Round Hill Fell Race – Sun 3 Aug 2025
From Peter Roll… You’ll no doubt read lots of reports about Harriers doing bonkers things in the Lake District this past weekend, like self-supported Bob Graham’s & 17-mile 6500-feet English Championship Borrowdale Fell Races that take in Scafell Pike. Well not all Fell racing is like that. Take the Round Hill Fell Race for instance, only a […]
East Holmes Field parkrun #1 – Sat 2 Aug 2025
From Jonathan Turner… A massive well done to Hattie, Paul and Emma O’Looney – and their core team – for making the East Holmes Field parkrun a reality this weekend. All the hard work to get an Ilkley parkrun up and running was rewarded when 181 people took part in ideal conditions – running or […]
Ritchie & Michael’s Bob Graham Round – Sat 2 Aug 2025
Ritchie’s version The Bob Graham Round is an iconic fell running route through the Lake District, taking in 42 of the highest peaks, 27,000ft of climb and covering 66 miles, starting and finishing at the Moot Hall in Keswick. To join the Bob Graham 24 hour club you need to successfully complete the round in […]
East Holmes Field parkrun #1 – Sat 2 Aug 2025
From Jonathan Turner… A massive well done to Hattie, Paul and Emma O’Looney – and their core team – for making the East Holmes Field parkrun a reality this weekend. All the hard work to get an Ilkley parkrun up and running was rewarded when 181 people took part in ideal conditions – running or […]
Borrowdale Fell Race – English champs AL – Sat 2 Aug 2025
From Alison Weston… The 5th English champs race was Borrowdale – an epic 17-mile 6500-feet from Rosthwaite in Borrowdale making its way to Esk Hause contouring around Glaramara and Allen Crags, then on to Scafell Pike, down the wicked scree to the corridor route then up Great Gable and along to Honister Pass for the […]
Ilkley Harriers AC invites you to the annual Fell Runners Association Presentation Dinner
Time: 7:00pm til late Venue: The Craiglands Hotel, Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, LS29 8RQ Presentations: FRA English Fell Running Championships, Lakeland Classic Awards and British Athletics Fell & Hill Running Championship Awards. Band: the Dinner and Awards Presentation will be followed by live music from party band Here’s to Us and the hotel has a resident DJ for […]
England Selection News
From Hilda Coulsey… Sam Bentham has been selected for the U20 England team taking part in the British and Irish Junior Mountain Championships, to be held in Wales on September 13. Congratulations to Sam! Read more here.
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 29 Jul 2025
From Jill Ezard and Nicola Budding… Quiet racing week as holidays start! The start of the summer holidays saw limited racing. Wednesday saw the sixth race in the Evensplits Leeds 5k series at the University of Leeds Brownlee Centre. The races take place monthly from February to November and, with chip timing, allow participants to measure their improvement […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 29 Jul 2025
From Jill Ezard and Nicola Budding… Quiet racing week as holidays start! The start of the summer holidays saw limited racing. Wednesday saw the sixth race in the Evensplits Leeds 5k series at the University of Leeds Brownlee Centre. The races take place monthly from February to November and, with chip timing, allow participants to measure their improvement […]
Kentmere Horseshoe Fell race – Sun 20 Jul 2025
From Ben Sheppard… Returning to the Kentmere Horseshoe fell race 11 years after my only other time, it was another thoroughly enjoyable day trip with fellow Harriers Paul Carman and Charles Wain. A long established classic lakeland fell race (next year will be its 50th edition) over 12.3 miles and 3,300 feet of ascent, it […]