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Yvette Baker Trophy 2003

South-East Round

Richmond Park, Sunday 12 October 2003

The YBT is aimed primarily at juniors. But there will be courses available for seniors too.

YBT Courses:  Yellow, Orange, Light Green and Green

Other courses: Young children - String; Beginners - White; Experts (pathless map) - Blue, Brown. Anyone may run the YBT courses.

Directions: By public transport: No. 85 bus from Putney Bridge Station to Kingston. Alight at Warren Road, Kingston Hill, and enter Park through Ladderstile Gate. Turn right and walk 1 km to Broomfield Hill Car Park.

         By road: Enter Park by any Gate except Robin Hood (junction of A3 and A308), which is to be closed from September 2003.  O-signs within Park. Minibuses / coaches will need a permit. Please get in touch with the Organiser by Wed. 8th October.

Registration/Enquiries/Car Park: Broomfield Hill, GR  TQ205 718. Starts five minutes from Car Park. Registration: 9.30–11.30. Starts: 10.00–12.00; courses close at 2.00.

Fees: £4 seniors, £1 juniors + full-time students (on production of student card). SLOW juniors free. String course free.

Map: Overprinted and bagged for YBT and White courses. Scale: 1:10000 for YBT + White courses; 1:15000 for pathless map. Date: Surveyed 1993, updated 2003.

Terrain: Fast runnable mixture of wooded and open. Please respect Out-of-Bounds areas (marked on maps; courses designed to avoid them). Respect other Park users.

Punching technology: Sport-Ident (SI) electronic punching. SI cards available for hire on the day (£1 seniors, 50p juniors).

Mementoes for all junior participants.   Facilities: Squash, 2 portaloos. No traders.

Dogs: Welcome if under control.   Safety: Competitors take part at their own risk.

Acknowledgements to Simon Richards and Pat Pritchard of the Superintendent’s Office, Richmond Park.

Officials: Organiser: Ginny Catmur (020 8398 8190; 07977 142510; virginia@catmur.co.uk); Planner: John Dowty; Controller: David May (SLOW)

The Yvette Baker Trophy is named after Britain’s 1999 World Champion. The aim of the Yvette Baker Trophy is to promote junior participation at club level. It is a competition in which club junior members (up to M/W 20) of all standards can be involved as part of their club team, enabling clubs of all sizes to compete against each other. The competition consists of a preliminary round of matches, with clubs qualifying through these to a national final. Full rules of the competition available on request from the Organiser.