Surrey Hills Race, 3 June 2018

 

Organised by South London Orienteers
under FRA regulations
Hall of Fame

 

Get off the roads and try something different this summer! The Surrey Hills race will take you along the footpaths and up the hills of the beautiful Surrey Hills and provides a challenge to all types of runners, orienteers and adventure racers. All races are mass start and require navigation to ensure you visit all the checkpoints on the course.  A purpose-drawn map at 1:25:000 is provided to all competitors.

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Entries

Pre-entry are open on-line through Fabian4, costing £8 for seniors and £4 for students and juniors. Entry on the Day will be possible subject to map availability, at £10 for seniors and £5 for students and juniors.

The event uses Sportident electronic punching. If you don’t have an SI dibber of your own, one can be provided with your entry.

Courses and Start Times

COURSE	DISTANCE	START TIME
A	30 km	10:30
B	16 km	10:45
C	10 km	10:35

All courses require navigation.

The organisers have imposed a cut-off time at the second water station on the 30km long course. This will be 1km before control #7 at the Duke of Kent School. This will avoid lengthy delays for the very last finishers. The cut-off will be midday, 1h30m after the start. Runners arriving after this time will be driven back to the race centre.

Event Centre

Registration will be from 9:30am at The Priory School, West Bank, Dorking, Surrey RH4 3DG.

Location	Dorking
Address	The Priory School, West Bank, Dorking RH4 3DG
Latitude/longitude	51.2274, -0.3414
OS grid reference	TQ159488
Maps	Google Maps, OpenStreetMap

Toilets, showers and supervised bag storage will be available at the school.

Travel Directions

The start is easily accessible by both car and public transport.

If travelling by car head into Dorking and follow signs to the parking area.

Public transport also provides excellent links to the race, with trains taking an hour from London Waterloo and Victoria and also from Reading to Dorking Deepdene. From the station, its a approximately a half an hour stroll to the event centre where there will be bag storage.

Prizes

Trophies are awarded in memory of Byron Davies and Kate Thomas to the winner of the ‘A’ course and to the first lady on the ‘A’ course respectively. The Michael Murray trophy is awarded to the winner of the ‘B’ course. There are also trophies for the ‘C’ course and for the first lady on the ‘B’ course. Also Age Class prizes.

Results

Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event.

FRA rules

Under-18s may not run courses A or B, and unfortunately no under-16s can be accepted. There is a limit of 100 runners in each race. Competitors take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety, and are required to sign a disclaimer to this effect on the entry form.

Race Map

You can view the map on Routegadget.