The 31st annual open meeting will be held at Seedhill track on Sunday 5th September. All ages from U10 so a good chance for youngsters to compete. Pre entry only on the attached form: entry form pendle open 2010
Your club chairman set himself a personal challenge of running 5 fell races in 5 days. Paul has written a report August Bank Holiday Challenge
Results are now up at http://www.midlancs.org.uk/. I didn’t attend and would really appreciate a report from someone who was there. T&F events will only get proper coverage if athletes or parents bother to write something for the website. As said before I do not have the time to concoct reports from published results.
The dates are now available for the winter cross country season on http://www.midlancs.org.uk/. The heading has the wrong year so ignore that. Unfortunately for us the first race is in Barrow, not exactly close by.
Darwen Gala Fell Race 21 Aug 2010
Today at Darwen Gala Fell Race three of Pendle’s Fell Runners took part. Incorporated in this race was the 6th round of the English Junior Fell Championship and the Lancashire Fell Running Championship.
The first Pendle runners in action were Tiarnan Crorken and Thomas Marchant in the U12s race. What a race that turned out to be, with Tiarnan having a brilliant run, just to be edged out of 3rd place in to 4th boy overall and 2nd Lancashire boy. Then coming 12th boy and 5th Lancashire boy was Thomas ,with a good steady run and a strong down hill finish.
Now to the U14s race,and a new U14 Boy Lancashire Fell Running Champion to head back to the Pendle AC camp in the form of James Marchant. James had a superb race and got everything right, not going out to fast at the start and gradually picked his way through the field to finish strongly on what was a fast course coming in 5th boy and 1st Lancashire boy. He also managed to make it third race lucky and stay on two feet all the way round, the last two races he has fallen.
Another Ex Pendle runner still going great guns was Emma Spencer who is the 2010 Lancashire U16 Girl Fell Running Championship. Emma was also first U16 girl back in today’s race, well done Emma.
Well done to all three boys for today’s effort. They are also counters in the English Junior Fell Running Championships and their final positions have been confirmed.
Tiarnan Crorken came joint 6th in the U12 Boys Category
Thomas Marchant came in 12th also in the U12 Boys Category
James Marchant came in 8th position in the U14 Boys Category
Pendle AC as a club in FRA Junior Club Championship 2010 came 9th out of 57 clubs who took part. A fantastic achievement for Pendle AC and all the runners who have represented Pendle in this competition.
Richard Marchant
On Sunday 29th August there is the Mid Lancs Medal meeting. This is the final chance this season to compete in this friendly league. The meeting is open to everyone, don’t be put off by the “medal” bit. This refers to the fact that you need to have competed in previous meetings to qualify for a medal but anyone can enter on the day.
The final T&F event of the year is our open meeting on September 5th – get your entries in now! After this there are various other open meetings; ask your coach about them. Most are open to younger ages than can compete in Mid Lancs.
This weekend sees the fell runners competing at either the Lancs/FRA championship event at Darwen or the BOFRA event at Gargrave Show. I know that some younger members are planning an outing to Gargrave Show whilst the more experienced runners will be at Darwen, unfortunately I am away for the weekend.
The end of August sees endless fell running opportunities. See the BOFRA and FRA calendars for details but the families who normally enter Bofra type races will be at Reeth Show, Malham Show, possible Grasmere Sports, Hebden Sports, Kilnsey Show and possibly Muker Show. A well deserved rest is in order after that.
Congratulations to Pendles Helena Leathley who finished 2nd in the U17 womens Heptathlon competing at Sports City over 2 days last weekend. She amassed a PB total of 3755 points which is AAA G3.
We have now had confirmation that we have been promoted following the last match in the Northen T&F league. The team is a joint one with Burnley AC and has had a great season. We would also like to thank of those people who gave up their own time to act as track judges, timekeepers and field officials in support of the team.
Pilgrim’s Cross Fell Race (Rossendale) 11-08-2010
Again our little band of young fell runners have been out and about again on their travels, this time taking part in the Pilgrim’s Cross Fell Race. This race is part of the Rossendale Grand Prix series which these young runners have been taking part in. Out of the 5 Pendle AC runners in this race, Pendle came away with 4 first places and 1 second place, which was a fantastic achievement by our young runners. Again credit must go to their coaches down at Seedhill.
All runners went straight out in to the front in their races and led all the way round and here are the results.
Alex Baker was our first girl runner home, coming first girl in the U10s Girls Race and not to be out done by his little sister Gregan Baker was the first boy home in the U10s Boys Race. Also in the Boys U10s race was Joe Lonsdale who had the race of his life and was hot on the heels of Gregan, giving Pendle a one two in the U10s Boys Race.
Next was the U12 Boys race and Thomas Marchant went off like a rocket and never looked back leading all the way round with a couple of his rivals from Rossendale Harriers and Todmorden Harriers hot on his heels. He held on to come in first and this was his first win on the fells.
Last but not least was our ever reliable James Marchant who after another tumble (hopefully not to much damage) came in first in the U14s boys race.
Well done to all 5 of you for running fantastically in not so brilliant conditions (Heavy rain)
Richard Marchant
This league consists of 4 matches and we competed in the northern NW1 division and finished 7th out of 9 teams. This means that we stay in this league for next season, with Horwich having been promoted and Ribble Valley and Bury demoted.
The club had some good early results but the last two meetings weren’t as well attended, with one being in Carlisle and the other over in Yorkshire. We do subsidise coach travel to these more distant meetings and we would encourage families to come along for a day out.
Fifteen junior club members ran at Cowling gala fell race and it sounds like they all had a good time. It was great to see such a good turnout. Does anyone have any pictures? Results are on www.bofra.co.uk.
There are a number of us who regularly run on the fells and can suggest good races for different ages; if you are interested have a chat with Paul or with Richard Marchant.
The calendar on the right hand side has dates of lots of events both T&F and fell.
From Richard Marchant:
Today our little band of intrepid fell runners were in action again this time at the BOFRA Farleton Knott Fell Race. There was some great racing, producing some good results for our youngsters.
First into action was little Alex Baker, who ran superbly, to come in first girl in the U9s race.
Next into action were the U12s and once again, just like Ambleside Sports, it did not disappoint. A close fought race, saw Tiarnan Crorken leading the Pendle runners back in with a brilliant gutsy run coming in 2nd just behind Charlie Lowrie from the Wharfedale. Not too far behind came Thomas Marchant 6th and Gregan Baker 7th and not a cat’s whisker between them. Gregan had a fantastic sprint finish and Thomas only just managed to hold on to 6th position. Well done to all three lads for some superb racing.
A lone figure again for Pendle saw our James Marchant run a hard race, including several falls in the bracken and on the scree, in the U14s coming 8th behind a strong contingent of Wharfedale runners.
A number of former club members were also running in all age groups which is good to see.
Last but not least, two older members of Pendle AC ran in the seniors race of 4.5 miles and 1500 feet. Paul Wilson and Richard Marchant ,who both had good runs,and managed to get back down safe and sound with out any injuries.
Again a big well done to all the Pendle runners.
This coming weekend there are a variety of races ranging from the serious – Borrowdale, to the local – Boulsworth Moor, to the low key – Cray. Boulsworth is a new senior race and part of the Burnley and Pendle Grand Prix series. It goes from Trawden Show at 10.30am on Sunday, but allow plenty of time for parking due to Show traffic (Ok so yes I can walk to the start!). Afterwards enjoy all the fun at the agricultural show which is one of the largest one day shows in the north.
