Calderdale Way Relay

[Tussockface]

You beat me to it, Roadrunner!

[Stagger]

Your right RR they were posted to the club.

[Roadrunner]

Cheers Stagger. Ours will be with the club sec and filled in and returned soon!

[Roadrunner]

Are the entry forms available on the internet anywhere?

[Pike]

Are the entry forms available on the internet anywhere?

Yes. www.halifaxharriers.co.uk/Halifaxracesv3.htm

[Roadrunner]

Yes. www.halifaxharriers.co.uk/Halifaxracesv3.htm

Nice one pike. Since posting my message and you responding 20 days have gone by!!! I contacted the organiser and she e-mailed them to me as they were not on the site at that stage and our form had been posted to an old club representative who no longer has anything to do with the club. We have two teams entered and looking to build on last years finishing position.

[Pike]

I'm just trying to piece together information received regarding this year's Calderdale Way Relay.

I'm clear that race HQ is no longer the Rugby Club at Copley, but now Mytholmroyd Community Centre (GR 011260), this is well away from the start/finish of the race. It is NOT where you go for team registration. But it is where you go for hot shower, food and prizegiving. This seems a good idea as it's a lot more central to all of the relay legs.

Then on one sheet of paper there are scattered snippets of info about the start/finish:

• First leg runners should register the team and collect the baton before 07:45 from West Vale Car Pak, Stainland Road, nr. Halifax GR 080224.
  
• The race will start and finish near Clay House, North Dean Woods, West Vale, nr. Halifax
  
• The start and finish of the race is at West Vale, Stainland Road, nr. Halifax.
  
• The race will start nr. Clay House, West Vale, through North Dean Woods on the Calderdale Way. The finish is on Stainland Road, under the bridge to track on left up to Clay House.

I'm struggling a bit with this. My questions are:

• Where is "West Vale Car Park"? Stainland Road is mentioned, and the grid reference 080224 quoted. This is the same grid reference as that given for the start and finish of the race. I can't see any car park there on the map, and the only "Stainland Road" I can find is a couple of miles south of here, and runs between the B6113 and B6112.
• "Clay House" is not labelled on my OS Explorer map, so again I can't be certain exactly where it is.

Specifically I'm looking for clarification of:

• Where leg 1 runners park and register
• Where leg 1 runners start running from

[stevefoster]

I'm just trying to piece together information received regarding this year's Calderdale Way Relay.

I'm clear that race HQ is no longer the Rugby Club at Copley, but now Mytholmroyd Community Centre (GR 011260), this is well away from the start/finish of the race. It is NOT where you go for team registration. But it is where you go for hot shower, food and prizegiving. This seems a good idea as it's a lot more central to all of the relay legs.

Then on one sheet of paper there are scattered snippets of info about the start/finish:

• First leg runners should register the team and collect the baton before 07:45 from West Vale Car Pak, Stainland Road, nr. Halifax GR 080224.
  
• The race will start and finish near Clay House, North Dean Woods, West Vale, nr. Halifax
  
• The start and finish of the race is at West Vale, Stainland Road, nr. Halifax.
  
• The race will start nr. Clay House, West Vale, through North Dean Woods on the Calderdale Way. The finish is on Stainland Road, under the bridge to track on left up to Clay House.

I'm struggling a bit with this. My questions are:

• Where is "West Vale Car Park"? Stainland Road is mentioned, and the grid reference 080224 quoted. This is the same grid reference as that given for the start and finish of the race. I can't see any car park there on the map, and the only "Stainland Road" I can find is a couple of miles south of here, and runs between the B6113 and B6112.
• "Clay House" is not labelled on my OS Explorer map, so again I can't be certain exactly where it is.

Specifically I'm looking for clarification of:

• Where leg 1 runners park and register
• Where leg 1 runners start running from

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure.../location.html
Hope this helps

[Pike]

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure.../location.html
Hope this helps

OK, so Stainland Road in this context is the B6112 running north/south. There is another Stainland Road a couple of miles west of here which I think we can dismiss.

Clay House is well away from the quoted Grid Ref 080224 - that's about a mile into the race in the middle of North Dean Woods.

There is a carpark shown on the map close by, next to a school. Maybe this is West Vale car park. We just need grid refs to confirm these.

I note West Vale is south east of the old start at the Rugby Club, Copley so it looks like leg 1 is therefore about half a mile longer than it used to be. The finish to Leg 6 is different, but about the same distance as before.

[Stagger]

There is a carpark shown on the map close by, next to a school. Maybe this is West Vale car park. We just need grid refs to confirm these.

The answer is
097212 on the OL21 is the refs for the carpark. The Clay House building is about 150 yards away in a small park.

Hope this helps Pike.