Mark Bartley is trying to organise a low-key friendly race / run for local runners in September . Residents of Hope, Aston & Brough only.  Ages 16 to 80+. Fancy dress if you want. Distance 3.01 mls, 500 ft climb. Entry Fee: £5.00. Free drink and sandwiches at the home of Hope Fell Running, the Cheshire Cheese after the run.  If this is successful & reasonably well supported them it may become a regular annual event.

Contact Mark on 01433 621949 or 07752 615323

Junior Fell Race Results 2010.The Junior Fell Race is growing. We had 29 youngsters in this years race. Most were locals, but we had runners from Whalley Bridge, Nottingham and Sheffield. Well done Mark Bartley & the Junior / Fun Run Team.

The results for the Junior Race are now available on this website.

Race Results Senior Race 2010 The results for this years Senior  Race are now available on the website.

Race Day, weather forecast is good. The route will be inspected & part-marked this morning.

Main Fell Race. Start 7.30 pm. Registration from 6.15 pm. Entry Fee £4

Junior Fell Race. Start 6.45 pm. Registration from 6.00pm. Entry Fee £1

Kids Fun Run. Start. 6.30 pm. Registration from 6.00pm Entry Fee £1

Come along and enjoy a good run, in lovely hill country. 5.9 miles & 1480 ft of climb.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TONIGHT.

Entry Forms are now available on this website.

Please go to the Download Entry Forms Page, top right & follow the links,

There are forms for the Main Fell Race (senior) and also a form  for anyone aged 16 to 18 years U18.

Plus, separate forms for both the Junior Fell Race & the Children’s Fun Run. 

Please note that any competitor who is under 18 will require signed parental consent. There is a section on the appropriate forms which just needs to be completing & signing by the parent / carer etc.

Following the chaos of last year registration, when the number of runners (247) overwhelmed our ancient, but upto then reliable “sticky label & results board” system and the start was delayed. We resolved to enter the 21st century.

With the help of Graham Revell & the Bradwell / Wolf Pit Fell Race teams we now have a computerised entry & results system.

Our computer wiz, Stu. Hollinrake has trialed & mastered the system, well done Stu. 

The registration team has been doubled to 4 people, and we have 3 people involved in the actual computer entry procedure. Results will be ”nearly” instant.

Yes, we are having a “manual” back -up system just incase………………

Please join us for a great nights running on the 30th June 2010.

This is the 3rd year that Outside have supported the Fell Race with prizes. In addition this year they will supply the food for the runners at the end of the race. A particular thank you must go to Lydia at the Outside Cafe for organising the food.

We would like to thank the Outside Team, Dick, Fran & Rob for their ongoing support.

 Rab, is one of the UK premier outdoor brands. They have kindly supported the Hope Wakes Fell Race with some excellent prizes. Come along on Wednesday, 30th June, you might be a lucky winner of one of the much sort after products.

Thank you to Nikki Skinner & the Rab Team for their help & support.

Hope Wakes Fell Race now has a face book page, with loads of photographs from the 2007/08/09 races.

Oh, what a night!
With 56 children in the fun run, 22 in the Junior Fell Race & 247 competitors in the Senior Race. The infrastructure and the resources were “creaking” just before the start; we hope no one noticed. The weather was good, if a little to hot for the runners.

The new course was well received
We had some very positive comments from the competitors. Lloyd Taggett, the winner & currently 4th in the UK Fell Running Championships 2009 said, “you’ve changed it from a mere local race into a proper fell race”. There was also a positive “thread” running on the FRA forum & other websites.

Thank you to everyone who helped with the race be it as a marshal, a member of the field team, or in some other capacity. We estimate that on the night it takes approximately 40 people to stage the event. Without the selfless help of these individuals, who gave up their time, it would not be possible to put the race on. Next year we are going
to need even more help if we are going to be able to cope on the night!

This year we raised a £247 for our nominated local charity, the Edale Mountain Rescue Team.

We would also like to thank our main sponsors:

• Wm Eyre & Sons
• Outside (Britain’s best Mountain Shops)
  • • Woodbine Café & B&B
    • Hope Garage
    • Embroidery & Printing Service (Sue Hoggarth)
    • 18 Bikes
    • C-Scapes
    • The Cheshire Cheese (Hope)
    • Blue John
    • Cavern & Gift Shop
    • The Spar (Hope)
    • The Hope Chest Deli
    • Speedwell Cavern
    • The Herb Centre & Coffee Shop (Bamford)
    • Treak Cliff Cavern

  Our supporters who helped by providing prizes, funding & refreshments for the race:

  all of who made a major contribution to the race.

  A very special thank you goes to:
  Robert & John Watson for allowing us to use their land for the Junior Fell Race. Also to, Hubert Eyre, Frank Marrison and John & Caroline Longworth, for permission re-route the first section of the Senior Race across their fields. To Stuart Elliott, for providing transport on the “tops” on race day.

  Another thank you must go to
  Edale Mountain Rescue Team, who provided 2 units (Land Rovers), one on each side of Win Hill. To St Johns Ambulance who provided first aid cover on the field and at Twitchell Farm, where the cadets rigged up a hosepipe to spray the runners as they came off the hill. Very inventive & much appreciated!

  Finally, but by no means least, a thank you to Judith Coates, for the presenting the trophies to winners of the main race & to Sam Fisher, Head Mistress, Hope Primary School, for the presentations to children following the Fun Run & the Junior Fell Race.

  We hope you all enjoyed the evening and that you will be able to help next year.

  Once again a VERY BIG thank you to everyone.

  THE FELL RACE TEAM.