Author: Richard Best

After our local selection in March a small but quality team of 3 Devon runners made it up to Keswick on April 21st for the Senior Intercounties fell race champs. The course a much tougher test than the Devon trial had 900m of climb in store for the runners over 16.3 k. Event report The […]

Gutsy running gives great times A great start to the Dartmoor Series on Saturday am Mar23rd at Princetown. With kind permission of the brewery we organised the race out of the back of a car- which given the weather was just as well. The conditions were raw with a basic 5deg further chilled by 35-40 […]

Some interesting facts So the series is nearly upon us but we thought you may be interested in some interesting facts about what it takes to ‘put on’ and ‘do’. We are pleased to have the support of a bunch of organisers and clubs that bring the series alive plus the army of marshals. Last […]

Ready to go The ground may be mush, well’ crusty with frost mush’ for the next few days but the series is nearly ready to go. There are a couple of date changes which are important to note- but the main 12 races are the same. The first series race will now be a month […]

Just to get your race diaries for 2024, full, check out these important dates . note if has a (J) there will be junior races. So for its fourth year we bring you… Series dates Race 1. Devon AA Champs Course – Venue Princetown Sat April 20th RO Richard Best- this is a seniors only […]

Report from David Lewis who supported our Devon juniors at Shropshire and did a fine job as Team Manager . All photos with permission. Devon team in Shropshire On Saturday 24th June a pioneering group of Devon and Cornwall juniors ran at the Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships in the picturesque Shropshire Hills at Church Stretton. […]

well done to Dave Chanter for hosting the second race of the series. Please find below some images from below Cox tor. The race started after a slightly drawn out junior race- but all home safely in the end. A new course for the Seniors to cope with landowners request , but this added a […]

Devon Junior runner Last week was super busy with championship and qualifying races. Great to see that Devon was represented by Tom Perry ( was Exeter Harriers now Dark Peak Fell runners) in the World junior Mountain trials. An amazing result and i am sure Tom’s local local running family are well chuffed. Enough from […]

Well lots of you will have worked it out these are the majority of this years Dartmoor Fell series Race organisers. On race day they will be incredibly busy people so I thought I would go and get some of their views on the series and fell running. A couple more still to make a […]

busy weekend for fell running Well there was a little bit of stuff going on this weekend including so many fell trial races, junior uphill, world junior selection and the intercounties at Sedbergh. Despite us having a very well supported Devon trial on the day we only had a solo runner in the men’s race. […]