Highlight of this month’s newsletter is a great report from our fast-improving wheel chair athlete: Anthony Gotts on his trip to the Lisbon Marathon. The Newsletter also has a report on the Ian Hodgson Relay and all the usual features: Run of the Month, Covering Old Ground, results and fixtures’ list. Read it here: November Newsletter 2013
Mid Lancs XC – Towneley Park
The recent weather certainly made for a well prepared cross country course on Saturday at Towneley with plenty of surface water and mud for the competitors. We were lucky on the day itself especially as the wind did not blow as forecast and we had no ground pegs for the tent!
The juniors certainly lead the way with 24 competitors from under 11’s to under under 17’s not far short of the total of seniors who ran on the day!! i cannot think of a time when this has happened previously and only goes to show what a great job Marion,Andrew,Jason and the parents are all doing in encouraging the juniors. Long may it continue.
In the junior section whilst it is totally unfair to single out any particular runners as they all put in such a good effort i would like to mention how well Millie Stubbs did in the under 11’s girls race she certainly had a very determind look at the start of the race and fought really hard to come 5th. In the boys under 15’s Ryan Clarke had a really good run, despite looking behind him for most of it, because he thought he was going to be overtaken by boys who would normally be in front.Who knows where he would come if he looked where he was going! Well done Ryan.
In the seniors races 149 ladies and 302 men competed with Liverpool winning both events. Clayton had 9 ladies running who were lead home by captain Irene,in the mens there were 21 Clayton runners with Spencer Riley coming in as first counter. He was well supported by his fellow clubmates ensuring our first team beat the likes of Blackburn and Preston. Phil Hall also deserves a special mention as not only did he have a good run he was just warming up to run for Clayton again the following day in the Accy 10k. Not only is Andrew Armstrong developing the junior section his additional training is also pushing him up in the results and was pushing Phil all the way.Also thanks to the lads who put Clayton Harriers before Burnley FC at least for 40 minutes,glad you did not miss the goals.
A big thank you must go to Richard and Val Lawson who make this day possible for all and ensure Clayton le Moors Harriers host one of the best Mid Lancs fixtures. We can now all look forward to Liverpool and the opportunity to run against some of the best x country runners in the UK as it is used as a trial for selection for the European x country championships. Watch the notice boards and face book to arrange lifts etc.
Results Round Up 26th & 27th October 2013
A cracking weekend of action from Team Clayton all the results can be found at the links below:-
Mid Lancs XC @ Towneley Park – HERE
Burnley Parkrun – HERE
Cannonball Events Tandle Hill Trail Race – HERE
Accrington 10k – HERE
Bronte Way Fell Race – HERE
The OMM – HERE
It’s great to see our club so well represented at so many races in all different disciplines every weekend, the future’s bright!!
Junior XC Series 2013-2014
UPDATED; RESULTS AFTER TOWNELEY
This is a new series for this season, based around six of the more
local Red Rose and Mid Lancs cross country fixtures. The format will be
similar to the summer series and all the details are HERE
Prizes will be awarded to all completing at least four races, and
also to age category winners, calculated from their best four events.
Cross country uses the ‘school year’ age category system; Age on
31st August with races for u9, u11, u13, u15 and u17. Minimum age 8 on
race day.
The first race is Saturday 28th September and is the Red Rose
fixture at Leigh Sports Village, near Wigan.
ALL RACES ARE FREE TO ENTER!
Mid Lancs XC Results – Towneley Park
Results from today’s Mid Lancs Cross Country meeting at Towneley Park can be found by clicking HERE
Well done to all runners, marshals & volunteers – full reports and pictures to follow this week.
Mid Lancs Cross Country – Towneley Park.
The first race of the Mid Lancs XC League is at Towneley Park, Burnley on Saturday 26th October.
Senior members:- Paul and Irene will have your race numbers.
Juniors you’ve no need to register for this race as I’ve already pre-registered most of you. I’ll issue you with a race number when you arrive at the park. The meeting point will be next to the playground near to where we meet for training on a Saturday morning.
Juniors please make sure you bring along to EVERY race the following items:
Club Vest, waterproof / windproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, hat/buff, gloves, trail / fell shoes or cross country running spikes.
Also remember to bring a drink (not fizzy), a banana or cereal bar with you to have around 30 mins before you race. It’s important that you are fully prepared before you race.
Please make sure you arrive 45 mins before your race starts.
12:30pm, U11 Girls.
12:45pm, U11 Boys.
1:00pm, U13 Girls.
1:20pm, U13 Boys and U15 Girls.
1:40pm, U15 Boys and U17 Girls.
2:00pm, U17 Boys.
See you ALL Saturday.
Red Rose Cross Country Results – Chorley
Saturday 19th October saw 18 of our juniors make the short journey to Astley Park, Chorley for race 2 in the Red Rose XC League. Once again we saw grit and determination from our juniors to claim some impressive individual and team results.
First off in the U11 boys was Jackson McKay coming home in 16th place.
The U11 girls claimed 6th place in the team results with Millie Stubbs 15th, Ella Dorrington 18th, Keira Stevenson 54th and Anna Ashworth 56th.
U13 boys Thomas Bradley 19th, Harry Mason 39th and Daniel Bradley 41st took 7th place in the team results.
The U13 girls were most impressive in securing 2nd in the team results. Leading the girls home was Briony Holt 4th, new girl Karina Ryckynska 10th, Eleanor Root 13th and Lucy Stevenson 61st.
U15 boys Curtis Holt finished 16th with Simon Wilshaw 30th.
U15 girls saw Alice Pier claim 14th place.
The U17 boys race saw Jordan McDonald come home in 17th place followed by George Pier in 23rd.
Finally in the U17 girls Beth Quinn continued her recent fine form by claiming 11th place.
Well done to ALL of you.
Clayton Juniors in Recent Action
The juniors have again been in race action competing in cross country, fell and road.
Year 7 girl Eleanor Root has again been representing Skipton Girls High School in a number of cross country events where she’s been competing against year 7 & 8 girls and putting in some fine performances.
Keighley Schools XC 6th place. English Schools XC Cup 8th. School XC Malsis 7th.
At the recent Withins Skyline Junior Rat Runs Christopher Brown produced a brilliant run to claim 1st place in the U8 boys and in doing so set a new course record of 2:44.
Thomas Bradley put in a great performance to take 2nd place in the U14 boys race with brother Daniel coming home 17th U12 boy.
Brothers Leon and Thomas Passco continue to star on the road with both competing at the Vernon 4 mile road race in Preston. Leon finished in 8th place overall with Thomas 27th.
It’s great to see the juniors performing so well in all disciplines.
Well done to ALL of you.
Red Rose XC No 2; Chorley, Sat 19th October
EDIT; Huge apologies to anyone who followed the typo in my postcode advice and found themselves deep in the centre of Preston, especially a couple of juniors who missed their race as a result. Please accept my apologies and I’ll be more careful for the next XC fixture.
Provisional results are HERE and I’ll update the Junior XC series table as soon as possible
Andy.
The next race in both the Red Rose league and our Junior XC series is this coming Sat 19th October.
The venue is Astley Park in Chorley, many of you will be familiar with it from the race series earlier in the year. Use postcode PR1 1XA to get to The Baron’s Rest pub which is next to the carpark.
Racing starts at 12.30 but please make sure you arrive at least 45 minutes before, to give plenty of time for parking, changing, pinning numbers on, etc. Allow time to warm up properly, ideally by jogging round some of the course so that you can see what the conditions are like. If you’re not sure what shoes to wear, just bring what you’ve got and decide on the day.
Also bring;
- Club vest, running top, waterproof / windproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, hat/buff, gloves.
- Drink (not fizzy), a banana or cereal bar with you. It’s really important that you are fully prepared before you race which means warming up properly and having a small snack at least 30 minutes before you start.
I’ll try and get hold of the tent so that we’ll have somewhere undercover to dump bags.
See you there!
n.b; I’ll update and publish the results for the Junior XC series after this Saturday.
October Newsletter
The October Newsletter is now available. It features a welcome message from the club’s new chair: Jim Hickie, along with details of the changes to the committee at the AGM. There are also details of the winter training session and the usual fixtures list, which includes the dates of both the Red Rose and Mid Lancs Cross Country Leagues, so you have no excuse for not turning up. We need to up our game now that Trawden AC have entered the Mid Lancs! There are also lots of results, great achievements by the juniors and TWO Runs of the Month. October Newsletter 2013