3 Shires 2006

Preston Harriers' fell & trail running section . Some of our fell runners also do cross country and road running, but fell running is our main activity.Fell Running tends to be a Northern sport, the Lake District being the main centre for fell runners. The Harriers are the organizers of Paddy's Pole Fell Race, which usually takes place in June. Our junior fell runners are in a keen fell running section, you can read about them in juniorfellblog below. Preston Harriers running club was established in 1881. Mick McLoughlin the chairman of fellblog did the Bob Graham Round in 2005. Fell Runners are not as much bothered about PB's as they are about 3B's ( a local brewery).

The fell running section of Preston Harriers. Some of our fell runners also do cross country and road running, but fell running is our main activity. Our junior fell runners are in a keen fell running section, you can read about them in juniorfellblog below. Preston Harriers running club was established in 1881. Mick McLoughlin our chairman of fellblog recently did the Bob Graham Round. Fell Runners are not as much bothered about PB's as they are about 3B's ( a local brewery).

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- fellblog

2006 FELL CHAMPIONSHIP. Final Results from Ash, below.

3 Shires Report from Mick Mack

The Three Shires Fell Race. AL. 12m/4000’ Saturday 16^th September.

Last race in our championship and nine harriers in Little Langdale on a beautiful sunny day, though a bit hot for running in the Lakes. At 11am we set off along the lane, over or through the river and continued on tracks to the first climb up Wetherlam. Here most harriers were together but once on the tops and heading to Swirl How, Gordon took the lead while the rest began suffering in the heat. From Swirl How it’s great running on the long descent to the Three Shires Stone, again we were nearly all together as we stocked up on water for the climb to Pike O’Blisco. Once over Pike O’Blisco, Karen and I got in front on the fast decent to Blea Tarn and we were starting to fade as we started the last energy sapping climb up Lingmoor. I had a bit more in my legs and reached the top first and went as fast as I could on the long fast descent to the finish back at the pub. I had a great run and really enjoyed the race but many others suffered in the heat.

Results,

1^st. Nick Sharp, Ambleside, 2.03.00

68^th Gordon Thompson , 2.40.00

77^th Mick McLoughlin, 2.42.10

82^nd Karen Nash , 2.42.50 1^st LV.

106^th Ash Nixon , 2.49.40

115^th Steve Bamber , 2.50.56

155^th Will Garner, 3.02.01

216^th Pete Carter, 3.31.11

224^th Roy Parkinson , 3.37.15

244^th Bob Nash, 4.07.58

265 ran, 249 finished.

Karen with her three prizes. The lads as always inside or outside a pub. Gordon & pie.

Here is the final Table for this years Championship.

Preston Harriers OPEN Fell Championship 2006
		Short			Medium			Long
Position	Name	Ilkley	Mearley	Waughs Well	Half Tour Pendle	Crowden	Settle Hills	Duddon valley	Sedbergh	Three Shires	Total
1	Alan Metcalf		20	19			19	20	20		98
2	Willy Garner		19	20		20	20			15	94
3	Mick Macloughlin	17	!	!	!	19	16	18		19	89
4	Karen Nash		12	15	17			19		18	81
5	Pete Carter		15	13		18		17		14	77
6	Roy Parkinson	15			14	17	15			13	74
7	Eddie Stewart	14	10		13	16			19		72
8	Gordon Thompson	20			20		11			20	71
9	Brian Dearnaley	12	!	9	12	15	10				58
10	John Griffiths	18	18		18						54
11	Bob Shepherd		11	11			13		18		53
12	Steve Bamber				19		18			16	53
13	Dave Simpson	13	9	12			12				46
14	Nick Conlon	16	13		16						45
15	Steve Forster	19	17								36
16	Ash Nixon			18						17	35
17	Roger Taylor		16	17							33
18	Jon Carberry			14			14				28
19	George Arnold			10	11						21
20	Dave Holmes						17				17
21	Robert Nash									12	12
22	Ben Higginson		8								8

Preston Harriers VET 40 Fell Championship 2006
		Short			Medium			Long
Position	Name	Ilkley	Mearley	Waughs Well	Half Tour Pendle	Crowden	Settle Hills	Duddon valley	Sedbergh	Three Shires	Total
1	Alan Metcalf		20	19			19	20	20		98
2	Willy Garner		19	20		20	20			16	95
3	Mick Macloughlin	18	!	!	17	19	!	19		19	92
4	Pete Carter		17	14		18		18		15	82
5	Eddie Stewart	16	14		15	16			19		80
6	Roy Parkinson	17			16	17	15			14	79
7	Gordon Thompson	20			20		11			20	71
8	Brian Dearnaley	14	12	!	14	15	10				65
9	Bob Shepherd		15	12			13		18		58
10	John Griffiths	19	18		18						55
11	Steve Bamber				19		18			17	54
12	Dave Simpson	15	13	13			12				53
13	Ash Nixon			18						18	36
14	Jon Carberry			15			14				29
15	Roger Taylor			17							17
16	Dave Holmes						17				17
17	George Arnold			11	13						13
18	Robert Nash									13	13
19	Ben Higginson		11								11

Preston Harriers VET 50 Fell Championship 2006
		Short			Medium			Long
Position	Name	Ilkley	Mearley	Waughs Well	Half Tour Pendle	Crowden	Settle Hills	Duddon valley	Sedbergh	Three Shires	Total
1	Mick Macloughlin	!	!	20	20	20	!	20		20	100
2	Brian Dearnaley	17	!	16	18	18	17				86
3	Eddie Stewart	19	18		19	19			20		95
4	Bob Shepherd		19	18			19		19		75
5	Dave Simpson	18	17	19			18				72
6	George Arnold			17	17						34
7	Robert Nash									19	19

Preston Harriers VET 60 Fell Championship 2006
		Short			Medium			Long
Position	Name	Ilkley	Mearley	Waughs Well	Half Tour Pendle	Crowden	Settle Hills	Duddon valley	Sedbergh	Three Shires	Total
1	Eddie Stewart	20	19		20	20			20		99
2	Brian Dearnaley	18	!	17	19	19	18				91
3	Bob Shepherd		20	19			20		19		78
4	Dave Simpson	19	17	20			19				75
5	George Arnold			18	18						36
6	Robert Nash									20	20

Preston Harriers LADIES Fell Championship 2006
		Short			Medium			Long
Position	Name	Ilkley	Mearley	Waughs Well	Half Tour Pendle	Crowden	Settle Hills	Duddon valley	Sedbergh	Three Shires	Total
1	Karen Nash		20	20	20			20		20	100

I notice Dearnaley sneaks 2nd place V60 without doing a Long Race!

2005 Fell Championship Results (back in time)

fellblog

Keeping abreast with our Fell Runnners

Lots of fell runners break away from their original running clubs, mainly because they have no interest in track & field, fell running being their main interest. The fell running section of our club decided to have their own website, probably for the same reason. Now a V70, George Arnold is our oldest active fell runner. There are a few more of us close behind! One of our top female road runners, whilst marshalling at Chipping Show Fell Race 2007 commented on just how friendly fell runners are.

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- FELLBLOG is the proud fell running section of the famous Preston Harriers Athletic Club. Our athletic club has been around for 126 years. We like to call it famous because it is what Brendan Foster calls us on BBC athletic programmes. We are well represented in Track & Field presently by our pride & joy, Helen Clitheroe. We also have some accomplished road runners. Our Fell runners are a mixed bunch of beer drinkers, most fell runners seem to be like that! We do run lots of races, as can be seen in the site itself. We have a world record holder Pete Benson, you can read about his feat inside. We are pleased that you have visited our website, which of course is mainly about fell running. The website is based in Riley Green, where the blogger is also Mayor of Riley Green. If you want to see more about the club, you can visit our main site. Click here