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Scenic route around Otley Chevin – a great way to shake up your Christmas dinner.
Distance – 7 miles (hilly)
Min age – 17
| Start Time: | Start: 09.00 Distance 23 miles |
| Route: | From Guiseley Junior School Via Airedale Valley, Rombalds Moor & Otley Chevin |
| General Notes: | Limited entry; no entry OTD. Walkers, unless Scout Association members, must be 18yrs or over. Cps will close on a 2 mph average walking speed. Limited parking available at the school. Entrants are requested not to park on the narrow streets around Guiseley. Restrictions apply at the nearby retail outlets. Organised by & chq payable to 15th Airedale Scout Group. SEF with SAE accepted (age to be stated to be considered for any prize) |
| Contact: | James Haigh The Old Post Office, High Grantley, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 3PJ Tel: 07768 917806 |
Pre-register on the YVAA website and pay on the day.
Non-VETs can run as guests in the league
The event incorporates Tracks, Paths, the Leeds-Liv Canal Towpath, Road. and goes past Emmerdale’s Woolpack in Esholt.
Other race information:
Course Records – Men: Martin Scaiff 2003 34:05. Women: Gill Keddie 2003 38:52
Extensive Prize List in Veteran 5 year categories – UKA Permit 13547 – Age 17+ on day
For all finishers a bottle of Briscoe’s Brewery Guiseley Gallop Beer
Trail Half Marathon – Over tracks, trails, moorland, woodland and canal
Part of the Airedale Triple Series ( with Guiseley Gallop & Meanwood Trail)
Pre-register on the YVAA website and pay on the day.
Non-VETs can run as guests in the league
| Distance: | 9 miles(senior) |
| Surface: | Trail |
| Route: | 1 lap |
| Setting: | Rural |
| Profile: | Hilly |
| Water stations: | Every 5km |
| Traffic free? | Yes |
| Awards/mementos: | Spot prizes, Winners’ prizes, Memento, Goody bag |
| Venue facilities: | Toilets, Refreshments, Onsite retailer |
| Organiser’s notes: | A well marked and marshalled course with exciting ascents and descents, fantastic views of the local area from the heart of the Holme Valley. |
- Open Relay: 3 legs of 2 miles/400′ (3.2km/120m), U14 (12 on the day) and above
- Junior Relay: 3 legs of 1 mile (1.6km) for U12, U14 and U16 (ages 10-15 on the day)
- Family Relays: 3 legs of 1 mile (1.6km) for U12/U14/U16 siblings and/or parent combinations
- Fully flagged and marshalled, run clockwise starting and finishing just above White Wells. The course includes narrow and very rough paths, and steep ascents and descents.
- Teams may contain runners from more than one club. All teams must have 3 different runners (it’s a relay!). Runners may compete in more than one team (on different legs).
- Prizes: 1st team, 1st ladies team, 1st junior team (boys, girls, mixed), 1st family team, fastest 2m leg (male, female), fastest 1m leg (boy, girl), and more (incl. by popular demand one or more prizes for best fancy dress)
Fabulous carved trophies made by Shane Green with Full Badger Stone Relay history to 1st team and fastest runner, male and female
Prizes to include champagne for fastest seniors, beer, sweets, etc. - Junior age categories are defined as per FRA Guidelines, e.g. an U14 is someone who was 12 or 13 on the day of the race. Note the organisers have decided to make the age requirements for the 1 mile leg stricter than the FRA Guidelines and you will have to be over 10 on the day to do this leg.
- Safety kit and experience. The race is run under FRA Rules and these make special stipulations for relays, here, section 14. 14. If the forecast is favourable the organiser will be waiving the mandatory full kit requirements in Section 9 but if the weather is very poor you may be required to carry the FRA stipulated kit – if the weather is bad then please bring with you in case.