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The Purple Peril Unmasked! Ten out of Ten for B r Ian Holmes Hodgson Relay 2000 - Championship Summary 2001 N Lockwood and M Ward descend leg 4 (Photo Peter Hartley) Steve Bateson Profile o ' * ® ,a n d * < . * Tour of Britain 2001 W Our van will be appearing at the following venues. Ring the number below to order your goods to be delivered to any of the following events. See enclosed in this magazine our 2001 full colour brochure % m MARCH APRIL MAY 11. Rossendale Way Relay 10. Dentdale Run (Road) 7. Pendle 5. Coniston 17. Carnethy 5 (Scot) 11. Black Coombe 21. Anniversary Waltz 7. Wray-Caton 25. IlkleyMoor 24. 1/2 Tour of Pendle 28. Glaramara 12. Ben Lomond (Scot) 31. Coniston 14 (Road) 29. Three Peaks 13. Buttermere Sailbeck 19. Clougha Pike 20. Fairfield 26. Hutton Roof 'Pete Bland Sports and Walsh Sports are proud to announce that they are Co Sponsors of the 2001 British Championship, British Relay Championships and the Junior Home International. No 1 Stockist, Walsh Fellrunning Shoes 10% discount to FRA members & Free Postage on Walsh Footwear Mail order, Switch, Visa, Mastercard Delta, Connect Telephone orders taken Visit our on-line shop at www.peteblandsports.co.uk 3 4 A KIRKLAND, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, L A 9 5 A D TEL/FAX 01 539 73 1 01 2 i Fellrunner 3 1 U g a z u i e Editor: Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email: [email protected] ^SSOC IAT\°^ ell, firstly, credit where credit is most certainly due. Those of us who can remember the days when "The Fellrunner" was a black and white A5 size booklet will appreciate just how far the magazine has travelled, both in Wcontent and appearance, over the years. That development has been driven over the last ten of those years by Neil Denby's vision, skill and sheer hard work and the result has been a truly professional production with a careful balance of material, both written and photographic, and a detailed results service which must make other publications green with envy. Ten years is a long time to maintain the high standards Neil has set himself, especially when his editorial role has been combined with his work and family commitments, not to mention his own running, and I would like to express to him on behalf of all the members of the FRA our sincere thanks for all his efforts - you can go out and get fit now, Neil !! Secondly, I would like to reiterate Neil's belief that any magazine is only as good as its contributors and to say that "The Fellrunner" is your magazine and that any articles (serious, humorous, libellous(ish), contentious), opinions, letters, cartoons, etc.,etc., will be gratefully received. I can't promise they'll all find their way into print but without them there wouldn't be a magazine at all. As far as photographs are concerned I appreciate that, unlike articles, photographs involve a certain expenditure of money, so any photographs used in the magazine will be paid for at £7 per photo (£10 if it's one commissioned by me on a specific subject) and £20 for a front cover shot. If you do send a photo in then please put your name and address on the back (otherwise it won't get returned) and include exact details of the subject. Listed next to this column are some of Editorial Team the people who play a large part in Contents Access & Environment gathering material for the magazine in Calendar Update Chris Knox, 38 St.Johns Street, certain specific areas - if you've got an Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AG. idea for an article and you're not sure if The Registration Debate Tel: 017687 72922. it's suitable or you want a bit of advice/information then please give the Obituary for a Fell Race Championships appropriate person (or me) a ring to Jon Broxap, 8 Castle Garth, discuss it. Borrowdale Fell Runners, The Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AT. Official Information Tel: 01539 734471. 2001 looks as though it could be quite Coaching an interesting year for the structure of 10 The Purple Peril Unmasked Norman Matthews, 8 Snowdon Drive, fell-running; the registration issue Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7DG. continues to simmer away (see various 12 Secretary's Corner Tel: 01204 468390. pieces in this issue), as does the growing 14 The Countryside and FRA disenchantment with the role of UK Mike Rose, 15 New ParkView, Athletics, with a number of voices (and Rights of Way Bill by no means all of them English) Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5TZ. 15 FRA Website Tel: 0113 2556603. murmuring suggestions about fell- running "going it alone". Is this Ireland sensible? Is it practicable ? Would it 15 Veterans - The Majority Ian Taylor, 52 Bladon Drive, mean the FRA (note there's never been Group Belfast, BT9 5JN. the word "English" in our title) turning Tel: 02890 280790. into a British body ? More on this in 16 Championship Summary Juniors later editions. 2001 Dave Richardson, Canny Brow Foot, Gatebeck, Kendal, C um bria, LA8 OHS. Please let me have your suggestions, 20 Poetry Competition Tel: 01539 567132. comments and criticisms about the content and approach of the magazine, 21 Steve Bateson Profile Long Distance both in this and subsequent editions. I Martin Stone, Sleagill Head Farm, would like it to "inform and entertain" 24 Junior Pages Sleagill, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3HD. (as the saying goes) and also to reflect Tel: 01931 714106. what is going on in the various branches 27 Letters Results of our sport; this is difficult to do 30 Holmes Scoops The Stoop!! Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, without feedback and I am very Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 0HD. conscious of the fact that I am a new 32 Celtic Corner Tel: 01535 273508 Email: [email protected] boy at this editorial lark and a new boy Scotland treading in some fairly illustrious 34 FRA News M ark Rigby, 332 Crow Road, footsteps - I need all the help I can Glasgow, G il 7HT. get !! 36 South Pennines Grand Prix Tel: 0141 3340442. Best wishes and good running for 2001. 39 Long Distance News Wales John Sweeting, Lower Lodge, Cynghordy, Data Protection Act near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, The Data Protection Act requires us to tell all members that their SA20 OLD. Tel: 01550 721086. addresses, dates of birth and club names will be maintained on a computer. Plus Website_(www.fellrunner.org.uk) This allows us to send you an FRA calendar and three magazines each year. You have the right to request that your name be removed from the As usual, a centre results Bill Waine, 36 Blandford Drive, computer database and you should contact the Membership Secretary if Coventry, CV2 2JB. this is your wish. section with races from Unless your details are kept on a computer we will be unable to send you Tel: 02476 603813. an FRA calendar, the magazine or an annual membership renewal form. August to January 1 The "Fellrunner" will be published three times a year in the second half of February, June and October. Please send in any articles, letters, etc. which you feel may be of interest - if possible send them in Word format, either on disc or by email. Photographs of runners and events are particularly welcome; please give details of the subject of the photo and your address if you want it returned. Photos published in the magazine will be paid for at £7 per photo (£20 for a front cover) Deadline for the next edition is Sunday 6th.May Please send material to Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email : [email protected] Please send Results and Race Reports to: Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 0HD. Tel: 01535 273508 Email: [email protected] Please send Advertising Copy to: Tony Hulme, Running Bear, 5 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JT. Tel: 01625 582130 o fficers and com m ittee m em bers 2000-2001 chairman's Chat FRA OFFICERS 2001 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIVES Chairman Alan Barlow Peter Dyke, 13 Falkland Road, Sheffield, S ll 7PL. from Alan Barlow Tel: 0161 4839330 Tel: 01142 662807 12 Redcar Close, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 4SQ. Linda Hannah, 84 Ramsey Avenue, Bacup, First I would like to welcome Dave Jones as Lancashire, OL13 9PJ. our new magazine editor and say a big "thank Secretary Mike Rose Tel: 01706 875899 you" to Neil Denby for all his hard work over Tel: 0113 2556603 Neil Taylor, 10 King Street, Cononley, near Keighley, the past 10 years. 15 New Park View, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5TZ. West Yorkshire, BD20 8LH. Tel: 01535 631237 The continued lack of medals from UK Email: [email protected] Athletics for the British Fell Championship Assistant Secretary Alan Brentnall events is disappointing. They have obviously Brett Weedon, 3 Dale View, Silsden, Keighley, Tel: 01663 746476 given other matters priority, as I am informed “Westfield”, Spring Bank, New Mills, West Yorkshiie, BD20 OJP. Tel: 01535 654928 that they are currently awaiting proofs to be High Peak, SK22 4BH. approved but are hopeful of having medals email - [email protected] N.IRELAND FELLRUNNERS ASSOCIATION Ian Taylor minted in 2001. The Policy and Support Team who look after the interests of fell running are Treasurer Tony Varley Tel: 028 9028 0790 52 Bladon Drive, Belfast, BT9 5JN. pressing strongly to resolve the situation but Tel: 01204 669570 are having problems convincing UK Athletics 1 Kensington Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AE.