The final race in the Bingley Harriers Fell Championship 2025 was our (Bingley Harriers) very own Harriers vs Cyclists on Sat 8 Nov (See Race Organiser Andy Brown’s report). On our doorstep and blessed with a sunny & mild early November day there was a great Bingley turnout of 28 runners and 2 cyclists (and lots more organising, helping and marshalling – thankyou all). Most of the main contenders ran but, in general, the top spots were already secured or out of reach.
So our overall Champion is Tom Cooper (242 points) who stayed clear of Ruth Thackray, Amicia Lee and Simon Butterfield who all scored over 200 points. Ruth Thackray is our Female Champion (96 points ) ahead of Amicia Lee, Joanne Henry and Laura Firth.
Category winners (3 races minimum) :
V40 Joanne Henry Simon Butterfield
V50 Ruth Thackray Greg Hull
V60 No runners Steve Webb
Well done all. The full results are on Bingley Harriers Championship page on Team App https://bingleyharriers.teamapp.com/clubs/567035/custompages/8602-fell-championships?detail=v1
The Club 2025 Awards night is booked for Sat 21 March (after the XC season ) so put the date in your dairy now for the Fell and other awards.
64 senior Bingley runners (24 W and 40 M) ran from U23 to V70.
Total Bingley Runners :
Sen 18-39 Vet 40+ Total Juniors U15 <18*
Women 12 12 24 5
Men 5 35 40 7
Total 17 47 64 12
*Junior numbers for information only.
*Juniors ran Bunny Runs and Eldwick Gala Short races only

Of the 64 around half only ran one race being a Bunny Run, Eldwick Gala or Harriers vs Cyclists so these were the events with the highest Bingley turnouts. In addition 12 Juniors (U15 to <18) ran in either the Bunny Runs or at Eldwick Gala. Always great to see the Juniors trying out the Short races and giving the Seniors a run for their money 😊.
I am aiming to get the 2026 Fell Championship Races out by early December as I know people are already filling their 2026 race diaries and targets and I want ‘competing in the Club Fell Championship’ to be a target for lots of runners. If you have any thoughts about what should or shouldn’t be in the Club Fell Champs then please let me know. I can’t promise to accommodate all but ideas are always welcome. The challenge of finding a good mix of races (distances, locations, grade, etc) and avoiding (or including) event dates popular for Bingley runners or key to the club, can be tricky.
In the meantime a couple of fell / off-road relays coming up. If you are interested / available please contact as below :
Gathering Winter Fools Relay Sat 6 Dec. Contact Ruth Thackray (Ladies) or Dave Stephenson (Men)
Three Peaks Relay Sat 25 April . Contact Becky Weight (Ladies) or Matt Bloomfield (Men). The main race is already full!
For more information, help or any queries about running on the fells contact your Fell Team Managers Becky and Andy to chat about what would be good for you. We can pass your Relay interest on too 😊
Becky Weight, Ladies : beckyweight@btinternet.com
Andy Jebb, Men & Juniors : andrewjebb2@gmail.com

Thanks to Woodentops, Jo Buckley and Becky Weight for photos (in the Header).