VARSITY RACES

 
 

in association with University of Exeter AC

5KM & MILE RACES

Wednesday 12th June 2024, First Race 12pm - POSTPONED

**University & Open Entries Welcome**

Get ready for an exhilarating experience at the Varsity Races….Fast and Furious racing on a closed road circuit in South Devon.

“PB’s are there to be shot at, not admired.”

Provisional Timetable:

  • 11am - Registration and warm up 

  • 12pm - Open 5k (race two if needed) 

  • 12:30 - Open 5k (race one) 

  • 1:15 - Ladies Mile 

  • 1:30 - Mens Mile 

  • 1:45 - Ladies Elite 5k (Under 19:30)

  • 2:15 - Mens Elite 5k  (Under 18:30)

Team Competition & Scoring:

Top 4 in the elite races and the top 4 in the mile scoring with the positions added together and the lowest score winning.

 
 

📍 5km & Mile Road Race - Torbay Velopark

📈 A Flat Out and Back 2 Lap Route Suitable For All Abilities

📒 UKA Licence Number: Pending

📏 Course Accuracy Certificate: 24/129

🏃 Fast Flat Closed Road Circuit

 

EVENT INFO

    • Race HQ: Torbay Velopark, Penwill Way, Paignton TQ4 5JR

    • Car Park: Next to Velopark - Penwill Way, Clennon Valley Paignton TQ4 5JR Sat - Nav Reference: TQ4 5JR

    • Entry & Race Limit:TBC

    • Entry Fees:

      • 5km - £16 EA License £18 Standard

      • Mile - £14 EA Licnse £16 Standard

    • Minimum Age: 11years old

    • Numbers: Numbers will be issued on the day

    • Toilets: Will be available in Leisure Centre next door.

    • First Aid: First Aid will be covered by TBC

  • Coming Soon

  • TBC

  • If in the week leading up to the event very bad weather was looking likely, we would make a call on postponing the event no later than 24hours before. If we were forced to postpone, we would look for a new date either later in the year or in early 2025. Please note we would not be able to offer refunds if runners could not attend the new date, however we would attempt to accommodate them in another of our races where possible.

  • From the moment we begin to organise an event, we start to incur costs. Your entry fee is invested into the cost of staging the event - everything from barriers to toilets, from printing to safety pins, from race numbers to marketing. Organising any event requires a considerable amount of forward planning, risk and expense. Therefore we are unable to offer refunds or defer entries over to the following year..

  • We are working at ways to make our event more sustainable, here are some of the things we are implementing…

    • Race pack pick up on the day.

    • Water station using compostable cups (that we will compost ourselves).

    • We encourages participants to recycle their race bib numbers

    • We encourage runners to look at more sustainable travel, such as car sharing.

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