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Barnsley Athletic Club

Barnsley Athletic Club

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Barnsley Athletic Club

4 days ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
The 2025 Spencers Dash series is now available to enter 🙂With increased pressure on the roads in the area this could be the final year of holding the races so get your entry in now and be part of the history racebest.com/races/wrgz9?fbclid=IwY2xjawJT9cBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQWAW8tTyjKT_Z13pgF1diBW8mLN3e-GA3U... ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

7 days ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ Over 6,400 runners took on Sheffield Half Marathon which is a race of 2 halves with the first half predominantly uphill but a fast downhill second half. Jack Quigley set a new PB 💥 of 1:31:31 and Abby Parkin took 9 minutes off her time from last year finishing in 1:34:06 🔥 Taylor Hughes ran his first Half Marathon race in a time of 1:23:27. Gemma Thickett and Stefen Radyk both ran course PBs with time of 1:39:37 and 2:35:31 respectively. Scott Atkinson's time was 1:25:49 👏Lee Spensley finished the Humber Bridge Half Marathon in 1:41:04 💪Nearly 2,000 runners took to the Parc de la Mar to take part in the 10km Port de Palma race. Amongst them were Vicky Shaw and Mark Wood who ran 41:00 and 44:02 respectively. Vicky was also the first V40 Female to finish 👏The Edale Skyline Fell race was part of the English Fell Championship Series which covers over 20 miles in distance and over 4,000 feet of elevation. Phil Montgomery finished 37th overall in a time of 3:01:55 💪Kerry Storrar was first 🥇 Female finisher at Barnsley Parkrun with 22:25 while Chris Gillott finished first at Hillsborough Parkrun in 16:33. At Alvaston Parkrun in Derby, Gail Colville ran a time of 20:49 to secure the V55 Female course record 🏆 Dave Brooksbank also took the V65 Male course record finishing in 19:29 🥳 ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

2 weeks ago

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💙❤️ Naomi Drakeford set the new Female Course Record 🏆 at Retford Half Marathon. Her time of 1:17:43 took 17 seconds off the previous record of 1:18:00 set in 2022. There were Half Marathon PBs for Bradley Walker (1:14:16), Wayne Singleton (1:15:33), Gregg Harrison (1:30:41) and Dave Findlay (1:36:44). The Male team prize was won by Gareth Cooke, Bradley Walker and Wayne Singleton 🎉In the Half Marathon race at Draycote Water Running Festival near Rugby, Lee Spensley finished first V55 Male and ran a PB of 1:37:23 🔥Lydia Race finished 3rd V40 Female in her first 10-mile race at Thirsk 10. Her time was 1:04:21. Chris McNicholas ran 1:08:45 while Jayne Manley finished in 1:44:30 👏At Wakefield 10k, Scott Hinchcliffe ran a course PB of 31:54 to take 2nd place overall. Age category podium positions went to Alan Nutton (3rd V40 Male), Joe Restell (2nd V50 Male) and Abby Parkin (2nd V35 Female) 💥Keith Littlewood ran 18:30 at March's York 5k to finish 2nd V55 Male 👏At Podium 5k in Leicester, Jack Bellamy finished in 16:24 knocking 21 seconds off his PB 💥Kerry Storrar competed in the Pro Women's event at Hyrox Glasgow, finishing first V50 Female in an overall time of 1:20:44 💪Richard Price hit his 100 Parkrun milestone at Frickley, finishing 3rd in 19:16 🥳At Rothwell Parkrun, Dave Brooksbank broke the V65 Male record 🏆 with a time of 19:29 We held our 12th and final Parkrun Championship at Nostell. Gareth Cooke and Naomi Drakeford were first finishers with 18:35 and 20:25 respectively. Top 3 age grades were Helen Morgan (85.18%), Gail Colville (84.29%) and Vicky Shaw (75.02%). Laura Mills ran a new course PB of 28:51 and also took 1st 🥇 place in the overall Championship with an average point score of 1039 over 7 events. Darrell Harrison finished 2nd 🥈 with 1021 and Jayne Manley who was also celebrating her 200th Parkrun came 3rd 🥉 with 1002.RESULTS:Retford Half Marathon:9, Gareth Cooke, 1:14:18; 10, Bradley Walker, 1:14:16PB; 15, Wayne Singleton, 1:15:33PB; 17, Nathan Doy, 1:16:01; 29, Naomi Drakeford, 1:17:43CR; 86, Tommy Fidler, 1:23:39; 155, Gregg Harrison, 1:30:41PB; 171, Tayla Brons, 1:33:20; 218, Dave Findlay, 1:36:44PB; 563, Laura Mills, 2:06:19Wakefield 10k:2, Scott Hinchcliffe, 31:54; 16, Alan Nutton, 36:13; 18, Joe Restell, 36:30; 101, Abby Parkin, 41:02; 965, Ian Copley, 54:58 ... See MoreSee Less

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