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, […]
Captain Cooks Fell Race Report
On the 1st January when most sensible people were still nursing a hangover, others were running on the Town Moor or up at Morpeth, I decided to have another crack at Fell Running. This time it was the Captain Cooks Race down in lovely Cleveland. Having dragged Lyndsey out of bed for moral support and […]
Internal Fell Race Series
Congratulations to Fred Smith for winning the 2014 internal fell race series. Full results can be found here
Ben Nevis Race Report
As the year draws to a close it’s a good time to reflect on the past years running achievements and look forward to next years. Signing off this year is a race report from Iain Armstrong from the Ben Nevis Fell Race he completed earlier in the year – hope you enjoy it and happy […]
Guisborough Woods Fell Race
Congratulations to Dave, Scott and Graham for completing the Guisborough Woods Fell race on Sunday in what looks like some pretty cold conditions. 37 Dave Horsfall 57.10 45 Graham Stephenson 58.54 49 Scott Garrett 59.12 Full results can be found here
‘Strictly Come Hobbling’ or ‘Dancing on Allendale Common’: A report on the Hexhamshire Hobble
It was that time of year again … time to dust off the fell shoes, get out the buff, hat, gloves, waterproof (jacket and trousers), Saltwell vest, map and compass and head off to my favourite race of the year – The Hexhamshire Hobble. This was a race I first ran in 2011 then […]
Ian Hodgson Race Report
This is the 2nd time I’ve ran this race, last year being the first which I really enjoyed despite losing a fair amount of time trying to find the 2nd checkpoint in near whiteout conditions. The race is a 4 leg relay in the lake district with 2 runners on each leg, distances ranging […]
Simonside Fell Race Result
Well done to the Saltwell Harriers who took part in the Simonside Fell Race on the 20th September, especially Chairman Fred Smith who came 4th overall and 1st Vet. Gemma Bradley was 5th Lady and ran very well. Full Results 793: John Butters 00:51:48 780: Scott Gibson 00:52:15 803: Rob Salter 00:52:20 788: Fred […]
Borrowdale Fell Race Report
This is the first time I have ran this race, having been on holiday the past few years when it has been on and have been looking forward to it. It is considered one of the toughest races in the fell race calendar at 17 miles and 6500 feet of ascent – the record being […]
Saltwell Fell Race Provisional Results
Please note these are provisional results- if anyone has any queries to contact the Race Director, Keith Wood, at saltwellharriers1890@gmail.com Pos NAME TIME CAT CLUB 1 WILL HORSLEY 43.16 SEN M NFR 2 ANDY GREEN 43.48 MV45 TYNEDALE 3 JONNY MALLEY 45.01 M U23 DARK PEAK 4 LEE BENNETT 46.41 MV45 ELSWICK 5 PHIL […]