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THIEVELEY PIKE FELL RACE : 29.9.84For those o-f you who have not done this race, it's a sort ofgymkana cum steeple chase with hills. There is a sort of Le Mansstart in which the sheepdog trials field is first circumnavigated andin so doing, various hurdles, water jumps and marshals need to beovercome. After that th race is straightforward! There are one or twostiles, (a bit mundane after the start) a couple of steep ascents anda really ace water jump at the end.I'm not really sure what went on at the front except that KennyStuart wasn't running but Carol Haigh was. I spent my time wonderinghow it was that I kept passing Brigit Hogg without ever seeing passme.Andy Harmer said that the competition was fierce, and he shouldknow as he was beaten by Carol Haigh. Ray Aucott finished hisobligatory first vet, 21st overall, Al Evans claiming pre-natal bluesand a cold finished 114, beaten by two women!Both Al and myself contributed to DF'FR's team points in thischampionship event. Just shows sometimes it's worth turning up! Fellowdemies and sufferers of pre or post natal blues please note!An ailing Gerry finished 10th women ahead of an even more ailinqKaren Mather (Saddleworth) to steal a championship point.Lancashire constabulary finished ahead on points and cash,nicking several dozen miscreant parkers. (Not us! I can't run but Ican park!)Neil Goldsmith (beaten by two women.)RESULTS1 S.Livesey (Rib.Val) 24.099 A.Harmer 25.2021 R.Aucott 26.0855 J.Blair-Fish 28.05114 A.Evans 30.01158 N.Goldsmith 31.41178 B.Thackery 32.17LADIES1 C.Haigh 27.31 (44)2 S.Parkin 29.17 (91)10 G.Goldsmith 37.44 (226)******************************************************MOUNT FAMINE : 7.10.84Seventy runners set off from Hayfield in ideal conditions ontheir journey to the twin summits of Mt. Famine and South Head. Atough little 6m/1600ft course with 5 distinct climbs. By the top ofElle Bank, the first climb, short but steep, Geoff Gough of Blackburnhad gained a 5 yard lead which he continued to increase throughout.After the long drag up Mt Famine Geoff incredibly got lost finding thetop of S. Head (its about 300 yards, was marshalled and we had perfectvisibility) which cost him a few seconds. I'll have to flag it nextyear I suppose.By the foot of the fast descent down Dimpers Clough co-organiserTony Hulme had moved through to second place with Inevitably AndyStyan gaining 100 yards on everyone else on this section. By thefinish Geoff had 14 sees on a fast finishing Tony Hulme with JohnKershaw of Macclesfield having passed Andy Styan for third place.The size of the field was hit by the proximity of the Tour of13
Pendle and the previous nights FRA dinner. In •fact only Bob Ashworthof Ro55,c-ndal e attempted all three events but with 3rd place and 18hard miles in his legs and nearly as many pints the previous night hecould only manage 7th place here. A noble effort though!It was sad that most of the club opted for a cross country relayevent instead of a local, club organised, fell race, but they missed atreat and for most a rare chance to be among the prize winners, aslipling Cakes via Tony Hulme provided fruit cakes and boxes of tartsfor the first fifty runners.Peak Gear Sports, the fell running suppliers of Glo^sopgwnerously sponsored the event with excellent prizes and the trophy.Thirteen Dark F'eaker's did make it and Andy Moffat and JonathanCant had excellent runs placing Bth and 9th. Most people enjoyed thernurii and the tag-no number system worked very efficiently, the- ilt'. i-.irp sorted out almost as soon as people f mi shpd. Thanks toChris Worsell and the club for their help and efforts in providing the• .»y g 1 ng gear .Next year there will be a trophy for the best overallpurformance in all the Hayfield based races on the calender, you mustrun all the races to qualify.AlEvansP.B. Carol Haigh was the first lady in an incredible 12th positionuvnml ) , taking a few more male scalps for the first time. She wasactually second scorer behind Andy Styan in Holmfirths team whichfinished second to Pennine FR.m SULTS1 G.Rough (Blackburn) 38. 28 32 . Wood 48. 00n. Mof-f at 41. 10 37 F". Sweet— Escott 49. 01a :9 J. C.int 41 . IB 46 A.Col 1i nson 51 . 2321 P.Gri-M ips 45. 06 55 K.Foster 53. 4127 N. Rob i nson 46. 36 60 P.Dyke 54. 4229 N. Goldsmi th 46. 59 61 G.Goldsmi th 54. 4330 A.Bond 47. 25 62 R.Howarth 61 . 29ECCLES PIKE : 15.9.B4This years Eccles Pike race had over 100 starters for the secondyear running despite uncertainty over the date which we thought mighthit the turnout. Thanks must go to the Dark F'eak runners that helpedcm the day and everyone helped make the day a success for the village.The junior were nearly as well populated as last years record•ntry. The presentation of the trophies was as usual the debacle wehave come to know and love at Eccles Pike (its the only bit I don'torganise, Honest!!) With the Dark Peak highlight, Jane Spence's firstplace in the ladies race sullied by the fact that no cup was availabledrspite the fact that I had been - assured they would organise thereturn of all the cups. Next year it won't happen, I'll do it allmyself! I'm still trying to get Chris Worsells 1983 3rd vet trophy tohim 1 Come again next year, bigger and better now we have got the raceon a regular and sound financial footing, it'll either be cheaper orwith more (spot?) prizes, real ones not just trophies. How about DarkF'cak winning the team shield next year? We could easily do it with theright turnout.AlEvans11
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