NEHL Druridge Bay - 15/10/23

DRURIDGE BAY COUNTRY PARK SFNEHL FIXTURE 2 SUNDAY 15TH OCTOBER.

Hi all, details for this Sunday's second fixture of the season at Druridge Bay Country Park. Please see attached course / site map with details of laps for each event (should be self explanatory, I hope). Many thanks once again to BLYTH RUNNING CLUB for organising and hosting the fixture.

Post code for the country park is NE61 5BX, main turning into the park is from the A1068 whichever direction you're travelling from.

** PARKING: ONCE YOU TURN INTO THE COUNTRY PARK, APPROXIMATELY 2/3 ALONG THE ENTRANCE ROAD THERE WILL BE MEMBERS OF BLYTH RUNNING CLUB TO COLLECT YOUR PARKING FEE (£2) - PLEASE HAVE CASH (COINS NOT NOTES) READY - AND THEN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS TO THE DESIGNATED PARKING FOR THE EVENT. IF YOU PARK ANYWHERE ELSE YOU MAY WELL BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHARGE / PARKING FINE. ** AS USUAL THERE WILL BE LIMITED PARKING FOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING CLUB TENTS, IN THE FIELD ADJACENT TO THE START/FINISH / TENT FIELD (SEE MAP). RALPH WILL REQUIRE EVIDENCE OF YOUR CLUB TENT!

The race schedule will be as at the Harrier League website http://www.harrierleague.com/ As for Wrekenton we are trialing amendments to start times for U17 men race through U13 girls (add 5 mins to website times), and the senior women will start at 1320. Senior men as advertised at 1350.

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 Timetable

12.00 Under 11 Boys

12.05 Under 11 Girls

12.20 Under 17 men

12.25 U17 and U20 women

12.40 Under 15 Boys

12.45 Under 15 Girls

12:55 Under 13 boys

13:00 Under 13 girls

13.20 Senior & veteran women

13:50 Senior & veteran Men

Course Map

Guests may run in the league at a cost of £5 for the whole season. This is a one off charge. They must register on the day, and let us know if they competed last season (and if they did we can check the pack).

Guests must be members of a EA or SA, or similar affiliated club.

Second Claim runners may not count for team points. They can either run for their first claim club as a guest, or if they come and register on the day they can take part as a non-counting runner in their second claim vest.

Guests & Second claim runners do not accumulate team points, but do get individual grand prix points.

Race HQ will be at the NEHL Tent next at the start area.

Reminder to ALL competitors. We do not split race packs. Your team manager needs to collect and pay for your team entries. I have a list of who owes what, we will not take individual numbers out of the packs, we are far too busy. Find out who your team manager is and make sure they have a cheque or cash with them to cover the club's entry fees.

Costs are £50 + £3 per runner for clubs

£5 for guests

If by some unknown reason you manage to lose your number on the day you've collected it from your team tent, you can buy a new one for £5. I know it sounds daft, but it has happened before.

RACE HQ OPENING TIMES: 1100 to 1300 

On the day entries 

I'll be taking limited entries on the day from clubs - DO NOT expect to rock up with 20 juniors and have them all sorted.  Race HQ will be extremely busy.  
Remember I need Name, Club, Date of Birth, and Sex (if it's not obvious).
If you have this pre-written on a bit of paper that would be great.

No DoB - No entry

Guests - register on the day as per normal



Quick reminder of the rules.

You must start in the pack you have been allocated. (You will be DQd for running from the wrong pack)

You must wear your club's team vest or t-shirt, and all vests must be of the same design (or you will be DQd & won't count for team points)

As per league rules you CANNOT wear headphones

Age restrictions as follows:

Under 11 - must be aged at least 9 on the day of competition
Under 13 - must be 11 on 31st August 2023.  
Under 15 - must be 13 on 31st August 2023.
Under 17 men - must be 15 on 31st August 2023.
Under 17 & 20 women - must be 15 on 31st August 2023.
Senior Men - must be 17 on 31st August 2023.
Senior Women - must be 20 on 31st August 2023.

Athletes may NOT move up or down age categories

Masters men aged 65 may (if they wish) run in the 2 lap Senior Women's race, they register as per normal in the men's race, then come to race hq for a replacement number.  Masters wishing to do this must stay in the 2 lap race all season.

M65+ Team Competition.

It was proposed and agreed to at the AGM that the M65 runners choosing to compete in the 2 lap shorter race with the ladies could have their own team competition.

The format will include 3 runners from the same club forming a team, and the runners must be M65+

At the moment this is a manual process (i.e. I'll be pulling the information from the results and posting an update once it's ready), and there's no prize unless someone wants to donate a cup, although I'm sure I can rustle up a few bottles of wine for the winning team.

It's a little something to keep our running legends motivated and competitive.

So - You guys normally in the 2 lap race don't need to do anything different to normal (just keep on running), and any Masters 65+ fellas who feel like they'd prefer to give this a go instead of slogging it round 3 laps need to come and swap out their numbers at race HQ.

I'll hopefully have a M65+ team update after Druridge Bay fixture

Results will be available on the usual link http://www.harrierleague.com/results/2023-24/