Championship: Fell

Fell Championship 2021

The YVAA Fell Championship 2021 took place on Sunday, November 7th at Cop Hill Fell Race. Many thanks to Meltham AC for hosting. Please see their club website and Facebook event page for further details.

We had a good turn out in windy but dry conditions. Holmfirth Harriers were out in force, and scooped up first place in no less than six categories.

A special mention for Philip Grimes of Halifax Harriers, who won the M65 trophy but whose time would still have been good enough for a win if he’d been 10 years younger.

1st M65 Philip Grimes leads a group up the first climb

Also to Fran Whitworth from Holmfirth Harriers who edged a close F50 race, and to Wakefield’s Diane Simmons who was first F60 by just 7 seconds.

1st F50 Fran Whitworth approaches the finish

But congratulations to all of our prize-winners. For a full list, please see below. As ever, please get in touch if you spot any errors, and any uncollected trophies will be available to collect at our future events.

F35

Pos Name Club Time
1 Caroline Brock Steel City Striders 0:45:45
2 Myfanwy Cross Penistone Footpath Runners AC 1:13:31

F40

Pos Name Club Time
1 Rebecca Timms Penistone Footpath Runners AC 0:52:59
2 Jude Taylor Penistone Footpath Runners AC 1:03:38

F45

Pos Name Club Time
1 Helen Haigh Holmfirth Harriers 0:47:34
2 Lesley Watson Bingley Harriers 0:50:35
3 Caroline Harding Pudsey & Bramley AC 0:56:59

F50

Pos Name Club Time
1 Fran Whitworth Holmfirth Harriers 0:54:34
2 Judy Howells Wharfedale Harriers 0:54:54
3 Natasha Geere Spenborough & District AC 0:56:35

F55

Pos Name Club Time
1 Jean Shotter Holmfirth Harriers 1:03:51
2 Paula Mills Barnsley Harriers 1:07:52
3 Jackie Carter Spenborough & District AC 1:17:32

F60

Pos Name Club Time
1 Diane Simmons Wakefield District Harriers & AC 1:07:10
2 Elaine Stewart Holmfirth Harriers 1:07:17

M35

Pos Name Club Time
1 Daniel Limb Penistone Footpath Runners AC 0:49:26
2 Alasdair Menmuir Steel City Striders 0:49:45
3 David Howes Barnsley Harriers 1:06:10

M40

Pos Name Club Time
1 Paul Middlemas Steel City Striders 0:42:08
2 Damien Kilpin Penistone Footpath Runners AC 0:44:28
3 Tim Holt Steel City Striders 0:48:16

M45

Pos Name Club Time
1 Colin Walker Bingley Harriers 0:42:13
2 Adam Wakelin Holmfirth Harriers 0:45:53
3 Ryan Barker Halifax Harriers 0:48:17

M50

Pos Name Club Time
1 Ian Martin Vale of York AC 0:47:56
2 James Durrans Holmfirth Harriers 0:52:48

M55

Pos Name Club Time
1 David Milton Holmfirth Harriers 0:54:56
2 Shaun Clarkson Barnsley Harriers 0:55:25
3 Steve Dickinson Penistone Footpath Runners AC 0:56:02

M60

Pos Name Club Time
1 David Williams Holmfirth Harriers 0:50:47
2 Michael Dransfield Spenborough & District AC 1:07:33

M65

Pos Name Club Time
1 Philip Grimes Halifax Harriers 0:50:27
2 Kevin Yewlett Holmfirth Harriers 0:56:45

M70

Pos Name Club Time
1 Neil Midgley Holmfirth Harriers 1:02:43
2 Antonio Cardinale Otley AC 1:48:59

Clubs Table

Club 1st 2nd 3rd
Holmfirth Harriers 6 4 0
Penistone Footpath Runners AC 2 3 1
Steel City Striders 2 1 1
Bingley Harriers 1 1 0
Halifax Harriers 1 0 1
Vale of York AC 1 0 0
Wakefield District Harriers & AC 1 0 0
Barnsley Harriers 0 2 1
Spenborough & District AC 0 1 2
Otley AC 0 1 0
Wharfedale Harriers 0 1 0
Pudsey & Bramley AC 0 0 1

Many thanks to Steve Frith for providing race photos. See his Cop Hill Fell Race 2021 gallery for more.

  • Daniel Limb (Penistone Footpath Runners), 1st M35
  • Caroline Brock (Steel City Striders), 1st F35
  • Paul Middlemas (Steel City Striders), 1st M40
  • Damian Kilpin (Penistone Footpath Runners), 2nd M40
  • Rebecca Timms (Penistone Footpath Runners), 1st F40
  • Colin Walker (Bingley Harriers), 1st M45
  • Colin Walker (Bingley Harriers), 1st M45
  • Helen Haigh (Holmfirth Harriers), 1st F45
  • Lesley Watson (Bingley Harriers), 2nd F45
  • Ian Martin (Vale of York), 1st M50
  • 1st F50 Fran Whitworth approaches the finish
  • Judy Howells (Wharfedale Harriers), 2nd F50
  • Natasha Geere (Spenborough), 3rd F50
  • Jean Shotter (Holmfirth Harriers), 1st F55
  • David Williams (Holmfirth Harriers), 1st M60
  • Diane Simmons (Wakefield), 1st F60
  • Philip Grimes (Halifax Harriers), 1st M65
  • Neil Midgley (Holmfirth Harriers), 1st M70
YVAA Fell Championship / Cop Hill Fell Race 2021. Photos by Steve Frith.