HQ: Neiley Pavilion
Start time: 7.00pm Registration from 6.30pm
Cost: £2 (cash only)
Distance: Approx. 5 Miles
Terrain: Our usual hilly summer run terrain. Mixture of road and off road.
Tues 26th April 2022, Senior Point to Point "Haigh Cup" race.
This is the final race in the 'Winter Championship", 3rd and last race after the Tinker Cup and Club 6 for club championship based on actual time following on from the ever-popular Tinker Cup and the Club 6; all of these races are handicapped, but the Championship is based on an aggregate best-time basis.
Please add your name on the list at the club for your handicap needed prior to day of registration and also try to give some meaningful information of current form, if no race form then perhaps someone you think is of similar ability who has some race form. The course is about 5 miles to help you estimate.
Alternatively, you can email me on roger46bradley@gmail.com
Points to be visited this year for the 3rd and therefore the last race using these points after the blank Covid season.
START/FINISH Grid ref 145119
Stile into fields off Marsh Platt Lane
OTHER POINTS order as you wish
West point G.R. is 14221404 to the North side Lady House Lane where footpath joins a new path to the Lane nearer Hall Bower.
East point G.R.is 16151314 which is a marked tree on footpath in Royd House Wood
RESTRICTED AREA
Fields to the immediate South of Royd House Wood
Footpath to be strictly adhered to and followed around the last tree which will be taped
Registration - £2 6.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. (6.45 p.m. for earliest starters)
First runner off at around 7.00 p.m.
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!
2022 is the final running of the existing route, the two points for which are:
Please note that the fields to the immediate south of Royd House Wood are out of bounds; the footpath must be strictly adhered to and followed around the last tree which will be taped. See map for details.
To register, please enter via the website or put your name down on the entry sheet at Neiley Pavilion. Please give some indication of your current form when entering so that you can be allocated a handicap.
The closing date for registration is Friday 22nd April.
Registration for the senior point to point is £2 (exact change please) on the night at Neiley from 18.30 to 18.50. The first runner will set off from the stile at the top of Marsh Platt Lane (GR 145 120) at around 19:00.
