Cumberland Fell Runners

The new date for our joint evening with Cockermouth Rescue Team is May 22nd. An outline of the evening:

1. A fun run/race to the top of the Hay, about 30 minutes.
2. Free showers
3. Beer and sandwiches
4. A talk/slide show by the team and a tour of the base
5. Music

Please give this event your support. We deserve a fun night after our efforts at the relay and the rescue team deserve our thanks and respect for their help on the day. RSVP to Peter ASAP We may have to impose a limit of 20 places so first come first served.

Peter Crompton

So what do you fancy during our weekend away at Keswick on Sat 15th May? Run along the beautiful railway line crossing the river greta 8 times in as many miles, bring your bike and cycle an off road route around Skiddaw, bring your walshes and run the first leg of the Bob Graham, bring your cozzie and go for a swim, bring some cash and visit the excellent street market. Above all bring some beer and a mate. Cheque for £21.95 per person ASAP.

Peter Crompton

Hi All,

We are organising fr champs in conjunction with the Coledale horeseshoe on Apr17.  Medals for ist 3 M and Women

From this we hope to select a team to go to the inter counties in Clwyd in May.  We think that we can get quite a good mens team (4 to run, 3 to count) but will struggle to get four ladies.

If anyone wants to compete in Wales and cannot run at Coledale, they can still be considered if they let me know before the 17th.  Email: noelh@cybermoor.org.uk or Tel: 01434 321385

Cumberland AC are not now an athletic club registered as so with UKA.  They are now members of a rival association, the Association of Running Clubs (ARC).

The implications of this are given below:

CJ Sports Photography has been taking photographs at recent events and now has their website up and running, to view or order any of the photos from the Blakes Heaven or Middle Fell races please visit www.cjsportsphoto.co.uk. CJ Sports Photography will be present at future events.

Both these races were new courses and both were part of CFR’s Winter League. Saturday’s race replaced the original Eaglesfield 10, the fell road section of which was in such a poor state that I decided the course was unsuitable. Sunday’s was also a replacement course. After a beautiful sunny, frosty day on Saturday, Sunday in our part of the world started with a fair covering of snow. By race time the snow had dissipated but there was still evidence of ice and I decided avoid the potential problems of ice on the far side of Crummock where access is poor and run a two-lap race up to Rannerdale col. The fields for the two races were almost completely different. Only one runner competed in both – congratulations, Simon!

Barry Johnson

The final race of the 2009/10 Cumbria Cross Country series, which was postponed earlier in the year due to bad weather, has been rescheduled for Saturday 20th February at the Keswick venue. See the note below from Noel Hakeman for more details:

The match from Jan 9th has now been re-arranged for February 20th 2010.
Note also that the venue has been moved from Carlisle to KESWICK.
The course may differ a little from that used in December.
Arrangements are as usual - first race at 12noon.  Medals will be presented after the u15 race and this may delay the start of the Sen race by a few minutes.  

Noel Hakeman

At last week's member's meeting we agreed to have a weekend away for runners and partners. I have just booked saturday 15th May at Keswick Youth Hostel but only 12 beds. So if you want a weekend of low key, fun running, swimming, shopping walking, biking etc. Get a cheque for £21.95 to me as soon as possible. The price includes dormitory accommodation (separate male/female) a great breakfast and full time access to the very smart recently refurbished Youth hostel. First come first served, cheques to me ASAP. This date has been chosen to avoid our championship races and all national races.

 A few notices from the meeting: