Please note change of date from Aug. 7th. All other details unchanged. 

Northumberland

Please note the change of date from 7th to Sunday 8th August - all other details are correct. 

Please note change of venue because the White Horse pub has closed. The new venue is: Sunnybank Social Club, Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4LQ.

Earlier this year, Lowther Estate called time on the Lowther Show, one of the best known traditional country shows in the UK. It was hoped that the Lowther Trail Run, an important part of the weekend activities, could continue on its own. Unfortunately the Estate was not enthusiastic about this and it is with regret that the organisers have cancelled the race.

Race cancelled because of access difficulties.

Please note change of date from Sat. Aug. 14th,

Please note that all the remaining races organised by Gerry Hehir in Hamsterley Forest have been cancelled. They are:
SUN. SEP 19. TOP OF THE FOREST
SUN. OCT 10. DRYDERDALE DASH
SUN. NOV 14. TRACK N TERRAIN BLACKDEN FELL
SUN. DEC 26. AYHOPE SKYLINE.

Please note that in 2009 UK Athletics changed brokers for this policy and that any enquiries or claims by race organisers or others should no longer be directed to Oval Insurance Broking Limited.

Any enquiries or claims should now be directed to John Temperton at UK Athletics. Email: jtemperton@uka.org.uk Tel: 0121 7138493

Summary of the UKA Insurance Policy http://www.uka.org.uk/grassroots/about-clubs/insurance-cover/

Margaret Chippendale
FRA Fixtures Sec.

Firstly, apologies to all Scottish, Welsh and Irish athletes reading this. As you can see from the title, this is only of any real concern to English Athletes.

What is EA? - England Athletics is the governing body which manages and develops Athletics in England, performing the same kind of duties as were performed by the AAA (and its regional bodies, e.g. NoEAA, SoEAA etc) in the past. Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics and Athletics Northern Ireland are the equivalent bodies in the other home nations.

Do I need to register with EA? – On the face of it, the answer is no. Fell races in England do not charge any levies on behalf of either England Athletics or the FRA. They are open to all runners who fulfil the organiser’s criteria.

However, if you want to count in either the English or the British fell running championships, then you must either be a member of the FRA or registered with England Athletics.

Other reasons to register - You can take part in other types of races (e.g. road races) without paying the levy, or, if you want to race abroad, you can use your EA card instead of paying for a doctor's "fitness-to-race" letter.

How much does it cost? - England Athletics have agreed that, for runners who are FRA members and not members of multi-discipline athletics clubs, then they will allow registration without any charge at all. Please note the proviso – this is not supposed to be a method of avoiding registration payment, rather it is for members of fell-only clubs who might wish to run the odd road race, or to race abroad.

How do I go about registering with the EA? - Simply write (email or post) to me, Alan Brentnall (contact details at the front of the magazine), expressing your desire to register, and supplying your full name, running club, address, date-of-birth and confirm that you are a member of the FRA. I will maintain a spreadsheet of registered members which I will copy to England Athletics normally once a year, just before the start of the year - although for 2009, I will probably need to make several deliveries while the process is bedding in

Can my club membership secretary do this for me? – Certainly, I am quite happy to accept bulk applications from club membership secretaries, providing all the necessary details are supplied.