2010 International Committee

Name Position E-mail Phone
Alan Barlow Chairman international@fellrunner.org.uk 0161 4839330
Mark Croasdale Senior Team Manager croasdales@btinternet.com 01524 388748
Bashir Hussain Junior Team Manager bh122@tiscali.co.uk 07816 833086
Jackie Newton Selector jn123@tiscali.co.uk 07957 630346
Greg Hull Selector greg@hull6669.freeserve.co.uk 01943 878168

Selection Criteria

The committee will select the best available teams to represent England, although where shown some teams will be selected as development teams to encourage less experienced athletes and give them experience of international competition.

All eligible athletes wishing to gain a place are expected to compete in trial races and the selectors view trials as the primary means of selecting the teams. Current form may be taken into account.

It is important that the team managers are kept informed by runners of their aspirations to run for England well before the date of team selection, which will usually be the date of the trial race. Any runners wishing to be considered for selection but not able to compete at a selection race must let the relevant England Team Manager know well in advance of the selection race.

For all races if the selectors believe that a minimum performance standard for selection has not been achieved, they reserve the right not to select a full team. We do not intend to send teams to international events composed of athletes who have not demonstrated the level of performance required.


Programme

World Youth Challenge – 27 June 2010 Susa Italy

Trial: Coiners 3 May

England Team: 3 junior men and 3 junior women. Athletes must be born in 1993 or 1994 (please note athletes must be aged at least 16 on day of travel)

Selection. Coiners race May 3


International Snowdon Race Llanberis Wales – 24 July 2010

The England Team for this race will be selected after the Lletty Mountain Race, the Lletty will take place on the 22nd May 2010 and will incorporate the Inter Counties Fell Running Championships and will be held at Llangynhafal, Debighshire. (See the FRA website and handbook for more details).

The England Team for Snowdon will be 4 men and 3 women, the first two men and first woman will again selection from the Lletty race with the remaining places being decided by the selectors.

The Team will be selected by the 1st June 2010 and athletes will then be informed. The selectors reserve the right not to send full team's if the required standard of performance is not achieved.

Any athlete who would like to be considered for selection but are unable to compete at the Lletty Race, must inform either Mark Croasdale (Team Manager) email croasdales@btinternet.com tel 01524 388748 or Alan Barlow (Chair of Selectors) email runalan55@hotmail.com tel 0161 4839330

Teams announced

Men
Robert Baker
Dark Peak
Ian Holmes
Bingley
Danny Hope
Pudsey & Bramley
Graham Pearce
Pudsey & Bramley
Women
Emma Clayton
Scunthorpe
Lauren Jeska
Todmorden
Pippa Maddams
Keswick


World Long Distance Mountain Race – 21 August Pikes Peak USA

The England Team for this race will be selected after the Three Peaks Mountain Race held on the 24th April 2010 at Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire.

The England Team for this event will be 3 men and 3 women. The first man and woman will gain selection from the Three Peaks Race, the remaining places will be decided by the selectors. Other form may be considered i.e European Mountain Running races and races similar to the Pikes Peak race.

The Team will be selected by the 10th May 2010 and athletes will then be informed.

Pikes Peak is a seriously tough race, at altitude and the Team Selectors will be looking at preparation prior to the race, if it’s thought that the sufficient preparation/training is not achieved the selectors reserve the right not to send teams to the event.

Any athlete who would like to be considered for selection but are unable to compete at the Three Peaks Race, must inform either Mark Croasdale (Team Manager) email croasdales@btinternet.com tel 01524 388748 or Alan Barlow (Chair of Selectors) email runalan55@hotmail.com tel 0161 4839330


Teams announced

Men
John Brown
Salford
Morgan Donnelly
Borrowdale
Ricky Lightfoot
Ellenborough
Pete Vale
Mercia
Women
Anna Lupton
Radcliffe
Victoria Wilkinson
Bingley


2nd World Mountain Championships

Kamnik Slovenia - 5th September 2010

Uphill Only Trial Races to be held - Sun 8th August 2010 - LLanberis

more details here

UKA Country Mountain Running International

18th September 2010 Aonach Mor, nr Fort William, Scotland

The England Teams will consist of 7 Men and 6 Women, the men's team will be 5 senior men and 2 U23 men, the Women's team will be 4 senior women and 2 U23 women and will be selected after the World Championship trial on the 8th August 2010.

The first 3 men and women will gain selection from the trial with the remaining places being decided by the selectors. The first two U23 men and women will also be selected from this race.

Once again any athlete wishing to be considered for selection and unable to run at the trial must inform either Mark Croasdale or Alan Barlow prior to the trial race.

Race details and map

Teams announced

Men
Tom Cornthwaite
Blackburn
John Brown
Salford
James McMullan
Thames Hare and Hounds
Gareth Raven
Sale
Orlando Edwards
Shaftsbury
Mat Clowes
Staffs Moorlands
Gary Priestley
Horwich
Women
Olivia Walwyn
Altrincham
Anna Lupton
Radcliffe
Victoria Wilkinson
Bingley
Lizzie Adams
Hallamshire
Emma Clayton
Zanthe Wray
Dark Peak



U23 development race Smarna Gora Slovenia – 2 October 2010

A development team of 6 athletes (mix men/women) will be selected from the World Championships trial race to compete in the Smarna Gora race, which is to be held on the Saturday 2nd Oct 2010, this is also the final Mountain Grand Prix race of the season.

Selection is open to athletes who are aged 19, 20, 21 and 22 on the 1st January 2010. The team is aimed at athletes who are too old to qualify for the Junior World Championship team and at present are not competitive enough to make the senior World Championships team.

The team will be selected by the 16th August 2010 to give athletes enough time to prepare.

Any athlete wishing to be considered for selection, but unable to do the trial must inform either Mark Croasdale or Bashir Hussain. The selectors again reserve the right not to send full teams if the standard is considered insufficient.

Mark Croasdale (Senior Team Manager) 01524 388748 email croasdales@btinternet.com and Bashir Hussain (Junior Team Manager) 0161 4747554 email bh122@tiscali.co.uk


Teams announced

Men
Jos Tighe
Blackburn
Tom Addison
Helm Hill
Mark Addison
Helm Hill
Women
Heather Timmins
Warrrington
Emma Clayton
Dionne Allen
Leigh


McCain UK Mountain Challenge

2010 will see the start of an exciting new initiative, the UKA Mountain Running Challenge - this will be an open four race challenge, with three races required to count in the overall standings (for which prize money will be available).

The races are:

  • Intercountries race, Lletty 22 May
  • European Championships trial – up and down 6 June
  • World championships trial – uphill 8 August
  • Home Countries International – uphill Scotland 18 September

Further details are available on the UKA website under mountain running

Prize Fund

The Mountain Challenge total fund is £6,100 with £3,050 for both Senior Men & Women. This McCain Mountain Challenge is only open to Senior athletes (aged at least 18 years on day of race) There are Junior Trial races at both the European & World Trials, and Junior races at the Home International, but there is no Junior Awards within this Mountain Challenge.

Position Each race Series
1 250 500
2 100 250
3 75 150
4 50 100
5 25 50

Challenge Rules

Points
  1. Challenge points will be awarded in each of the Senior Men's and Senior Women's races.
  2. Senior Men and Senior Women will score 52 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 50th
  3. Bonus points will be awarded for competing in each race of the series: 3 bonus points will be allocated to all eligible athletes that compete at each of the events in the series. An athlete must complete the race to claim these bonus points.
Points and Prize Eligibility
  1. Only UK athletes (in possession of a British passport) are allowed to score UK Mountain Running Challenge points and win UK Challenge prizes (or who meet the criteria in point 6). Additional prizes may be offered by individual race organisers.
  2. Where non UK athletes are competing, their position is to be disregarded when calculating Challenge points of the UK finishers.
  3. To be eligible for overall Series prizes, senior athletes must run in at least three of the four races. Each athlete’s best three scores from the four races will decide the overall rankings.
  4. If two or more athletes have the same points after the final race, then they will share the Challenge position in the final rankings and the aggregated prize monies.
  5. All four races are open to senior athletes whether selected or not for county or country, or whether available or not for selection for the European or World Mountain Championships. In the case of the series final race, due to a restriction on numbers placed by the hosts, the men’s race will be restricted to those selected for home country teams or in the top 30 of the series at that point
  6. Athletes without UK passports must fulfil four criteria: They must be first claim members of a UK club. They must have been resident in the UK for at least two years. They must be in the process of applying for a UK passport.
Prizes & Payments
  1. Prize Money is awarded to the first five seniors at each of the four races.
  2. Overall Series awards for seniors will be paid in accordance with the published prize list.
  3. These awards will be posted by UK Athletics within 60 days of receipt of the relevant prize voucher. Any prize voucher received by UK Athletics more than 60 days after the final race will be declared void and the recipient will relinquish any entitlement to the said prize./li>
Challenge Races
  1. The first race of the McCain Mountain Challenge will be the Inter Counties Championship (Up & Down) to be held on Saturday 22nd May at Lletty in North Wales near Denbigh
  2. The McCain Mountain Challenge will incorporate both the European and World Trial races. The European trial ( Up & Down ) will be held at Keswick on Sunday 6th June, and the World trial ( Up hill only ) will be held at Llanberis on Sunday 8th August 2010
  3. The last race will be the Home Country International ( Uphill only ) to be held on September 18 at Aonach Mor, nr Fort William

Any enquires about the challenge please contact S Rowell – saz@srowell.demon.co.uk


UKA Country Mountain Running International

The final race in the Challenge will incorporate the inaugural home country mountain running international. This event, which will be held annually is designed to help provide an additional competitive mountain running opportunity for runners focusing on mountain running as opposed ot fell or other forms. The event will be held 2-3 weeks after the mountain running world championships each year, and will have the same format (ie uphill or up and down) as the World Championship.

Date: The 2010 event will take place on 18th September on uphill courses at Aonach Mor near Fort William (Scotland).

Team Composition, Scoring and Awards: Teams from England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to take part in both the senior, U23 and combined events.

Team composition: 5 x Senior Men, 2 x Under 23 Men. 4 x Senior Women, 2 x Under 23 Women.

Team Scoring: First 5 runners to count in Men's Race. First 4 runners to count in Women's Race

Overall Team: Aggregate of Male and Female Scores

Team Trophy: Best overall country based on overall team scoring outlined above to receive a prize tbc.

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