Cronkley Fell Race and its High Force variant are regular DFR fixtures. Entries are now open via SI Entries. This year’s race takes place on:
Saturday 9th September 2023, 2pm start.
Start/Finish at Farmhouse Kitchen, Low Way Farm, Middleton-in-Teesdale, DL12 0NJ.
10.5 miles, 1800ft ascent. From the village of Holwick, through Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve, up to the river Tees, before turning round and retracing your steps back to Holwick.
FRA Members £7. Non members £8.
Entry includes free chip butty at the finish.
Race Map (updated for 2023)
Results – 2022
| Position | Gender position | Age cat position | Name | Club | Time | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Chris Alborough | Durham Fell Runners | 1:18:20 | MSEN |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Hamish Carrick | Durham Fell Runners | 1:28:07 | MSEN |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | John Donneky | Derwentside AC | 1:30:32 | M40 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Michael Littlewood | Elvet Striders | 1:31:46 | M40 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Emily Cowper-Coles | Oswestry Olympians | 1:31:59 | WSEN |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Richard Veitch | Esk Valley Fell Club | 1:32:45 | M40 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | Lindsay McEwan | Elvet Striders | 1:33:00 | M40 |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Phil Tickner | Durham City Harriers & AC | 1:35:12 | M40 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Simon Mounsey | Howgill Harriers | 1:35:55 | M50 |
| 10 | 9 | 6 | Aaron Dobrianski | Durham Fell Runners | 1:36:29 | M40 |
| 11 | 10 | 1 | Steve Everett | Durham City Harriers & AC | 1:36:54 | M60 |
| 12 | 11 | 3 | Michael Sturla | Durham Fell Runners | 1:37:21 | MSEN |
| 13 | 12 | 4 | Jon Dixon | 1:37:43 | MSEN | |
| 14 | 13 | 7 | Ian Hutchinson | Derwentside AC | 1:38:10 | M40 |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Anna Linfoot | Elvet Striders | 1:38:57 | WSEN |
| 16 | 14 | 5 | David Bowes | 1:40:11 | MSEN | |
| 17 | 15 | 8 | Sean Robinson | Howgill Harriers | 1:42:14 | M40 |
| 18 | 16 | 9 | Andrew Stimson | Durham Fell Runners | 1:44:47 | M40 |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Tamsin Imber | Elvet Striders | 1:45:04 | W40 |
| 20 | 17 | 10 | Thomas Jones | Esk Valley Fell Club | 1:46:05 | M40 |
| 21 | 18 | 2 | Peter Coulthard | Alnwick Harriers | 1:49:26 | M50 |
| 22 | 19 | 3 | Mark Foster | Dulwich Runners AC | 1:51:33 | M50 |
| 23 | 20 | 11 | Bruce Sawyer | 1:51:42 | M40 | |
| 24 | 21 | 6 | Jamie Thompson | 1:53:32 | MSEN | |
| 25 | 22 | 4 | Dave Falconer | 1:53:54 | M50 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Nina Mason | Elvet Striders | 1:54:01 | W40 |
| 27 | 23 | 12 | Robert Crawford | Howgill Harriers | 1:54:19 | M40 |
| 28 | 5 | 3 | Meghan C McCarthy | Durham Fell Runners | 1:57:04 | WSEN |
| 29 | 6 | 3 | Emma McCabe | Elvet Striders | 2:00:43 | W40 |
| 30 | 24 | 5 | Gary Mason | Northumberland Fell Runners | 2:05:49 | M50 |
| 31 | 7 | 4 | Rebecca Melville | Durham Fell Runners | 2:06:50 | WSEN |
| 32 | 25 | 7 | Thomas Mitchell | 2:06:51 | MSEN | |
| 33 | 8 | 4 | Ellen Stantschew | Howgill Harriers | 2:10:28 | W40 |
| 34 | 26 | 6 | Shane Harris | Blackhill Bounders | 2:12:36 | M50 |
| 35 | 9 | 5 | Zoe Robinson | Howgill Harriers | 2:13:08 | W40 |
| 36 | 27 | 7 | Malcolm Sygrove | Elvet Striders | 2:15:44 | M50 |
| 37 | 28 | 13 | Neil Sanders | East Durham Running Club | 2:17:22 | M40 |
| 38 | 29 | 8 | Richard Mellor | Pennine Fell Runners | 2:18:47 | M50 |
| Graham Pearson | Derwentside Valley Trail Runners | dnf | M50 | |||
| Andrew Thompson | dnf | M50 |
Photos from 2021
Photos from previous years
