2026 is a year to celebrate Dark Peak Fell Runners 50th Anniversary, so here are a couple of ‘save the dates’ for your diary… 19th-20th September – 50th Anniversary Camping Weekend.The loose plan is to have some sort of BBQ/Party and camping in the Edale Valley.The full experience would involve Read more
After 3 years for organising Tom Westgate is stepping down and looking to hand over to a new RO. His ideal replacement being, “somebody closer to the sharp end !!”. The responsibilities of the RO include: Planning and setting the route, date, start times, etc. Updating the event on the Read more
George Yates and Dominic Watts are the organisers for the DPFR 2025 Champs Race and need some club volunteers to help marshal the race on the 15th of November. They need a minimum of 8 people or so (2 at each of the 4 checkpoints) out on the fells, somewhere Read more
Thank you to all those who attended Tony Keddie’s funeral last Tuesday, and thank you to all who sent kind and thoughtful messages of condolence.Charity donations to Blood Cancer UK, Sheffield Hospitals Charity, and The Haematology Wards at The Royal Hallamshire Hospital where gratefully received.
The committee is trying to track down the Men’s V40 and V50 club championship trophies.Past winners include:2022 – Neil Northrop + John Boyle2021 – Tom Brunt + Simon Patton2019 – Tom Brunt + Jon Morgan2018 – Tom Brunt + Tim Tett2017 – Bob Johnston + Stephen Pyke If anyone has Read more
The English Championships 2024, organised by the FRA and supported by Pete Bland Sport and Inov8:– 16th March: Flower Scar (AM)– 06th April: Lad’s Leap (AS)– 11th May: Pendle Cloughs (AL)– 15th June: Buttermere Sailbeck (AM)– 13th July: Wasdale (AL)– 27th July: Blisco Dash (AS)One of each distance (S, M, Read more
The Eric Mitchell Memorial Trophy will be awarded at the Bolehill Bad Boy race organised by George Yates on Saturday the 28th of October 2023. Save the date as I’m sure this interesting trial around Sir William Hill will produce a worthy winner! Mick Cochrane, the current holder of the Eric Read more
Please use the link below if you wish to be considered for either relay teams. So far we don’t have that many people signed up and this is an excellent opportunity to represent Dark Peak! Men’s signup form: https://forms.gle/NNUMRV3ba4MFgm6Q6 Women’s signup form: https://forms.gle/ibJjphCAtAwRLra39 Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay – Sunday 1st October Read more
Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay – Sunday 1st October 2023 in Patterdale, Cumbria.– 1 Open Team and 1 Vets Team.– 8 runners per team, 4 legs run in pairs.– https://hbmr.org.uk/ British Fell Relays (FRA) – Saturday 21st October 2023 at Braithwaite, Cumbria.– Hopefully 5 Men’s Teams (Open A, Open B, V40, Read more
About a year and a half ago now Dark Peak was contacted by a coach, Kirk Flatow, from Monta Vista High School, San Jose, California. Kirk was asking for advice and recommendations in order to plan a trip for some of the school’s athletic team alumni. I replied with a Read more