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Ladies Senior Team:-    1st 
Ladies V40 Team:-        1st 
Senior Men’s Team:-      2nd, behind Pudsey
V40 Men’s Team –         1st 
V50 Team –                     3rd  – behind Clayton and Bowland

That means that all our teams have gained medals, an extremely good all-round performance.

This is Sunday , October 3rd, from Brotherswater in Patterdale. We have3 teams, Men, Ladies and MV40, and it’s 4 paired legs. An excellent event, worth being there even if we’re not in the team. Arrangements, etc and everything has come through, the kind of boring stuff which really is essential reading, so…..

Arrangements and details   Reading this is a MUST. Messing up over the carparking will jeopardise the event, so there’s vital stuff about limited cars at changeover points, and NB – £2.00 a full car at Brotherswater and £10.00 for single occupancy cars. It is expected that everyone reads this, so make sure we do….

Team Entry Form  – that thing which needs to be handed in on the day for registration…

Leg 1 details   :   Leg2 details   :   Leg3 details   :   Leg4 details

Provisional Championship Races 2011. And a stress upon Provisional…..
    English:- Long Mynd 6/13th March . Medium
                     Cheviot 7th May. Short.
                     Duddon 4th June. Long.
                     Loughrigg/Coledale 25th/26th June. Medium.
                     Whittle Pike.(Rossendale). 30th July.Short.
                     Sedbergh 21st August. Long
British:-
                     Irish (Mourne Mountains?) Long 9 April
                     Y Aran (Bala) – w/end 9/16 July. Medium.
                     Sedbergh 21st August. Long.
                     Devil’s Beeftub. (Moffat). 10th September.Short.

World Masters 2011.  This year’s event , near Krakow, seems to have been a very hard course, in bad conditions, with elements of organisation that left much to be re-thought. Next year the event is in Paluzza, which is Top Right of Italy, 18th September, worth bribing any “other half’s” with a romantic few days in quite nearby Venice…

Saturday:-
  Peris Horseshoe and Half Peris.  Martin Stocks and Greg may be going, also Jim Paxman sends:- “I will be driving across to Llanberis for the Peris race on Saturday 11th September first thing that morning (6:30-ish) from Bents Green and returning after the race. I can take up to three passengers. I can be reached by email but not by telephone (0114) 249 0789 until Thursday 9th September telephone, as I am in Bali doing hot weather training!”
DT – don’t ever underestimate this, magnificently hard  – and serious in bad weather…
 Good Shepherd:-   (Mytholmroyd) . at 14ml, 2000ft, around the Noonstone moors. NB this change of date….
 Kinder Barrel Race

Sunday:- 
   Mountain Trial .The venue is Kentmere. Final details and start times
   Padfield Plum Fair
   Chelmorton

And several other good races all around. Stretton Skyline is good, but a journey. The Yorkshireman and Half Yorkshireman. Carshare has entered Settle Loop, also EOD, which looks a scenic classic on paths around Attermire Scar. Norland Moor – (Calderdale) – never done this.

RAB Mountain Marathon – 25th/26th September, is top part of the Lakes. A spare entry is going – “Entry available for RAB mountain marathon contact Lesley e-mail “

Trunce (9) – results

Shelf Moor. -  Men’s Results. The final English Championship race. Rob Hope was first, and Champion, just 4 seconds ahead of Lloyd in a sprint finish, leaving Lloyd 2nd overall, and 1st V40 Champion. Rob Jebb taking 3rd place overall.  Pudsey were 1st team, and Champions, so Senior Men close, but 2nd. Vets should be 1st today, and 1st overall, V50’s should be 1st today, and 3rd overall. Sorry, can’t help with the Ladies teams, can someone help out please?
  It’s a worthy Championship course, very well organised. Dry, windy going up to the trig point, but the trip home getting progressively faster.
The final event will be British – Black Mountains. I can’t help with this, never done it and regret to say I can’t find the enthusiasm to trek down to South Wales, (though had there been a V50 Team calling, I’d have travelled..)
Cake Competition:- John Hunt set the pace with a magnificent Blackcurrant contribution, rivalled by Wharfedale’s Marmalade Cake, and Pennine’s Welsh Something Cake. The official judge’s verdict is a triple tie for first place.

Relays – these are looming up, Ian Hodgson (8 in a team) – 3rd October, we have Senior Men and Ladies, Vet Men. An excellent event, worth going to even if you’re not in a team, plenty of Patterdale hills to trot round.
and FRA – 6 in a Team, 17th October -  Fife . We are after medals for all teams, Senior Men and Ladies, Vet Men and Ladies, MV50.
  Please – get in touch with Team Captains – Rob Little e-mail Senior Men : Mike Nolan  e-mail  MV40 : Kirsty  e-mail and Lynn e-mail  – Ladies. Keith – e-mail  MV50, if you haven’t already done so. Sharing travel etc will be arranged…

Exterminator – results. “Firm and dry underfoot gave fast running for the Exterminator. Although warm and humid in the tree lined valleys, there was a cooling breeze on the tops and the threatening rain held off. There was plenty of welcome support on the course; smiles, photos and the odd jelly baby from club members and friends. Mick Stenton won overall , Laura Gibson (Totley) won the ladies . Prizes for Steve Storey and Mick Cochrane too.
Men’s team: Dark Peak – Mick Stenton, Steve Storey and Mark Tucket
Ladies team: Totley. And a clean sweep of the ladies prizes for Totley.”

Helvellyn Triathlon

Kilnsey Video  another good’un from Wharfee…though the camera doesn’t get into that fearsome gully, which comes soon after that first bit of descent…

Gouffre Berger. With the Peak being also a potholing area, this may be of interest, and a privilege to mention Alan Brentnall’s trip. Lots of photos. like this.

“Lots of hard work, but we eventually set up Camp 1 at -500m and rigged to the bottom of the cave. 18 expedition members got to the bottom plus about half a dozen who only intended travelling to Camp 1 (once rigged, it took around 20hrs for a bottoming trip, 8 hours for a camp 1 trip) plus we supported a photographic team who were using our rigging to get illustrations for a new guide book.”

Two Inns Race:- Tony Heron sends this:- “Managed to squeeze this in while holidaying in NW Scotland with Jon Ascroft (former Dark Peaker, now running for Carnethy) and family. The Two Inns Race is a new addition to the Scottish calendar, taking a fairly direct line from Creagan on the west coast (about 15 miles north of Oban), to the Clachaig Inn in Glencoe, involving 24 km (15 miles) of running and 1700m of ascent. The first half was reminiscent of a Dark Peak race over wild, boggy and pathless terrain among fantastic scenery, climbing progressively bigger hills and culminating in a steep ascent of Fraochaidh (879m); after a short, technical descent the route then offered superb ridge running to the impressive peak of Sgorr a’ Choise (663m), followed by a long, punishing descent through steep bracken all the way to the valley. At this point, the organizers had decided to bypass the busy A82 for the last mile of the race by contriving a route through virtually unrunnable marshland adjacent to the road – a worse finish to a long fell race cannot be imagined!  No matter, the misery of the last mile was soon forgotten with beer and sandwiches in the Clachaig, a generous prize list and a few hundred quid raised for the Oban and Glen Coe Mountain Rescue Teams. The race was won by Manny Gorman of Westies in 3.04.44, with Jon 3rd in 3.14.53, Adam Perry (now running for Pennine) 5th in 3.18.32 and me 8th in 3.22.11. 37 runners completed the race. Results .”

Grasmere Guides – results
Eyam – results
Dentdale – results.  – a travelling Stuart Bond first, 26.35mins.

BOFRA – Kilnsey – results  . Rob Hope first, again, following on from his win at Grasmere Sports, and Burnsall…Matt was 10th, 9mins 46 secs. Video to come…,another of Wharfee’s classics we expect…

World Masters – Korbielow, Poland . Results  – they need a lot of wading through…
Ultra Tour of Mont Blanc – another one to look out for results…  but…”all races abandoned and those who started bussed back to Chamonix. Heavy rain, landslides and avalanches!!”

Fell Running in Somerset:- Yes, it does exist, wherever Somerset may be…Martyn Goodwin found it:- “I was in the area last week so I thought it rude not to represent DPFR at the Crook Peak Fell Race in Axebridge Somerset. A cracking little cat A, 3mile 800ft route held in the Mendip Hills. Torrential rain before and after the race, but dry in between. Cakes and beer at the pub afterwards.”

BOFRA - Hebden (Grassington) . We managed a team here, Matt, Mark Salkild and Carshare, ably spectated by Ashley, watching his wife running. A typically BOFRA race, run hard out of the field, over the stream, wobble up the hill, along the top and over two huge walls, then shift back down again…video

            Unfortunately our Tug of War entrant had to heave on a decidedly uphill slope, but Matt seems to be trying hard….

BOFRA Halton Gill (Top end of Wharfedale) . Never mind the final episode of “Last of the Summer Wine”, our three old codgers were out today : Mark Salkild looking keen and lean , Carshare propping up the rear of the field, and Mike Wynne organising us into a team. (incidentally 3 of the Vets Team at Alva FRA Relays from 1999.) 
 
Pendleton- results  . Greg visiting again, 49th in 44.16.
Bradbourne – results
Dufton –

Adidas Terrex Adventure Race This is in Keswick all weekend, and involves a lot of everything. Nick Wallis asks:- “Strong team needs an extra man for this adventure race in the Lakes this weekend, 26th – 30th August. Running, biking, paddling. 11 sections, no sleep!. contact Ben Bardsley by e-mail.”

Lakeland Country Fair – results. “Ashley (1st V50) and I (Dave Sykes) were the Dark Peak travellers for this one. Ash finished 15th (1st MV50) and I finished 24ish. I had been severely poisoned by a stag night in Keswick the night before but even on form would have struggled to keep up with Ash. Carl Bell ( Howgill H’s) won, pipping record holder Ben Abdelnoor. With one more runner we may have featured in the team prizes!”

Arncliffe  – scenically far up Wharfedale, Joe was 5th, 12.09mins.

Worsthorne Moor  – (Burnley) -  a guest appearance from Greg to make our team of two. A good race indeed for the locals, but wouldn’t justify a long journey. A long trail climb out from the village, then some good moorland running around the top, returning on roads and tracks, past a typically dried out reservoir somewhere. Results .

Tanky’s Trog – 5th December. If you’re in a rush to get an entry form, the organiser could send out a form, e-mail.  Things will get sorted out gradually….

FRA Relays – Photos    some photos of Leg 1 – long, pairs. Not that much use really, but enough to emphasize the worth of having a look round on the Saturday…

The Great Urban Fell Race

With the public sector bracing itself for the cuts one interesting way balancing the books came to  light recently when a newly elected tory MP spilled the beans on her former employers, Kensington and Chelsea primary care trust, who had hired out a hospital  ward for a porn film.  Rather than taking credit for such ‘blue sky’ thinking  the spokesman for the hospital managers was keen to distance them from it.

Sorry I don’t have a link to the film , so if you want a bit of medical titillation you will have to be satisfied with the X-ray pin up calendar.

Bransdale:- (Tuesday) – is tucked away in the middle of the N Y Moors. “The event was won by a now fit and back to form Joe Blackett of DPFR…”
Steel Fell Results

Lakeland Classics -  after Borrowdale. Simon Booth wins the series. We have John Hunt (4th) : Rhys (5th) : Mike (6th) : and completions by Craig Mattocks : Dave Sykes : Greg : Dicky : and Nicky (2nd Lady and 1st LV40).
Our 1st Team is done and dusted.

Summer Series (11)  – from Fairholmes. Results. “All down to the last race in two weeks " Crookstone Special" at the earlier start time of 6.30pm.”

Sierre-Zinal Results – anyone running?

Borrowdale –  results.  “ It was claggy and very wet / slippery underfoot. Another race where map and compass (or local knowledge played a part). Apart from the obvious positions shown on the results the Men’s team were 3rd and Ladies Team were 1st.”

Long Tour of Bradwell. “was overcast and warm till noon then hot and sunny. Very well organised and lots of tapes meant that finding the checkpoints /route was easy. A lovely route and well suited to fell runners with a lack of flat running! Jon Morgan excelled himself by being 25 minutes in front of 2nd man finishing in 4.54. I (Nicky) was 1st Lady in 6.03 (narrowly beaten by Greg Rimmer). results
DT – that means Nicky doubled up this weekend….

Snowdon – World Championship Trial:- Rob Little was there, 9th position…

Osmotherley Show:- was a good course, but hardly worth a long travel. A typical country show on offer, then up through the private grounds of this big hall, and enough hard work to a trig point on the moors. A good finish, rather like that classic Baslow finish in Chatsworth Park. Qualifying for first local, Joe was first home.
This race had the ultimate answer to the traditional starting chaos. We lined up outside the electronic gates to this stately home, and the start was when the gates were opened. Perhaps the FRA needs to invest in some portable electronic gates?
Teggs Nose. – results