Cal Partington took the ladies victory from Rose Hooton with Julie Cretney third lady.

Full results are available here

More pictures taken by Sarah Cringle are available here

The long, rocky descent off the ‘Old Man’ tested both courage & leg strength and was certainly not for the faint hearted!

Simon Skillicorn was the top MFR in 15th position, completing the 8miles & 3500ft in a time of 1 hour 20 minutes 58 seconds, closely followed by Tom Cringle in 21st position, just 28 seconds back.

There were good finishes too for Andy Watson, Rich Sille, Dave Griffin, Guy Wilcher, John Gray and Gareth Evans. Unfortunately Lloyd Taggart was not competing after a recent knee problem.

Keep an eye on www.manxfellrunners.org for results information.

Please use the car park that is situated approx. 200yards from the start area. opposite the reservoir.

Thanks to long time sponsors Buchan and Pitts for their continued support.

Dave Griffin, Anthony Bell-Scott, Richard Sille and Tom Cringle will all be dusting off their dancing shoes to join the 549 other entrants in this 11.5 mile race with a testing 3600ft of ascent. Fellow Manxman Lloyd Taggart and partner Jackie Lee are also racing.

Keep an eye on www.manxfellrunners.org for results information.

The race was won by Tom Cringle, taking his first win in the Manx Fell League from second place Steve Partington running well having completed the 31 mile mountain marathon only two weeks before. Third place went to Tony Okell who is getting back to some regular racing in the Manx fells.

The ladies win was taken by Cal Partington finishing in ninth place overall with Rose Hooton second and Helen Renecle, in her Manx fell racing debut, taking third.

Thanks, as always, to the marshals and organisers without which the racing would not be able to go ahead.

Full results are available here

Take a look at the full set of Murray Lamden’s photos here including a video on manxathletics.com and some shots taken by Pauline Cringle here.

The Snaefell Race will however go ahead as permission has been given by the DOT. The course may vary slightly at the Black Hut depending on where the work is being done.

The only problem is that access to the Bungalow will have to be via the Tholt Y Will Road.

Last years route from checkpoint 2 at Snaefell Mines to Clagh Ouyr followed the public footpath that starts at the side of the small plantation. After consultation with DAFF it has been agreed that all competitors must again follow the public footpath but only as far as the stile. After this there is a free route choice to checkpoint 3 on Clagh Ouyr

The 5 mile category A course has a bit of everything with some longer descents and a couple of good climbs, out of the Laxey valley to Clagh Ouyr and from the Black Hut to the summit of Snaefell.

These shorter category races are great to use as your first outing on to the fells, so if you fancy it why not come along for a go.

Take a look at the Snaefell race details here including route map and description, plus last years results can be viewed on the Snaefell results page.

If you would like any further information on this or any of the other races on the Manx Fell calender please just contact Manx Fell Runners.

We were very lucky to enjoy a dry and sunny day but it was cold, bitterly cold in places and very windy making life far from comfortable for all the marshals and officials on the course. Needless to say the weather did not stop everyone doing a superb job, as they do every year. Many thanks to everyone, you were all heroes yesterday.

The ladies race was won by Wendy Dodds with Pip Fitzpatrick in second and Clare Kenny in third.

In the Half Marathon Lloyd Taggart took the win and set a new course record, with Ian Nixon taking the runner up spot from Tom Cringle in third.

Full Results courtesy of manxtimingsolutions.com are available below.

Full and Half Overall Results

Full and Half Split Times

Full Category Results

Half Category Results

Team Results