51st to 60th Fellsman
Results From 2022

• 315 Entrants entered the event (including 40 who withdrew before the event start)
• 71 Non-starters
• 204 Started the event
• 70 Entrants retired or voluntarily withdrew from the event
• 134 Entrants finished the event.

The joint winners of the Fellsman Axe are Oli Johnson and Damian Hall with a time of 11 hrs 23 minutes.

The winner of the Jim Nelson Trophy is Fiona Pascall with a time of 12 hrs 08 minutes.

The joint winners of the Tregoning Cup are Oli Johnson and Damian Hall with a time of 11 hrs 23 minutes.

The joint winners of the Levy Trophy are James Quigley of 12th Glasgow (Lenzie) and James Turner of 18th Truro St George Sea Scouts – Truro District with a time of 15 hrs 34 minutes.

The winner of the County Commissioners Tankard for the fastest over 50 is Matt Neale in a time of 14 hrs 08 minutes.

The winner of the Great Knoutberry Trophy for the fastest over 60 is Martin Terry in a time of 15 hrs 27 minutes.

The winner of the The Old Kids Award for the fastest entrant over the age of 70 is Tony Wimbush in a time of 19 hours 43 minutes.

The winners of the team trophy, the Service Trophy, were Dark Peak Fell Runners. The team members were Oli Johnson, Stuart Walker and Laurence Piercy with a combined time of 37 hrs 34 minutes.

In 2022 there were no qualifying teams for the Scout team trophy, the Fellsman Shield.

The winners of the Lumbutts Mill Trophy, were Win or lose we’ll have some booze. The team members were Matt Neale, Paul Nelson, Adrian Martin and Paul Walker with a combined time of 46 hrs 33 minutes.

The Bear Grylls Award is awarded by the Committee to the young helper/team who showed great dedication in helping on the event. In 2022, this award was presented to Megan and Thomas of Keighley Network.

The John O’Connell Award for Outstanding Services to the Fellsman. This award was first presented in 2011 in memory of former Fellsman organiser John O’Connell. In 2022 the Fellsman Committee have taken the decision to present this award to a number of teams and individuals for their dedication and services to the Fellsman, in some cases for over 40 years. In lieu of a physical trophy, each recipient will nominate a charity, to which a donation will be made in their name.

Firstly, this year sees the retirement of a team of volunteers who have manned various checkpoints on the event since the 70’s but for many years they have greeted you at the highest, windiest and most remote roadside checkpoint on the event – the Hobblers Inn – with shelter, hots drinks, and a mean bean stew. The Fleet Moss Checkpoint Team are, I’m sure entrants will agree, very worthy recipients of this award, and they will be missed.

We would also like to recognise the invaluable contribution made by the Fellsman Safety team, individuals who most of you will never see, as they perform critical duties providing sweeps between the checkpoints to ensure that all entrants are safely off the hills and checking information recorded at each checkpoint to ensure everyone has been accounted for. This year John Kirk, the long-standing lead of Yorkshire Sweep Team made the difficult decision to retire from the event, although we are pleased to say that he has left his sweep duties in the very safe hands of his son, Iain. Likewise, our rear safety check team, Paul Hughes and John Monkiewicz have also taken the decision to retire after many years of incredible service to the event handing over the reins to a new team. Finally, we would like to recognise a current member of West Midlands Sweep Team, Martin Ramsey, who continues to support this event every year providing much valued experience and advice to both new members of the safety team and the Fellsman committee.

The Mike Wooding Memorial Trophy is normally a nominated award given to an individual entrant or support volunteer who typifies Mike’s love for the challenge of the Fellsman and who has performed something exceptional and noteworthy during the event. However in 2022 the Fellsman Committee have taken the decision to award this trophy to all those Fellsman entrants and volunteers we have lost since the 2019 event – individuals who loved the Fellsman and couldn’t wait to be back on the fells with us:

• Terry Butterworth
• Colin Banks
• Mandy Ramsey

I know there will be others, who we have not named, that should join this list. This award is also for them. Please let us know if you know of someone we should add.

view Felltrack split times for 2022.