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    Re: 2013 Junior Do Sat 20th J

    very positive day out, the sun shone, no.1 daughter enjoyed the 'training' , the hoodie and T shirt are first rate and the innov8 bum bag was great value.
    real highlight was seeing first hand the commitment and enthusiasm of the people behind the FRA who make all these things possible.
    congratulations to all at Rossendale for a first rate day

    cheers all.

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    Re: 2013 Junior Do Sat 20th J

    Well what a cracking day that was!

    Firstly a huge thank you to Lefty & all at Rossendale for their hospitality, effort & generosity.

    To the coaches, Phil Bolton, Richard Stott, Kath Farquhar, Helen Buchan, Ben Crowther, Emma Smith, Sarah Senior and Helen Samson for running great sessions. At one stage there were 80+ juniors spread around all doing quality drills, technique work and having a ball. It looked fantastic.

    John Brown for coming along and chatting through his career. Again highlighting how important it is to enjoy your training & racing, that results are important and you should aim high and believe in yourself, but the friendships & experiences gained through running in the mountains always remain and what is truly special.

    We watched Felix parachute jump from space, enabled by some of his philosophy "The only limit is the one you set yourself" and "Learning to love what you have been taught to fear".
    On a steep bit of Rossendale fell, where Lefty had marked out 100ft, we had a crack to see how high we could get.
    We only had 20 mins but 80 juniors went for it & reached an accumulated altitude of 51,000ft! It took Felix 90 mins to reach 128,000ft in his capsule, Ive no doubt the guys would have nailed that in 90 mins. But lunch was calling!

    Another big thank you goes to Madeleine for presenting the awards and also for all the support she & the FRA committee give to junior fell which is very much appreciated.

    Thank yous also go to Colin Driver for his personal support of the junior Championships, Jon Broxop & Pete Blands for their consistent & enthusiastic support and Jim Godwin for all the painstaking and selfless work he does with results & the felljunior site.

    If i can work out how to put the all the slides & footage we used on the day on here Ill get that done as asap.

    Finally a big thanks to all parents & juniors for coming along and contributing so enthusiastically. We are still finalising the races for next year and will publish as soon a they are confirmed.

    Thanks everyone & well done
    Cheers
    Duncan

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    Re: 2013 Junior Do Sat 20th J

    Good to see some of the talent coming up through the junior ranks at the Pits on Sat, as a coach I picked up some good sessions from what others where doing. Thanks to John Brown as well.

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