* results so far

2008 NECAA / NEHRA Championship races (MS Word Version) | 2007 results

No.	Date	Name	Cat	Dist (miles)	Height (ft)	Remarks
1	Sunday 30th March 2008	Doctor’s Gate PM/NT Details: Gerry Hehir 07720 112 500 gerryhehir@btinternet.com Website: www.durhamfellrunners.org.uk	BM	6	1050	11.00 a.m. From The Grove car park, Hamsterley Forest. £6.00 pre-entry or EOD. (GR 065 299 OS Sheet 87)
2	Sunday 13th April 2008	Gisborough Moors Race LK/NS/PM/T Details: David Parry 01287 660309 davidparry100@hotmail.com Website: www.nym.ac	BL	12.5	2600	11.00 a.m. From Guisborough Rugby Club. (GR 616 155) Pre-entry advised (limit 250), £9 to organiser.
3	Sunday 27th April 2008	Cheviot Summit ER/LK/NS/PM/NT Details: Glen McWilliams Tel 01668 282059	AM	6	2676	11.00 a.m. from Langleeford, Harthope Valley (GR NT 949 219) £5.00 EOD
4	Saturday 07th June 2008	Alwinton Fell Race LK/NS/PM/T Details: Keith Cooper 01670 514 195 Website: www.morpethharriers.freeservers.com	BL	14	2900	11.30 a.m. from The Rose and Thistle, Alwinton (GR NT 921 063) £5.00 EOD
5	Saturday 20th  Sept 2008	Simonside LK/NS/PM/T Details: Jane Walker 01670 513276/515189 janewalker55@aoll.com	BM	6.75	1200	2.30 p.m. from Thropton Showfield. £4.00 pre entry advised as includes free entry to show, or EOD. (GR NU 031 027)
6	Sunday 23rd Nov 2008	Clay Bank West LK/NS/PM/T Details: David Parry 01287 660309 davidparry100@hotmail.com Website: www.nym.ac	BM	5.5	900	10.30 a.m. £6.00 EOD from Clay Bank car park nr. Stokesley, N Yorks. (GR 572 036)

Key:
ER= Experience required
LK= Local knowledge
NS= Navigational Skills
NT= No Toilets
PM= Partially Marked
T= Toilets

The fifth running of the North East Counties Athletic Association (NECAA) Open Fell Running Championship series is to take place during 2008. As in previous years the series will incorporate the North East Hill Running Association (NEHRA) Fell Running Championships for veteran men and women.

The series will consist of six races of which a competitor’s best four results will count. The results will be calculated on the same basis as the British and English championships, i.e. 1st 52 points, 2nd 49 points, 3rd 48 points and then 50th 1 point, in each category (see below).

This year, as has been the custom, races are selected from those that are published in the first edition of the FRA calendar. The races have been selected from Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. This is to enable competitors to participate in at least three of the four races in an area within a reasonable travelling distance of their home. An attempt has been made to select races that also balance the competition in terms of length, ascent, winning times, and distribution throughout the year.

The first race in the series will be the Doctor’s Gate Race on Sunday 30th March. The distribution of the races will hopefully give people sufficient lead in time to enable as many as possible to take part in the championships and complete at least four of the six races.

The competition is open to all those over the age of eighteen who were born in or have been resident for more than one year within the boundaries of the old NECAA from Whitby, north to Berwick upon Tweed, (Northumberland, Durham, Tyne and Wear, Cleveland and part of the old North Riding of Yorkshire). Age categories and clubs will be those that are declared on the results sheets. It will be assumed that members of clubs from within the region are eligible unless they declare themselves ineligible. Unattached runners and runners from clubs outside the region will be assumed to be ineligible unless they declare otherwise.

Engraved medals will be awarded to qualifying competitors as shown below.

Competition categories are:

NECAA FR Championships
First three Senior Males and Females

NEHRA FR Championships
          First three Vet O40 Male and Female

          First three Vet O50 Male and Female

          First three Vet O60 Male and Female

          First three Vet O70 Male and Female

Keith Cooper
1st January 2008