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Tideswell Fell Race
This BS-rated race (4.4 miles/850 ft) starts with a furious downhill section, but beware the uphill finish! The race is held on Friday 27 June 2008. The start is at 19:45 from Tideswell picnic area carpark.
It will be a busy weekend ahead. Tideswell fell race is held on Friday 27 June, The inaugural Whaley Waltz is held on Saturday 28 June and the Bakewell Pudding race is held on Sunday 29 June.
This is a very early warning of the next Club Committee meeting which will be held on Wednesday 3 September at 20:15 in the Function Room at the Railway oub in Buxton. All members are welcome. I will remind you nearer the time.
Rick Houghton, Colin Wilshaw and Mark Fitzgerald were in the Lakes over the weekend supporting three Goyt Valley Striders in their attempt at completing the Bob Graham round in under 24 hours. Clare Griffin completed the 74 miles in 22:52, Will Meredith took 23:36 and Paul Hunt had eight minutes to spare. For those not in the know, the round was devised by Bob Graham and is a challenge to visit 42 peaks in the Lake District in 24 hours. There is about 28500 ft of climbing. Their efforts were even better given the bad weather conditions. Well done to our cousins from GVS!
Geoff Whitehead and Alex Lilburn were our sole representatives in the Chrome Hill fell race on Saturday. Geoff finished 17th with 36:51 and Alex was 32nd with 41:11. Lloyd Taggart and Kate Bailey won the Men's and Women's races, respectively.
The results from the third race in the Summer Series are not out yet. However, we can bring you a selection of photographs courtesy of Wendy Higginbottom. Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view the pictures.
The Swaledale marathon took place just over a week ago. This is lovely race over 23+ miles. Phil Leigh came 109th with 4:39. Simon Moorhouse finished 133rd with 4:52. Jayne Denby recorded a time of 5:56 which earned her 275th place. Ian Hulse was 340th with a time of 6:38. I have updated the Results accordingly. Well done to the four runners who took part.
A couple of errors crept into the standinggs when I prepared them yesterday. These have now been changed. I hope that the standings are now correct. Please click on Club Championship Standings 2008 to view or download the current table. The tables are also presented on the club championship page. Please advise me of any errors that might have crept in.
Jim Bradley has kindly sent me a photograph of the runners who took part in the Bill Moss Memorial fell race last Wednesday. Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view the picture.
I have updated the Championship standings to include the results of the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race on Wednesday. I hope I haven't made any mistakes with the numbers. Rick Houghton only needs two more wins and he will have retained the Championship. Please click on Club Championship Standings 2008 to view or download the current table. Please advise me of any errors that might have crept in.
Please remember that there is a club committee meeting on Wednesday 25 June. The meeting is held in the Function Room of the Railway pub. We will aim to kick off at about 20.15 or shortly thereafter. All club members are welcome to attend the meeting.
Phil Cheek of Macclesfield Harriers is organising an orienteering event in Goyt Valley on Wednesday 25 June. These are the details: THE GOYT GALLOPEN
If your orienteering skills are limited to non-existent don`t be put off it`s easy navigation,& you can stick entirely to footpaths. REGISTRATION is from 6pm at Goytsclough Quarry Car Park (GR012733). PLEASE BE AWARE that the road down the Goyt valley is ONE WAY, SOUTHBOUND, so from Macc you will have to drive vis Pym Chair and go into the valley near the Errwood Dam, from there carry on down the valley road (not over the resr) for about 1.5 miles. PLEASE SHARE CARS, LIMITED PARKING.
START 7PM prompt! BRING COMPASS & suitable fell kit for the conditions (ie sommat waterproof if it's goin' to rain...). MAP is provided, 1:20,000 Premarked & bagged with control description. There is no entry fee, but contributions to Leukemia Research would be most welcome! Club members be aware that we are holding a committee meeting on the same night.
Arthur Gratton, who organises the Summer Series race at Buxton through Temple Woods and around Solomon's Temple, would like to invite us all to race on our doorstep. The race is held on Thursday 3 July. It's lovely course with a few decent climbs; one lap for the juniors and two laps for the seniors.
Jim Bradley, the organiser of the Buxton Carnival 5-mile road race requires helpers and marshalls on the day of the race,i.e. Saturday 12 July. Please contact Jim on Buxton 27939 or send an email to the Carnival 5 Organiser if you can help out.
Sheila Bradley sends this report from the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race which was held on Wednesday night. Sheila writes ""On a horrendously wild & wet night, both male & female course records were bettered. Rick Houghton improved on his last year's time by 17 second to create a new men's course record in 34.30, and Tracey Greenway, on her first outing over the tough & hilly course, came home in 40.15, improving Liz Batt's previous record by 1 minute 16 seconds. There was a great turnout from the Club, with 23 runners braving the appalling weather. Thanks to all those who took part. Special thanks also to everyone who helped on the night - the race couldn't be held without their invaluable help."
Please click on Bill Moss Memorial Race Results. Please note that the next Club Championship race is the Taddington Lanes race on Tuesday 19 August.
We have had a very good turn-out in the fun run and the junior races. There only a few of our seniors taking part, but I'm pretty sure it will pick up. Kyle Fowler has won both races convincingly. Also going very well are Matthew Lomas, Jack Clarke, Jessie Twentyman, Natasha Lindley, George Smedley-Castle and Thomas Drabble to name but a few. Please visit our Results page for the complete list of the Buxton athletes' performances.
Please do not forget the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race tomorrow night, Wednesday 18 June. The race starts at about 19.15 from near the reservoir at the top of Bunsal Incline. This is also a Club Championship race.
Sheila Bradley has kindly sent me the foloowing report. Sheila writes: We had a good turnout of 10 runners, weather conditions were perfect to compliment the stunning views of Coombs Reservoir, the Kinder Plateau and, the run's highlight from "Surprise View" at Ladder Hill, the valley of Coombs topped by the western view of the Coombs plateau (Castle Naze side). We were accompanied on the run by Sid and Lucy, who staved off the unfriendly attentions of several ferocious farm dogs to give us time to escape - though Steve and Anne Marie Claye showed true grit by staying back to rescue their own dogs.
The 5.9m run finished in true Buxton AC style by a visit to the Beehive - an excellent run followed by some much needed thirst quenching.
Our next outing is planned for Monday 30 June when, to satisfy John Davies' regular request, a trip to the Roaches is planned - 6.30 at the Pavilion Gardens and car share to Upper Hulme to start the run at around 6.45-6.50.
I have begin to bring the results page up to date with results from 2008. This will obviously take some time so please be patient with me. In the interim, please visit Results page. I have also slimmed down the welcome page to further improve the loading time. The sitemap of our website has also been brought up to date; please visit Sitemap page at your leisure.
The Kinder Trog race is part of the Hayfield Fell Race series. It's a lovely race over 18 miles, though I suspect that it might be slightly shorter than that. The race takes in Lantern Pike, the Kinder plateau, South Head, Peep O'day and Cracken Edge. Colin Wilshaw finished 53rd with a time of 2:20:42. Don O'Brien was not far behind Colin in 62nd place and a time of 2:22:10.
The Buxton Carnival 5-mile road race is held on Saturday 12 July 2008. The race starts at 13:50 and precedes the Carnival. It is usually fine weather. There is plenty to do and see for the whole family. There are still places left, so don't delay enter today! For more information, please email Carnival 5 Information with your query.
Five of our runners travelled to Lyme Park to compete in the Boar's Head fell race. Dave Nutton was first Buxtonian back in 43rd place with a time of 55:21. Tracey Greenway's time of 57:05 earned her in 61st place overall and she was second in her age group. Only seven places and separated Mark Quince and Bill Allsop at the finish; Mark was 110th in 1:02:54 and Bill came 117th in 1:04:27. Bret Greenway finished two places and 18 seconds behind Bill (119th and 1:04:45). Unusually Lloyd Taggart and Jackie Lee didn't make it a family double, when Lloyd finished third behind team mate Phil Winskill while Jackie won by four minutes. In fairness, Lloyd's been hampered by an injury.
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia produce a scintillating run over 10000 m at the recent Prefontaine Classic meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Bekele covered the 25 laps in 26:25.97 and won the race by a comfortable cushion of 47 seconds! American Brad Walker also produce an exceptional performance when he cleared 6.04 m in Men's Pole Vault.
Sarah Nicholson and Amy Wadsworth have added their names to the list of athletes, which means that we now have a very good ladies team consisting of Sarah, Amy and AnneMarie Claye. Roland Meylan has also said he's keen to race. We currently have one and half men's teams, so I shall be pursuing this over the next couple of weeks. We need eight men to make two teams. We might attempt to run a senior and a veteran team.
I have corrected an inconsistency in the style sheet, which meant that the website had a slightly different appearance when viewed with Internet Explorer. There will be another update soon, but users shouldn't suffer any downtime. I will be addressing some accessibility and compliance issues in the next version.
This is a message from Steve Claye. Michael was released from Hospital at 2:30 this morning. Although still unwell he got to bed about 4am. Michael, Anne Marie and I wish to thank all members present on Wednesday evening for their kindness and concerns to Michael's well being.
I am sorry to announce that tomorrow's session (13 June) will be cancelled. My suggested session would be 12x400 m with 90 seconds recovery, but reduce the number of reps in accordance to fitness, etc.
I have two more confirmed runners for the Pride Park Relays in Derby: Terry Fowler and Mark Sherratt. There is still time to add your name to the list. We urgently require a few more ladies (two at least) to make up a ladies team.
Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race, which doubles as Club Championship race, will be held in Goyt Valley on Wednesday 18 June. The start is on the old railway line by the pond near Bonsall Cob. There is ample car parking on either side of the road. The race is due to start sometime after 19:15. You can either make your way directly to the start or meet at the Railway as usual and then make your way up to the start. There will be a Junior and a Senior race. The former is over about 2 miles, but will only be staged if there is interest amongst the juniors, and the latter course is probably just over 4 miles. Please come along and honour the memory of Bill Moss!
Simon Moorhouse et al. are planning a run from Combs village on Monday 16 June. Meet at 18:25 in the Pavilion Gardens car park for those requiring a lifts, else meet at 18:45 near the Beehive pub in Combs for a run around Combs, the plateau, not the village! The gang are then stopping for a drink in the Beehive. Try to come along, it's a lovely run around Combs and the beer in the Beehive is nice.
Colin Wilshaw has kindly sent me brief reports from the Castleton rtace (Friday 06/06) and the Edale Country Fair race (08/06), respectively.
After the warm evening of Rainow fell race only two hardy soles Colin W and Bill Alsop from Buxton took part in the Castleton Fell race on friday. The clouds were grey but the rain held off throughout the race, which starts in castleton heads to Losehill then Mam Tor then back to Castleton via hollins cross all in only 6 miles. Colin ran in 54 mins and Bill just over the Hour (winning time 41.31).
Then to Edale on Sunday and Colin and Bill were joined by Rick H, Mark Q, Brett and Tracy Greenway in near boiling conditions the race ran up ringiing roger then across to Grindsbrook Knoll then back to edale( 5 miles) All ran good times results soon. However Tracy won her class and Bill won his " Rick also won his but the organizer gave it to another runner by mistake. So three class win out of six is not half bad.
Sheila Bradley has kindly sent me three photos from the Goyts Moss Fell Race and whole load of pictures from the recent Rainow '5' race, which was also a Club Championship race. Please visit our Photo Gallery to check out the latest additions.
Pete Stubbington was our sole representative in the Shutlingsloe race which was held on 26 May. Pete finished 34th overall and first MV50. Well done, Pete. I bet it's those long bike rides what did it! The results of the junior race was not available, though I suspect we might have had a few competitors in that race.
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba took 5.48 seconds off the Women's World Record over 5000 m at the Golden League Meeting in Oslo. The new record stands at 14:11.15!
Three of our Club Championship races have been held to date, namely the Club Cross Country race, Goyts Moss fell race and the Rainow '5' fell race. The current leaders are Sheila Bradley and Rick Houghton, respectively. You can find the up-to-date standings by visiting the Club Championships page.
You will notice quite a few changes to the website. I have introduced an Archive from which you can access old news articles, photographs and download or view results of Buxton Half Marathon and the Carnival 5-mile race. My aim is to have the results from all editions of those two races. I have also tidied up and reduced the coding in order to speed up the loading of each individual page.
You should not come across pages which refer to 2005, 2006 or 2007. The information should now be as up-to-date in all departments as far as I know; that means that upcoming races and the club championships refer to this year's races and not last years! However, the road race section is still pretty bare. Something I will endeavour to rectify in the next few days.
The news items from the first five months of 2008 have been moved to News from 2008 which you access directly or via our Archive page.
From an accessibility point of view, it is also good practice to colour visited links in a different colour to unvisited links, i.e. the blue links are those sites you have yet to visit, while you have visited the red fonted links. Please try it out and see if it enhances or detracts from your exoerience. I welcome any comments on the subject.
I have just obtained the results of the Rainow 5 race (courtesy of Colin Fray and Steve Temple), which was held on Wednesday this week. This was a club championship race and the turn-out from the club was very good. First Buxton AC male was Rick houghton who finished 5th and just missed out on the MV40 prize by 10 seconds. The first Buxton AC female was Sheila Bradley in 116th place. Please click on Rainow 5 Results 2008. I hope to be able to provide a report soon. Well done, everyone!
It is time to start thinking about Pride Park Relays, which dounbles up as the Derbyshire County Road Relay Championships. It is a lovely little two-mile route around Pride Park and environs in Derby. The Ladies teams consist of three runners and the Men's teams are made up of four runners. The race is held on Monday 21 July 2008 and the start is at 19:00. Please let me, Stefan Ledin, know if you are interested in competing, preferably by 1 July. Annemarie Claye, Dave Nutton and Nigel Critchlow are keen and have put their names down.
There are a number of sprint races at Moorways Stadium in Derby on Wednesday 25 June 2008. There are also 3x800 m relays for women and men and a 3000 m Team race for women and men, with four to run and three to score. Please click on Summer Sprint Series 2008 for further information.
Please note that I gave an incorrect date for the Edale Fell race held in conjunctino with Edale Country Fair. It will be held on Sunday 8 June with an 11:00 start.
Norman Taylor has just confirmed the date for the Taddington Lanes Races. It will be held on Tuesday 19 August. This is a Club Championship race so make a note in your diary. I will provide further race details closer to the time.
I have moved the news from December 2007 to the News from 2007 page. I endeavour to shift news from 2008 into a separate page real soon.
Alan Weeks, the organiser, has kindly sent me an update on the results. The number of runners from the club was slightly down this year. A few got caught out when the race was already full a couple of weeks prior to the race. We didn't have any runners in the Junior race. In the senior race, Andrew Sims was first Buxtonian home in 88th place. Andrew's time was 56:44. Simon Moorhouse, fresh from organising the Half Marathon, finished 184th with 64:16. Simon Bailey, Mercia, won the men's race convincingly by over 3.5 minutes in 38:44. The ladies race was won by Anna Frost, who had a cracker of race and finished sixth overall in 43:00. Anna's winning margin was a staggering 5.5 minutes! It was good to see that Hanno Torn is back running and racing after a long lay-off; this was Hanno's second race having run Goyts Moss a week or so earlier. Hanno finished just behind Andrew Sims in 97th place with 57:23. 297 runners finished the race.
I have had to bring the old photos offline while I rejig the website. Fear not, the old pictures will be available soon. In the meantime, it brings me great pleasure to exhibit photographs from the recent Buxton Half Marathon and Shady Oak. Please visit the Photo Gallery to view the latest additions.
The Rainow '5' race is a Club Championship race and is held on Wednesday 4 June. The Castleton Fell Race is held on Friday 6 June and the Edale Country Fair race is on Saturday 7 June. It is a very busy week ahead.
Please find below a report from the Duddon Valley race. A big thank you to Colin for the report.
Duddon valley is part of the Lakeland classic Trophy series of races and covers a distance of 20 miles and 6000 ft of climbing... This year’s race took part on Saturday 31st May from a small field in an isolated valley, just past a pub. Normally this time of year is not known for it hot weather. But as runners prepared for the start many found shelter under tree at the edge of the start field. The runners consisted of a mix of abilities from ex championship winners and a sole Buxton runner. Although dark peak and Pennine fell runners had a good turn out. And a total of 245 runners made the ranks and number which was announced by the organiser at the start of the race "just in case someone should ask while we were running" strange those cumbrians...
The start from the field led to the first climb to Harter fell along a well worn path and on to the summit (one down six to go). At the stage as with most of my racing the front runners were far far in the distance but I was keeping a steady pace in the middle of the pack. Heading over to Hard Knott fell you could see the Cumbrian landscape in all its beauty some I’m told but my concern was to keep an eye on the water opportunities as the temp was raising and we were getting higher. After Hard Knott you drop down from 1800 ft to 1000ft then have to climb back up 1400ft in just under 1.5 miles and it was quite surreal in the base of the valley lookin up at Little Stand and back at Hard Knott to see a hundred runners in a line like ants in this isolated area. After that we headed Three shire stone and the last chance of water and just over half way. Then on to more climbing of Swirl How Summit, at this stage I was beginning to really feel the effects of the heat and could have easily run down the valley to the awaiting river but instead carried on traversing the side of the fells and one to the nearly last of the climb on Dow Crag 2500ft, With the temp seeming to increase and ability to run decrease I came across a bottle of Buxton Water being offered to me by a unknown person who had been given it by a Buxton inhabitant and his daughter to give to a tall balding buxton runner should he come along. Finally the last climb and the 1 mile descent down into seathwaite and the finish line.
As I ran into the finish field, (well you have to) to the applause of the spectators and the already finished runners it reminded me why I had just put myself through 4 hours and 20 minutes of sheer pain, enjoyment, exhaustion, and cramp. But Im not going to tell you go along and try it for yourself.
The winner Simon Booth finished in 2.52hr and I was 135th.
After the race a matter of having a few Jennings Ales in a pub which is situated next to the race finish, and there I sat in splendid sunshine for a good many hours, chatting to fellow runners till the late evening. Camping was also in the finish field and free of charge provided you drank in the pub.
Usain Bolt, the young Jamaican sprinter put a cat amongst the pigeons last night in New York. He upstaged country man Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay when he set a new World Record, subject to ratification, over the 100 m dash. The new record stands at 9.72 seconds. Bolt must now be considered a serious contender for an Olympic Gold medal. Remember also that Usain Bolt's stronger event is the 200 m. Meanwhile, Susanna Kallur of Sweden opened her campaign by finishing second to Josephine Oniya of Spain in a 100 m Hurdles at the Golden League meeting in Berlin. Miss Kallur would not normally be entirely satisfied with her second place, but her time of 12.54 seconds is much faster than her 2007 season opener. Besides, Susanna Kallur has been injured since the Indoor World Championships in March. Pamela Jelimo of Kenya ran a blistering 1:54:99 in the Women's 800 m and won the race by a four seconds. Great Britain's best sprinter for the last couple of years, Marlon Devonish opened with 10.18 second 100 m. Meanwhile, Tyrone Edgar recorded a legal 10.06 in Geneva. Michael East was somewhat off the pace yet ran a 3:36.48 in a Kenyan dominated 1500 m. Moses Masai of Kenya won the 5000 m in 12:50.55 from Ethiopia's Tariku Bekele, Kenenisa's younger brother, and Ugandan Moses Kipsiro. The Men's Javelin throwing competition was dominated by the strong men of the Nordic Countries with two Finns, one Norwegian and a Swede occupying the first four places. I for one look forward to an exciting Summer of Athletics.
Apparently, there is some football tournament kicking off next weekend. It's not worth watching, just stay tuned to Ahtletics where the real action takes place.
This promises to be a very busy week. The second race of four in Stoke City Parks series is held in Tunstall Park on Tuesday 2 June. The first race is at 18:30. The Staffordshire Moorlands AC's Summer Series kicks off this Thursday, 5 June, with the Tittesworth Reservoir race, which starts at 19:30. I have compiled information that will go out to the Juniors, but is equally applicable to Senior and Veteran runners. Please click on the link for Summer Series Races 2008, which lists dates and venues for the Stoke City Parks and the Summer Series. Further information reagrding the Summer Series, including maps of how to get to the various venues, can be found on Staffordshire Moorland AC's website.
Alas, I have not been able to obtain any information on the Wincle Trout race or the Duddon Valley fell race. I will endeavour to bring news on these races in the very near future.
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