The date is set, Grindleford Gallop 2025 will take place on Saturday 15th March. Save the date! Entries will open mid November, date to be confirmed soon.

We’ll be pulling the race data on Monday night ready to start linking up race numbers and dibbers to get ready for registration. We’ve now contacted everyone on the waiting list. At 8pm Sunday 10th we’ll open up entries again for 24 hours only so any last minute entries can be made if cancellations make places available. Check back here or on Fabian 4 for the link.

We’re less than a month away! Here are the race details – grab yourself a cup of tea….

SNEAK PEAK!

Don’t look too closely, this is just a first mock up that the wonderful Marcus Kenyon has done for us so you get a quick look at the colour scheme for this year’s Grindleford Gallop buff.

If you’d like to add one to your order please use this link. You also have a last chance to order tshirts.

ORDERS WILL CLOSE AT 9PM THURSDAY 23rd NOVEMBER.

Please complete this form if you missed out on an entry, and we’ll send you an email if places become available!

Congratulations to Thomas in Class 3, this will look great on a t-shirt!

We are only ordering on demand this year, so if you’d like a t-shirt your only chance is to order one when signing up for the race – entries open tomorrow!

Entries for the next Grindleford Gallop on 16th March 2024 will open on Wednesday 15th November. Click on ‘enter race’ for the link you’ll need on the day!

Meanwhile, the children at school are busy designing a logo for 2024 and we’re updating the buff design as well!

Please get yourself a drink, sit somewhere comfortable and then click and read!

It feels all a little out of sync as we haven’t done the 2023 Gallop yet (postponed to October 14th due to the heavy snow, race full but a few entries becoming available now and again, no waiting list but please check https://www.fabian4.co.uk/default.aspx?EventID=3262 as entries are released as they become available).

This is what the start line looks like this morning. We are very disappointed to have to announce that the outside chance has happened and due to massive snowfall overnight, way more than anticipated, the Gallop will have to be postponed this year.

A couple of trees have come down overnight blocking local roads, the start line and most of the route is knee deep snow, Morrisons can’t deliver the bread rolls and there’s no parking available in the village as it’s all deep in snowdrifts. All this and more makes for a clear cut decision.

We are talking about what to do next, it’s likely we will defer the race until the Autumn similar to the lockdown year. We will be in touch with details when it’s been decided.

In the meantime, if anyone local can get safely to Grindleford, we’re likely to be selling cake and soup from the pavillion this afternoon…