About us:

we are predominantly a fellrunning club based in and around horsforth and otley chevin (North West Leeds). members can also be found competing in cross country, trail races, ultras, parkruns and the occasional road race. We train off road and generally on Otley Chevin in the summer, while in the winter we train either from Horsforth mostly on roads or on otley chevin and other off-road areas with headtorches.

Latest News 18 April 2024

recent rACES

Calderdale Hike - 13 April 2024 A big well done to Jordan Waters in finishing first in the 26 mile race by almost an hour, and to Sophie Clark, finishing 3rd female in the 16 mile race just 5 mins behind first female, at this year’s Calderdale Hike, a long-established event catering for walkers and runners and taking in much of the South Pennines Moors from Sowerby Bridge. Full results here

Skipton Skedaddle 20 miles - 13 April 2024 After a bit of a break Emma Lavelle-Wood was back to what she does best and finishing first lady (7th overall) in this Punk Panther race from Skipton. Full results here

Eskdale Elevation Fell Race - 13 April 2024 Just two club members, Chris Small and Sean McQuinn, made the trip to the western Lakes for this latest ROTY race. Chris and Sean both conquered the poor conditions on the day (40mph winds and limited visibility) to be among the 75% of starters (42 finishers in a small field of 56)who finished the 12.6 miles 4774ft race taking in Scafell among other summits. Full results here

Latest News 10 April 2024

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Baildon Boundary Way Half Marathon - 7 April 2024 Marc Short took part in this year’s BBW Half, a multi-terrain race that has a bit of everything, particularly mud this year. Marc finished in 201st place in a time of 2:26:51. Full results here

Lads Leap Fell Race, Crowden - 6 April 2024 Tanya Shepherd was the club’s only runner at this English Championship ‘short’ race taking in 5.9 miles/1699ft of the hills to the west of the Pennine Way above Crowden. Tanya finished in 65th place in 1:15:00. Full results here

Pendle Hill Fell Race - 6 April 2024 Four club members made the trip over the border to Lancashire for this classic short race of 4.5 miles/1500ft, which takes you almost to the summit of Pendle Hill before dropping diagonally down to the bottom of the Big End where the near vertical climb back up to the summit commences before the fast descent back into Barley. James Wynne took a break from marathon training to finish 8th overall, 2nd senior male and 4th Lancastrian (the race was also this year’s Lancashire champs despite the clash with Lads Leap), James was followed by Jordan Waters (26th), Paul Heeley (30th) and Neil Barton (115th). Full results here

club awards night - 5 April 2024

The club held its annual awards night in Otley on Friday night with last year’s trophy winners being presented with their awards, together with a special award and life membership to Carl Prendergast (just a couple of days before his 77th birthday) for his long service to the club. other winners were: Special award - Alison Wilson Three Peaks permanent trophy after 15 wins in the club competition, Three Peaks men - Sean McQuinn; Runner of The Year (ROTY) - Dave Hodgson Trophy men - Chris Small, 2nd Paul Heeley; ROTY Shirley Hodgson Trophy women - Louise O’Brien, 2nd Tanya Shepherd, 3rd Steph Solomon; Burnsall Trophy men - Ed Smith; Club Champion men - Sean McQuinn; Club Champion women - Caroline Thomas; Chevin Cup women - Sally Hicks, men - James Wynne; Progression award - Sarah Glover; Mark Saville Trophy (Winter handicap time trial) - Danny Hopley; Performance of the year - Tanya Shepherd; and Landscape Photo of the Year - Tom Lynch.

Latest News 4 April 2024

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Manx Mountain Marathon - 30 March 2024 A big well done to Jordan Waters on not only finishing 18th overall (out of a field of 123) in this 30.4mile/8600ft traverse of the Isle of Man, but also 5th non-local and 3rd first-timer. Jordan finished in a time of 6:16:39 with the second half of the race powered by Greggs sausage rolls. Full results here

Coledale Horseshoe Fell Race - 30 March 2024 Sarah Glover took part in this 8.5 mile/3502 ft medium classic Lakes race while holidaying locally. Sarah finished in a time of 2:23:42, quite a bit faster than when she walked the route earlier in the week! Full results here

Latest News 28 March 2024

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Heptonstall Fell Race - 24 March 2024 With this race being one of the long counters in this year’s Runner of the Year competition there was a good turn-out of six club members tackling the 15.4 mile / 3169ft of steep wooded valleys, moorland and farmland surrounding Heptonstall, Having seemingly recovered from racing yesterday, Sean McQuinn led the way home in 49th place in 2:31:01, followed by Ed Smith (147th 3:08:12), Caroline Thomas (152nd 3:09:17), Marion Muir (189th 3:21:13), Louise O’Brien (194th 3:25:14) and Phil Hancock (218th 3:48:17). Full results here.

Forest Runner Dalby Forest 10km - 24 March 2024 Ian Service took part in this forest trail 10km race on Sunday, finishing in a time of 53:42. Full results here

We Need to Talk About Chevin Fell Race - 23 March 2024 Two Fellandalers took on this 9 miles/2130ft race organised by Great Owl Running, and having a particularly brutal first couple of miles on its tour of the best the Chevin/Danefield have to offer. Sean McQuinn finished an excellent 5th in 1:16:32 while Dave Campbell-Hemming enjoyed the race in a more ‘leisurely’ 1:48:46. Full results here.

Latest News 20 March 2024

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Flower Scar Fell Race - Todmorden - 16 March 2024 Due to this 8.1 miles/2165ft race being the first counter in this year’s English Championships (as well as a club ROTY race), only Paul Heeley and Tanya Shepherd managed to get entries in before it was sold out. Both had good runs amongst the elite of English fellrunning, with Paul finishing 165th and Tanya 302nd (60th female in a PB time by 12 minutes) in a field of 374 finishers. Full results here

Latest News 13 March 2024

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Haworth Hobble - 9 March 2024 A big well done to the three Fellandale ladies who successfully completed this 31.7 miles/5500ft ultra race over the South Pennine Moors from Haworth and taking in Stoodley Pike, Hardcastle Crags and many points in between. Louise O’Brien and Marion Muir ran together to finish in just under 6hrs 44mins, while Sally Hicks was also well up the field overall in 7hrs 14mins. All three were also well inside the top 20 in their respective age categories. Full results here

Latest News 7 March 2024

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Ilkley Moor Fell Race - 3 March 2024 On a good day weather-wise, but with some tough underfoot conditions, eight club members were among the 264 runners that completed this year’s Ilkley Moor Fell Race (a category AS 5 miles 1316ft route across the best the moor can offer and also thius year’s Yorkshire Championships race). Alex Jones was first club finisher in 47th place, followed by Paul Heeley, Adrian Kennedy (making a welcome return to racing), Ed Smith, Chris Small, Andy Challinor, Dave Campbell-Hemming and lone lady Sarah Glover. Full results here.

Middlesbrough Half Marathon - 3 March 2024 As part of his build-up to the London Marathon next month, James Wynne finished an excellent 7th in 1hr 12mins in this race. As a fell running club we do not hold records of road times but this may well be the fastest half marathon by a club member, at least in the last 25 years or so.

Latest News 29 February 2024

recent races

David Bell Memorial Hoppits Hill Race (Lower Hopton) 25 February 2024 Big congratulations to James Wynne in going one better than last year’s second place with a fine win in this 4.85km/210 metres race in Nicky Spinks’ former ‘back garden’. James finished in a time of 2029. Full results along with links to photos from the race can be found here.

PECO XC 2023/24 Race 5 - Roundhay Park 25 February 2024 This season’s PECO league ended on Sunday at a muddy Roundhay Park. Despite some members being unavailable for varying reasons there were the usual great runs from club members, with Harry Kingston finishing an excellent 10th overall (out of 400), followed by Paul Heeley (97th) and evergreen Carl Prendergast (370th but more importantly first M75). Meanwhile Kat Fisk led home the ladies (who again put a full team out), finishing in 100th place (out of 278). Kat was followed by Caroline Thomas (113th), Sarah Glover (118th), Christine Addison (165th), Meisha Holliday (233rd) and Dianne Addison (237th). Full race results on Racebest here and on the League website (including team results) here

PECO XC Season review - from Marion Muir (XC Captain)

The PECO season is (almost) over. Well done to everyone who took part. Some special shout outs:

Carl Prendergast came 1st in his age category.

Harry Kingston came 8th overall.

Louise O'Brien, Christine Addison and Dianne Addison all finished top 10 in their age categories.

Christine took part in all 5 races and will be rewarded with some fine PECO merchandise.

Extra kudos to Meisha Holliday for making her club debut a PECO race!

Special mention to young Harry Wynne for representing our junior team all on his own. What a star!

recent races

Runners and Riders - Appletreewick - 4 February 2024 Despite this being the last Runner of the Year (ROTY) race from 2023/24 and also the first of the 2024/25 series, just three Fellandalers made it to this unique race where (as with Bingley Harriers’ Harriers v Cyclists race) the runners are pitted against cyclists. Despite the very windy conditions all three had good runs, with Paul Heeley 48th (4th MV45), Sarah Glover 135th (5th LV45) and evergreen Carl Prendergast 177th (2nd MV70). Full results here

Dewsbury 10km - 4 February 2024 Proving that some club members do race on the ‘dark side’ occasionally, Wendy Critchley had a good run in this very popular (2444 finishers), flat road race, finishing in a time of 53:15. Full results here

Wadsworth Trog (The Beast) - Old Town, Hebden Bridge - 3 February 2024 In the second of two local-ish long ‘bog-trots’ last weekend, three of the club’s ‘hardcore’ ladies conquered ‘the beast’ in this 19.4 miles/ 3400ft race. Tanya Shepherd finished an excellent 10th lady despite having a fall on the tarmac before the start, and was followed by Caroline Thomas (17th lady) and Louise O’Brien (20th). Full results here

Rombalds Stride - Guiseley - 3 February 2024 There was some great running from the Fellandale contingent in this early-season 23 mile race taking in Baildon and Rombalds Moors and Otley Chevin. Running in windy by bright conditions, Alex Jones finished an excellent 10th overall, backed up by Jordan Waters (22nd), Sean McQuinn (39th), Steph Solomon (116th and 3rd F-Senior) and Iain Service (in his longest ever run 189th). Meanwhile Ed Smith walked the event with his son, finishing inside the 9 hour mark. Full results here

Website news: Unfortunately we have ‘lost’ the content of this home page during updating today (31 January 2024). We will endeavour to restore it but if unsuccessful will continue to add news to this page

Latest News 31 January 2024

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PECO XC Junior Race 4 - Middleton Park 28 January 2024 Big well done to Harry Wynne, once again racing against children up to three years older. in completing the 1 mile (actually 1.15 miles) race at Sunday’s PECO XC. Harry finished in a good time of 11.01, watched by proud dad! Full results here.

PECO XC Race 4 - Middleton Park 28 January 2024 There was a smaller than usual turn out of just four ladies and two men at Sunday’s senior PECO races. but there were still some quality performances from Louise O’Brien, Sarah Glover, Alissa Howroyd and Christine Addison in the ladies race, and from second claimer Oliver Richards and Carl Prendergast (first V75) in the men’s race. Full results here