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.
30th Tour Of Pendle – Update 23/10/13
The Updated entry list and also the race information for this years Tour of Pendle is available to view at the below links:-
Also the FRA do is on the same evening of the race, it would be good to get as many there as possible. We as a club are organising the event and it would be good if we could get a good crowd there. Tickets can be purchased from Marie Greenwood & all the information is on the homepage.
Even the wildlife love us….
This caterpillar spotted in Colarado Loved the Clayton Colours so much it decided to wear them permanently!
Snorkelling In Wales – British Fell Relays 2013
Sunday 20th October saw the 25th running of the British Fell Relays in Llanberis (Snowdon), Wales. The conditions were interesting with strong winds and heavy showers; maybe a snorkel & flippers should have been a mandatory part of the kit check! Clayton Harriers were out in force with 4 teams entered: A, V40, V50 & Ladies and in total over 200 teams entered.
Leg 1 – The relay got underway with a mass start and covered 7.4km and over 350m of climbing through a quarry and up onto Cein-du and back. The A team led by Tom Brewster and V40 team led by Paul Shackelton had a real tussle throughout this leg changing positions 4/5 times as the terrain changed, Tom getting the better of his more experienced counterpart on the climbs but Shack coming strong on the descent and rough terrain. The leg eventually finished in a sprint finish along the last 200metres of tarmac with Tom Brewster, on the promise of a double meal, finishing seconds in front of Shack bringing the A team home in 41st with Shack in 42nd(9th V40). John Wilcock on his relay debut ran really well for the V50’s finishing as 4th V50. The ladies led off by Sue Burns finished in 16th (out of nearly 40 teams).
Leg 2 – The first of the pairs legs led the teams over 14km and 1000m of terrain climbing onto Moel Cynghorion & Moel Eilio before descending back into the event field. All the teams found this leg tough being battered by the elements. After Leg 1 the Clayton A & V40’s set off as a quartet, the A team of Matt Perry & Dave Walker getting the better of ‘the old boys’ Paul Thompson & Garry Wilkinson bringing the team back in 27th, the vets not far behind finishing still as 9th V40 and only running 1 min slower than the ‘young uns’. The V50’s led by Ste Whittaker & Martin Terry had a good run finishing in 5th in the V50 category. The ladies led by Capt.Jean Brown & Anna Kelly finished the leg in 17th.
Leg 3 – The dreaded navigation leg ran in pairs. On this leg runners set off not knowing the route, given a map with checkpoints marked on just as you’re tagged by the Leg 2 runners! This means you can’t pre plan or recce the course in anyway. The ‘A’ team were led by Capt.Motley & Dave Bagot (who stepped into the team on 48hr notice) and you’ll be surprised to hear that they didn’t get lost and managed to run the leg quicker than both V40 & V50 team, which included the experienced navigators Hardiman & Wallis. The ‘A’ team improved their position into 23rd. The V40’s Neil Hardiman & Paul Hesketh finished the leg with the team in 9th V40 and Mike Wallis & Geoff Gough finishing in 6th V50 position. The Ladies with Katy Thompson & Kath Wallis finished the leg with the team in 20th.
Leg 4 – A really tough leg leading the runners over 8.5k and 600m of climbing up and down Moel Eilio. Spencer Riley had a stormer on this leg after returning from injury in May (broken foot) bringing the Clayton ‘A’ team back home to finish the relay in 19th. The V40’s led by Sean Clare came home finishing as 13th V40 team and Dave Naughton ran really well bringing the 50’s home in 6th. The ladies with Wendy Dodds running the last leg finished the day in 22nd place which was a fantastic result against much younger teams in the category.
Again my Thanks goes to all the runners that ran for team Clayton. This is what club running is all about and I’m already looking forward to selecting the teams for the Calderdale Relay in May.
Full results are available HERE
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.
Race You To The Summit Fell Race
There were 4 members of team Clayton made their way over to Littlebrough for this longstanding race on the calendar. Christopher Holdsworth once again showed good form since joining the club with an impressive 7th place finish.
There were also steady runs from Robert Hirst, John Francis & Tom Targett
Full Results can be found by following the link HERE
A Gallery courtesy of Dave Woodhead can be found HERE
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.
Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race
There was a healthy Clayton turnout for this classic ‘AL’ race in the beautiful Langdale fells at the heart of the lake district. We were blessed with good conditions, some might say nigh on perfect for a day running in the mountains with a nice breeze on top & all the summits free from cloud!
There was a clear sign of things to come with a noticeable tightening of the kit check procedure with more than just myself falling foul of the new regulations which are to come into effect in January this year, i do however now own a lovely pair of Inov8 waterproof pants that i will carry but probably never wear!
There was some good pre race cameraderie amongst the Clayton crowd with everyone taking the time to wish each other well for the race ahead.
In total there was 17 Clayton runners made the trip up & they were impressively led home by Dave Nuttall in 2:30:42. Jean Brown was first Clayton Lady in 3:08.43 whilst the legendary Wendy Dodds claimed first place in the FV60 category in a tremendous 3:19:40.
A report from the race organiser & full results can be found HERE
Pictures of the day can be found in this amazing gallery