Llanthony Show Fell Race
AS 3.9m / 6.3km and 1150ft / 350m
(Jun - AS/PM)
Saturday 3rd August 2024
12:15pm. £2 plus show entry
Event HQ: Llanthony Show Ground (SO289275). Allow sufficient time, narrow lanes can be congested with show traffic. Start time could be delayed.
Junior races: see notes.
Organiser:
Tom Meredith
Hannah & Mark Hopkinson
thomas_meredith1@btinternet.com
mehop@hotmail.co.uk
Records:
Mark Hopkinson 27:44 (2019)
Rhian Probert 32:42 (2022 )
Great for kids young and old!
Pay £5 to enter the show.
Race fee £2 (to contribute to the show's first aid bill)
2024 Sen Results
2024 Jun Results
2023 Results
2022 Results (.pdf)
2019 Results (.xls)
2019 Photos (Brenda Avery)
2019 Report
Results 2018 (.pdf)
2018 Race Report
Results 2017 (.pdf)
Photos 2017 (Tosh Simpkin)
The Route
Pay to enter the show. Race fee £2 (to contribute to the show's first aid bill)
The race starts and finishes in the show ground with live commentary over the show PA. The route goes out across the event field and through a gate at the top. After a traverse of another field, the route starts heading up through steep farmland. A stile from this leads to the open fell. At this time of year the bracken is high and a small path zig zags up through it, partly on an old broken down wall. A final push over heather and bilberry takes you onto Offa's Dyke path. South along this leads to a path heading back towards Llanthony. The path is rocky in places. A stile into the farmland brings a steep and often rutted steep descent back to the event field.
The majority of the route is marked and some attempt is made to clear a way through the head high bracken on the ascent.
After a rest and sampling the various delights on sale, join forces with some others and take part in the 6 in a bag sack race?
Hannah & Mark Hopkinson (Mynydd Du Mini Dragons) are RO's for the junior races.
- South Wales Jun Champs #4.
- Entry on the day
- Registration from 10am until 15 minutes before race start - 11:15am
- All races £2 + show entry
- £3 race entry waived for WFRA junior members in U7-U19
(join here: https://www.fabian4.co.uk/default.aspx?EventID=3237)
Please sign the consent form in advance (U7-U19) (on the day will be available as well): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjgss20hTL4eMc6bsGOgTu_Fa_KVb5gkHCiyet9ANwo3-Xsw/viewform
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT KIT AND AGE CATEGORY INFORMATION AT THE WFRA JUNIOR PAGE: https://sites.google.com/site/welshfra/ieuenctid-juniors?authuser=0
Race distances and ascents:
U7 & U9: 1km / 50m
U11: 1.8km / 130m
U13: 2.9km / 225m
U15: 4.4km / 325m
U17 and U19 start at 12.15 (senior race). U7 to U15 start at 11.15.
1. The U15, U17 and U19 races will form the East Wales Athletics junior mountain and fell championships and are licenced by Welsh Athletics
2. Entrants who wish to enter the championships must be registered with Welsh Athletics as an East Wales athlete
3. The entry fee for the championships will be £1 in addition to the entry race fee to cover the cost of medals for the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category).
4. Entry will be on the day.
Junior Map
Adult Race Map;
Link for Llanthony Show
This fell run is just one aspect of the Llanthony Show - a lovely, and surprisingly large, rural event with horse jumping, produce competition (flower, veg, cakes, jam, handicrafts etc), pony judging, gymkhana, sheep shearing, dog show, beer tents, burgers, ice creams, candy floss and all manner of foods, sack races, 3 legged races, a full on rodeo ….