(12.30pm u11 girls) ~ 2K
(12.45pm u11 boys) ~ 2K
1.00pm u13 girls 2.5K
1.20pm u15 girls and u13 boys 3K
1.40pm u15 boys and u17 women 4K
2.00pm u17 men; jnr, snr & vet women 6K
2.30pm jnr, snr and vet men 9-10K
Junior Men will run in the same race as the Senior Men and over the same distance. They will count towards the Senior Men's team but will score separately, just like vet categories.
Season Summary
The Cross Country season for 2008/09 was wound up with the Mid Lancs. presentations at Bamber Bridge and Chorley AC athletes featured in the all categories , where 3520 competed throughout the season with an average of 587 runners per race. The team event brought many accolades and rewards, where Chorley AC won silver medals and promotion to Division 2, which is promotion for two successive years, and demonstrates the strength in depth of the club. After leading for most of the season in most categories, the club was just bettered by Garstang on the 'discard' rule whereby the worst two results are "ditched". It was even more bitter for the vet 40 team who again had led all season but were dropped to 3rd position by the discards of Horwich and Accrington. However the vet 60s , also achieved silver medal status where they had been second to Clayton-le-Moors all season. The Chorley 'B' team came 11th in Division 4 and the vet 50s also 11th overall. Chorley medallists were :- Paul Wareing, Simon Townsend, Paul Bass, David Taylor, Jim Cosgrove, Barry Chester, Henry Minorczyk and Roy Paul. Henry Minorczyk also led the vet 60s gaining another silver medal along with Eddie Murray and John Swift. The valiant vet 40s who were just pushed into 3rd place were Paul Wareing, Simon Townsend, David Taylor, Jim Cosgrove and Roy Paul.
8/11/2008 Townley Park, Burnley
Results
The first Mid-Lancs. Cross Country fixture of the new season took place at Townley Park, Burnley in reasonable weather conditions. Chorley AC turned out a team of 13 senior athletes to contest their newly promoted status. With nearly 300 runners AC were able to have 2 teams overall(24th & 26th), vet40(20th & 25th), vet50(12th & 15th) and a magnificent 2nd in the vet60's(Henry Minorczyk, John Swift & Eddie Murray) who were the heroes of the day.
Earlier Luke Betts continued his fine form in the U15s with the best individual CAC performance coming 10th(15:57) backed up superbly by Ryan Sciacca 21st(17:00). Tom Booth 39th(30:54) in the U17s had a reasonably solid run, but not what he is capable of.
After Paul Bass's great Thro' the Villages race last weekend he had revenge extracted by Paul Wareing 147th(43:57) and Simon Townsend 162nd(44:51) finishing 176th(45:33). David Taylor continues his comeback in 212th(48:13) ahead of new comer Jim Cosgrove 222nd(49:32). The vet led by Barry Chester 242nd(52:48) had Henry Minorczyk 243rd(52:54) breathing down his neck as did John Swift 248th(53:31) from Jonathan Betts 250th(53:46) and Phil McCullagh 254th(55:04). Stuart Swann 263rd(59:18) led home Eddie Murray 264th(59:34) and Les Paul 266th(64:41) packing well to achieve B Team status. The best individually placed senior was Henry Minorczyk in 11th vet 60 place.
29/11/2008 Sefton Park, Liverpool
11.00 Boys/Girls U11 1.9km
11.15 Girls U13 3.0km
11.30 Boys U13 3.0km
11.45 Boys U15 3.0km
12.00 Girls U15 3.0km
12.15 Girls U17 and IAAF Junior Women U20 4.4km
12.35 Boys U17 5.5km
12.55 IAAF Junior Men U20 6.7km
13:20 Senior Women 8.1km
14:00 Senior Men 9.8km
Results
Despite the frost and fog, Chorley AC sent a team to Liverpool’s Sefton Park to compete in the Reebok UKA Cross-Country Challenge running against the best in Britain. The race also doubled as a Mid-Lancs. league fixture.
Lucy Croston ran early in the U13s in 39th place(13:35) followed by the U15s squad of Luke Betts 14th(10:35), Ryan Sciacca 25th(11:06) and Michael Murray 42nd(12:48). In the men's race Paul Wareing in 102nd(41:05) pipped son Sean 106th(41:28) whilst David Taylor 137th(44:43) was ahead of Jim Cosgrove 143rd(45:39) with Henry Minorczyk 156th(47:59) leading Barry Chester 160th(49:08). Michael Murray was 163rd(50:17), Eddie Murray 167th(52:18), John Swift 171st(54:42) with finally Mike Coppin 174th(65:05). Chorley AC finished 17th team overall, 16th & 17th Vet 40 teams, 11th & 12th Vet 50 teams and a good 2nd Vet 60 team.
Best individual positions were Sean Wareing and Henry Minorczyk who were both 8th in Junior men and Vet 60s respectively.
13/12/2008 Lawson Fields, Blackpool
Post code FY3 9RT.
Lawson Fields is next to Lawson road oppostite Stanley Park. There is charged car parking at the Model Village, which includes use of cafe and toilets. There is free car parking at the Sports Centre, Lawson Road and surrounding streets,, the cul-de-sac at the southern end of Stanley Park and for the later races atthe nature reserve along Lawson Road. Parking at the zoo is also possible for a chanreg of œ2. PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN DE VERE CAR PARK.
Results
A small band of Chorley AC athletes turned out for the Mid Lancs.. Cross Country a tBlackpool’s Stanley Park on a foul winter's day. Fortunately the rain kept the mud ‘squiggy’ rather than ‘clinggy’ which made things much easier than they could have been!
Club spirits were lifted by a magnificent U15 boys performance with Luke Betts 6th(14:48) being the best Chorley run of the day ably backed by Ryan Sciacca 20th(16:13) and Michael Murray 32nd(18:50). In the men's race Paul Wareing 70th(41:40) spearheaded efforts with David Taylor 110th(44:52) chased by Jim Cosgrove 116th(45:45). Michael Murray Snr improved his result to 139th(50:02) getting in front of captain Barry Chester 147th(51:20). Mike Coppin rounded off proceedings in 159th(65:27). Chorley’s AC's 3rd place in the Vet 40s and 2nd place in the vet 60s is maintained but club athletes are asked to compete in the next cross country to ensure the club can consolidate or improve on these positions, senior men also improved to 9th in the vet 50s.
17/1/2009 Worden Park, Leyland
Results
At Leyland pressure was on the Senior athletes to maintain their top position in Division 3 which they did with 6 points while the 'B' team also picked up a point in Division 4. Roy Paul proved that his excellent 3rd vet55 place in the Lancs Championships last weekend was no fluke by being the first home runner back in 120th(44:50) ahead of Simon Townsend 129th(45:18), Paul Wareing 133rd(45:46), Paul Bass 150th(46:50) and David Taylor 153rd(47:02). Next home was Henry Minorczyk 196th(52:06), Michael Murray 215th(54:58) and back from holidaying in the sun Eddie Murray 222nd(56:54). Lancashire vet60 champion Barry Chester 224th(57:20) lead home John Swift 232nd(62:25), Phil McCullagh 236th(64:36), Les Paul 238th(66:16) and Mike Coppin 240th(69:48). In a massive field Chorley's highest placed individual was Henry as 8th vet60 which helped the vet60 team to maintain its 2nd place but a big effort from all 13 athletes gave us 19th & 25th tam places overall, 16th & 24th in the vet40s and 11th & 19th in the vet50s.
14/2/2009 Wilson Playing Fields, Hynburn
Results
Chorley AC put in an excellent team performance at the Hyndburn Cross-Country. On a less muddy course than usual,they ensured the club retained their lead in Division 3 by 2 points, with the vet 40 and vet 60 teams in second places in their leagues and the vet 50s slightly off the pace in 10th place! With all the juniors being away on school half-term it was up to the seniors to produce strong performances.
Paul Wareing reasserted himself strongly back into the club rankings in 102nd place(42:05) outrunning Roy Paul in 117th place (43:17) and Paul Bass 120th(43:23), Simon Townsend 128th(43:45) and David Taylor 129th(43:50) who is really coming back to fitness. Henry Minorczyk 179th(48:31) lead the senior vets home with Michael Murray 196th(51:29), Eddie Murray 208th(54:42), Stuart Swann 219th(59:51) in his first outing this year, then Mike Coppin 223rd(64:11) delighted to regain a glimmer of form and finish ahead of long term friend Les Paul 225th(66:56) for the first time this year. unfortunately Phil McCullagh was a victim of the tree roots, twisting an ankle which denied CAc a second overall team finish to support their overall 17th place, with the vet40s in 13th & 22nd, the vet50s 11th & 16th and the vet 60s 3rd places. Henry Minorczyk again turned in the best individual performance as 6th vet 60.
14/3/2009 Witton Park, Blackburn
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Results