The relevant section of the FRA Constitution, is Article 48:- Subject to the Articles, the Executive Committee members may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held not less than four times each calendar year. Members may attend meetings of the Executive Committee as observers and may speak at such meetings but may not vote. If any business at a meeting of the Executive Committee is deemed confidential, then any Member attending as an observer will be required to leave the meeting whilst such matter is discussed.
What This Means Any of the 8,000 members of the FRA may attend a meeting of the Executive Committee to observe, subject to the "confidential" proviso. Such observers are also free to speak but not vote. Normal committee rules are observed, namely that speakers, whether Committee members or observers, should address the meeting via the Chairman, and should restrict what they say to the agenda item under discussion.
Attendance Committee members are expected to confirm their attendance in advance of each meeting. For reasons of practicality, any member who wishes to observe should make their request to the Secretary one week before any Executive Meeting. It may be necessary to restrict the numbers of observers if space is limited.
Committee Minutes / Papers Briefing papers supporting agenda items are issued to Executive Members one week before each meeting. These are normally restricted to the Committee. Meeting Minutes are not circulated to the membership; however, in the interests of transparency, established practice is for the Secretary to produce a report for each Fellrunner to keep all members informed of business conducted by the Executive on their behalf.
The FRA Committee comprises the following roles and personnel. Please click on the Role Summary to see a description of the role, and click here to see a summary of the general requirements and expectations of Committee Members.
Please feel free to contact any Committee Member.
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Chairman | Charmian Heaton | Black Combe Runners | 07749 844212 | ![]() |
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Secretary | Neil Talbott | Ambleside AC | 015394 37824 | ![]() |
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Treasurer | Andy Watts | Cheshire Hill Racers | 01625 536896 | ![]() |
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Membership Secretary | Patrick McIver | Black Combe Runners | 07717 224976 | ![]() |
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Fixtures | Andy McMurdo | Pennine Fell Runners | 07834 912222 | ![]() |
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Magazine Co-ordinator | Dave Littler | Bowland Fell Runners | 07745 738495 or 01524 68529 | ||
Championships Co-ordinator | Lesley Malarkey | Keswick AC | 07881 597457 | ![]() |
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Environment & Access | Nicky Spinks | Dark Peak Fell Runners | 07548 283545 | ![]() |
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Junior Co-ordinator | Helene Whitaker | Harrogate Harriers | 07950 033781 | ![]() |
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Race Liaison Officer Lead | Stuart Ferguson | Northumberland Fell Runners | 07849 881161 | ![]() |
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Coaching and Education Co-ordinator | Nigel Hetherington | Fife AC | 07938 921045 | ![]() |
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Welfare Officer | Ed Gamble | Cheshire Hill Racers | 0161 4455243 | ![]() |
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International Selection Chair | Duncan Richards | Helm Hill Runners | 07764 610799 | ||
Liaison Officer to Athletics Bodies | Wendy Dodds | Dallam Running Club | 01539 564747 | ![]() |
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Website | Brett Weeden | Keighley & Craven AC | 07970 206003 | ![]() |
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Membership Reps | Ben Abdelnoor | Ambleside AC | 07896 151179 | ![]() |
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Scout Adkin | Ambleside AC (Scot: Moorfoot Runners) | ||||
Ricky Parrish | Todmorden Harriers | 07942 881215 | |||
Kelli Roberts | Helm Hill Runners | 07798 753859 | |||
Honorary Committee Members | Graham Breeze and Morgan Williams | ||||
Co-optees with specific responsibilities | |||||
Communications Officer | James Lowe | Dark Peak Fell Runners | 07772 298302 | ||
COVID Co-ordinator | Jamie McIlvenny | Trawden AC | 07725 357024 | ||
First Aid Co-ordinator | Ian Winterburn | Dark Peak Fell Runners | 07733 266595 |
(* = not a member of the Executive Committee)
Committee | Chair | Members | Role Summary |
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Race Liaison Officer Team | Stuart Ferguson | Catherine Brennan (email) – Lake District North Pete Tayler (email) – Lake District South Clive Thornton (email) – North York Moors / Yorkshire Dales Pita Oates (email) – Bowland / NW Lancs / South & West Pennines Peter Ehrhardt (email) – Peak District West Richard Bradbury (email) – Peak District East Pin Dhillon-Downey (email) – Junior Championships Stuart Ferguson (Chair) (email) – Northumberland & Durham / North Pennines (plus Shropshire & Welsh Borders / Midlands / South West / South East / Isle of Man) |
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Access and Environment Team | Nicky Spinks | Bob Berzins, Steve Hall, Louise Hawson, Max Howard, Richard Patton | |
FRA Long Distance Award Panel | Martin Stone | Rick Ansell, John Ashcroft, Adrian Belton, Bob Berzins, Steve Birkinshaw, Jon Broxap, Charlie Campbell, Wendy Dodds, John Fleetwood, Jon Gay, Manny Gorman, Mark Hartell, Anne Johnson, Jim Mann, Mark McDermott, Jasmin Paris, Steve Pyke, Peter Simpson, Nicky Spinks, Hugh Symonds, Ken Taylor, Paul Tierney, Yiannis Tridimas, Chris Upson, Helene Whitaker, Tony Wimbush, Rob Woodall |
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Handbook | Dave Bowen (Pennine Fell Runners) | ||
Magazine Editor | Dave Littler (Bowland Fell Runners) | ||
Statistician | Carlos Bedson (Cheshire Hill Racers) | ||
Equipment Officer | Steve Wathall (Black Combe Runners) | 01229 467585 | |
Under-23 Training Camp Co-ordinator | Sarah McCormack (Ambleside AC) | 01539 443322 | |
Junior Statistics inc Champs results | Jim Godwin | ||
FRA Navigation Course | Pauline May | 07515 129327 | |
Fellrunner results | Dave Weatherhead and Barbara Carney | 01535 273508 | |
England Mountain Running Committee | Duncan Richards | Members: Karen Brooks, Mark Croasdale, Alec Duffield, Carol Evans, Sharon Hudson, Helen MacVicker, Neil Wilkinson, Sarah Wilkinson |
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British Championships | Judith Jepson | Website | ||
UKA Information inc Insurance | John Temperton | Website | ||
N. Ireland Mountain Running Assoc | Anne Sandford (Secretary) | Website | 07779 254808 | |
Scottish Athletics Hill Running Commission | Hugh Buchanan (Convenor) | Website | 01786 473776 | |
Scottish Hill Runners | Jill Stephen (Secretary) | Website | ||
Welsh Mountain Running Committee | Arwel Lewis (Secretary) | Website | 07772 302411 | |
Welsh Fell Runners Association | Andrew Blackmore (Secretary) | Website | 01633 882558 | |
World Mountain Running Assoc | Anne Buckley (UK representative) | Website | 07817 681826 | |
British Open Fell Runners Assoc | Su Thompson | Website | 07739 100389 | |
Long Distance Awards | Martin Stone | 01931 714106 |