Ambleside Junior Championship Races

Saturday June 20th 2009

 Come and run ‘The Beast’    RESULTS


Venue

The races will be held from the Kelsick Annexe of the Cumbria University site in Ambleside village.

Access via the Ambleside One-Way system: Turn left after the Salutation Hotel, and immediately left again up Stock Ghyll Lane. Races will be signed from here.

Follow lane uphill for approx 500m to race venue.

There should be ample free car parking at the venue for all. Please do not park on the lane which has double yellows all the way up. We shall be running a refreshment tent in aid of club funds (Broughton Runners) and there will be toilets on site.

These are ‘classic’ Lake District fell races – steep and tussocky! Our Start/Finish field is not for the faint hearted. The distances are short – we think you’ll understand why!

The Races

All courses will be flagged and marshalled

We've made a change involving the Under 8s and Under 10s. We think it would be better to have a separate race for each category. So the Under 8s will race first at 2pm, followed by the Under 10s at 2.15pm. This will also enable us to make the U 10s course a bit longer, and both will now miss out the flat section and continue straight up the hill. All the other races will as a result start 15 minutes later than advertised.
 

2pm U8s 800m 350’ climb

This is an ‘out and back’ course which starts up the steep and tussocky pasture behind the car park.

From the top of the pasture the course goes through the wall gap and turns left along a flattish path for 100m before turning right onto the main Wansfell tourist path climbing uphill steeply to the turn point. Descend same way.

2.15pm U10s. TBC

Details to be confirmed.

2.35pm U12s 2km 650’ climb

As for the U 8s and U10s. Course continues up the steep fell path before turning and returning the same way.

3.00pm U14s 3km 1075’ climb

As for the previous courses. You will continue right to Wansfell Summit before turning. It may be short but this is the classic Senior Wansfell Race route minus the boring bit on the road.

3.30pm U16s and U18s 4km 1575’ climb

Same as before – except you guys get to do it twice! When you get to the top first time you’ll go off on a loop which brings you back to the bottom of the final 500’ push. Save something for it!!

Please do not recce the Start/Finish field which is Private Property. Please do not park at Kelsick at any other time than Race Day (like me you’ll end up £30 worse off)

Many thanks to: Pete Bland Sports and Norman Walsh Footwear 
Lakes Runner – Gaynors – KD Sports Shop

Selwyn Wright Selwyn@craighouse39.freeserve.co.uk