Gill Pimblott race 2017 (race the train driver) - by Mark Riches

The earlier post HERE refers

We raised £375, which is a fantastic effort

Big thank you to everyone who took part / donated especially Shaun who not only organised the event but played the part of the train driver!

2017/18 X-Country fixtures – by Mark Riches

I think that the dates and venues might already be on FB, but here is a complete list of races made up of 3 different leagues

·         Red Rose

·         Mid Lancs

·         South East Lancs

Date	League	Venue
14/10/2017	Red Rose	LSV
14/10/2017	Mid Lancs	Cuerden Valley Park
11/11/2017	Red Rose	Chorley
18/11/2017	Red Rose	Leverhulme Park, Bolton
18/11/2017	SEL	Heaton Park
25/11/2017	Mid Lancs	Sefton Park, Liverpool
02/12/2017	Red Rose	Rossendale
09/12/2017	Mid Lancs	Hyndburn
16/12/2017	SEL	Tandle Hill
13/01/2018	Mid Lancs	Towneley Park, Burnley
20/01/2018	SEL	LSV
17/02/2018	Mid Lancs	Rylands Park, Lancaster
17/02/2018	SEL	Chorley
03/03/2018	Mid Lancs	Ulverston

Some of the Mid Lancs races involve quite a lot of travel and this year we have 2 or 3 clashes

My intention is to go with best 7 from 11 races and include the following races where there are clashes

·         14^th October - Red Rose LSV

·         18^th November - Red Rose Bolton

·         17^th February - SEL Chorley

Grizedale Horseshoe fell race Sat 2nd Sep 11:00

This little beauty begins at the lovely setting of Glenridding on Ullswater (CA11 0PA), entry £5 on the day only.

Covering 9.9 miles and 5003 ft of climb, the race takes in Catstye Cam followed by Helvellyn, Dollywaggon, down to Grisedale Tarn and then back up to St Sunday Crag. The return journey is via Grisedale Beck to Hole in the Wall and back to Glenridding Village Hall for a welcome cup of tea, soup and a butty.

Please be prepared to carry full kit, including map and compass.  This is another one where in good conditions you'll be fine to follow people (and take in some of the best views the Lake district has to offer), but if the clag is down, you could need to navigate.  

As always, any questions, give me a shout.  Cheers, Tim

http://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5092

Sedbergh Hills fell race report:

Feck, that was hard!

Well done and thanks to Brendan and Phil for joining me in taking part.  The A&T fell champs have been updated and race results can be found at the website below.

http://www.sedberghhillsfellrace.org/

Only 2 more races to go now, the next one is the slightly easier and shorter Grizedale Horseshoe on Sat 2^nd Sep at 11:00.

Track Time Trial Results - 14/08/2017

Firstly, congratulations to everyone who took part on Monday, there were some really strong times and some really great efforts by all.

Secondly I want to apologise for this going out so late. I'll try to be more organised next week after Monday's 3K and 5K time trials.

Results:

1500m			800m			400m			200m
Rob	04:48.73		Rob	02:22.59		Rob	01:02.17		Matt T	28.92
Tim	05:12.83		Tim	02:35.18		Matt T	01:06.73		Gareth	30.05
Matt T	05:39.92		Matt T	02:41.35		Gareth	01:08.81		Oli	31.95
Gareth	05:46.08		Gareth	02:51.11		Oli	01:12.65		James	34.15
Oli	05:46.64		Oli	02:47.42		James L	01:14.17		Vanessa	34.21
James L	05:49.64		James L	02:49.95		Claire M	01:19.14		Matthew	34.51
Claire M	06:07.20		Claire M	02:56.40		Matthew	01:21.60		Claire M	35.41
Vanessa	06:45.47		Vanessa	03:27.79		Vanessa	01:23.83		Dave B	37.91
Matthew	06:47.57		Nicola	03:32.78		Nicola	01:37.65		Nicola	41.40
Nicola	06:56.36		Matthew	04:01.12		Dave B	01:44.41
Carmel	07:39.30		Carmel	04:09.27		Carmel	01:48.18
Dave B	09:23.65		Dave B	04:31.31

18th North West Counties Road Relays. (Blackpool)

I've  been asked to look into this event which is to be held in Stanley Park , Blackpool.  On Saturday 9th September.

Ladies is teams of 3 - running 5.2km each £15 per team. Start 13:20hrs

Men is teams of 4 - running 6.6km each £20 per team.  Start 14:30 hrs

If you are in interested in taking part please let me know so I can register the teams. Once I have numbers I can put people into teams.

There maybe some scope for beers afterwards in Blackpool !

Thanks

CB.

Gin Pit 5 Volunteers Required

 Race Update 06/09

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far.  We are still looking to fill some vacancies.  If you are free to help out please let me know so i can add you to the list.

It's fast approaching that time of the year where your club needs a couple of hours of your time to help with our annual Gin Pit 5 which is on Sunday 1st October.

There are a number of roles that need filling, some of which you are free to race.

If anyone can help please email stevensgary@hotmail.com or contact a committee member via email or facebook.

10 course marshals - Craig Bradbury (team leader), Chris Scholes, Mike Carter, Suzanne Gregory, Clare Unsworth, Joan Cooke

3 x Car Park (can race) - Tim Campbell (team leader),  Barry Allman, Phil Griffiths

2 x Course set and clean up (can race)  - Brendan Loughrey,

3 x Registration (can race) - Gary Stevens (team leader),  Louise Simpson, Rachel Haslam

3 x Time Keepers - Mark Riches (team leader), Gary Stevens, Jo Riches

1x Water Station - Jon Hall & Cath Worsley

1 x presentation - Chris Bennett

1 x race starter - Chris Bennett

3 or 4 x handing out t-shirts -Emma Stevens, Annabel Stevens,

Sedbergh Hills fell race Sun 20th Aug 11am

This Sunday at 11am sees the next club fell race at Sedbergh Hills (parking at Sedbergh School, LA10 5HG) .  I’m not going to lie, this one will be a toughie at 14 miles and 6,000 ft of climb, so it’d be best if you were fairly confident on the hills.  Also worth noting is that the course won’t be marked / marshalled all the way and so, whilst it’s a popular race and you should be able to follow people, if you did lose contact with the pack due to poor visibility, then you may need to navigate out of it.  I expect that the organisers will therefore expect you to carry map and compass, plus probably most of the full FRA kit, so waterproofs (taped seams), whistle, water, emergency food, etc.  Details of full kit requirements are on the FRA website. 

There is an option to pre-register, which is slightly cheaper, and you can find this and other details of the race at the official race website below.  As always, please get in contact if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help.

http://www.sedberghhillsfellrace.org/

A&T Wednesday Efforts Session

Wednesday Efforts Night

A few changes are happening for the rest of the summer nights i am planning on doing one Wednesday session from LSV once a month

So this Wednesday will be from LSV, the web site has been updated with the sessions and the locations

we are doing this to help others attend the session who cannot make GinPit in time.

Winter efforts will be always East Lancs.

Any question please get in contact with me