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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.

ByJason Pier

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.

 

ByJim Hickie

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.

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There were also steady runs from Robert Hirst, John Francis & Tom Targett

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Full Results can be found by following the link HERE

A Gallery courtesy of Dave Woodhead can be found HERE

ByAndy Armstrong
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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.

ByJim Hickie

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!

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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!

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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.

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A report from the race organiser & full results can be found HERE

Pictures of the day can be found in this amazing gallery

ByJim Hickie

Withins Skyline & Junior Rat Runs

On Sunday a number of team Clayton were out in force at 22nd running of the superb Woodentops Withins Skyline Race. The overall race was won by Ilkley’s Tom Adams in a new course record time of 39.26, beating the previous record of Alistair Brownlee set way back in 2006!

The first Clayton runner home was Colin Shuttleworth in 44th place whilst Jean Rawlinson was once again in the prizes winning the FV60 category with a cracking run!Withins

In the ever popular quarry runs Our Juniors were once again in fine form, none more so than young Christopher Brown winning the U8 race in a new course record time, leaving the other 68 runners in his wake! We once again can say the future looks very bright indeed!!

Withins 4Withins 3U10/12/14 race Thomas Bradley came in 2nd U14 Boy (16th Overall) whilst Daniel was 63rd in the field of 125 runners – good stuff chaps!

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Full results can be viewed HERE

Photo’s from the day are available HERE

ByAndy Armstrong

Helwith Bridge Duathlon, Sunday 13th October

Helwith Bridge is a low key road event run by Vince Ashton of VLA events. It’s a classic run-bike-run format in the Yorkshire dales, with some moderately tough hills.

This year’s weather was challenging; 9 degrees combined with a stiff breeze makes kit choice difficult and I opted to put an extra layer on for the bike instead of trying to stick to one outfit for the whole race. The first run is always hard to pace; it’s only 4 miles and in previous years I’ve gone out too fast then regretted it on the bike leg. This year I went far too slow and took an extra two minutes!

The bike leg was tough; a strong head wind made the stretch from Helwith Bridge up to the viaduct at Ribblehead seem endless then a fast and furious return in the direction of Ingleton precedes another winding stretch through Clapham and Austwick. The second run is identical to the first and I desperately attempted to make up for lost time, with quads right on the edge of seizing up all the way round. For those who’ve never done duathlon; the second run is extremely uncomfortable as your thighs scream out at you, especially after a hilly bike route.

The race was won in 1:57 by Mark Flannery of Tri Kudu, finishing 3 minutes clear of the second place runner. First lady was Molly Ralphson of Trawden AC in 2:16

First Clayton home was Paul Brannon (2nd V50) and congratulations also to Alan Life on his first duathlon.

Next year; I need to get out on the bike more as I really struggled with maintaining momentum in the headwind. I also need to push harder in the first run (my second run was two minutes faster which shows how far off the pace I was!)

I’d recommend duathlon to all; it’s easier/cheaper to get into than triathlon and the bike training is invaluable for runners wanting to tackle hilly courses, on or off-road.

Andy Armstrong

ByJim Hickie

Team Orange Results – Autumn Breaker 10k

Results from the Autumn Breaker 10k – 13th October 2013

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  • 26th – Laura Hesketh – 41.14 (2nd Female)
  • 31st – Steve Biscomb – 41.58 (1st Vet60)
  • 69th – Brian Wildman – 46.23
  • 166th – Sarah Whittaker – 55.11

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ByJim Hickie

Team Orange Results – Burnley Firemans 10k Race

Results from the recent Burnley Firemans 10k race – Sunday 6th October 2013

Team Orange Results:-

  • 1st – Jonny McKenna – 35.08
  • 5th – Nick Gaskell – 37.30
  • 14th – Paul Brannon – 40.01 (1st Vet 50)
  • 18th – Alan Life – 41.38
  • 22nd – Richard Briscoe – 42.02
  • 23rd – Mick Dobson – 42.08
  • 25th – Andrew Foster – 42.18
  • 33rd – Ryan Wilkinson – 42.49
  • 35th – Steve Biscomb – 42.58
  • 40th – Andy Bradley – 43.12
  • 56th – George Pier – 44.37
  • 59th – John Wilcock – 44.44
  • 60th – Laura Hesketh – 44.51
  • 62nd – Andy Quinn – 45.00
  • 73rd – Jason Pier – 46.05
  • 83rd – Martin Brady – 46.42
  • 94th – Irene Roche – 47.42 (1st FV55)
  • 104th – Brian Wildman – 48.33
  • 107th – Stuart Proctor – 48.51
  • 115th – Rebecca Rawcliffe – 49.27
  • 126th – Donna Scott – 50.30
  • 133rd – Jean Knightley – 51.46
  • 153rd – Ron Chappell – 53.54
  • 155th – Jackie Kershaw – 54.09
  • 168th – Robert Hirst – 55.23
  • 216th – Christina Leathley – 1.03.24

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