Welcome to the latest edition of the Harrier – a few days later than planned – my apologies. Download it now to get reports on the UK Fell & Hill running Relays in N Wales, the Tour of Pendle and the FRA Presentation, hosted by the club at Mytton Fold Hotel, plus all the usual features, results and fixtures. Please take special note of the article on p3 by Mike Eddleston regarding annual subscriptions, which are due at the end of the month. December Newsletter 2013
Candice Heys, our Ladies’ Road and Trail Captain, is recovering following a successful knee operation, and expects that it will be some months before she can return to running and racing. To support Candice in her role, the committee has appointed Rebecca Rawcliffe as Deputy Ladies’ Road and Trail Captain. Rebecca joined Clayton in February this year and is a familiar face at John Roche’s Tuesday and Thursday training sessions. Candice and Rebecca will work together to ensure that our Ladies put up a good performance at the upcoming Witton Park Trail Relays on 2nd February, and also at the Northern Six Stage in Manchester on 15th March.
Jim Hickie, Club Chair
Blackburn Harriers are once again organising a trail relay event in Witton Park on Sunday 2nd February 2014.
The event is run on the trails from the park to the top of Billinge woods & back & there are 4 x 3.65km legs per team. Teams can consist of Men, Ladies or Mixed (Min 2 Ladies).
There are also junior races on the day.
It would be good if we could get an excellent Team Clayton showing & ask if you woukld like to run, could you let the relevant captains know or show your interest on the club facebook page so we can enter the appropriate number of teams.
Highlight of this month’s newsletter is a great report from our fast-improving wheel chair athlete: Anthony Gotts on his trip to the Lisbon Marathon. The Newsletter also has a report on the Ian Hodgson Relay and all the usual features: Run of the Month, Covering Old Ground, results and fixtures’ list. Read it here: November Newsletter 2013
The October Newsletter is now available. It features a welcome message from the club’s new chair: Jim Hickie, along with details of the changes to the committee at the AGM. There are also details of the winter training session and the usual fixtures list, which includes the dates of both the Red Rose and Mid Lancs Cross Country Leagues, so you have no excuse for not turning up. We need to up our game now that Trawden AC have entered the Mid Lancs! There are also lots of results, great achievements by the juniors and TWO Runs of the Month. October Newsletter 2013
Well the fell club championship is hotting up and with only one race remaining, the Full Tour of Pendle on the 23rd November, the prizes in each category are still up for grabs.
In the overall senior mens club champion category it is currently a three horse race between Capt. Motley, Mike Wallis & Dave Edmondson. Can Msrs Wallis & Edmondson come back from injury to stop the Captain?
The V40 category sees Dave Edmondson and Mike Wallis competing for top spot, but if they don’t make the race then the V40 Championship is blown wide open for the taking and Chris Balderson, Neil Hardiman, Paul Hesketh & Pete Booth are waiting in the wings.
The V50 category sees Mike Wallis with a lead that cannot be caught, however if Mr Wallis doesn’t make the race then Pete Booth & Ivan Whigham have excellent chances of becoming V50 champion.
The V60’s looks to be Pete Booth’s for the taking, however Jeff Pickup, Donald McCallum & Doug Munroe have chances of a podium finish.
With some fantastic performances on the fells this year the ladies championship is being lead by Capt. Jean Brown with the likely podium finishers being between Juliet Horrocks, Barbara Savage, Linda Lord & Irene Roche.
With all the awards and podium finishes still up for grabs the Full Tour of Pendle could be a cracker. Get your pre-entry in as soon as possible as this is one not to miss!
Well it’s that time of year again when it’s time to charge the headlamp & dig out the long tights for your winter training! Below are details of John Roche’s planned winter sessions. Details of Ladies training runs & Fellrunning sessions will be added just as soon as i have them!