Cotswold Way Relay 2012
Date for 2013 race – (probably) last Saturday in June
The 103-mile relay, from Chipping Camden to Bath Abbey, is held on the last Saturday in June. It’s run in 10 legs along the Cotswold Way which is mainly off road and very scenic. The stages are listed below.
Instructions
You need to recce your stage, which should be marked (not guaranteed, hence the need for a recce). You don’t want to be unsure of the route on race day.
You need to arrange lifts between the start and finish points yourselves. Please make contact with the club members running the same stage as you and you may be able to arrange this.
Check out http://www.cotswoldwayrelay.co.uk/ for loads of useful information.
A bottle of wine presented at club night for anyone beating a TRC stage record (listed below).
Club colours to be worn by EVERYONE please.
Stages
1 chipping camden to stanway house, 07:00, 11.9 miles
2 stanway house to cleeve common, 08:15, 11.6 miles
3 cleeve common to seven springs, 09:35, 8.2 miles
4 seven springs to cranham corner, 10:30, 12.7 miles
5 cranham corner to ebley mill, 11:45, 11.7 miles
6 ebley mill to dursley, 13:00, 8.8 miles
7 dursley to wotton-under-edge, 14:00, 7.2 miles
8 wotton-under-edge to old sodbury, 15:00, 12.0 miles
9 old sodbury to cold ashton, 16:20, 9.2 miles
10 cold ashton to bath abbey, 17:20, 9.8 miles
TRC male stage records
1 roger denton 01:24:10 2008
2 martyn green 01:26:28 2007
3 garry slater 01:00:47 2008
4 tim thorne 01:27:21 1996
5 clive bromhall 01:10:40 2007
6 nick langridge 00:59:16 1996
7 rob cowlard 00:54:47 2012
8 arthur renshaw 01:18:28 1996
9 paul horsfall 01:03:39 2009
10 martyn green 01:09:19 2009
11:54:55 this combined time would have placed TRC third fastest overall of all time!!
TRC female stage records
1 judy nutting 01:39:50 1999
2 jo plumbley 01:57:47 2009
3 janet constable 01:11:59 2008
4 trinity booth 01:52:23 2009
5 judy nutting 01:30:06 1997
6 maria hobbs 01:19:56 2011
7 judy nutting 00:56:56 1995
8 sara harman 01:38:35 2004
9 carol bishop 01:19:29 2000
10 claire watt 01:23:02 2011
14:50:03 this combined time would have placed TRC ladies eighth fastest of all time!!
2012 REPORT
Overview
Out of the 44 mixed teams taking part in the event (a mixed team must include 3 ladies) our Bogtrotters team came 8th, with a combined time of 14 hours 51 minutes. Our Hillbillies team came 26th in 16 hours 56 minutes. The mixed team race was won by our arch rivals Chepstow Harriers in shade over 13 hours. A full suite of results can be found to the CWR website.
Notable Performances – Ladies
Nancy Harding had an excellent outing on stage 2, coming within a minute of Jo Plumbley’s TRC stage record of 1:57:47 set in 2009.
Jo Plumbley ran stage 4 and got within 30 seconds of Trinity Booth’s TRC stage record of 1:52:23 also set in 2009.
Notable Performances – Men
Roger Denton managed to squeeze stage 4 in between a hard swim session and a long bike and came within 2 minutes of Tim Thorne’s longstanding TRC stage record of 1:27:21
On stage 7, Rob Cowlard had another strong outing, managing to lower Martin Green’s TRC stage record of 55:59 by over a minute to 54:47!
Outstanding Achievement Award
Our club stalwart John Grimsey became one of only 16 people who have been crowned King or Queen of the Cotswolds, having completed all 10 stages. He follows in the footsteps of current and former TRC members Derek Rugman, Dave Andrews and Tim Thorne. Grimmo, we salute you!!!
Garry Slater
