Seniors Cross Country – Page 3 – Clayton-le-Moors Harriers

ByPeter Booth

December Newsletter

Here is the link to the final Harrier edited by me. It’s missing Runner of the Month because the award is under review. However, Harry Manning has provided a list of ‘fast runners’ from the last two months. Paul Healey covers more Old Ground and there are reports on the wet and windy Tour of Pendle and Lee Mill Relays in addition to results and fixtures, as usual. Enjoy! December Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall

Despite the devastating floods of the weekend and the cancellation of many events, there was still quite a lot of action to report on this week. Cross country has been the mainstay of the week, with record amounts of mud at Marl Pits to contend with. There’s also been some fast 5K racing at Todmorden and a few forays on the fells.

Club News and Announcements

English and British Fell Championships

Races are now confirmed and some are open for entries. Details can be found here.

Late Result

Apologies to club member Richard Lawson who I missed off the results for the Mid Lancs Sefton Park fixture. He was 2^nd MV70 out of 7 fellow competitors and finished in a time of 44:45.

Thursday 3 December

Todmorden Park 5K race series

This was the fourth and final race of this fast, winter 5K series organised by Cannonball Events. Garry Wilkinson was running for charity team Running4CF and finished in 6^th place with a time of 19:42

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
26	Ian Hargreaves	M50	24:18
34	Paul Laurence Walsh	M60	26:37
37	Ron Chappell	M65	26:38

Full Results

Pendle Schools Cross Country

Congratulations to Briony and Curtis Holt who represented their schools at this event. Curtis came second in his race and Briony was first in hers.

Briony Holt on the podium at the Pendle Schools Cross Country championship. Photo courtesy of 5 Little Boys Photography

Saturday 5 December

Blackburn with Darwen Schools Cross Country

Natasha and Bronia Olszewska took part in this event at Witton Park. Bronia ran in the Year 7 girls race and finished 23^rd. Natasha ran in the Year 8 and Year 9 girls race and finished in 8^th place which qualified her to run for Blackburn with Darwen Schools in the district event in the New Year.

Team Olszewska at the Blackburn with Darwen Schools Cross Country Championships. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Red Rose Cross Country – Marl Pits

U11 Girls

Team Position 7^th (E Dorrington | H White | S Hargreaves)

Ella Dorrington tackling the Marl Pits mud with ease. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Time
5	Ella Dorrington	7:24
40	Helana White	8:45
44	Summer Hargreaves	8:57
74	Millie Maccabe	11:28

U11 Boys

Team Position 4^th (D Thompson| F Stubbs | J Bentham)

U11 Boys team warming up at the Red Rose Cross Country fixture. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Time
2	Dexta Thompson	6:40
15	Finlay Stubbs	7:43
21	Jenson Bentham	7:53
27	Matthew Jackson	8:00
30	Christopher Brown	8:05
34	William Nicholls	8:11
51	Joshua McKay	9:02

U13 Girls

Team Position 6^th (L Thompson | C Bentham | S Ashworth)

Sophie Ashworth dancing down the muddy slope. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Time
15	Liberty Thompson	11:29
17	Claudia Bentham	11:33
23	Sophie Ashworth	11:59

U13 Boys

Team Position 7^th (J McKay | J Bowman | L Jackson )

Even muddier for the U13 boys. Jackson McKay tackling the slope. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Time
3	Jackson McKay	9:29
38	Jay Bowman	11:48
39	Lennon Jackson	11:51

U15 Girls

Briony Holt in her second cross country race of the week. Making it look easy! Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Time
2	Briony Holt	17:11

U15 Boys

Pos	Name	Time
16	Thomas Bradley	17:25
29	Adam Quinn	20:06

U17 Women

Pos	Name	Time
10	Alice Pier	25:26

U17 Men

Team Positon 2^nd (S Wilshaw | R Clarke | R Lawrence)

Pos	Name	Time
12	Simon Wilshaw	22:42
14	Ryan Clarke	24:23
16	Reece Lawrence	24:43

U20 Women

Pos	Name	Time
4	Bethany Quinn	28:14

U20 Men

Pos	Name	Time
2	George Pier	33:49

Senior Women

Senior Ladies and Junior men race at the Red Rose Cross Country. Photo by David Belshaw

Team Position 5^th (H Leathley | J Brown | V Heys)

Vets Team 6^th (J Brown | V Heys | A Shian)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
11	Helena Leathley	L	23:28
27	Jean Brown	LV45	24:58
30	Vicky Heys	LV40	25:04
34	Angela Shian	LV35	25:52
35	Otlaith O’Mahony	L	25:55
56	Irene Roche	LV55	27:23
64	Bethany Quinn	LU20	28:14
68	Bianca Bennett	L	28:42
69	Katherine Thompson	LV60	29:00
74	Julia Rushton	LV50	29:45
83	Sarah Helliwell	L	31:51
91	Karin Goss	LV65	33:19
96	Susan Allen	LV55	35:43
104	Christine Leathley	LV65	43:11

Senior Men

Vets Team 3^rd (C Helliwell | M Aspinall | A Armstrong | A Orr)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
21	Tom Brewster	M	32:54
25	George Pier	MU20	33:49
27	Carl Helliwell	MV40	33:54
42	Mark Aspinall	MV50	34:58
46	Andrew Armstrong	MV45	35:42
47	Andrew Orr	MV45	35:52
51	Matthew Duckworth	M	36:19
76	Sean Clare	MV50	38:12
87	Michael Clarke	MV40	39:09
95	John Wilcock	MV50	39:59
114	Chris Paul	M	41:37
133	Andy Quinn	MV40	43:05
140	Peter Browning	MV55	43:52
165	Stephen Fish	MV60	50:57
169	Douglas Munroe	MV65	53:34

Full Results

Sunday 6 December

Cardington Christmas Cracker

According to race organisers Telford Athletic Club The Cardington Cracker is an institution. Over 200 runners turn out on a cold December day to pay homage to this annual fell race as part of the traditional runners build up to Christmas. It’s 9 miles and 2,600 feet of hell but well worth it for the carrot soup followed by a few pints of Shropshire Lad in the Royal Oak.

Andrew Firth at the Cardington Christmas Cracker. Photo by Colin Williamson

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
188	Andrew Firth	MV55	2:04:54

Full Results

Gravy Pud Fell Race

124 runners took part in this race. The route follows a course up on to the moors and to Lees Hill before returning via Swallows Wood. Approx 5 miles with 1000′ of climb. Ivan Whigham was our sole club runner

Report from Ivan Whigham

I was number 26 in the Gravy pud on a day that was wild and windy day and very wet under foot. I was racing neck and neck with Mick Toman of Rossendale Harriers, just managing to beat him by a split second. After completing the race three times, it is definitely one of my favourites.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
26	Ivan Whigham	MV50	00:45:32

Full Results

Pendle Forest Orienteers – Pendle Hill Event

The organisers had planned to put out controls on Saturday daytime for both the night and day events. Storm Desmond put paid to that and the night event was cancelled. There was a Saturday inspection of the day area, especially the Ogden Clough river and stream crossings as the river level could not be predicted. It depended on the forecast overnight rain. On Inspection on the event morning, while putting out controls at 6:00AM, the organisers decided to run the courses unchanged as the crossings were tricky but not dangerous.

Pendle orienteering is more about route choice than fine navigation. Some competitors got round cleanly, but there were tales of overshooting, undershooting, too high and too low on one or more controls. Relocation can be very tricky in this apparently featureless expanse. Control placement benefitted from the new georeferenced map and precise control placement confirmed by GPS.

The courses got the best out of the area and the Black course attracted some very competent and fast competitors.

Next time, the organisers promise to start higher, go higher and treat you to the intricacies of the peat hags!

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

Ralph Baines, Mark Nutter and Colin Woolford all competed in the 8.7km Black Course. Mike Wallis won the Blue 4.7km course. Jean Brown and Katy Thompson took on the Greenb 3.7km course and Junior Christopher Brown took on the 2.3km Orange Course.

Colin Woolford reports

There were several courses on offer, with the Black course being a challenging tour of Pendles bogs and tussocky moor land from the Reservoirs, through fell wood to the Deerstones area, before returning via Ashendean Clough, Ogden Clough, Boar Clough and in, all off path of course. Cracking conditions in the end, and milder than you would think for December.

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Richard Lawson writes; “ It gave a new meaning to “Shoe Fly Pye” when Jonathan sped round a very wet Towneley parkrun. Numbers were down as members were saving themselves for the cross country in Rawtenstall at the aptly named “The Pits”

Ivan Whigham visited Lyme Park parkrun and writes; “Lyme park park run is the toughest park run in England it is like a short fell race. This was my second run here, on the winter course as it is 800 ft.high and is very exposed to the rain and wind”

Bolton parkrun – A total of 171 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
57	Katy THOMPSON	25:40	VW60-64
63	George THOMPSON	25:57	VM65-69

Burnley parkrun – A total of 115 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Jonathan PYE	18:58	SM25-29
2	Richard STEVENSON	19:44	VM40-44
5	Jonathan CLEAVER	20:16	VM35-39
9	Matthew DUCKWORTH	21:16	SM25-29
38	Ian HARGREAVES	25:15	VM50-54
39	Lisa JOHNSON	25:26	VW40-44
46	Annabel WILCOCK	26:41	JW11-14
47	John WILCOCK	26:42	VM50-54
58	Donna SCOTT	27:33	VW50-54
103	Chris SNELL	33:39	VM35-39
110	Diane ORRELL	37:40	SW30-34

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 63 runners took part.

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

Lyme Park parkrun – A total of 44 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
5	Ivan WHIGHAM	23:32	VM50-54

Pendle parkrun – A total of 39 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	John HARTLEY	21:56	VM55-59
6	Paul HESKETH	23:01	VM50-54
14	Martin BRADY	26:06	VM50-54

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 266 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	David BAGOT	17:59	SM20-24

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Liverpool, Lee Mills and living to tell the tale

It was wild, windy and very wet this weekend. Yet another storm put you through the mill whether it was on exposed moorland and fells, muddy quagmires that used to be parkland,or wading through puddles that turned into mini lakes. What a tough lot you are – some of you went out in it twice, on the same day in some cases!

Club News and Announcements

Subscription Renewals

Don’t forget! Your membership subscriptions are due on 1st January. Full details on how you can organise payment can be found here.

Festive Social Runs

The Xmas run / walk / bike ride this year will be on Monday 28^th December. As usual it will be around 2 hours starting at 1pm from the bottom corner of the Memorial Park, Great Harwood. (Map ref: 736331)

After there will be food and drinks at The Pub Royale, Station Road, Great Harwood. (Map ref: 738333)

If people are going to come to the pub could they let me know, so that I can let the pub know how many to cater for. Also are they vegetarian?

I can be contacted on 07455990989 or 01254231650 or by email mickgreen906@btinternet.com

Christmas Eve Pendle Run

Meet on Barley Carpark for the traditional Christmas Eve run up Pendle Hill. It’s looking likely to be meet at 10:45 for an 11:00am start. Don’t forget your santa hat! Full details to follow.

Thursday 26 November

Todmorden Park 5K Race Series – Race 3

This was the third in a series of 4 fast paced 5k Runs in Todmorden Park organised by Cannonball Events. Clayton member Garry Wilkinson also ran under the charity team name Run4CF and finished in 5th place with a time of 18.59.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
36	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	24:03
43	Paul Laurence Walsh	MV60	25:24
48	Ron Chappell	MV65	27:42,021

Saturday 28 November

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Liverpool

Team Clayton tent awaits runners. Early birds L-R George Pier, Alice Pier, Danny Collinge. Photo by Jason Pier.

Great team spirit seemed very much in evidence as a good number of ladies, gents and junior runners made the trip to Liverpool for the British Cross Challenge event in Sefton Park in Liverpool. As always, this event attracts some top notch runners across all categories chasing national places so it was great to see all of our runners getting stuck in and holding their own.

Ella Dorrington and Dexta Thompson both put in superb runs finishing in 10^th and 8^th places respectively in the U11 races.

Coach Marion Wilkinson (far right) taking the U11 team to the start line. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Report from Irene Roche

Well done to all Clayton-le-Moors Harriers today. Huge thanks and appreciation to Jason Pier for sorting out numbers, tents and refreshements for everyone. It was just a tad blustery on arrival and during the junior races. Things turned rather drizzle by the time we ladies set off. Not too bad for running through the mud that awaited us. Unfortunately, it was just a matter of time before heavier rain set in for the senior men’s race.

U11 Girls

Ella Dorrington after her finishing line body slide! Photo by Alan Dorrington

Pos / Mid Lancs	Name	Time
10	Ella Dorrington	00:08:11
29	Helena White	00:08:44
58	Imogen Ferguson	00:09:30
68	Kady Thompson	00:10:15

U11 Boys

Team Position 7th

Pos	Name	Time
8	Dexta Thompson	00:07:21
50	Matthew Jackson	00:08:40
74	Finan Holdsworth	00:10:43

U13 Girls

Team Position 8th

Pos	Name	Time
69	Liberty Thompson	00:13:36
72	Claudia Bentham	00:13:39
74	Sophie Ashworth	00:13:40
93	Natasha Olszewska	00:14:30
101	Roanna Holdsworth	00:15:03
111	Bronia Olszewska	00:18:20

U13 Boys

Pos	Name	Time
38	Jackson McKay	00:11:29
98	Lennon Jackson	00:12:56

U15 Girls

Pos	Name	Time
63	Briony Holt	00:12:38
77	Eleanor Root	00:13:16

U17 Women

Pos	Name	Time
74	Alice Pier	00:20:38

U17 Men

Pos	Name	Time
110	Curtis Holt	00:21:20
127	Simon Wilshaw	00:24:14

Senior Women

Team Position 8th ( H Leathley | C Vincent | E Mullan)

Over 35 Team 7th ( I Roche | J Bennett | H Burnett)

Over 45 Team 4th (I Roche | J Bennett | J Rushton )

Over 55 Team 3rd ( I Roche | K Goss | C Leathley)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
112	Helena Leathley	F	00:35:48
129	Claire Vincent	F	00:37:20
153	Elizabeth Mullan	F	00:38:44
160	Irene Roche	FV55	00:39:20
166	Donna Airey	F	00:40:27
170	Joanne Bennett	FV45	00:40:48
173	Helen Burnett	FV35	00:41:06
180	Rachel Todd	FV35	00:42:08
183	Bethany Quinn	FU20	00:42:23
192	Julia Rushton	FV45	00:43:09
226	Michele Butschok	FV35	00:46:40
263	Karin Goss	FV65	00:50:56
278	Judith Carey	FV35	00:54:57
280	Christine Leathley	FV65	00:56:03

Senior Men

Over 40 team 7th (B Holdsworth | A Holt | J Wilcock | A Quinn)

Over 50 Team 7th (J Wilcock | J Hickie | P Browning)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
168	Jordan McDonald	M	00:36:11
176	Breton Holdsworth	MV40	00:36:28
206	George Pier	M	00:37:21
239	Dave Bagot	M	00:38:47
286	Chris Snell	M	00:40:16
301	Andrew Holt	MV40	00:40:50
368	Gareth Berry	M	00:42:44
418	John Wilcock	MV50	00:45:04
427	Andy Quinn	MV40	00:45:34
433	Chris Paul	M	00:45:56
436	Richard Briscoe	M	00:46:00
457	James Hickie	MV50	00:47:03
499	Jason Pier	MV40	00:49:21
503	Peter Browning	MV50	00:49:30
533	Carl Carey	MV40	00:51:45

British Cross Challenge Results

Mid Lancs Full Results

Wesham 10K

Congratulations to Laura Hesketh who was the second lady finisher in this 10K road race over a rural, undulating course. Ted Orrell was 1^st V75.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
34	Laura Hesketh	F	(001/024)	00:38:42
35	Stephen Hall	M40	(008/032)	00:38:48
46	Andrew Payne	M	(022/072)	00:39:36
142	Martin Brady	M50	(013/041)	00:46:35
199	Ted Orrell	M75	(001/003)	00:50:28
204	Ian Hargreaves	M50	(020/041)	00:50:45
274	Julie Toman	F45	(015/032)	00:56:19
371	Graham Kissack	M65	(014/015)	01:08:06

Full Results

Sunday 29 November

David Staff Memorial Fell Race

The race is organised by Darwen Dashers run in memory of David Staff, who joined the Dashers as a 15 year old and competed in many fun runs as a junior. David turned 17 years of age on 5th December 1994 which then allowed him to compete as a senior for the 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.

Mark Nutter at the David Staff Memorial Fell Race. Photo by Helen Jones

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.

Stephen Fish at the David Staff Memorial Fell Race. Photo by Helen Jones

This race raises 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; so far over 60 people have had heart defects identified as a result of Granville’s fund raising.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
17	Andrew Orr	M40	00:33:38
66	Mark Nutter	M50	00:39:58
74	Andrew Howarth	M50	00:40:32
85	Peter Dugdale	M50	00:41:43
98	Stephen Fish	M60	00:45:36
121	Robert Hirst	M60	00:51:27

Full Results

Lee Mills Fell Relays

28 brave (or, some might say crazy) runners represented Team Clayton in 7 teams at the Lee Mills Relays. 89 teams completed the gruelling event and 7 teams did not complete fully. . Conditions were awful but most of you seemed to have had a great time with a number of you having run in the British Cross Challenge at Liverpool as well. In dire weather, you are an impressive bunch; Jordan McDonald, George Pier, Dave Bagot and Danny Collinge. The future is definitely bright!

Well done in particular to the Mens A team who finished in 7th place overall with Danny Collinge and Jordan McDonald running our two fastest legs. Also Anna Kelly and Wendy Dodds who were 1st V50 and 1st V60 ladies respectively

Andy Bradley, all wrapped up and ready to take on the horrendous weather at the Lee Mills Fell Relays. Photo by Rachel Todd

Lee Mill Relay – Ladies Team Report by Kath Brady

We had two teams, ladies and lady vets running in wet and very windy conditions, which were forecast to get worse. Claire Vincent and Jean Brown set off on leg 1, Jean came back before Claire with tales of a well flagged route and deep bogs. Nat Walton and Anna Kelly ran leg two.

Nat Walton trying to keep warm and dry in the club tent. Photo by Rachel Todd

Flags were blowing away and bogs getting boggier! Vicky Heys and Alison Dugdale suffered the worst of the weather on leg 3. A mass start on leg 4 was planned for 2pm but due to deteriorating conditions we requested they brought this forward to 1.30 and missed Top of Leach trig. Angela Shian and Wendy Dodds setting off with slightly improving conditions.

On Monday at 10pm organisers are still working on results. Well done to all and thanks to Captain Dave, George and Jordan for bring the club tent and refreshments.

Mens Team A – 7th Place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Jordan McDonald	00:55:10	Dave Motley	01:01:05	David Bagot	01:03:44	Danny Collinge	00:55:03	03:55:02

Mens Team E – 13th Place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Neil Hardiman	01:02:40	Paul Shackleton	01:06:45	Carl Helliwell	01:00:13	Garry Wilkinson	01:05:25	04:15:03

Mens Team B – 17th place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Russel Clarke	01:06:25	George Pier	01:04:55	Matt Duckworth	01:04:19	Andy Armstrong	01:01:41	04:17:20

Mans Team C – 33rd Place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Kevin Davies	01:11:10	Chris Snell	01:06:51	Michael O’Donnell	01:10:08	Adam Shaw	01:08:40	04:36:49

Mens Team D – 47th place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Sean Clare	01:07:50	Andy Bradley	01:10:25	Paul Wale	01:17:22	Jon Cleaver	01:12:40	04:48:17

Ladies Vet Team – 57th place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Jean Brown	01:09:27	Anna Kelly	01:15:53	Alison Dugdale	01:19:01	Wendy Dodds	01:17:34	05:01:55

Ladies Team A – 61st place

Leg 1	Time	Leg 2	Time	Leg 3	Time	Leg 4	Time	Total
Claire Vincent	01:13:47	Nat Walton	01:17:39	Vicky Heys	01:24:02	Angela Shian	01:15:07	05:10:35

Full Results

Manchester Christmas Pudding 5 Mile Dash

Christmas Puds and other Festive goodies were on offer plus a medal and a mince pie at at the finish. The race is a fundraiser for the Greenmount Wild Bird Hospital in Bury and took place over a 2 lap off road course using footpaths, fields and trail in Wythenshaw Park

Christopher Holdsworth, Kevin O’Brien Sophie McIntosh took part with Chris more than earning his Christmas pudding by winning the race in a time of 28:18. Kevin O’Brien (MV70) finished in 67th place in a time of 52:29 and Sophie McIntosh was 69th with a time of 53:22. 119 runners took part.

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 187 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Jonathan PYE	18:19	SM25-29
3	Matthew DUCKWORTH	19:27	SM25-29
6	Kevin DAVIES	19:59	VM50-54
7	Stephen AINSWORTH	20:37	VM55-59
9	James BOULT	20:51	SM20-24	New PB!
17	Reece Adam LAWRENCE	21:39	JM15-17	New PB!
24	Donna RILEY	22:32	VW50-54
47	Julie DAWES	24:09	VW45-49
51	David Ian SCOTT	24:30	VM70-74
61	Andrew TAYLOR	25:04	VM55-59
77	John WILCOCK	26:35	VM50-54
78	Annabel WILCOCK	26:36	JW11-14
96	Ron CHAPPELL	27:32	VM65-69
142	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	31:23	VW65-69
150	Robert HIRST	32:52	VM65-69
173	Diane ORRELL	37:27	SW30-34

Keswick parkrun – A total of 77 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
59	Eileen JONES	30:44	VW60-64

Pendle parkrun – A total of 43 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	John HARTLEY	20:49	VM55-59
5	Paul HESKETH	22:01	VM50-54

Witton parkrun – A total of 86 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Richard STEVENSON	18:48	VM40-44	First Timer!
11	Nick COLLINSON	22:14	JM15-17
52	Toby BIRTWISTLE	30:07	JM10	New PB!
53	Justin BIRTWISTLE	30:07	VM40-44	New PB!

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Skylines, windmills and lots of mud

Mud, mud, mud and more mud. It’s been a bit of a dirty weekend for our hardy Harriers! A little bit of wind and rain doesn’t really get in the way of such a tough bunch. You’ve been ploughing through cross country, up and down fell and along blustery promenades with gusto this week. There’s even been a bit of cyclocross as well.

Club News and Announcements

Lee Mill Fell Relays – sign ups

This relay event, on Sunday 29^th November, is set in the Lee Mill Quarry site. 10km / 6.2m & Climb: 340m / 1115ft. Teams of four runners. All four runners will run individual over a 10k flagged course.

The club is entering teams and are looking for names, please contact your captain ASAP if you would like to run.

Dave Motley 07810 895862

Kath Brady 07899722922, kabrady64@hotmail.com

This is a hard and demanding route, possibly run in wintery conditions. Full kit including full waterproof bodycover, hat, gloves, compass and whistle must be carried. Stringent kit check will be made to all competitors. A map of the course will be provided on registering.

Weekly Roundup – Assistant Editor required!

If you’re one of the around 400+ people who view our website news roundup each week and want to help ensure its continued publication then this is the job for you! Our Media Manager, Adrienne Olszewska, does a fantastic job producing the weekly roundups but is not able to produce the roundups all 52 weeks of the year ( because I do like to go on holiday occasionally !).So, the club is looking for a Website News Editor to produce the weekly roundup approximately once a month. Good writing and IT skills are needed for this important role. You’ll also need to be able to commit to finding around four hours to produce each roundup so that publication is normally on Monday.

We need more help to make our club even better. If you think you could be our Website News Editor then please get in touch with Jim Hickie or Adrienne Olszewska.

Saturday 7 November

Cheshire 10K

John Hartley was our sole competitor in this popular 10K race. He finished in 60^th place with a time of 37:54 and was 2^nd V55 finisher on a wet and windy race around the flat and rural roads of Antrobus. 1116 runners took part.

John Hartley at the Chester 10K

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
60	John Hartley	M55	37:54

Full Results

Podium 5K

Well done to Laura Hesketh who took part in this fast 5k organised by Chris Barnes. She was the first lady in the race with a time of 18:17 in what look like pretty grim conditions!

Laura Hesketh at the Podium 5k . Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
22	Laura Hesketh	F	18:17

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Hyndburn

Mud, mud, glorious mud! After what seemed like a never-ending downpour the rain sort of stopped and one thing was for certain; there would be mud. Lots and lots of it! There’s a slightly evil start to the race that involves contouring round an incline and the U11 boys who started first ended up with half the field sliding down the hill! So depending on your attitude to the black stuff it was either a heavenly course or something not so nice.

U11 Boys

Team Position 1^st ( D Thompson | J Bentham | F Stubbs )

Finlay Stubbs and Jenson Bentham. Photo by David Belshaw

A great run from Dexta Thompson who battled through to first place. Jenson Bentham also put in a strong performance to finish in fifth. Finlay Stubbs made up the final counter in the team and William Nicholls, Matthew Jackson and Joshua McKay all ran well on a tough course.

Pos	Name	Time
1	Dexta Thompson	7:40
5	Jenson Bentham	8:31
13	Finlay Stubbs	8:54
33	William Nicholls	9:34
34	Matthew Jackson	9:38
45	Joshua McKay	10:10

U11 Girls

Team Position 8^th ( E Dorrington | H White | I Ferguson )

U11 Girls team already a bit mucky at the start of the race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Ella Dorrington was our first U11 girl battling through the muddy course to finish in 4^th place. Helana White and Imogen Ferguson were also team counters. All of our girls looked to be at ease on this quagmire of a course despite the loss of a shoe at times. Well done!

Pos	Name	Time
4	Ella Dorrington	8:39
22	Helana White	9:38
55	Imogen Ferguson	10:42
76	Kady Thompson	11:27
80	Rachel Stevenson	12:01
93	Tillie Ferguson	13:10
96	Millie Maccabe	14:15

U13 Boys

Team Position 7^th ( J McKay | A Stevenson | L Jackson )

Jackson McKay in the U13 boys race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Jackson McKay was our first finisher in 5^th place. Adam Stevenson and Lennon Jackson both performed strongly as the course started to become particularly boggy.

Pos	Name	Time
5	Jackson McKay	10:09
34	Adam Stevenson	11:44
35	Lennon Jackson	11:49

U13 Girls

Team Position 3^rd ( M Stubbs | L Thompson | C Bentham )

U13 Girls ready to race at the Red Rose Hyndburn fixture. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

A fine run from Millie Stubbs earned her a 4^th place finish. Liberty Thompson also had a good run despite a dodgy knee to finish in 15^th place. Claudia Bentham made up the team counters. Some determined performances followed from their team mates through mud that was now ankle deep in places.

Pos	Name	Time
4	Millie Stubbs	11:04
15	Liberty Thompson	11:56
30	Claudia Bentham	12:55
34	Natasha Olszewska	13:11
54	Heidi Kewin	14:42
64	Bronia Olszewska	16:32

U15 Boys

Thomas Bradley was our only competitor in this age category, finishing in 14^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
14	Thomas Bradley	17:30

U15 Girls

Running solo today was no deterrent for Briony Holt who had a storming run finishing in 2^nd place.

Pos	Name	Time
2	Briony Holt	17:33

U17 Men

Curtis Holt and Simon Wilshaw were running in this category. 5^th place for Curtis and 10^th for Simon.

Pos	Name	Time
5	Curtis Holt	20:25
10	Simon Wilshaw	22:10

U17 Women

Another solo runner, Alice finished in 10^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
10	Alice Pier	24:26

U20 Women

Bethany Quinn was our sole competitor in this age category and finished in 7^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
7	Bethany Quinn	26:37

Ladies

Team Positions

Team 7^th ( H Leathley | O O’Mahony | A Shian )

Vets Team 8^th (A Shian | V Heys | I Roche )

Clayton Ladies, Donna Airey, Orlaith O’Mahony and Julia Rushton, all shiny and clean before the ladies race. Photo by Adrienne Olszewska

Well done to our ladies for giving their all on very tough and muddy course. Helena Leathley was our first lady finisher and was 7^th overall in a time of 21:59. Orlaith O’Mahony also finished strongly in 25:10. Third counter was Angela Shian. Some gutsy running from the Clayton Ladies on show today.

Helena Leathley, first Clayton finisher in the ladies race at the Red Rose Cross Country Hyndburn fixture. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
7	Helena Leathley	L	21:59
39	Orlaith O’Mahony	L	25:10
42	Angela Shian	L35	25:28
46	Vicky Heys	L40	25:43
54	Irene Roche	L55	26:12
60	Bethany Quinn	U20	26:37
67	Donna Airey	L	26:57
75	Julia Rushton	L50	27:47
85	Julie Dawes	L45	28:34
99	Joanne Motley	L	30:13
122	Karin Goss	L65	33:28
133	Elouise Pemberton	L	37:17
135	Susan Allen	L55	37:32
138	Christine Leathley	L65	39:45

Men

Team Positions

Vets Tea 3^rd (R Stevenson | C Helliwell | M Aspinall | A Orr)

Deep discussion at the cross country. Photo by Alan McDonald

Great finish for Jordan McDonald who was 6^th overall in the mens race. Some great performances from our hardy male runners on an extremely churned up and muddy course.

Richard Stevenson with Carl Helliwell following. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
6	Jordan McDonald	U20	38:26
28	Tom Brewster	M	40:50
32	George Pier	U20	41:40
35	Richard Stevenson	M40	42:02
36	Carl Helliwell	M40	42:04
43	David Motley	M	42:37
56	Mark Aspinal	M55	43:42
62	Andrew Orr	M45	44:20
63	Chris Snell	M	44:21
75	Alan Dorrington	M45	45:56
95	Gareth Berry	M	47:42
105	Michael Clarke	M40	48:22
137	John Wilcock	M50	51:45
142	Andy Quinn	M40	52:33
158	James Hickie	M55	53:37
167	Stephen Green	M60	54:09
168	David McMullan	M45	54:09
199	Douglas Munroe	M65	1:06:20
203	Philip Thornber	M60	1:12:56

Full Results

Shepherds Skyline

Described as a fast, muddy course – with a steep descent off Stoodley Pike for the kamikaze descenders, immediately followed by a stiff climb back up the hill for the stout-legged amongst you. 232 runners completed the course. Eighteen Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this race which was also the final race of the current club fell championship.

Chris Holdsworth at the Shepherds Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Christopher Holdsworth was our first Clayton runner finishing in 3^rd place overall. Garry Wilkinson was 1^st V50 finisher and Katy Thompson was 1^st L60 finisher.

Rachel Todd and Stephen Fish at the Shepherds Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
3	Christopher Holdsworth	M	43:18
16	Breton Holdsworth	M40	48:53
35	Garry Wilkinson	M50	52:05
64	Ivan Whigham	M50	56:50
85	Sean Clare	M50	58:52
99	Darren Rushton	M45	60:44
105	Mark Nutter	M50	61:17
125	Peter Browning	M55	63:45
134	Alison Dugdale	F45	65:07
138	Martin Brady	M50	65:36
140	Peter Dugdale	M55	65:51
143	Andrew Firth	M55	66:19
181	Stephen Fish	M60	72:11
182	Rachel Todd	F40	72:23
191	Katy Thompson	F60	73:41
198	Jude Ashworth	F55	75:46
204	Richard Briscoe	M	76:02
209	Martin O’Rourke	M55	76:49

Full Results

Sunday 8 November

Ilkley Cyclocross

Report from Andrew Armstrong

The mud arrived.

The world of Cyclocross has been waiting for the mud ever since the season started and, finally, this weekend delivered it in lumps. Great big sticky lumps that bind together with grass and leaves, that render expensive bikes near useless and gets everywhere. The kind of mud that takes days to clean off the bike

Paul Hesketh, left, 3rd place in the Ilkley Cyclocross

Ilkley Cross is a low key club run event that combines most of the best bits of Cross in a compact course at the Ilkley Lido. It has fast sweeping sections, tight technical hairpins, treacherously boggy climbs and steep descents between the trees into gloop filled bomb holes. What’s not to like!

Two Harriers made the trip to Ilkley. Paul Hesketh had a score to settle; having failed to finish two races due to mechanical problems he openly admitted to having ‘spat the dummy’ at his last race and thrown his bike in the hedge. He had better luck this time and claimed a podium position with his third place Vet finish. I came significantly further down the field and looked a lot filthier, thanks to a ‘technical sit-down’ on one of the off camber hairpins. We also managed to dodge the rain, which started after the presentation had finished.

All in all; a successful weekend; with plenty more muddy fixtures to look forward to!

Paul Hesketh was third overall and third vet, Andrew Armstrong was 12th, field of 47.

Wadsworth Half Trog

A local classic taking in all the best terrain of the full Trog, without the full distance. Plenty of varied tough terrain. And perhaps a bit of mud! Jeffrey Pickup and Richard Bellaries took part in this 9.3 mile race with 1400ft of climb.

Richard Bellaries at the Wadsworth Half Trog. Photo by Woodentops

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
30	Jeffrey Pickup	M60	1:39:07
44	Richard Bellaries	M60	1:46:04

Full Results

Windmill 10K

Amanda Duffy reports

Amanda Duffy at the Windmill 10k

We arrived at Lytham green on not the best of days to be racing. Still abit of wind and rain won’t put us runners off! As it was Remembrance Sunday we had a 2 minute silence and then the race was off. It was a slightly different route than last year which took us off the green and on the road down towards Fairhaven Lake, we ran a lap around the lake and back on to the sea front only to be hit by very strong winds! It was a battle back down towards the windmill to finish back on Lytham green. Overall an excellent race

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
18	Alex Cran	MV40	40:26.7
68	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	46:06.0
74	Amanda Duffy	LV35	46:39.6
117	Lee Moore	M	49:11.2
189	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	52:15.4

Full Results

Parkrun roundup

The foul weather didn’t put too many of our hardy Harriers off on Saturday morning with a pretty good turnout all things considered. The exception being Bianca Bennett who continues her tour of Australian parkruns by taking part in the St Peters parkrun in Sydney where the weather was considerably better than here in blighty!

Bianca Bennett enjoying much nicer weather than Burnley at the St Peters, Sydney parkrun.

Bit of a contrast! Not such nice weather in Burnley. A rather soggy Martin Brady.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 214 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	Jonathan PYE	18:57	SM25-29
4	Phil HALL	19:19	VM50-54	First Timer!
12	Paul WALE	21:43	VM45-49
18	Nick COLLINSON	22:03	JM15-17
30	Donna RILEY	22:57	VW50-54
35	Reece Adam LAWRENCE	23:11	JM15-17
36	Martin BRADY	23:16	VM50-54
60	Julie DAWES	24:49	VW45-49
74	Annabel WILCOCK	26:11	JW11-14
75	John WILCOCK	26:12	VM50-54
100	Donna SCOTT	27:26	VW50-54
103	Aaron LUNDIE	27:33	JM11-14
121	Robert HIRST	28:48	VM65-69
150	Sophie ASHWORTH	30:40	JW11-14
187	Valerie LAWSON	35:49	VW70-74

Cuerden Valley parkrun – A total of 126 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
49	Katy THOMPSON	27:33	VW60-64	First Timer!
52	George THOMPSON	27:56	VM65-69	First Timer!

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 66 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
62	Robin PRICE	37:28	VM70-74

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 95 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
33	Wendy DODDS	23:59	VW60-64

Keswick parkrun – A total of 108 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
75	Eileen JONES	29:54	VW60-64	New PB!

St Peters parkrun – A total of 311 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
138	Bianca BENNETT	25:48	SW25-29	First Timer!

ByPeter Booth

November Newsletter

This month’s Harrier is a relay, relay, relay good edition. It has reports on the Northern and National Road Relays, the Hodgson Brothers Fell Relay and the British Athletics Hill & Fell Running Relay, organised by Clayton at Barley last month. It also contains all the usual features, results & fixtures for the next 2 months. November Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Running further!

Another amazing, action-packed week on the roads, trails, parks, fells and mountains. We’ve been out in force at the Mid Lancs cross country at Towneley Park, Accrington 10K and Bronte Way fell race, with some great individual and team performances across all disciplines. Congratulations to Martin Terry for his MV50 win in the RunFurther Ultra race competition.

Club Announcements

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

Val Lawson will also be there with club kit, so an ideal opportunity to kit yourself out.

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

Saturday 24 October

Great Whernside Fell Race

Report from Andrew Walmsley

Heavy rain was forecast for the morning of the race. Just before the start at 11:30 am it had stopped raining, though still looked threatening and promised a cold tailwind to the summit turnaround, so not all bad!

Andrew Walmsley at the Great Whernside Fell Race. Photo by Scott Leach

Before the start Andrew Jebb informed the assembled runners that after organising the race for 25 years Peter Jebb was standing down as race organiser. this being his last race in charge and asked for a round of applause in appreciation of his years of service. This was answered by warm applause from all present. Wharfdale Harriers have taken up the reins for future events.

Peter set us off straight into the steep climb which quickly strung the field out into a long line. I found myself 5th out of 5 clayton starters with Ivan [Whigham ] and Mark [Nutter] already out of sight! Peter [ Dugdale ] and Andy [Firth] were locked in battle 50M ahead, then 80M, steadily pulling away. Being passed by “Sumo”[ Andy Holden ] was a kick up the backside and I began to gain a few places. Through the broken crag above Hag Dyke and onto the marshy ground beyond I picked up a couple more before the leaders began to fly past in the opposite direction, heading for the finish, the first few very close together and pointing to a tight contest, amongst them Victoria Wilkinson of Bingley Harriers looking secure as first lady in this leading group.

Andrew Firth at the Great Whernside Fell Race. Photo by Scott Leach

By this time Ivan had a clear lead over Mark with Peter and Andy still having a battle that wasn`t resolved until the final steep descent where Andy used his trademark descending skills to open a gap to take 3rd Clayton.

Some way back up the course I was enjoying quite a good descent too picking up a few more places and chasing to the finish to complete the tough but enjoyable outing.

Unofficial times: Ivan Whigham 41.00, Mark Nutter 45.37, Andrew Firth 46.59 Peter Dugdale 47.09, Andrew Walmsley 52.02.

Awaiting Official Results

Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra & RunFurther Update

Congratulations to Martin Terry, this year’s Runfurther MV50 winner Martin Terry and 6th overall in the competition. Andy Armstrong was 44th and Nicholas Olszewski was 45th. The three of them as a team came 5th. Well done!

At Jedburgh, Martin came in 22nd in 5:58:54 in the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra, and took the race MV50 trophy.

This was the 12th and last of the 2015 Runfurther Championship races, and it really was a belter. The start location was in Jedburgh. There were marshals and supporters everywhere, and the reception at the finish was quite something, with everyone cheered in by name over the PA as they approached the finish, to a chorus of cheers, yelps and handclaps.

The route has great views, and is mainly very runnable. It starts with an offroad half-marathon, predominantly on an old Roman road and then along the banks of the River Tweed. That is followed by a stiff fell race over the Eildon hills, then another half-marathon back, mainly on the same route you came out on. Conditions were good, despite the poor weather forecast: there was a spell of rain early on, but it soon cleared, and we even had a bit of sun later on. It was a bit muddy in places, but we’re used to that aren’t we?

Awaiting Jedburgh Results

RunFurther Final Results

Mid Lancs Cross Country League – Towneley

Another great turnout for the club at the Towneley Park fixture of the Mid Lancs Cross Country League. There was a record number of younger runners, many of them running for us.

U11 Girls

A great run from Ella Dorrington in this race who finished in 6^th place. Helped to a great team position by Helana White and Imogen Ferguson.

Imogen Ferguson in the U11 Girls’ race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 5^th (E Dorrington/H White/ I Ferguson)

Pos	Name	Time
6	Ella Dorrington	7:49
21	Helana White	8:16
33	Imogen Ferguson	8:38
58	Kady Thompson	9:17
71	Rachel Stevenson	10:10
72	Tillie Ferguson	10:17
83	Millie Maccabe	11:11

U11 Boys

A third place finish for Dexta Thompson and a first place team position along with Christopher Brown and Jenson Bentham. A great performance from our under 11 boys.

U11 Boys getting ready to race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 1^st (D Thompson/C Brown/J Bentham)

Pos	Name	Time
3	Dexta Thompson	6:58
10	Christopher Brown	7:28
16	Jenson Bentham	7:41
23	Finlay Stubbs	7:54
42	Joshua McKay	8:44
53	Charlie Birtwistle	8:57
62	Finan Holdsworth	9:36

U13 Girls

Despite some changes to last year’s lineup our under 13 girls continue to work extremely well together. Millie Stubbs was our first finisher in 7^th place and the team counters alongside her were Liberty Thompson and Sophie Ashworth.

Sophie Ashworth in the U13 Girls’ race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Team position 2^nd (M Stubbs/L Thompson/S Ashworth)

Pos	Name	Time
7	Millie Stubbs	11:57
13	Liberty Thompson	12:04
23	Sophie Ashworth	12:56
30	Claudia Bentham	13:25
35	Roanna Holdsworth	13:38
41	Natasha Olszewska	14:07
42	Heidi Kewin	14:11
51	Bronia Olszewska	18:27

U13 Boys

Jackson McKay was our first under 13 finisher in the boys race, finishing in 5^th place. Good runs from his team mates Lennon Jackson and Jay Bowman place their team in 9^th place.

Lennon Jackson and Jay Bowman in the U13 Boys’ race. Photo by David Belshaw

Team position 9^th (J McKay/L Jackson/J Bowman)

Pos	Name	Time
5	Jackson McKay	11:33
41	Lennon Jackson	13:20
46	Jay Bowman	13:40

U15 Girls

As a couple of our girls have moved up the age groups we are able to field an U15 girls team. Briony, back from an injury at the English Schools Fell Running Championships had a great return and finished in 6^th place.

Eleanor Root in the U15 Girls’ race.

Team position – not listed but 4^th by my reckoning! Well done girls.

Pos	Name	Time
6	Briony Holt	12:41
18	Eleanor Root	13:42
31	Lucy Stevenson	17:09

U15 Boys

Brothers Thomas and Daniel put in some solid runs in this race.

Pos	Name	Time
16	Thomas Bradley	16:41
25	Daniel Bradley	18:44

U17 Women

Alice Pier was our only U17 Lady and she finished in 10^th place with a time of 18:25.

Pos	Name	Time
10	Alice Pier	18:25

U17 Men

Solid performances from our under 17 men. Curtis Holt was our first finisher in 15^th place overall backed up by Ryan Clarke and Simon Wilshaw to earn a third place team finish.

Team Position 3^rd (C Holt/R Clarke/S Wilshaw)

Pos	Name	Time
15	Curtis Holt	24:01
20	Ryan Clarke	25:27
23	Simon Wilshaw	27:55

U20 Ladies

Beth Quinn was our sole representative in the U20 Ladies and finished in 4^th place.

Pos	Name	Time
4	Bethany Quinn	31:34

U 20 Men

George Pier ran well finishing in 11^th in the U20 race and 56^th overall in the men’s race.

Pos	Name	Time
11	George Pier	35:55

Senior Ladies

A great run from Laura Hesketh who was 6^th in the Ladies Race. Irene Roche took the 1^st LV55 category. Our Ladies team were 8^th overall and we had some good placings in the Vets team categories winning first Vet 55 team.

First Clayton lady, Laura Hesketh. Ryan Clarke in the background in the U15 Boys' race. Photo by David Belshaw

First Clayton lady, Laura Hesketh. Ryan Clarke in the background in the U17 Boys’ race. Photo by David Belshaw

Ladies Team positions

Team A – 8^th (L Hesketh/H Leathley/ I Roche)

Team B – 17^th (E Mullan/A Shian/V Heys)

Over 35 Team A – 10^th (I Roche/A Shian/V Heys)

Over 35 Team B – 12^th (J Dawes/J Bennett/J Knightley)

Over 45 Team A – 4^th (I Roche/V Heys/J Dawes)

Over 45 Team B – 8^th (J Bennett/J Knightley/J Rushton)

Over 55 Team – 1^st (I Roche/J Knightley/K Thompson

Elizabeth Mullan chasing Angela Shian to the finish. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
6	Laura Hesketh	L	24:21
32	Helena Leathley	L	26:51
50	Irene Roche	L55	28:08
67	Angela Shian	L35	28:53
68	Elizabeth Mullan	L	28:54
70	Vicky Heys	L45	29:04
71	Julie Dawes	L45	29:05
72	Joanne Bennett	L45	29:13
75	Jean Knightley	L55	29:22
89	Julia Rushton	L45	30:05
90	Helen Burnett	L35	30:06
96	Rachel Todd	L35	30:22
101	Donna Airey	L	30:44
102	Sarah Whittaker	L35	30:45
111	Bethany Quinn	L20	31:34
113	Katy Thompson	L55	31:40
114	Joanne Perry	L	31:41
116	Kath Brady	L45	31:52
123	Elouise Pemberton	L	32:56
132	Joanne Motley	L	33:49
180	Christine Leathley	L65	40:43
185	Susan Allen	L55	42:47

Senior Men

Cross country captain, Chris Holdsworth, had a fine race finishing in 9^th place and helping push the men’s team into third place overall. As with the ladies, the men’s teams had some great placing particularly our Vet 40s who finished in 2^nd place.

The unmissable Breton Holdsworth. Photo by Dave Belshaw

Men’s Team Positions

Team A – 3^rd (C Holdsworth/A Stubbs/B Holdsworth/T Brewster/G Pier/M Perry)

Team B – 9^th (L Smith/A Armstrong/D Bagot/C Helliwell/D Motley/M Duckworth)

Over 40 Team A – 2^nd (A Stubbs/B Holdsworth/A Armstrong/C Helliwell)

Over 40 Team B – 10^th (A Holt/A Dorrington/A Life/A Clarke)

Over 50 Team A – 7^th (A Life/J Wilcock/S Ainsworth)

Over 50 Team B – 18^th (S White/J Hickie/P Browning)

Battling for the finish at the Towneley Cross County. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
9	Christopher Holdsworth	M	32:55
28	Andy Stubbs	V40	34:55
34	Breton Holdsworth	V40	35:32
38	Tom Brewster	M	35:45
56	George Pier	U20	36:55
57	Matt Perry	M	37:04
60	Lee Smith	M	37:10
71	Andrew Armstrong	V40	37:50
79	Dave Bagot	M	38:15
93	Carl Helliwell	V40	38:49
96	Dave Motley	M	38:57
100	Matthew Duckworth	M	39:10
102	Andrew Holt	V40	39:28
108	Alan Dorrington	V40	39:51
111	Alan Life	V50	40:00
120	Jonathan Pye	M	40:21
127	Chris Snell	M	40:27
134	Gareth Berry	M	40:27
152	Adam Shaw	M	41:49
161	Michael Clarke	V40	42:08
167	Jonathan Cleaver	M	42:25
184	John Wilcock	V50	43:04
187	Stephen Ainsworth	V50	43:23
211	Chris Paul	M	44:31
221	Stephen White	V60	45:06
222	Andy Quinn	V40	45:08
225	Jason Pier	V40	45:17
237	James Hickie	V50	46:15
247	Peter Browning	V50	46:51
252	David Scott	V70	47:10
254	Martin Brady	V50	47:42
298	Stuart Barker	V40	54:59
302	Doug Monroe	V60	59:48

Full Results

OMM – Original Mountain Marathon

OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) is a test of endurance, navigation and mountain survival. Held in some of most remote locations and at a time of year when conditions can be extremely challenging, an OMM is meant to be hard; it is hard!

Well done to Jean Brown (partnered with Nicky Spinks) in the Elite, and Wendy Dodds (partnered with Helene Whittaker) in the A class of the OMM

Full Results

Accrington 10K

Hundreds of runners took part in the Accrington 10k road race’s 30th anniversary event. Former Olympian Ron Hill also joined runners for the start of the race but nfortunately due to injury he was only able to do a couple of miles before he had to retire.

Starting out on Burnley Road by the Whitakers Arms pub, the race takes on a challenging 10-kilometre course, which winds through Huncoat and Clayton-le-Moors before finishing at Accrington Cricket Club on Thorneyholme Road.

18 Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part in this popular local 10K road race. Matthew Duckworth was our first finisher taking 5^th place overall in a time of 38:28. Phil Hall followed not long after in 8^th place and with a time of 39:01. Stephen Hall was our third finisher in 15^th place with a time of 40:10. These three made up the 1st place mens team so well done to all three!

Our first lady was Fabienne Richmond who was fourth lady finisher with a time of 43:47.

Fabienne Richmond. Our first lady finisher at the Accrington 10k. Photo by David Belshaw

Matthew Duckworth Reports

For me it was a no brainier to run this as soon as l so the route, as it take us through our namesake. It was a fantastic race that was well marshalled and very well supported, which was a very big boost on the 2 mile long hill coming out of Altham. It was a good result for the club winning the male team prize and on a personal note a great achievement for me after running my first XC the day before, I wasn’t expecting such a good result!

Matthew Duckworth, first Clayton male finisher at the Accrington 10K. Photo by David Belshaw

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
5	Matthew Duckworth	M	38:28
8	Phil Hall	MV50	39:01
15	Stephen Hall	MV40	40:10
22	Andrew Payne	M	40:41
43	Michael Clarke	MV40	43:31
45	Fabienne Richmond	FV35	43:47
48	Stuart Proctor	M	44:04
52	Stephen Biscomb	MV60	44:30
79	Amanda Duffy	FV35	46:04
103	Martin Brady	MV50	47:43
110	Julie Dawes	FV45	48:28
113	Elizabeth Mullan	F	48:44
139	Lee Moore	M	51:06
148	Leanne Cottam	FV35	51:51
155	Elouise Sylkie Pemberton	F	52:17
156	Ted Orrell	MV75	52:18
157	Ian Hargreaves	MV50	52:22
199	Julie Toman	FV45	56:12

Full Results

Bradford City 10K

Dan Balshaw was our sole representative in this 10 race in Bradford. He finished in fourth place with a time of 35:24

Full Results

Bronte Way

Fifteen Clayton Harriers took part in this 8 mile fell race with 1150ft of ascent organised by Keighley and Craven AC. Neil Hardiman was our first finisher in 32^nd place with a time of 01:03:45. Our first lady finisher was Vicky Heys who finished in 138^th place with a time of 01:20:23. 210 runners took part.

Barbara Savage (on stile) and Linda Bostock at the Bronte Way Fell Race. Photo by Andrew Graham

Andy Bradley reports

Third year running for one of my favourite races the Bronte Way, perfect running weather and plenty of familiar faces at the Aisled Barn at Wycoller. An unusual one way race which needs a bit of organisation in order to get to the start at Wycoller and back from the finish at Howarth, (the coach has to be booked well in advance), the number of runners asking for lifts back suggests that not everyone had thought this through! Just short of 8 miles of fell and trail over the moor tops makes for a great run, especially when there is no rain and hail en route. A quick dash up the final cobbled street, hand over your beer token for a pint of Timothy Taylors and a post mortem on the race with fellow runners, what could be better? Oh yes a chip butty on the way home, love this race!!

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
32	Neil Hardiman	MV45	01:03:45
42	Chris Funnell	MV45	01:04:54
62	Andy Bradley	MV50	01:08:54
71	Sean Clare	MV50	01:09:37
75	Richard Briscoe	M35	01:10:14
87	Jeffrey Pickup	MV60	01:11:55
91	Gary Balmer	MV45	01:12:58
108	Stephen White	MV60	01:14:53
138	Vicky Heys	FV45	01:20:23
140	Angela Shian	FV35	01:21:30
150	Barbara Savage	FV50	01:21:46
153	Linda Bostock	FV55	01:23:13
165	Katy Thompson	FV50	01:26:21
169	Kath Brady	FV50	01:27:51
176	Robert Hirst	MV65	01:29:35

Full Results

Fairclough 5

Paul Walsh at the Fairclough 5 race.

Report from Paul Walsh

This was a friendly well organised, well marshalled event, with plenty of encouragement from them. It was a cold day and the course is a mostly rural figure of 8 with a few shallow climbs. Goody bag at finish included a banana, apple, kit-kat, bottle of water & a red Thornton-in-Cleveleys running drinks bottle (can’t take that to Training nights!!..ha-ha) In summary, a very friendly well organised race, made better by me getting my V60 5k PB down to 25:03

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
64	Paul Walsh	MV60	40:39
87	Kevin O’Brien	MV70	45:51
105	Valerie Lawson	FV70	55:52

Full Results

Tandle Hill Trail Race

Peter Butterworth was our only runner in this trail race organised by Cannonball Events.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
30	Peter Butterworth	MV60	45:26.2

Full Results

Blackpool Illuminations

Not a race at all but a social event. A 9.4 mile up and down the prom run with a chippy treat at the end. Sounds like great fun and maybe something we can all join in with next year? Ian Hargreaves and junior runners Aaron Lundie and Adam Stevenson all went along with a number of fellow runners from Burnley parkrun. It was the furthest Adam has ever run so very well done! (amazing what the promise of chips will do!)

Clayton runners on the prom at Blackpool

Parkrun roundup

Some great runs in some far flung places this week. Well done to Colin Shuttleworth on his first place in Inverness and Jacob Boyle for his 4^th in Chelmsford. Closer to home there were top ten finishes at Burnley, Pendle and Witton parkruns and a couple of PBs as well.

Burnley parkrun – A total of 215 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
3	Richard STEVENSON	18:37	VM40-44
11	Paul WALE	20:51	VM45-49	New PB!
13	Donna RILEY	21:24	VW50-54
18	Stuart PROCTOR	21:51	VM35-39
40	Martin BRADY	23:25	VM50-54
66	Andrew TAYLOR	25:13	VM55-59
72	Donna SCOTT	25:24	VW50-54
93	Annabel WILCOCK	26:33	JW11-14
94	John WILCOCK	26:34	VM50-54
143	Marion WILKINSON	30:24	VW70-74
154	Christine Jennifer EGERTON	31:18	VW65-69

Pendle parkrun – A total of 59 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
2	John HARTLEY	20:08	VM55-59
4	Richard BRISCOE	20:52	VM35-39

Witton parkrun – A total of 163 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
6	Garry R WILKINSON	19:40	VM50-54
13	Nick COLLINSON	22:12	JM15-17
35	Katy THOMPSON	25:09	VW60-64
45	Jude ASHWORTH	26:16	VW55-59	New PB!

Chelmsford Central parkrun – A total of 487 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
4	Jacob BOYLE	17:44	SM18-19	First Timer!

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge – A total of 123 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
88	Eileen JONES	30:25	VW60-64

Heaton parkrun – A total of 495 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
239	Julie TOMAN	27:34	VW45-49

Inverness parkrun – A total of 77 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
1	Colin SHUTTLEWORTH	18:39	VM55-59	First Timer!

South Manchester parkrun – A total of 356 runners took part.

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Age Cat	Note
332	Ron HILL	34:07	VM75-79

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Marathons, mountains and skylines

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

Saturday 10 October

Langdale Horseshoe

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

Report from Ivan Whigham

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Leigh

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

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

U11 Boys

Team Position 2^nd (Thompson/Bentham/Stubbs)

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

U11 Girls

Team Position 7^th (Dorrington/White/Ferguson)

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

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

U13 Boys

Team Position 6^th (McKay/Jackson/Stevenson)

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

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

U13 Girls

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

The U13 girls are off! Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

* Natasha is missing from the results

U15 Boys

Team position 5^th (Bradley/Quinn/Bradley)

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

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

U15 Girls

No team

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

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

U17 Men

Team Position 3^rd (Holt/Clarke/Wilshaw)

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

U17 Women

No team

Pos	Name	Time
12	Alice Pier	22:57

U20 Women

No Team

Pos	Name	Time
6	Bethany Quinn	26:38

Senior Women’s Race

Team Positions

Ladies Team 12^th (Leathley/Roche/Heys)

Vets Team 9^th (Roche /Heys/Shian)

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

Men’s Races

Senior Men

Team Positions

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

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

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

Valiants Half Marathon

Photo

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

Jubilant Clayton Ladies winning team at the Valiants Half marathon

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

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

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

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

Results???

Wasdale Show Fell Race

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

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

Report from Richard Briscoe

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

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
44	Richard Briscoe	MSEN	55:46

Full Results

Autumn Breaker

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

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

Report by Dan Balshaw

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Carsington Duathlon

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

Julia Rushton at the Carsington Duathlon

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

Full Results

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

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

Breton Holdsworth

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

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

Richard Stevenson

Richard Stevenson at the finish line of the Plusnet Yorkshire marathon

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

Donna Airey

A jubilant Donna Airey celebrating completion of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon

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

Andrew Webster

Successful first marathon from Andrew Webster

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

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

Results

Withins Skyline Fell Races

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

Jean Brown at the WIthins Skyline race. Photo by Woodentops

Senior Race

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

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

Christopher Brown at the Withins junior races. Photo by Woodentops

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

U8 Race

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

Full Results

Vernons 4 mile & Fun Run

No results or information as yet about this event

Parkrun roundup

Burnley parkrun – A total of 294 runners took part.

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

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 65 runners took part.

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 171 runners took part.

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

Bolton parkrun – A total of 258 runners took part

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

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

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

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 98 runners took part

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

Marple parkrun – A total of 151 runners took part.

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

Skipton parkrun – A total of 155 runners took part

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

Woodhouse Moor parkrun – A total of 441 runners took part

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

ByPeter Booth

October Newsletter 2015

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

October Newsletter 2015

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Hands, knees and bumpsadaisy

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

Your Team Captains 2015/16

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

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

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

North West Junior Triathlon Series

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

L-R Grace and Ellie Root.

Tuesday 22 September

Mandy Goth 5k

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

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

Full Results

Thursday 24 September

AGM Club Track Races

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Till Hill Twilight Hill Race

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

Garry Wilkinson at the Till Hill Twilight Uphill Race

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

Results on the Till Hill Facebook Page

Saturday 26 September

Orton Fell Race

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

Full Results

Red Rose Cross Country League – Astley Park

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

Cross Country Season begins. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

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

Team Clayton – Keeping the medics busy!

U11 Girls – Team Position 9^th

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

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

U11 Boys – Team Position 1^st

U11 Boys squad. Photo by Chris Thompson

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

U13 Girls – Team Position 1^st

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

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

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

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

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

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

U15 Girls

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

Pos	Name	Time
31	Lucy Stevenson	17:12

U15 Boys

Daniel Bradley in the U15s Race. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

Pos	Name	Time
25	Daniel Bradley	19:01

U17 Women

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

Pos	Name	Time
9	Alice Pier	19:21

U17 Men – Team Position 1^st

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

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

Ladies Race

Dawn Terry and Julia Rushton. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

Ladies Team Positions

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

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

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

Over 55 (Roche/Goss/Leathley) 2^nd

Mens Races

Senior Men U20

Jordan McDonald. Photo by Nicholas Olszewski

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

Vet 70 Men

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

Senior Men

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

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

Men’s Team Positions

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

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

Over 40

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

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

Over 50

Team A (Aspinall/Life/Wilcock) 5^th

Team B (White/Browning/Hickie) 11^th

Over 60

(White/Scott/Monroe) 3^rd

Full Results

Ron Hill’s 77^th Birthday 5K

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

Full Results

Thieveley Pike Fell Race

Report from Michelle Butschok

L-R Michelle Butschok, Sarah Whittaker, Rachel Todd

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

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

Full Results

Sunday 27 September

3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

English Schools Fell Running Championships

Report from Vicky McKay

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

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

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

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

Awaiting results

Kendal Sprint Triathlon

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

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

She reports;

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

Full Results

Littleborough 10K

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

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

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

Full Results

Run Preston 2K Run

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

Run Preston – 5K Race

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

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

Run Preston – 10K Race

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

Lennon Jackson at the Run Preston 10K

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

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

*Clare Wilson is missing from the results.

Results (Facebook Post)

Sutton Park 10K

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

Julie Toman took part in this multi-terrain 10K

AWAITING RESULTS

Parkrun roundup

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

Burnley nuns on the parkrun.

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

Burnley parkrun – A total of 284 runners took part.

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 43 runners took part.

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 159 runners took part.

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

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 83 runners took part

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

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

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

Penrith parkrun – A total of 86 runners took part

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

ByAdrienne Olszewska

Ain’t no mountain high enough

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

Tuesday 25 August

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

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

Full Results

Wednesday 26 August

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

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

Harrock Hill Race Series Final Standings

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

Full Results

Friday 28 August

Echappée Belle Intégrale

Belle Echappe Ultra

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

Full Results

Saturday 29 August

Arnison Crag/ Patterdale Dog Day

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

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

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

Awaiting Results

Blackpool Hilton Illuminations 10k

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

Elouise Pemberton at the Blackpool Hilton Illuminations 10K.

Elouise Reports:

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

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

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

Full Results

Mid Lancs Track & Field League

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

Full Results

Pendleton Fell Race

Pendleton Fell Race. Photo by Nick Olszewski

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full Results

Sunday 30 August

Grasmere Guides Races

Junior Race Report by Alan Dorrington

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Race Report by Andrew Firth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Awaiting Official Results

Greenwich Park 10K

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

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

Full Results

Halton Gill Sports

Nicola Thompson Reports

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

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

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

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

Awaiting Results

Lancaster Duathlon

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

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

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

Ellie Root at Salt Ayre. Photo by Thomas Root

Tour of Norland Moor

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

Three Clayton-le-Moors Harriers took part.

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

Full Results

Parkrun Roundup

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

Fast Clayton lads at Burnley parkrun. Photo by David Belshaw

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

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

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

Witton parkrun – A total of 273 runners took part.

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

Burnley parkrun – A total of 294 runners took part

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

Pendle parkrun – A total of 40 runners took part

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

Cardiff parkrun – A total of 654 runners took part.

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

Dewsbury parkrun – A total of 77 runners took part.

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

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

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

Heaton parkrun – A total of 512 runners took part

Pos	parkrunner	Time	Cat	Note
242	Julie TOMAN	27:10

Marple parkrun – A total of 184 runners took part.

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

Cross Country (XC) Season 2015

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

Clayton Ladies at the Mid Lancs Cross Country fixture in Liverpool

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

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

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

Mid Lancs League Fixture List

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

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

Red Rose League Fixture List

John Roche battling for the finish.

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

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

Pilates for Runners

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

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

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

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

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