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The Challenge
A 1-day scored and timed event for teams of 1, 2, 3 or 4 involving either:

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Race Schedule - UP DATED 10 August

By the race start time, you will need to have registered and reviewed your maps and considered your course choices.

Map Details
The race area is covered in the OS Explorer Map 157 : Marlborough, You will be provided with one set of laminated maps of the race area. If you would like extra maps you must E MAIL US before 6 August to obtain a map on the day at a cost of £5 per map. You can of course buy your own maps from AquaMaps (right).

Details of venue
St Francis School,
Marlborough Road,
Pewsey, SN9 5NT
Link to streetmap location

Details of bike hire
Contact - Phil Birkett at Ridgeway Cycle Hire, Marlborough.

01672 516089 or www.ridgewaycyclehire.co.uk

£12 per day for bike hire plus a small delivery charge which will depend on final number of bikes that they have to bring to race HQ.

Local Campsites

Wernham Farm Camping and Caravanning - Telephone: 01672 512236
Clench Common, Marlborough, Wilts, SN8 4DR. £6 - £8 per tent

Lower Foxhangers Campsite - Only available for 2 nights at a time, not 1
Small, sheltered site beside canal for fishing, walking, cycling.
Telephone: 01380 828254
Rowde, Devizes, Wilts, SN10 1SS. £6 - £8 per tent

Bell Caravan Park
Telephone: 01380 840230
Andover Road, Lydeway, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3PS. £9 - £11 per tent

Registration
Registration opens for all teams at 0830.
Upon Registration you will receive as set of laminated race maps, Checkpoint (CP) descriptions, team race numbers, a waterproof team kit bag and emergency phone numbers. Your team kit bag will also contain your start time.

Race Briefing
A short briefing will inform you of particulars of the course and other key information.

Start & Finish
On starting, you will be given the CP values for the event.
Starts for Masters in Questars Trio will be at 30 second intervals from 1000 onwards.

The Masters’ Questars Trio is a continuous challenge of 6 hours. The Questars Duo and all Trio Novices have 5 hours. You decide how much time to spend on each stage of the race based on the strengths of your team, and the value of the CPs available to you.

WHAT TO DO ON THE DAY - NOTES to help you get the most from your day at this Questars event.

REGISTRATION

1. Arrive at the event base in good time. Many racers like to get to the event venue before Registration opens so they can get themselves and their kit organised and ready before collecting their team packs when Registration.

2. Check and review the content of your team pack. It contains:

• One EMIT card to enable electronic scoring. Do take particular care of this. How to use it will be explained at the Race Briefing
• Race numbers for each team member and safety pins to attach them to you or your rucksack whichever you prefer
• A laminated double sided map of the event area
• A team list of who is racing in the same category as you today. This also details the time your team can do the kayaking stage and your start time.

BEFORE THE RACE

1. Review the location of all the checkpoints (CPs) that are pre marked on your race map.

2. Consider your route choices and make a provisional plan of which CPs you aim to visit and in which order. You can do whichever stage you wish first – albeit bear in mind your allocated kayaking time.
3. Get yourself ready for the start of the race with all the kit you’ll need for the first stage.
4. Sort out all the rest of your race kit and bikes and take them to the nearby Transition Point (TP). They can be left there as directed by the Quest marshal. You may wish to apply some security measure to your bikes
5. Keep drinking so that you are fully hydrated ahead of the start.
6. All team members need to attend the Race Briefing at 0930 when further information about the course will be provided.

RACE START

1. Starts are at 30 second intervals from 1000 onwards for those taking part in the Questars Trio Masters event. Questars Trio Novices will follow and then the Questars Duo teams will start.
2. As you cross the start line you will:
a. activate your EMIT electronic scoring card that records both your race time and the number and order in which you visit CPs, and
b. collect a CP values and descriptions sheet. Put this in your team plastic pack to keep it clean and dry and refer to it throughout the race.
3. Do review your outline course in the light of the CP values and note which are the dummy CPs - these are certainly not worth visiting!

DURING THE RACE

1. Navigate yourselves to as many CPs as possible. Upon arrival at each CP activate your EMIT electronic scoring card as demonstrated at the Race Briefing.
2. At the end of each stage go to the Transition Point (TP). There is no need to do anything with your EMIT card at the TP (except keep hold of it) just proceed directly onto your next chosen stage as quickly as possible.
3. You may transition ONCE only between the three stages. You may break either your run or bike stage at the kayak TP to undertake your kayaking stage within your allocated kayak time period.
4. Do not go off the edge of the map, be aware that all areas beyond the map are Out of Bounds.
5. Do maintain your liquid and energy food intake throughout the race. There is water available at the Transition Points.
6. Please respect the local area and the locals. Please close gates that you find closed and take great care with any livestock you encounter. Please read and follow the notes on the Country and Mountain Bike Codes as displayed at the event base and detailed on the Adventure Race Format page of the Questars website.
7. Do not infringe private property and keep to public rights of way as described on the event map key - in particular no bikes may be taken on footpaths. Not even if they are carried!
8. Bike helmets must be worn during the mountain bike stage and the provided buoyancy aids during the kayaking stage.
9. Carry a first aid kit and a mobile phone (or change for a public pay phone) in each team and take care of yourselves so that neither is needed. If you do unfortunately have an accident that requires the emergency services phone them first and then one of the Quest team (phone numbers on your event map.)

AFTER THE RACE

1. At the end of your final stage go directly to the FINISH line and record your finish time using your EMIT card.
2. Then proceed to the download station at the event base inside and hand in your EMIT card and collect a print out showing the order and time at each of the CPs you visited.
3. Then congratulate yourselves on completing your race!
4. Relax, have a drink, change and review your course with fellow racers prior to the prize giving which will be held as soon as possible after the last finishers have returned.
5. After the prize-giving return to your cars and drive home safely. Take plenty of stops on the way home as you will be tired!
6. Full results and a race report will be posted on archive.questars.co.uk

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Good Luck and enjoy yourselves!

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