Super Saturday English Championship rd1 , The Yorkshire 3 peaks and Coniston Fell race

Well done to everyone that raced the English Champs at Guisborough - great day for the club with the overall race winners Hannah Russell,  Tim Lamont a double 1st! and who got a teapot!! https://sportident.co.uk/results/EskValley/2022/Guisborough3Tops/… , Also category winners mv45 Rob Jebb mv60 John Bagge mv65 Billy Procter and mv65 Brian Thompson 2nd. Meanwhile in the classic Yorkshire 3 peaks race saw another great club turnout with - Sharon Taylor  v40 and 2nd overall, the women also took 1st team with Victoria Thompson and Bianca Dyer, Phil Rutter led us home with a great run in 12th.  https://sportident.co.uk/results/ThreePeaksFellRace/2022/ThreePeaksFellRace/ And also a number of Helm vest were out at the classic Coniston fell race with Jack Simpson and Kenny Richmond battling it out to be first Helm back in 12 and 13th and Lucy Spain  first Helm woman back. Results here

The Seven Sevens - British Championships rd 1

Helm travelled on mass to this fantastic event, this time by executive coach to avoid anyone having to drive and then run 18 miles over Northern Ireland's toughest terrain. Unlike our last couple of trips the weather gods were kind allowing for stunning vistas all around. Success at these events never comes easy, which means the win for Victoria Thompson and 2nd for Janie Oates and the team prize with Bianca Dyer 2nd v40 is all the more impressive. Phil Rutter came in 7th overall and Kenny Richmond 13th 1st v50, Keiran Hodgson 17th, Nic Barber 18th, Ross Bibby 37th counting for the men. Many fantastic results and a race report here. Initial glancing suggest the teams have done really well. We also set a record for the single Guinness order (25)at O'Hare's in the evening warm down...

Success on the Hills and on the Flat

A great weekend just past which proves it's difficult to keep up. Firstly well done to James Parsons who was 6th in the eye watering Northern Traverse from St Bees to Robin Hood's bay and Andrew Russell for completing in the Lakes Traverse in the same event. Meanwhile Joe Kenny set a blistering 2.36 in the Manchester marathon, chased by the returning to action Ben Procter in 2.46! Finally of course it was the presentation day for the Winter League and the Arant Haw race  - won outright by the increasingly speedy Hannah R. Results for the WL here, congratulations to category winners Tim Lamont, Alice Rea, Sharon Taylor, Brian Pennington, James Baron, Sharon Dixon, Dylan Cater, Emily Swarbrick, James Baron, Ray Gill, Wendy Dodds, John Taylor and Lynne Whittaker.

 Spring in their steps...

All of a sudden racing seems well underway and over the past week we have had some amazing results, firstly with the Winter League several races in, new recruit Tim Lamont has taken a liking to the fells with a victory in all rounds so far...including a win at Loop Latrigg. Meanwhile in the Spanish sunshine Chris Richards took the win whilst representing Cumbria in the Transgrandcanaria 2022, and Hannah Russell won Black Combe in a new record time.....also (unusually) in the sunshine.

Return to the Helm once more! It is always a pleasure when the clocks change in Spring to be able to train on the Helm once again. 

End of Winter League 2022 Presentation Day;  after a final race, not for points (just for fun!) on Winder and Arant Haw, many gathered in the People's Hall for the presentation of trophies, vouchers and chocolates to those who had placed first, second or third in their age categories, plus all juniors who completed five races in the Winter League were able to collect their 2022 Winter League T-shirt. Pictured here is the winner of a very special trophy; The Ken Shuttleworth Junior Endeavour trophy, awarded to a junior who has employed notable tenacity and perseverance ... there are always several contenders for this of course as many of our juniors have worked extremely hard to run their best in the League races - we are proud of them all.

This shot was taken during the Winter League race on the Helm.

Cross Country ... 
As usual, it's been a busy cross country season for Helm juniors. Many took part in the Cumbria Athletics cross country races at the end of 2021, also the Mid-Lancs cross country series 2021/22 which saw some excellent results for members of the junior Helm-Kendal composite team as individuals in their categories and as teams in their categories (see the cross country results on Home Page of Mid Lancs League ). Many of our juniors have qualified to run at County and National level for their schools too, taking part in the English Schools Athletics Association (ESAA) cross-country championships in Kent on 19 March or selected to run in the National Primary cross country finals on 26 March. 

On 12 March, some of our juniors ran for Cumbria in the Inter-Counties final at Birmingham. Results are HERE .

Well done to them all.

Our 2022 Winter League is well underway!  Results of the races can be found in the Results panel on the left-hand side of this page. Below is the U13s start line from the Winter League race 27 Feb. Great to see such a big turn out of enthusiastic young fell runners.  

Helm Hill Annual Awards Afternoon and Club Xmas Fell run!

Saturday 4th December  - Please see the Seniors news page for details 

Juniors' News (2021)