What : Southern Cross Country League - Race 2
When: Sunday 12th November 2017 @ 11.00am
Where: Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Queen Elizabeth Country Park: Portsmouth Joggers invite you to SCCL Race 2 at QECP on Sunday 12th November. The course is in the lovely country park with plenty of hills and forest trails. The race will be a single lap with a long flat(ish) start before a nice steep hill to take you into the forest section.
As this is Remembrance Sunday there will be a minutes silence at 11am followed by the start just after 11:01am. The course distance is 5 miles.
 
Race Meet: The meeting area / finish, is in lower field which you get to by walking past the park visitor centre. There is no shelter in lower field unless your club brings it, so please wear suitable clothing. The start line is a short 2 minute walk up hill from the finish area.
This year we have again contracted a catering company to supply hot drinks, soup and a roll for you to enjoy post race for £2.50
The club will be also be selling cake for 50p in a tent on the bottom field by the finish.
Please stay if you can at the end, provisional race results will be announced at the end – subject to weather conditions.
 
Facilities: There are limited toilets in the visitor centre – with 500 runners expected the queues could be lengthy – you may want to bring your own tissue paper. There are no showers / changing facilities. If you go into the visitor centre / café please ensure you do not drop mud.
 
Due to the high risk of trip hazard on the course we have professional first aid for your additional safety. All runners run at their own risk however.
 
Competition Rules: All runners must wear a Club Vest. No ipods / MP3 permitted. Full race rules (including pace eligibility) at http://www.bobayer.com/trwl/rules/.
The race referee’s decision on a contested line finish is final. Please stay in finish order in the funnel. Take your finish token to your club captain who will complete your team results sheet to be returned with the token to the race scorer who will be in a PJC gazebo in lower field.
 
Directions: QECP is very easily located off the A3 just south of Petersfield – there are large signs on the A3. Post code PO8 0QE

Car park: Competitors must park in the race car park – there is plenty of space if you park considerately. It will be an enormous help if you can car share where possible. Please do not park in the visitor centre car park or drive down to lower field. The QECP require all cars to pay £1.50 and display a parking ticket. Please help us by bringing the correct change.
Failure to display a car park ticket will result in a parking penalty being applied by QECP.
The race car park is just off the northbound carriageway on the slip road (please do not park on the slip road which is exceptionally dangerous). If you are heading south follow the slip round under the road bridge and up to the car park.

Enquiries: Race Director: Pip Wright email pips159@hotmail.co.uk phone 07742 171051

ARC Race Permit applied for.

What : CC6 Cross Country League - Race 3
When: Sunday 5th November 2017 @ 09.30am
Where: Dibden Inclosure, Beaulieu Road
Host Club: Hardley Runners

Course: There is a slightly different route this year. It is a single lap of approximately 4.7 miles with a mixture of grass, gravel and muddy tracks (and some hills) around Dibden Inclosure,

Parking: As parking is limited here we request that you car share wherever possible.
Parking on the tracks of the Inclosure (SO42 7YR) is particularity limited and therefore this will be reserved for those who car share to the event. NOTE: If parking here please relocate your car to the car park if you plan to stay on after the race.
Parking before the race is not permitted in the Dibden Inclosure car park as this is used by other members of the public.
Further parking is available a few minutes walk from start on Nash Road, West Road and North Road in Dibden Purlieu and in a public car park on Oak Road (SO45 4PH). See the attached map showing parking locations. There have been some issues around parking for events held here before and so I ask that you stick to these areas and park considerately (e.g. do not block driveways). There is a traffic light crossing to take you across the main road and into the starting area.

Facilities: There are no toilets or showering facilities available.

Notes: As with all the forest courses, please be aware that there will be other members of the public using the area, dog walkers and horse riders etc. so please show courtesy.
Please listen to the marshals out on the course as they will be alerting you to obstacles such as uneven ground, roots, etc.

England Athletics have announced that the annual athlete registration fee will increase from £14 to £15 on April the 1st next year. The full announcement can be found here.
Hedge End Running Club's policy is that all First Claim members are registered with England Athletics. Further information about England Athletics and the benefits of athlete registration can be found here. 

Well done to everyone that made the journey to King's Park in Bournemouth on Saturday. 

The Hedgie results were as follows...

Women: 
  53 (17) - Claire Powell
115 (56) - Melanie Ford

Men:
129 - Will Baggs
170 (67) - Steve Whitehead
223 (103) - Tim Ford

The Men finished in 6th place in Division 3. The Women were unfortunately one short to complete a scoring team. 

The August Member of the Month award is presented to Mel and Tim Ford.

​Last year saw HERC participate in the Alton Sports Hampshire Cross Country League for the first time. For those of you who aren't aware, the league takes place on a Saturday afternoon in various locations in (and close to) Hampshire, with the Ladies' and Men's races run separately during the afternoon.
 
Mel and Tim volunteered, and continue to be our club representatives for the league, co-coordinating entries and results for every league race and attending numerous committee meetings during the year. This is a substantial commitment, particularly given the duration of each league event, which takes up a large portion of the day. We are indebted to Mel and Tim for their hard work and dedication to the league, giving the HERC members more cross-country options and racing opportunities. On top of this, Tim and Mel also regularly represent HERC in other league races, in particular the Lakeside 5k series.
 
Very well done and thank you Tim and Mel

Great running this morning from our mud covered Hedgie CC6 teams!
Thanks to you all and to Jim Dunlop for stepping in to record the results.
We fielded 5 Men's Teams and 2 Ladies Teams - results below.
Both the Men's and Ladies first teams were in 4th place overall.
The next CC6 is on Sunday the 5th of November in Dibden. It's not too late to get in on this series of cross country runs
so keep an eye out on the website or the Facebook group for event info.