The 1981 Fixture Calendar reproduced in Graham Breeze's article brought back memories. In particular, I remember getting one of the 25 spot prizes given out at that year's Pendle race to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the race, although I don't remember much about the race itself (and the results are missing from my results archive; there must be someone with a copy of the 1981 Pendle results out there, that they could copy for me?). I also remember the Edale Skyline: running out of steam over Brown Knoll, with the rest of the race being a real struggle to keep going (which is probably why I never did that race again
). But what I hadn't remembered was that Pendle and Edale were on the same weekend (which may explain my difficulties at Edale).
More generally, looking at the 1981 Calendar, I was surprised to see how many Northern Irish races are listed, although most of them were categorised "N", (New). When I had first joined the FRA three years earlier, there was only Slieve Donard in NI. I was also surprised at how few Scottish races were listed (this was before the advent of the SHRA, WFRA and NIMRA, so races throughout the UK would generally be listed).
Originally Posted by anthonykay
The 1981 Fixture Calendar reproduced in Graham Breeze's article brought back memories. In particular, I remember getting one of the 25 spot prizes given out at that year's Pendle race to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the race, although I don't remember much about the race itself (and the results are missing from my results archive; there must be someone with a copy of the 1981 Pendle results out there, that they could copy for me?). I also remember the Edale Skyline: running out of steam over Brown Knoll, with the rest of the race being a real struggle to keep going (which is probably why I never did that race again
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