Ashridge Compass Sport Cup Heat

• Thank You for entering the SE heat of the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy run by HH on the NT estate at Ashridge
• The event is signed from Little Gaddesden, SP992134, nearest postcode HP4 1NU. Parking £1
• Our assembly area and car park are in the landscaped grounds of Ashridge Management College
• The car park entrance is single track and round a blind bend, so please arrive before 12:00 and exit only after 12:00.
• Toilets in car park. Registration, Download, Club Tents in assembly area
• There is a 2-minute timed crossing point across the main B4506 road through the area on the Blue and Brown courses.
• Start times have been allocated via club captains.
• If you are going to miss your start you must change your start time at registration.
• First aid in assembly area
• Organisers Neil & Jenny Gostick 07834 205376 & 07834 205377 e-mail: jngostick@ntlworld.com

The forest is in great shape for fast running. Storm Doris brought a few more trees down, which have been tidied up. The bracken and brambles have died back well this winter so should not significantly affect running speeds except where mapped.

A planning aim is that the winners of the technical courses will have done little path running. The beginners’ courses inevitably use paths, and these can be very muddy: participants should ensure they have appropriate footwear.

We would like to thank the National Trust, and Ashridge Estate in particular, for access to this excellent forest.

Follow tapes along the front of the management college and then take care at unmanned minor road crossing.

There are no buses on Sundays. Taxi from Tring or Berkhamsted stations is an option.

There is one start, 750m level walk from the event centre. Follow the taped route. There is plenty of room to warm up E of pre-start and S of the main forest track that forms part of the taped route.

Call up will be at -4 minutes. If you miss your start time you will only be allowed to start in one of the start slots on that course allocated to your club. That may mean a significant wait (but your club captain should be able to give you an idea). As it is a punching start you will get a valid time.

For map of a previous event see http://www.happyherts.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#149. The map for this event covers the southern part of that map, with a significant extension to the south newly mapped by Susan Marsden.

For wifi results, join the network “hhresults”. No password is needed. You should land on the main results page. You may need to be within ~50m of the download tent to get a decent signal.

Please don’t leave your car in the event car park though beyond 2:30, as that would lead us to think you are missing injured in the forest and not having an NT cup of tea :-).

There is a 2-minute timed crossing point across the main B4506 road through the area on the Blue and Brown courses.  This will be used in both directions, and the time between the two controls on either side will be deducted from your overall time, so after crossing safely please don’t dawdle.

Please take care crossing all roads, and follow marshals’ instructions.

Running along the B4506 itself is out of bounds.

There is then another more minor road crossing on both Brown and Blue courses.

Both Green courses cross and re-cross a minor access road to the College, with little traffic. Take care even though vehicles are slowed down by speed ramps.

If you are injured and finish, please use the first aid in the assembly area.

If you see another badly injured competitor, then please help them and then if necessary enrol another competitor to get help from the event team.

However, in the event of winter weather we reserve the right to make whistles mandatory and to enforce a no cagoule no go policy.

If you wish to register an official protest, please do so in writing at the download and registration tent. We then have a jury who will adjudicate.