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Fell Racing

Fell Race Championship 2025

From our fell racing correspondent, Colin Brearley...

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The format for the 2025 fell championship will remain the same as in 2024. This will therefore comprise a selection of 14 races – 8 short (<10km), 4 medium (10-20km) and 2 long (>20km) – with your best 7 races counting to your overall score.


Points run from 10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd etc down to 2 points for 9th and 1 point for 10th and below. This will hopefully lead to some nice midfield battles as every place counts! As in previous years if there is a tie on points, then the Long races will count double. If there is still a tie after that, then the Medium races count double.


I’ve set out below the provisional list of races for the 2025 fell championships. I’m still waiting confirmation of the 2025 Summer League fixture dates, which may result in a couple of the mid-week races needing to be swapped out. Similarly, I’m waiting on confirmation of whether Wolfs Pit will be going ahead and being used as the Notts Fell Champs race again in 2025. I’ve included this in the listing on the assumption that this will be the case. You will see that there are therefore 2 reserve races that will be used to plug any gaps.


The most important thing to note about the fell championships is that it is open (& encouraged) to anyone in the club to take part. With the exception of a small number of the longer races, the championship races have been chosen to be suitable for runners of all abilities, so I would encourage anyone who thinks they would like to give fell running a try to come along to some of the races and experience the joy and camaraderie of the fell racing community. To help with this, once the listing is confirmed next month I’ll be setting out a brief summary of each race and highlighting those that are particularly suitable to runners trying their first fell race, and I’m always happy to have a chat and answer any questions you may have.

 

 

 

​1) Sun 9 March – Wolf’s Pit (Notts Fell Champs) – AS, 9.2km, 467m
2) Sat 29 March, 11:00am – Coledale Horseshoe – AM, 13.7km, 915m*
3) Sat 10 May, 10:45am – Cressbrook Crawl – BM, 10.5km, 400m
4) Wed 4 June, 7:30pm – Calver Peak – BS, 8.0km, 275m**
5) Tues 10 June, 7:30pm – Calton Crawl – BS, 8.5km, 244m
6) Fri 20 June, 7:30pm – Tideswell – BS, 7.1km 260m
7) Sun 29 June, 11:00am – Bakewell Pudding – CM, 10.2km , 240m
8) Wed 16 July, 7:30pm – Bamford Carnival – BS, 7.3km, 305m**
9) Sun 27 July, 11:00am – Holme Moss – AL, 28.6km, 1285m
10) Tues 26 Aug, 6:30pm – Eyam – BS, 10.0km, 460m
11) Fri 5 Sept (TBC), 6:30pm – Great Longstone Chase – BS, 7.7km, 290m
12) Sun 7 Sept, 10:30am – Totley Exterminator – BL, 25.7km, 1290m
13) Sat 4 Oct, 10:00am – Curbar Commotion – BM, 16.0km, 415m
14) Sun 9 Nov, 11:30am – Leg it Round Lathkill – BM, 11.5km, 290m


* Combined with the proposed Fell Running weekend - details in Running Free

** Subject to confirmation of Summer League dates. If these result in clashes then the races will be replaced by the following reserve races:


R1) Fri 6 Jun, 7:30pm – Castleton – BS, 9.2km, 427m
R2) Thu 17 July, 7:30pm – Sheldon – BS, 6.4km, 162m

 

Races are categorised as A (hardest) to C (milder) on the basis of the amount of climb, and long (L), medium (M) or short (S) on the basis of distance.

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You should also be prepared to carry the full mandatory kit if required.

  • Full Body Cover; waterproof cagoule with hood, FULL length waterproof bottoms, with taped seams

  • Hat

  • Gloves

  • Map of the course

  • Compass

  • Whistle

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