For those who saw yesterdays announcement please ignore it, we will be meeting for the club run in Oughtibridge due to a clash with SYO at other locations. We’ll meet outside Coronation Park where there is plentiful parking there and on the approaches to the cricket club. As per yesterday’s Read more
The Club run this week will start from Grenoside Wood Car Park. A lesser known area for many so please consider bringing a map, compass AND (not or) a well charged phone for some ‘where are we’ moments.
Periodically the FRA share an update through the club ambassadors. The DPFR Ambassador is James Lowe (I would happy pass this role on to another willing volunteer). See updates below Consultation on British Championships Format Changes The UK Athletics Mountain Running Advisory Group are the organiser of the British Championships Read more
Sunday (12th)’s race – Boz’s Birthday race is cancelled because of the snow. Hopefully it will get rescheduled for later in the year.
The first race in the 2023 Junior championships (23rd April) has been changed from Black Combe to Duddon, due to organisational issues. https://www.fellrunner.org.uk/juniors/junior-engli… Further details will be in the Dark Peak Calendar as they emerge.
The following message is on its way to members via email: We are currently around 20 volunteers short for the Edale Skyline on the 26th March. If you are available, please consider volunteering. Without your help on the hills the race cannot safely go ahead. We especially need volunteers to Read more
Dark Peak entered one team in the Trans-Pennine Relay on Saturday 4th March. The Dark Peak team (‘Dogsbane’, don’t ask) comprised Steve Matthews, Mike Bourne, Carl Egdell, Tim Egdell, and Richard Bradbury. We ran 5 legs from Sheffield Town Hall across to The Boar’s Head Inn near Poynton. Weather conditions Read more
British Athletics are drawing up proposals for changes to the British Fell & Hill championships for 2024 and beyond. The proposals are set out in this document from British Athletics: 2023-03-08–mrag-british-championships-format-proposal.pdf The FRA are running a consultation on the proposals here: https://www.fellrunner.org.uk/news/2023/03/06/fra-…
The National Trust have requested that nobody uses the south ridge of Mam Tor, and have put up fences and signs to this effect. I assume for erosion control. So I’ve amended the Horsehill Tor race map to make this ‘out of bounds’ on race day. This means runners will Read more
Trans Pennine Relay – Dark Peak have one team in this event which starts at 10:00 outside Sheffield Town Hall this Saturday 4th March (and ends near Poynton). Any support at the start or at any point along the route would be appreciated. The route can be found here.