Chelmorton Chase running event Sept 28th 2025
Chelmorton Chase 2025
Eleven hundred feet above sea level - a running race that has become a village event, with an army of local marshals.
STOP PRESS Chelly Chase 2025 date is set - it's September 28th 2025.
Entry on the day from 9:30am at SK17 9SH.
Runners follow the iconic Chelly blue arrows.
One hundred pound team prize for affiliated clubs. (2024 winners were Sinfin Runners Club, Derbyshire)
First lady to finish is awarded the Windross Shield (2024 winner Kathryn Liddiard)
First man home in 2024 was Luke Beresford.
Check the past images in the free runners' photo gallery.
Enjoy a re-run of the event with the compilation video by Paul Mellor. (see 2024 link below)
The Chelmorton Chase
IN 2024...
A race with a view, that has become an annual village event - the Chelmorton Chase.
Starting outside Primitive Hall on Main Street, Mixed-terrain shoes. Tracey, Lady of Hollinsclough flagged the runners away for a dry start.
A local village army. Extensive team of high-vis marshals at every turn, the iconic blue timber arrows marked the route to be sure.
Tracey, Lady of Hollinsclough starts the race, chequered flag marks the finish as locals cheer on Main Street after a downhill finish.
Photo gallery, race video and an extensive photo gallery is placed on the web at www.chelmorton.net alongside detailed finish times.
Medals awarded to first one hundred finishers.
Club prize of One hundred pounds to the winning team.
A race with a view. Passing the Church Inn pub for the Five Wells track, The race covers five miles climbing high out of the village with spectacular views from the High Stool limestone trail, a fast downhill road decent back to the village before returning down the Main Street.
Buxton runner Andy Wilton holds the course record at thirty minutes thirty one seconds and villager Ian Hulse holds the locals' record. A double winner for the Dark Peak Running Club is Stuart Bond who took first place in 2008 and 2010. From 2010 the Joan Windross memorial shield has been presented to the first lady runner across the line. It holds more than a decade of names for lady running winners and is on display in the Church Inn pub.
Link to 2024 photo gallery and video