Saltwell Harriers Fell Race

Date & time: Tue 7th Jul 2015 at 19:30 Country: England Region: Northumberland / Durham Category: BS Entry on day only : £5 Distance: 9km / 5.6m Climb: 300m / 984ft Venue: On B6278, two miles north of Stanhope, Co Durham. Grid ref: 996416 Skills & experience: PM Minimum age: 18 More details can be […]

Yetholm Race Report

Had never done this race before and as it was relatively close by decided to have a go. The race starts in a quiet valley just outside Kirk Yetholm and just over the Scottish border. Also doing the race were Keith, Jim, Gemma and John Longstaff.   The race was a nice, informal relaxed affair […]

Border Raiders

Saltwell Harriers won the team prize at Yetholm Fell race on Sunday. The team led home by Keith in 7th place followed by Jim, then Gemma who despite her tumble at the finish collected the prize for 2nd lady.   Iain and John Longstaff made up the closing team positions. This was the first time […]

3 Peaks Fell Race Report 2015

23.3 Miles, 5279ft of ascent   I have a love hate relationship with fell races. I love races themselves and being in the mountains, but I hate the fact that I’ve never ran a fell race where I’ve felt like I’ve done myself justice. I’ve just never been able to translate my road speed onto […]

Anniversary Waltz Fell Race Report

18.04.15 – 11.5 miles, 1200 m ascent   Another Saturday, another fell race in the lakes and another journey over on my tod! Conditions were in contrast to the previous week, sunny, warm and calm! Like last week it was just myself and Phil Pearson representing Saltwell. This is a classic race which takes on […]

Coledale Horseshoe Fell Race Report

1,025m ascent 7.5 miles   I had been wanting to do this race for a while having missed it last year through illness. It was a lonely journey over to the lakes as I was the only one travelling over. When I got there it was apparent that there had been some overnight snow on […]

Revised Fell Series 2015

The format is the same as last year. Men to complete 4 races – short, medium & long plus another. Best position to count. Women to do 4 races – two short and two medium. The long races don’t count in the womens series. However, if they feel they have the experience to do them […]

Brough Law Fell Race

Results from Brough Law fell race, our first race in the Fell Series.   Iain Armstrong and Hilary Shaw take an early lead in the 2015 Saltwell Fell series at Brough Law. Keith Wood tried but couldn’t quite match Iain’s pace but managed to just keep ahead of the fully clothed Phil James. Rachael Liddle […]

2015 Fell Race Series

Every year the club holds an internal fell race series, details of which are below   Men to complete four, at least one at each distance, women to complete three – either two short/one medium or one short/two medium:   Short Brough Law 8/3/15, Causey Pike 28/3/15, Beacon Hill 9/7/15   Medium Coledale Horseshoe 11/4/15, […]