A festive 12.3km/7.6 mile night trail run around Carsington Water (situated between Matlock & Ashbourne) raising money for the CHICKS charity, who provide free week long respite breaks to disadvantaged children from all over the UK at their centre at Fenny Bentley near Ashbourne.
Saturday 17th December 2016
The entire course will be clearly marked with blue and yellow arrows. The running terrain will be smooth tracks, paths & trails. The route will be easy to follow – in addition a bagged, full colour route map with emergency numbers on the reverse will be provided at registration. We plan to have a marshalled checkpoint approx midway round the course which will have water and juice.
Carsington Water Sports Centre, Carsington Water, Nr Ashbourne, DE6 1ST (click for map)
On the day of the event look out for Dark & White yellow/black directional road signs. If in doubt as to the event location, please contact us BEFORE the day of the event. NB: THE CAR PARKING IS PAY & DISPLAY.
Registration is open from 4.00pm – 4:45pm
On arrival at registration you will be given a bagged, full colour course map; you will also be given a SPORTident timing chip/dibber. You must use a SPORTident timing chip/dibber to compete and you need to “dib” this into the box at the start and at any control points on the way round your course plus at the finish box – you must “dib” in all of the control boxes in the proper order to be classed as a finisher. You may use your own dibber if you have one (please tell us your number when prompted on entering) if you don’t have one we will rent you one automatically for free
Start 4:30pm – 5:00pm
Staggered group start windows every 10 minutes
The course will close at 7.00pm PROMPT so you must have reached the finish by that time.
****The Golden Rule – if you are unable to complete your course you MUST let the organisers know either in person or telephone that you have retired. If you do not, you will be held responsible if the police or mountain rescue team is called out to search for you. A central telephone number will be provided on all event route maps.
£10
Free SI Dibber hire
M: male 17 to 39
MV40: male 40 to 49
MV50: male 50+
F: female 17 to 39
LV40: female 40 to 49
LV50: female 50+
Solo runners minimum age is 17. Younger runners under 17 may enter so long as they are accompanied throughout the event by a parent/guardian who must be age 20+ – **contact us prior to entering for more details**.
Compulsory equipment is as follows:
Event officials will disqualify anyone who in their opinion does not meet the above compulsory equipment criteria.
You should also carry sufficient food/drink to sustain you for the duration of the event.
Basically be sensible and come prepared and don’t skimp on equipment! Running in just skimpy shorts and a thin running vest without carrying additional clothing is a guaranteed way to not be allowed to start!
There will be Gold, Silver and Bronze time awards (NB separate times for men and ladies) and these times will be shown 1 week before the event on this website. Certificates will be given at the finish.
Provisional results will be displayed on the day at the event; full results will be published on this website shortly after the event.
Dogs – we cannot guarantee that dogs will always be allowed on D&W trail run events – if you want to run with a dog you MUST check with us before you enter.
At this event all your entry fee will go to CHICKS which is a local charity offering free respite breaks to disadvantaged children – Matt Nickson from CHICKS’ Daleside Retreat near Ashbourne comments:
“CHICKS is a national children’s charity providing free respite breaks to disadvantaged children from all over the UK.
We believe every child has the right to make positive childhood memories. A CHICKS break inspires new confidence and gives children the chance to have fun, enjoy new experiences and relax. More than anything, it gives them the chance to just be children.”
CHICKS began in 1992, and has since provided over 13,000 children with a much needed break.
Matt continues: “the work that we do at CHICKS is great, but without the help of people like Adrian, who has put this event on to raise much needed funds we would be without the opportunity to give so many young people hope and a chance to make memories that they will cherish for a lifetime. Thank you Dark & White and I hope to see you all on the 17th December at Carsington Water.”
