Dallam Darkness Fell Runs

Dave Aspden is organising some more "Darkness Runs" this winter

"Seems to be a reasonable amount of interest in going out and getting lost, cold, wet and muddy on these dark and gloomy nights so I propose we start with the 3 peaks, and move on to the Howgills & Lakes, trying to stick to simple, easy to follow out and back routes.
To start of with the following will avoid clashing with the Orienteering & AGM, rest to me made up as we go along (can't think into next year!)

8/11/06 - Ingleborough from the Wheatsheaf
22/11/06 - Whernside from the Station Ribblehead
6/12/06 - Penyghent from pub at Helwith Bridge (812 696 ish)

All 7:00 pm starts.
See you there all welcome, extra clothes and torch essential".

I've put them on the Calendar

Eaves Wood Trail Races - route map

Click on the Eaves Wood link for the route map and further details.

Sign up for the Calderdale Way 2006 Relay teams

Greg Tagney is organising the 2 Dallam teams
Greg writes"See Greg for maps & sheet for full details .Basically it’s a 50 mile relay race split into 6 legs varying from 5 to 11.25 miles per leg and each leg must be run by a pair of runners who must start & finish together.
We have two teams entered, one open and one vet. (If we can’t make that work we’ll change it to two open).
The race will be run on Sunday 10th December. As the course is over the fells and unmarked, at least one person from each pair will need to do a reconnaissance trip and I suggest we all try to do it on the same w/e. This will mean that between two and four of us will be reconnoitring each leg which makes transport more economical and the whole thing can be managed with 6 cars as the 6th leg finishes back at the start of the race. It does mean that you have to trust one of the four members of the leg behind you to drive your car back to the start but if everyone is OK with this then it will make life much easier for all.

The Reconnaissance day will be Sunday 26th November and we will all aim to meet up for a beer and review of how things look at 1pm in a pub (yet to be named) near the start. It is up to you to arrange your transport and start time with your partner the other pair on your leg and to liase with someone on the leg behind you to drive your car back. (Alternatively you can run the leg both ways)

The exact team split has yet to be resolved but the current members (in no particular order and apologies for any missing surnames or miss-spelling of people’s names) are:-

Dave Shinn
Steve Jeffs
John Leech
Greg Tagney
Garry Dowthwaite
John Hodgson
Duncan Hurtley
Penny Atwood
Andrew Hodgkinson
Andy Close
Mike McKenna
Pete Rryan
Mark Davey
Paul Crewe
Mick Pearcy
Dave Deason
Paul Sewell

PLEASE contact me (Greg) on 07776 252 937 to fill in any missing spaces, preferences for running partners etc…. I aim to finalize the teams on Wednesday 1st November after the club run.

This is 17 people so far – another 7 needed. We have some able ‘2nd string’ volunteers available but it would be better if we could get as many places as possible filled with our regular runners so come on Hazel? Dave? Any others? We need you! "

For detailed route descriptions of the legs see http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/fell_section/calderdale_info.htm

FRA Relay photos -Castle Carr

Well done to our relay team at Castle Carr in deepest Yorkshire,yesterday.For photos etc

leg 1 Andrew Hodgkinson
leg 2 Dave Aspden & Mike Meadowcroft
navigation leg 3 Steve Jeffs & John Leech
leg 4 Hazel Jones

(some of the photos may look a little less murky if you click to enlarge them)

Notice of Annual General Meeting

This will be @ 8:15 pm on Wednesday 15th November at The Carnforth Hotel - see page links for Agenda

Some calendar updates for October and December

See details on Calendar for the walk and visit to Yordas Cave on Sunday 22nd October and Club Christmas Run and Meal on Wednesday 27th December

Mid Lancs League Cross Country

Noel Hakeman writes
"The first of the popular XC events takes place this Saturday (Oct 14th at Chorley.There are races for all ages and abilities. There is no entry fee.You will need to get a number on the day, which lasts all season.I have given John Hodgson details of the events, dates etc"

Here's the link to the MLL website.
http://www.midlancs.org.uk/XC/xcframe.htm

I'll put the dates on the Calendar.

Lots more Ian Hodgson Relay photos!

These are courtesy of John Leech .They include some great action shots of our runners and also capture the spirit of the event overall.
Thanks John.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97764679@N00/

Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay photos

Well done to our relay team on another improved performance,finishing 33rd and getting under the 5 hour mark.

55th in 2004 and 48th in 2005.At this rate we'll be up with Borrowdale before 2010.