Allegations that some of the leading men had not visited one of the mandatory checkpoints delayed publication of the results from the competition, which attracted 315 runners to Tebay in Cumbria.

Once the dust had settled it became clear that the Calder ladies had once again set the standards.

Helen Fines is currently in silver medal position in the British ladies with Anne Johnson in the same position in the British V40s. Blackshawhead school teacher Jo Waites is in bronze position in the English championships - and with so many ladies placed highly in the individual championships it's no surprise that the club's ladies top both the English and British tables.

Karl Gray and Ben Mounsey continue to fly the Calder flag for the men with Karl currently sixth in the British standings and Ben ninth.

New recruit Gavin Mulholland ran a very impressive race in his first year of competitive fell racing and with this performance there are growing signs that the men are starting to get the same strength in depth that the ladies currently enjoy.

Calder results: Karl Gray 15th, 1:14:15; Ben Mounsey 23rd, 1:16:31; Gavin Mulholland 37th 1:20:31; Adam Breaks 62nd, 1:23:10; Helen Fines 106th, 1:28:21; Jo Waites 127th, 1:30:49; Anne Johnson 135th, 1:31:37; Dave Austin 157th, 1:34:59; Naomi Sharratt 166th, 1:36:09; Mark Goldie 180th 1:38:32; Thirza Hyde 235th, 1:48:50; Dave Culpan 240th, 1:49:38; Linda Murgatroyd 247th, 1:51:29; Martin Whitehead 265th, 1:54:42; Gail Tombs 282nd, 2:00:04)

Postman delivers

- The most impressive run of the weekend happened the day after at Settle Hills where Todmorden postman Alex Whittem (pictured) left the rest of the field standing by winning the seven-mile race by an amazing five minute margin.

- On Wednesday June 24 Jason Stevens and Joanna Porter competed at Eddies Revenge in Shaw near Oldham, with Jason taking a creditable third and Joanna finishing eighth lady place in this short sharp lung burster.

- The next night saw Steve Smithies pull on his racing shoes at Aggie's Staircase in Darwen to finish a very fine fourth out of 165 runners.

- Veteran Graham Hill returned to racing with a strong performance at the Whaley Whaltz race in the High Peak in Derbyshire on Saturday. He was 12th and fellow Calder runner Robin Skelton 22nd from 147 starters.

- Records were tumbling at the Gibson Grind On Sunday - a race which takes place over Scout Scar in the Lake District.

Kendal-based former British champion Craig Roberts set a new record of 53:19, with Calder Valley's Jo Waites smashing the Ladies record by three minutes to set a new benchmark of 1:01:50.

Paul Biddulph ran strongly to finish in 1:11:36 with Boothtown's Tim Hayles and Claire Hanson performing well to record times of 1:12:27 and 1:18:24 respectively.