Subject: Re: Proposed Swimrun event 2023
Dear Wansford PC
We contacted you last year with regards to our swimrun event and the
proposed course on your parish land. The event was a success
(hopefully you didn’t notice us there!), thank you for your part in
that.
We are planning the event for the 11th of June 2023, again starting at
Nene Park at 6am. We would anticipate the swimrunners arriving with
you at 7.30am and continuing through to around 10am as they run out to
Yarwell and then return back through to Wansford. We will have no more
than 100 swimrunners so it is unlikely that there will be large
bunches of them, rather a slow trickle. Our entries for this race are
limited to 100. We have attached the course through the parish.
The course will be marshalled and there will be no road closure or
traffic disruption. The whole event and course will be put to the
Cambridgeshire SAG for their approval.
We would propose putting up signage on the course in the form of small
arrows and we usually attach coloured tape for the swimrunners to
follow. Gates needing to be closed will be marshalled and fields with
livestock will not have tape. We have a zero tolerance to litter,
competitors are disqualified if they litter. The course will be
cleared on the 11th June with a final sweep to check everything is
removed and the course is completely clear on the 12th June.
We will be following footpaths as shown on the local OS map and we
would really appreciate your help to contact landowners or for you to
forward our course to them and for them to contact us with any
concerns about the proposed route.
Our contact at Nene Park Trust is Melanie Church, you can contact her
at Melanie.Church@neneparktrust.org.uk should you need a reference.
We really appreciate the goodwill of the parish and the landowners in
permitting us to use the footpaths for our event and we issue all our
competitors with a Race Manual which includes the Countryside Code.
We are aware that it is a privilege to be able to use the footpaths
and will endeavour to make as little impact as possible on and before
race day to all concerned.
Please get in touch with any questions.
We will forward relevant insurance documents, risk assessments and SAG
responses to you in due course for landowners and yourselves.
> Kind regards, Nicky Bailey