Malham Fell Races 30th May

Malham Fell Races 30th May

These races were the penultimate ones in this years English Junior Fell Championships in the Yorkshire Dales and were well attended with large fields in all the races.

In the U/8 race we had two runners and both did well with Theo Middleton 17th and Grace Pendlebury having her best race to date 5th girl only 16 secs behind Theo. Our only runner in the U/10 was Freya Whittle and she ran well for 5th place this after recovering from illness. The U/12 race saw our biggest turnout with Tom Massey finishing in 4th place and this result keeps him in 3rd place in the championships. Toby Middleton had his best race this year to finish 7th and this keeps him in the top ten in the championships. Our two female runners were Ella Pendlebury having her best run on the fells this season finishing in 9th place and Lydia Johnson ran well for 18th place.

Malham Senior Race

After supporting his young charges Junior Fell Coach Tony Hesketh decided to race the short but tough race of just over 4 miles and was 38th and first O/65 in 32.12. This was out of a field of 73.