Police Sport UK Athletics Section - British Police Fell Race Championships 2017

The 2017 event was hosted by Lancashire Constabulary AC on Wednesday 17 May 2017 starting at 1pm. The route was around 10 miles with over 2500 feet of ascent over the Howgill Fells . The start was from Sedbergh Village Hall, Sedbergh.

Thank you to all those who took part. There were 85 entries with a total of 62 runners on the day completing the course. We were blessed with fine weather and clear conditions throughout the day.

Rob Grantham (Cheshire) was first home in a time of 1:21 with Nina Walkinshaw (Cumbria) first lady in 1:38. The Cumbria team on home turf clearly won both the male and female team prizes. Cheshire were 2nd team and North Wales 3rd.

Thank you to Dennis Nelson who organised the course and also those who assisted with the running of the event on the day.

The 2018 event is provisionally set for Wednesday 16 May 2018. Cheshire have mooted that they may host the 2018 race. This has to be confirmed.

Howgill Fells

Howgill fells looking from the West - White Fell summit is 2nd from left and Calf Summit is 3rd from left - Arrant Haw last on right leaving picture

Results - All

Pos.	Race No	Name	Surname	Force	Gender	Age	Time	Prize
1	75	Rob	Grantham	Cheshire	M	V40	1:21:23	1st Male Open
2	107	Andrew	Dobby	North Yorkshire	M	V40	1:22:18	1st Male Vet 40+
3	23	Malcolm	Fowler	Cheshire	M	V50	1:26:04	1st Male Vet 50+
4	80	Chris	Newman	Cumbria	M		1:26:35	2nd Male Open
5	31	Andrew	Slattery	Cumbria	M	V45	1:26:39	1st Male Vet 45+
6	87	Craig	Jones	North Wales	M	V40	1:27:09	2nd Male Vet 40+
7	37	Karl	Webster	Derbyshire	M	V45	1:30:10	3rd Male Vet 40+
8	79	Ross	Jenkins	Cumbria	M		1:35:01	3rd Male Open
9	100	Tom	Smith	South Yorkshire	M		1:36:11
10	82	Phil	Cooper	Cumbria	M	V40	1:36:20
11	122	Zeke	Dixon	West Midlands	M		1:37:35
12	78	Justin	Bibby	Cumbria	M	V45	1:38:17
13	84	Anthony	Oliver	Cleveland	M	V50	1:38:27
14	85	Jon	Wright	Lancashire	M		1:38:31
15	121	Nina	Walkingshaw	Cumbria	F	V35	1:38:33	1st Female Open
16	89	Tom	Prytherch	North Wales	M	V40	1:40:40
17	114	Phillip	Bussy	Essex	M		1:41:10
18	76	Lisa	Grantham	Guest - Cheshire	F	V40	1:41:50
19	59	Chris	Meir	Staffordshire	M	V40	1:42:05
20	77	Myles	Robertson	Cheshire	M	V50	1:42:17
21	93	Bob	Salter	Wiltshire	M	V55	1:42:35
22	124	Tom	Smith	Lancashire	M		1:42:49
23	99	Arran	Sayle	Lancashire	M	V40	1:42:51
24	88	Owain	Llewellyn	North Wales	M		1:42:53
25	20	Bob	Hind	North Wales	M	V60	1:44:10
26	119	Dennis	Nelson	Lancashire	M	V50	1:44:30
27	86	Will	Nelson	Lancashire	M		1:45:15
28	91	James	Wan	North Wales	M		1:45:17
29	51	Callum	Roberts	Police Scotland	M		1:46:06
30	54	Christine	Howard	Derbyshire	F	V40	1:46:10	1st Female Vet 40+
31	134	Adrian	Martin	Cleveland	M	V55	1:46:12
32	67	Karl	Tyson	Staffordshire	M	V50	1:46:18
33	71	Jack	Pilkington	Cheshire	M		1:46:30
34	135	Shelly	Gordon	Cleveland	F	V35	1:46:33	2nd Female Open
35	116	Martin	Woolard	Essex	M	V45	1:47:11
36	73	Martin	Caldwell	Cheshire	M	V40	1:47:13
37	81	Marie	Robson	Cumbria	F	V45	1:48:31	2nd Female Vet 40+
38	18	Bryan	Lawton	GMP	M	V50	1:49:29
39	97	Jason	Hill	West Midlands	M	V40	1:49:31
40	98	Andrew	Maxfield	Staffordshire	M		1:49:36
41	94	Lloyd	Fox	West Midlands	M	V40	1:50:05
42	63	Mark	Sharrock	Staffordshire	M		1:51:12
43	136	Will	Uttley	Lancashire	M		1:51:50
44	72	David	Edon	Cheshire	M	V50	1:52:02
45	52	Jamie	Entwistle	Police Scotland	M		1:52:30
46	90	Iwan	Jones	North Wales	M	V60	1:52:33
47	112	Janine	Fallon	Lancashire	F	V40	1:53:00	3rd Female Open
48	17	Gary	Corns	GMP	M		1:54:05
49	83	Helen	Mavin	Cumbria	F	V50	1:54:10	3rd Female Vet 40+
50	68	Carl	Callear	Staffordshire	M	V40	1:57:10
51	95	Mark	Birkett	West Midlands	M		1:57:15
52	19	Steve	Quinn	GMP	M	V40	2:07:33
53	56	Ciara	Murphy	Cheshire	F	V40	2:08:11
54	74	Victoria	Emsley	Metropolitan	F		2:17:17
55	96	Alex	Langford	West Midlands	M		2:17:18
56	24	Laura	Lawler	Lancashire	F	V45	2:31:21
57	92	Victoria	Knight	North Wales	F		2:32:20
58	29	Mike	Rutherford	West Midlands	M		2:32:22
59	30	Lucy	Kirwan	West Midlands	F	V35	2:32:23
60	70	Patricia	Van Rooyen	Cheshire	F	V40	2:32:24
61	26	Phil	Corris	Lancashire	M	V60	2:36:18
62	69	Claire	Stanistreet	Cheshire	F		3:10:00
63		Andy	Wright	GMP	M	V50	ASSIST
64		Steve	Broadbent	Lancashire	M	V50	ASSIST
65		Michael	Horne	Lancashire	M	V50	ASSIST
66		Mark	Mulryan	Lancashire	M	V40	ASSIST
67		Peter	Merrifield	West Yorkshire	M	V50	ASSIST
68		Kathleen	Aubrey	Cumbria	F	V50	DNS
69		Simon	Gray	Cumbria	M		DNS
70		Craig	Smith	Cumbria	M	V50	DNS
71		Ian	Phillips	Derbyshire	M		DNS
72		Ian	Blakemore	Durham	M	V40	DNS
73		Paul	Harbisher	Durham	M		DNS
74		Ian	Leach	Durham	M	V40	DNS
75		Neil	Robinson	Durham	M	V45	DNS
76		Brad	Morgan	Essex	M		DNS
77		Daniel	Appleby	GMP	M		DNS
78		Stephen	Hague	Hertfordshire	M	V45	DNS
79		Graham	Brownsmith	Lancashire	M		DNS
80		Nicolle	Croft	Lancashire	F		DNS
81		Mick	Hancock	Lancashire	M		DNS
82		Carl	McCoy	Lancashire	M		DNS
83		Kris	Barnard	Norfolk	M	V40	DNS
84		James	Cook	North Wales	M	V45	DNS
85		Caroline	Pollard	North Yorkshire	F	V50	DNS
86		Jay	Dale	Staffordshire	M		DNS
87		Lucy	Harris	West Midlands	F		DNS
88		Glyn	Jones	West Midlands	M	V40	DNS
89		Kurt	Sumner	West Midlands	M	V40	DNS
90		Ian	Mawdesley	Bedfordshire	M		DNS

Results - Men

Pos.	Race No	Name	Surname	Force	Gender	Age	Time
1	75	Rob	Grantham	Cheshire	M	V40	1:21:23
2	107	Andrew	Dobby	North Yorkshire	M	V40	1:22:18
3	23	Malcolm	Fowler	Cheshire	M	V50	1:26:04
4	80	Chris	Newman	Cumbria	M		1:26:35
5	31	Andrew	Slattery	Cumbria	M	V45	1:26:39
6	87	Craig	Jones	North Wales	M	V40	1:27:09
7	37	Karl	Webster	Derbyshire	M	V45	1:30:10
8	79	Ross	Jenkins	Cumbria	M		1:35:01
9	100	Tom	Smith	South Yorkshire	M		1:36:11
10	82	Phil	Cooper	Cumbria	M	V40	1:36:20
11	122	Zeke	Dixon	West Midlands	M		1:37:35
12	78	Justin	Bibby	Cumbria	M	V45	1:38:17
13	84	Anthony	Oliver	Cleveland	M	V50	1:38:27
14	85	Jon	Wright	Lancashire	M		1:38:31
15	89	Tom	Prytherch	North Wales	M	V40	1:40:40
16	114	Phillip	Bussy	Essex	M		1:41:10
17	59	Chris	Meir	Staffordshire	M	V40	1:42:05
18	77	Myles	Robertson	Cheshire	M	V50	1:42:17
19	93	Bob	Salter	Wiltshire	M	V55	1:42:35
20	124	Tom	Smith	Lancashire	M		1:42:49
21	99	Arran	Sayle	Lancashire	M	V40	1:42:51
22	88	Owain	Llewellyn	North Wales	M		1:42:53
23	20	Bob	Hind	North Wales	M	V60	1:44:10
24	119	Dennis	Nelson	Lancashire	M	V50	1:44:30
25	86	Will	Nelson	Lancashire	M		1:45:15
26	91	James	Wan	North Wales	M		1:45:17
27	51	Callum	Roberts	Police Scotland	M		1:46:06
28	134	Adrian	Martin	Cleveland	M	V55	1:46:12
29	67	Karl	Tyson	Staffordshire	M	V50	1:46:18
30	71	Jack	Pilkington	Cheshire	M		1:46:30
31	116	Martin	Woolard	Essex	M	V45	1:47:11
32	73	Martin	Caldwell	Cheshire	M	V40	1:47:13
33	18	Bryan	Lawton	GMP	M	V50	1:49:29
34	97	Jason	Hill	West Midlands	M	V40	1:49:31
35	98	Andrew	Maxfield	Staffordshire	M		1:49:36
36	94	Lloyd	Fox	West Midlands	M	V40	1:50:05
37	63	Mark	Sharrock	Staffordshire	M		1:51:12
38	136	Will	Uttley	Lancashire	M		1:51:50
39	72	David	Edon	Cheshire	M	V50	1:52:02
40	52	Jamie	Entwistle	Police Scotland	M		1:52:30
41	90	Iwan	Jones	North Wales	M	V60	1:52:33
42	17	Gary	Corns	GMP	M		1:54:05
43	68	Carl	Callear	Staffordshire	M	V40	1:57:10
44	95	Mark	Birkett	West Midlands	M		1:57:15
45	19	Steve	Quinn	GMP	M	V40	2:07:33
46	96	Alex	Langford	West Midlands	M		2:17:18
47	29	Mike	Rutherford	West Midlands	M		2:32:22
48	26	Phil	Corris	Lancashire	M	V60	2:36:18

Results - Women

Pos.	Race No	Name	Surname	Force	Gender	Age	Time
1	121	Nina	Walkingshaw	Cumbria	F	V35	1:38:33
2	54	Christine	Howard	Derbyshire	F	V40	1:46:10
3	135	Shelly	Gordon	Cleveland	F	V35	1:46:33
4	81	Marie	Robson	Cumbria	F	V45	1:48:31
5	112	Janine	Fallon	Lancashire	F	V40	1:53:00
6	83	Helen	Mavin	Cumbria	F	V50	1:54:10
7	56	Ciara	Murphy	Cheshire	F	V40	2:08:11
8	74	Victoria	Emsley	Metropolitan	F		2:17:17
9	24	Laura	Lawler	Lancashire	F	V45	2:31:21
10	92	Victoria	Knight	North Wales	F		2:32:20
11	30	Lucy	Kirwan	West Midlands	F	V35	2:32:23
12	70	Patricia	Van Rooyen	Cheshire	F	V40	2:32:24
13	69	Claire	Stanistreet	Cheshire	F		3:10:00

Results - Teams

Men
Pos.	Force	1	2	3	Points
1	Cumbria	4	5	8	17
2	Cheshire	1	3	18	22
3	North Wales	6	15	22	43
4	Lancashire	14	20	21	55
5	West Midlands	11	34	36	81
6	Staffordshire	17	29	35	81
7	Essex	16	31	61	108
8	GMP	33	42	45	120
9	Cleveland	13	28	49	90
10	Police Scotland	27	40	49	116
Women
Pos.	Force	1	2	3	Points
1	Cumbria	1	4	6	11
2	Cheshire	7	12	13	32

Event Information

Race Course

The course over some interesting, hill moorland. Full description below.

Race Venue, Race Registration and Presentation Venue

Registration will take place at Sedbergh Village Hall.

Accommodation

As usual, there is no official accommodation provided. Competitors are asked to make their own arrangements. Bed and Breakfast and hotel accommodation can also be found in the area.

Directions

Sedbergh Village Hall. Howgill Lane, Sedbergh LA10 5DQ.

Parking

Some free parking around Sedbergh. Two pay and display car parks. If you arrive early there may be spaces free at the Village Hall.

Shower and Changing Facilities

There are showers, changing rooms and toilets provided at the Village Hall.

Start

From the Village Hall playing field at 1pm.

Map and Checkpoints

CP's 1 to 5 will be orienteering kites with punches. You will be provided with a laminated map with check-point control attached. Some CP's may also be manned.

Start - Sedbergh Village Hall Playing Field

CP 1 - Sheepfold by gate
CP 2 - Calf Summit - 676m - Trig point
CP 3 - Arant Haw Summit - Pile of stones
CP 4 - Winder Summit - Trig Point
CP 5 - Path turn

Finish - Sedbergh Village Hall Playing Field

Description

This years course is over the magnificent Howgill Fells, the whole route mainly on nice grassy paths or trails.

The race starts with a 1/4 mile uphill on a small tarmac road before turning right onto the fell. There are several fairly short but steep ascents and descents throughout the race. There is one long ascent up to White Fell Head after CP1. Magnificent views to be had from Calf Summit through to Winder before descending back into Sedbergh.

Parts of the course will be flagged where necessary to assist navigation. However, much of the route from the Calf is on an easy to follow path that will appeal to the more novice fellrunner.

Thanks to Dennis Nelson (Lancashire) for organizing the course.

Mapping

Printed A4 maps of the course will be provided. However, you still need to be able to navigate and this should not deter any competitor from taking such equipment as necessary to stay safe on the fells.

Compulsory Kit Requirement

Competitors will need to carry the following equipment:-

1. Windproof top body cover
2. Map (Provided)
3. Compass and Whistle
4. Suitable footwear for fell running
5. Waterproof full body cover (Only if poor weather conditions)

Each competitor should have navigational skills and be able to use a map and compass if required. Random kit checks will be carried out so please ensure you carry the required kit for the conditions. Any kit found missing will incur a time penalty. Those without the required kit will not be allowed to compete.

Entry Field

Pre-entry is required though late and EOD or substitution is still an option for additional force team members.

Registration and Pre-Race Briefing

At the Village Hall, briefing at 12.50pm.

Post Race Meal and Presentation of Trophies

A hot meal will be provided at the Red Lion pub (located in the village centre). This will be followed by a formal presentation of trophies and prizes at approximately 3.30pm.

Trophies/Prizes

Men:

1st, 2nd and 3rd - Open
1st, 2nd and 3rd - Vet 40+
1st - Vet 45, Vet 50, Vet 55, Vet 60
1st, 2nd and 3rd Open Men's Force Teams (3 to count)

Women:

1st, 2nd and 3rd - Open
1st, 2nd and 3rd - Vet 40+

1st - Women's Team (3 to count)

NB. Additional prizes have now been added due to high entry volume

British Police Fell Race Entry

The entry fee will be £12.00. This fee covers the cost of the presentation buffet and the awards and prizes. A link to download the official entry form is below.

2017 Event Entry Form - Word Document

Qualification

Competitors must be fully paid members of their respective force sports clubs and be a police officer, police staff, retired police/police staff (in receipt of a police pension) or member of the special constabulary/police volunteers.

Guests are permitted on special request.

Pre-Race Recognizance

There are no objections to teams or individuals reconnoitering the course.

Closing Date

The closing date is 5 May - Late entries or EOD and substitutions are acceptable to forces who have already pre-entered some runners. Please email me to discuss. There are no entry fee refunds but named substitutions to pre-paid entries will be allowed on the day.

Entry Confirmation

All competitors will receive a confirmation of their entry and any late briefing information by email. If you are submitting block team entries then please ensure you include individual email on each entry form.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or require any other information.

Vol 20785 Steve Broadbent
Police Sport UK Athletics Section – British Police Fell Race Coordinator

Mobile Tel: 07974 795466

Email: steve@policesport.net

Local Host/Contact

Steve Broadbent - Lancashire Police Email: steve@policesport.org

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2017 Event Entry Form - Word Document

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