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Update on Tebay Junior races on Saturday 12 July 2025

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Hi everyone.

Well done to all Juniors who have raced in the series so far. Looking forward to a great event at Tebay this weekend. It's not often we have junior and senior champs races on the same day. Thanks to RO Nic Barber for taking it on.

Please see below for an update on a few bits. Any questions please contact me at [email protected]. I’m not using Facebook so won’t see comments or questions on there.

Trophies

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Permanent ban for Chris Barnes

Sat 5 Jul 2025

UK Athletics (UKA) published on 20th June 2025 a disciplinary case report on Chris Barnes. 
 
Here is the link to the UKA disciplinary panel report.
 
The FRA has reviewed the findings of the report and as a UKA-affiliated organisation can confirm that Chris Barnes is permanently banned from participating in “any or all roles” of FRA licensed races and events. The sanction includes:
 
Fell and Hill Coaching.
Organisation of an FRA licensed...

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Annual General Meeting in October 2025

Sat 5 Jul 2025

The Annual General Meeting of the Fell Running Association will again this year be held following the Langdale Horseshoe on the 11th of October.  The meeting will be held in Langdale Village Hall in Chapel Stile from 4pm.  A further reminder about the meeting will be made nearer the time, including the agenda.  
 

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FRA is looking for additional Race Liaison Officers to recruit

Fri 4 Jul 2025

The Fell Runners Association licences approximately 500 fell races each year, including six English senior and six junior championship races. As fell runners we are blessed with being able to run and race in the high and beautiful places across England and the Isle of Man from Cornwall to Northumberland and the uplands in between, and east and west. 
 
Fell racing is a simple sport, though a lot of effort goes into making it appear and feel th...

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British Fell and Hill Relay 2025 - information about the entries

Fri 4 Jul 2025

2025 Fell and Hill Relay is hosted in Dinas Mawddwy, Wales on 18 October.
The entries have now opened on the SI Entries site for those teams who have a reserved place based on their performance last year and then are open to all others on 1st August 2025.
Here is the link for the SI Entries