Athletics news, results and fixtures for Cumbria and the Lake District: South Lakes, Eden

Runner Rob full of Hope in Fairfield success

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

FORMER English and British Fell Running champion Rob Hope emerged victorious in the Fairfield Horseshoe fell race on Saturday, pipping Borrowdale’s Morgan Donnelly to the win by just eight seconds.

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Beau tri's hard to win his University challenge

3:10pm Thursday 16th May 2013

YEALAND Redmayne triathlete Beau Smith took gold at the British Universities Championships having made his senior international debut a week previously.

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Jones among the golds in British Orienteering Championships

5:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

LAKELAND orienteers took podium places at the prestigious British Orienteering Championships in the Surrey Hills as Sarah Jones won the gold medal in the W18 class.

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Cumbria represented in world orienteering championships in Portugal

5:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

STUDENTS from South Cumbria travelled to the Algarve coast of Portugal for the World Schools Orienteering Championships, with Lakeland OC members Sarah Jones of Barrow Sixth Form College and Natalie Beadle of Cartmel Priory School participating.

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Record field for Kendal Tri as Troughton comes home sixth to fly flag for the locals

9:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

RECORD numbers braved the elements to complete the Kendal Sprint Tri this weekend at Lakes Leisure Kendal.

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Symonds on the road to replicating father's Three Peaks success while hundreds take part in Hawkshead trail race

8:30pm Monday 29th April 2013

SEDBERGH runner Jo Symonds made it back-to-back Three Peaks victories as he looks to beat his father Hugh’s achievements of winning the race in 1984, 1985 and 1987.

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Bland back with a bang as Bell reigns supreme again but locals fail to reach fore in last ever Daffodil 10k

9:00am Monday 22nd April 2013

THIRLMERE farmer Gavin Bland spectacularly returned to fell running action by winning the opening race of the British Championship at Silent Valley in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains.

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Bell smashes course record in Cartmel spectacular

1:00pm Friday 22nd March 2013

CARL Bell found the soft going to his liking in the Lakeland Trails season opener at Cartmel on Saturday when he broke the course record in the 18km Cartmel Sticky Toffee Trail Race.

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Sproul wins back-to-back Wilson Runs while Dennis proves a menace in boys event

8:00am Friday 22nd March 2013

CASEY Dennis won the 2013 Wilson Run in Sedbergh on Tuesday in boggy conditions after recent snow had melted, with Eilidh Sproul regaining her ladies title and beating her 2012 time.

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