2025

North Wales Series

Compete for the honour of being the most complete fell runner in North Wales in this series of 7 races of varying distances and levels of technicality. The overall winners will take home the coveted trophies and there will be prizes for all age grade winners that complete the series.

Standings

Overall U23 V40 V50 V60 V70 V75 V80

Races

Sat, 1 Mar 2025

Pipe Dream

AS 6.7km/390m 4.2mi/1280ft
Sat, 5 Apr 2025

Ras Moel Wnion

AS 7.5km/540m 4.7mi/1772ft
Sat, 19 Apr 2025

Fron Four

AM 11.4km/716m 7.1mi/2349ft
Tue, 6 May 2025

Y Garn

AS 4km/410m 2.5mi/1345ft
Sat, 31 May 2025

Welsh 1000m Peaks/Copaon 1000m Cymru

AL 32.5km/2870m 20.2mi/9416ft
Sun, 31 Aug 2025

Gladstone 9

AM 14.5km/855m 9mi/2805ft
Sat, 15 Nov 2025

Penmaenmawr Fell Race

BM 16.1km/594m 10mi/1949ft

Eligibility

To qualify for the Series each competitor must:

  • Be a paid-up member of the WFRA as of 1st May 2025
  • Have completed a minimum of 3 races within the Series

Age categories

  • The age categories are: u23, v40, v50, v60, v70, v75,v80. 
  • Your age as of 1 January 2025 will be used to determine the applicable age category for the Series. 
  • Prizes will be awarded in all categories.

Scoring

Scoring for the Series is based on the percentage of the course you could have covered in the time it took the average person to finish. This is calculated as: (A/R) * 100 - where R is the runner’s time in seconds and A is the mean (average) time of all finishers.

Your series score is the sum of your best 4 scores in the series.

Contact

If you have any questions about the Welsh Championship, South Wales Series or North Wales Series, please contact Ellie Salisbury at ellierocknrun@gmail.com or 07789061648.

Two photos of Ellie Salisbury. One of her smiling with her dog on a summit cairn with blue sky, and another after a race - muddy, smiling and in an Eryri Harriers vest

Ellie is the Championship and Series Coordinator. She runs for Eryri Harriers and is an experienced fell runner, having competed in many fell/cross country/road races and mountain marathons all over the country over the last 35 years. She loves the support, camaraderie and friendship in fell running and is keen to get more women involved. Read more about Ellie on her WFRA Committee profile.