Good news, the races have been chosen for the 2015 championship and the first race is Giggleswick School Winter League on 18th January. There are 16 races to choose from with best 6 results to count.
More information can be found on the document on the races page.
Young Athlete Grant Scheme (England Athletics)
http://www.englandathletics.org/AAA
Under this scheme, grants are possible for Under23 year olds in full time education.
Scout Scar race, Sunday 4 January A group warm-up will be organised for Helm Hill U12 runners. Meet at 11.40am by the Helm Hill flag. Allow plenty of time to register and to familiarise yourself with the course BEFORE joining the warm up. As this is the first race of the KWL series, registration is likely to be particularly busy. Allow plenty of time. You can download a KWL Junior's permission form from the Races page of this website, and fill it in before arriving at Scout Scar - this will save time and cut down on congestion in the Registration tent....thank you!
Cumbria Cross Country series 2014 - Penrith race, Sat 6 Dec. The Penrith race was race number 4 in this 5-race series. Jacob Aubrey ran in the U15 boys race, and Katie Thurlow took part in the U15 girls'. Both ran a course of 3.2km, and Katie won the girls' race. Well done Katie.
What will be your 2015 target?
...Take part in …Helm Hill Junior Championship league?...Kendal Winter League?...BOFRA championship league?...FRA championships?
Helm Hill Junior Championship league – details of the races will be published in the New Year. Every Helm Hill junior to please consider taking part! Check out the results from this year… Where might you finish in 2015?
Kendal Winter League…first race is on Scout Scar on 4 January. Races continue, on Sundays, until Easter. Have a go.
BOFRA championship league…the series starts in May. Keep an eye on the BOFRA website for more info….Some great races to try, or to have another go if you’ve done some before.
FRA championships…the first race is usually in April sometime, and there are about 7 of them throughout the summer (you won’t need to do them all to qualify for a place in the final FRA 2015 league) – why not join in??
Due to our younger runners getting older and faster and moving up groups we now have spaces in our entry group - 8-9yrs old
Arnside Knott FRA fell race 16 Nov, 14 There was a strong turn out in the junior races by other local clubs as well as Helm Hill, which made the races on this steep and muddy course both challenging and exciting. Henry Hunter scooped 3rd prize in U12 boys race, closely followed in 4th position by Elliot Wren. Dylan Cater and Jamie Harris achieved 4th and 7th respectively in the U10 boys. Rowan Baker, a regular at this race, came 9th in the U12 girls race. The U14s and U16s ran exactly the same course together; 
a 5Km route which involved a drop down through the woods to sea-level and then a return up the same steep track....Jack Byrne led this field home (1st U16), with Jacob Aubrey behind him in 3rd overall (2nd U16) and Robert Askew 4th overall (2nd U14), Thomas Beazeval took 5th place U16 boy. Katie Thurlow took 1st prize in the U14 girls, and was 1st girl home in this field. Amy Slattery gained 2nd place U14 girl, Georgia Stevens took 2nd place in the U16 girls and Alice Slattery followed her in 3rd place. Well done to all of you!
Cumbria Cross Country league 2014-15 Well done to Brandon Brookes for his 7th place in the Keswick race 8 Nov, U15 boys. Also well done to Imogen Burrow, Katie Thurlow and Mia Senior for 2nd, 5th and 8th respectively in U15 girls.
English Schools Fell Running Championships, Sunday 28 Sept, Mytholmroyd Well done!! to all from Helm Hill who ran for their school on these challenging courses.
Running for England Well done to Chris Richards, Matthew Senior and also Lauren Munro-Bennett for their England vests. They ran in the Junior's "Home International" competition on Saturday 20 September, in which teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales compete against each other. Full results available on England Athletics/News and Events. England retained the title as Winners again this year.
Grasmere Sports, 24 August
On the Podium...
Well done to all our juniors who turned out for Grasmere Sports. It is an event which is part of our fell-running history.
Ambleside sports (BOFRA), 31 July - one of our junior championship races.
This was a Helm Hill championship race for all our junior age categories. Pictured below are some of the juniors who ran in the U12s race. Many found it a taxing race and the younger ones, for whom there wasn't an U9 category, did brilliantly to keep going. More pictures are in the 2014 album on the gallery tab, and results are on the BOFRA website. Well done Helm Hill juniors!
12/13 July As is often the case, a choice of races this weekend. Josh Roelants headed to Alva games for a fast run up and down a very steephill. Others headed to Kettlewell for a tough run on a multi-terrain course - the last of the FRA junior championship races this year. Fantastic runs, including a recovery by Mia Senior from a fall part-way round, secured the title of English Junior FRA champions 2014 for Helm Hill.
WELL DONE to all juniors who have raced in the FRA championship series this year and gained points for Helm.
Langdale gala, Sun 6 July
Not as hot as last year, many juniors had a good run in this latest junior championship race. Charlie Clayton was Helm's sole representative in the U8s - well done Charlie! Helm U12 runners included Josh Roelants, Emelia Stevens, Ella Beardwood, Henry Hunter, Maia Doherty, Lottie Beardwood, Freya Richards, Maddie Walsh, Ella Park and Rowan Baker. Mia Walsh and Katie Thurlow represented Helm for the U14s, respectively taking 1st and 2nd female prizes.
Meanwhile, in Italy..
Congratulations to Chris Richards for coming 14th at the World Youth Mountain Running Champs in Arco, Lake Garda. Chris was 2nd English runner in so picked up a team bronze medal with England A team. Tom Peel, running for England B came 28th with the team coming 10th. Italy 1st, Turkey 2nd. Fantastic achievement boys..
Helm Hill flag at Junior Championship races
We plan for the Helm Hill flag to be put up at all the remaining Junior Championship races this year. Look out for it at Langdale gala on Sun 6 July!....Anna Stevens will do a group warm up by it for any U9s and U12s that wish to take part - meet her by the flag 20 minutes before the first junior race.
Kirkby Gala, Sat 28 Jun - Relaxed and grinning, Katherine Lawson came in first in the U17 girls. Helm Hill lads Jacob Aubrey, Jack Byrne and Michael Dugdale took 3rd, 4th and 6th place, Mia Senior and Georgia Stevens were second and third girls. Also rightly pleased with themselves in the U14s, Robert Askew won third place amongst the boys, Mia Walsh was second girl, Imogen Burrow was third girl, Abbie Allan took 6th girl's place and Emelia Stevens rounded off the girls' team. U12s; Josh Roelants continued his fine form this season with fourth place, Elliot Wren and Ollie Sanders and Angus Corrie were 7th, 8th and 9th boys. Well done to Mollie Bratt for her fourth position amongst the girls, and to Maddie Walsh and Susanna Corrie. All ran well on a steep course, on a warm day.
Clougha Pike Sat 21 Jun, Helm Hill Sun 22 Jun; What a great weekend for our juniors! Highlights on Saturday included Matthew Senior's lung-busting finish in the U16s race when he held off the competition and claimed second place. Chris Richards led the field home in first place. Go Helm, go! On our home ground on Sunday, many juniors raced again, and some top positions were claimed; Clara Samson fought for and won first place in the U9 girls, Matthew Ansell won second place U9 boys, Josh Roelants was first Helm boy and 5th overall in U12s (closely followed by Elliot Wren). In the U14s, Robert Askew won first place and Imogen Burrow took 2nd girls place. U17s; Jack Byrne was 3rd, Katherine Lawson 1st girl and Mia Senior 3rd girl. Well done to you all, and to our many other Helm juniors who all ran so hard this weekend.
Bendrigg
Well done to all juniors who ran at the weekend. Ella Beardwood was first u11 girl and Ollie Sanders 1st Helm. Full results.
Congratulations
Lottie Beardwood, Ella Bearwood, Mollie Bratt, Georgia Stevens and Clara Samson on achieving their club half colours. (12 races)
Also to Alice Slattery for becoming the first junior to pick up full colours (24 races) this year. Excellent racing, well done guys.
Kit recycling
Dave Roelants is now organising a kit recycling system for juniors. So any shoes or vests grown out of, pass on to Dave & hopefully they can be re sold or exchanged for better fitting kit. See Dave's post on the forum for more details.
Uphill only Champs, Turner Farm, Duddon
Congratulations To Helm Juniors on winning the National Uphill Only title yesterday at the Turner Uphill in the Duddon valley.
In very wet, misty conditions, Imogen Burrow & Chris Richards won their races to become uphill Champions, Clara Samson won the up & down U8s and so with Mia Walsh & Tom Peel 4th, Kath 5th, Jack 7th, Jacob & Matty 8th we took the Team prize. Maddie Walsh (11th), Josh Roelants (17th), Emelia Stevens (6th), Lottie Beardwood (9th), Maia Doherty (15th), Erin Bagge (18th), Vaughan Samson (29th), Joe Connor (18th), Katie Thurlow (17th), Mia Senior (12th), Georgia Stevens (18th) meant a fantastic turnout in this tough race high up in the fells. Well done everybody.
Coniston Gullies 1 June 14
This is certainly not a race for the 'faint hearted'! There were a few tumbles! Well done to our juniors who managed to recover from falls and finish their races. At the beginning of the day, Finley Aitken was the only Helm Hill runner in the U9s race – he finished in a very respectable 4th place. U12's; Josh Roelants continued his good form, coming in 7th, Mollie Bratt was 3rd girl closely followed by Lottie Beardwood in 4th. With Mia, Islay, Ella, Maddie and Rowan running too, the total of Helm Hill girls outnumbered any other club in this category.
The U14's race was a truly gripping event with some amazing resilience and toughness shown - well done to Mia, Imogen, Abbie, Emelia and Katie. Katherine Lawson proved her prowess and brought it home for Helm females in the U17s race, with a 19 second lead over the second girl and preceded by Helm's Jacob Aubrey, Mia Senior then came in and took the 3rd female position. Well done to all.
Austwick Amble 26 May 14
The sun was definitely shining down on Helm Hill Runners at the Austwick Amble. It was great to see so many juniors. Some excellent results in the U12's with Josh Roelants finishing a very strong 7th place in a very tough field. Mollie Bratt, with an excellent race and time, coming 2nd girl and a great performance from Rowan Baker in 6th place. Helm Hill made up a 3rd of the entrants for the U16s race - Jacob Aubrey, Amy Slattery and Alice Slattery. Congratulations to Jacob for his second place boy and second place overall, and to Amy who was first girl. Results are at www.austwick.org
CONGRATULATIONS
To Chris Richards and Tom Peel who have both been selected for England to race at the World Mountain Running Association International Youth Cup in Italy on June 29th. (See England Athletics website) Suncream, sandwiches & castles. For a sneaky preview of the course, google Castle Mountain Running for a you tube clip.
Tom has also been selected for the U20 place at the Karrimor Great Trail race at Keswick on Sunday.
Well done guys and good luck to both.
Junior Championship
Latest standings after 3 races HER
Well done to all who turned out for Helm over a busy weekend. Some excellent results in both particularly Tom P sixth at Witton Park.
Intercounties RESULTS
Sedbergh RESULTS
Club Colours - Congratulations
To Ollie Sanders and Rowan Baker
To Josh Roelants & Jacob Aubrey on being the first recipients of the Club Half Colours for 12 races already this year. Full Colours are for 24 races, who will be first?
Wray Caton fell race
A fair few turned out for Helm at the Bank Holiday fair well done to Jack Byrne and Georgia Stevens for winning the U16s, Erin Bagge 1st, Emilia Stevens 3rd U14, Lottie Beardwood 2nd u12, Henry Hunter 2nd in the U10s . RESULTS
Coiners
A record 367 juniors raced in the sunshine at Coiners and another strong Helm turn out with Chris (1st) Tom Peel (2nd) & Imogen (2nd) bagging the points and Matty, Maddie, Mia, Josh, Robert, Jacob, Kath, Amy & Alice supporting to keep Helm top of the Junior Champs after 3 races. Results
Latest club junior championships update - HERE
Rivington Pike
Round two of the FRA championships was held at Rivington with another good showing from Helm. Provisional RESULTS. Well done to all who ran, including Chris and Matty getting a Helm 1 and 2 in the u16s, and to Clara Samson - winning again...
Pendle English Championships
A strong turnout for the club on the return to Pendle to see if we could follow up Saturday's senior successes - and we could - with Chris Richards and Clara Samson winning their races, plus a host of other strong showings, including Matt S (3rd), Tom P and imogen B (4). Full results. Click on the picture for more from the Woodentops site.
KWL Elterwater
Chris Richards makes light work of the tricky descent as he returns to the fell to win the u17 race. Click the image for more great photos on a spectacular day.
KWL Cautley
Great photo by Andrea Meanwell.
2014 Junior Championship races are here
KWL BARBONDALE
Watch Andy Holden's video if you dare..
Fantastic results for all our juniors who ran at Barbondale, what a tough race that was! A very well done to Josh Roelants and Emelia Stevens, Mia Walsh and Imogen Burrow, Matthew Senior and Katherine Lawson who were all the top two runners to cross the finish line for Helm Hill in their age groups :)
Lost property at Barbon KWL
Various leggings and tops in various states of muddiness were left at Barbon. They'll be at registration next week.
Northern Region Inter-counties school cross-country race, 1 Feb 14, Durham. It was another muddy cross-country course...Helm Hill juniors are used to these! Many of our juniors raced for Cumbria.
Birkrigg Fell Race report soon...but here are the RESULTS
KWL - Whitestones
The race at Whitestones was cold and especially wet! Not that the conditions stopped lots of juniors turning up and putting in brilliant performances. It was the steepest race to date and with all that mud, it was not a descent for the faint hearted.
Abbie Allan, Mollie Bratt, Joe Clayton and Emelia Stevens were the first four runners to come in for Helm Hill U12's. There are so many HH juniors in this age group, you all achieved fantastic results and should be very proud of themselves!! Jacob Aubrey was 1st boy in the U14's race, well done!! Followed by Imogen Burrow, Mia Walsh, Amy Slattery and Katie Thurlow, who each ran a fantastic race. Jack Byrne was 3rd in the U17 race, Rosie Dutson and Alice Slattery also ran really well to secure some great positions. Full results are now available.
KWL - Giggleswick
If anyone was in any doubt about making the journey to this race, it was definitely worth it!! A challenging but interesting race with a bit of everything thrown in.
A total of 69 U12's took part with plenty of strong performances by our juniors including; Elliot Wren who was the first Helm Hill junior to cross the finish line in a very respectable 13th place. Abbie Allan maintained her position for the third week running to claim 2nd girl! Great results in the U14's, very well done to Jacob Aubrey who finished in 2nd and to Mia Walsh 1st girl. U17's saw Katherine Lawson in fine form to claim 2nd place for the girls, Brandon Brookes ran a good race finishing 14th in the boys.
A huge well done to everyone who took part in this race, as always you are all an inspiration and it's brilliant to see you all enjoying your racing and doing so well!!
KWL - Firbank
A huge well done to all our juniors for turning out to race last Sunday, on what was a very cold morning. This was a tough race and the enthusiasm and commitment that you bring to your racing, whatever the weather, makes you all champions! Fantastic to see lots of HH vests on the fell once again with lots of brilliant results :)
Well done to our u17s Jack Byrne 3rd place and to Katherine Lawson 2nd Girl. U14 Jacob Aubrey 3rd Place and Imogen Burrow 2nd Girl. U12s Ollie Sanders was first HH home in 14th with Abbie Allan finishing 2nd girl!!
KWL - Scout Scar -RESULTS
The New Year has started in spectacular style with the first race of the Kendal Winter League!! How fantastic to be back on the fell today and even better to see so many junior Helm Hill vests achieving some personal goals and brilliant results for the club :)
It was wonderful to see our juniors having fun, catching up with friends. As well as being witness to those who have moved up an age group, new faces and the all round fantastic progress of all of our runners. All those training sessions in the cold and the dark have definitely been worth it!!
