Hyde Park Harriers – Fell Championship

Club Championships 2019/20

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Off Road Championship , parkrun , Road Championship

This year we have made a few small changes to our club championships following on from feedback from our members. There will again be club championships for road, off-road and fell running but new for this year we are trying […]

24th April 2019 0
Coiners Fell Race 7 May 2018 – Paul Dickens

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

Coiners, the start of the club Fell championship and my first ever blog, coincidence? Yes, no one else wanted to write it. A few of us arrived early, time Rick used wisely by hanging around to make sure he picked […]

6th June 2018 0
Burnsall Classic – Tom Thomas

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

When it comes to taking part in classic events, you can’t get much more classic than Burnsall – the clue is in the name. The race has been a fixture in the fell-running calendar since the 1870s after a group […]

11th October 2017 0
Beamsley Beacon – Thursday 22nd July.

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

Ten Hyde Park Harriers made the short trip up to Addingham for the latest round in the Fell Championship: Beamsley Beacon. A serious crash on the A65 had myself and Paul (who had kindly picked me up from work so […]

29th June 2017 0
Pen-y-Ghent Fell race – Rebecca Gray

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

This weekend saw the start of the fell racing championship. Colin didn’t want to ease us in gently this year so instead he chose to add a new race into the championship, an AS route up one of Yorkshire’s 3 […]

6th June 2017 0
ILKLEY MOOR FELL RACE 2017 – FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 10

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

With both the Women’s and Men’s Fell Championship winners still to be decided, Hyde Park Harriers took to the hills for the final race of the season, enjoying a brutal 10km slog around Ilkley Moor. The amount of mud on […]

26th February 2017 0
MYTHOLMROYD FELL RACE 2016 – FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 9

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

A 400 metre ascent within the first 2km of this event makes it one of the tougher races in the HPH Club Championship. The mild conditions (and the complimentary beer) encouraged a good size field, with over 170 runners taking […]

13th December 2016 0
BURLEY MOOR FELL RACE 2016 – FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 8

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

A new event in the HPH Fell Championship this year, and a brilliant addition to the race series. Despite the wet pre-race conditions, the Burley Moor Fell Race has a bit of everything- trail, fell, road, hills, fast downhill sections, […]

13th November 2016 0
ROMBALDS ROMP & WITHINS SKYLINE – FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES 6 & 7

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

Two more fell races in the HPH Club Championship, the first on Ilkley Moor last Sunday, and another at the eastern edge of Haworth Moor this weekend (where were you all?) Rombalds Romp Although technically in the Fell Championship rules […]

14th October 2016 0
The Burnsall Classic – Fell Championship Race 5 & League Standings

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races

The history of this Fell Race can be traced back to the 1870’s. Along with the Pet Show, and Guess the Weight of the Sheep competition, the race is a major event in the Burnsall Feast Sports Day which started in […]

21st August 2016 0
Round Hill Fell Race – Fell Championship Race 4

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races

Starting just outside Timble Village, near Otley, Round Hill is a 14km run over Blubberhouses Moor. The race passes through a wood, before the boggy, undulating climb up to Round Hill at 409m. A fast downhill section through Black Hill […]

21st August 2016 0
BAILDON CARNIVAL AND OXENHOPE FETE – FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES 2&3

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races

A busy HPH racing week, with 2 relay events, and a number of people taking part in the Leeds 10km last Sunday. These races were bookended by 2 HPH Fell Championship races at Baildon Carnival and Oxenhope Village Fete. Baildon […]

17th July 2016 0
40th Otley Chevin Fell Race – Fell Championship Race 1

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races

Despite some early season fixture congestion, 9 Hyde Park Harriers tackled the 40th Chevin Fell Race. Only £4 to enter on the day, this race has been a staple of the HPH Fell Championships since 2012. Less than 5km in […]

4th June 2016 0
CALDERDALE WAY RELAY 2016

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races , Relays

102 teams took part in this years Calderdale Way Relay, racing around the post-industrial wilderness of the Calder Valley. HPH entering for the 6th consecutive year, had 3 teams representing the club in an 80km relay loop around the district. […]

18th May 2016 0
Calderdale Way 2016 – race prep

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Races , Relays

After 2 months of training, and multiple recce trips to the South Pennines, the Hyde Park Harriers Calderdale Way Relay teams are ready to race in Britains biggest club run off road event. Last year there were 93 teams taking part […]

9th May 2016 0
2015/2016 Champions

By Richard Edwards | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship , Off Road Championship , parkrun , Road Championship

Time to meet your club champions for the year. We had some great championships, lots of runners out and everyone should be proud of what they achieved. Club parkrun championship Rebecca Rogers and David Womersley Fell Championship Rebecca […]

22nd February 2016 0
The Stanbury Splash – Fell league – Race 8

By Colin | In Fell Championship

The final HPH Fell Championship race of the season was timed perfectly to coincide with a January snow blizzard, that submerged Penistone Hill Country Park in snow and ice. Undeterred by weather of any kind, 10 Hyde Park Harriers took […]

18th January 2016 0
HPH Fell Championship Standings – Race 7

By Colin | In Fell Championship

7 races completed…the 2015-16 HPH Fell Championship looks like this. After the final race, the best five performances for each member will be totalled giving you your final score (see the point scoring rules for more info). 38 participants in […]

14th December 2015 1
Mytholmroyd Fell Race 2015 – Fell Championship Race 7

By Colin | In Fell Championship

Hyde Park Harriers took to the fells of West Yorkshire once again, with a challenging race over in Mytholmroyd. This was the toughest race in the championship so far. Full FRA kit was required as a precaution against the winter […]

14th December 2015 0
WITHINS SKYLINE 2015 – HPH FELL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 6

By Colin | In Club Competitor , Fell Championship

Great racing conditions up on Withins moor for the annual Skyline fell race. Clear blue sky and sunshine saw us off from the quarry start- but not quite enough sunshine to dry out a 3km stretch of bog that destroyed […]

11th October 2015 0