Fell Races: 17th-23rd May
Saturday, 17th May
Moel Elio: AM. 1.00 p.m. 8m/3000' from Llanberis £4. British Championship counter.
Fairfield Horseshoe: AM. 1.00 p.m. 9m/3000' from Rydal Hall, Ambleside (GR NY365064). £5 .
20th Old Counties Tops: AL. 8.00 a.m. 37m/10,000' from NT car park, New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale. Pre-entry only.
Mount Famine: AS. 11.00 a.m. 5m/1700'. Registration at Hayfield Scout Hut, Swallowhouse Lane. £3.
Sunday, 18th May
DFR Summer Series 1: BM. 11.00 a.m. 6m/1100' from Low Redford car park, Hamsterley Forest (GR079309). £6 or £22 for series pre-entry.
Tuesday, 20th May
Fox & Hounds Chase: BM. 7.15 p.m. 9m/1500' from the Fox and Hounds pub, Ainthorpe, near Castleton, North Yorks. (GR 704078). £5.
Totley Moor: AS. 7.30 p.m. 5m/1450' from the Cricket Inn, Totley (GR 302799). £4.
Wednesday, 21st May
Goyt's Moss: BM. 7.30 p.m. 7m/1400' from Derbyshire Bridge Car Park, Goyt Valley, Nr Buxton (GR 019716). £3.50.
Kildwick: BS. 7.30 p.m. 3.75m/800' from the White Lion, Kildwick, between Keighley and Skipton (GR 011457). £3.
Results
Tuesday, 13th May
Jack Bloor Leeds City's Chris Birchall overcame the challenge of Bingley's Andy Peace and G Pearce (Pudsey & Bramley) to win the Jack Bloor Race, pushing course record-holder, now veteran, Greg Hull (Leeds City) into fourth place. First MV50, D Asquith (Skyrac) was just one second ahead of first lady, L Adams (Hallamshire), in 45th place. The first LV40 was S Haines (Ilkley): leading MV60, G Arthur (Ilkley).
Sunday, 11th May
Buttermere Sailbeck: Almost 180 runners braved high temperatures, humidity and the threat of thunderstorms for one of the toughest medium- length Lakeland races. Borrowdale's now veteran Simon Booth was the only competitor to break the one and a half hour barrier, finishing a minute in front of team-mates Morgan Donnelly and Jim Davies. A veteran runner also won the ladies' race. Helene Whitaker (nee Diamantedes, Harrogate) had a close race with Kate Bailey (Merionydd), with Helen Garrett (Ambleside) in third place. As it was a club championship counter, there were plenty of CFR representatives, one of whom, Peter Crompton, was first MV50 in 25th place overall. W Helliwell (FRA) took the MV60 prize, while Keswick's Lynn Thompson was first LV50. With five runners in the first ten finishers, Borrowdale easily took the team prize, while Ambleside triumphed in the ladies' team.
Lordstones-Wainstones: Northumberland Fell Runners' Charles Stead had a two and a half minute margin over Paul Lowe (North Yorkshire Moors AC) at the end of a race that was closely fought until the final climb, where Stead chose a much better line. In third place was Joe Blackett (Dark Peak), first MV40, a further two and a half minutes adrift. Indeed, veterans were well to the fore as Paul Kelly (Durham) was next home, claiming the MV50 prize, closely followed by Peter Wilkin (Thirsk & Sowerby). First MV55, in seventh place was Rob Burn (Thirsk & Sowerby) who was chased home by Ben Grant (Harrogate). In tenth place came MV60, Dave Tait (Dark Peak) making five of the first ten finishers over 50. Continuing the theme, Kay Neesam (New Marske), LV40, was first across the line. She finally overcame the challenge of Fay Potton on the final climb. 56 runners braved the warm, humid conditions to complete the race.
Mytholmroyd: Adam Breaks (Calder Valley) had a lead of two minutes over David Roome (Bowland) at the finish of a very hot race. Third-placed Andy Wrench (Todmorden) was first veteran and Jack Holt (Clayton-le-Moors) was the leading MV50, in an excellent ninth place. Calder Valley duo, Gayle Sugden and Anne Johnson battled out the ladies' race, with Gayle coming out on top and Anne taking the veterans' prize. Dick Spendlove (Calder Valley) and Barry Thackery (Dark Peak) took the MV60 and MV70 categories respectively. Nidd Valley's Sue Morley and Lyn Eden were winners of the LV50 and LV60 race.
