2008 Club Championships

FINAL RESULTS

The club championship will follow the same format this year. 9 local races make up the series, of which your best 5 points scores at any distances make up your score at the end of the season. The prize giving will be at the Xmas Do this year. Age categories and scores as always - 1st 21 points, 2nd 19 points, 3rd 18 points etc

The series kicks off with Loughrigg at the start of April. This early season evening race from Millans Park is the perfect showcase for your early season form (or lack of it). A week later is the Club Loughrigg Orienteering event. This year Julia Laverack is taking over the course planning and she has promised to make it reasonably straightforward.

At the start of May is the 9 mile Coniston Race. The ‘death or glory’ descent of the Old Man is well worth a recce if you want to take maximum points here. The fast and flat Hutton Roof Crags race is on 24th May. The first ‘B’ category race to be included in the club champs for many a year this should appease those who complain the series is always made up of rough lakes horror shows – happy Gary?

Next is the Blencathra race from Mungrisedale is on a Wednesday evening in early June. The Great Lakes Run is a new race to be organised by the Lakes Runner shop and promises to be a classic. The course has yet to be finalised but it looks like being a horseshoe based around the river Esk starting somewhere in Eskdale – Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Great End, Scafells. Rough and nasty; dare you go up Broad Stand?

 Cancelled  Lakeland Country Fair in Torver has a 6.5 mile race up Coniston Old Man in mid August. Will Nick Fish’s record go this year?

 Cancelled  Some navigation ability will definitely be required at the Lake District Mountail Trial on 14th September. Full course only for points in the club champs I’m afraid.

A Yorkshire classic is back on the calendar in the form of the 12 mile Whernside Race. Hopefully it will still be on the same day as the 3 peaks cyclocross race so you can watch them all hurtle down Whernside as you slog up. This Saturday race is a good candidate for a booze bus, volunteers to drive see me please - it’s definitely not my turn!

That just leaves everyone’s favourite short race Dunnerdale at the beginning of November to round off the series.

The 10 Races – get them in your diary

* Part of Kendal Winter League Series of Races – not in FRA calendar (see Helm Hill Runners website)
** Club event organised by Dan Duxbury – info on website
 

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2006 Final results & report

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