Untitled - Dark Peak Fell Runners

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