^ C u - R u v d ^ Fellrunner a y a z M i e Editor: Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Mobile: 07950 440972 Email: [email protected] 45S o c iW \° ^ uite refreshing really, the preparation of this edition of the magazine; no letters of complaint, no instances of unacceptable behaviour, nothing really contentious, no-one accusing me of misrepresenting them, just the Yorkshire Thug a bit unhappy about the hairiness (or not) of his/her legs! Quite a pleasant late Spring experience and I even managed a cocoupr^ofQ u p i^c races before my hamstring gave up again. I would like to pass on a reminder from Jon Broxap to all competitively minded vets that it would help the organisation a lot if those of you who intend to participate in the World Masters at Keswick in September could actually get your entries in before the deadline. You can enter online or by post and there are details of both of these methods inside this magazine to help you expedite the process. It has all the signs of being both an excellent series of events and an enjoyable weekend, so don’t leave it too late or you may miss out!! In the last edition of the magazine there was an article from Keven Shevels which looked, quite properly, at the darker possibilities of organising fell races in litigious times and there has also been some concern about risk assessments. Both of these issues are addressed in this edition, the first in an excellent piece by Alistair McDonald and the second in a piece explaining what the FRA’s position on the subject is. Fundamentally the FRA feels that risk assessment has no place in fell-running and has gone to some lengths to ascertain that our current way of doing things is both acceptable to the insurers and the best possible way of operating. We have slightly altered the procedures but the approach remains the same - race Editorial Team organisers will receive four more lots of Contents Access & Environment information with their race registration Chris Knox, 38 St. John’s Street, forms from now on but they will involve no 2 Chairman’s Chat Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AG. more work and will give organisers the 3 Calendar Update Tel: 017687 72922. documentation they will need to deal with 4 Calling All Coaches Championships any questions from landowners or other 5 Clayton-le-Moors Everest Marathon Team Jon Broxap, 32 Castle Garth, concerned parties. 6 Keswick 2005 - Entry Form Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AT. 7 Marathon des Sables 2005 Tel: 01539 721603. Some of the ramifications of UKA’s 8 Fell and Hill Running Championships FRA interference with fell-running have well and 10 Secretary’s Corner Alan Brentnall, 8 Ley gate View, truly emerged - we now have one English 11 Over the Hills to Glenlivet New Mills, High Peak, SK22 3EF. body, two Scottish bodies, two Welsh 12 The Edale Skyline - “What Skyline?” Tel: 01663 746476. bodies, some confusion about Ireland and 13 Today is Race Day! Ireland the Isle of Man, three and a half calendars 14 Unlucky 13 for the Harden Moor Bunny Ian Taylor, 52 Bladon Drive, (and ours has a foreign supplement!!), any 16 Not Another History Lesson! Belfast, BT9 5JN. number of Championships and no 18 Simon Bailey: a Profile Tel: 02890 280790. discernible benefits at all!! How the 20 Gear Reviews Juniors forthcoming re-organisation of athletics in 22 How to Recognise a Qualified Chartered Dave and Eileen Woodhead, the UK will affect us even further it’s hard to Physio 166 Hainworth Wood Road, tell but I’m willing to bet that we won’t 24 Dr Martyn’s Problem Page Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 5DF. benefit from it. For those of us who share 25 The Tunes Advert Tel: 01535 669100. Scoffer’s viewpoint that three quid extra per 26 The Reluctant Spectator Long Distance head would be a small price to pay to see 27 Why Wight? Martin Stone, Sleagill Head Farm, our sport running itself without anything to 28 Lakeland Classics - Top 20 Men Sleagill, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3HD. do with UKA there is a little light at the end 31 Celtic Corner Tel: 01931 714106. of the tunnel in that the search for an 35 FRA Membership - An Analysis Results affordable insurance policy outside that of 37 Results Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, 62 Fell Running and Litigation Wilsden, Bradford, BD15 0HD. UKA has started to show results - watch this Tel: 01535 273508. space eagerly for further details in due 65 John Taylor Foundation Email: [email protected] course and pray for that glorious day when 66 Une Course Francaise Scotland we have one UK body responsible for fell- 68 Letters, opinions et al. Keith Burns, 21 The Dean, East Linton, running , one UK calendar, one insurance 72 Risk Assessment and the FRA East Lothian, EH40 3ED. policy and no outside interference from 73 Book Review Tel: 01620 860257. people who have neither knowledge of nor 74 Batting in the Dark Wales interest in fell-running!! 76 Fell Running Books 80 Summary of British Championships John Sweeting, Lower Lodge, Cynghordy, Have a good summer. Llandovery, SA20 OLD. 2005 Tel: 01550 721086. Data Protection Act 81 English Championship 2004 Email: j ohn @ grottoview. demon, go .uk - an analysis The Data Protection Act requires us to tell all members that their Adrian Woods, Ty’r Mynydd, addresses, dates of birth and club names will be maintained on a 82 Do uphill-downhill races have a right to 7 Heol Coedcae Uchaf, Blaenafon, computer. existence? This allows us to send you an FRA calendar and three magazines each 83 Junior Pages NP4 9JA. Tel: 01495 791754. year. You have the right to request that your name be removed from the Email: [email protected] computer database and you should contact the Membership Secretary if 96 “Sun to Sun ” this is your wish. 97 Access and Environment Website_ (www.fellrunner.org.uk) Unless your details are kept on a computer we will be unable to send Bill Waine, 36 Blandford Drive, you an FRA calendar, the magazine or an annual membership renewal 98 Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge Coventry, CV2 2JB. form. 99 Leventon’s Line Tel: 02476 603813. Printed by Walker Design & Print tel: 01484 862121 email: [email protected] 100 Martin Stone’s Long Distance Summary 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 - Chairman’s Chat 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 the photo and your address if you want it returned. s I write this the first two rounds of the Photos published in the magazine will be paid for at £7 per photo (£20 for a front cover) championships have been completed and Deadline for the next edition is Monday 12th September 2005. Aeverything is wide open - with four races still to be completed it all looks very interesting. Please send material to: Dave Jones, 12 Victoria Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5DL. Tel: 0161 485 1557 Details of the new fell coaching award are elsewhere Mobile: 07950 440972 Email: [email protected] in this magazine. When we met with UK Athletics at the end of last year we discovered that most of the Please send Results and Race Reports to: courses are the same whether you are involved with Dave Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, BD15 OHD. throwing heavy weights or running up and down Tel: 01535 273508 Email: [email protected] mountains. Consequently we are able to introduce Please send Advertising Copy to: the higher level coaching courses at a much earlier Tony Hulme, Running Bear, 5 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JT. time than previously envisaged and we expect the fell specific course to be available in 2006. Tel: 01625 582130 Further announcements will be made as and when the information is available. The committee have been working hard in recent OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2005 months to provide race organisers with a document to assist them in providing evidence that they have FRA Officers Membership Representatives exercised, their legal “duty of care” should it be Chairman: Alan Barlow (Altrincham) Neil Goldsmith (Altrincham) called into question at a later date. Sadly these types Tel: 0161 4839330. email: [email protected] Tel: 01663 747838. email: [email protected] of “legal” precautions are an ever-increasing trend in 12 Redcar Close, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 4SQ. The Orchard, Swallow House Lane, Hayfield, our society and fell running has no exemptions. SK22 2HB. Secretary: Alan Brentnall (Pennine) The position regarding the new administration of Tel: 01663 746476. Ross Powell Tel: 01286 881491. email: [email protected] * athletics in England appears to be getting more email: [email protected] Pen y Buarth Farm, Upper Llandarnog, Caernarfon, 8 Leygate View, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 3EF. complicated with the late arrival on the scene of yet Gwynedd. another organisation, The Association of GB Athletic Treasurer: Tony Varley (Horwich) Andy Schofield (Borrowdale) Tel: 017687 7247757. Clubs, which has been formed to oppose the current Tel: 01204 669570. email: [email protected] 57 Castlehead Close, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4DJ. plans and is growing in strength. We just need to 1 Kensington Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AE.