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Once again the organisers set the superb standard of how to give value for money at a race. There was water throughout the course, bottles of water at Crowden, also unlimited tea at the finish with sandwiches and cake. Prizes were given for the first 3 in each five-year age Read more

Wasdale. Lloyd was 1st – is this the first time ever that Dark Peak have won a major Lakeland Classic? and Jackie broke the Ladies record. Karen back as 3rd Lady. An excellent club turnout, 10 of us I think, and a very large, strong field. There were around 150 Read more

DP Summer Series. Event (5) will now be on Thursday, 13th June, at 7pm, from Ashopton phone box, GR 196865. 4ml, 1200ft. Course details here

Jim Fulton asks “if anyone has any Jura photos can they send them to him please?” He will put them on a CD to send to Andy Forsyth in South Africa. If you send any emails to the website we will forward them to Jim, or contact him directly with Read more

A fantastic weekend in the lakes. Very tough courses for everyone I think and quite a few retirals in the longer classes. Day 1 was tough with alot of steep rocky climbs including scafell pike (!) but despite warm weather there was a bit of cloud yesterday and a breeze Read more

Dollar – Thanks to Keith for:- “Good day was had by ALL at Dollar – I left before the presentation however we definitely got 1st V40 team and almost definitely got the 1st Open Team!!! Good day for the club. It was a slightly different start and finish due to Read more

Lloyd Taggart, running for Saab Salomon, has won the 2006 Cross du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix in a time of 1:47:16, with Jackie Lee in 60th place with a time of 2:17:44. Full details are here

The selections for the World Orienteering Championships have been announced today: Dark Peak members selected are below: MIDDLE DISTANCE Rachael Elder Matt Crane LONG DISTANCE Rachael Elder Jenny Whitehead Oli Johnson RELAY Oli Johnson Full team can be seen at British Orienteering Results from the selection races: GBR sprint selection Read more

Friday evening promised ideal conditions for the BG. The weather was clear but cool; progress was very good overnight and they were 20 mins up at Dunmail. The clag came down on Bowfell and that made navigation hard and the rocks slippery especially Broad Stand. Neil and Nick started to Read more

Here is Simon’s Report:-As Hilary has already reported I had a great day out on the Bob Graham yesterday. I was aiming for a 17h30 schedule so was really chuffed to get round in 17h20. Couldn’t have got anywhere close to this without a fantastic support team who kept me Read more