30/12/07 Ayhope Skyline Christmas Trail Race: Yet again, NFR heads the field with Nick and Karen taking the honours!

• results from Gerry Hehir
• report from Gary Jones

30/12/07 Guisborough Woods: NFR heads the field: another win for Charlie and NFR newcomer Morag McDonnell takes the prize for first lady. Read more on NYMAC website (with results) and Northern Runner

20/12/07 OMM 2007: Shown as part of BBC Scotland's Adventure Show on the 19/12/07 and stars a few NFRs - chance to watch it again here on BBC iPlayer (6 days remaining) - [you may need to install the iPlayer software].

Should also appear here on BBC Scotland: Outdoors soon (where you can also watch the 2007 Ben Nevis Race too)

09/12/07 Simonside Cairns:
Record turnout. Cold, rainy and lots of glorious mud. Charlie and Rachel are first man and woman back to the warmth of the Newcastle Hotel in Rothbury.

• results
• photos from Bill Tomlinson
• photos from Ken Dickson
• photos from Rob

(as with the Hobble last week, the poor weather presented many problems for the photographers!)

02/12/07 The 14th Hexhamshire Hobble:
Puddles galore! Well done Charlie Stead, who makes a big splash, winning by over a minute. Meanwhile rain does little to dampen the hot contest between Karen and Rachel for first lady - only seconds in it ...

• results and report from Stewart Beaty
• article in the Hexham Courant (Stewart's)
• photos from Stewart
• photos from Rob

29/10/07 Border Reivers Half Marathon: short report and link to results from Stewart Beaty

25/10/07 Town Moor Memorial 10k on 11th November - details and online entry on Heaton Harriers website

21/10/07 Saltergate Gallows:

• results and report on NYMAC site
• report from Phil Green

18/10/07 Gateshead International Cross Country Races on November 10th

• downloadable entry forms / details / etc.

14/10/07 FRA Relays - Well done to all, great effort in a highly competitive field - Dave Atkinson

• Mens Senior team: 13th 4.02.24 - Mens Vets: 53rd 4.42.34 - Ladies: 105th [21st ladies race] 5.37.01
  
• full results on the Bowland Fellrunners website with a link to photos by Dave Pinnington
• more photos of the event taken by John Leech
• photos from David Armstrong

13/10/07 Alwinton Show Fell Race

• results
• photos from Rob

09/10/07 Alwinton Show Fell Race on Saturday 13th (no sheep at the show, but everything else as planned) - map and details

07/10/07 Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay 2007 - well done NFR!

• report and photos from Dave Armstrong
• photos from the start/changeover taken by John Leech

06/10/07 Langdale Horseshoe

• results and report on Ambleside website
• reports from Phil Green & Old Cheviot
• photos from Pat | Rob

06/10/07 Great Whernside Fell Race

• results on FRA website
• photos thanks to Phil Vincent (Tynedale)
• photos on Bingley Harriers website

25/09/07 Current Relays line-ups for 2007: updated 02/10/07

Ian Hodgson Relay | FRA Relays

22/09/07 Two Breweries: superb race route, friendly with loads of cheery support and perfect weather to boot. Only one NFR, but the photos may inspire some of you or bring back memories for others.

• long report
• photos from Pat | Rob | Scottish Hill Runners

16/09/07 And yet more NFRs in the hills this weekend ... The Three Shires Race!

• results
• report from John Duff

15/09/07 NFR superstars elsewhere:

• Well done to Nick Swinburn at the World Mountain Running Championship in Switzerland - article | full junior men results
• Well done to Charlie Stead who wins the Peris Horseshoe Mountain Race - results | photo on Eryri Harriers website
• ... and not forgetting Will Horsley who wins the Top of The Forest Race at Hamsterley on Sunday - well done Will!

15/09/07 Simonside Fell Race: correction - winner is R. Anderson (Teviotdale)!

• results
• photos by Bill Tomlinson
• photos from Pat
• photos from Rob
• photos from David Coxon

• 09/09/07 Lake District Mountain Trial results - Steve (5th place), Lewis and Jane, and Stewart.
• 05-11/08/07 Scottish Six Days Orienteering: Spey results - Steve (1st M35L), Stewart, Charlotte and Colin.

08/09/07 Ingram Show Hill race:

Nick Swinburn fits in another win in his NFR vest prior to swapping it for his England vest next weekend at the World Mountain Running Championships in Switzerland - all the best Nick!

• report
• Photos from Pat | Rob
• race details and route

01/09/07 Ben Nevis Race:

• results on FRA website
• report & photos from David Armstrong
• photos on the Borrowdale FR website

01/09/07 Grisedale Horseshoe: Tough but superb route. Steve Birkinshaw (10th place overall) leads 4 other NFRs: Will, Rob, Chris L and Bernard.

• results on FRA website
• photos from Pat | Rob

31/08/07 Thropton Show (Simonside) Fell Race on Saturday 15th September 2:30pm

• full details on FRA online calendar here
• note that it's £4 to enter (not £3 - due to Forestry Commission levy). Pre-entry gives free entry to Thropton Show. Universal FRA entry form here. Please make cheques payable to 'Thropton Show' and enclose 2 SAEs for numbers / results / entry to show - by Sept 11th.
• recce map
• NFR Championship race

25/08/07 Bellingham Show Fell Race:

• results
• report
• photos from Pat | Rob
• route

22/08/07 Ian Hodgson and FRA Relays:

	It's relay time again and Dave would like to keep the momentum going from last year's fantastic results at the relay races. So what he needs is for those runners who would like to be selected to put their names forward: the more names the merrier! We need a big pool of runners to cover injury and illness so don't be modest! The club has entered:
	7th October - Ian Hodgson Relays (Patterdale area) - 8 runners (4x2 pairs) - men's senior team 13th October - UKA British Relay Championships (Bowland area) - 6 runners per team - men's senior, men's vets and ladies' team more info
We all had a great time last year and with the influx of some new blood this year our teams can potentially improve on last years results - Dave Atkinson

20/08/07 Sedbergh Hills:

• results on FRA website
• report
• photos from Pat Dunn
• photos from Rob Stephens

13/08/07 Forest Burn Fell Race: a great turnout of runners on a fine summer's day - a short and hairy race with a few tumbles!

• results
• organiser's report
• photos from Bill Tomlinson
• photos from Pat Dunn
• photos from Rob Stephens

- Simonside Country Fair was fun too, complete with mock sheep

08/08/07 Gribdale Gallop:

• results on NYM.AC website
• report and photos from Rob

04/08/07 Borrowdale Fell Race:

• results and photos on the Borrowdale FR website
• report from Old Cheviot

21/07/07 Race details:

• race route and details of The Forest Burn Fell Race here
• more details of the Glendale Show race available here
• also entry forms for up and coming DFR races here

16/07/07 Kentmere Horseshoe:

• reports from John Duff and Will Horsley
• results (FRA website)

Kentmere 1997

Kentmere 2007

11/07/07 Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon 2007

A few NFRs/Elvet Striders took part in last weekend's event between Ullswater and Haweswater. Multiple reports, together with photos and results on the busy Elvet Striders' website.

07/07/07 The 51st Chevy Chase

A particularly good day at the races, thanks to Wooler Running Club, Wooler Youth Hostel and the many marshals and volunteers who helped make it a superb day.

• results | splits (including walk)
• report from Old Cheviot
• photos from Rob Stephens
• report from Claire Bagness and Mary Logan (Wooler RC)
• article in The Berwick Advertiser
• article in the Northumberland Gazette

Chevy Chase Shuffle

Terry Hart cools his knees after descending Cheviot
(photo: Rob Stephens)

04/07/07 Saltwell Harriers Fell Race

• results
• report
• photos from Pat Dunn
• photos from Rob Stephens
• route

02/07/07 50 at 50: Geoff Davis

Here's Geoff's report - now with more photos

02/07/07 Race reminder:

Tuesday evening, 3rd July 7:30pm: Saltwell Harriers Fell Race

details in FRA online calendar, more details on Elvet Striders' website

24/06/07 Windy Gyle

John Humble and Bernard Kivlehan sprint for the finish (photo: Will Horsley)

News in brief: "... A good time was had by all even though it was very wet underfoot. Turn out of 53 - well up on last year. Race was won by Will Horsley who held off a late challenge on the road by Gary Jones, who was only a few seconds behind. Phil Vincent (Tynedale) was 3rd. Karen Robertson won the ladies, with Claire Bagness (Wooler) 2nd and Steph Scott 3rd ... " - John Telfer (Keswick) more photos courtesy of Will Horsley results

18/06/07 50 at 50: Geoff Davis

He did it!

Geoff Davis celebrated his 50th birthday by doing the 42 peaks of the Bob Graham Round plus 8 more peaks in 23 hrs and 35 minutes!

"... The first three legs of the round proved to be wonderfully enjoyable (apart from the cramp on Scafell) while the final two proved extremely tough ..." - Geoff

Geoff's report

11/06/07 LAMM 2007

A handful of NFRs entered the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon at the weekend, with a tremendous performance from:

"... Francis Blunt and Aengus McCullough, who took second place on the 'A' course finishing only 21 seconds behind the winners in a time of 11:14:54 over the two days. They also got first sports company team for Northern Runner." - Colin Blackburn

full results | LAMM 2007 website with photos

09/06/07 Alwinton Fell Races

20 runners assembled for this race. Once again Will "where am I?" Horsley takes a wrong turn and only just scrapes a win. Here's his report.

results and report from Keith Cooper

07/06/07 Beacon Hill Fell Race

A good turnout for this cool evening race near Simonside. However, poor visibility meant that the early leaders lost their way and their places: here's Will Horsley's report.

07/06/07 Adventure Racing World Championships 2007: Scotland

- a gruelling 7 day, multi-discipline, non-stop adventure race, starting in Fort William. Team NAV+art consisting of NFRs David Atkinson, Louise Wilkinson and John Allen, together with Joe Faulkner were there. Steve Birkinshaw, part of Team Inov-8 GORE-TEX was also there. Here's Dave's account.

03/06/07 Chapel Fell Top Race

A small turnout of 17 runners (six of them NFRs) at the Chapel Fell Top race in Weardale today, which was a counter for the NECAA championship. Will Horsley won, just missing out on the course record.

"A nice little 4-miler straight up and down a 700+m high fell. A good time was had by all." - Will Horsley

03/06/07 Duddon Valley Fell Race 2007

A grand day out was had by more than 10 NFRs at the Duddon Valley Fell Race on Saturday. Here's a report from Old Cheviot.

Paul Hainsworth, 'Graham Bobbing' at Grey Knotts
(more photos from Will Horsley)

01/06/07 Bob Graham Report: Paul Hainsworth

Here it is!

31/05/07 Bob Graham attempt: request for helpers

Ken Maynard (DFR) will be attempting the Bob Graham Round on July 20th and would appreciate it if anyone was available to help out. More details

31/05/07 Northumberland Castles & Islands Challenge: space available

29/05/07 The Dodd Fell Race

Gary Jones and Bernard Kivlehan flew the flag for NFR at this Dales Show fell race. Here's Gary's report

now with some photos from Phil Mason (Harrogate AC)

results

29/05/07 Lake District 24hr Fell Record Trophy

Paul Hainsworth, clearly wondering how many more peaks he could have fitted in at the weekend, has re-submitted a short snippet about the 24hr Fell Record Trophy, which has seemingly not had the prominence it deserves at Brockhole Visitor Centre. Paul's article did appear in a past NFR newsletter but a full colour rendition of the Trophy photo is more fitting. Here's the article with photo.

29/05/07 Cleveland Way Relay - 24th June 2007

details on NYM.AC site

29/05/07 Helvellyn Fell Race

Phil Green made his debut into Lakeland fell racing with this race at the weekend - perhaps a steep learning curve, definitely a steep descent! Here's his report.

28/05/07 Another NFR Bob Graham Round Success!

Paul Hainsworth was successful in his attempt on the BGR earlier this weekend. He completed the round in the very fast time of 21 hours 29 minutes.

Having experienced near perfect conditions on the first three legs (cool, bright, dry & breezy) Paul was hit by hailstones and sleet (!) across Helvellyn where there was an inch of wet snow on the ground. Nonetheless, Paul battled on making up time on his schedule between almost every top and arrived with a sprint finish at the Moot Hall to the cheers of all.

Paul was supported by around 16 members of NFR both on the fells and at the road crossings. Some of us also helped Paul to celebrate with family and friends in the Sun Inn, Bassenthwaite, a few hours after the event, where he sank a thoroughly deserved pint of Sneck Lifter!

- Geoff Davis

23/05/07 New NFR website and new webmaster!

The Northumberland Fell Runners website has undergone a complete re-design and features some new pages. Rob Stephens is now taking over the reins from Paul Jameson as webmaster.

You should find that the website still retains most of the original content collected over the years, but if I've missed anything, please let me know.

Please feel free to submit articles, news, reports, photos etc. which you think may be of interest, whether it's current material or historical.

Paul Jameson has promoted the activities of Northumberland Fell Runners for over six years (2001-2007) through his friendly and easy-to-read website. In the days before I joined NFR, I personally found the site immensely useful and it played no small part in my decision to join NFR. The club is indebted to you, Paul, for your time and all your hard work. I hope I can continue to promote the club via this website as well as you have done.

- Rob (May 2007)

19/05/07 Old County Tops

John Duff and Jerry Sharp took to the fells for this 37m/10,000' Lakeland classic. Here's John's report.

13/05/07 Bowness to Wylam - NFR's Dave Hicklenton, Phil James and Steph Scott took part in a long run at the weekend to raise awareness and money for Wylam First School's building project. They ran from Bowness-on-Solway (at 4.30 am) the length of Hadrian's Wall back to Wylam - a total of around 70 miles non-stop in about 15 and a half hours! - incredible!

Dave Hicklenton has written a piece entitled 'A Time to Think' on his thoughts (mostly about the pain!) on this feat of endurance.

13/05/07 Lordstones/Wainstones

Charlie Stead came second after an epic battle with NYM's Robin Bergstrand. Only 1.5 minutes between them after a horrible climb up Green Hill to finish.
NFR managed a 4th in the team event (101 points) with Garry Owens finishing 10th in 68:21 and getting 2nd V50, Paul Appleby in at 80 mins and Phil Green at 83 mins.
Peter Reed was 1st V55 at 83:29 and came away with a nice box of beer!
Nice sunny day was had by all with lots of ups n downs, evil finish up Green Hill (lol!)

- Phil Green

Full results and some great photos up on NYM.AC site

Louise and Karen stick together on the
bleak moors at Mid Fell (photo: Pat Dunn)

06/05/07 Kielder Borderer

Steve Birkinshaw shatters the course record by 4 minutes, with Gary Jones not far behind (who also beats the previous record). Close battle between Karen and Louise for first lady. 31 runners took to the challenge. Good times all round!

Reports:

photo report

Three reports: one from the race organisers, one from Dave Hicklenton and one from John Telfer (Keswick) on the Kielder Fell Races website together with results.

results also duplicated on this site here

Photos - spoilt for choice:

- courtesy of Pat Dunn
- courtesy of Rob Stephens
- courtesy of Will Horsley
- courtesy of Phil Green

29/04/07 Cheviot Summit and Back

The new race from Glen McWilliams was hailed a great success.

Report from Old Cheviot with some photos

Alternative report from Dave Hicklenton

More photos on flickr: Pat Dunn | Rob Stephens

22/04/07 Paddy's Pole

Report from Steph Scott here - well done all!

21/04/07 Anniversary Waltz 2007

photo report

18/04/07 Entry forms and course details for Keith Cooper's classic Northumberland fell races are available here for download (in MS Word format):

Windy Gyle fell race and Alwinton fell races
(right click> save target/link as...)

note: Windy Gyle is a North East Championship race and Alwinton includes a juniors race.

16/04/07 Gisborough Moors race

Another unseasonably hot day out at the races: well done to Charlie Stead (1st) and Karen Robertson (1st Lady).

Report with photos

14/04/07 Allendale Challenge

The hot and dry weather couldn't have been more different this year than for the last 2 years. Here's a report from Old Cheviot.

01/04/07 Kielder Weekend

NFR celebrated its 10th anniversary with a weekend at Kielder Youth Hostel - here's a report from John Duff

25/03/07 Brough Law 2007

The morning mist cleared to reveal a grand spring day at Brough Law (at least it did when the race had finished!)

Report with photos

25/03/07 1st Dufton High Cup Nick Fell Race

A grand day out ...

Report with photos

04/03/07 Grey's Pike 2007

Report and results on the Kielder Fell races website.

And also duplicated on this site:
report (Dave Hicklenton) and results

17/02/07 NFR at Carnethy

NFR finished as the first English men's team at yesterday's Carnethy 5 Hill race. Ten members ran the race, in a record field of 484 runners, on a mild spring-like day and finished as follows:

Well done everyone!

Full results

Geoff Davis