The Clayton Harrier Newsletter April 2011
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Sun 29th Helvellyn & the Dodds FR AL 15m/4388‘ 12 noon from Threlkeld Cricket Club GR325255 £5 eod Saddleworth FR AS 3m/950‘ 12.30 pm from Greenfield, Saddleworth GR002038 £4 eod Also Junior races 11am Blackpool Beach 10K 1 pm from St Chads Headland, Central Promenade, Blackpool £10 Mon 30th Austwick Amble BM 8m/1200‘ 1pm from Austwick Village Green The Clayton Harrier Newsletter www.clayton-le-moors-harriers.co.uk April 2011 Club Fell Runner of the Year 2010 Jack Dugdale Leads out the field at Mearley Clough [Help heeded at Mearley Clough 2011—p25] Photo: woodentops.org.uk 40 1 CONTACTS Hawkshead Trail Race BM 9.5m/1625m Pre-entry lakeland- trails.org The Clayton Website Sun 8th Calderdale Way Relay – postponed from December Contact www.clayton-le-moors-harriers.co.uk Captains th Tues 10 Chernobyl 5K Series Race 2 Welcome Tavern, Walton-le-Dale, Please send website contributions to Martin Brady Preston PR5 5UL (Also 14 June) £5 or £13 for series +£2 eod email: [email protected] Geoff Doggett 5K Littleborough £4 + £1 eod Race Results Wed 11th Wholan Nook Trail Race 8.3K 7pm from The Waggoners Inn, rd All your races will count towards the Club's 2011 Fell Runner of the Year and Road Runner of the Manchester Rd, Burnley £5 eod 3 Race in Pendle GP Year provided the Club Statisticians have your race results. Haigh Hall 4m road race 7.30pm from Wigan RU Club WN1 2SJ £4 + £1 eod (£12 for series) Please send your Road Results to Richard Lawson Fri 13th Astley Park 5K Race 2 7pm £5 + 50p eod Limit 150 55 Highfield Avenue, Burnley BB10 2PS th st email: [email protected] Race 3. 24 June; Race 4. 1 July th Home telephone 01282 423808 Sat 14 Mearley Clough FR AS 3.5m/1200' Ladies 12 noon Men 1pm from Calf's Head, Worston £5 pre-entry Please send your Fell Results to Mark Nutter See Clayton website for details English Champs 20 Osborne, Spen Brook, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancs BB12 9JJ email [email protected] Fairfield Horseshoe FR AM 9m/3000‘ 12 noon from Rydal Hall, Home telephone 01282 618403 Ambleside GR365064 £5 eod Sun 15th PFO orienteering at Staghill Woods, Rawtenstall pfo.org.uk Please send your Cross-Country Results to Harry Manning Alternative Boxing Day 10k Worden Park, Leyland 10.30 am £7 + 4 Wiswell Close, Burnley BB10 2DW Home telephone 01282 830458 £2 eod Cross-Country Results for those races that qualify towards the Club's 2010/11 Palladium awards Pendle Triathlon will be obtained by the Cross-Country Statistician, Harry Manning. Tues 17th Stanhill FR BS 5m/800‘ 7.15 pm from Britannia Inn,Haslingden Old Rd, Oswaldtwistle £4 eod only Forthcoming Fixtures Wed 18th Blackstone Edge AS 3.5m/1200' 7.30pm from Lydgate Hamlet, Blackstone Edge Old Road, Littleborough £4 Please notify the Fixtures Secretary, Katy Thompson, 16 Ainsdale Drive, Darwen. BB3 2EQ st Telephone: 01254 772013; email: [email protected] Sat 21 BMAF Veterans‘ Road Relays, Sutton Park, Birmingham. The Fixtures Secretary will forward details to the Newsletter Editor for publication See Captains Old County Tops AL 37m/10000‘ 8am from NDG, Langdale £18 The Clayton Newsletter per pair by 7th May New Dungeon Ghyll FR AS 3.5m/2100‘ 11.30 am from NDG Car Editor: Peter Booth email: [email protected] Park, Langdale £4 eod nd Telephone: 01282 448232; mobile 07724 085873 Sun 22 Blue Light 5m 11am from Bispham Fire Station £8 Flat A, 101 Burnley Road, Cliviger, Burnley BB10 4SN Salford 5K 11 am from Heaton Park, Prestwich M/c £4 + £1 eod Tues 24th Coppice FR BS 5m/600‘ 7.30pm from Peel Park Hl £3 + £1 eod Publication: Blackburn College Reprographics Distribution: Michael Frost Margaret Greenwood Cowm MT 6.7m 7pm from from Cock & Advertising rates are available from the editor. Advertisers' products and services are not Magpie, Whitworth £5 + £1 eod endorsed by the committee. Fri 27th Burnley Lions 10K 7pm from Colne Cricket Club Race 4 in Pendle Grand Prix Copy deadline for the May issue: th Monday, 11th April Sat 28 Isle of Jura FR AL 16m/7500‘ 10.30am from Craighouse Distillery, Jura £15 pre-entry Hutton Roof Crags FR BM 7m/1300‘ 2.30pm from Hutton Roof Village Hall GR570786 £5 2 39 Sat 23rd Rivington Pike BS 3.25m/700‘ 3pm Registration at Crown Hotel, Boothy’s Bit Horwich £5 eod Junior Races 1pm from Rivington & Blackrod High School Presentation Evening Anniversary Waltz AM 11.5m/3600‘ 11.30 am from Stair Around 140 members and guests attended the Club‘s Presentation of Awards GR233212 £7.50 on-line entry at anniversarywaltz.co.uk for 2010 at the Mytton Fold on 26th February. I thoroughly enjoyed being able Teenager with Altitude AL 15.4m/7600‘ £8 on-line entry to greet the award winners and to catch up with members whom I don‘t see so Anniversary Wa! Junior races 11.30 am £2.50 on-line entry often. I would like to thank our Guest of Honour, Harry Walker, and Sheila, for Manx Mountain Marathon AL 31.5m/8000‘ 9.15am from Market agreeing to present the awards and for being such good company on the Square, Ramsay IoM £25 pre-entry by April 16th evening. Manx Half Mountain Marathon BL 13m/2600‘ 12.30pm from St Johns Crossroads £10 pre-entry by April 16th I would like to take this opportunity to thank Marie Greenwood for making such Sun 24th Fleetwood 10m 10 a.m £12 + £2 eod a superb job of organising the event. She worked tirelessly to make sure Tues 26th Bunny Run Relay 4 7.30 pm £6per team of 3 everything went smoothly on the night. I think that this is also a good chance to Wed 27th Lords Seat FR AS 5m/1400‘ 7pm from Whinlatter Visitor Centre thank our club statisticians: Richard Lawson (Road), Mark Nutter (Fell) and £4 Harry Manning (Cross Country), not forgetting Katy Thompson (Club Fri 29th Chorley Park Series Race 1 5k 7pm from Astley Park, Chorley Championship) for maintaining the records of our performances throughout the Sat 30th Three Peaks Race AL 23.3m/5280‘ 10am Horton-in-Ribblesdale year. Unfortunately, owing to a misinterpretation of the Fell Runner of the Year Online entry at threepeaksrace.org.uk results, some members did not receive the silver and bronze awards won by Coniston FR AM 9m/3500‘ 12.30pm £8 pre-entry or on the day them. My sincere apologies to: Ian Greenwood, Mark Nutter, Geoff Gough, MAY’S MEANDERS Kieran Carr, Doug Munroe, Barbara Savage, Jean Brown, Jean Rawlinson, Sun 1st Great Hameldon BM 6m/1100‘ 12 noon from Peel Park Hotel Kath Wallis & me (can I apologise to myself?) for this omission. I hope it didn‘t £5 eod Clayton Race & 1st race in Pendle Grand Prix spoil the occasion for those concerned. We are, of course, arranging for Keswick Half-marathon Keswick Rugby Club £11 + £2 eod awards to be made to the members concerned. Horwich Triathlon see Epicevents.org Mon 2nd Coiners FR BM 7m/1100‘ 1.30pm from Mytholmroyd Community As announced previously, we aim to have updates of the Palladium Cross Centre £3.50 eod Also junior races from 10.15 am cvfr.co.uk Country, Road Runner of the Year and Fell Runner of the Year competitions at Wray Caton Moor FR BM 6.75m/1100‘ 11.30 am from Wray quarterly intervals in 2011. This should keep members better informed of their near Lancaster (GR 602676) £4 Also Junior races overall positions and, hopefully, ensure that a similar mistake doesn‘t occur Wed 4th Chorley Harriers 4.4m Night Trail Series 7.30pm from Baron's again. I have included a complete list of 2010 Award Winners on pp18, 19, 28 Rest, Astley Village £4 + £1 eod or £12 for series & 29 of this Newsletter. Race 2. 1st June, Race 3. 6th July, Race 4. 3rd Aug Flower Scar FR AS 4m/1400‘ 7.15pm from Hare & Hounds, The Committee is currently considering venues for the 2012 Presentation Burnley Rd., Todmorden Free entry – no prizes Evening. We have a provisional booking for the Mytton Fold but, having taken Lothersdale FR BS 3.6m‘600‘ 7.30pm from Village Hall on board feedback from this year‘s event, we are also looking at other Lothersdale nr Skipton £3 eod Junior races possibilities. Watch this space. Fri 6th Pinhaw Moor BS 5m/700' 7pm from Red Lion St, Earby £5 2nd race in Pendle Grand Prix Charitable Donations 2011 Sat 7th Belmont Winter Hill BS 4.5m/1000' 1.15 pm from the Belmont Bull Thanks to all who made a donation at the Presentation Evening. We raised (GR673163) £4 Junior Races 12.30 pm £275, which will be split between the Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Pendle Cloughs FR AL 14m/4100' 11 am from Downham £4 pre Team New Base Appeal and our Junior section. Rossendale & Pendle MRT -entry or £5 eod Andrew Hirst, 29 Darnbrook Rd Barnoldswick has outgrown its present base and is hoping to raise £500,000 for a new one. BB18 5RE 01282 812701 www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk The team has arranged a series of fund-raising events, including a quiz, walk- Buttermere Sailbeck FR AM 9.5m/4650' 1pm from Bridge Hotel, ing and mountain biking challenges etc. Details are on its website: http:// Buttermere (GR NY175169) £6 pre-entry or £8 eod www.rpmrt.org.uk/fundraising.php Mike Robinson, 38 Burneside Rd, Kendal LA9 4RL 38 3 Club Championships and Summer Series 2011 The Committee has confirmed the dates and venues for these two competitions - details on p12.