Entry Details & Rules
The
next event will be held on 20 - 21 May 2017
Entry
fee is £297 per team of 11, with a discount of £22 if you apply prior to 31st December.
There
will be a meeting of the organising committee an all team captains a few weeks
before the event - the race director will be in regular contact on this
There
will be a maximum of 46 teams allowed to run.
Categories
are for men's, ladies, mixed, corporate, veterans and supervets
Just
complete the (follow link to download) and return to the address on the form
with a cheque (PAYABLE to The STRAGGLERS).
All
competitors will be given a race t-shirt. With stage winners given stage
winners t-shirts (male and female)
Rules
The
relay encourages good sportsmanship amongst teams. This means good fair
competition at the same time looking after and supporting others, giving them
water and ensuring everyone’s safety. We want the relay to be an enjoyable and
friendly event, and for this reason there will be an award for friendliest /
most supportive team or club.
The
rules are as follows:
Team
makeup and declarations:
1.
You should complete the course with 11 runners, each running a leg each day
(exceptions are listed below).
2.
Teams must register giving a list of runners and their allotted numbers before
the start of the relay, and the team captain is responsible for making sure
that our results service has the correct name for each number. You can
declare up to 20 runners to numbers, and you can assign these to any stage you
like, and make changes to these at any time before or even during the race,
provided you adhere to the basic principle that you have 11 runners, and each
runs a stage on each day.
3.
If a runner is unable to run a leg, another member of the team may run the leg
with no penalty. However, if this happens on Day 1, and the substituted runner
does not run on day 1 and runs on day 2, then this runner will not qualify for
stage prizes or records and must declare this to the timekeeper at the finish.
The team will not be penalised and will still qualify for team prizes and team
records.
Prizes
4.
Prizes
·
Individual stage winner prizes will
be given to the first man and first woman in each stage, provided the winner of
a Sunday stage also ran on Saturday
·
We also have prizes for the
outstanding individual performance, for men and women.
·
You need to have completed the full
course with a full team to qualify for any team prize
·
A "mixed" team qualifying
for the mixed prize must have at least two women in the team
·
The Veteran category is V40s for
men and V35s for women
·
The King and Queen of the Mountains
prizes are awarded to the teams with the quickest cumulative times on stages 4,
5, 16, 18 and 19.
Timing:
5.
On each leg, all runners will start together - each leg starting as the
winner of the previous leg is due to finish.
An
estimated start time for each leg will be given in advance and all runners in a
leg have to be on the start line at least 15 minutes before this for a safety
briefing.
6.
There will be a cut-off time for each leg. If a runner has not finished a leg
by the cut-off, their time will be recorded as cut-off. To qualify for team
prizes and team records, a team must complete all legs (one runner per leg). If
a runner does complete a leg after cut-off, the team should inform the RESULTS
SERVICE (a.s.a.p) of the time taken so it can be recorded in the results (the
onus is on the team to provide this information).
7.
A team's total time is cumulative time of their runners over the 22 legs. Any
team that is disqualified for prizes and team records through the rules will
still have their times recorded in the results.
Support
8.
Teams may accompany their runners on bike or foot. However, in the spirit of
the relay, this should not be done so that a runner is given an
advantage.
9.
If a runner goes off route, they should return to the same place they left the
route - by car, bike on foot, etc. - and can continue to complete the leg.
10.
A runner obliged to stop to assist another runner in difficulty can ask for a
reasonable time credit to be applied to compensate for the lost time.
Safety
11.
All teams must abide by the Law and the Highway Code. Runners must also
pay attention to marshalling instructions, and must follow the route
instructions especially for road crossings.
12.
Runners judged to have endangered themselves, marshals or others unnecessarily
by ignoring a marshal or a map instruction may be penalised.
13.
Teams should look after their runners and ensure they are dropped off at the
start of, supported during (i.e. water, directions, etc.) and picked up at the
end of each leg. Teams are advised to have First Aiders and First Aid Kit at
hand. (It is the responsibility of each team to make sure their runner is
looked after, and does not get lost).
14.
The organisers accept no liability for injury, loss or damage to any person or
property.
In
accepting entry to the Relay, teams automatically agree to abide by the rules.
Clarification
of any of these rules can be done through the race director.