Yearly Archives: 2015


1st November I’ve been reliably informed that the Penmaenmawr fell raise is the oldest fell race in Wales. Not sure whether this is true or not but is must be classified as one of the most popular – entry is only possible on-line and the maximum 250 places were all […]

Penmaenmawr Fell Race


It is a great time at the Club and we are really pleased to welcome several new members and great to see many of them turning out at races!   Next weekend is Race 3 of the Cross Country season. Its almost a “home” fixture! Its at Mold Sports Centre […]

Update


1st November 2015 – Cilcain Fell runners tend to be a fairly hardy bunch in many respects. Whilst an image of crusty aged individuals prancing round sodden moorland in the teeming rain wearing nothing more than an old vest and implausibly short shorts might not be entirely accurate there is […]

Clwydian Hills Fell Race



25th October 2015 – Crewe At the same time a sea of Buckley Blues made their presence felt in the Flintshire 10k a smaller group made a foray over to Crewe to take part in a 9 mile trail race known as the Halloween Hell Raiser. The name really is […]

Halloween Hell Raiser


Attempting to compete in either of the above competitions is a serious long term endeavour covering 8 months and a minumum of 4 events for Open Welsh and 6 events for the North Wales series. Race Summaries Moel-y-Ci The North Wales series was kick-started by the short Moel-y-Ci race, less […]

Review of North Wales Series and Open Welsh Fell Running ...


Race Reports by Jez Brown Swansea Bay 10k – 19/09/2015 Two Buckley Runners raced at Swansea Bay 10k, as part of the North Wales inter regional Championships. It was brilliant to see Samantha Dutton being called up to run for North Wales as part of the women’s team, and I was […]

Swansea Bay 10k & Ealing Half Marathon



Report by Simon Roberts   A great series of four races all squeezed into the month of September. If anything, the races are tighter and the competition (almost) as intense as the border league. Big fields too: three or four hundred at each race, an amazing feat of organisation from Steve […]

Wirral Multi-Terrain Series


Saturday 30th September – Report by Simon Roberts   There is something remarkable about the last weekend in September. This was my sixth Rab Mountain Marathon, always on this weekend going back to 2008, and every one has been characterised by near-perfect weather. The event roams around the UK, from the […]

Rab Mountain Marathon


Saturday 5th September – Report by Simon Roberts   A bonus weekend in the Highlands at the end of summer and, as luck would have it, high pressure began to build just as we arrived. The event, perhaps the most famous mountain race in the UK, is notoriously difficult to get […]

Ben Nevis Race