by Josh Ronfell

HELM Hill’s Mark Addison dominated at Dunnerdale winning the classic short fell race by a considerable distance.

Addison, who lives in Kendal, was triumphant in this year’s race with a time of 38-27, making up for last year’s disappointment where he lost the race by just one second.

His nearest rival was his cousin and former English champion Tom Addison - a two times winner of the race - who had to settle for second and was over a minute adrift in 39-30.

“I was really chuffed to win after being so close last year and it’s always a good one to win with it being such a classic shirt Lakeland fell race.”

The challenging eight mile race which runs between the Lickle and the Duddon valleys had 235 participants and Mark believes it was his fast start which gave him the early advantage.

“The start was pretty fast but I took the lead just as we went onto the fell. I felt really strong on the climbs and started to pull away half way up the first climb.”

“I could see Tom closed on me after the first descent. So I pushed on and tried to keep a good rhythm on the climbs to checkpoint three and four and seemed to have opened up a good gap. After that I just made sure I pushed onto the finish”

The race visits the summits of The Knott, Raven Crag, Stickle Pike and Great Stickle, reaching 550m in height, before finishing at Broughton Mills.

The ladies' race was won by Howgill Harrier’s Heidi Dent who finished with a time of 46-09 almost two minutes ahead of her closest competitor Sharon Taylor, of Staveley, who runs forHelm Hill.

Both men’s and ladies races in the U19 category were won by Kendal-based team Helm Hill. Chris Richards won the men’s U19 category, finishing sixth overall in 41-51. Hannah Russell, of Helm Hill, won the women’s U19 race in a time of 48-34.

Pudsey and Bramley's Darren Kay was a clear winner in the M40 category in 42-03, while Doug Hayes, unattached, won the M50s race, crossing the line in 53-23.

Brian Jackson and Colin Ardron, both of Macclesfield Harriers, won the M60 and M70 categories respectively.