Join us for the 32nd South Wales Winter Hill Series. This year we have 9 Series races between October 2025 and March 2026. Note that all but one of the 2025 races are pre-entry (only).
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All the South Wales Winter Hill Series (SWWHS) races are category AS or BS, apart from one race which is category AM (What do the race categories and acronyms mean?). This year, they range from a short dash up and down Fan Fawr (3.2km, 305m) to the longest in the Series, Cat's Back/Ras Crib y Garth at 11.7km, to Llyn y Fan which is the race with the most ascent (714m).
See below for information about age categories, scoring, kit requirements and who to contact about the South Wales Winter Hill Series, as well as about the Hugh Aggleton Memorial Award.
Age categories
The age categories are: u23, v40, v50, v60, v70, v75, v80. Your age as of 1 January 2025 will be used to determine the applicable age category for the Series.
Scoring
Scoring in each race is based on the percentage of the course you could have covered in the time it took the average person to finish. This is calculated as (A/R) * 100 where R is the runner’s time in seconds and A is the mean (average) time of all finishers
Your Series score is the sum of your best 5 scores in the Series.
Kit requirements
All WFRA races require you to bring full kit (see the full kit list here). Please refer to individual races for further information and note that at the race, the Race Organiser (RO) will make a decision as to what you need to take with you.
Eligibility
You do not have to be a member of the WFRA to take part in the South Wales Winter Hill Series.
However, becoming a member of the WFRA helps to support fell running in Wales and the Borders and fell races such as the ones in this Series. You can join us as a member here.
Hugh Aggleton Memorial Award
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Hugh Aggleton was a prolific fell runner in south Wales and ran with local fell running club Mynyddwyr De Cymru (MDC). He was Welsh Champion in 2015, South Wales Series Champion twice, and ever-present at the front of the South Wales Winter Hill Series. He won numerous races and set course records yet was described as modest and unassuming. Hugh sadly died in 2022 after being diagnosed with an incurable, aggressive brain tumour in 2019. John Aggleton, Hugh’s father and former President of MDC, has written about Hugh here.
The Hugh Aggleton Memorial Award was set up in 2023 and is presented at the end of the South Wales Winter Hill Series each year. It is intended to go to someone who has made a notable contribution to the South Wales Winter Hill Series through their support of others. The trophy was kindly created and donated by fell runner and Race Organiser Andy Creber.
Award winners
| Year | Recipient | News article |
| 2025 | Emma McWilliams (at the heart of local fell racing and the Series including encouragement of other runners) | South Wales Winter Hill Series 2025 results and Hugh Aggleton Award |
| 2024 | Paul Dodd (Race Organiser for many local races and contribution to the wider fell running community including a race website) | South Wales Winter Series 2024 Results and Hugh Aggleton Award |
| 2023 | Martin and Kay Lucas (outstanding contribution to the Series and south Wales fell running in general) |
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact our South Wales Winter Hill Series Coordinator, Dominic Shields. You can read more about Dominic on his WFRA Committee profile.
The South Wales Winter Hill Series is also on BlueSky at @swwhs.bsky.social