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 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 Read more
Young Carshare is away ski-touring in the Alps and so these updates will be a bit sparse until normal service is resumed at Easter. (By the sound of things Sheffield is currently a lot whiter than Austria.) Past races Horsehill 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.
Anxiety levels were high, not because snow had fallen but because more snow and sub-zero temperature were forecast during our outing from Broomhead, possibly making the return journey problematic. So, only five Slow Warts gathered at the “wall” for a Read more
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 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 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 Read more