Sedbergh Hills Fell Race

The Sedbergh Hills Fell Race is an annual fell running race in Cumbria, England. The race starts and finishes in Sedbergh and has a distance of approximately 22.5km and contains 1830m of ascent. It is usually run in August. [1] The inaugural event was held in 1979. The ladies' race was held over a shorter course that year, but subsequently the women ran the same route as the men. In its early years, the race was organised by Mike Walford on behalf of Kendal Athletic Club.[2]

Course

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From Sedbergh the course makes a clockwise loop. It initially heads up to Arant Haw (605m) and then to Castley Knotts. Then around Brown Moor, Fell Head and Hazelgill Knott. The course turns south to The Calf (676m) past Arant Haw again to Winder (473m) before heading down into Sedbergh. [3] [4]

Winners

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Year Men Time (h:m:s) Women Time (h:m:s) Refs
2024 Jack Wood 2:22:49 Emily Cowper-Coles 2:36:48 [5]
2023 Billy Cartwright 2:04:23 Nichola Jackson 2:28:04 [6]
2022 Garry Greenhow 2:23:04 Eleanor Johnstone 2:51:32 [7]
2021 Sam Dixon 2:31:09 Helen Leigh 3:11:01 [8]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 James Harris 2:22:21 Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn 2:49:44 [9]
2018 Rob Jebb 2:20:22 Sharon Taylor 2:51:03 [10]
2017 Garry Greenhow 2:20:44 Zoe Harding 2:43:48 [11]
2016 Steven Snape 2:26:55 Nina Walkingshaw 2:57:53 [12]
2015 Joe Symonds 2:13:40 Nicky Spinks 2:56:29 [13]
2014 Rob Hope 2:06:10 Victoria Wilkinson 2:19:34 [14][15]
2013 Rob Jebb 2:11:14 Victoria Wilkinson 2:28:31 [16][17]
2012 Andy Brown 2:22:06 Fiona Hughes 2:44:26 [18]
2011 Morgan Donnelly 2:02:44 Jackie Lee 2:32:43 [19]
2010 Jon Morgan 2:18:55 Karen Davison 2:43:15 [20]
2009 Rick Stuart 2:21:03 Nicky Spinks 3:00:47 [21]
2008 Darren Kay 2:23:34 Gayle Sugden 2:55:51 [22][23]
2007 Joe Symonds 2:10:50 Alison Raw 2:47:42 [24][25]
2006 Rob Jebb 1:59:41 Natalie White 2:25:21 [26]
2005 Rob Jebb 2:10:35 Nicola Davies 2:43:41 [27]
2004 Colin Donnelly 2:13:22 Clare Kenny 3:01:29 [28]
2003 Joe Blackett 2:26:44 Katy Thompson 3:24:02 [29]
2002 Rob Hope 2:10:48 Andrea Priestley 2:28:39 [30]
2001 Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak
2000 Mark Roberts 2:12:15 Vanessa Peacock 2:49:08 [31]
1999 Steve Birkinshaw 2:21:35 Vanessa Peacock 2:34:36 [32]
1998 Simon Booth 2:00:04 Vanessa Peacock 2:33:12 [33]
1997 Jim Davies 2:14:06 Nicola Davies 2:49:36 [34]
1996 Colin Donnelly 2:13:10 Vanessa Peacock 2:47:34 [35]
1995 Robin Jamieson 2:07:11 Vanessa Peacock 2:31:40 [36]
1994 Robin Jamieson 2:06:36 Ruth Pickvance 2:34:46 [37]
1993 Robin Jamieson 2:10:31 Sue Parkin 2:44:40 [38]
1992 John Taylor 2:02:49 Sheila Wright 2:37:56 [39]
1991 Keith Anderson 1:57:11 Janet Kenyon 2:41:35 [40]
1990 Keith Anderson 2:07:33 Sue Parkin 2:49:33 [41]
1989 Keith Anderson 2:01:59 Kath Martin 2:43:48 [42]
1988 Hugh Symonds 2:02:53 Vanessa Brindle 2:29:26 [43]
1987 Robin Bergstrand 2:08:28 Sue Parkin 2:52:23 [44]
1986 Robin Bergstrand 1:59:33 [45]
1985 Hugh Symonds 2:05:43 Jean Lochhead 2:55:36 [46]
1984 Jon Broxap 2:07:11 Gillian Wilkinson 2:54:05 [47]
1983 Hugh Symonds 2:01:37 [48]
1982 Kenny Stuart 2:06:37 Carol McNeill 3:03:03 [49]
1981 Bob Whitfield 2:05:36 Pauline Haworth 2:41:49 [50]
1980 John McGee 2:14:05 Ros Coats 3:02:22 [51]
1979 Billy Bland 2:14:40 Bridget Hogge 2:05:26 [52] [Note 1]

Note 1: The women ran a shorter course than the men in 1979.

References

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