Committee
The Welsh Fell Runners Association (WFRA) is managed by fell runners like you. We are volunteers putting something back into the sport we love. Learn about who we are and our voluntary roles in the WFRA.
The Welsh Fell Runners Association (WFRA), or Cymdeithas Rhedwyr Mynydd Cymru (CRhMC) in Welsh, is an independent, not-for-profit, Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose aim is to encourage and support grassroots fell running and racing in Wales and the Borders. The overwhelming majority of fell races held in Wales are organised by members of the Association.
We publish an annual race calendar, maintain the WFRA website, organise the WFRA fell running Championship plus the regional North and South Wales Series of fell races. We also assist Race Organisers and members by setting out Safety Requirements and Rules for Competition and organise appropriate public liability insurance cover. Your membership fees directly support fell running in Wales and the Borders.
Who's who?
The WFRA is managed by a small group of volunteers who are passionate about fell running. Learn about everyone's fell running journeys and their roles by clicking on their names.
Contact Committee members using the contact form.
Committee members
- Chair
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Julia Mathias
Mynydd DuI first got into running during my time in the Royal Air Force, where I worked as an air traffic controller. What started as a way to keep fit turned into decades of road running and… [Read more]
- Secretary and Environmental Officer
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Briony Latter
Mynyddwyr de CymruMy fell running journey started fairly recently. I'm from Yorkshire and think I had a very vague awareness that fell running existed but was never involved in it. I hated PE at school... [Read more]
- Treasurer
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Nicholas Bradley
Meirionnydd Running Club07831 604759
Once while climbing on Pillar Rock in my youth, I looked across the valley to see maybe 20 runners, probably led by Joss Naylor, doing the Ennerdale horseshoe. Fell running was something… [Read more]
- Membership Secretary
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Colin Hughes
Sarn Helen07900 432995
I used to run from a young age and then running was part of the job in the military. I always enjoyed off road running and wanted bigger adventures, so I saw the Welsh 1000m Peaks race… [Read more]
- Calendar & Fixtures Secretary
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Linda Edmondson
07961 034716
I'm not a natural athlete. I have a life-long love of the countryside and walking on the hills. I took up running to make myself fitter for fell walking in my late 30s. I’m now LV60 and… [Read more]
- Race Registration & Safety Officer
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Carwyn Phillips
Rhedwyr Preseli01437 532401
So who the 'eck is Carwyn Phillips? You might know me better as Caz the Hat! I was a keen cross country runner in school (which seems a long time ago now!), and then started road running… [Read more]
- Championship and Series Coordinator
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Ellie Salisbury
Rhedwyr Eryri Harriers01492 622909
I ran cross country (XC) & 800m for my school and county, but did very little running throughout my 5 years at Vet School. After graduating, I began hill walking, then rock climbing, and… [Read more]
- South Wales Winter Series Coordinator
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Dominic Shields
Les Croupiers RC07564 775548
I started running seriously in 2005 because my then girlfriend was a runner, did the usual London Marathon thing and joined a conventional running club (San Domenico). I ran the standard… [Read more]
- Webmaster
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Matt O'Keefe
Mynyddwyr de Cymru
- Juniors Coordinator and Joint Welfare Officer
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Neal Hockley
Rhedwyr Eryri Harriers07989 282909
I came to fell running from a background in climbing and mountaineering. Mountain marathons like the KIMM [now the OMM] and Saunders were my gateway drug, then when I moved back to Wales… [Read more]
- South Wales Junior Coordinator (non-committee)
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Tom Meredith
Mynydd DuI got into fell running during lockdown as we live next to a hill. Converting from a prop forward in rugby to a fell runner, I have found that my knees and hips are holding out so far… [Read more]
- Individual Member
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Paul Fitzsimmons
Clwydian Range Runners07854230036
After running and climbing pretty obsessively in my teens and through university, I started running again in my late 30s to get fitter. Living on the side of Moel Famau in the Bryniau… [Read more]
- Individual Member
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John Mainwaring
Rhedwyr Eryri HarriersI have been involved with mountains most of my (long!) life and have enjoyed my love of mountaineering, skiing, trekking, cycling and of course mountain/endurance running in many… [Read more]
- Joint Welfare Officer (non-committee)
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Emma Bagley
Fairwater RunnersI have been running on and off for 40+ years. My primary school teacher encouraged me to join a running club and I never looked back. I loved winter cross country and trogging through the… [Read more]
Trustees
- Trustee
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Andrew Blackmore
Mynyddwyr de Cymru07809 404181
I found fell running by accident after stumbling on an advert for a race up and around the Sugar Loaf outside Abergavenny. Despite being completely out of my depth (I recall a blustery… [Read more]
- Trustee
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Linda Edmondson
07961 034716
I'm not a natural athlete. I have a life-long love of the countryside and walking on the hills. I took up running to make myself fitter for fell walking in my late 30s. I’m now LV60 and… [Read more]
- Trustee
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Gareth Jaggard
Clwydian Range Runners07810 808884
I've been into fell running for about 16 years and joined the Clwydian Range Runners 15 years ago. Most of my time is spent running around the Clwydian hills to keep fit and also for the… [Read more]
- Trustee
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Craig Jones
Rhedwyr Eryri Harriers01492 877957
I found running way back in 1991, through the requirement to pass a fitness test; so I started training, wearing a pair of Dunlop Greenflash badminton shoes! Numerous miles and painful… [Read more]
- Trustee
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Margaret Oliver
Rhedwyr Eryri Harriers
- Trustee
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Ellie Salisbury
Rhedwyr Eryri Harriers01492 622909
I ran cross country (XC) & 800m for my school and county, but did very little running throughout my 5 years at Vet School. After graduating, I began hill walking, then rock climbing, and… [Read more]