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ByAdrienne Olszewska

The calm before the storm

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

Mid Lancashire Cross Country League Presentation – 17 April

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

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

Clayton Juniors

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

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

Mid Lancs

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

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

The Mike McGee Memorial Cowm Reservoir 5K – 15 April

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

Team Clayton

Clayton Ladies out in force at Cowm Reservoir Memorial Race

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

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

West Nab – 18 April

Report by Andrew Holt

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

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

West Nab Fell Race

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

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

West Nab Fell Race

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

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

West Nab Fell Race

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

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

Well done Dexta, Liberty and Briony!

Awaiting results

Lakeland Trails Hawkshead – 18 April

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

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

Lakeland Trail Races

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

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

Lakeland Trail Races

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

Full Results

Podium 5k – 18 April

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

Report by Richard Stevenson

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

Podium 5k

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

Report from Andy Bradley

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

Podium 5k Race

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

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

Full Results

Y Moelwyn Fell Race – 18 April

Race report from Paul Shackleton

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

British Fell Champs

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

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

Full Results

Great Langdale St. Georges Day 10k – 18 April

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

Full Results

Asics Greater Manchester Marathon – 19 April

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

Manchester Marathon

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

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

Full Results

Cheshire 10k – 18 April

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

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

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

Full Results

Great Welsh Mountain Marathon – 19 April

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

Awaiting Results

Clitheroe Triathlon – 19 April

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

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

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Clayton Harriers at parkrun

Clayton Men dominating the Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

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

Burnley parkrun – 275 runners took part

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

Pendle parkrun – 53 runners took part

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

Dewsbury parkrun – 71 runners took part

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

Fell Foot parkrun – 156 runners took part

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

No April Fools

It’s a cracking roundup this Easter weekend.  No eggs, just wins! You lot have been busy, many running more than once and in different disciplines.  We’ve had some great results. There’s been fell, trail, road and lots and lots of tangerine.  The future’s bright!

Clayton Harriers

Out in force this weekend!

Pete Hartley Memorial Liver Hill Fell Race – 31 March

Report From Chris Funnell

It might have sleeting and gusting winds but that didn’t dampen the buzz of excitement as the Pete Hartley Memorial Liver Hill Fell Race heralded the start of British Summertime and the eagerly awaited return of mid-week racing.

There was a strong display of orange and white with 22 Clayton members (including El P) making up a total turnout of 158 runners in the starting line up on the sports field at the Marl Pits. Due to the high winds the only part of the pre-race briefing I managed to hear was “…you finish on the race track”. In the end after some deliberation and consultation with fellow Clayton members I opted to pack my cag in my bum bag rather than wear it as I remained optimistic about the conditions once we got going.

I remembered the race from last year and the need to try to get a reasonable position in the initial charge across the field which then bottlenecks into a narrow path up an embankment that quickly churns up like a wildebeest river crossing. Once clear of the embankment there was a steady climb of about 500 feet over the next mile or so before reaching the open moor and a game of Russian roulette over the boggy sections commenced. Seeing others sink in front of me I successfully negotiated two bogs but succumbed to a third immediately sinking up to my shins. At this point the front runners including Jacob Boyle could be seen running back from the summit. After rounding the summit and the initial descent you were then back on to the boggy moorland and this time with a head wind to contend with. The route had at least 4 or 5 stiles which on the return leg had to be negotiated with runners on the out leg. Depending on timing these at least provided a couple of welcome seconds of respite. The final mile was an enjoyable descent and the chance to stretch out although in the final section only just managing to stay upright (more though good luck than good footwork). It was then back on to the playing fields and a cordoned route onto the race track and a final sprint to the finish where a young and enthusiastic race helper congratulated me and thrust a Cadburys Crème Egg into my hand. It doesn’t get better than this I thought. This is an excellent organised race held this year in memory of the sad loss of the excellent fell runner, photographer and Rossendale Harrier, Pete Hartley.

Katy Thompson added; ” I think Pete must have been smiling down on us because, although the wind was still cold and strong, the rain and snow from earlier in the day held off for the race.

As usual, I was very slow on the first climb but came to across the muddy fields and managed to pass George.   There are a number of tricky stiles to negotiate, made even more difficult when you meet the front runners coming back. I could see Linda Lord on the loop to the summit of Liver Hill, but she was too far ahead to catch.

The first half of the return run is much more uphill than you realise on the way out, then it’s a fast downhill on tracks and through the woods. I passed El Presidente on the way down, but he got me back on the slight incline just before the final fields. (Very ungentlemanly of you, Dave!).

After the kamikaze descent familiar from the cross country, it was across the muddy fields to the finish where Denise was handing out crème eggs to everyone. Looking down at my legs, they were so muddy that I couldn’t tell where my running bottoms ended and the skin began!”

Pos Name Cat Time
3 Jacob Boyle MU23 35:33
42 Chris Funnell MV45 43:16
46 Richard Briscoe M 43:33
56 Pete Smith MV60 44:48
62 David Naughton MV50 45:42
64 Alex Braysford MV50 47:01
75 Darren Rushton MV40 48:14
78 Nigel Weaver MV50 48:43
80 Richard Bellaries MV60 48:58
86 Rick Moore MV50 49:41
88 Robert Mitchell MV60 50:09
89 Stephen Breckell MV60 50:12
105 Angela Shian L 51:44
115 Peter Dugdale MV55 52:59
121 Linda Lord LV65 54:44
124 David Scott MV70 55:21
126 Katy Thompson LV60 55:43
129 Stephen Fish MV60 56:20
134 George Thompson MV65 57:36
138 Kath Brady LV50 59:10

Full Results 

Littleborough 5k Road Series – 1 April

Five club members braved atrocious weather conditions to compete in the first race of the popular Littleborough 5K Road Race series organised by Cannonball Events. This fast course with very little climb is a great opportunity to test out your racing legs and push for a personal best. Ninety nine runners took part in this event.

Congratulations to Team Roche who cleaned up the V55 category taking home the accolade for the male (John) and female (Irene) so well done to them. Three other members also braved the miserable conditions to race; Jean Knightley, Leanne Cottam and Nikki Kay.

Well done to Nikki Kay in particular who managed to knock a whole 5 minutes off her best time in this event last year – looks like all her hard work in training for the London Marathon is really paying off.

Pos Name Cat Time
16 John Roche MV55 19:43
58 Irene Roche LV55 23:13
73 Jean Knightley LV55 25:12
80 Leanne Cottam L 26:52
86 Nicola Kay L 28:27

Full Results

Caldervale 10 – 3 April

Dynamic duo Julia Rushton and Nerina Gill took on the Caldervale 10 mile road race and this is what Julia had to say; “Caldervale10 may only be just down the road from Guys 10 but the terrain is far tougher, think of it as a short Hendon Brook. A great atmosphere, a village event where everyone is welcome. Lovely quiet rural lanes virtually traffic free. One of my fave road races.”

Full Results

Pendle Fell Race – 4 April

Senior Race

On a glorious Easter Saturday a fantastic turnout of 41 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers lined up for this classic local fell race; a good few of them running their first fell race. Clayton-le-Moors Harriers won the Lancashire Team Trophy and fielded an impressive 8 complete mens teams and a ladies team. We had vet category wins for Alan Life, Pete Booth, Irene Roche and Katy Thompson.  Chris Holdsworth had a great race finishing in 6th place overall and 2nd place Lancashire Championship.

First time fell racer Danny Collinge said; “I have one word for it, and one word only…HARD!”

Pendle Hill Fell Race

Danny Collinge at the Pendle Hill Fell Race. Photo by Ryan Wilkinson

Competing in only her second fell race, Helen Burnett reported; “It was great to take part in the race as a member of Clayton up a hill I can see from my window at home. As a new fell runner and newish Clayton member, I received loads of support and encouragement from the long standing fell running members who were both running and marshalling. Great family atmosphere with the kids races first and then lovely to see the friendly banter of George and Katy Thompson in the first climb up Pendle, an inspiration for me and Dave! I did enjoy the steep climbs but need to toughen up for the downhill and was pleased with a strong finish down the last mile on the road. Enjoyed a well earned shandy afterwards in the Pendle Inn with a lot of the Claytoners. I’m proud to have done a race where local friends have said “nutters” and “mental”.

Pendle Hill Fell Race

George Thompson, Helen Burnett and Katy Thompson climbing up Pendle. Photo by Ryan Wilkinson

Dave Burnett added, “Yet again I have been shown what fell racing is all about, losing over 20 places on the second ascent was soul destroying – I’m either going to get fitter or carry Numchucks next year.

First time fell racer, Matthew Duckworth described his race as “awful” but added he can’t wait for the next one!

Pendle Fell Race

First time fell racer Matthew Duckworth at the Pendle Fell Race. Photo by the Woodentops

Another new fell racer, Michelle Butschock said; “This was my 1st race on Pendle and it feels like a real accomplishment. Had all sorts of negative thoughts in my head going up but once at the trig I must’ve had the biggest smile on my face!! The marshal at the trig was fantastic, really encouraging, all the Claytoners were at the finish cheering me on inmy battle to the line with another runner, the whole atmosphere through the day was fab. ”

Pos Name Cat Time
6 Chris Holdsworth M 35:20
11 Jacob Boyle MJ 37:05
24 Danny Collinge MJ 38:44
27 Alan Life M50 (1st) 39:16
31 Garry Wilkinson M50 (2nd ) 40:00
36 Lee Smith M 40:29
61 Michael O’Donnell M40 42:29
70 Andrew Armstrong M45 42:56
71 David Bagot M 43:22
83 Ralph Baines M45 44:08
92 David Naughton M50 44:43
94 Richard Briscoe M 44:49
100 Pete Booth M60 (1st ) 45:27
114 Chris Funnell M45 46:13
120 Nicholas Olszewski M55 46:51
121 Jeffrey Pickup M60 46:54
127 Sean Clare M50 47:06
135 Mark Nutter M50 47:38
154 Matthew Duckworth M 48:59
167 Vicky Heys F40 49:37
179 Gary Balmer M45 50:37
195 Stephen Breckell M60 51:52
200 Natalie Harrison F 52:24
201 Angela Shian F 52:24
203 Stephen Bury M55 52:31
207 Andrew Firth M55 52:46
213 Peter Dugdale M55 53:04
215 Irene Roche F55 (1st ) 53:09
222 Colin Woolford M 53:54
231 Katy Thompson F60 (1st ) 55:07
235 Jason Pier M45 55:32
238 Dave Burnett M50 55:43
254 Mark Taylor M 58:12
258 Helen Burnett F40 58:39
259 Robert Hirst M60 59:12
260 George Thompson M65 59:30
264 Michael Frost M60 61:39
267 Karin Goss F65 62:26
272 Doug Milnroe M65 63:01
282 Michelle Butschock F40 68:32
289 John Francis M70 72:01

Junior Races

There was a great turn out across all the age groups at the junior races, with a number of first timers.  Some great performances from the juniors, as always, promising a bright future for the club.

Pendle Fell Race

Clayton Juniors looking like they mean business at the Pendle Fell Races

Pos Name Time
UNDER 8s
15 Joshua McKay 03:16
23 Kady Thompson 03:31
UNDER 10s – 1.186K  50m
9 Dexta Thompson 05:04
49 Grace Root 06:18
53 Imogen Ferguson 06:22
65 Matthew Armstrong 06:47
74 Millie Mccabe 8:48
UNDER 12s – 2.58K      112m
6 Jackson McKay 14:33
45 Lennon Jackson 18:25
58 Sophie Ashworth 19:26
82 Natasha Olszewska 22:09
UNDER 14s – 3.95K    199m
17 Briony Holt 20:58
46 Eleanor Root 19:26
82 Liberty Thompson 22:09
UNDER 16s – 4.4K    245m
21 Curtis Holt 24:25
33 Ryan Clark 26:33
39 Alice Pier 28:06
UNDER 18s – 7.0K    340m
10 Jordan McDonald 30:11
17 George Pier 33:57

Full Results

Guiseley Gallop – 5 Sunday

A couple of Clayton Harriers were spotted at this event.

Pos Name Cat Time
105 Peter Butterworth M60 00:47:07
477 Julie Toman F45 01:07:39

Full Results 

Rivington Pike Fell Race – 4 April

Three vet men and one Clayton Lady were flying the club flag in one of the oldest and historic fell races in the country, organised by Horwich RMI Harriers. The race is 3.2 miles with 800ft of ascent.

Ron Hill

Ron Hill at the Rivington Pike Fell Race. Photo by Mark Sammon

Our vet men, Stephen Fish, Ted Orrell and Ron Hill made 14th team place – not bad for a threesome whose ages total over 200 years between them!

Pos Name Cat Time
192 Stephen Fish V60 29:56
209 Ted Orrell V75 (1st) 31:31
232 Julie Toman L45 34:13
246 Ron Hill V70 36:52

Full Results

Wollaton Park Easter 10k and 2k Runs – 6 April

Team Holdsworth had a great day out at Wollaton Park Easter multi terrain 10k. The Family 2k fun run was enjoyed by Roanna and Finan, especially the Easter eggs received at the finish.

Team Holdsworth

Team Holdsworth, resplendent in tangerine, at the Woollaton Easter Races

Breton took 4th place overall in the 10k race and first vet prize, in a field of over 600 runners.

Full Results

Hollingworth Lake 5k and Golden Mile – 6 April

Team Clayton

Organising, marshalling, running and winning at Hollingworth Lake 5k

Shrouded in mist and murk, the weather was a far cry from the glorious sunshine of the Pendle Fell races but that didn’t deter us. 28 club members, including 5 of our junior members, took part in this fast, flat 5k race.  There was a great win by Danny Collinge taking Clayton to team victory with Jacob Watson and Jordon McDonald. Second win of the weekend moving from the fell FV55 to the road FV50  for Irene Roche and Steve Biscomb taking the V60 win.

Team Clayton

L-R Jacob Watson, Danny Collinge and Jordan McDonald. Team winners at the Hollingworth Lake 5K

Pos Name Cat Time
1 Danny Collinge M 16:27
9 Jacob Watson M 17:30
13 Jordan McDonald M U18 (2nd ) 17:57
14 Richard Stevenson M 18:01
23 Paul Brannon M55 (1st) 18:37
26 John Hartley M55 19:01
27 George Pier M U18 19:06
30 John Roche M55 19:17
54 Stephen Biscomb M60 (1st) 21:23
60 Alice Pier F U16 (1st) 21:09
63 Jason Pier M45 21:28
73 Irene Roche F55 (1st) 22:32
90 Jean Knightley F55 (2nd ) 23:56
92 Liberty Thompson F U16 (2nd) 24:02
105 Leanne Cottam F 25:05
106 Rachel Todd F40 25:09
107 Bianca Bennett F 25:19
114 Donna Airey F 25:35
115 Natasha Olszewska F U16 (3rd ) 25:37
116 Elouise Sylkie Pemberton F 25:58
119 Jackie Kershaw F40 26:09
126 Deborah Greenwood F45 26:51
127 Adrienne Olszewska F45 26:59
128 Julie Toman F45 27:14
135 Karen Clarkin F40 28:03
147 Marion Wilkinson F65+ 29:21
149 Geraldine Varley F55 29:49
150 Anita Jones F55 30:06

Golden Mile Fun Run

Seven of our Juniors took part in the Golden Mile fun run.  Brilliant runs from all of them.  Top ten finishes for Dexta Thompson and Adam Stevenson and a particular mention for Liberty Thompson who ran in both races!

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Juniors at the Golden Mile Run

Pos Name Time
2 Dexta Thompson 06:32
5 Adam Stevenson 06:52
11 Liberty Thompson 07:14
23 Keira Stevenson 08:09
26 Kady Thompson 08:40
27 Jack McGuire 08:41
31 Felix Thompson 09:15

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Another week of great parkruns for our club members and, with it being the Easter Weekend, it would seem there has been a little bit of parkrun tourism going on as well.

We took the top four postions at the Burnley parkrun so very well done there to Jacob Watson, Mark Aspinall, Jon Hanson and Paul Brannon. Jonathon Pye was second at Penrith and John Hartley was in fifth at Pendle.  Shiny new PBs for Stephen Ainsworth, Eloise Pemberton and Rachel Stevenson. Well done to Marion Wilkinson, who despite her long-term involvement with Burnley parkrun, only took part for the first time this weekend!

Burnley parkrun – A total of 201 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
1 Jacob WATSON 00:18:07
2 Mark ASPINALL 00:18:42
3 Jon HANSON 00:19:11
4 Paul BRANNON 00:19:16
12 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:20:06
25 Andrew WEBSTER 00:21:34
28 Andy QUINN 00:22:45
38 David Ian SCOTT 00:23:30
53 Jean KNIGHTLEY 00:24:32
74 Donna SCOTT 00:25:44
79 John WILCOCK 00:25:56
80 Annabel WILCOCK 00:25:57
87 Beth QUINN 00:26:23
89 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 00:26:27
96 Ron CHAPPELL 00:26:53
97 Paul Laurence WALSH 00:27:20
124 Heidi KEWIN 00:29:25
134 Rachel STEVENSON 00:30:04
137 Marion WILKINSON 00:30:13
147 Sophie MCINTOSH 00:30:53

Pendle parkrun – A total of 66 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
5 John HARTLEY 00:21:17
20 Barry MITCHELL 00:24:28
36 Robert HIRST 00:29:15
53 Christine LEATHLEY 00:33:49

 Bolton parkrun – A total of 307 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
67 Bryan SEARBY 00:24:20
82 Katy THOMPSON 00:24:58
161 Julia RUSHTON 00:29:02

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 202 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
50 Wendy DODDS 00:24:33
141 Eileen JONES 00:30:57

 Ashton Court parkrun – A total of 307 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
39 Stephen WHITAKER 00:21:44

Cardiff parkrun – A total of 600 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
101 Martin BRADY 00:21:25

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 75 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
71 Robin PRICE 00:38:30

Penrith parkrun – A total of 96 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jonathan PYE 00:18:48

Southampton parkrun – A total of 549 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
26 Colin SHUTTLEWORTH 00:19:15

Club Road Palladium – Latest Standings

In the Road Palladium Competition members receive points for competing in any road race. There are separate competitions for Ladies and Men. Points are awarded as in the following example: If five men members compete in a road race then the first man home is awarded five points; the second man home is awarded four points; and so on.

Latest standings show Irene Roche leading the Ladies table and Jacob Watson leading the Mens table.

Runners of the Month

Well done George Pier for winning February senior runner of the month for his great performance at Muddy Shoes & at the Mid Lancs League Cross Country races.

Well done junior runner of the month Ryan Clarke for a brilliant run at Winter Warmer 10K.

Kit Manager

The club is looking for a new Kit Manager to take responsibility for our junior and senior clothing range. So, if you want to play a key part in making Team Clayton the smartest team around this is your chance! The job involves sourcing and designing new lines, storing the stock, as well as selling to members. The club wants to move to offering electronic payment as well as providing an online shop, so some computer skills are needed for the role.

We need more help to make our club even better. If you think that you could be our Kit Manager, please get in touch with either myself or any committee member.

Jim Hickie, Chair

ByPeter Booth

April Newsletter

The latest edition of The Harrier can be downloaded here. April Newsletter 2015 This month’s offering includes a round up of the cross country season, with detailed results from the Mid Lancs League and the final standings in the club Palladium Points Competition. There is also a full list of all the award winners from the recent Presentation Evening, plus all the regular features, race results and fixtures.

Mr Tangerine Man edit

ByPeter Booth

March Newsletter

Read the March Newsletter to find out why El P is gracing the front cover and for reports on members’ battles with the elements on road and fell, as well as all the usual features, results and fixtures. Just click on the link. March Newsletter 2015

Dave at Blackpool

ByAdrienne Olszewska

March comes in like a lion

Well, it’s March already. The first lambs are in the field, daffodils are sprouting, and spring is on the way. This week you have been on the roads, the trails, the fells, cross country courses as well as orienteering, adventure racing and awards ceremonies!

Pendle Primary Schools Cross Country Championship – 26th February

The Pendle Primary Schools Cross Country Championship for Year 5/6 pupils – took place at Alkincoats on February 26th.  Clayton Junior member, Grace  Root, came 9th. Well done Grace!

Red Rose Cross Country League Presentation Night

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Juniors at the Red Rose Cross Country League Presentation Night

Congratulations to our brilliant juniors who received awards at the Red Rose Cross Country League Presentation Night.  Jackson McKay took away a huge trophy that was well deserved for an excellent cross country season!

Clayton Juniors

Jackson McKay with his trophy.

Stanley Park 10K – 28th February

In much better conditions than last weeks Great North West Half Marathon, six of our club members  travelled over to Blackpool to take part in this race on Saturday and there were some great performances. Junior runner, Jordan McDonald, finished in 6th place overall in a great time of 37:39 closely followed by fellow junior runner, George Pier who finished in 10th place overall in a time of 38:49.

Stanley Park 10K

Jordan McDonald at the Stanley Park 10K. Picture by Christopher Holdsworth

Chasing the two juniors, Jon Hanson came in 11th place just a few seconds behind George.  He said; “The race was great. Well organized and a good conditions for running. Will be running it again later in the year for hopefully another PB. Jordan and George had a fantastic run”

Jason Pier and our sole lady runner, Sarah Angelone, also grabbed new PBs so well done to them.

Stanley Park 10k

Sarah Angelone at the Stanley Park 10K

Sarah said, “Great event….fantastic marshal as we came back to the track cheering and high fiving all the runners. Got a bit side tracked watching the ducks on the pond in parts so time dropped off but then remembered John’s ‘have a word’ comment and got back in the zone!” Adam Hamer returns to racing after a break to travel down under and finished a shade over the hour mark.  Well done everyone!

Pos Name Category Time
6 Jordan McDonald M 00:37:39
10 George Pier M 00:38:49
11 Jon Hanson M 00:38:59
54 Jason Pier MV45 00:44:34
79 Sarah Angelone F 00:46:50
269 Adam Hamer M 01:04:11

 Full Results

Midgley Moor Fell Race – 28th February

This race is described as a challenging race involving route choice on paths and heather moor. It is a 5 mile race with 1250ft of climbing.

Five Clayton ladies and one gent took part among 191 runners. Back after injury, Nat Harrison reported; “It was hard, Great turn out. Tough underfoot, lots of bushes, heather, bracken whatever you call it! Good weather, great cake, fab company.” 

Midgley Moor Fell Race

Nat Harrison at the Midgley Moor Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops.org.uk

Despite this report, Nat went on to be second counter in the womens team who were place equal third with Saddleworth Harriers and Wharfedale Harriers. Vicky Heys, first Clayton Harrier finisher, agreed that it was hard underfoot but with a great atmosphere and company cheers.

Midgley Moor Fell Race

Vicky Heys at the Midgley Moor Fell Race. Photo by Woodentops.org.uk

Irene Roche reported; “Yes, this oap was trailing behind the young Clayton fillies,but apart from queues at a couple of stiles early on, a good challenging course with a bit of everything. One male only from Clayton, Bob Hirst.”

Pos Name Category Time
113 Vicky Heys FV40 00:58:18
124 Natalie Harrison F 00:59:02
137 Irene Roche FV50 01:00:48
147 Linda Lord FV60 01:02:35
148 Angela Shian F 01:02:38
167 Robert Hirst MV60 01:07:53

Full Results

PFO Orienteering Spring Series – Nick of Pendle – 28th February

The Nick O’Pendle is characterised by wide open vistas and lots of contours, so when the weather held and the cloud lifted, fast winning times were guaranteed.  The courses through the wide open spaces were a mix of easy lines and invisible pin points.  Most relished the physical challenge and enjoyed the day.

Mark Nutter and Colin Woolford both took part in the technical Brown course.  Mark finished in 6th place in a time of 108:29:00 and Colin came in 9th place in a time of 144:40:00. Colin Woolford reported good conditions, but tough going seeing Pendle from some very different angles. Out again the following day, Colin also took part in the Haglofs Open5 adventure race in the Yorkshire Dales.

Junior Member Christopher Brown finished in 1st place in the yellow event in a time of 18:42 and then went on to take part in the Orange event as well.

Full Results

High Cup Fell Race 2015 – 28th February

This is a 9.3 mile fell race with 1509ft of climbing. No results as yet and not known if any of our members took part. I have a suspicion that some of you did, I just haven’t tracked you down yet!  Will update when I find anything out.

Trotters 5

Clayton Vet Ron Chappell was our sole representative at this 5 mile trail race organised by Burnden Road Runners.

Trotters 5 Trail Race

Ron Chappell at the Trotters 5 Trail Race. Photo by Michelle Navesey

Full Results

Harden Trail Race – 1st March

The Harden Trail Race is described as a 6 mile race through the beautiful woods and undulating trails of Bingley St Ives estate.  The Junior race is a  2mile shorter option for any age.

Julie Toman was our sole representative in the senior race. She said, “It was a tough 6 mile trail race, definitely one to put in your diary. Loved it and the homemade cakes after! Lots of prizes too. A great event!”  Managing to avoid a full body mudslide in this event, Julie was awarded the ‘brightest head gear’ special prize!

Harden Trail Race 2015

Julie Toman at the Harden Trail Race with the prizewinning headgear! Photo by the woodentops.org.uk

Juniors Curtis and Briony Holt took part in the junior 2 mile race and were 1st boy and 1st girl. Well done the two of you.  Briony said, “It was a hard course but a good one for the younger age group. There were ‘special prizes’ at the end as well as overall winners prizes. It was boggy underfoot with a few ditches now and again but overall it was an interesting course.”

Clayton Juniors

Team Holt. Curtis and Briony Holt winners at the Harden Trail Race. Photo by woodentops.org.uk

Results

Haweswater Half Marathon – 1st March

The Haweswater Half follows an out and back course from Bampton Village (9 miles S of Penrith, 4 miles W of Shap) and passes along the shores of Haweswater in a remote and dramatic mountain valley. The hilly course offers an exhilarating run in unique surroundings.

Tanya Bunkham was waving the Clayton flag as our sole competitor in this event. She finished in a time of 01:54 and reported conditions as very hilly and windy, tough going.

Full Results

Stanley Park 10k  Day 2 – 1st March

Three club members took part in the second 10k of the weekend at Stanley Park in Blackpool.  295 runners took part in the second event of the weekend. There were strong performances for all three.  A top twenty finish for Matthew Duckworth and first age category finishes for Stephen Biscombe and Alan Clarkson.  Well done all of you!

Pos Name Category Time
19 Matthew Duckworth M 00:40:06
31 Stephen Biscombe V60 00:42:10
37 Alan Clarkson V55 00:43:09

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Well done to all of our parkrunners. You’ve been out and about in a range of locations. Nine of our juniors took part in the Burnley event this weekend so well done to all of them, especially  Thomas Bradley for his 10th place finish and Liberty Thompson for a new PB. Jonathon Pye and Jacob Watson both finished strongly in the top ten as usual and Colin Shuttleworth and John Hartley both had top five finishes at Thetford and Pendle parkruns.

Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill – A total of 254 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
96 Katy THOMPSON 00:24:32
101 George THOMPSON 00:24:39

Worsley Woods parkrun – A total of 131 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
25 Nerina GILL 00:25:25

Burnley parkrun – A total of 212 runners took part

Position parkrunner Run Time
5 Jonathan PYE 00:18:05
6 Jacob WATSON 00:18:08
10 Thomas BRADLEY 00:20:44
14 Sean CLARE 00:21:07
15 Matthew DUCKWORTH 00:21:14
23 Alan CLARKSON 00:21:56
26 Stephen WHITE 00:22:31
36 Martin BRADY 00:23:14
37 Dexta THOMPSON 00:23:16
42 David Ian SCOTT 00:23:31
64 Adam STEVENSON 00:25:14
75 Donna SCOTT 00:26:05
81 Lee MOORE 00:26:24
84 John WILCOCK 00:26:30
83 Annabel WILCOCK 00:26:30
88 Nick ROSCOE 00:26:33
92 Liberty THOMPSON 00:26:40
99 Jackie KERSHAW 00:27:03
104 Ron CHAPPELL 00:27:16
112 Sophie ASHWORTH 00:27:52
120 Stuart BARKER 00:28:56
133 Diane ORRELL 00:29:35
152 Nicola KAY 00:30:47
172 Kady THOMPSON 00:33:42
179 Milly MACCABE 00:35:17
205 Kathleen GARNETT 00:39:07

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 86 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
85 Robin PRICE 00:39:46

Thetford parkrun – A total of 212 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 Colin SHUTTLEWORTH 00:19:07

Pendle parkrun – A total of 51 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
4 John HARTLEY 00:21:22
37 Molly HESKETH 00:31:36
41 James BALDWIN 00:32:19
45 Christine LEATHLEY 00:33:57

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 120 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
76 Eileen JONES 00:31:47

Coming up

Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round 7th March. Pre-entries now taken up to 5pm on 5th March and EOD available. If any club members want to volunteer, you can contact Mike Eddleston on 07951 424780 or use contact form.

Summer Series 2015. The Summer Series consists of six Tuesday evening races for members of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and Trawden AC only. In addition to the usual prizes, in each race prizes are given for the closest pre-race predicted time to the actual time. No watches allowed during each race! A runner’s best four races count for overall series prizes. Full Details

Presentation Night. Tickets are going fast, over 70 tickets sold already, so don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend the ultimate awards ceremony of the year! James Hickey will be at JR’s training on Tuesday selling tickets or  you can contact Marie Greenwood to buy a ticket.

ByAdrienne Olszewska

There’s no such thing as bad weather…

Only soft people! As tough as ever, a bit of weather can’t stop our hardy members getting out and about, competing in all kinds of events; day and night, sometimes sporting bin bags, sometimes braving it out in just a club vest and shorts.

Mr Sparkle’s Dark ‘Un – 20th February 2015

Three intrepid Clayton Harriers fired up their head torches and took part in this night-time race around Darwen Moors and Tockholes. 72 runners lined up for a couple of stiff climbs, open moorland, lots of mud and a dash down to the finish.

Night run

Colin Woolford, Julia Rushton and Nerina Gill at Mr Sparkle’s Dark ‘Un. Photo courtesy of Fellephant

Report by Nerina Gill

“ I seriously questioned my sanity heading out in sleet, dark and 3 degrees. In a tee-shirt and shorts. I was called “brave” at the start. That’s one word for it. But the start is sheltered, and there’s a long climb, so I was plenty warm enough by the time we reached the moors. Thoroughly enjoyed the mad, muddy dash through the boggy puddles, and then the helter skelter pelt down Stepback, which was half path, half streambed. I could hear Julia’s footsteps behind me on the run down to the finish, but I couldn’t see a thing ahead, except my head torch reflected back in the stinging hail. The chip butty and cider in front of the fire in the pub afterwards made the ten minutes changing into dry clothes in the car all worthwhile. Great night.”

Pos Name Time Cat
53 Colin Woolford 00:51:15 M
62 Nerina Gill 00:56:40 F40
63 Julia Rushton 00:56:55 F50

Full Results

English National Cross Country Championships – 21st February

There were records galore achieved at the  English National Cross Country Championships, held at Parliament Hill, London on Saturday 21st February. 5283 runners finished across the 10 Races. On a day that was very wet and muddy underfoot, the conditions were cool but dry with some sunshine but neither of these put the athletes off.

Well done to Sue Allen and Christine Leathley, who travelled down to London to represent the club.

Full Results

Standish Hall Trail Race – 21st February

The course is completely off road on bridle paths and woodland trail and is approximately 10K. Well done to Clayton Lady, Julie Toman who finished in 01:03:28, having survived what she described as a full body mudslide during the race, leaving her caked in mud and the muddiest finisher of the day.

Well done Julie, great grit and determination!

 Full Results

Bleasedale Circle Fell Race – 21st February

Report by Irene Roche

Clayton Ladies

Irene Roche and Vicky Heys rocking the windswept look after the Bleasdale Circle Fell Race

“On arrival at Bleasedale with Vicky Heys, who persuaded me to give the race a go, the weather was looking undecided. Was it going to rain, hail or hold on to fine for the time required? It was certainly cold though – evident as most of us “warmed up” prior to the race by drinking tea and coffee in the village hall. What a good atmosphere though, so laid back and no urgency to leave the hall and warm up before the race. Prepared for a cold and windy run, many kept to wearing running jackets, some with sleeves whilst the hardiest braved just their club vests. We definitely needed the wind proof jackets!

The race itself I thoroughly enjoyed, flagged all the way round so no worries about maps. After a good plunge through muddy fields, breathless climbing up hills and much needed practice to steer down the slopes I arrived at the finish. Clayton ladies won the team prize, counting in Vicky, me and Linda. It was good to see Pete Booth competing after around eighteen months of nursing an injury. Well done Pete!

I’m glad I did the race and intend to do more fell races this year.“

Position Name Cat Time
41 Peter Booth MV60 00:48:42
60 Kieran Carr MV70 00:51:26
72 Rickard Moore MV50 00:54:02
75 Andrew Dugdale MV50 00:54:09
76 Vicky Heys FV40 00:54:17
94 Peter Dugdale MV50 00:59:02
96 Irene Roche FV50 00:59:23
97 Stephen Fish MV60 00:59:35
99 Mark Taylor M 00:59:46
101 Linda Lord FV60 00:59:53
113 George Thompson MV60 01:02:45
119 Robert Hirst MV60 01:05:10
120 Doug Munroe MV60 01:06:16
123 Karin Goss FV60 01:10:09

Full Results

Great North West Half Marathon – 22nd February 2015

Nine Clayton-le-Moors Harriers braved wild conditions to take part in the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool.

Lynsey Birtwistle reported; “One word brutal! It was quite nice running along the front sheltered and the wind behind you, but when you turned the corner to come back there was a slight incline and the wind was full pelt in your face and hail too! I felt like crying! It was a tough day weather-wise but well-organised and great to see some Clayton support at the finish line!

Clayton Ladies

Lynsey Birtwistle at the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool. Photo by Bryan Searby

Alex Cran reported; “Well myself Paul, grandad Kev and Russ managed to get our hands on some bin bags at the start. What a God-send. The weather as you headed south was foul, foul, foul. I thought at the start I’d take the bin bag off after a couple of miles but we all kept them on for the whole race!

Blackpool Half

Binbag running attire -it’s the future! Maybe we should get some tangerine ones.

It was a confusing first few miles as you ran past the first mile marker, then the third then the second. But I got my head around it and set off with Paul for a steady run. It was bearable along the lower prom but the upper was awful. I don’t think I’ve ever been so cold. The last couple of miles were the coldest I can remember in a race. But it’s done and the hot chocolate in Costa afterwards was nectar from the Gods!”

Andy Quinn reported; “It was pretty cold, but I think this actually made me run faster for the last 5k because I just wanted to get the race over with. Managed a PB too so well pleased.”

Andy Quinn

Andy Quinn at the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool. Photo by Bryan Searby

Pos Name Time Cat
46 Russell Clarke 01:26:29 M
70 Paul Hesketh 01:28:10 MV50
71 Alexander Cran 01:28:17 MV40
129 Michael Hogan 01:33:54 MV45
155 Alan Clarkson 01:36:04 MV55
307 Andy Quinn 01:43:41 MV40
502 Lynsey Birtwistle 01:51:30 FV35
719 Leanne Cottam 01:59:46 F
1094 Nicola Kay 02:24:11 F

Full Results

Loughrigg-Silver Howe Race  –  22nd February

Report by Andrew Firth

This is an early season classic fell race in the Lake District that starts from the back of Millans Park in Ambleside, climbs Loughrigg, down the back to cross the road, and up to Silver Howe which overlooks Grasmere. It then returns via the same route, climbing back to the summit of Loughrigg and back to the park via a sneaky checkpoint at Lily Tarn. The organiser (Jon Broxup of Kendal AC) clearly likes to keep the race low key since it isn’t usually advertised via FRA calender, or indeed Kendal AC’s website. People tend to find out via word of mouth, however this year the date was eventually revealed on the FRA forum which probably accounts for why there were probably double last years 40 or so that did the race.

I decided it would be a good idea to make a weekend of it and booked a B&B in Ambleside for Sat night. Myself and Dinah enjoyed an excellent walk on Saturday afternoon – up Loughrigg (a sneaky reccy of the early part of the race) down to Grasmere via the lakeside path returning to Ambleside via the “coffin route” to Rydal Hall. The weather on Saturday was excellent with brilliant sunshine but a cold breeze. 

The B&B did the best breakfast that I’ve had for a long time, although it was weighing heavily on my stomach when we lined up on the start line for the safety briefing. The pre-race kit was very important because the weather had changed dramatically from the previous day with sleet at town level and quite a strong wind. Amazingly, two runners were attempting to run  without waterproof leggings – both were immediately DSQ. No kit check was necessary for me since I was wearing all of it with my vest with number on the outside of my cag so the marshalls could see it easily.

I set off in my rightful place at the back and decided to pace myself to try to keep running up the early steep track. I managed to keep plodding away and for the first time ran all the way to the gate to the fell, although I cant say it was particularly fast. The only other Clayton runner was super vet, Jack Holt, although by this stage he was well out of sight up front. As we climbed it was clear the the sleety rain in Ambleside had changed to proper snow, and, with the strong wind, I was very glad I had opted to wear full cover from the off. Despite the fact that there were footprints in the snow to be followed, people were deviating from the optimum route on the way to Loughrigg summit and I managed to make up a few places with my route knowledge from previous races and the reccy the previous day.

I could have done with a pair of skis for the run down the back of Loughrigg to the road, but even so caught a few more runners on the descent. When we crossed the road there were several cars having difficulty in the 2/3 inches of snow – the road is a steep link between Langdale and Grasmere – but I would not have even thought of attempting it in the conditions.

The run out to Silver Howe is quite difficult terrain at the best of times – but now with heavy snow and mist the only option was to either get the compass out and navigate, or follow previous footsteps and hope that the snow didn’t cover them!! Again a few runners in front made the wrong choices (clearly runners were trying different lines) and I once again gained a few places by the time I reached the summit. At last we turned to return and I enjoyed the run back to the road – no runners in sight to aim at, but I could still follow the footsteps in the snow but also making sure it was what I considered to be the best line.

By the road crossing I had caught the runner in front and managed to pull away from him on the climb back to Loughrigg summit. The marshalls had sensibly descended approx 300 metres from the summit to to shelter next to a wall – but they insisted that we still climb to the summit, advising that it was in any event the quickest way to Lily tarn. At the summit I caught sight of another runner in front (everyone was very spread out by this stage) which proved a useful target to aim at on the descent, which was even more tricky since the snow was now deeper and covering up little rocks on the path. I managed to follow the right footprints back to Lily tarn – but the O punch for marking our numbers must have been covered in snow because I couldnt find it. The final descent was excellent and even though I felt I had run better that the previous year, I crossed the line in 2 hours 2 minutes, some 7 minutes down on previous years.

I have to say that running in these conditions, whilst challenging, is really rewarding and it’s races like this that stick in the memory because you have been battling the elements as well as the course. I’m really appreciative that the organiser was happy to go ahead in the conditions in these heath and safety conscious times. Indeed I made a special point of thanking all the marshals and the organiser at the end. I can throughly recommend this race – if anybody decides to do it next year then if you are struggling to find out when it is then contact Jon Broxap at Pete Blands. It’s highly unlikely that the results will be published anywhere on the web – I still cant find last years, but I estimate that I was about 10/12 place from the back in a field of maybe 80.

Sedburgh School Fell Race – 22nd February

Congratulations to junior member Briony Holt for her win at the Sedburgh School fell race on a very cold, sleety and dismal day.  She no doubt brightened up the field in her signature odd socks.  There’s just no stopping her.

Clayton Juniors

Briony Holt at the Sedburgh School Fell Race

Results not yet available

Ilkley Moor Fell Race – 22nd February

Four Senior Clayton-le-Moors Harriers  and one Junior took part in the Ilkley Moor Fell Race, which is described as a hard winter fell race with some steep, slippery, and rocky descents. 216 runners lined up at the start.

Ilkley Fell Race

Tim Edwards, first Clayton finisher at the Ilkley Moor Fell Race. Photo by woodentops

Junior member, Christopher Brown, had a great race finishing in 4th place in the U-10s race in a field of 58 runners. Well done Christopher!

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Junior, Christopher Brown, at the Ilkley Moor Fell Race. photo by Woodentops

Pos Name Time Cat
38 Tim Edwards 00:47:17 M40
97 Chris Funnell 00:54:57 M40
124 Richard Briscoe No time given M
137 Jean Brown No time given W40
179 Colin Woolford No time given W40

Full Results

 The Terry Nortley 10 Mile Multi Terrain Race – 22nd February

185 runners took part in this race. Well done to Stephen Biscomb, our sole representative in this race, for his 1st V60 result. He finished in 49th place overall in a time of 01:16:35

Full Results

Peeler’s Hike – 22nd February

Adrienne Olszewska took part in this low-key event organised by Bury District Scouts and one of the many LDWA challenge events.  The route is a choice of 23 or 15 miles from Bury District Scout HQ via Elton Reservoir, Affetside, Peel Tower,  Holcombe Moor, Helmshore, Irwell Vale, Summerseat and Burrs country park.  A great event to get those longer distance off-road miles in.  Not really a race, more of a personal challenge as you rarely see any published results for these events.  They remain popular with runners as they can be tough as well as interesting routes.  Didn’t spot any other Clayton folk on the day but a number of runners from Trawden AC club took part.

The weather took a definite turn for the worse and on reaching Peel Tower in a bit of blizzard I was tempted to opt for the short route and head back to base, however,  not wanting to cop out, I headed out across the moors into what amounted to a whiteout! I was glad of the company of some  friends from Skelmersdale Boundary Harriers and Parbold Pink Panthers as together we managed to cross the snowy, boggy moors relatively quickly, if a bit frozen by the time we made it down to Helmshore.

After that it’s a low-level trot back to Bury alongside the East Lancs Railway and the River Irwell on some of the muddiest footpaths in the universe! All in all a great route and highly recommended.

Trailblazer 12 Charity Challenge – 22nd February

Summarised report from John Lloyd

100 miles in 12 hours on a 5k trail circuit. With a good amount of sponsorship we were raring to go.  Various Club members from Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and Trawden AC had showed their support in the morning and early afternoon. When the weather turned into snow and horizontal winds the support was amazing. Whether its running a lap or standing on a bridge clapping nearby, every soul there was a huge boost to the team. At the half way point we were way in front of schedule. The course was in great condition and was running well. Then the weather took a change for the worse, I think it says so much about the team of people I was with that it actually galvanised them. There was no moaning, just suggestions of how we get through, what were the best tactics. The last few miles were tough, but I was lifted by the second wave of support we got.

Parkrun roundup

It’s been a great week for our junior parkrunners with 4 of them earning brand new PBs at the Burnley event. Well done to Sophie Ashworth, Lennon Jackson, Annabel Wilcock, and Rachel Stevenson. Not to be outdone by the youngsters V70 Val Lawson also pulled a new PB out of the bag at the Burnley parkrun. Must be something in the water! Jonathon Pye did a bit of parkrun tourism and came in third at the Penrith event. Paul Hesketh and John Hartley both finished in the top ten at Pendle. Running legend Ron Hill was parkrunning at Marple and fell running stalwart, Wendy Dodds was 6th lady finisher at Fell Foot. Well done to all of our parkrunners

Brueton parkrun – A total of 293 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
11 Paul SHACKLETON 00:19:07

 Marple parkrun – A total of 137 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
116 Ron HILL 00:32:18

Burnley parkrun – A total of 207 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
5 Jacob WATSON 00:18:13
7 Jordan MCDONALD 00:18:41
10 Matthew DUCKWORTH 00:19:33
14 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:20:40
20 Mark NUTTER 00:21:28
21 Alan CLARKSON 00:21:31
48 Sophie ASHWORTH 00:23:29 New PB!
49 Martin BRADY 00:23:31
56 Lennon JACKSON 00:24:00 New PB!
86 Annabel WILCOCK 00:26:30 New PB!
87 John WILCOCK 00:26:31
88 Adam STEVENSON 00:26:32
91 Ron CHAPPELL 00:26:37
94 Keira STEVENSON 00:26:45
96 Yvonne WICKHAM 00:26:53
100 Richard LAWSON 00:27:09
118 Jackie KERSHAW 00:28:08
130 Stuart BARKER 00:29:21
136 Heidi KEWIN 00:29:33
141 Lucy STEVENSON 00:30:15
143 Rachel STEVENSON 00:30:21 New PB!
144 Richard STEVENSON 00:30:22
153 Elouise Sylkie PEMBERTON 00:30:58
188 Valerie LAWSON 00:37:07 New PB!
194 Milly MACCABE 00:39:01

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 95 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
93 Robin PRICE 00:37:10

 Penrith parkrun – A total of 122 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 Jonathan PYE 00:18:43

Pendle parkrun – A total of 56 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
3 Paul HESKETH 00:20:59
4 John HARTLEY 00:21:07
36 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 00:31:07
50 Molly HESKETH 00:38:16

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

Position parkrunner Run Time
35 Wendy DODDS 00:24:19
99 Eileen JONES 00:30:56

Other News

Congratulations to David Scott who is the January Senior Runner of the Month for his three great category wins in the month.

Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Annual Presentation Evening.  Tickets are going fast and it’s shaping up to be a great night out! James Hickie will be at Tuesday Training this week so don’t forget your cash/cheque!

And finally…

Don’t forget it’s Tangerine Training Night on Tuesday 24th February.  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. Go on… you know you want to!

 

 

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

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

Stoop, Red Nose, Grand Tour and the rest of the week’s action

There’s just no stopping our club members. Even in the midst of Christmas preparations you are still out there competing and taking part in a range of events. Congratulations to Ron Hill on running every single day for the last 50 years. An amazing achievement.

Tour de Helvellyn – Saturday 20st December 2014

154 people finished this event and 12 retired. Four of our club members travelled up to the Lake District to compete in this tough, winter 38 mile event. Well done to Martin Terry for an excellent 14th place. Jean Brown finished 33rd overall and was the third lady to complete the course. Andy Armstong and Nicholas Olszewski also put in a couple of solid runs finishing in 54th and 57th place.

Report by Nicholas Olszewski

The day started early, at 04:15, loaded up the car with what seemed an excessive amount of kit, before heading over to Colne to collect Martin Terry. Met Andy Armstrong and Jean Brown at Gisburn and travelled up together in the one car arriving in Askham with plenty of time to go through the final registration process and kit check.

Tour de Helvellyn

Martin Terry and Jean Brown making last minute preparations for the Tour de Helvellyn

At last we were off, it was about 07:45 and just about becoming light. Jean and Martin sped off into the early morning sunrise, Andy and I trotting along at a nice steady pace. For me this race is a part of my master plan for competing in the Lakeland 100 next July and was about time on my feet and acclimatising my legs to the Lakeland hills.

Tour de Helvellyn

Andy Armstrong at the Tour de Helvellyn

We passed through the first checkpoint at Martindale, the next at Patterdale didn’t open till 09:30 and anyone arriving before that time would have to wait. So, no sense rushing too much as we had a long way to go yet. We arrived at about 09:40 had a quick snack and ploughed on though to the next checkpoint at Greenside, which was in the middle of nowhere. Ahead of us was the climb over Sticks Pass.

As we gained elevation the wind became stronger and the temperature dropped, but the view of snow-capped tops was spectacular. On the descent to the checkpoint at Thirlmere, which became very steep and muddy at one point, I did a dramatic slide on my arse for a good way. Andy commented that if it’d been part of a fell race you’d have had someone there with a video camera recording runners sliding down. We checked into a rather posh and very clean Legburthwaite Village Hall at Thirlmere, which I felt guilty entering as I was covered from head to toe in mud after my dramatic slide.

The next section I have to admit I didn’t enjoy, I’m not a road runner and I find running on the road a bit tedious. The normal route on the east side of Thirlmere had been changed due to forestry work and re-routed down a quiet lane on the west side of Thirlmere, no other option for the race organizers, but this section was hard and when looking down the lake from the head it looked like an infinity lake, which didn’t help. We reached the check point and moved forward towards Dunmail Raise.

The climb from Dunmail to Grizedale Tarn was hard and steep but you knew that you’d turned a corner and were heading back. I could imagine this section being quite treacherous in icy conditions as the path is narrow and wet with a very steep drop off to your left.

The journey from Dunmail to the next checkpoint at Patterdale went without any hiccups, apart from being a little annoyed with myself for following others instead of taking the route I’d plotted for a small section round Grizedale Tarn. I’ll try not to do that again. Arriving in Patterdale the day behind us was now starting to tell, we had one stiff climb left and, having just guzzled half a litre of flat coke, I was ready for it. By now Andy had worked out that we would return just before it was very dark which was a relief as the Cockpit Stone Circle can be a bit confusing in the dark.

We arrived at the final checkpoint, Martindale in good spirits and knew the end was now in sight, as we trundled along. Motivation to keep running is hard as it’s so easy to walk when you can run, but as the light began to fail we passed the Cockpit and I could see the light of Askham shimmering not far away. As we entered the community centre and dibbed for the last time it felt great that we had done it and great to have done it with someone as so many races are all about heads down and running your guts out. It made a change to spend eight and half hours running, walking, laughing and feeling the pain with someone else.

Tour de Helvellyn

Andy Armstrong and Nick Olszewski at the Tour de Helvellyn ultra. Picture by www.granddayoutphotography.co.uk

A great day, great event and I’ll be back next year, possibly with my race head on, just to see if I can knock an hour off this years time. Thanks Andy for running round with me.

Position Name Category Time
14 Martin Terry MV50 07:21:31
33 Jean Brown FV40 07:58:59
54= Andrew Armstrong MV40 08:33:49
57 Nicholas Olszewski MV50 08:35:31

Full Results

Podium 5k -Saturday 20st December 2014

21 super fast runners took part in this competitive race. Podium5k has been set up on a brand new purpose built cycle track (1k loops with 3.6ft of climbing, no corners, just sweeping bends, floodlit and traffic free) and claims to be the fastest 5k in the country.

Well done Johnny McKenna and Dave Motley.

Position Name Category Time
17 Johnny McKenna M 16:05
37 David Motley M 18:42

Full Results

Rudolph Red Nose 5 mile Race – Sunday 21st December

5 Clayton Harriers took part in this 5 mile festive run.

Position Name Category Time
21 Stephen Biscomb MV60 00:35:23
58 Christina Lewis FV50 00:40:43
59 Robert Russell MV60 00:40:47
116 Kevin O’Brien MV70 00:49:41
121 Nicola Kay F 00:51:15

Rudolf Red Nose 5 Results 2014.

Mental Elf 5k – Sunday 21st December 2014

Astley Park, Chorley

Exercise is great for your Mental Elf, he really thrives on it… all those endorphins that exercise produce help to keep him, fit healthy and ready to take on everything that Christmas can throw at him… and just think…. Burning off all those calories means more mince pies and an extra SnowBall… Yum!

Well done Bryan Searby who was the sole club member to take part in this fundraising and promotion of the charity Lancashire Mind. He finished in 20th place with a time of 26:40. 250 runners took part.

Mental Elf 5k

Bryan Searby (L) at the Mental Elf 5k at Astley Park

Full Results

Stoop Fell Race – Sunday 21st December

5 miles – 800ft of ascent. Report from the Woodentops website

It was a typical Penistone Hill day driving rain and wind for the 26th annual Stoop race the snow from last week had disappeared which made the course very wet, lots of bogs to fall in. After a bit of track at the start the bog arrived quite quickly. There was lots of camaraderie as runners helped each other along and tried to avoid losing their Santa hats to the bog.

Festive fell running

Festive fell running at Stoop fell race. Pic courtesy of Debi Nicholson & Scott Leach

Lots of fast running too on slightly firmer ground, some challenging slippy descents where I think everyone fell over at least once, and a good battle in the ladies race. The juniors got the worst of the weather which made it more challenging as they charged round clad in their Santa hats.

Stoop Fell Race

David Bagot at the Stoop Fell Race. Pic courtesy of Debi Nicholson & Scott Leach

Position Name Category Time
46 David Bagot M 39:17
56 Tim Edward MV40 39:48
165 Chris Funnell MV40 45:49
214 Richard Briscoe M 48:21
256 Jon Sharples MV50 51:21
271 Colin Woolford M 51:54
295 Dawn Terry FV50 52:51
300 Linda Lord FV60 52:59
305 Katy Thompson FV60 53:20
326 Robert Hirst MV60 54:59
354 Stephen Fish MV60 56:56
412 Julie Toman FV40 66:21
422 John Francis MV70 71:25
423 Jack McGuire MV50 71:37

Congratulations to Julie Toman who was one of the fancy dress winners.

Well done Christopher Brown, our sole junior runner, who came 25th in the U10/U12 &U14 race in an excellent time of 8:16

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Lots of club members donned a santa hat or other festive garb and took place in a range of christmas-themed parkruns.

Heaton parkrun – A total of 360 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
245 Ron HILL 00:29:20

Bolton parkrun – A total of 205 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
49 George THOMPSON 00:24:44
51 Julia RUSHTON 00:24:58
64 Katy THOMPSON 00:25:47

Burnley parkrun – A total of 117 runners took part

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jacob WATSON 00:18:56
3 Jonathan PYE 00:19:25
4 Richard STEVENSON 00:19:57
9 Susan BURNS 00:20:59
10 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:21:09
16 Andy QUINN 00:22:36
25 David Ian SCOTT 00:23:30
33 Dawn TERRY 00:24:12
40 Donna SCOTT 00:25:34
59 Robert HIRST 00:27:18
63 Stuart BARKER 00:27:37
66 Julie TOMAN 00:27:55
67 Ron CHAPPELL 00:27:59
70 Jack SKELLY 00:28:08
71 Natalie HARRISON 00:28:09
79 Annabel WILCOCK 00:29:02
80 John WILCOCK 00:29:05
84 Richard LAWSON 00:29:14

Pendle parkrun – A total of 76 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Kevin DAVIES 00:21:13
4 John HARTLEY 00:22:02
35 Amelia DUGDALE 00:28:01
57 Christine Jennifer EGERTON 00:32:26
63 Christine LEATHLEY 00:34:53

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

Position parkrunner Run Time
37 Martin BRADY 00:23:44
92 Eileen JONES 00:30:48

A run a day

On 20th December, club member Ron Hill, had run every day for fifty years. An amazing achievement from a running legend. Congratulations Ron and here’s to many, many more daily runs.

#runeveryday

Ron Hill

Ron Hill who has run every day for 50 Years

And finally…

Why not get in the Christmas spirit by coming along to the Christmas Eve social run.  Meet at Barley Car Park for an 11.00am start.  We’ll be heading up or around Pendle Hill.  Juniors, seniors and walkers all welcome.

For the more competitive amongst you, there is a 10k in Worden Park, Leyland on Boxing Day at 10.00am.  Perfect for running off the excesses of your Christmas dinner. Or if you fancy a bit more off road, how about the Whinberry Naze at 11.30 at Marl Pits in Rawtenstall.

Whatever you do, have a great run and don’t forget to take lots of pictures and tell us all about it. We am also interested in any running resolutions you might have for the coming year?  Let us know and we will feature them in the New Year Roundup.

Have a Merry Christmas!

 

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Lee Mill Fell Relays, Turkey Trot and the rest of the week’s action

Mud, mud, glorious mud. There’s nothing quite like it… after an arctic start to Saturday with a hard frost and icy conditions to wild, wet and windy on Sunday, the common theme to many events you have been taking part in this weekend has been mud.  Lots and lots and lots of it!

Lee Mills Relays – 14th December

This is a new relay event set in the Lee mill Quarry site, for teams of four runners; men, ladies or mixed. All four runners run an individual leg over a 10k flagged course. This is a hard and demanding route run in wintery conditions.

Three teams were entered by Clayton; Ladies V40, Ladies V50 and Men’s V40

Running Trophy

Lee Mill Fell Relay Trophy for the winning Ladies Team

Ladies’ Fell Captain, Jean Brown reported; “thanks to the two teams of ladies who braved the weather to run the inaugural Lee Mill relays today and to Rossendale Harriers for organising. I think we all had a great day out, if very wet, windy and boggy. We were the first ladies team home with the second of our ladies teams third (there were five ladies teams racing). I am sure we will be back for more in 2015!”

Clayton Ladies Fell Team

Anna Kelly, Richard Stott, Jean Brown, Alison Dugdale

Full Results

Todmorden 5k Winter Series – Race 4

The fourth and final race of the Cannonball Winter 5k series took place on Thursday 11th December. Four Clayton Harriers took part.

Position Name Category Time
12 Richard Briscoe M 19:31
27 Gary Balmer MV45 21:53
42 Martin Brady MV50 23:36
43 Darren Rushton MV40 23:38

Full Results

Hurst Green Turkey Trot – 14th December

Lots of Harriers dressed up and took part in this festive trail run around the picturesque village of Hurst Green. Breton Holdsworth was the first M40, Thomas Bradley had an excellent run finishing 49th overall and first junior, Charlie Clutterbuck was the first M65, and Nichola Horsfall was the first F55.

Hurst Green Turkey Trot

L-R Carl Helliwell, Ian Greenwood and Dave Motley at the Hurst Green Turkey Trot

Position Name Category Time
10 Breton Holdsworth M40 00:34:55
14 Carl Helliwell M 00:35:37
15 Ian Greenwood M50 00:36:08
17 Dave Motley M 00:37:06
18 Ivan Whigham M50 00:37:07
22 Keiron Mitchell M40 00:37:37
25 Sean Clare M45 00:38:22
29 Chris Funnell M45 00:38:30
33 Mick Dobson M40 00:40:50
49 Thomas Bradley MJ 00:41:07
53 Richard Briscoe M 00:41:59
58 Andrew Dugdale M50 00:43:10
60 Stephen White M55 00:43:24
67 Peter Dugdale M55 00:44:24
80 Peter Thompson M50 00:45:59
81 Nichola Horsfall F55 00:46:50
112 John Roche M55 00:50:52
115 Irene Roche F55 00:51:02
116 Natalie Harrison F 00:51:03
133 Robert Hirst M60 00:53:08
144 Charlie Clutterbuck M65 00:55:32
156 Adrienne Olszewska F45 00:59:03
159 Sophie McIntosh F 01:00:46
160 Chris Holdsworth M 01:00:47
192 Nicola Kay F 01:08:24
Hurst Green Turkey Trot

Hurst Green Turkey Trot. “slenderman” aka JOhn Roche. Photo by Andy Holden

Other club members running but not listing themselves as Clayton-le-Moors Harriers were:

Position Name Category Time
107 Tracey Mitchell (Hills and Mills) F40 00:50:24
109 Candice Heyes (Hills and Mills) F35 00:50:26
113 Vicky Heys (Julia Hartley Sporting Therapy) F40 00:51:00
118 Angela Shian (Julia Hartley Sporting Therapy) F 00:51:05

Full Results

Longridge Christmas Pudding 7 – 14th December

A group of six Clayton Harriers took part in this festive run in Longridge. Taking home a christmas pudding were;

Position Name Category Time
37 Stephen Biscomb MV60 00:50:42
136 Tanya Bunkham F 01:01:35
137 Peter Costello MV55 01:01:49
148 Ted Orrell MV75 01:02:48
170 Bryan Searby MV40 01:06:34
229 Susan Allen FV50 01:23:45

Full Results

Mytholmroyd Fell Race – 14th December

99 runners completed the 6.2 mile course on a day of strong winds, mist and rain showers with two of our club members putting in a couple of fine runs.

Fell Running

Jon Sharples at the Mytholmroyd Fell Race. Picture by the Woodentops

The Mytholmroyd Fell Race is mainly run over open moorland. In poor weather conditions runners may be required to use navigation skills in order to complete the course. The route is flagged but only has limited marshalling. Due to the nature of the race route and the time of year at which the race is run, novice or inexperienced fell runners should not attempt the race.

Fell running

Alan Life at the Mytholmroyd Fell Race. Picture by the Woodentops

Position Name Category Time
25 Alan Life MV50 60:24
54 Jon Sharples MV55 66:33

Full Results

Lynne Edmondson Memorial & Christine Navan’s Brownhouse Wham Reservoir Race

Jason, George and Alice Pier ran this 5k race at Whitworth on Sunday 14th December. George was 5th male and first male junior. Alice was 3rd lady and first female junior. Also in the race were Jack McGuire, Christine Leathley and Julie Toman.

Unfortunately, no results are available at the time of publishing this report.  Will update when they are out.

Parkrun roundup

It was a beautiful morning but very cold and extremely frosty. Several parkruns were cancelled but some still went ahead despite icy conditions. Well done to the Burnley parkrunners for another batch of excellent runs with 4 of our members finishing in the top ten. A new PB for Richard Stevenson as well. There was a first time appearance at the Ormskirk parkrun from George Thompson making it his 15th parkrun location.

Clayton Juniors

Clayton Junior, Jordan McDonald at Burnley parkrun.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 113 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Jordan MCDONALD 00:17:57
3 Jonathan PYE 00:18:05
5 Jacob WATSON 00:18:27
6 Richard STEVENSON 00:18:33
14 Stephen AINSWORTH 00:21:15
20 Ryan Andrew CLARKE 00:22:51
26 Martin BRADY 00:23:51
51 Donna SCOTT 00:26:19
68 John WILCOCK 00:27:56
70 Annabel WILCOCK 00:27:59
73 Stuart BARKER 00:28:25

Ormskirk parkrun – A total of 106 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
39 George THOMPSON 00:24:18

Pendle parkrun – A total of 52 runners took part.

Position parkrunner Run Time
2 Paul HESKETH 00:20:16
4 John HARTLEY 00:20:57
5 Paul BRANNON 00:21:05
22 Dawn TERRY 00:25:55
39 Molly HESKETH 00:33:32

London Marathon Places

The club had 4 places available to take part in the London Marathon. 3 members who missed out on the general ballot for places came forward and the remaining place was offered out to interested members. A draw was done on Saturday morning at the parkrun and Alan Clarkson was the lucky one.

That makes the club entrants:

  • Nichola Kay
  • Stephen Whittaker
  • Tanya Bunkham
  • Alan Clarkson

Good luck to all of you!

Cross Country Palladium Standings

In the Cross Country Palladium Competition members receive points for competing in any cross country race held in the UK in the period 1st September 2014 to 7th March 2015.

Vicky Heys and Carl Helliwell are the current leaders. The standings will next be updated after the Northern on 24th January.

Full Details

Cross Country Club Championship 2013/14

The Club Cross Country Championship consists of three races, with a member’s best two races counting. The qualifying 2014 races were:

  • Saturday 4th January – Lancashire Cross Country Championships, Blackburn.
  • Saturday 25th October – Mid Lancs League, Hyndburn.
  • Saturday 29th November – Mid Lancs League, Liverpool.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Vicky Heys and Men’s Champion Christopher Holdsworth.

Club Road Club Championship 2014

The Club Road Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying 2014 races were:

  • Sunday 23rd February 11:00 am – Great North West Half Marathon, Blackpool.
  • Friday 23rd May 7:00 pm – Burnley Lions 10k, Colne.
  • Sunday 27th July 11:00 am – Towneley Park 10k, Burnley.
  • Thursday 25th September 6:45 pm – Ron Hill 5k, Whitworth.
  • Sunday 7th December 10:00 am – Guy’s 10, Garstang.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Irene Roche and Men’s Champion Jonny McKenna.

Club Fell Championship 2014

The Club Fell Championship consists of five races, with a member’s best three races counting. The qualifying 2014 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.

Congratulations to Ladies’ Champion Jean Brown and Men’s Champion Matt Perry.

2015 Championships

The club road and fell championship are open to any club member. Each championship consists of five races. Your best three races from the list of five count towards the final scores.

The Fell Championship kicks off with the first qualifying race, the Stanbury Splash on 18th January.

The Road Championship kicks off with the first qualifying race, the Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k on 8th Feb

Remaining races to be announced in January.

And finally…

If you are a member of the FRA (Fell Runners Association), please note the following advice about renewing your subscription.

RENEWAL OF FRA MEMBERSHIP

Renewal of FRA Membership should now be done on-line.  Existing standing orders are no longer valid and will not work.  Anyone who renews before 10th December will receive their Handbook and Fixtures Calendar before Christmas, and if you choose to set up a direct debit payment before the end of the year you will get a £2 discount from the full membership rate. 

To renew your FRA Membership please go to the link www.sientries.co.uk/fra/  and follow the instructions.  This link can also be found on the FRA web-site at fellrunner.org.uk. 

It is also possible to renew by cheque if you don’t have access to the internet – please call Martin Stone or Debbie Thompson on 01931 714106. 

For any queries please call Martin or Debbie, or get in touch with FRA Treasurer Andy Watts (details in the 2014 Handbook).