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SUN. FEB 14. WINTER HILL (R). AM. 10.00 a.m. 11m/2750'. Venue: Rivington High Barn. GR 636145. £6.00 pre-entry, £10.00 on day. Pre-entry by Feb 10th. Cheques to "T Varley". Teams. ER/LK/NS. Over 18. Records: S. Bailey, 01.29.53, 2009; f. C. Greenwood, 01.43.37, 1997. Hilly hat/gloves to all finishers. No toilets. Details: Tony Varley, 1 Kensington Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AE. Tel: 01204 669570. Email: tonyvarley@sky.com. Website: horwichrmiharriers.co.uk. Please note that it will not be possible to travel from Belmont to Rivington due to Church Street being closed for repairs. Allow extra time as you will need to go via Horwich.

Sunday 7th February 2010 - Mickledon Straddle

Race Cancelled

Steve Parr Memorial Lecture

Lancaster Royal Grammar School are going to erect a collage to commemorate Steve Parr’s achievements. Steve was a very active fell runner, noted for his Lakes 2500s round in 1984, but he was also a very active climber, making an ascent of the Kanchung Face on Everest with Stephen Venables.

On 26 February 2010 at 7-30 pm, there is to be an unveiling of the collage by Stephen Venables, who will then go on to deliver the Steve Parr Memorial Lecture.

Tickets for this can be obtained from Matt on 01524-580600 ext 296 or ol@lrgs.org.uk – directions to the school (LA1 3EF) can be found on www.lrgs.org.uk

Kielder Race now postponed until Sunday 7th February 2010

With regret I have had to postpone the Kielder race (K.G.S.M.R.) that was to be held on Saturday 16th January and it will now go ahead on Sunday 7th February.

All other details concerning the race remain the same (including the start time of 1pm).

Sorry for any inconvenience but in the end the decision was out of my hands. I look forward to seeing you all in February, many thanks, Will Horsley (Kielder race organiser) wjvh@btinternet.com

SAT. JAN. 16TH - ASHURST BEACON

Cancelled - will be run on the Wednesday 28th April starting at 7.00pm

3 Peaks MV 50 trophy

The Organisers of the 3 Peaks are trying to trace the whereabouts of the MV50 Trophy. It was collected on behalf of the winner but not delivered to him.

If anyone has any information, please contact me.

UK Athletics Liability Insurance

Please note that UK Athletics have changed brokers for this policy and that any enquiries or claims by race organisers or others should no longer be directed to Oval Insurance Broking Limited.

Until contact details are provided for the new brokers, Marsh Ltd, any enquiries or claims should be directed to John Temperton at UK Athletics. Email: jtemperton@uka.org.uk Tel: 0121 7138493

I have been informed that the policy itself has not changed at all.

Click - summary of the UKA Insurance Policy

Margaret Chippendale
FRA Fixtures Sec.

England Athletics Registration

Firstly, apologies to all Scottish, Welsh and Irish athletes reading this. As you can see from the title, this is only of any real concern to English Athletes.

What is EA? - England Athletics is the governing body which manages and develops Athletics in England, performing the same kind of duties as were performed by the AAA (and its regional bodies, e.g. NoEAA, SoEAA etc) in the past. Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics and Athletics Northern Ireland are the equivalent bodies in the other home nations.

Do I need to register with EA? – On the face of it, the answer is no. Fell races in England do not charge any levies on behalf of either England Athletics or the FRA. They are open to all runners who fulfil the organiser’s criteria.

However, if you want to count in either the English or the British fell running championships, then you must either be a member of the FRA or registered with England Athletics.

Other reasons to register - You can take part in other types of races (e.g. road races) without paying the levy, or, if you want to race abroad, you can use your EA card instead of paying for a doctor's "fitness-to-race" letter.

How much does it cost? - England Athletics have agreed that, for runners who are FRA members and not members of multi-discipline athletics clubs, then they will allow registration without any charge at all. Please note the proviso – this is not supposed to be a method of avoiding registration payment, rather it is for members of fell-only clubs who might wish to run the odd road race, or to race abroad.

How do I go about registering with the EA? - Simply write (email or post) to me, Alan Brentnall (contact details at the front of the magazine), expressing your desire to register, and supplying your full name, running club, address, date-of-birth and confirm that you are a member of the FRA. I will maintain a spreadsheet of registered members which I will copy to England Athletics normally once a year, just before the start of the year - although for 2009, I will probably need to make several deliveries while the process is bedding in

Can my club membership secretary do this for me? – Certainly, I am quite happy to accept bulk applications from club membership secretaries, providing all the necessary details are supplied.