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Barnsley Athletic Club

Barnsley Athletic Club

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Barnsley Athletic Club

6 days ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ We've not just been busy at Spencers Dash this past week, there was loads of action including....Dave Allemby finished first V65 Male in a time of 27:28 at Sheffield Running Club's first Loxley Lash 5k of 2025 👏It was also the first KMR series race of 2025 with Maltby Running Club's Not Abbey Dash. We had 3 members complete the off-road race, these were Faye Lund (32:57), Laura Mills (36:38) and Linda Westlake (40:06) 💪Phil Montgomery finished 2nd 🥈 at Penistone Footpath Runners Hartcliff Hillsborough Fell race. He finished the 4.6-miles and over 700 foot of ascent in a time of 28:53 👏Kingstone Runners held their 3.75-mile off-road race, Furty Furlong on Saturday morning. Lennon Hughes finished 3rd 🥉 in a course PB of 25:06 while Lesley Pickersgill was first 🥇 V50 Female in a time of 32:52 💪Morgan Thompson set a new 10k PB 💥 of 33:08 at Beverley 10k. Naomi Drakeford was second 🥈 Female in 37:28 while Joe Restell finished first 🥇 V50 Male in a time of 36:58 👏At Chesterfield 10k, Keith Littlewood finished in a time of 39:04 💪Taylor Hughes ran his first marathon at the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon, finishing in 3:06:21. Gemma Thickett ran a massive 50 minute PB 💥 of 3:50:48. In the Half Marathon race, Gary Briscoe finished 7th in 1:14:19 while Josh Bird was 9th in 1:14:48 👏 At Blackpool 10k Fun Run, Jodie Thompson ran a course PB 💥 of 13 minutes to finish in 1:07:56 💪There were first 🥇 finishes at Parkrun for Scott Hinchcliffe (Barnsley), Gary Briscoe (Penistone), Morgan Thompson (Dewsbury) and Gareth Cooke (Peter Pan). Dave Brooksbank set the V65 course record at Sewerby with a time of 20:17. Jenny Wakeman had the highest age grade out of over 700 runners at Hillsborough Parkrun with 86.72 per cent 👏RESULTS:Furty Furlong:3, Lennon Hughes, 25:06; 37, Lesley Pickersgill, 32:52; 52, Darrell Harrison, 34:29; 78, Siaran Almeida, 39:21; 79, Riley Turton, 39:22; 97, Jayne Manley, 43:22Beverley 10k:8, Morgan Thompson, 33:08PB; 16, Scott Hinchcliffe, 33:46; 46, Joe Restell, 36:58; 47, Naomi Drakeford, 37:28; 51, Tommy Fidler, 37:33; 202, Neil Mower, 43:20; 224, Tayla Brons, 43:53 ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

7 days ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ We held our first Spencers Dash of 2025 last Thursday. It was fantastic to see so many of you on a lovely evening 🙂There were 144 runners in total from 17 Clubs and 15 unattached. A big thank you to you all.....Ackworth Road Runners (37), Barnsley AC (23), Kingstone Runners (20), Barnsley Harriers (15), Penistone Footpath Runners (13), Denby Dale AC (3), Dewsbury Road Runners (3), Steel City Striders (3), Rotherham Running Club (2), Spenborough and District AC (2), Team Manvers (2), Kimberworth Striders (1), Rawmarsh Runners (1), Rother Valley Swallows (1), Royston Rascals (1), Spectrum Striders (1), Wakefield District Harriers and AC (1).The category first places went to....MSEN Lennon Hughes (Barnsley AC) 22:07 PBMV40 Wayne Singleton (Barnsley AC) 20:34 (overall winner)MV45 David Hughes (Ackworth) 25:59MV50 Martin Ball (Penistone) 22:25MV55 Woody Felton (Spectrum Striders) 21:28MV60 Chris McNicholas (Barnsley AC) 24:36MV65 Stuart Woodhead (Penistone) 31:01FSEN Naomi Drakeford (Barnsley AC) 23:13 PBFV35 Kirsty McAra (Kingstone) 30:22FV40 Lydia Race (Barnsley AC) 23:35FV45 Suzanne McGill (Penistone) 24:08FV50 Fiona Davies (Barnsley Harriers) 24:50FV55 Helen Morgan (Barnsley AC) 25:20FV60 Bridget Coomber (Denby Dale) 25:46As well as our category winners, there were also PBs 💥 for Vicky Shaw (24:15), Gregg Harrison (24:26) and Laura Mills (32:45). Wayne Singleton, Ashley Abrahams, Scott Atkinson and Lee Yoxall were all first timers 👏See you all at Race 2 on Thursday 10th July, 7pm start 😀 entries on RacebestBarnsley AC Results:1, Wayne Singleton, 20:34; 5, Lennon Hughes, 22:07PB; 6, Ashley Abrahams, 22:09; 14, Adam Lavelle, 23:09; 16, Naomi Drakeford, 23:13PB; 19, Scott Atkinson, 23:26; 22, Lydia Race, 23:35; 26, Vicky Shaw, 24:15PB; 27, Ryan Copley, 24:23; 28, Gregg Harrison, 24:26PB; 32, Chris McNicholas, 24:36; 37, Lee Yoxall, 25:07; 38, Helen Morgan, 25:20; 46, Kerry Storrar, 27:08; 54, Christina Laking, 28:18; 98, Faye Lund, 32:45; 99, Laura Mills, 32:45PB; 100, Ian Copley, 32:50; 110,Ben Hopson, 34:45;114, Dave Allemby, 35:24; 118, Stefen Radyk, 35:59; 124, Joy Benson, 36:52; 134, Ray Archer, 41:47📷 Gareth Cooke ... See MoreSee Less

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