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).

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- juniorfellblog        

 

 FRA JUNIOR RACES 2006   

 

The Junior Fell Race Championship Dates for 2006 under the FRA and sponsored by ETA have been announced.

New Under 8 non-championship series

Minimum age of 16 on the day of the race. There are no championship medals but a commemorative T shirt to all who run 4 or more races in the series. If the runner does all 6 races, then there is an exclusive FRA bumbag as well.

Junior Championships and U10 & new U8 series

Sun 19th March - Illkey Baht`at Races (inc Yorkshire Championships)     Results  

Sun 2nd April - Wrekin, Shropshire                                   Report & Results                    

Sun 21st May - High Rigg, St Johns-in-the-Vale, Cumbria

Sun 4th June - Garburn - Orrest Head, Cumbria

Sun 20th August - Pendle, Lancashire (inc Lancashire

Championships)

Sat 2nd Sept - Lads Leap, Crowden, Derbyshire

 

Under 20 Championships

Sun 19th March - Illkey Baht`at (inc Yorkshire

Championships)

Sun 2nd April - Wrekin, Shropshire

Sun 21st May - High Rigg, St Johns-in-the-Vale, Cumbria

Sun 20th August - Pendle, Lancashire (inc Lancashire

Championships)

Sat 2nd Sept - Lads Leap, Crowden, Derbyshire

Sat 23rd Sept - Thieveley Pike, Lancashire (with Senior English Champs Race)

T-shirt to all who run 4 races... FRA bumbag to those who complete all 6

FRA English Junior RELAY Championships

Hosted by Helm Hill Runners from Sedbergh Peoples Hall, Howgill Lane, Sedbergh on Sunday 24th September.

Boys, Girls and Mixed relay teams to comprise of one athlete from each of U12, U14 and U16 age categories

FRA English Junior UPHILL Championships

Hosted by Rossendale Harriers from Cowpe Village Playing Fields, Waterfoot, Rossendale on Sunday 23rd July. Championship medals to first 3 boys and girls in U12, U14, U16, and U18 age categories. King of the Mountains polka dot T.shirt to first boy and girl in all age categories

Thanks to Steve Jackson for this page.

 

Return to juniorfellblog

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