Ridgeway Relay
23rd June 2024
The ridgeway relay is a relay race that constists of 10 different stages, each stage is off-road and follows the Ridgeway National Trail with the exception of a few small deviations. The legs vary in length from 5.4 miles to 11.0 miles
If you are interested in taking part in the event in future there will be messages and facebook posts about it early each year with the race taking place in June.
The race itself is a team event, each team has 10 members and you are assigned to a stage/leg. We strongly recommend you recce the route, whether that be on your own, using a gpx on your watch which you can download online or buddy up with someone from the club that's happy to show you your route.
Nearer the time we'll arrange car sharing with people on similar legs.
As a club we have 2 teams this year which have been matched to try and get some close racing within the club.
Team Name: Bearbrook A
1 Paul Anderson
2 James Powell
3 Lucy Rudge
4 Rob Palmer
5 Jonathan Rudge
6 Dan Amsbury
7 Sarah Hooper
Team Name: Bearbrook 1
1 Owen Byrne
2 Angie Nuttall
3 Mike Lemon
4 Brendan Cradden
5 Kathy Klein
6 Phil Clayton
7 Simon Rogers
8 Jason Lamont
9 Ian Higginson
10 Ruth Dunkin
If competing in this event it is mandatory for you to wear a club vest.
Stage Overviews
It's likely there will be a change to leg 2 when leaving Wendover, using the new section of road running parallel with Ellesborough Road to reach the bottom of Coombe Hill. Please note this change isn't currently mentioned in the race details.
| Stage |
Distance |
Start Point | End Point | Route | Approx. Start Time of leg | Mass Start Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | 11 | start | end | route map | 7:30am | |
| Stage 2 | 6 | start | end | route map | 8:30-8:50am | |
| Stage 3 | 9.4 | start | end | route map | 9:35-9:50am | |
| Stage 4 | 5.4 | start | end | route map | 10:55-11:05am | |
| Stage 5 | 10.1 | start | end | route map | 11:45-11:55am | |
| Stage 6 | 10.4 | start | end | route map | 12:55-1:20pm | |
| Stage 7 | 9.1 | start | end | route map | 2pm | 2pm mass start |
| Stage 8 | 7.8 | start | end | route map | 3:15-3:30pm | |
| Stage 9 | 10.7 | start | end | route map | 4:25-4:35pm | |
| Stage 10 | 9.4 | start | end | route map | 5:30pm | 5:30pm mass start if your team isn't here yet |
Start times of legs are harder to predict for the later stages especially if your team misses a mass start. All runners should give themselves plenty of time at the start to collect their race number and use the toilet (nearby bush) as required.