round the Witton Park track and then out onto the road, facing the monster first climb I tried to think less about the runners I was passing and more about my pacing to make sure I had something to keep me going on the long slog after the hill.

As the terrain levelled off I was surprised to find myself battling for 5th place, after such a long period of injury I wasn’t expecting to be anywhere near the front of the pack so dug deep and resolved not to allow the chasing pack, including Trawden AC’s “Quick Nick” Gaskell to get too close.

All the way on top of the course I had a fantastic to-and-fro battle, regularly switching places with Lee Parrington (unattached) and on the run along the river he had just managed to edge me by 10 seconds or so; with him still within reach as we came into the park itself I steeled myself, feeling strong and given some words of encouragement by Garry Wilkinson was able to pull out a sprint finish, claim back 5th place in 35:33 which left me very happy with my result and with what hopefully is a return to form.

Making my way back to the entrance of the running track to cheer on the incoming runners I realised the freezing fog had still not abated, stood there in just a vest and shorts made me envious of those sporting the newest Club fashion item, colour co-ordinated hats!

Overall a fantastic event, brilliant to see so many Clayton Harriers out at a local race and to see so many reaping the benefits of a hard winter of training”

Nat Harrison was the first Clayton Lady, finishing in 127th place and 8th lady overall in the race. Well done Nat, great to see you recovered from injury and flying round! Here’s her report:

“So the 10k winter warmer began twice round Witton park athletics track followed by the steepest incline that seemed never ending up Buncer Lane. The fog kept a chill in the air as the country lanes seemed to level out. Runners seemed to speed up at this point and lots of descents meant it was all about speed! One more incline around mile four seemed to slow people down before a trail run back through the park. Footballers, dog walkers and cyclists cheered us on as the 400metre sign came into sight. One final spurt along a quarter of the race track saw the race to close. And thank goodness !”

Nat Harrison

Natalie Harrison sprinting towards the finish

We had a number of ladies running in the Clayton Vest for the first time today and here’s what some of them had to say:

Clayton Ladies

Resplendent Clayton Ladies. L-R Sarah Angelone, Adrienne Olszewska, Natalie Harrison, Michelle Butschok, Helen Burnett, Amanda Duffy, Rachel Todd and Leanne Cottam

Sharon Wilson – “I fell over, thought I wouldn’t be able to carry on but I did it and even managed to overtake the people that overtook me –  best feeling ever. It was my first Race as a Clayton-le-Moors Harrier and it felt great being part of a team. Couldn’t be in a better team, thanks for all the support.”

Leanne Cottam – “It was a very challenging course  and I was nearly sick a couple of times on them hills. But, it was a great atmosphere and I loved everyone shouting “Come on Clayton”. I am  enjoying being part of a great team. xxx”

Nerina Gill – “Great race today! Wasn’t sure about running in freezing fog in a vest and shorts, but was glad I did, cos my buff came off as I left the track! Third time doing the Winter Warmer, but first race as a Clayton Harrier. It was my best time on this course by over three minutes, and only my second 10k under 50, so I was very happy with that. All thanks to Julia Rushton pushing me all the way”

Stephanie Hawke – ” Great atmosphere, enthusiastic race marshals,  gruelling hills, and loads of “Come on Clayton” encouragement. Finished to samba beats with frost in my hair. PB to boot!”

Pos    Forename    Surname    Cat    ChipTime   
5 Thomas Brewster MS 00:35:32
9 Jake Watson MS 00:36:53
16 Jordan McDonald MJ 00:38:33
30 George Pier MJ 00:40:16
31 John Hartley M55 00:40:20
53 Ryan Clarke MJ 00:42:18
64 Chris Funnell M45 00:43:06
68 Andy Bradley M45 00:43:10
78 Stephen Biscomb M60 00:43:51
97 Andy Quinn M40 00:45:07
127 Natalie Harrison FS 00:46:40
146 Martin Brady M50 00:47:45
149 Irene Roche F55 00:47:47
166 David Scott M70 00:48:43
175 Sarah Angelone FS 00:48:47
196 Julia Rushton F50 00:49:47
197 Nerina Gill F45 00:49:49
206 Amanda Duffy F35 00:50:48
225 Bryan Searby M40 00:51:59
226 Tanya Bunkham FS 00:51:40
235 Stephanie Hawke F35 00:52:34
247 Bethany Quinn FJ 00:53:23
251 Helen Burnett F40 00:53:30
255 Jackie Kershaw F40 00:53:34
261 Leanne Cottam FS 00:54:08
270 Rachel Todd F40 00:54:46
275 Elouise Sylkie Pemberton FS 00:54:52
294 Adrienne Olszewska F45 00:56:09
310 Michelle Butschok F40 00:56:52
375 Nicola Kay FS 01:01:48
455 Sharon Wilson F35 01:13:20

Parkrun roundup

Well done to all of our parkrunners this weekend. A paced event at Burnley led to a number of PBs for our club members. Congratulations to Jonathon Pye for a first place as well as a new PB. Congratulations to Richard Stevenson who also earned a first place and PB at the Pendle parkrun.

Bolton parkrun – a total of 335 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
335 Julia RUSHTON 00:47:50 Sweeper

Burnley parkrun a total of 197 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
1 Jonathan PYE 00:17:45 New   PB!
12 Susan BURNS 00:20:06 New PB!
14 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:20:28 New PB!
26 Alan CLARKSON 00:21:42
31 Kieron MITCHELL 00:22:01
33 Andy QUINN 00:22:15
47 Martin BRADY 00:22:59
60 Simon WILSHAW 00:23:48
69 Andrew TAYLOR 00:24:39 New PB!
71 Richard LAWSON 00:24:42
91 Lennon JACKSON 00:26:06 First Timer!
94 Sophie ASHWORTH 00:26:16
97 Ron CHAPPELL 00:26:38
100 Robert HIRST 00:26:44
114 Julie TOMAN 00:27:42
124 Stuart BARKER 00:28:51
145 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 00:30:47
185 Valerie LAWSON 00:39:34

Pendle parkrun – a total of 47 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
1 Richard STEVENSON 00:20:06 New PB!
2 John HARTLEY 00:20:48
29 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 00:30:35
37 Christine LEATHLEY 00:33:42

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

Position parkrunner Run Time
91 Eileen JONES 00:30:43

Club Road Championship

Well done to everyone who took part in the Winter Warmer 10K.  This was the first race of our Club Road Championship and the standings have been updated accordingly.

Road Championship Standings

Coming up

Mid Lancs Cross Country Fixtures

There are just two Mid Lancs XC races to go and we are hoping for an “all out” presence at both venues. Particularly for Blackpool,  as it’s the last available XC if members have chosen to support the fell champs at the time of the Lancaster race. The ladies team behind us are only one point shy to catch up so it’s vital we rally up support from club members to take part in any the remaining races and help us gain promotion to division one.

It’s not too late to join in and run for your club! You can contact Our Cross Country Captain, Irene Roche, for more information.

Information about the remaining fixtures can be found in the link below.

Mid Lancs XC Information

Tangerine Training Night – Tuesday 24th February 6.30pm

The future’s bright at Clayton Le Moors Harriers and to celebrate the plan is to turn up wearing a tangerine hoodie or something similar in bright orange. It would also be a fantastic milestone to break the attendance record set at 60 people.

Training Event

Tangerine Training Night Flyer

Club Presentation Night – 21st March

Don’t forget to get yourself a ticket to the hottest awards night of the year. Our annual presentation night will definitely be THE place to be.

Tickets are available now from Marie Greenwood 01254 237485 or email  mgreenwood1969@outlook.com

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ByPeter Booth

February Newsletter

Do you know that Clayton Harriers will organise at least 10 running events this year, including the UK Hill and Fell Relays? The major feature of this month’s edition is an appeal from our Race Promotions Coordinator, Mike Eddleston for all Clayton members to ease the pressure on our race organisers by committing to help at a minimum of one club event per year. In addition to all the usual features, there is an account of a ‘wrinkly’ outing and a picture quiz. Download your copy here. February Newsletter 2015

Clayton Juniors

Our unstoppable U-13 girls. L-R Ellie Root, Liberty Thompson, Millie Stubbs, Briony Holt

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Blake’s Heaven, That’s Lyth and the East Lancs Hospice 10k

Sad News

Sadly, two long-standing club members have passed away recently.

John Amos
Richard Lawson writes;  our members will be sad to hear of the death of John Amos in Pendleside Hospice. Born in Gt Baddow in Essex in 1938, John saw the light and came north working as an administrator in DHSS centres in Lancashire and Yorkshire. John joined Clayton-le-Moors Harriers in 1978 in time for the cross country season. He competed regularly in all disciplines to a high standard until 2007 and was a member of the M60 team competing at Tredegar House nr Newport in the national vets’ relays. He came with us to the Guernsey Easter Runs in 2007 completing the four races in four days.

John Amos 1

John Amos 1938 – 2015

You couldn’t get a nicer guy. John faced his illness with the utmost bravery and cheerfulness and still attended club events both athletic and social He was a valued member of our Wrinkly group and will be missed by us all. He has had the loving support of his wife, Sonya, and two children, Joanne and Melvyn and their families, and our thoughts are with them.

John’s funeral is at 11am on Thursday 29th January at Skipton Crematorium

Tom Targett
Members will also be saddened to hear that another of our members, Tom Targett, has also passed away.

Tom’s funeral is at 10.30am on Tuesday 27th January at St Joseph’s Church, Accrington

Blake’s Heaven – Saturday 24th January

Fell Captain, Dave Motley, took part in the Blake’s Heaven fell race. The race distance is 7.05Km (4.4m) with 446m (1,463ft) of ascent.

He reported;

This race starts in the little village of Lamplugh which is situated in the Northern Lake District. With the 2.5hr drive in mind we decided to make a weekend of it and visited relatives in Cockermouth. I arrived in Lamplugh with 30mins to register and warm up, and then we were off. A quick start over a field then straight onto forestry tracks and the start of a long gradual climb to checkpoint 1. If I’m honest I found the climb tough with the recent Coach Roche speed sessions still in my legs and I got to checkpoint 1 just outside the top 10.

Dave Motley

Fell Captain Dave Motley at the Blake’s Heaven Fell Race. Picture by www.granddayoutphotography.co.uk

As soon as the climb had finished, we were straight onto a steep grassy climb to the summit of Blake Fell which was concealed in the mist, quickly around the marshalled pile of stones and then off the summit. This is where things changed for me as I had lost the group of runners in front and found myself alone and not knowing the route. I made the decision to jump straight over the nearest stile and I headed down the fell only to find I’d taken the wrong route and taken another 2 runners with me. We quickly realised the error of our ways when we noticed a line of runners 300-400m to the left of us. Back on track and onto the long run off Blake Fell back to the finish. I think I managed Top 20 but I am waiting for full results. I thought this was a cracking little race and I’ll be returning for more in 2016, next time checking the map and making sure I go the right way.

Awaiting full results

East Lancashire Hospice 10k – Sunday 25th January

Junior Race

The formidable “Team Stevenson” aka Keira, Adam, Rachel and Lucy, took part in the 1K event and made the pages of the local press to boot. Well done to all of them.

Clayton Juniors

The Formidable “Team Stevenson” at the East Lancs Hospice 1K race

Senior Race

Postponed after a weekend of extreme weather, the East Lancs Hospice 10k was blessed with much better conditions. Dry, cool and no wind; a recipe for success and PBs if ever there was one.

15 members including new members Elouise Pemberton, Clare Whittaker, Deborah Greenwood and Stephanie Hawke got stuck in and all came in under the hour. Well done in particular to Elouise and Clare for achieving new personal best times.

Elouise Pemberton

First timer Elouise Pemberton at the East Lancashire Hospice 10k

Jacob Watson ran in the front pack throughout the race, finishing in 3rd place overall and 1st Clayton counter. Well done Jacob. There were top twenty finishes for Carl Helliwell, John Hartley and David Naughton and not far behind were John Roche and Richard Briscoe. David Scott was first V70.

Jacob Watson

Jacob Watson who finished 3rd at the East Lancs Hospice 10k

Irene Roche was the first Clayton lady home finishing in 71st place with a time of 46:31 and was also the first F55. Our new ladies all ran well and look likely to continue improving. Well done to all of you.

Irene Roche

Irene Roche, 1st Clayton Lady and 1st F55 at the East Lancs Hospice 10K

Pos    Name    Cat    CatPos    Time 
3 Jacob Watson M (002/070) 00:36:54
12 Carl Helliwell M (006/070) 00:39:17
13 John Hartley M55 (002/018) 00:39:25
19 David Naughton M50 (002/017) 00:40:54
22 John Roche M55 (003/018) 00:40:59
26 Richard Briscoe M (012/070) 00:41:35
71 Irene Roche F55 (001/005) 00:46:31
81 David Scott M70 (001/001) 00:47:31
106 Clare Wilson F35 (005/032) 00:49:36
123 Amanda Duffy F35 (011/032) 00:51:35
136 Stephanie Hawke F35 (012/032) 00:52:43
141 Sarah Helliwell F (008/034) 00:53:05
165 Elouise S Pemberton F (009/034) 00:55:03
215 Deborah Greenwood F45 (016/032) 00:59:18
221 Nicola Kay F (017/034) 00:59:50

Full Results

Northern Cross Country Championships – 25th January

Four club members travelled to Pontefract to take part in the Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships

 Mens Results

Pos Time Forename Surname
430 00:52:45 Richard Briscoe
605 01:00:20 Peter Browning

 Ladies Results

Pos Time Forename Surname
338 0:56:03 Susan Allen
339 0:56:21 Christine Leathley

Full Results 

Ashurst Beacon Fell Race – Saturday 24th January

This is a 6 mile race with 950 feet of ascent. Four of our members took part: David Scott, George Thompson, Robert Hirst & John Francis. Well done gents!

Pos Name Category Time
111 David Scott M70 00:53:37
134 George Thompson M60 00:57:40
153 Robert Hirst M60 01:01:22
170 John Francis M70 01:14:23

Full Results

That’s Lyth – Saturday 24th January

That’s Lyth is a challenge event organised by the Lakeland Long Distance Walkers Group. Many LDWA challenge events are popular with runners. This event is described as is a superb winter event, encircling the Lyth Valley and visiting Scout Scar, Cunswick Scar and Whitbarrow Scar. The route is 23 Miles with an ascent of 3200 feet.

A select group of our members took part, including; Martin Terry, Nigel Hodson, Wendy Dodds, Katy Thompson.

The weather took a turn for the worse towards the end, so well done to all who took part.

Results yet to be published

Welcome Tavern 10k – Sunday 25th January 

Awaiting results

Tempo 10k Series – Sunday 25th January

Martin Brady was our sole representative at this Stratford-upon-Avon event and he reports;

I did this race today thinking it would be an easy jog. It ended up being quite a tough slog. The winner normally does between 36 and 37 minutes. This shows it is not flat. It is a series of races called the Tempo Winter 10k in Ilmington Warwickshire. If you are ever in the area when one of these races is being staged have a go – it’s a good tester smile emoticon I measured it as closer to 6.5 miles than 10k.

Full Results

parkrun roundup

Well done to all of our parkrunners. This week saw top ten finishes for our members at the Burnley and Pendle parkruns. There were also 3 New PBs; well done to Wendy Dodds, Stephen Ainsworth and Adam Stevenson.

Leamington parkrun – A total of 407 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
128 Martin BRADY 00:24:03

Bolton parkrun – A total of 333 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
80 Julia RUSHTON 00:24:32
95 Katy THOMPSON 00:25:08

Burnley parkrun – A total of 183 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Tom BREWSTER 00:17:44
3 Jonathan PYE 00:18:15
10 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:20:45
21 Alan CLARKSON 00:22:28
24 Adam STEVENSON 00:22:41
44 Jacob WATSON 00:24:01
66 Richard LAWSON 00:25:17
83 Yvonne WICKHAM 00:26:41
90 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:23
91 John WILCOCK 00:27:25
100 Ron CHAPPELL 00:28:11
103 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 00:28:33
104 Julie TOMAN 00:28:37
108 Lucy STEVENSON 00:28:49
145 Keira STEVENSON 00:33:31
146 Rachel STEVENSON 00:33:34

Pendle parkrun – A total of 37 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 John HARTLEY 00:21:55
19 Dawn TERRY 00:28:57
29 Molly HESKETH 00:32:32

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 114 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
41 Wendy DODDS 00:24:19
114 Eileen JONES 00:46:06

Coming up

Entries for the Winter Warmer 10k in Blackburn are filling up fast.  This is the first race  in the club road championships so let’s have a good turn out.  There are also prizes for the 1st Men & Ladies team (4 counters). Lets go get them guys n gals! Don’t miss out if you want to race

Full Details and Online Booking

And finally…

It’s coming soon, the glitziest, most entertaining awards ceremony of the year. I am, of course, talking about the Clayton-le-Moors Harriers Presentation Evening. It will be held in the 1882 Lounge, at Burnley Football Club on Saturday 21st March. For the first time, there will be junior awards so it would be great to have a full house. Tickets are £13.00 for adults and £5.00 for under 18’s. This includes a hot buffet supper and live music from the Space Bats.

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Tickets are available now from Marie Greenwood 01254 237485 or email mgreenwood1969@outlook.com

Alternatively, keep an eye out for chairman, James Hickie at the Tuesday Training session. Tickets are also available at the juniors’ Thursday session. Please ensure you have either a cheque or the exact amount to hand.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

There’s no place like home, XC at Towneley and the rest of the week’s action

And the wind did howl, and the wind did moan… but it still doesn’t deter Clayton-le-Moors Harriers.  We are a hardy bunch and a bit of a breeze and a nip in the air isn’t going to get our way! Out in force at the cross country in Towneley park, up on the fells, pounding the roads, and parkrunning in nasty conditions. You just can’t keep a Harrier down.

Mid-Lancs Cross Country – Towneley

This was home turf for many of our members especially the juniors who run here most Saturdays so it was an excellent turnout and event for them. There were a few first-timers for the seniors running in this event so well done to them and we hope it is the first of many!

Junior Race Report – from Andy Armstrong

A blustery cold day greeted our junior runners on Saturday for the latest round of the Mid Lancs XC Series. Despite the weather we had an excellent turnout with 27 young athletes braving the conditions.

Our under 13 girls secured first team place and our under 15 boys grabbed the second team position. We don’t really like to single runners out as they all did superbly just to turn out & run in the conditions but a special mention has to go to Jackson who, having finished his race, continued running through the finish funnel and back onto the field to run in with his younger brother Josh (in his first XC competition).

I also have to mention a gutsy performance from Lucy Stevenson in the under 15 girls race. It’s not easy for an adult to finish at the back of the field, it’s even harder for a teenager; Lucy continues to turn up & train hard and the results will come.

Clayton Juniors

Gutsy runner Lucy Stephenson

U-11 Girls
Our under 11 girls turned out in force and there were top ten finishes for both Ella Dorrington and Sophie Ashworth who was running her first cross country race. Well done to our youngest girls who put in some solid performances in tough conditions.

Positon Name Time
6 Ella Dorrington 8:13
7 Sophie Ashworth 8:14
30 Keira Stevenson 9:03
31 Roanna Holdsworth 9:04
37 Grace Root 9:26
43 Kady Thompson 10:02
53 Rachel Stevenson 10:57
54 Millie Mccabe 11:51

U-11 Boys
Another win for Jackson McKay and some great performances all round in difficult conditions. It was great to see Jackson heading back onto the course to support his brother Joshua; do we have the Brownlee brothers of the future? Let’s hope so! Well done boys.

Clayton Juniors

Jackson running back to support his brother Joshua after finishing in first place.

Positon Name Time
1 Jackson McKay 6:54
13 Dexta Thompson 7:28
23 Finley Stubbs 8:08
46 Jack Skelly 9:16
51 Joshua McKay 9:48
56 Finan Holdsworth 10:04

U-13 Girls
Our exceptional under 13 girls continue to enjoy success with superb runs from all four of them earning a well deserved first team result. There’s just no stopping Briony, Ellie, Liberty and Millie.

Positon Name Time
2 Briony Holt 9:56
5 Eleanor Root 10:38
10 Liberty Thompson 11:02
13 Millie Stubbs 11:10
Clayton Juniors

Our unstoppable U-13 girls. L-R Ellie Root, Liberty Thompson, Millie Stubbs, Briony Holt

Team Position – 1st place!

U-13 Boys
Two of our U-13 boys took part. Well done Adam and Harry.

Clayton Juniors

Adam Quinn in the U-13 boys race

Positon Name Time
11 Adam Quinn 11:59
29 Harry Mason 13:43

U-15 Girls
Alice Pier and Lucy Stevenson represented the club in this age group. Well done girls!

Positon Name Time
10 Alice Pier 12:21
14 Lucy Stevenson 17:01

U-15 Boys
Our under 15 boys ran well and earned themselves 2nd place team. Great effort from Curtis, Thomas and Ryan.

Positon Name Time
9 Curtis Holt 14:28
13 Thomas Bradley 15:32
17 Ryan Clarke 15:57

U-17 Women
Bethany Quinn was our sole representative in this goup and finished in 9th place with a time of 18:23 Well done Bethany!

U-17 Men
Jordan McDonald had a great run finishing in 6th place with a time of 19:58. Well done Jordan!

Ladies Race Report by Ladies’ Captain, Irene Roche

Clayton Harriers

Ladies XC Captain, Irene Roche, in action at Towneley

I arrived at Towneley Park today via wind power and extremely cold one at that! Should have put more layers on over the usual hoody and jacket! However, spirits were not iced or crushed amongst the good turnout we had today. Although we complained about the cold, the start line was awash with tangerine and with the passing of best wishes to “have a good run”, we were off.

It’s safe to say the wind both pushed us on and pushed us back, depending where you were on the field. Having battled the elements, Clayton ladies all finished in excellent style. From the front Angela overtook Vicky, Natalie (relatively new to XC) following close behind. A particular well done to our first three counters! The results show excellent efforts also, from the rest of our ladies.

The Vet 55s gained first place for their group while other categories came in with good positions. Particular congratulations to Nikki Kay for completing her first XC and to Jacqueline Kershaw for giving it a go “instead of the road”. Much appreciated girls!

And so, for the magnificent turn out by Clayton members today, a big thanks as always to all.

Cheers everyone, Irene

Position Name Cat Time
49 Angela Shian L35 25:10
50 Vicky Heys L35 25:11
51 Natalie Harrison L 25:13
54 Irene Roche L55 25:30
70 Jean Knightley L55 26:15
79 Dawn Richardson L45 26:34
85 Julia Rushton L45 27:16
93 Sarah Helliwell L 27:52
95 Tanya Ashworth L 27:58
96 Kath Brady L45 27:59
105 Katy Thompson L55 28:57
110 Helen Burnett L35 29:23
113 Michelle Butschok L35 29:46
118 Yvonne Wickham L45 30:05
133 Jackie Kershaw L35 31:14
149 Nicola Kay L 33:18
157 Susan Allen L45 34:02
160 Christine Leathley L65 35:24

Ladies Team Results

Team A – (A Shian, V Heys, N Harrison) 13th place
Team B – (I Roche, J Knightley, D Richardson) 20th place

Over 35 Team Results
Team A (A Shian, V Heys, I Roche) 8th place
Team B (J Knightley, D Richardson, J Rushton) 10th place

Over 45 Team Results
Team A (I Roche, J Knightley, D Richardson) 4th place
Team B (J Rushton, K Brady, K Thompson) 8th place

Over 55 Team Results
1st place (I Roche, J Knightley, K Thompson)

Mens Race Report by Men’s Captain, Ian Greenwood

Clayton showed their true colours at the Mid Lancs Cross Country at Towneley Park, Burnley. I would just like to say a big thank you to all Team Clayton that turned out at Burnley on Saturday. It was great to see the young talent in the club putting in some outstanding performances. Senior men’s team on the day finished second to Blackburn Harriers. Let’s have the same performance at the next fixture at Blackpool in February, and that will see us gain promotion to division one where Clayton Harriers belong.

On a personal note sorry I had to drop out on the day, all down to a Christmas virus and a niggling injury. Let’s see Team Clayton out in force at Blackpool.

Ian Greenwood, Senior Mens Cross Country Captain

Clayton Harriers

George Pier (far left) giving Dave Motley and the other senior men a run for their money!

Well done to George Pier who ran in the senior men’s race, finishing 62nd overall and 9th U20. He was the 5th Harrier to finish making him a counter in our 5th team place. George is definitely giving the senior men a run for their money. One to watch!

Position Name Cat Time
16 Chris Holdsworth M 34:07
21 Jonny McKenna M 34:27
39 Breton Holdsworth V40 35:53
51 Lee Smith M 35:50
62 George Pier U20 37:41
63 Dave Motley M 37:43
85 Ryan Belshaw M 38:43
89 Carl Helliwell M 38:49
92 Garry Wilkinson V50 38:58
98 Andrew Orr V40 39:18
99 Jon Hanson M 39:20
112 Alex Cran V40 39:55
117 Michael O’Donnell V40 40:04
121 Michael Hogan V40 40:09
122 Richard Briscoe M 40:10
150 David Naughton V50 41:51
160 John Wilcock V50 42:27
175 Peter Booth V60 43:13
198 Andy Quinn V40 44:31
210 Stephen White V50 45:25
211 Andrew Howarth V50 45:31
216 Dugald McCallum V60 45:50
229 David Scott V70 46:41
235 Darren Rushton V40 47:00
246 Martin Brady V50 48:20
272 Robert Hirst V60 52:11
273 Ted Orrell V70 52:16
Clayton Harriers

Garry Wilkinson – member of the senior, V40 and V50 teams.

Senior Men Team Results

Team A (C Holdsworth, J McKenna, B Holdsworth, L Smith, G Pier, D Motley) 5th Place
Team B – (R Belshaw, C Helliwell, G Wilkinson, A Orr, J Hanson, A Cran) 11th Place

Vet 40 Team Results
Team A – (B Holdsworth, G Wilkinson, A Orr, A Cran) 3rd Place
Team B – (M O’Donnell, M Hogan, D Naughton, J Wilcock) 12th Place

 Vet 50 Team Results
Team A – (G Wilkinson, D Naughton, J Wilcock) 3rd Place
Team B – (P Booth, Stephen White, A Howarth) 13th Place

 Vet 60 Team Results
(P Booth, D McCallum, D Scott) 1st place

Full Results

Garstang 10K – 11th January

Well done Stephen Biscomb who came 90th in a field of 475 runners with a time of 00:42:36.

Full Results

Fell Race Results

Firbank Fell – Sunday, 11th January

Ladies fell captain, Jean Brown, Carol and Alan Life and Stephen Fish all took part in the senior KWL Firbank Fell race   It is described as a fast cross-country/fell course that contains a surprising amount of climbing and as the seniors have 2 laps there are 6 streams to cross.  The course can be quite exposed in poor weather. “The weather was very cold wet and windy and we had our cags on most of the time”, said Jean.  Her son, Christopher Brown took part in the junior race.

Position Name Cat Time
27 Alan Life MV50 25:20
73 Jean Brown LV40 29:15
97 Carol Life LV40 32:03
122 Stephen Fish MV60 33:38

Christopher Brown finished in 34th place with a time of 7:14 in the under 12s race in a field of 73 runners. Well done!

Full results

The Trigger Race – Sunday 11th January

Also over the weekend was the Trigger race organised by Nicky Spinks. In the Trigger Race entrants navigate their way from Marsden over Black Hill, Bleaklow and Kinder to Edale visiting three trigs points on route. The linear route is measured at 20 miles with 4500 feet climb.

198 runners that took part. It was a very successful race despite dire weather forecasts in the week leading up to the race. The altered course and the weather conditions – wet underfoot and a howling wind made for slower times overall.

Wendy Dodds took part finishing in 151st place in a time of 5:51:47

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 139 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jonathan PYE 00:19:06
3 Jacob WATSON 00:19:13
8 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:21:44
25 Martin BRADY 00:24:27
49 Donna SCOTT 00:26:46
71 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:33
73 John WILCOCK 00:27:39

 Keswick parkrun – total of 77 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
56 Eileen JONES 00:31:04

Pendle parkrun – A total of 30 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 John HARTLEY 00:22:52
26 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 00:32:26

Coming up

Northern Athletics 12 & 6 Stage Road Relays Championships

The date and location of the Mens 12 stage and Womens 6 stage Northern Relays have been released, 28th March at Sefton Park in Liverpool – Clayton Harriers are looking to enter teams into this event and improve on last years position.

If ANY able bodied male or female runners would like the opportunity to represent their club please contact Tom Brewster (mens) or Angela Shian (womens) to register your interest.

Club Membership Renewals

Subscriptions for 2015 became due on January 1st 2015 and renewal forms have been sent to members during December. Please take some time to check your personal details and advise any changes to the Membership Secretary.

If you do not currently pay your subscription by standing order please consider joining the many members who already do. A standing order form is attached to the renewal form.

More details and payment information

President’s Social Run – Saturday 17th January

After running from Blacko Chapel for 23 years, sadly it is now up for sale, so
this year I will try a run from our house. We can probably cope with the usual
number.  Usually very muddy with lots of stiles!

2.00pm – 47 Stone Edge Road, Higherford, BB9 6BB.

PFO Orienteering- 17th January

Need to improve your navigation skills? Why not have a go on one of the orienteering courses organised by Pendle Forest Orienteers at Gawthorpe Hall this Saturday

Details

And finally…

Good luck to all of our club members who are taking part in the Hebden, the Stanbury Splash, the East Lancs Hospice 10k, or KWL Giggleswick fell race.  Have a great run and don’t forget to tell us how it went.

Fell captain, Dave Motley will be guest editing the next weekly roundup.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Here’s to the new year ahead of us and all the challenges that it may bring.  Our club members will no doubt have a huge range of events lined up, fast as lightning road running, technical fell running, cross country or ultras.  We are looking forward to seeing what you all get up to this year. In fact, you have already started with a decent turnout at the Pendle New Year parkrun, the Billy Knox New Year’s Day Awakener, and the Lancashire County Cross Country Championships to name but a few!

Club New Year Social Run

Report from Mick Green

I, with the help of friends, have been putting on a New Year run / walk /bike ride for a few years. Each year we try to find a footpath that most of the people who come may not have been on before. That bit is getting harder each year. The format is the same each year, set off at 1pm for a social 2 hour run / walk or bike ride. 

Social Run

Club Members at the annual New Year social run in Great Harwood

Then it is down to the Pub Royale, formally the Royal Hotel, for food and drink. The present and previous owners of the pub have never charged us for the food they put on for us. I ask the people who have the food to make a small contribution and the money collected is offered to the pub owners who always refuse it and ask for it to go to a charity.

Over the years we have donated money to various charities including, The Lifeboats, The British Heart Foundation, a school in Botswana, Asthma UK and so on.Thanks to everyone who has donated

I will start looking at this year’s route soon and look forward to seeing everybody in December.

Club Road Palladium 2014

The 2014 Ladies’ Road Palladium Champion is Jackie Kershaw.  The 2014 Men’s Road Palladium Champion is Steve Biscomb. Congratulations to both of you.

Full Results

Lancashire Cross Country Championships – Saturday 3rd January

It was a cold and rainy start to proceedings but despite the mud and the miserable weather it was a great start to 2015.  The Vet 40 men took Bronze Team (Breton Holdsworth, Garry Wilkinson, Andy Orr, John John Wilcock. Dave Scott  was 1st V70. Clayton ladies took 4th team position, Jean Knightley won the silver medal for LV55 category, Katy Thompson won the silver medal for V60 category and Christine Leathley won bronze for the V65. It was also a great start to 2015 for the juniors; 2nd U11boy for Jackson McKay, 2nd U13 girl for Briony Holt, plus 3rd team place U13 girls, and 2nd team place U15 boys.

U-11 Boys

Pos Name Time
2 Jackson McKay 6:16
11 Dexta Thompson 6:45

U-11 Girls

Pos Name Time
35 Grace Root 9:02
42 Milly Mccabe 10:45

U-13 Boys

Pos Name Time
23 Adam Quinn 14:49
31 Daniel Bradley 16:56

U-13 Girls

Pos Name Time
2 Briony Holt 13:05
12 Eleanor Root 14:23
17 Millie Stubbs 14:49
22 Liberty Thompson 15:11

Team Result – 3rd place

Clayton U13 Girls Team

L-R  U13 Girls Team – Ellie Root, Liberty Thompson, Millie Stubbs, Briony Holt

U-15 Boys

Pos Name Time
14 Curtis Holt 14:53
18 Thomas Bradley 15:58
22 Ryan Clarke 16:23
24 Alexander Townrow 16:33

Team Result – 2nd place

U-17 Men

Pos Name Time
15 Jordan McDonald 22:19

U-17 Women

Pos Name Time
14 Beth Quinn 30:09

Senior Women

Pos Name Cat Time
45 Vicky Heys L40 33:56
46 Angela Shian L35 34:16
57 Julia Rushton L50 35:59
60 Jean Knightley L55 36:19
67 Katy Thompson L60 37:58
69 Sarah Helliwell L 38:14
83 Susan Allen L50 47:15
84 Christine Leathley L65 48:30

Team Result – 9th place

Vets team – 4th place

Senior Men

Lancashire Cross Country

Breton Holdsworth swapping the road for the mud at the Lancashire XC Champs. Photo by Autumn Howard

Pos Name Cat Time
18 Christopher Holdsworth M 36:58
39 Breton Holdsworth V40 39:01
61 Garry Wilkinson V50 41:20
76 Carl Helliwell M 42:59
78 Andrew Orr V40 43:38
89 George Pier U20 44:56
93 Richard Briscoe M 45:16
102 John Wilcock V50 47:00
107 Peter Booth V60 47:27
121 Andrew Howarth V55 49:24
122 Andy Quinn V40 49:26
124 Peter Browning V55 49:34
125 David Scott V70 49:48
137 Robin Nicolson V45 53:23

Team Result – 6th place

Vets team – 3rd place

Full Results

KWL Scout Scar Fell Race – 4th January

A classic 5 mile blend of fast hilly cross-country on rough limestone tracks with stupendous 360 degree views. The  race starts with a fast charge across the flat field before heading out onto the rough Scar area where the pace settles.

Katy Thompson reported that Clayton Ladies Jean Brown, Wendy Dodds, Carol Life and Katy Thompson took part. Also Jack Holt, Alan Life and one other. A good, fast course and a record field, she said.

Awaiting full results.

Central Lancashire New Year Half Marathon – 4th January

Well done to Tanya Bunkham who was the sole Clayton-le-Moors Harrier at this half-marathon event.  She finished in 208th place with a time of 1:49:45 in a field of 449 runners.

Full Results

Belle Vue Racers Hit the Trail  – 4th January

Peter Butterworth came 40th in this 5-mile race through  Reddish Vale Country Park with a time of 33:14. 269 runners took part

Full Results

Billy Knox NYD Awakener – 1st January

7 club members kicked off the New Year with this 5k trail race in Whitworth. Great performances from the ladies in this event. 87 runners took part.

Billy Knox race

Angela Shian and Vicky Heys at the Billy Knox Awakener. Photo by Steve Bateston

Pos    Num        Name    Cat    CatPos        Time   
37 59 Vicky Heys F40 (001/004) 00:25:20
41 61 Angela Shian F35 (002/003) 00:25:46
54 60 Jean Knightley F55 (002/008) 00:27:18
61 58 Robert Hirst M60 (003/004) 00:28:46
70 66 Yvonne Wickham F50 (003/003) 00:30:03
78 457 Ron Chappell M65 (006/008) 00:31:34
80 448 Jack McGuire M55 (007/007) 00:33:12

Full Results
Photos by Runningpix.co.uk

Auld Lang Syne Fell Race – 31st December

“The costumes and enthusiasm were better than ever and it was fantastic to see so many folk having a grand, if rather chilly, day out. The prize giving was legendary as you would expect. Hopefully see everyone there next year.” said 4 times ALS champion Alistair Brownlee.

Auld Lang Syne Fell Race

Clayton vest visible at the start of the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race. Photo by woodentops.org.uk

To quote the Yorkshire Post ‘This event attracts both elite runners and those taking part in fancy dress meaning the field had everything from Olympians to Ostriches and for everyone there was a bottle of Daleside beer. Alistair has been competing in the race for more than 10 years, brother Jonny won the race back in 2012 finishing 3rd this time. British triathlete champion Mark Buckingham came in 2nd, while Ian Holmes who dominated the race for a decade finished in 4th and first V40’.

Chris Holdworth

Chris Holdsworth chasing the Brownlees at the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race. Photo by woodentops.org.uk

First Clayton Harrier was Christopher Holdsworth, finishing in 11th place with a time of 41:35. First Clayton Lady was Vicky Heys, finishing in 59:09.

395 runners finished the course and there were 2 retirements.

Pos Name Cat Time
11 Christopher Holdsworth M 41:35
44 Neil Hardiman MV40 46:06
57 Garry Wilkinson MV50 47:03
58 Lee Smith M 47:04
68 Dave Motley M 48:01
70 Dave Bagot M 48:06
91 Ryan Belshaw M 49:48
116 Nick Roscoe MV40 51:44
133 Richard Briscoe M 53:24
152 John Wilcock MV50 54:14
201 David Black MV40 58:08
211 Vicky Heys FV40 59:06
226 Colin Woolford M 59:43
267 Angela Shian F 62:63
275 Wendy Dodds FV60 63:32
290 Stephen Fish MV60 64:27
322 Robert Hirst MV60 67:47
390 John T Francis MV70 89:22
Team Clayton

L-R Lee Smith, Neil Hardiman, Garry Wilkinson, Dave Motley, Dave Bagot

 Full Results and Race Reports

Ward Green Six – 28th December

Missed this one on last weeks roundup.  This race is described as a 2 lap course with a testing climb. Sole Clayton-le-Moors Harriers representative was Breton Holdsworth who had an excellent run finishing in second place in a time of 33:29. “Not bad for being nearly half a stone heavier”, he said. Not bad indeed!

Full Results

Late Results from Whinberry Naze Fell Race

Results from the Whinberry Naze fell race on Boxing Day

Pos Name Cat Time
12 Lee Smith M 27:27
34 Alan Life MV50 29:11
35 Andrew Orr MV40 29:18
52 David Naughton MV50 30:58
63 Sean Clarke MV50 31:36
94 Andrew Dugdale MV50 34:11
102 Andrew Howarth MV55 35:07
115 Andrew Firth MV55 36:07
118 Martin Brady MV50 36:19
125 Colin Woolford M 36:38
126 Vicky Heys LV50 37:05
141 Andrew Walmsley MV60 38:46
145 Robert Hirst MV60 39:18
149 Carol Life LV45 39:45
152 Nicola Horsfall LV55 39:57
184 Irene Roche LV55 43:39
185 Sarah Helliwell L 43:40
186 Jean Knightley LV55 43:41
187 Julia Rushton LV50 43:42
196 Julie Toman LV45 44:36
203 Geoff Smith MV40 46:46

Full Results

New Year’s Day parkrun at Pendle

Well done to the 10 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers who managed to get up and out to the New Year’s Day parkrun at Pendle. We had 3 top ten finishers and a new PB as well. What a great start to the year!

Pos parkrunner Time
2 Jacob WATSON 20:28
3 Kevin DAVIES 20:36
5 John HARTLEY 21:10
23 Ryan Andrew CLARKE 25:04
27 Dawn TERRY 25:26
28 Martin BRADY 25:30
41 Kath BRADY 28:45 New PB!
59 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 31:37
74 Harry MANNING 40:04

Parkrun roundup

Preston parkrun – A total of 238 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
69 George THOMPSON 00:23:54
79 Martin BRADY 00:24:31
83 Katy THOMPSON 00:25:01

Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill – A total of 186 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
176 Eileen JONES 00:30:52

Carlisle parkrun – A total of 178 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
11 Chris FUNNELL 00:21:24

 Walsall Arboretum parkrun – A total of 238 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
12 Paul SHACKLETON 00:19:57

 Burnley parkrun – A total of 192 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jacob WATSON 00:18:09
3 Jonathan PYE 00:18:23
6 Kevin DAVIES 00:19:04
9 Paul BRANNON 00:19:39
20 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:21:02
34 Adam STEVENSON 00:23:04
44 Dawn TERRY 00:23:40
68 Donna SCOTT 00:25:14
74 Richard LAWSON 00:25:42
82 Robert HIRST 00:26:20
98 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:00
100 John WILCOCK 00:27:01
112 Keira STEVENSON 00:27:30
115 Richard STEVENSON 00:27:35
116 Julie TOMAN 00:27:43
117 Ron CHAPPELL 00:27:45
133 Jack MCGUIRE 00:29:28
152 Rachel STEVENSON 00:31:32
154 Heidi KEWIN 00:31:58
155 Lucy STEVENSON 00:32:05
177 Nicola KAY 00:37:09

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 99 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
96 Robin PRICE 00:38:35

Pendle parkrun – A total of 35 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
4 John HARTLEY 00:21:14
10 Stephen WHITE 00:23:43

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 163 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
53 Wendy DODDS 00:25:02

Coming up…

For the fell runners; the Flower Scar Fell Race will be a counter in the 2015 FRA English Championship and entries open 5/1/2015. Let’s try and get a good turn out for this event.

For the road runners; the Winter Warmer 10k on 8th February is the first race in the Club Road Championship 2015. Come on Team Clayton get this in your diary there is also a 2k junior race on the same day.

Mid Lancs Cross Country – Towneley 10th January

Marion Wilkinson, Junior Co-ordinator, ” Don’t forget, this is home turf and training ground for our juniors. We know every blade of grass; so less pressure = better running! Let’s have a good turnout for this local event.”

Club President Dave Scott, ” Towneley can be a good fast course for our Road Men and speed training for the Fells. If you are not shopping or decorating, try to run here, or even help, and ensure a good Clayton turn out.”

If you don’t intend to run but want to help, Paul Archer is organising the races on the club’s behalf. He needs lots of help on the day: setting up the course, marshalling, supervising the finish and collecting equipment after the races. So, if you can help in any way, please contact Paul straight away.

01254 823587 or paularcher09@hotmail.co.uk

 

ByPeter Booth

January Newsletter

Happy New Year! The latest edition of The Harrier is now available here. Click on the link to see a new year’s message from El P, more comment and reaction to the Tour of Pendle, as well as all the usual features, fixtures and results. January Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Catchup

It may have been the Christmas holidays but that didn’t stop our members from getting together for a social run on Pendle Hill, or from taking part in Boxing Day racing.

Christmas Eve Club Social Run

There was a great turnout for this festive social run up and around Pendle Hill.  As well as lots of our junior members and helpers, there was an additional group of senior members as well as a number of members of Trawden AC. Most people got into the festive spirit and sported santa hats and, having divided into appropriate groups, we were off.

Christmas Eve Run

Clayton junior members looking good to go on the Christmas Eve social run

Whether you were running with the juniors or out with the seniors, this is a brilliant social get together and really blows away the cobwebs.

Christmas Eve Run

Clayton Ladies Katy Thompson and Linda Lord at the Christmas Eve Run

Clayton Juniors

George and Curtis after the Christmas Eve Run (or should that be slide!)

Team Holdsworth chose to have their run at a different time but still managed to look good and festive whilst out and about.

team Holdsworth

Team Holdsworth – Looking festive

Worden Park 10k – 26 December

314 runners lined up for this Boxing Day 10k. Well done to Bryan Searby who was the sole Clayton Harrier taking part in this 10k race in Leyland. He was 184th in a time of 52:14.

Full Results

Whinberry Naze Dash festive fell race – 26 December

It seems that our members don’t need much persuading when it comes to fancy dress! Lots of you dressed up and took part in this festive fell race.  228 runners raced. At time of publishing, no results are available.

Clayton Ladies

Clayton Ladies ready for the festive Whinberry Naze fell race

Looking pretty good on this descent our ladies were sticking together it seems.

Clayton Ladies

Clayton Ladies in action at Whinberry Naze

Awaiting Results

Ribble Valley 10K – 28 December

The race goes back over 30 years to the early 1980s when Clayton Le Moors Harriers, first organised the race in the winter as the Clitheroe 10k in parallel with their Clitheroe 10 mile road race held in the spring. Although sadly the 10 miler fell by the wayside the 10k race survived and Blackburn Harriers took over the organisation of the race in 1998.

Ron Hill

Ron Hill at the Ribble Valley 10k. Photo courtesy of Sport Sunday

The Ribble Valley 10k now has everything a road racer wants out of a road race. The competition at the front increased in quality and times came down to regular sub 30 minute clockings for the men and Olympian Helen Clitheroe herself regularly going under 33 minutes for the women. The women’s course record is now held by her at 32mins 30 secs and in the men’s race by Jonny Mellor at 29mins 10secs. He set the record in 2011 outsprinting Alistair Brownlee, the soon to become 2012 Olympic triathlon champion.

There was a great turnout of 39 club members at this race which included the Northern Athletics 10k Championships 2014. There were some great performances from our members in a fast and competitive race.

Ribble Valley 10k

Jonny McKenna at the Ribble Valley 10k

Jonny McKenna was the first Harrier in 33:45 and 51st place overall, and Dawn Terry was the first Clayton lady in 45:54.

Well done to our two junior members, George Pier and Jordan McDonald for a couple of excellent performances.  They are beginning to give the senior men a real run for their money.

Ribble Valley 10k

Clayton Junior, George Pier at the Ribble Valley 10k

A special mention to one of our newest club members, Clare Wilson, who ran for the club for the first time earning herself a new personal best as well. A great start; well done Clare!

Pos Forename Surname Cat ChipTime GunTime
51 Jonny McKenna Men 20-39 00:33:45 00:33:48
73 Andrew Stubbs Men 45-49 00:35:03 00:35:06
113 Kevin Davies Men 50-54 00:36:51
117 David Bagot Men 20-39 00:36:49 00:37:02
118 Richard Stevenson Men 20-39 00:37:03
119 Jacob Watson Men 20-39 00:37:01 00:37:06
145 Dave Motley Men 20-39 00:37:33 00:37:42
150 John Hartley Men 55-59 00:37:41 00:37:47
169 Carl Helliwell Men 20-39 00:38:14 00:38:18
201 Michael Hogan Men 45-49 00:39:02 00:39:06
230 Jon Hanson Men 20-39 00:39:34 00:39:41
267 George Pier Men Junior 00:40:27 00:40:39
275 Nick Roscoe Men 45-49 00:40:39 00:40:46
278 Tim Pigott Men 20-39 00:40:37 00:40:50
291 Alan Life Men 50-54 00:41:06
297 Chris Funnell Men 45-49 00:41:03 00:41:12
319 John Wilcock Men 50-54 00:41:43 00:41:49
331 Stephen Biscomb Men 60-64 00:42:06 00:42:11
343 Jordan McDonald Men Junior 00:42:15 00:42:28
386 Stephen Ainsworth Men 55-59 00:42:45 00:43:19
502 Alan Clarkson Men 55-59 00:45:21 00:46:03
532 Dawn Terry Female 50-54 00:45:54 00:46:44
537 David Scott Men 70-74 00:46:38 00:46:48
546 Stephen White Men 55-59 00:46:10 00:46:58
593 Brian Wildman Men 45-49 00:47:19 00:48:02
595 Julia Rushton Female 50-54 00:47:25 00:48:06
637 Martin Brady Men 50-54 00:48:38 00:48:51
660 Ted Orrell Men 75+ 00:49:16 00:49:22
663 Rebecca Webb Female 20-34 00:48:44 00:49:25
676 Susan Clark Female 45-49 00:49:03 00:49:40
696 Carol Life Female 45-49 00:49:19 00:49:56
711 Kathryn Brady Female 50-54 00:49:44 00:50:23
718 Tanya Bunkham Female 20-34 00:49:30 00:50:36
777 Sarah Helliwell Female 20-34 00:52:05 00:52:16
799 Clare Wilson Female 35-39 00:51:57 00:52:45
924 Stuart Barker Men 45-49 00:55:25 00:56:23
999 Marion Wilkinson Female 70+ 00:58:34 00:59:30
1042 Ron Hill Men 75+ 01:01:25 01:02:37
1054 Christine Leathley Female 65-69 01:02:22 01:03:43

Full Results

Wansfell Race – 28 December

3.43.4 KM /407m elevationKM /407m elevation

Wansfell race

Andrew Firth at the Wansfell race

Andrew Firth, Mark Nutter, Wendy Dodds and Colin Woolford all took part in the Wansfell race finishing in that order. Results not published yet, but Rob Hope won.

Awaiting full results

Parkrun Roundup

Recovering from the excesses of Christmas or warming up for the Ribble Valley 10k, plenty of our members took part in this Saturday’s parkrun.  Tom Brewster had a great run finishing first at the Burnley event with a number of our members finishing in the top tens at a range of parkruns. Well done all of you!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 93 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
1 Tom BREWSTER 00:17:25
7 Richard STEVENSON 00:19:46
8 Kevin DAVIES 00:19:57
11 Curtis HOLT  New PB! 00:20:23
14 Sean CLARE 00:20:53
15 Thomas BRADLEY 00:21:07
19 Gordon BARRETT 00:21:51
21 Ryan Andrew CLARKE 00:22:35
29 Dexta THOMPSON 00:23:42
49 Robert HIRST 00:26:56
56 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:53
57 John WILCOCK 00:27:55
58 Daniel BRADLEY 00:28:04
68 Donna SCOTT 00:29:06
90 Adrienne OLSZEWSKA 00:39:47

Keswick parkrun – A total of 72 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 Jonathan PYE 00:18:53

Pendle parkrun – A total of 33 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 John HARTLEY 00:21:51
8 Alan LIFE 00:23:29
21 Martin BRADY 00:27:57

Running Resolutions

I asked for your New Year’s running resolutions and here’s a selection of what you came up with;

Running Resolutions

Running Resolutions from some of our members

Coming Up..

New Year Club Run
On Monday December 29th there will be a club run, walk, bike ride. (It all depends on your post-Christmas fitness and inclination!) It will be the same format as previous years. Start 1:00pm at the bottom of The Memorial Park, Great Harwood (map ref. 736 331). Approximately 2 hour run, walk or ride. Then to the Royal Hotel for food and a drink.

More Info

Boulsworth Night Race

Neil Hardiman is organising a night race on Thursday the 8th of January up Boulsworth in Trawden. It’s approx 4 miles and free to enter. It’s a Bedlamite event and promises to be a really laid back run. All you need is usual running kit and a good head torch. Registration is at the Trawden Arms from 6.15pm with the race at 7.00pm. It will be a good event for those who want to try a night event as it will be marshalled. Please let Neil know if you want to run (or marshal).

Contact info: 07946 412655. Or e-mail: hardimannj@hotmail.com.

 

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Mid Lancs Cross Country and the rest of the week’s action

Clayton-le-Moors Harriers have not been battling for flat screen TVs in the local Tesco! Far from it; they have been much too busy battling for the finish in a wide variety of cross country, road and fell races.

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Liverpool

Juniors

Junior coach Jason Pier said, “Well done to the 12 juniors who competed in the British Athletics Cross Challenge at Liverpool. This fixture is a first class event attended by some of the very best junior runners in the country. You all showed great effort and determination to do well on a very fast course which showed in the great results. As always the togetherness of the juniors was evident as you all cheered each other on around the course. Well done to ALL of you.”

Under 11s

Clayton Junior

Under 11 team at Liverpool. L-R Milly Mccabe, Dexta Thompson, Finan Holdsworth, Roanna Holdsworth, Kady Thomspson

Girls and boys set off together in this event so it was a very large field of 164 runners at the start. This didn’t seem to bother our fabulous five and they all had a great time.

U-11 Boys (64 runners)

Finally caught a photo of our under-11 boys in action. As they are the first to race, it’s sometimes quite difficult to catch them as their races are fast, and over in the blink of an eye. It was a pair of solid performances from some of our youngest members. Well done Dexta and Finan

Cross country race

Dexta storming to the finish.

Position Name Time
21 Dexta Thompson 00:08:10
53 Finan Holdsworth 00:10:21

U-11 Girls (100 runners)

A trio of our youngest girls took part. Roanna Holdsworth was the first Clayton girl. Well done to Roanna, Kady and Milly.

Position Name Time
38 Roanna Holdsworth 00:09:08
70 Kady Thompson 00:10:23
82 Milly Mccabe 00:11:26

U-13 Girls (98 runners)

Another trio of Clayton Junior girls ran in this race. Briony Holt had another great run finishing in 11th place amid some top level competition. Well done Briony. Well done to Liberty and Natasha as well.

Position Name Time
11 Briony Holt 00:11:40
77 Liberty Thompson 00:14:14
87 Natasha Olszewska 00:15:06

U-15 Boys (116 runners)

Curtis and Simon put in good, solid performances in this group. Well done lads.

Position Name Time
83 Curtis Holt 00:11:12
112 Simon Wilshaw 00:13:11

U-15 Girls

Alice was our sole representative in this extremely competitive and fast group. A great performance; well done Alice.

Position Name Time
58 Alice Pier 00:12:32

To finish off a great day’s racing a couple of our junior girls met Steve Cram; legendary middle distance runner.

Steve Cram and Clayton Juniors

Stars of the future with a star of the past? L-R Briony Holt, Steve Cram, Alice Pier

Senior races

Ladies
Irene Roche, Ladies Cross Country Captain, said, “A great big thanks and well done to all Team Clayton who ran at Liverpool today. Possibly a record Clem Lady turnout at this venue! Decent weather and good fun all round.”

Clayton Ladies

Clayton Ladies at the Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture in Liverpool

Ladies Race – 255 runners

Position Name Time
135 Vicky Heys 37:24
141 Angela Shian 38:07
142 Irene Roche 38:13
153 Tanya Ashcroft 39:10
157 Jean Knightley 39:19
160 Julia Rushton 39:29
170 Sarah Helliwell 41:08
183 Helen Burnett 43:50
200 Michelle Butschock 47:30
210 Christine Leathley 52:11
215 Susan Allen 55:30

Mens Race

Report by Chris Holdsworth

Of all the XC races of the previous season, Sefton Park was by far the fastest on the calender. Not only was this due to the flatness of the course, but because of the sheer amount of talented runners dragging you along the course. The same can be said for 2014’s XC fixture!

After the battle of Barlick that I endured at Hyndburn XC, where each member eventually passed me on a very muddy, leg sapping trail, I had hoped to bridge the gap a little more on a faster course. However, in the mass start I found myself unable to weave my way through the pack and was pushed back further than I’d hoped, leaving me with a lot of ground to cover. A new battle I had not considered emerged in it’s place, a battle with Ron Hill and his swanky silk orange short shorts.This lasted approximately one mile until I left him in my dust (joking aside, Breton had a great race and is coming back to form).

My main objective from this point on was to stay as close to the Barlick boys as much as possible. This was successful until around the 5km mark where Chris Singleton, Marc Hartley and Nick Treitl all pulled away, with the leader of the pack (Chris) ending up finishing around 30 seconds ahead. I ended up finishing around a minute ahead of my time from last year, in 34:21. I had thought that I might of produced a slightly faster time than that of last year, having a full year of running under the belt. Unfortunately I think Thursday’s speed session was still rattling around my legs, particularly feeling the effects in the first two miles.

Among the many talented runners on show, Clayton-le-Moors Harriers produced some excellent performances and had a great showing of numbers too. Bring on the next one!

Clayton Men

Clayton Men’s Team at the Mid Lancs Cross Country Liverpool fixture

Special mention for Martin Brady; this was his 100th race this year! An awesome achievement from Martin.

Mens Race – 520 runners

Position Name Time
159 Christopher Holdsworth 34:21
192 Breton Holdsworth 35:40
198 Lee Smith 36:08
246 Kevin Davies 37:43
248 George Pier 37:49
264 Carl Helliwell 38:21
307 Alex Cran 39:47
341 Richard Briscoe 40:54
371 Sean Clare 42:03
385 John Wilcock 42:36
420 Peter Booth 44:23
428 Peter Browning 44:43
437 Andrew Howarth 45:20
445 David Scott 45:55
448 Dugald McCallum 46:05
452 Melvyn Thistlethwaite 46:19
471 Martin Brady 47:22
495 Richard Lawson 51:49
509 Ron Chappell 54:07

Full Results

English Schools Cross Country Cup Finals

Ellie Root travelled with her team from Skipton Girls’ High School to Newquay to take part in the ESAA Cross Country Cup National Finals. Ellie came a fantastic 27th out of 131 runners and helped her team to become National Champions. Thanks must go to all the Junior coaches and volunteers that have helped Ellie along the way. We are all very proud.

Ellie Root

Ellie Root at the English Schools XC Championships

Todmorden Park 5k Series – Race 2 – 27th November

70 runners took part in this evening event. A cohort of 5 Clayton Harriers took part.

Position Name Category Time
5 Kevin Davies MV50 17:56
35 Gary Balmer MV45 21:44
39 Martin Brady MV50 22:23
57 Robert Hirst MV60 25:29
64 Nicola Kay F 28:29

Full Results

Kirkby Moor Fell Race – 29th November

Kirkby Moor Fell Race is described as a fast race over rolling moorland: a mixture of heather, sheep tracks and sometimes the access tracks for the windmills. It’s not that high or steep, so a good race for beginners and road runners, but some parts are still quite hard going and navigation on the moor can be very interesting in the November fog.

Mike Wallis and Jean Brown headed up to the low-key Kirkby Moor fell race on Saturday.  11km over the moors north of Kirkby in Furness.  A return to racing after a year out with injury for Mike was rewarded with a prize for 2nd MV50!  Jean also left with a prize – for 2nd LV40.  

Position Name Category Time
17 Mike Wallis MV50 00:58:37
45 Jean Brown FV40 01:10:24

 Full Results

Wesham 10k – 29th November

Race report from Michael Hogan

I had picked this race to crack the elusive sub 40 run that I was desperate for. The race started in near perfect conditions, unnatural for the end of November really, but who are we to argue.

‪Terry O’Leary and ‪Jordan Mcdonald shot off like whippets, I set my pace at 6:20 min miles and started getting my long lost race face on. With the last few races I have done, the 3-4 mile window seems to coincide with my brain going walkabout and pace being lost, not today, with Graham Cunliffe for company concentration was paramount.

The race flew past. It was predominantly flat with a few undulations to break the stride, and, as the last few corners loomed, it was all or nothing. Drop a gear and floor it time – hey presto 39:56! back in the sub 40club.

Well done to all the Clayton runners and a special mention for Jackie Kershaw who was the sole Clayton Lady in this race for achieving a new PB.

 Wesham 10k – 408 runners

Position Name Category Time
25 Terry O’Leary MV35 00:37:52
35 Jordan McDonald MU20 00:38:32
53 Michael Hogan MV45 00:39:56
76 Stephen Biscomb MV60 00:41:23
261 Ted Orrell MV75 00:52:29 (1st in class)
267 Jackie Kershaw FV40 00:52:46
387 Graham Kissack MV65 01:03:44

Full Results 

The Best 5k – Preston – 30th November

Just one club member at this event run in and around Preston North End football ground. 139 runners took part. Well done Julie!

Pos Name Cat Time
72 Julie Toman FV45 26:36

Full Results

Movember 10k – 30th November

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world. With their Mo’s, Bro’s and Sista’s raise vital funds and awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. As an independent global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

Bryan Searby

Clayton Harrier at Movember 10k in Lytham St Annes

A couple of Clayton Harriers took part in this fundraising event among 305 starters. Bryan getting a new personal best taking him closer to a 50 minute target for the 10k (maybe a go faster moustache is needed for next year’s event!) Well done to the Brian and Bryan.

Pos Name Cat Time
40 Brian Wildman V45 46:01
124 Bryan Searby V40 54:32

Full Results

David Staff Memorial Fell Race – 30th November

The race is run in memory of David Staff who turned 17 years of age on 5th December 1994 which then allowed him to compete as a senior for the Darwen Dashers.  His first race (and last) as a senior was in the Clitheroe 10k on 27th December 1994.

David collapsed and died by the road side at 5 miles from a condition called Hyperthropic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, which in laymans terms is an abnormal thickening of the heart muscles which interrupted the electrical pulses which keeps the heart working.  This condition takes the lives of approximately 8 so-called fit and healthy young people a week, most of them are actively engaged in sport, but it is not the sport that kills; it is the exertion that acts as a trigger.

Darwen Dashers host this race to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young, the charity that David’s father Granville actively supports. The funds raised are used to provide heart screening in the young.

18 Clayton Harriers took part in this race with Andrew Orr first Clayton man in for the club. Vet runners David Scott and Katy Thompson took first positions in their age categories. Katy was also first Clayton lady in for the club. Well done to all that took part in this commendable local race.

Andrew Orr

Andrew Orr who was the first Clayton man home in the David Staff Memorial Fell Race

Pos Name Cat Time CatPos
13 Andrew Orr M40 00:31:42 (004/048)
15 Alan Life M50 00:32:21 (003/032)
23 Ivan Whigham M50 00:33:32 (006/032)
34 Richard Briscoe M 00:35:10 (012/027)
40 Chris Funnell M40 00:35:31 (018/048)
42 Mark Nutter M50 00:35:35 (010/032)
85 Andrew M. Dugdale M50 00:39:06 (021/032)
104 George Thompson M60 00:40:45 (006/016)
106 David I. Scott M70 00:40:57 (001/006)
109 Martin Brady M50 00:41:14 (027/032)
116 Katy Thompson F60 00:41:54 (001/003)
122 Sarah Helliwell F 00:42:28 (007/010)
130 Stephen Fish M60 00:43:44 (011/016)
132 Julia A. Rushton F50 00:43:57 (006/010)
134 Carol Life F40 00:44:14 (005/010)
136 Robert Hirst M60 00:44:30 (012/016)
142 Kath Brady F50 00:46:53 (008/010)
151 Ron Chappell M60 00:50:10 (015/016)

Full Results 

Parkrun News

A few people visited new parkrun locations this week as well as the more local ones. Some great placings and a couple of personal bests for Jonathan Pye and Jackson McKay. Well done parkrunners

Burnley parkrun – a total of 141 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jonathan PYE 00:18:02 New PB!
4 Andrew MCFARLANE 00:19:36 First timer!
7 Jackson MCKAY 00:20:16  New PB!
47 Millie STUBBS 00:24:19
57 Donna SCOTT 00:25:36
59 Finley STUBBS 00:25:42
67 Keira STEVENSON 00:26:36
71 Robert HIRST 00:26:43
84 Stuart BARKER 00:27:53
87 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:59
88 John WILCOCK 00:28:01
124 Lucy STEVENSON 00:35:15
123 Adam STEVENSON 00:35:15

Pendle parkrun – A total of 35 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
1 Paul HESKETH 00:20:39
3 John HARTLEY 00:20:49
12 Barry MITCHELL 00:25:48 First timer!
27 Molly HESKETH 00:33:09

South Manchester parkrun – A total of 377 runners took part.

Position Parkrunner Run Time
2 Jacob BOYLE 00:16:38 First timer!

Cannon Hill parkrun, Birmingham – A total of 437 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
21 Paul SHACKLETON 00:19:16

Ormskirk parkrun – A total of 87 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
4 Richard STEVENSON 00:18:40 First timer!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 141 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
99 Eileen JONES 00:30:36

Other News

Clayton Ladies turn 21

Clayton Ladies are 21 years old! Well actually I am far too polite to mention the combined ages of all 26 ladies that attended a celebration of 21 years of Ladies Thursday Night Training at the Agra restaurant on 7th November. A good old time was had by all. Here’s to the next 21 years.

Fell Runners Association Presentations

The FRA Annual Presentation Dinner and Dance was held in Telford this year. After a year when the first British championship race in Northern Ireland demanded good navigation skills, the first challenge of the evening was finding the venue, with a crucial 100m stretch of road being closed and no diversion signs. Eventually (up to an hour in at least one case!) everyone found the Hotel and the night began in earnest.

When the presentations began, Clayton’s star for 2014 was Linda Lord – picking up her trophy for first Lady Vet 65 in the English Championship – brilliant result Linda! Kieran Carr was second in the Male Vet 65 English Championship; Wendy Dodds second in the Lady Vet 55 and 60 English Championships. Wendy was also awarded a coveted Lakeland Classics Mug for being first Lady Vet 60 in the series. We then picked up our medals for the second Lady Vet 40 team in the British Champs (counters Wendy Dodds, Barbara Savage and Jean Brown with Katy Thompson competing in all of the races as a great insurance counter). Fantastic results.

FRA Presentation

FRA Presentation Evening
L-R Jean Brown, Katy Thompson, Linda Lord and Kieran Carr

The evening ended with a Ceilidh… we all got away with our feet intact. A great evening. What will the club be picking up at the presentations this time next year…?

FRA Subscriptions

The FRA has also decided to take a leap into the 21st century and collect subscriptions online, using the membership system offered by SiEntries. This will accept payment by direct debit, debit or credit cards.  We will NOT be accepting any payments by Standing Order from now on.

All members including those who previously paid by standing order, Life and Honorary Members need to complete the renewal process by Wednesday 10th December otherwise you will not receive the FRA Handbook & Fixtures Calendar in time for Christmas.  Those who renew late will receive the handbook in late January.

To renew, please visit http://www.sientries.co.uk/fra.

English / British Fell Championships 2015

For those interested in taking part in some of the English / British Championship races in 2015 they were published on the FRA presentation programme as:

English:
Short – Flower Scar 7 March
Medium – Stretton Six Summits 9 May
Long – Duddon Valley 30 May
Long – Bradda, Isle of Man 11 July
Short – Lingmell Dash 25 July
Medium – Guisborough 3 Tops 6 Sept

British:
Medium – Moelwyn Peaks (Wales) 18 April
Medium – Durisdeer (Scotland) 13 June
Short – Lingmell Dash (England) 25 July
Long – Seven Sevens (Northern Ireland) 15 August

If you are interested in running any of the races have a look at the details on the races pages of the FRA website – some have on-line pre-entry opening on 1 December.

Club Fell Championship

Provisional Final Standings in Club Fell Championship are now available. The 2014 Club Fell Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying races were:

  • Saturday 8th March 11:00 am – Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round (BM), Barley.
  • Saturday 12th April 11:00am – Coledale Horseshoe (AM), Braithwaite.
  • Thursday 19th June 7:15 pm – Aggie’s Staircase (AS), Darwen.
  • Sunday 10th August 10:30 am – Boulsworth Fell (BM), Trawden.
  • Saturday 15th November 10:30am – Tour of Pendle (AL), Barley.

Jean Brown tops the ladies results and Matthew Perry tops the mens.

Full Details

Pendle Aggregate Trophy Competition

Final standings for the 2014 Pendle Aggregate Trophy are now available. This competition consists of five qualifying races, with a member’s best four races counting. The qualifying races were:

  • Saturday 8th March 11:00 am – Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round (BM), Barley.
  • Saturday 5th April Ladies 12:30 pm, Men 2:00 pm – Pendle Fell Races (AS), Barley.
  • Tuesday 13th May 7:15 pm Mearley Clough Fell Race (AS), Worston.
  • Saturday 23rd August 2:00 pm Pendleton Fell Race (AS), Pendleton.
  • Saturday 15th November 10:30 am Tour of Pendle (AL), Barley.

Joint top places are Christopher Holdsworth and Jean Brown

Full Details

Club Road Palladium

In the Road Palladium Competition members receive points for competing in any road race. There are separate competitions for Ladies and Men.  Leaders are currently Jackie Kershaw and Chris Holdsworth.

Full Details

Junior Helpers Still Needed

A big thank you to Nat Harrison, Joanne Bennett, Richard Briscoe, Richard Stevenson, Vicky McKay and Steph Jackson for all your help at the junior training session. Your help is greatly appreciated

If any other seniors would like to give us a hand, even on a one off basis then please get in touch. Most weeks are interval session based so you can either join in (risking getting spanked by a 12yr old!) or just help marshal the session. Everybody is welcome. I’ll be starting a rota on the website in the coming days.

Contact Andrew Armstrong for further information

Winter Training News

Winter Training at Barden Athletics Track. Starts this Thursday 4th Dec. 6.30pm. The sessions from Network 65 have now finished until further notice.

Unofficial Christmas Do

This Saturday 6th December.

Order of the day….Run @ Marl Pits XC (Rawtenstall). Home for food, water and glad rags then a night in the metropolis of Burnley, meeting in Weatherspoons @ 7:30pm. After which it’s a free for all!

And Finally….

Don’t forget to have a great week running and racing. If you are out and about please get in touch and tell us all about it, with lots of photos as well if you can. There is still lots going on. Coming up this week;

  • Todmordon Park 5k Night series
  • Red Rose XC – Marl Pitts, Rossendale
  • Guys 10, Garstang
  • Ulverston or Great Langdale Chrismas Pudding races
  • 3-1-4 Lancaster half marathon
  • And of course parkrun

 

ByPeter Booth

December Newsletter

December Newsletter 2014 Here is the latest of The Harrier, complete with a report on the Tour of Pendle by yours truly, plus all the usual features. Most important: a plea for help with junior training sessions. Please volunteer if you can – they’re the future!

Dave Motley leads Christopher Holdsworth at the 2014 Tour of Pendle. Photo Copyright Andy Holden

Dave Motley leads Christopher Holdsworth at the 2014 Tour of Pendle. Photo Copyright Andy Holden

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Red Rose Cross Country at Bolton and the rest of the weeks action

Red Rose Cross Country – Bolton Results

Another lucky break in the weather for the runners at the Red Rose Cross Country fixture in Leverhulme Park in Bolton. Jackson McKay had a splendid  run finishing second in the under 11 boys race.  This secures him joint first place in the Red Rose League table after 3 races.  Well Done Jackson!

A special mention also to Beth Quinn who has progressed from the middle of the junior girls to first Clayton lady home. Congratulations Beth!

Clayton Harriers

Beth Quinn – first Clayton lady home

U-11 Boys

Position Name Time
2 Jackson McKay 6:34
21 Dexta Thompson 7:34

U-11 Girls

Team position – 13th

Position Name Time
11 Ella Dorrington-Levy 7:47
76 Eloise Clegg 9:45
90 Lydia Wood 10:34
91 Millie MacCube 10:41
Clayton Juniors

Eloise Clegg battling to the finish for the U-11 girls

 U-13 Boys

Team position – 7th

Position Name Time
23 Adam Quinn 13:24
30 Adam Stevenson 14:13
34 Harry Mason 14:27
42 Daniel Bradley 15:37
Clayton Juniors

Harry Mason and Adam Stevenson, U-13 boys

 U-13 Girls

Team Position – 4th

Position Name Time
3 Briony Holt 12:30
10 Eleanor Root 13:19
26 Millie Stubbs 14:19
34 Liberty Thompson 15:02
49 Natasha Olszewska 16:06
Clayton Juniors

U-13 girls team at the start line.

U-15 Boys

Position Name Time
10 Curtis Holt 16:08
25 Simon Wilshaw 18:44

U-15 Girls

Position Name Time
7 Alice Pier 18:11
Clayton Juniors

Clayton Junior, Alice Pier, finishing in 7th place in the U-15 girls

 U-17 Men

Position Name Time
5 Jordan McDonald 19:55
Clayton Juniors

Junior, Jordan McDonald, flying to the finish in 5th place in the U-17  race

U-17 Ladies

Position Name Time
13 Bethany Quinn 27:39

 Senior U-20

Position Name Time
7 George Pier 42:29
Clayton Harriers

Fantastic finish from George Pier coming in 7th place in the U-20 group.

Ladies

Team Position – 18th
 Vets Team Position – 16th

Clayton Ladies

Clayton Ladies Helen Burnett and Katy Thompson

Position Name Category Time
68 Julie Rushton L50 27:46
76 Helen Burnett L40 28:46
89 Katherine Thompson L60 (1st in Category) 29:47
96 Kath Brady L50 30:17
127 Susan Allen L50 35:54
128 Christine Leathley L65 36:37

 Men

Team Position – 11th
Vets Team Position – 8th

Position Name Category Time
43 Andrew Armstrong V45 41:20
50 Carl Helliwell M 41:49
50 Carl Helliwell M 41:49
57 Kevin Davies V50 40:20
61 George Pier U20 42:29
144 John Wilcock V50 47:51
148 Andy Quinn V40 48:21
161 Peter Browning V55 49:01
181 Stephen White V55 50:19
208 David Burnett V45 52:59
216 Martin Brady V50 54:45
Clayton Men

Clayton Men Peter Browning and Andy Quinn at the start

Results in Full
Red Rose Cross Country League Table after 3 races

Navigation Night – 19th November

A number of our club members took part in this challenging event.

This report from the Barlick Fell Runners Website

It was ideal conditions for this navigation evening as 35 competitors, including a junior, set off to challenge their navigation skills against the dark and the clock, with some running solo and others as teams. The penalty points for taking more than the allotted hour are quite harsh and most of the runners with previous experience of this event made sure that they were back with time to spare.

It was close between the top five finishers, but once more Mark Nutter showed his mastery of this event and his intimate knowledge of the area to finish first solo runner and overall winner.  This saw him once more add his name to the Badger Trophy as first runner from Clayton.

Close behind Mark was the Chew brothers team who finished second overall and first team winners.  They were chased hard by Sam Wadsworth & Andrew Driver, who finished in joint third position, along with the redoubtable Neil Hardiman, another Claytoner renowned for his night time navigational skills and knowledge of the local area.  As if to emphasise that this is Clayton territory, Ralph Baines was the third solo finisher and his club mates Andy Firth & Peter Dugdale were third team.

First solo lady was Jean Brown, who took her young son Christopher with her.

The harshness of the time penalty points was brought home by the fact that the last four runners and teams ended in negative point territory.  There was a prize of the “Richard Briscoe Wooden Spoon” for the runner or team with the least points.  Richard tried hard to win the spoon bearing his name by losing a battery out of his head torch and returning in the dark, but Chris Barnes was having such an enjoyable time trying to find the check points that he overlooked the price he would pay for being back late and it was he who returned home with his dubious prize.

Full Results

Todmorden 5k – Race 1 – 20th November

The first in a series of timed 5k events. This is a fast, three lap course.  Head torches can be used but must be below 50 lumens in brightness.

73 runners

Position Name Category Time
27 Alan Clarkson M55 00:21:05
48 Martin Brady M50 00:23:26
57 Robert Hirst M60 00:25:24
61 Ron Chappell M65 00:26:16
66 Nicola Kay F 00:28:21

Market Rasen 10k – 23rd November

The Market Rasen 10k is a popular multi terrain event and 447 runners took part in wet and muddy conditions on Sunday morning.  The race starts with a lap of the racecourse, continues along Legsby Road, through Dog Kennel Woods and then finishes with a final lap of the race course.

Breton Holdsworth was our sole representative at this event finishing in 7th place with a time of 35:08.  A great run – well done Breton.

Breton at Rasen 10k

Where’s Breton? Breton Holdsworth with signature orange gloves and cap at the start line

Full Results

Parkrun results

Clayton Harriers have been out and about again this week.  Some impressive runs at the local Burnley event for Jacob Watson and Jonathon Pye taking first and second places, with Susan Burns coming in first for the ladies.  Well done to all of our parkrunners.

Burnley parkrun – 144 runners took part

Position Name Time
1 Jacob Watson 00:18:19
2 Jonathon Pye 00:18:25
10 Susan Burns 00:20:49 First lady finisher
15 Gordon Barrett 00:21:48
26 David Ian Scott 00:23:15
38 Sarah Helliwell 00:24:31 New PB!
39 Martin Brady 00:24:33
57 Richard Lawson 00:25:42
63 Robert Hirst 00:26:31
68 Ron Chappell 00:26:48
85 Stuart Barker 00:27:59
91 Annabel Wilcock 00:28:40
92 John Wilcock 00:28:45
106 Nicola Kay 00:29:53

Cannon Hill parkrun, Birmingham – 398 runners took part

Position Name Time
19 Paul Shackleton 00:19:14

 Lyme Park parkrun – 101 runners took part

Position Name Time
80 Ron Hill 00:32:08 First timer at Lyme!

 Pendle parkrun – 33 runners took part

Position Name Time
2 John Hartley 00:21:12
20 Dawn Terry 00:26:10
29 Molly Hesketh 00:36:07
32 Paul Hesketh 00:37:50

 Preston parkrun – 210 runners took part

Position Name Time
10 Colin Shuttleworth 00:19:29

Club News

Committee
There is a change in the committee to report.  Rebecca Rawcliffe has formally tendered her resignation as Membership Secretary due to unavoidable work commitments.  The committee thanks her for the work she undertook in the role.  Adam Hamer has put himself forward to take over the appointment and has now been accepted into the role. We look forward to his input over the coming year.

Club Tent
After securing funding for publicity from Sport England, we now have a brand new club tent.
Chairman, James Hickie said, ” A big thank you to Jason Pier for all the hard work sorting our new tent! Our tent was easily the BEST TENT at the Red Rose XC yesterday, and it was great to see so many of our members at the tent. We look forward to seeing even more of Team Clayton at our new tent next Saturday at the big Mid Lancs Liverpool XC fixture. Thanks to Sport England for funding the tent and thanks again Jason!”

 

Club Tent

Our distinctive new club tent

It certainly stands out!

Club Tent

In use. I can’t imagine anyone not being able to find the tent any more!

And finally…

London VLM Club Place
Just to clarify, you don’t need a rejection letter to apply for the last remaining club place for the London Marathon. It’s open to all senior members- last date for applications is December 12th, will be draw on the 13th. Contact John Wilcock for further information, or to put your name in the hat.

Mid Lancs Cross Country – Liverpool
This is the biggest XC race in the calendar, we need a massive showing and effort to compete against not only local team runners, but some of the best runners in the country. It’s a massive day, so hopefully all the juniors, ladies and men, as well as all the regulars and everyone else can make an appearance and put in a big effort that will be immense!! 

Contact Cross Country Captains Ian Greenwood or Irene Roche for more info.

Come on Team Clayton!!