Fell pictures & Reports 2017

This was the last Fell championship race and Grand Prix, Joanna Adamson, Emma Ball, Ruth Hare, Graham Jordan & Paul Collinge took part in this tough muddy race.

Jo Adamson was our first lady home & Graham Jordan was our first Male home.

To conclude the championships Jordan Hughes has won the overall male fell championship & Emma Ball has won the overall ladies. Well done , great efforts from everyone.

Turnslack Fell Race took place yesterday - with 8 Middleton taking part - Jordan Hughes, Graham Jordan, Keith Knott, Craig Sutherland, Joanna Adamson, Emma Ball, Karen Hallett, Lisa Jackson. The ladies won the team prize 💪 (well done Ladies). The Fell race is a toughy - 8 miles of Fun - with steep descents, bracken, bogs, tough climbs & streams to contend with a true fell race. Well done guys - results will be put on website once they are out !!

Great turnout from the lady harriers with 9 females and 3 males taking part in Knowl hill fell race a Grand Prix and club championship race. With Martin Sampson, Cathy Murphy and Anne Lowe Completing all 3 days of the 3 day event.

Ryan Lindsay was 8th overall in a speedy time of 47:20 followed by Keith Knott 54:3 (his first fell race for Middleton Harriers) followed by Martin Sampson 1:08:23 (on his 3rd day though).

The 1st Female was Joanna Adamson 1:02:03, followed closely by Emma Ball 1:03:17 and Rebecca Murphy 1:03:44. We had a strong female side 9 ladies altogether, with Toni Brackstone 1:09:33, Kim Hawkesford 1:10:38, Lisa Jackson 1:15:30, Cathy Murphy 1:25:02 (on her 3rd day) Ruth Hare 1:33:12 and Anne Lowe 1:35:25 (also on her 3rd day).

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Emma Ball & Elaine Blades-Jordan completed Edenfield fell race today. Emma was 4th Lady & 1st V40, Well done Ladies. The fell race entailed a long climb up to Cowpe Lowe (relentless) down to the Pennine Bridleway and up again past Waugh's well. After the Well carry on up, to Whittle Pike cross. From there it's a tussocky descent, through some bogs and then a calf-burning scramble to a lovely well greeted 1.5 mile downhill sprint on to the cricket field. Photos by Barry Crossley- our bag man - thanks Barry

The race starts with an extremely steep climb up the field .  Its a long slog up until you join the Pennine Bridleway (MTL final Leg) at which point you turn right and trundle up to the trig point on Cowpe Lowe.  Then its back down to the Pennine Bridleway and up towards Waugh's Well.  Before you get to the Well its a 90 degree right, down and up to the top of Whittle Pike (the hill with the cross on).  After that bit of muddy, bog trotting across the moor, you meet the rough, very trippy path that leads down past Waugh's Well.  Finally, its back down the path you slogged up at the beginning.This is a relatively short, sharp shock of a fell race with a hard start and great finish.

Results

• Ryan Lindsay 32:44 (2nd overall)
• Jordan Hughes 33:38 ( 3rd overall)
• Jorden Burke 36:17 (15th overall)
• Graham Jordan 38:19 ( 27th overall)
• Paul Collinge 48:50 ( 90th)

• Emma Ball 45:01 (9th lady)
• Karen Hallett 50:25 (15th lady)
• Elaine Blades-Jordan 51:47 (17th lady)
• Lisa Jackson 54:57 (20th lady)
• Rose Rowson 59:05 (25th lady)
• Ruth Hare 1:04:43 (31st lady)