Donard Challenge Start List
The final start list for the Donard Challenge is below. Please Please check your Club Name and Category are correct as some have been changed as they thought they were younger than they really are. Any issues use the contact form.
The details of the course can be found here but I have highlighted the main points of the course under the start list. Hopefully there will be a strava route map up soon – if you have one pass it on.
Name (First) | Name (Last) | Cat | Club |
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Jos | Addison | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Mark | Addison | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Tom | Addison | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Ruth | Aiken | FV40 | Ballymena Runners |
Michael | Ainsworth | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Mark | Alexander | MV40 | Ballymena Runners |
Sam | Alexander | MO | Westerlands CCC |
Nick | Andralojc | MV50 | Harrogate Harriers |
Matthew | Annison | MO | Todmorden Harriers |
Chris | Arthur | MO | Bowland |
Neil | Ashcroft | MV40 | Ambleside AC |
Chris | Atherton | MO | Ambleside AC |
Sarah | Bailey | FV40 | Keswick AC |
Stephen | Baker | MV40 | Helm Hill Runners |
Nicholas | Barber | MO | Pennine Fell Runners |
Nick | Barber | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Ben | Bardsley | MV40 | Borrowdale |
Mike | Barnett | MV40 | Newry City Runners |
Virgil | Barton | MV40 | Barlick FellRrunners |
Elizabeth | Batt | FV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Jon | Batt | MV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Joe | Baxter | MO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Louise | Beetlestone | FO | Eryri Harriers |
Carl | Bell | MO | Keswick AC |
David | Bell | MV50 | Mourne Runners |
Helen | Berry | FV40 | Holmfirth Harriers |
Andrew | Bibby | MV60 | Todmorden Harriers |
Melanie | Blackhurst | FV50 | Todmorden Harriers |
Andrea | Blanshard | FO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Sam | Blanshard | MO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Simon | Bolton | MV50 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Vincent | Booth | MV50 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Niall | Bourke | MO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Alistair | Boyer | MO | Westerlands CCC |
Stefan | Bramwell | MV40 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Colin | Brash | MV50 | Girvan AAC |
Bill | Breckenridge | MV50 | Shettleston Harriers |
Alan | Brentnall | MV60 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Alison | Brentnall | FV60 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Graeme | Brown | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Helen | Buchan | FO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Lucy | Burnett | FV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Stephen | Burthem | MV50 | Warrington AC |
John | Busby | MO | Carnethy HRC |
Richard | Byers | MV50 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Paul | Cadman | MV50 | Mercia Fell Runners |
James | Callender | MO | Westerlands CCC |
Alasdair | Campbell | MO | Buxton AC |
Clarke | Campbell | MV40 | BARF |
Colum | Campbell | MV40 | Newcastle AC |
Sean | Clare | MV50 | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
Dave | Collins | MV60 | Todmorden Harriers |
Kim | Collison | MO | Borrowdale |
John | Connaghan | MV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Ian | Conroy | MO | Horwich RMI Harriers |
Mike | Cooper | MV50 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Paul | Cornforth | MV50 | Borrowdale |
Ben | Crowther | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Ross | Cruickshanks | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Roddy | Cunningham | MO | Westerlands CCC |
Stewart | Cunningham | MV60 | Mourne Runners |
Chris | Davies | MV60 | Saddleworth Runners |
Glen | Davies | MV60 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Huw | Davies | MO | Mercia Fell Runners |
Jim | Davies | MV50 | Borrowdale |
Marc | Davies | MV50 | Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers |
Peter | Davies | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Phil | Davies | MV40 | Borrowdale |
Esther | Dickson | FO | Newry City Runners |
Adrian | Dixon | MV60 | FRA |
Wendy | Dodds | FV60 | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
Morgan | Donnelly | MV40 | Borrowdale |
Shane | Donnelly | MO | North Belfast Harriers |
Ronnie | Douglas | MV40 | BARF |
Claire | Duffield | FV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Dan | Duxbury | MV40 | Ambleside AC |
Chris | Edis | MO | Keswick AC |
Matthew | Elkington | MJ | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Tim | Ellis | MO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Catherine | Evans | FO | Keswick AC |
Andrew | Fallas | MO | Carnethy HRC |
Michael | Fanning | MV40 | Holmfirth Harriers |
Laurence | Farrington | MO | North East Runners |
Ted | Ferguson | MJ | Borrowdale |
Rachel | Findlay-Robinson | FO | Keswick AC |
Rhys | Findlay-Robinson | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Darren | Fishwick | MV40 | Chorley Athletic and Triathlon Club |
Leyre | Flores | FO | Westerlands CCC |
Bernard | Fortune | MV40 | SBR AC |
Davy | Foster | MO | EDAC |
Michelle | Foxwell | FV40 | Ambleside AC |
Peter | German | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Astrid | Gibbs | FV40 | Ambleside AC |
Tom | Gibbs | MV40 | Ambleside AC |
Carrie | Gibson | FV40 | Helm Hill Runners |
Jo | Gillyon | FV40 | Keswick AC |
David | Gould | MV60 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Emma | Gould | FO | Mercia Fell Runners |
Ben | Grant | MV60 | Harrogate Harriers |
Kathryn | Grant | FO | Ballymena Runners |
Miranda | Grant | FO | Eryri Harriers |
Karl | Gray | MV40 | CVFR |
Claire | Green | FO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Martin | Green | MV60 | Maldwyn Harriers |
Kirsty | Hall | FV40 | Wharfedale Harriers |
Andrew | Hanna | MO | Unattached |
Richard | Hanna | MO | Mourne Runners |
Neil | Hardiman | MV40 | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
Caroline | Harding | FV40 | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Jonathan | Hardman | MO | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Sarah | Harley | FO | Eryri Harriers |
Maurice | Harte | MV40 | Team Purple |
Adrian | Harvey | MO | Howgill Harrier |
Victoria | Haworth | FO | Keswick AC |
Steven | Hebblethwaite | MO | Keswick AC |
Walter | Henderson | MV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Paul | Hesketh | MV50 | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
DAVID | HICKS | MO | Newcastle AC |
James | Hill | MV40 | West 4 Harriers |
Paul | Hobbs | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Helen | Hodgkinson | FV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Neil | Hodgkinson | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Kieran | Hodgson | MV40 | Helm Hill Runners |
caroline | Holden | FV50 | Helm Hill Runners |
Keith G. | Holmes | MV60 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Danny | Hope | MV40 | Horwich RMI Harriers |
Rob | Hope | MV40 | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Mark | Hopkins | MV40 | BARF |
Richard | Houghton | MV50 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Sue | Howarth | FV50 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Judy | Howells | FV40 | Wharfedale Harriers |
Gareth | Hughes | MO | Mercia Fell Runners |
Matthew | Hulley | MV40 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Nichola | Jackson | FO | Preston Harriers |
Steve | Jackson | MV60 | Horwich RMI Harriers |
Joshua | Jardine | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Nigel | Jeff | MV50 | Buxton AC |
Bronwen | Jenkinson | FJ | Eryri Harriers |
Paul | Jenkinson | MV40 | Eryri Harriers |
Henry | Jepson | MO | Unattached |
Jude | Jepson | FV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Robert | Jones | MO | Keswick AC |
Stephen | Jones | MV60 | Eryri Harriers |
Darren | Kay | MV40 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
David | Keeling | MV50 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Paul | Kelly | MV60 | Durham Fell Runners |
Ben | Kent | MJ | Helm Hill Runners |
Lee | Knight | MO | Ambleside AC |
Mark | Lamb | MO | Keswick AC |
Ciara | Largey | FO | Omagh Triathlon Club |
Andrew | Laycock | MO | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
E?in | Lennon | MO | Carnethy HRC |
Jethro | Lennox | MV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Robert | Little | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Tom | Loan | MO | Keswick AC |
Matthew | Lockyer | MO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Harvey | Lord | MO | Black Combe Runners |
Tim | Lowry | MV40 | Ballymena Runners |
Dave | Lund | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Peter | Mackie | MV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Jonny | Malley | MO | Ambleside AC |
Joe | Mann | MO | Ambleside AC |
Kate | Mansell | FV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Phil | Marsden | MO | Horwich RMI Harriers |
Dale | Mathers | MV50 | Mourne Runners |
Jenn | Mattinson | FO | Keswick AC |
Ciaran | McAleenan | MV50 | Mourne Runners |
Michael | McAuley | MO | Mallusk Harriers |
David | McCann | MO | Newcastle AC |
Joanne | McCauley | FV40 | St. Peter's AC |
Declan | McCrory | MV50 | Armagh AC |
Tom | McGaff | MV60 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Garth | McGimpsey | MO | Mourne Runners |
Charlie | McIntosh | MV50 | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Conor | McKavanagh | MO | Unattached |
Hazel | McLaughlin | FV40 | Lagan Valley AC |
Alasdair | McLeod | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Michael | McLoughlin | MV60 | Preston Harriers |
Deon | McNeilly | MV50 | Newcastle AC |
Alex | McVey | MO | Carnethy HRC |
Antony | Meanwell | MV40 | Borrowdale |
Anna-Jane | Meeks | FV50 | Borrowdale |
Rachel | Mellor | FO | Keswick AC |
Martin | Mikkelsen-Barron | MO | Borrowdale |
Ian | Mills | MO | Pennine Fell Runners |
John | Minta | MV40 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Ben | Mounsey | MO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Gavin | Mulholland | MV40 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Tim | Murray | MV50 | Helm Hill Runners |
Adam | Neale | MV40 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Lee | Newton | MO | Keswick AC |
Catherine | Niblock | FO | Helm Hill Runners |
Iain | Niblock | MO | GoFast |
John | Nicoll | MV40 | Keswick AC |
Neil | Northrop | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Declan | O'Duffy | MV50 | Bowland |
Shileen | O'Kane | FV40 | Lagan Valley AC |
Todd | Oates | MO | Ambleside AC |
Tim | Parker | MV50 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Rebecca | Patrick | FV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Graham | Pearce | MO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Bastien | Perez | MJ | Westerlands CCC |
Adam | Perry | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Graham | Pilling | MO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Rachel | Pilling | FO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
caroline | pollard | FV50 | Wharfedale Harriers |
Jean | Powell | FV40 | Wharfedale Harriers |
Mel | Price | FV40 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Ben | Procter | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
William | Procter | MV60 | Helm Hill Runners |
Phil | Purdy | MV50 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Stephen | Pyke | MV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Konrad | Rawlik | MO | Carnethy HRC |
Ron | Rees | MV60 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Simon | Reeve | MV40 | North Belfast Harriers |
Connor | Reid | MO | Ballymena Runners |
Stephen | Rice | MV40 | Newcastle AC |
Alison | Richards | FV40 | Helm Hill Runners |
David | Richmond | MV40 | Maynooth Loopers |
Kenny | Richmond | MV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Sarah | Ridgway | FV40 | Mercia Fell Runners |
Peter | Rigby | MO | Unattached |
James | Riley | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Greg | Rimmer | MV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Brown | Robert | MO | Newcastle AC |
Kelli | Roberts | FO | Ambleside AC |
Lou | Roberts | FV40 | Ambleside AC |
Mark | Roberts | MV50 | Borrowdale |
Shona | Robertson | FV40 | Shettleston Harriers |
Mike | Robinson | MV40 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Lee | Roe | MO | Keswick AC |
Tom | Roo | MO | Mercia Fell Runners |
Hannah | Russell | FJ | Helm Hill Runners |
Anne | Sandford | FV50 | Lagan Valley AC |
Barbara | Savage | FV50 | Clayton-le-Moors Harriers |
Tom | Saville | MJ | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Chris | Schofield | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Joanna | Schreiber | FV50 | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Jonathan | Scott | MO | Mourne Runners |
Jeff | Sempey | MV40 | BARF |
Aaron | Shimmons | MO | BARF |
Stuart | Shuttleworth | MV50 | Ambleside AC |
Steven | Simkin | MV40 | Carnethy HRC |
Robert | Simpson | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Tom | Simpson | MJ | Ambleside AC |
Dale | Smith | MV40 | BARF |
Laura | Smith | FV40 | BARF |
Stephen | Smithies | MV40 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Emma | Smyth | FO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Dave | Soles | MV50 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Craig | Stansfield | MV40 | Rossendale Harriers |
Sam | Stead | MO | Keswick AC |
Jonny | Steede | MO | Glens Runners |
Karl | Steinegger | MO | Ambleside AC |
Gregor | Stewart | MO | Westerlands CCC |
Ryan | Stewart | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Stephen | Stewart | MV50 | Ballydrain Harriers |
Rick | Stuart | MV50 | Helm Hill Runners |
Matthew | Sullivan | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Andy | Swift | MO | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Joe | Symonds | MO | Shettleston Harriers |
Dave | Tait | MV60 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Dan | Taylor | MO | Todmorden Harriers |
David | Taylor | MV50 | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Mark | Taylor | MV40 | Calder Valley Fell Runners |
Harry | Teggarty | MV60 | Mourne Runners |
Andy | Thompson | MO | Helm Hill Runners |
Paulette | Thomson | FV40 | Newcastle AC |
Gary | Thorpe | MV50 | Ambleside AC |
Calum | Tinnion | MO | Ellenborough AC |
Simon | Titmuss | MV40 | Carnethy HRC |
Brian | Toal | MO | Unattached |
Jacqueline | Toal | FV40 | BARF |
Peter | Toal | MO | Unattached |
Steven | Todd | MV40 | Dub Runners |
Steve | Toogood | MV50 | Buckley Runners |
Jim | Trueman | MV50 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Jim | Tyson | MV40 | Ambleside AC |
Lindsay | Walker | FO | Keswick AC |
ian | Warhurst | MV50 | Pennine Fell Runners |
Gillian | Wasson | FV40 | Ballymena Runners |
Steve | Wathall | MV50 | Retford AC |
Naomi | Watson | FO | Mercia Fell Runners |
Andy | Watts | MV60 | Cheshire Hill Racers |
Zoe | Webber | FO | Keswick AC |
Alison | Weston | FV50 | Ikley Harriers |
Jo | Wilcox | FV50 | Helm Hill Runners |
Barry | Wilkinson | MV50 | Borrowdale |
Josh | Williams | MO | Dark Peak Fell Runners |
Stephanie | Wilson | FO | Pudsey and Bramley AC |
Trevor | Wilson | MV50 | BARF |
Helen | Winskill | FV40 | Keswick AC |
Bob | Wiseman | MO | Ochil Hill Runners |
Claire | Withers | FV40 | Mourne Runners |
Andrew | Worster | MO | Todmorden Harriers |
Jack | Wright | MO | Ambleside AC |
Jon | Wright | MV40 | Todmorden Harriers |
Paul | Wright | MV50 | Ambleside AC |
Harold | Wyber | MO | Ambleside AC |
Kieran | Young | MO | Murlough AC |
COURSE
Start:Donard Park,GR337330 (marked to CP1)
CP1: Quarry/wall (Drinneevar) 300m, GR376287.
CP2: Millstone Mountain summit 460m, GR373285.
CP3: Slieve Donard summit 850m, GR358277.
CP4: Quarry/gate, GR371293.
Finish: Donard Park, GR373306.
All checkpoints must be visited in order.
This course was designed to provide a testing short mountain race specifically for the British Championship Series starting and finishing in Donard Park, Newcastle, Co. Down. At 10 km with 900m of climbing taking? in Millstone Mountain before climbing to? the summit of Slieve Donard 850m (the highest mountain in Northern Ireland) then descending all the way to the finish in Donard Park at sea level. This should make your journey well worthwhile and satisfy the most discerning fell runner.
The race starts at sea level in Donard Park and follows the forest road across the Donard Bridge then taking the rough cobbled path on the south side of the Glen River before turning south-east using the forest paths to reach CP1: Quarry/wall (Drinneevar). Ascend on rough steep ground to reach CP2, Millstone Mountain summit. After making a short descent of Millstone you then make the main climb to the summit of Slieve Donard. Underfoot the ground is mostly heather turning to grass with patches of boulders as it steepens no prescription pharmacy towards the summit. You will first see the lesser cairn, which is ?250m before, and 30m below CP3 (at the large summit cairn), beside the tower at the corner of the Mourne Wall.
From here the route is downhill all the way to the finish at sea level, the section to CP4 to the small gate at the edge of the quarry/forest is ?a mixture of boulders, heather and grass with stony patches becoming steeper with some rock when approaching the forest/quarry. Take care on descent; if conditions are misty you will need a compass bearing, as the ridge is both broad and deceptive.
From here take small marked paths through Donard Wood on the south side of Glen River into Donard Park and finish.
Sections of the race course from the start ?to Checkpoint 1 and from Checkpoint 4 to ?the finish will be marked. Maps covering the area of the race route are the Mourne Country Outdoor Pursuits Map (LPS) and the Harvey Mourne Mountains map 1:25,000.
As this race is ascending to 850m in early April, Full body cover including hat and gloves will have to be carried no matter what the weather conditions. Map, compass and whistle will also be required in the compulsory kit and all runners will be checked at registration and spot checked before the race can start.
As this is a short and challenging race you must be prepared for all eventualities; especially if the weather is bad as your navigation will be tested. If you do have to pull out tell a marshal and when you get back to Donard Park tell us again so that we know you are safely off the hills.