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The end of the year will be upon us soon, and I have been updating the Fell Palladium competition results. While only people who have finished 6 or more FRA races will be eligible for the competition, I’ve included the results for everyone at the moment. So, if you have done any races that aren’t on my list, let me know – it may gain those precious extra points to get you that trophy, or at least give you some bragging rights over your peers!

The two top-spots are looking unassailable, with our captains leading, but there is hot competition for some of the minor placings and age-category awards.

Four teams of ladies ran on Saturday (a fantastic effort girls 🙂 )
Respectively, we achieved 12th, 18th, 22nd and 26th for the over 18s cat’
4th, 8th and 16th for the V35 cat’
2nd and 7th for the V45 cat’
1st for the V55 cat’

Well done all of us!!
Cheers Ladies 🙂

2013 on the fells has been busy with our members producing some fantastic individual and team performances.

The club championship 2013 was competed over 5 nominated races (Flower Scar, Stan Bradshaw, Anniversary Waltz, Paddy Pole & Full Tour) with members having to complete a minimum of 3 races and their best result counted.

The 2013 Fell Champion is Capt.Dave Motley  who was consistent throughout picking up a 1st &  3x 2nd place finishes. In 2nd overall was Dave Edmondson with Paul Hesketh finishing 3rd.

The Ladies 2013 club fell championship was dominated by Capt.Jean Brown with 1st places finishes across the board. In 2nd was Barbara Savage with Linda Lord finishing 3rd.

The V40 category was won by Dave Edmondson followed by Paul Hesketh in 2nd and Pete Booth in 3rd.

Pete Booth won both the V50 & V60 category with Ivan Whigham runner up in the 50’s & Dave Naylor in 3rd.

In total 91 members took part in the 2013 championship. The  2014 fixtures will be announced soon, will you be the club champion?

A HUGE big MASSIVE thank you to all the ladies who ran today. A fantastic turnout to take on the mud and the adventurous twists offered by the woods of the Hyndeburn course. If this wasn’t enough to challenge us, on perhaps a final race before Christmas, one or two ladies turned up with an added challenge…hangovers, recovering injuries and recent recoveries from “the lurgy” .
Well done all ladies!

Next up is the Lancashire Champs Race at Witton Park Blackburn, Saturday 4th January 2014. 🙂

Cheers, Irene Roche

The Northerns are at Knowlsely Safari Park on 25th January and the Nationals at Wollaton Park Nottingham on 22nd February 2014.If you wish to run in either of these events and compete against the best in the country please contact Paul Archer or Irene Roach by 2ND JANUARY 2014.The club pay the entry fees.

For a number of year the Club has made an annual donation to charity.

Amongst the recipients have been; our junior section, NW Air Ambulance, RNLI, Bowland/Pennine Mountain rescue team & Rossendale Mountain rescue team.

This year, the committee is inviting nominations for suitable recipients. If you have any suggestions for a charity that you feel deserves the club’s support, please contact Chairman Jim or Mike Wallis by the end of 2013.

Include as much details as you can to back up your nomination and the committee will make a final decision at January’s meeting.

Here are the results from the last weeks racing, it’s good to see a healthy Clayton turnout throughout the Winter & lot’s of you keeping at the sharp end of the races!

Well done to Tom Brewster, Chris Holdsworth & Nick Gaskell for a second consecutive team prize at the Cannonball 5k race 2, they were of course joined at the top by Gayle Whittaker, Rebecca Rawcliffe & Alice Pier as they scooped the Ladies prize!

Results (click on the name to be directed):-

Cannonball Todmorden Park 5k Race 2

Burnley Parkrun

Longridge Xmas Pudding 7 Mile

Red Rose XC – Rossendale

Mytholmroyd Fell Race

With six ladies at Liverpool, we achieved just about mid table in results from senior to vets. Excellent work girls :-), Rebecca Louise Rawcliffe, Jean Knightley, Georgina Slater, Sarah Whittaker, Christine Leathley and me…
And Clayton Ladies won the FV55 award – Jk, C.L. and me 🙂
Conditions were certainly better than last year, that is, not quite as much mud! With last minute nerves left on the start line, we all enjoyed the race with our own stories to tell.
Its certainly a race apart from the other Mid Lancs fixtures as this one entails standing alongside runners competing for the European Championship qualifiers.
There was a special “buzz” about the whole day out.

Cheers girls, Irene