Anniversary Wa, FRA Junior Championship race –Saturday 11th April

The junior races at the Anniversary Waltz this year again played host to the opening race of the FRA Junior Championships. Races are held for U8, U10, U12, U14, with U16 and U18 running together over the longest course, a challenging 3.4km route with a tough direct climb onto the ridge of Catbells, and good fast descent off the fell. All the categories except the U8’s had some very decent fell running on Skellgill Bank, on the slopes of Catbells, with over 200 runners across all the categories –a credit to the organisers.

There were 4 Keswick AC juniors in competition. Rosie Stuart had a superb run to comfortably win the U18 race in 17.16. In a competitive U16 race Matthew Atkinson ran a great race in a time of 15.38 for 11th. In the U14s Christiana Tully ran well for a time of 16.52 to finish 15th girl, with William Atkinson putting in a good run in the U10s, running 7.16 for 28th. Congratulations to all the juniors for excellent running against some top class junior athletes.

The next race in the Junior Championship is the Coiners race in Yorkshire on 4th May.