This morning a group of ladies from our Tuesday sessions (plus special guest Clare O) had a wonderful run from Reeth. We had the wind to our backs as we made our way up on to Fremington Edge and then, sheltered by the wall, had a lovely run along the ridge. Then came the fun bit! It is such a wonderful descent down a springy, grassy path before a short, steeper technical section. The section along by the river is always more undulating than you would like it to be but we were back in Reeth before we knew it. A fabulous, relaxed and thoroughly enjoyable run out!
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Kettlewell Anniversary

Kettlewell Anniversary [S2] - 9 Jun 2022
pos | name | cat | time | points |
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10 | Martin Wilson | MSEN | 0:42:33 | 40 |
20 | Paul Hodgson | M40 | 0:46:54 | 39 |
26 | Dan Hoyle | MSEN | 0:48:36 | 38 |
35 | Andrew Stimson | M40 | 0:50:39 | 37 |
59 | Megan McCarthy | FSEN | 0:57:13 | 40 |
74 | Denise Tunstall | F55 | 1:04:12 | 39 |
82 | Dougie Nisbet | M55 | 1:06:56 | 36 |
Club Champs 2022 - Fixtures and Details
Club Champs 2022 - Results Men
NAME | TOTAL | S1 | S2 | S3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | L1 | L2 | L3 | BEST-S | BEST-M | BEST-L | BONUS |
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Andy Blackett | 119 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 39 | ||||||
Michael Sturla | 115 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 37 | 38 | ||||||
Mark Smith | 103 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 33 | 32 | |||||||
Dougie Nisbet | 100 | 37 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 32 | 31 | ||||||
Chris Alborough | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||||||
Martin Wilson | 119 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 39 | |||||
Joe Addison | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||||
Owen Carter | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Andrew Stimson | 123 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 5 | |||
Paul Hodgson | 116 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 39 | |||||
Adam Bridges | 67 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 33 | ||||||||
Dan Hoyle | 76 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | ||||||||
Andrew Henderson | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||||
Tom Carter | 40 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||
Max Wilkinson | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||||
Stan Gibson | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||||
Dan Rhodes | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Tom Dobbing | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Club Champs 2022 - Results Ladies
NAME | TOTAL | S1 | S2 | S3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | L1 | L2 | L3 | BEST-S | BEST-M | BEST-L | BONUS |
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Dawn Hosking | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||||
Denise Tunstall | 125 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 5 | |||
Meghan McCarthy | 119 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 39 | ||||||
Roslyn Kelsey | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
New ‘Durham Hewitts Round’ Record for Duncan
Duncan Archer went out on Saturday at took 41 minutes off the record for the Durham Hewitts Round. If you aren’t familiar with the route it takes in all the mountains over 2000 feet and with 3o metres prominence in County Durham. The record has been held since 2011 by Will Horsley.
Duncan completed the round in 9:58:39s
Read all about it here.
http://duncanarcher.com/blog/2022/05/28/durham-hewitts-round/
Online entries open for Kettlewell Anniversary
This is the second short race in the 2022 Club champs. Racebest are saying there are no entries on the day. Use the following link for pre-entry.
Online Entry at Racebest for Kettlewell Anniversary
A reminder of the Club Champs events …
Date | Race | FRA Category | DFR Category | Location |
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SiEntries | ||||
13/03/2022 | Carrock Fell Entry on the Day | AS | SHORT [S1] | Lake District |
20/03/2022 | Bilsdale Enter Online: SiEntries | AL | LONG [L1] | NY Moors |
30/04/2022 | Guisborough 3 Tops | AM | MEDIUM [M1] | NY Moors |
09/06/2022 Racebest stating no EOD | Kettlewell Anniversary Online Entry at racebest | AS | SHORT [S2] | Yorkshire Dales |
19/06/2022 | Windy Gyle EOD | BM | MEDIUM [M2] | Northumberland |
09/07/2022 | Wasdale Enter Online: SiEntries | AL | LONG [L2] | Lake District |
20/07/2022 | Fellside | AM | MEDIUM [M3] | Lake District |
06/08/2022 | Osmotherley Show | BS | SHORT [S3] | NY Moors |
19/11/2022 | Tour of Pendle | AL | LONG [L3] | Lancs |
Club Champs 2022
The replacement event for the postponed High Cup Nick race will be Windy Gyle. The revised Club Champs calendar now looks as follows:
Date | Race | FRA Category | DFR Category | Location |
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SiEntries | ||||
13/03/2022 | Carrock Fell Entry on the Day | AS | SHORT [S1] | Lake District |
20/03/2022 | Bilsdale Enter Online: SiEntries | AL | LONG [L1] | NY Moors |
30/04/2022 | Guisborough 3 Tops | AM | MEDIUM [M1] | NY Moors |
09/06/2022 Racebest stating no EOD | Kettlewell Anniversary Online Entry at racebest | AS | SHORT [S2] | Yorkshire Dales |
19/06/2022 | Windy Gyle EOD | BM | MEDIUM [M2] | Northumberland |
09/07/2022 | Wasdale Enter Online: SiEntries | AL | LONG [L2] | Lake District |
20/07/2022 | Fellside | AM | MEDIUM [M3] | Lake District |
06/08/2022 | Osmotherley Show | BS | SHORT [S3] | NY Moors |
19/11/2022 | Tour of Pendle | AL | LONG [L3] | Lancs |
Newsletter – Mar 2022
DFR Ladies Nights are up and running
It was not planned that our very first Durham Fell Runners Ladies session would take place on International Women’s Day but it felt pretty powerful that it did.
Having recently completed my Leader in Running Fitness course it was my main aim to set up these sessions as a way of making that leap into joining a new running club a little less intimidating and for new female members. The vision is that these sessions are accessible to all, regardless of current fitness levels, with the focus being on getting out into the forest, building confidence and just taking in the magic that running somewhere remote gives.
And so it was that last night thirteen brave ladies took the plunge and came to Hamsterley Forest for the very start of this adventure. It was a lovely early spring night with little wind and a lovely moon peeping through the trees as we completed our warm up then set off for a lap of the Gruffalo trail where we learned and practised the art of looping back. When we run out this will mean that no one is left behind and that everyone is able to keep moving at their own pace. Then we completed a paired activity with the focus being on maintaining a consistent pace. It is fair to say that everyone absolutely smashed it with some very impressive timing. Then we had a cool down and before we knew it the session was finished.
A huge thank you to everyone who turned up – you were fantastic. See you at the next session on 22nd March. If you have any questions then please email me at fblackett@outlook.com. If you fancy joining us then come along for our next session, we meet at 1900 in the main Hamsterley Forest car park.
Thank you for a truly inclusive first session. And having the moon out and listening to the river added to the magic.
Rachel
Cronkley Entries now Open
Cronkley Fell Race will take place on Saturday 17th September 2022, 2pm start. Details on the Cronkley Fell page. Entries are now open via SI Entries.
High Cup Nick postponed
The first club champ race for 2022 has been postponed. From the organiser:
Hi Folks, really really sorry, but due to the recent storms and wet weather there are no fields in, around or near enough to Dufton to provide the car parking needed for our races on Saturday (this also includes the kids trail races). This final straw combined with some other issues (we can’t provide much shelter, we can’t provide hot drinks etc) has meant that unfortunately we are going to have to postpone the race on Saturday.
Once we know more, we will circle back. But just wanting to get this sad news out to you all as soon as possible so that you can replan your weekends. As much as we like seeing you all, please do not come to Dufton this weekend.
Thanks for your understanding and a thousand apologies.
Morgan
Commondale Clart – 9 Jun 2022
A nice crispy frosty sunny day for the Commondale Clart. Results and organiser’s comments (pdf) now on the Esk Valley Fell Club website.
Commondale Clart - 9 Jan 2022
Pos | bib | Name | Club | time | cat/pos/pts/best |
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1 | 346 | Nicholas Barber | Helm Hill Runners | 37.20 | MO/1/50/50 |
28 | 118 | Kay Neesam | New Marske Harriers | 43.55 | F50/1/50/50 |
35 | 510 | Paul Cook | Durham Fell Runners | 44.49 | M40/6/43/174 |
48 | 348 | Martyn Farnsworth | Durham Fell Runners | 48.26 | MO/18/31/31 |
56 | 127 | Ros Kelsey | Durham Fell Runners | 50.22 | F40/2/48/48 |
64 | 39 | Meghan McCarthy | Durham Fell Runners | 51.31 | FO/4/45/45 |
96 | 126 | Frances Blackett | Durham Fell Runners | 59.24 | F40/6/43/43 |
102 | 825 | Dougie Nisbet | Durham Fell Runners | 61.54 | M55/12/37/37 |