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Just a heads up that entries for the Stretton Hills 2 English Champs race will be open from 9am on Saturday 16th, initially for a six day window. We don’t expect the race to fill, but, just for clarity, IT IS NOT FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Crashing Martin’s server will not help you get an entry.
If it does turn out to be oversubscribed after six days, places will be allocated at random (except for elite athletes on the guaranteed entry list). Those not allocated places will go on a waiting list also in random order and there will be a partial refund for anyone not able to take up their allocated place to help us get as many of you an entry as possible. If you enter in this initial window you will get an email confirming your entry’s status and advising you what happens next at some point on Friday 22nd, so when entering please check that the email address you have registered with SiEntries is current and working. If you haven’t got an email by Sunday 24th, check your spam before getting in touch.
Please be aware that the entries for those on the British Champs Guaranteed list will close 3rd Feb midnight.
The Fell Inter-Counties this year will be hosted by the Flower Scar race (Todmorden). The date has now been fixed as Saturday 11th May 2019. The race will not be run on its original date of 16th February
No changes to races, just a correction to date of Creag Dhubh.
Country |
category |
Race |
|
17-03-19 |
E |
AS |
Stretton Hills |
06-04-19 |
E |
AL |
Howgills race |
27-04-19 |
B |
AM |
Mourne Highline, Ireland |
11-05-19 |
Inter-Counties. (TBC) |
||
25-05-19 |
B |
AM |
Ras Y Meolwyn, Wales |
15-06-19 |
B&E |
AL |
Great Lakes Race |
06-07-19 |
E |
AM |
Black Fell |
03-08-19 |
B |
AS |
Creag Dhubh, Scotland |
07-09-19 |
E |
AM |
Grisedale Horseshoe |
22-09-19 |
E |
AS |
Ilam |
Each year club membership secretaries complete and submit a return to England Athletics - read more
In response to a question raised by one club other clubs may want to note the following statement.
- Eligibility for English Juniors over U13 is the same as for English Senior Champs. Younger age groups in the Challenge only have to be members of the club they run for.
- Individuals must be registered with EA or members of the FRA. Some clubs only register (i.e. pay for) members who request it – it is not necessary for a club to pay EA for a member who is has already joined the FRA. If a runner is registered with EA eligibility is the same no matter which club paid the registration fee.
- Runners can only count for their first claim fell club, but the inflexibility in the EA/UKA system of administering first/first claim other can cause problems. The FRA Rules (Handbook page 14) has been amended for 2018 to read
“d. Team eligibility. Runners may count for a team for their first claim fell running Club only. This Club must be affiliated to England Athletics or other National Association. For runners who are simultaneously members of two clubs, in the event of ambiguity over which club has ‘first claim’ status an appeal should be made to the Membership Secretary at the start of the season”
The FRA has made a request for a rule change on this issue which is going through the EA/UKA process at the moment, but with no certainty that our proposals will be accepted.
Following the FRA committee meeting on 4/12/16 and in light of recent publicity surrounding historical sexual abuse at football clubs, the committee clarified that any allegations of a similar nature within the sport of fell running will be taken extremely seriously and investigated appropriately.
We have already liaised with UKA and an update and explanation of his role will be provided by the newly appointed Welfare Officer in the Spring Fellrunner.
Any enquiries should be directed to Ed Gamble (welfare@fellrunner.org.uk)