News – Page 39 – Clayton-le-Moors Harriers

ByJim Hickie

Team Clayton Report – Accy 10k

On a cold, wet and very windy Sunday morning over 250 runners lined up for the Accrington 10k road race. Started by the mayor of Accrington the runners were off at 10am, starting the fast initial 3 miles through Huncoat, over the M65 and down towards Altham before taking a left turn to head back into town.

Road Captain Tom Brewster took an early lead, striding out to lead the field down towards Altham followed closely by Nick Gaskell and Phil Hall. Many people had warned us of the fast start followed by the long arduous climb back into Accrington town but nothing really prepares you for the slog itself, especially as the heavens opened just as the leaders reached the climb and a headwind kicked up making the challenge twice as hard. Newcomer Nick Gaskell took up the battle with Tom on the climb, claiming 8th place with Tom just behind in 9th overall.

Excellent runs were had by Phil Hall (10th) and the two Passco boys, Leon outpacing dad Lee at the finish and just missing out on snatching 28th from racing regular Richard Briscoe.

Also in attendance for Team Clayton were Ryan Wilkinson and Adam Shaw showing improvement on their 10k times (coach Roche’s speed sessions paying off!!), Damien Fletcher, Stephen Biscomb, Stephen Greenwood, Alex Braysford, Gary Balmer, Colin Baxter, Brian Wildman, Martin and Kath Brady, Ron Chappell, and club legend Ron Hill. Also Worth a mention is Jo Motley who posted a superb personal best with Mick Hogan and Captain Dave Motley providing the much needed cheering section!

Overall an excellent showing by Clayton Harriers supporting this local race with the leading lads just missing out on the team prize to Blackburn AC and superb runs from all on a tough course in adverse weather conditions!!

Full results HERE

Photos from Steve Bateson HERE

ByJim Hickie

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!!

ByJim Hickie

30th Tour of Pendle – Entry List as of 28/10/13

Updated entry list as of 28/10/13 :-

2013 Tour Entries

Race information

ByAndy Armstrong

junior cross country, junior xc series

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!

ByJim Hickie

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.

ByJim Hickie

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:-

Tour Entries

Race information

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.

ByJim Hickie

Even the wildlife love us….

This caterpillar spotted in Colarado Loved the Clayton Colours so much it decided to wear them permanently!

ByJim Hickie

Snorkelling In Wales – British Fell Relays 2013

Sunday 20^th October saw the 25^th 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 41^st with Shack in 42^nd(9^th V40). John Wilcock on his relay debut ran really well for the V50’s finishing as 4^th V50. The ladies led off by Sue Burns finished in 16^th (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 27^th, the vets not far behind finishing still as 9^th 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 5^th in the V50 category. The ladies led by Capt.Jean Brown & Anna Kelly finished the leg in 17^th.

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 23^rd. The V40’s Neil Hardiman & Paul Hesketh finished the leg with the team in 9^th V40 and Mike Wallis & Geoff Gough finishing in 6^th V50 position. The Ladies with Katy Thompson & Kath Wallis finished the leg with the team in 20^th.

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 19^th. The V40’s led by Sean Clare came home finishing as 13^th V40 team and Dave Naughton ran really well bringing the 50’s home in 6^th. The ladies with Wendy Dodds running the last leg finished the day in 22^nd 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

ByJason Pier

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.

ByJason Pier

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.

RESULTS

Well done to ALL of you.