Holly Hayes
2023/24 Derby Runner XC League - Race 3
Race: Holly Hayes Woods
Club: Hermitage Harriers
Date: Sunday 26th November 2023
Time: Men's Race 11:00am
Ladies Race 11:04am
Junior Race 10:20am,
Distance: 5 Miles - MAP
Entry Fee: Senior £6 (includes £1 fee per adult runner to Hooly Hayes Wood) - Pay on the day to our captains.
Junior £2 - Pay on the day at the league desk
Venue: Holly Hayes Woods
Address: Midland Quarry Products (MQP) Ltd, Leicester Road, Whitwick LE67 5GR
Lift Share: We will be meeting at Woolpack Way Car Park, Atherstone at 9:00am (leaving 9:10am prompt) and travel over together!
NOTE: CAR SHARING IS ESSENTIAL - ONLY CARS WITH 3 OR MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE MAIN CAR PARK.
Information
Parking
Please allow 10 - 15 minutes walk to the start/finish area from car parking areas.
Minimum 3 per car, where possible. Thereafter several roads also border the woods/course with direct footpaths leading from Abbots Oak Dr, Rosslyn Rd, Holly Hayes Rd, St. Bernard’s Rd, Leicester Rd. Not an official endorsement….just telling you what these roads are called. IF you park on these or Rosemary Cres, Peterfield Rd & Tressell Rd then please do NOT block drives or cause inconvenience to residents. DO NOT PARK on Hayes Close
Facilities
New Tent Area on Hilary Crescent next to swings, and just a 5-minute walk from the Pub/Results.
Please only drop tents off here and DO NOT PARK – the Paramedics will park up here.
No Toilets available.
Course details
Adults (approx. 5 miles) – 1 small clockwise loop just under 1Mi; 1 medium anti-clockwise loop 1.75M; 1 large anti-clockwise loop 2.45M, rolling woodland/trail/grass laps. Minimum age 17.
Junior: Under 10’s 1 lap woodland trail (approx. 0.9 mile), Under 16’s 2 laps.
Please note the following:
The course will be marshalled/pegged/posted – please keep to this
This is public woodland/grassland – please be courteous to the general public
Please take all litter home with you (course and car parks)
Results
The Lady Jane Pub, Hall Lane, Whitwick (only park here if Team Managers staying for results)
Further Information
All race details can be found on the Derby Runner XC website here
Rules
Derby Runner Cross Country League
These races are CLOSED events, ie only members of affiliated clubs can take part. If you are a member of a club not in the Derby Runner Cross Country League, you can join one that is as a second claimer. Occasionally, at the rare and sole discretion of Dave Mann, guest runners may be allowed – any guest runner will not score points for a team.
Team Events:
Men's event: 8 men (including 2 vets)
Ladies event: 4 ladies (including 1 vet)
Combined event: 7 men (including 2 vets) and 3 ladies (including 1 vet)
Please make your team aware of the following:
Runners, MUST return their finishing disks
Runners must run in club kit
NO Earphones MP3s or other devices - it makes insurance invalid
At stiles if you jump any queue, you and your team will be disqualified
Host clubs are to make sure that all marshals know the mobile phone number of the first aid co-ordinator
Host clubs are to make sure that the children’s race has hares and/or marshals
Please turn up early and car share
Finally, enjoy!
Race Results
League Tables
Individual Points
INDIVIDUAL (Download: EXCEL | PDF)