With the start of the fell running season almost upon us, Calder Valley’s fell runners were warming up – despite the icy weather – with two nearby race. Over in Marsden, a hardy band of Calder Valley runners took part … Continue reading
Calder Valley Fell Runners carve their way through snow
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The Classic Rivington Pike
Calder Valley FR’s biggest guns were not in evidence at the historic Rivington Pike but as it was a club championship counter 20 runners took part in the red and white hooped vests. The race is just short of 700ft … Continue reading
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Gray and Ellis break away at Heptonstall
Calder Valley’s Karl Gray battled to victory from a fearsomely talented field at Sunday’s much anticipated Heptonstall Fell Race. He shared the glory with Bingley’s Victoria Wilkinson, one of the finest female mountain runners of her generation, who smashed the … Continue reading
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Summer training runs
Now that it’s light nights we will be running off road from now on. Yippee. Various groups of different speed. For the next few weeks there will be The Have A Go at Fell Running too. Plenty of opportunity to get … Continue reading
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Come and have a go at fell running with us
Below are the routes for the “Have a Go nights” Enjoy. Tuesday May 10th 6:30 – 6:45pm Have a Go 6 Map – Sheepstones – Dimmin Dale – Ferney Lee – Crow Hill Have a Go 5 Map Have a Go 4 Map … Continue reading
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Tuesday’s Legendary Bunny Runs and more ….
Calder Valley Fell Runners have been spread across the counties, competing in a series of short, tough races Yorkshire saw the first in the legendary ‘Bunny Run’ series of fast races on the Haworth moors. With some high level athletes … Continue reading
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Donard Commedagh Horseshoe
The first round of the British Fell Running Championship 2016 was held in Northern Ireland last Saturday and saw some of Calder Valley’s elite runners head over the Irish Sea. The Donard Commedagh Horseshoe starts from Newcastle in County Down. … Continue reading
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He’s a “Bourne” Fellsman
Calder Valley’s Simon Bourne finished a superb second in the race billed as Yorkshire’s toughest, the 61 mile Fellsman. It was the 54th running of a contest which starts in Grassington and takes in 12,000 feet of climbing, including six … Continue reading
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Bunny Relays!!!
Calder Valley Fell Runners have racked up some more successes as the fell running season proper gets under way. 14 juniors headed up to Ambleside in the Lake District for the Todd Crag fell race, part of the English Junior … Continue reading
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Orchan Rocks, 3 Peaks & Coiners
Orchan Rocks Calder Valley’s club championship series continued with the short Orchan Rocks Fell Race from the Staff of Life in Cornholme last Tuesday. Organised by Dan Taylor of Todmorden Harriers, Orchan Rocks is one of three races that Dan … Continue reading
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Up the Nab
What a difference a week makes. Just 7 days after many of the country’s best fell runners battled it out over Yorkshire’s wintery 3 Peaks, blanketed in late April snow, lashed by icy blasts of hail, England’s finest found themselves … Continue reading
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Mounsey’s No 1
What a weekend for Calder Valley Fell Runners! Saturday saw the British inter counties championship take place in North Wales, on a tough 8 mile course with nearly 1,000 metres of climbing. With the five best runners from each county, … Continue reading
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Calderdale Way relay 2016 … a grand day out for all
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Cader Champs & Old Counties Ultra
Cader Idris The latest round of Calder Valley Fell Runner’s Club Championship took place last weekend. The Y Gader (Cader Idris) Mountain Race from Dollgellau is a straight-forward race, up the mountain and back again. However this does involve 10 … Continue reading
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European Mountain Champs #TeamGB
Calder Valley’s Ben Mounsey is all set for an Italian job after another top draw performance at the British trials for the European Mountain Running Championships at Whinlatter forest, near Keswick. With team GB places for the European Championships in … Continue reading
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From Short to Ultra Calder Valley win through
Hebden Bridge Fell Race On a beautiful early summer evening 137 people lined up to race the 10th Hebden Bridge Fell Race. Heading out of Calder Holmes Park, through the woods, across the moor, up to Stoodley Pike and back … Continue reading
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Roberts shines through the clouds in cymru
Cwm Pennant Situated in the far west of Snowdonia, Cwm Pennant is an overlooked beauty of Welsh Mountain Scenery. Four years ago Math Roberts (now a Calder Valley Fell Runner) held a race heading around the Pennant valley that he … Continue reading
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Flying Symington tops 10 Peaks and the podium
Bridestones fell race Now in its third year, Bridestones Fell Race is a local evening race organised by Todmorden Harriers’s Dan Taylor. With its biggest turnout to date, the race saw 74 people line up at the start of a … Continue reading
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Summer Handicap results
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Local fun and just the Job in Italy
Cragg Vale Last Wednesday saw the annual running of the Cragg Vale Fell Race, organized by local teacher and adventure racer, Jackie Scarf. Guest CVFR junior 12 year old Ruby McFie started the race, which heads anticlockwise down beside Cragg … Continue reading
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