CALENDAR

2nd Monthly Grand Prix of 2020

(Licence applied for, run under UKA rules)

Sunday 19^th April at 10.30 a.m., Neiley Fields, Honley, HD9 6QT

Promoted by Holmfirth Harriers

This is the same course as last year. It is mainly on good tracks and field paths with shorter road sections than previous routes. Trail or fell shoes will be needed in wet conditions but in dry conditions (if you can remember what they are!) runners could use road shoes. The course is just less than 6 miles (approx. 9.75K) and climbs gradually to the same high point as previous years (290m in total). £5.00 entry on the day (£1.00 goes to host club).

Venue: Neiley Fields, Honley

Facilities: Parking at Holmfirth Harriers Clubhouse and on Gynn Lane. Please follow directions of marshals. Car share if possible.

Changing rooms and showers, toilet facilities and light refreshments after the race (Note: We will be following YVAA Committee recommendations and keeping refreshments simple – probably tea / coffee and a piece of cake or similar). Start just outside Clubhouse.

• Country: Northern Ireland
• Category: AL
• Website: www.nimra.org.uk
• Distance: 30km / 18.6m
• Climb: 2500m / 8202ft
• Skills & experience: ER, LK, NS
• Minimum age: 18

British Championships

2020 Kirkstall YVAA Grand Prix

Tuesday 26^th May 2020 at 7.30pm, from Kirkstall Abbey

Promoted by Kirkstall Harriers

(Under UKA rules, Licence applied for)

This course is about 6 miles and mainly grass, tarmac or dirt track. Given the time of year road shoes should be okay, but if conditions are very wet, trail shoes may be better. £5.00 entry on the day (£1.00 now goes to host club).

Venue: Kirkstall Abbey, Post Code LS5 3EH.

Race HQ: Burley Rugby Union Club, LS5 3NG

Facilities: Parking over the road adjacent to Abbey House Museum or in the streets behind the Vesper Gate Pub. Please car share if possible and park considerately for the locals if parking in the streets. Changing rooms, and toilet facilities in the race HQ. There is only one small shower block though. Cakes and biscuits will be available after the race.

• Start time info: Registration from 09:00
• Country: Scotland
• Region: Central
• Category: AL GPS:
• Website: braemarscotland.co.uk/glenshee9/
• Distance: 32.2km / 20m
• Climb: 1676m / 5500ft
• Skills & experience: n/a
• Minimum age: 18
• Entry info: From 7 Feb via link on website

Full body cover, whistle, map (this map must extend at least 2 km beyond your race route in all directions and be waterproof), compass and some emergency food PLUS any additional clothing dependent on the forecasted weather conditions.

• Start time info: Ladies – 12.00 noon; Men – 15.00
• Country: England
• Region: Lake District
• Category: AS
• GPS: 
• Website: www.patterdaledogday.co.uk
• Distance: 5km / 3.1m
• Climb: 305m / 1001ft
• Grid ref: 391161
• Skills & experience: PM
• Minimum age: 14
• Entry info: British and English Championship Race. Pre-entry via SiEntries. Entry fee includes entry to Patterdale Dog Day

RACE DETAILS

• Start time info: Women start at 1pm, men start at 2.45pm
• Region: Lake District
• Category: AS
• Website: https://www.amblesideac.org.uk/races/our-races/blisco/
• Distance: 7 km / 4.3 miles
• Climb: 609 m / 1998 ft
• Skills: LK, NS
• Minimum age: 16
• Age info: 16 on the day

ENTRY INFORMATION

• Entry on day: No
• Pre-entry: Yes
• Pre-entry fee (members): £10.00
• Pre-entry fee (non-members): £13.00
• Enter online from 1st May 2024

Details TBC

Distance: 22km / 13.7M

Climb: 1500m / 4920ft

Route: https://www.scottishhillrunners.uk/Racemaps/Stuc%20a’Chroin580.jpg

This year, the race takes place on May 3rd, 2025 in Strathyre, Perthshire at 13:00.

Allow plenty of time for the journey and registration. It’s early May Bank Holiday and traffic from Stirling, past Blair Drummond Safari Park, and through Callander can double the normal journey time.

There’s a licensed bar and free ceilidh after the race. Bar open from 5, and ceilidh starts at 8pm.

Pre-entry via Sportident

The ‘Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay’ is a fell running relay race that started life as the ‘Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay’. It is set in the heart of the Lake District Fells and takes place every year in October. Following the success of changing from a Sunday to a Saturday in 2024 for the first time in the history of the race it will now continue to be on the first Saturday in October. It is competed by around 70 teams from across the country, but mainly the North of England. It is the longest-running mountain relay in the country.

The race is a tough one, with four legs each throwing up their separate challenges, including hard climbs and steep descents on difficult terrain. The route requires careful navigation especially in bad weather, with no GPS allowed, so it is imperative that clubs only enter if they are confident that all 8 runners have the ability & experience to cope with these conditions…. it is not a race for novices wanting to enter their first fell race, or for runners who cannot read a map. The race also represents one of the highlights of the fell running calendar with keen racing across some magnificent mountain terrain, and is always a great social day out ending with many stories & shared experiences.

Each of the four legs is run in pairs (so 8 runners per team) and teams compete in Open, Ladies, Mixed or Vets categories.

Clubs enter via SiEntries on a pre-selection basis and will be notified shortly after the closing date of Sunday 10th August 2025 if they have been successful and how many teams they have been allocated. No money will be taken in advance but payment is required as soon as a place has been allocated to complete the entry.

Entry is limited to 70 teams and we make no apology that there is a certain amount of vetting if we exceed this number (which has happened every year). Preference is given to Clubs that have historically supported the event but we do encourage, and accept, entries from other clubs. New Clubs should not enter more than one team as you will not be successful, but we do try and take at least one or two new Clubs each year. Priority will be given to Clubs, with proven fell experience, who have previously been unsuccessful in trying to enter the race.

Clubs who ran last year will usually (but not always) be given the same number of teams in the following years race. Do not enter additional teams as they will not be accepted and it just creates extra admin for the organisers. We hold a ‘Waiting List’ so you may be offered a place late in the day if you think you can still get a team ready to run.

The Entry Fee is £130 per team which enables us to use SiEntries online entry and SPORTident result services and make donations to the local community. We are very dependent on the support of the local community. Please see our Community page for more information on the local charities we support.

Please note that once your entry has been accepted and your Entry Fee taken it is non refundable, as always any surplus race funds will be donated to the local Charities.

The following criteria apply to each team category (please note that you cannot enter more than one team in any single category e.g. 2 x Open Teams):

Women’s Team – 8 ladies

Mixed Team – 4 men and 4 ladies (can be split across the four legs in any way you want).

Vets Team – 8 runners that must all be aged 40 or over on the day of the race (any mix of male or female)

Open Team – anybody else!

There is a minimum age limit of 18 yrs old apart from Leg 1 on which one 16 yr old may run, providing their partner is over 18 yrs old and that written consent is given by their parent or guardian. See the Event website for a full list of Race Rules

Teams will be required to enter their individual leg runners on-line via SiEntries by MIDNIGHT on Wednesday 1st  October 2025.

You will find all the information you need to enter the race, details on each leg, and important bits of info for all competing teams on the Event Website so please take a look around and hopefully we’ll see you on Saturday 4th  October 2025.

Many thanks

Chris, Scoffer, Jon & Sara

Organised on behalf of UK Athletics (UKA) by the UKA Sub-Committee for Domestic Fell & Hill Running and sponsored by Pete Bland Sports. 

The 2025 UK Athletics Fell & Hill Relays will be organised by Meirionnydd Running Club on Saturday 18th October 2025 at Dinas Mawddwy, Powys. Entries will open on 1st July 2025.

The relays are held under UK Athletic (UKA) rules. Entries in the Championship categories will only be accepted from clubs that are affiliated to UKA for fell running through their Home Country Athletics Federation (HCAF). If the entry limit is not reached, the organising club may accept entries for the non-championship categories from clubs that are affiliated to HCAF, but not for fell running.

All runners must be registered with their Home Country Athletics Federation or be members of the FRA, be first claim members of the club they represent and must wear a club vest. A registration number or FRA membership number for all team members will be required on the team declaration form.

The use of GPS for navigation purposes, the use of running poles and the linking of runners by bungee are not allowed.

UK Athletics medals will be awarded to members of the first three teams in the following categories:

• Male
• Female
• Male Over 40
• Female Over 40

The organising club may decide to include additional categories for which they will award prizes.

The Rules & Guidelines for the Fell & Hill Relays can be found on the UKA website:

www.uka.org.uk/competition/running/mountain-running/ba-fell-running/ 

Further details and entry information will be made available on the FRA, SHR, WFRA & the race websites.