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 Junior fell running section of Preston Harriers. Some of our junior fell runners also do cross country, track and road running.  Our junior fell runners are in a keen fell running section.  Preston Harriers running club was established in 1881. Mick McLoughlin our chairman of fellblog recently did the Bob Graham Round. 

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- juniorfellblog        

                          

 

Junior Social Occasions   

Spooky Do 2

Seniors may visit pubs after races and organise brewery trips in the pursuit of beer, but the juniors have Spooky Do!

Off to very scary Skipton ventured juniors and parents for the FRA Awards Ceremony on the 30th Oct. The Harrisons drove to the venue, the Rendezvous Hotel, in costume and caused a few raised eyebrows and stares en-route. At least people could claim they had seen Dracula if they were not concentrating on the road!

Prior to the event there was a short fell race for senior and juniors, appropriately named the Kildwick Halloween Howler! Robert and Matthew Nash were Harriers representatives; Matthew being 2nd in the U12 race.

The Do was great fun. Many of the youngsters (and parents!) had got dressed up and had a wonderful time.

The championship prizes and certificates were handed out for the 2005 season. Prizes were awarded for the best fancy dress, and there was a raffle with some great prizes too. The buffet & disco was very good too!

 

Spooky Doo? Or Spooky Dude? 

Spooky Doo? Nichola I'm scared!

 

Spooky Do! This looks like a great Halloween Party.

Matthew second from left, well done Matthew.

Andrew front left

Nichola front left

Nichola, dancing queen. 

 

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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