The Club Fell Running championship starts on 1 April each year. There are 3 'short’ events, 3 'medium' and 3 'long'. The first Traveller to finish in each event scores 10 points, the second 9 etc. In addition to the overall men’s and ladies championships, there are also vets (over 40) and supervets (over 50) categories.
Up to 5 nominated races can count; 1 short, 1 medium and 1 long, plus your best 2 other races. Fell captain Richard Howard has nominated the races for 2010/2011, which are listed below.
Short
Hartcliff Hill (Langsett Barn - BS 2.5m/500ft) - 7.30pm Thurs 22 April
Buckden Pike (Buckden - AS 4m/1500ft - 2.30pm Sat 19 June
Lad's Leap (Crowden AS 5.9m/1700ft) - Late March 2011
Medium
Crowden Horseshoe ((BM 8m/1700ft) - 11.00am Sun 2 May
Cracken Edge (Kinder MRT HQ, Hayfield - BM 7m/1450ft - 7.30pm Wed 4 Aug
Noonstone (Lumbutts, Todmorden AM 9m/2300ft) - Late Feb 2011
Long
Holme Moss (Cartworth Cricket Club - AL 17m/4000ft) - 11.00am Sun 18 July
Whernside (Church Bridge, Dent - BL 12.1m/2972ft - 11.00am Sat 25 Sept
Tour of Pendle (Barley Village - AL 16.8m/4830ft - 10.30am Sat 13 Nov
Fell Captain Richard Howard is keen to enter teams for the Cross Keys relay at Saddleworth on Saturday 4 September and in the UK Fell Relay championship at Lomond Hills, Scotland on Sunday 17 October.
If you would like to run, please have a word with Richard.
Dave Gill (above) and Patrick Green in action at the 2005 World Masters championship at Keswick.
Entry forms for the Holme Moss Fell Race on Sunday 18 July are now available on the Holmfirth Harriers web site. Early entry is advisable as the race is part of the English fell championship and the race limit is 400.
The Hartcliff Hill fell race at Langsett on 22 April was the first Club championship race of the new season. There was an excellent turn out from the Travellers with 13 Club members taking part.
Alistair Rees was first home in 8th place, closely followed by Ross McClelland in 11th position. Jo Worboys was first DDT lady and with Anne Middleton and Jan Yates were first ladies team. For full results, follow the link on this page.