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Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email: [email protected] ne or two issues to mention in this editorial - clearly the long break from fell-running imposed by Foot & OMouth has caused some memory blocks and I've been asked to remind people of a few of the fundamentals of the sport. The first one is that if you register for a race and for any reason either don't start it or drop out you simply MUST let the race organiser know. If you don't then the organiser can spend hours trying to find out where you are, instigating searches, calling out the Mountain Rescue, delaying the Prizegiving, etc., etc. and all the while you're sitting happily at home or in the pub. As a bit of an unfortunate start to the season, the FRA has had to ban one runner for just this transgression at the Half Tour of Pendle and it would hate to have to do it again!! On another (but also unfortunate) tack, race organisers are asked to have a look at the FRA Safety Requirements and the FRA Rules for Competition, both of which are in the Calendar, and make sure that they comply with them. The Requirements and Rules are there for the benefit of both runners and organisers, to ensure that the sport is run on sensible and safe lines and to give protection to organisers. If, as happened at Coniston, the organiser blatantly ignores one of the Requirements then, if an accident were to occur, he might well find his race insurance null and void and himself personally liable for any claim. If an organiser insists as one of his race stipulations that runners must carry full body cover and they don't do it then it's their own stupid Editorial Team fault if they get hypothermia but if he Contents Access & Environment doesn't make that stipulation and 2 Chairman's Chat Chris Knox, 38 St. John's Street, someone gets into trouble then the 3 Calendar Update Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AG. buck will stop most firmly with the Tel: 017687 72922. 4 European Mountain organiser!! *! Championships Championships Jon Broxap, 32 Castle Garth, To get away from such gloomy 5 Fellrunning Reflections Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AT. subjects; as part of its attempt to find 6 Ryde Harriers Tel: 01539 721603. out what fell-runners actually think of C o a c h in g the setup of our sport the FRA 7 FRA Questionnaire Norman Matthews, 8 Snowdon Drive, Committee has included a 9 Rambling Rose Norwich, Bolton, BL6 7DC.. Tel: 01204 468390. questionnaire in this issue. Even if you 10 Junior Pages don't give a damn and are quite happy FRA 12 Short Races I Have Loved with the way things are, please take a Mike Rose, 15 New Park View, 14 Stan Bradshaw Turns 90 Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5TZ. minute or two to fill it in and then 15 UK Athletics - PST Perspective Tel: 0113 2556603. your committee will be in possession Ir e la n d of facts instead of just suppositions 1 6 14th British Fell & Hill Ian Taylor, 52 Bladon Drive, and opinions when discussing the Running Relay Championships Belfast, BT9 5JN. subject - and you might win a pair of "The en d o f an era" Tel: 02890 280790. 18 the new Walshes just for sending it David Bryan Smith lu n io r s Ian Smith, 128 Brownlow Road, o ff !! 19 Dr Martyn's Problem Page Horwich, Lancashire, BL6 7EH. I just thought you ought to know that 20 Slowly Down the Ganges Tel: 01204 691951 while I've been stuck at my desk, 21 Results Long Distance typing this out and sorting out the Martin Stone, Sleagill Head Farm, 4 0 New Balance RX Terrain mound of paper, emails and computer Sleagill, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3 HD. 41 Hope Springs Eternal Tel: 01931 714106. files that go to the production of a R e s u lts finished magazine the sun has been 43 Letters, Opinions et. al. Dave W eatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, constantly blazing down outside, so 4 5 Jack Riley 1922-2002 Wilsden, Bradford, BD15 0HD. I'm going to switch this machine off 4 6 M anx lOOOers - Bob Baxter Tel: 01535 273508 and go for a run and I apologise if Email: [email protected] Traverse your editorial's a bit short as a result. S c o tla n d 4 7 Bullock Smithy Mark Rigby, 5 Springfield Lane, Have a good summer!! 5 0 Knockdhu International Race Aberdeen, AB15 8JE. Tel: 01224 324785. 5 2 Celtic Corner W a le s 5 4 FRA Neivs Data Protection Act lohn Sweeting, Lower Lodge, Cynghordy, The Data Protection Act requires us to tell all members that their 5 5 Fell Training near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, addresses, dates of birth and club names will be maintained on a computer. SA20 OLD. Tel: 01550 721086. This allows us to send you an FRA calendar and three magazines each 5 7 Cartoon year. You have the right to request that your name be removed from the W ebsite fwww.fellrunner.org.uk^ computer database and you should contact the Membership Secretary if 5 9 Green Lanes Alliance Bill Waine, 36 Blandford Drive, this is your wish. Unless your details are kept on a computer we will be unable to send you 6 0 Martin Stone's Long Coventry, CV2 2IB. an FRA calendar, the magazine or an annual membership renewal form. Tel: 02476 603813. Distance News Printed by Walker Design & Print tel: 01484 862121 email: [email protected] i The "Fellrunner" will be published three times a year in the second half of February, June and October. Chairman's Chat 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. from Alan Barlow Photographs of runners and events are particularly welcome; please give details of the subject of am sure you will the photo and your address if you want it returned. Iall share my joy Photos published in the magazine will be paid for at £7 per photo (£20 for a front cover) at seeing fell racing return to normality Deadline for the next edition is Friday 6th September with traditionally Please send material to: large fields at the Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 early Mobile: 07950 440972 Email : [email protected] Championship Please send Results and Race Reports to: races. Other events Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 OHD. appear to be well Tel: 01535 273508 Email : [email protected] supported and the Please send Advertising Copy to: sport seems back to Tony Hulme, Running Bear, 5 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JT. where it was. Tel: 01625 582130 Whilst there has been a modest reduction in membership OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2002 numbers owing to some not renewing FRA OFFICERS 2002 lackie Smith (Dark Peak) their subscriptions Chairman Alan Barlow (Altrincham) 140 Hunter House Road, the committee is Tel: 0161 4839 3 3 0 Sheffield, S ll 8TY. optimistic that they 12 Redcar Close, Hazel Grove, Tel: 0114 26 6 4702 will soon be Stockport, SK7 4SQ. Brett Weeden (Keighley & Craven) replaced with new Secretary Mike Rose (Ambleside) Highbridge House, 87 Main Street, Cononley, m em bers.