HQ: "The Laurels", Cold Hill Lane, New Mill HD9 7JX (NOTE CHANGE OF HQ - THIS IS ALSO THE START/FINISH POINT)
Start time: 7.00pm - with registration from 6.15pm to 6.45pm
Cost: £0 - donations welcome
Distance: Approximately 10k/11k - depending on route choice
Terrain: Our usual hilly summer run terrain. Mixture of road and off road
Senior Point to Point "Haigh Cup" race.
This is the third and final race in the 'Winter Championship', after the Tinker Cup and Club 6. All of these races are handicapped, but the Championship is based on an aggregate best-time basis.
This year we have a new course and new set of points to tempt you.
The start and finish of this year’s Point to Point race will be Cold Hill Lane in New Mill- more specifically from my house “ The Laurels” which is the second house you can see as you come up the lane from the Village centre ( see GR below). Parking will be on the Lane. Please park on the right hand side right outside of our property or further up. You can also park on the lower part but avoid the narrow part as the Lane levels out. Registration will be here at the start finish point.
Prize giving will take place straight after the race at The Laurels. All the usual prizes plus lots of spot prizes.
Runners are set off based on their predicted time which is set by the handicapping committee based on their judgment of your current form. The slowest runner will be set off first with the second slowest second and so on. Runners can choose their own route between the points and the direction they want to run the course ( clockwise or anti-clockwise). It is unlikely that you will be able to follow another runner so it is highly recommended that you recce the course in advance if you have not taken part in previous years. There may be a chance to take part in a recce of one of the route options on a club night before the race.
Registration - £0 (donations welcome) 6.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. (6.30 p.m. for earliest starters) Registration will take place at the start and finish location. There is no need to come to Neiley First.
First runner off at around 7.00 p.m - please allow time to get to the start.
Points to be visited this year:
START/FINISH:
The Laurels, Cold Hill Lane, New Mill HD9 7JX
GR 163090
OTHER POINTS in any order that you wish
Point where path across the field from Shepley meets track GR 182093
Point where path joins Towngate in Hepworth GR 163066
Footpaths to be strictly adhered to.
As the name implies, the Point to Point race involves visiting points using your own route choice, with runners setting off at intervals in reverse order for a theoretical mass finish.
The race is restricted to roads and public footpaths, although what constitutes a public footpath is subject to interpretation; paths such as that passing through Cliffe Wood behind Neiley is not on any map, but is definitely in general use!
The following roads are out of bounds
A616 Sheffield Road
A635 Penistone Road
See map below for details
To register, please enter using the form below. Please give some indication of your current form when entering so that you can be allocated a handicap.
The closing date for registration (and to get a handicap) is Friday 24th April, although preferably much earlier. You can enter on the day but will not get a handicap or be eligible for the handicap prize,
Registration for the senior point to point is on the night at “The Laurels”, Cold Hill Lane, New Mill HD9 7JX from 18:15 to 18:45. Entry is free although donations are welcome. The first runner will set off race HQ at around 19:00.
