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Barnsley Athletic Club

Barnsley Athletic Club

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Barnsley Athletic Club

1 week ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ There was lots of success at the North Lincs events in Scunthorpe on Sunday. Alan Nutton ran under 80 minutes for first time in a new PB 💥 of 1:19:34 while Gemma Thickett knocked 30 seconds off her best to finish in 1:35:21 🔥Helen Morgan finished 2nd 🥈 V55 Female in a time of 1:32:45. Gail Colville paced her son, Dan to perfection for a sub 1 hour 50 minutes, coming in with a time of 1:49:52 👏 In the 10k race, Naomi Drakeford was 2nd 🥈 Female overall in 35:39. Wayne Singleton finished 2nd 🥈 V40 Male in a PB of 34:25. Lennon Hughes also ran a PB of 36:29 and finished 3rd 🥉 U20 Male. Lydia Race was 2nd 🥈 V40 Female in a time of 39:22 💪Keith Littlewood set a new course PB 💥 at Chesterfield's Queens Park for the No Walk in the Park 5k. His time of 18:28 saw him finish first V55 Male as well 💪Whilst away in the RAF, Morgan Thompson equalled his half marathon PB of 72:51 👏Scott Hinchcliffe was first finisher at Barnsley Parkrun with 16:26. At event 7 of the newly setup Vicar Water Country Park Parkrun, Gail Colville set the V55 Female record with a time of 22:48 and Dave Brooksbank now holds the V65 Male record with 22:40 🏆RESULTS:North Lincs Half Marathon:51, Michael Grain, 1:16:29; 102, Alan Nutton, 1:19:34PB; 348, Helen Morgan, 1:32:45; 413, Gemma Thickett, 1:35:21PB; 928, Gail Colville, 1:49:52North Lincs 10k:14, Gareth Cooke, 33:19; 17, Wayne Singleton, 34:25PB; 26, Naomi Drakeford, 35:39; 37, Lennon Hughes, 36:29PB; 64, Lydia Race, 39:22; 79, Vicky Shaw, 39:56📷 Chris Cull (North Lincs finish line) ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

2 weeks ago

Barnsley Athletic Club
💙❤️ Josh Bird travelled to Spain to run in the 40th Seville Marathon on Sunday. He finished 6th British runner in a time of 2:29:33 👏At the Leicestershire Half Marathon which takes place in Loughborough, Lee Spensley completed the 13.1 miles in 1:45:00 💪Dave Brooksbank set a new V65 Male course record 🏆 at Rotherham Parkrun in a time of 19:53, he also had the highest age grading with 84.33 per cent. Vicky Shaw was first Female finisher in 20:07. Other first finishers were Beth Massey (22:46) at Crichton Parkrun, Gareth Cooke (16:41) and Naomi Drakeford (19:21) at Hull Parkrun, and Wayne Singleton (17:58) at Cusworth Hall Parkrun. Chris Gillott set a new overall PB 💥 of 16:27 at Hillsborough Parkrun 🔥We held our Parkrun Championship for February at Barnsley Parkrun. 12 runners took part with Gail Colville's time of 21:48 registering the highest age grade of 86.54 per cent. Scott Hinchcliffe was first finisher in a time of 16:51. Darrell Harrison beat his age grade target of 58.86%. Full results....Scott Hinchcliffe 16:51 (80.42%)Gary Briscoe 18:05 (74.38%)Lennon Hughes 18:23 (73.44%)Keith Littlewood 19:53 (77.95%)Chris McNicholas 21:37 (76.18%)Gail Colville 21:48 (86.54%)Nigel Morton 22:19 (62.06%)Darrell Harrison 25:50 (60.52%)Kevin Manley 27:56 (65.69%)Laura Mills 28:58 (52.82%)Dave Allemby 29:11 (59.11%)Jayne Manley 32:45 (52.47%)Well done everyone 👏 ... See MoreSee Less

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Barnsley Athletic Club

3 weeks ago

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💙❤️ Kingstone Runners did another fantastic job organising the popular local 5-mile race, Wombwell 5 on Sunday. Over 400 runners finished the sell-out race which starts and finishes at the go-kart track. A big thank you to everyone who helped make it a success 👏Gareth Cooke finished 2nd 🥈 overall in a time of 26:48. Naomi Drakeford was just 16 seconds off the long standing Female course record of 28:33, set by Jill Ingman in 2003. She finished first 🥇 Female in a new 5-mile PB of 28:49. There was an age category win 🏆 for Helen Morgan in V55 Female with a time of 33:49. Alan Nutton (V40 Male), Dave Brooksbank (V65 Male), Beth Massey (V50 Female) and Kevin Manley (V70 Male) all placed 2nd 🥈 in their age categories. There were PBs 💥 for Gavin Walker (28:51), Tommy Fidler (29:31), Gregg Harrison (32:44), Gemma Thickett (34:31) and Laura Mills (44:28) 🔥 Richard Copley, Dave Findlay, Tayla Brons, Lennon Hughes, Alan Nutton and Scott Atkinson all had fantastic debuts in the 5-mile distance 💪Jenson Young set a new PB at York 5k last Friday night finishing in 4th place with a time of 15:07 💥At Barnsley Parkrun, Vicky Shaw was first Female finisher in 21:20. Gareth Cooke and Naomi Drakeford were first finishers at Rothwell Parkrun with times of 18:04 and 20:12 respectively 👏RESULTS:Wombwell 5:2, Gareth Cooke, 26:48; 7, Richard Copley, 27:23; 11, Michael Grain, 27:55; 13, Lennon Hughes, 28;30; 16, Naomi Drakeford, 28:49PB; 18, Gavin Walker, 28:51PB; 20, Alan Nutton, 29:16; 24, Tommy Fidler, 29:31PB; 33, Scott Atkinson, 30:36; 63, Dave Brooksbank, 32:33; 67, Gregg Harrison, 32:44PB; 78, Helen Morgan, 33:49; 79, Dave Findlay, 33:54; 81, Tayla Brons, 33:59; 90, Gemma Thickett, 34:31PB; 98, Gail Colville, 35:10; 122, Beth Massey, 36:31; 240, Kevin Manley, 42:42; 264, Laura Mills, 44:28PB; 313, Dave Allemby, 47:22📷 Carol/Lionel Wolstenholme, Jane Mackay ... See MoreSee Less

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