Lancashire Fell Running Championships

ALL DETAILS…………HERE

The 2019 Lancashire fell Championships both Senior and Junior will be held in conjunction with the Pendle Fell race at Barley Village on Saturday the 6th of April. (A big thank you to the Senior race organiser Mark Nutter and Junior race organiser Alan Dorrington and Clayton-le-moors Harriers )

Details of the Pendle races can be found on their club website on the link below.

http://www.claytonlemoors.org.uk/races/pendle-fell-races/

Seniors.

Lancashire County Championship medals will be awarded to:

First 3 Seniors men and women.

First 3 Under 23s.

First 3 Vets men and women Over 40, Over 50, Over 60 and Over 70.

First team men and women 3 to count made up of Seniors, Vets and Under 23s

( Clubs must be affiliated to the Lancashire AA to be eligible for the team award, a list of affiliated clubs can be found on the Lancashire AA website )

Juniors

Lancashire County Championship medals will be awarded to:

First 3 Juniors in each age group, Under 9s, Under 11s,Under 13s, Under 15s, Under 17s and Under 19s boys and girls

Please Note the Under 19s and Under 23s run with the Seniors in the main Pendle race at 2pm.

The Lancashire fell Championships are open to all eligible athletes who qualify by either :

1. Birth ( i.e. born in Lancashire) or

2. By 9 months continuous residence in the County of Lancashire immediately prior

to the race date ( 6th of April )

( Clubs must be affiliated to the Lancashire AA to be eligible for the team awards. A list of clubs affiliated to the Lancashire AA can be found on the website. )

It is important that all eligible athletes (Senior and Junior) tick the Lancashire County box on the race entry form.

Senior Inter Counties

The UKCAU Senior & U23 Inter-Counties Championships – Saturday 11th of May at the Flower Scar Race in Todmorden.

http://www.todharriers.co.uk/flower-scar-fell-race/

Selection– 5 men including at least one MU23 and 5 women including at least one WU23.

A competitor counts as under 23 if they have not reached their 23rd birthday by the 31st December in the year of competition.

The minimum age for Senior (including Under 23) competitors is 19 on 31st December of the event year. Thus for the 2019 event Senior competitors must have been born in 2000 or earlier.

The Lancashire county team will comprise of the first 2 from the Selection race at Pendle on the 6th of April plus one Under 23 and 2 others to be chosen at the team manager’s discretion. ( We are aware of an unfortunate clash with an English fell Championships race on this date )

Junior Inter Counties.

The Junior U17 & U19 Inter-Counties Championships – Saturday 22nd June in conjunction with the Clougha Pike fell Race.

https://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=6290

The Lancashire county team will comprise of the first 2 finishers in the Under 17s and Under 19s races boys and girls at the selection race at Pendle on the 6th of April plus one other in each cat/age group to be chosen at the team manager’s discretion.

Inter Counties information(Senior and Junior) can be found on the link below.

https://britishintercountiesfellrunningchampionships.wordp ress.com/

Lancashire County vests will be provided unless the chosen athletes are in possession of one from previous events.

Graham Wright.

Lancashire Athletic Association fell Secretary

Email- [email protected]