Dec
3
2011
Planning is now well underway for the January Night Trail Race. The race route will see you navigating through some 120 square kilometres of the central area of the Yorkshire Wolds.
Typical Dale on the 20k route
The exact race route will not be communicated until the start point. If you study a map of the area, OS explorer 294, taking into account the references below I am sure you will be able to picture a challenging and spectacular route.
We will be operating an open start routine, competitors can start the race at any time between 18:00 and 19:00. Your time will start when you cross the start line and finish when you cross the finish line.
We are very keen to make sure that we get enough competitors to make this a worthwhile race, especially as there isn’t a lot going on in East Yorkshire over the winter Months so please help us by booking now and passing this link onto fellow racers. We always refund in advance if you can’t make it.
The Night Trail Race will be required to follow and navigate a predetermined route of either 20k or 30k. This route will be supported by a series of checkpoints and controls.
For clarity, this is not a difficult course to navigate, you do not need to be a skilled navigator the trails are easily identifiable. But, you will need to follow an easy trail on a map, I do not intend to use tape to mark the route, I will be placing directional arrows to make sure that the main trunings are easily followed.
Manned checkpoints will be located at key locations and you must check in with the race marshal at that location, water will be available here. Competitors will also be required to go to and self stamp their personal race card at unmanned controls.
A hot drink will be available at one key checkpoint, this will be situated at about half way through your particular route. Food will not be available at any checkpoint or control. Soup will be available back at the race admin control.
Race Area for the Pocklington Night Trail Race
According to Wikipedia:
The western scarp of the Wolds reaches is highest point at Garrowby Hill. It is well dissected and attractive wooded dales occur along the scarp with small becks flowing down to the Vale of York below. The market towns of Pocklington and Market Weighton are sited between the wolds and the vale. Large parks and houses lie along the scarp from Garrowby Hall to Kilnwick Percy, Warter Priory and Londesborough Hall. Millington has a beautiful situation within Millington Dale and the road leading along the brow of the dale is particularly scenic.
General outline: Map reference OS explorer 294 – 1:25000.
Market Weighton and the YorkshireWolds Central.
Specific Outline:
The Night Trail Race area is situated in 120 square Kilometres of the spectacular Yorkshire Wolds.
To help you to put a boundary around the Night Trail Race race area remember; “in the door and up the stairs”, so:
In the door = 80, up the stairs = 59. This is the top left corner of your boundary and so on.
The race area is further bounded by:
Northern Boundary – A166 Roman road.
Eastern Boundary – Villages of Wetwang andNorth Dalton.
Southern Boundary – B1246.
Western Boundary – Village of Bishop Wilton and Town of Pocklington.
Key Features:
MillingtonDale 843/536
Deep Dale 824/545
Oxlands Dale 895/556
Horse Dale 875/568
Holm Dale 879/579
Deep Dale 820/556
Shortlands Dale 895/555
GreatPlantation850/565
Beck plantation 816/537
Wolds Way
Minster Way
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Nov
28
2011
Pocklington Night Trail Race – 6th January 2012
Planning is now well underway for the Pocklington Night Trail Race. The race route will see you navigating through some 120 square kilometres of the central area of the Yorkshire Wolds.
The exact race route will not be communicated until the start point. If you study a map of the area, OS explorer 294, taking into account the references below I am sure you will be able to picture a challenging and spectacular route.
We will be operating an open start routine, competitors can start the race at any time between 18:00 and 19:00. Your time will start when you cross the start line and finish when you cross the finish line.
The Night Trail Race will be required to navigate a predetermined route of either 20k or 30k. This route will be supported by a series of checkpoints and controls.
Manned checkpoints will be located at key locations and you must check in with the race marshal at that location, water will be available here. Competitors will also be required to go to and self stamp their personal race card at the unmanned controls.
A hot drink will be available at one key checkpoint, this will be situated at about half way through your particular route. Food will
not be available at any checkpoint or control. Soup will be available back at the race admin control.
Race Area for the Pocklington Night Trail Race
According to Wikipedia:
The western scarp of the Wolds reaches is highest point at Garrowby Hill. It is well dissected and attractive wooded dales occur along the scarp with small becks flowing down to the Vale of York below. The market towns of Pocklington and Market Weighton are sited between the wolds and the vale. Large parks and houses lie along the scarp from Garrowby Hall to Kilnwick Percy, Warter Priory and Londesborough Hall. Millington has a beautiful situation within Millington Dale and the road leading along the brow of the dale is particularly scenic.
General outline: Map reference OS explorer 294 – 1:25000.
Market Weighton and the YorkshireWolds Central.
Specific Outline:
The Night Trail Race area is situated in 120 square Kilometres of the spectacular Yorkshire Wolds.
To help you to put a boundary around the Night Trail Race race area remember; “in the door and up the stairs”, so:
In the door = 80, up the stairs = 59. This is the top left corner of your boundary and so on.
The race area is further bounded by:
Northern Boundary – A166 Roman road.
Eastern Boundary – Villages of Wetwang andNorth Dalton.
Southern Boundary – B1246.
Western Boundary – Village of Bishop Wilton and Town of Pocklington.
Key Features:
MillingtonDale 843/536
Deep Dale 824/545
Oxlands Dale 895/556
Horse Dale 875/568
Holm Dale 879/579
Deep Dale 820/556
Shortlands Dale 895/555
GreatPlantation850/565
Beck plantation 816/537
Wolds Way
Minster Way
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Nov
28
2011
Rosedale Ultra Marathon Race
At 7.30am on Saturday the 19th November in a damp and misty Hutton Le Hole, 120 competitors took on the challenge of completing the first Rosedale Ultra race nicknamed the Rosedale Rumble.
Competitors raced over a distance of their choice, a half marathon, 30 mile ultra marathon or an epic 40 mile ultra marathon, none of which can be described as a race for the faint hearted.
Anxious and ready competitors waited for the countdown, when zero struck they raced off into the mist and into the distance, over the moors and up through the gathering clouds floating upon the hillside.
Morning came and passed as the sun rose higher and soon the athletes found themselves gazing from the top of the moor onto the fresh British countryside and the clouds they had recently ascended through.
But soon the athletes found themselves digging deep, blood pumping and muscles cramping, the competitors fought through, after all, an ultra marathon is no walk in the park. Bodies suffered and egos flagged, but earning your stripes as an ultra marathon runner requires perseverance and gut determination, qualities which all runners displayed in due course.
Commenting on the race, Nigel Dixon one of the competitors said “The course around the area of Rosedale took us through every type of terrain, through the beautiful Cropton Forest, over several moors and circled the magnificent Rosedale valley, the views were absolutely stunning”.
But the race was not over yet, saved for the last 3 miles of the race was the hardest challenge yet, competitors found themselves climbing the steepest hill inEngland, ‘The Rosedale Chimney’, a gruelling ascent which took the competitors total ascent well over that of Ben Nevis.
Triumphant, the runners emerged from their battle with the slope and crossed the finishing line to be met by the race administrators and marshals with warm soup and fresh bread rolls in order to look after the body after the extreme challenge it completed.
The race administration base was situated at the fabulously accomodating Hutton Le Hole village hall, commenting on the race, race organiserTrevor Parkercommented “the people of Hutton Le Hole made us particularly welcome. Local facilities included ample parking, several café’s and a superb pub which serves excellent food”
Congratulations to the winners
13 Miler
Sally Foxon in 02:02
Alec Yale in 01:48
Will Ficklen in 01:48
Michael Brigham in 01:48
30 Miler
Tracey Apperley in 06:16
Peter Wilkie in 05:34
40 Miler
Lucy Colquhoun in 06:26
Jez Hellewell in 06:16
First time Ultra marathon runner Andrew Langdale commented after the race “this was my first attempt at an Ultra marathon race, as you can imagine I was a little worried about joining people who ran these type of distances regularly, I need not have worried. I was made very welcome by the race organisers and my fellow competitors alike. Camaraderie within the ultra running community is renouned and I am delighted to have experienced that today, I will definitely be taking part in more Ultra distance races”.
As well as local Yorkshire competitors, racers came from theUS,Cornwall,Scotland,London, the Lake District and theMidlands.
Photos being put online here Race Photos
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