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Race Report : 2019 Burnley Lions 10k

BURNLEY LIONS 10K IN COLNE

(Fourth race of the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix)

237 runners in the 34th Lions race on Friday evening, 24th May, enjoyed dry but slightly breezy weather, which brought a creditable first place time of 32 mins 35 secs from Ben Fish of Blackburn Harriers, 50 seconds faster than Thomas Corrigan, who finished in 33mins 25 secs, 20 seconds faster than when he won the race in 2016. Third in the men’s race was Jacob Watson with a time of 34 mins 18 secs.

Jacqueline Collins of Barlick Fell Runners, came first in the ladies’ race for the second consecutive year in 42 mins 11 secs, followed by Catherine Derbyshire (Accrington Road Runners) in 44 mins 21 secs and Lindsay Davies (Blackburn Harriers) in 46 mins 02 secs.

The first man and woman received a month’s free gym membership, for which we thank Xercise4Less, Burnley, and a 1 litre bottle of gin.

Burnley Lions Club would also like to thank Colne cricket club for their hospitality for registration and to Park High school for continued use of their grounds for the finish; to main sponsor Furnico of Colne; and to Sainsburys, Burnley for supplying welcome bottles of water for runners at the end of the race.

Other class winners by age category were as follows:

MEN

U20 Alex Mason, Barlick Fell Runners, 36-28
V35   Jacqueline Collins, Barlick Fell Runners, 42-11
V40 Christopher Davies, Blackburn Harriers, 35-19
V45 Maurice O’Brian, Holcombe Harriers, 39-02
V50 Glen Goodwin, Accrington Road Runners, 37-51
V55 Alan Lundberg-Bury, Rossendale Harriers*, 37-28
V60 Thornton Taylor, Rossendale Harriers, 41-25
V65 Stephen Biscomb, Clayton-le-Moors Harriers, 46-42
V70 Ken Taylor, Rossendale Harriers, 48-28
V75 David Scott, Clayton-le-Moors Harriers, 1-04-34

WOMEN

U20 Natalie Giles, Ossy Joggers, 1-12-40
V40 Catherine Derbyshire, Barlick Fell Runners, 44-21
V45  Lindsay Davies, Blackburn Harriers, 46-02
V50 Carole Fryer, Calder Valley Fell Runners, 48-34
V55 Julie Townson, Trawden Athletics Club, 47-53
V60 Eileen Wadsworth, Rossendale Harriers, 57-38
V65 Jean Rawlinson, Barlick Fell Runners, 58-18
V70 Marie H Christian, Rossendale Harriers, 1-12-40

* Alan’s time was 4 seconds better than the record held by Ted Orrell, set way back in 1995, an excellent achievement.

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Photograph shows Lion President Frank Seed, ladies’ winner, Jacqueline Collins, Hazel Storozuk of Furnico and men’s winner, Ben Fish.

Frank Seed, Burnley Lions (race promoter)

 

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Gerry McCabe’s Legendary Hendon Brook Race T-shirt 2019 Orders

2019 Gerry McCabe’s Legendary Hendon Brook Road Race T-shirt available by pre-order only cost of £10.

You must pre-order they will not be for sale on the day!

Deadline is 9th June (tomorrow) and there will be no late orders after that date.

T-shirts will be handed out after the race at the Presentation.

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Wholan Nook race helps the Junior Harriers!

The Junior section of Clayton-le-Moor Harriers received a generous donation from CleM coach and PBGP Lead Organiser, John Roche, from the proceeds of his Wholan Nook Trail Race.

Our Grand Prix races raise valuable funds that help local clubs sustain and develop as well as helping local charities. Your continued support of these races is always appreciated.

The Clayton Juniors are jumping for joy at the news!

Race Report : Donkeys Led By Lions

A great race report from one of our new clubs… WWHR (Worsthorne With Hurstwood Runners) :

Two years ago, the Worsthorne With Hurstwood Runners were on the sofa. Grand Prix to them was a car race and the only run they did was of the school or booze variety. But thanks to inspiration of club co-founder Wayne Foster and relentless coaching and encouragement from GP Race Director and Clayton veteran John Roche, they now limber up alongside you on start lines in their yellow and navy vests as if it’s the most natural thing on earth.

2019 marks the club’s first real en-masse foray into the world of summer racing. A good dozen from Worsthorne turned up at Hameldon Hill for the season opener and the numbers have remained consistent ever since.

As the Grand Prix bandwagon rolled into sleepy Colne for the Burnley Lions 10K on Friday, this Worsthorne runner greeted it with a smile. While we train on varied terrain I secretly prefer to race on manmade surfaces.
So rather like a sprinter on a cycling Grand Tour, I’d clung on for dear life in the mountain stages of Hameldon, Pinhaw and Wholan, now it was time to tackle the bread and butter – a good old-fashioned road race. Only it wasn’t as flat as we initially thought.
A recce with a club mates an hour before revealed a nice but challenging hill that would have to be tackled not once but twice. Thoughts of a 10K PB soon evaporated and the onus was soon on keeping up with the runners nearest to us in the overall standings.
As the race began, some sage advice from JR rang in our ears: “Don’t go silly on the first lap.” He was correct, it would have been foolhardy to spray all our bullets on the first time round. The Irish Lancastrian was strategically placed along the route with his camera so he could capture the pained expressions of the Clayton and Worsthorne runners and bait any Rovers fans he set eyes on. As Friday nights go, he looked to be having way more fun that us.
I’m sure it’s a similar story at other clubs but, fast lads aside, there is about a minute that separates a clump of us semi-serious Worsthorne plodders and at times during Friday’s race, being able to run in the company friendly faces was of a blessing.
The finish at the school was raucous and we appreciated the bottled water given how humid the weather was.
Our mantra at Worsthorne is that we are a drinking club with a running problem but after the Lions race it appears our fastest female has made it to the dizzy heights of fifth in the overall rankings.

I lay the blame for that solely at the door of John Roche – life was a lot simpler when all she had to do on a Friday night was get a round in.
See you all at Kelbrook.