Due to the club dinner being a special 50th anniversary undertaking and being a significant undertaking on the Saturday for those organising and assisting, the committee had decided to have the champs on a different weekend. Our one race Club Championship Race is on Saturday 28th November, R.O.’s Simon Mills Read more
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club, we will be taking a club photo prior to the start of the club run on 9 September, in front of the (at time of writing, currently closed) Sportsman. It would be fantastic to be able to take a photo of all Read more
The A57 is scheduled to be closed on Manchester road, between Onksley Lane and Wyming Brook drive, from 20th April, reopening 3rd June, with the planned diversion from Amey being through Hope Valley. Due to the high numbers of Wednesday night regulars who would use this road, the decision has Read more
Early announcement to save the date! To mark 50 glorious years of Dark Peak, we’re going to have a special function with dinner and ceilidh. This will be on Saturday 7th November at the Kelham Island Museum, and has been picked based on feedback from members for venues and venue Read more
The final map for the Tipsy Sportsman (Wednesday 11th Feb) has been released, see post under calendar entry. https://dpfr.org.uk/wp_dpfr/dpfr_events/857333 Drinking is very much optional. It’s a good fun 100 minute score event and should be a good lung buster for those who choose to run it that way.
Background Now in its twenty-somethingth year, the ‘Winter Mondays’ series of road and trail races provide the perfect antidote to the commencement of the winter working week. The combination of regular on and off-road ‘chasing start’ races are an excellent way to gain or maintain fitness through the winter months, Read more