Relay Races ⬥ Monday 29^th March 2027

Old Windmill Hill

Overview

Windmill Hill is predominantly wooded with a complex re-entrant structure and pitted areas making a challenging and intense head-to-head Relay venue. It has previously used for the 2005 World Cup Relay Races and the JK2019 Middle Races. 

A waiver has been received from the Rules Group to permit this area to be used with less than a two year fallow period due to the need to reassess the areas used for this event

Location

Windmill Hill is situated approximately 1 km north east of Deepcut in Surrey

Travel

By Car

Entrance to the Main Car Park is off of Deepcut Bridge Road, Deepcut, Camberley at:

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• Postcode GU16 6GA
• 51.312366, -0.701341

By Train

The following stations are all about 6km from Windmill Hill. 

• Farnborough
• Farnborough North
• Frimley

By Foot & Bicycle

For people arriving on foot or bicycle, entry to the competition area and hence to the Arena is only possible at one point:

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Route to the Arena

The Main Car Park is 1400m from the Arena. Competitors will cross the busy Deepcut Bridge Road immediately after leaving the car park. Obey marshals when crossing this road. Parents/carers should ensure that children are aware of the need to follow the marshals instructions.

Embargo

The embargoed area may be seen on the map here

Map

The map is to ISOM 2017-2 IOF Specification, unless otherwise stated.

Map updated and revised 2026 by Dave Peel (Peel Land Surveys). All maps will be digitally printed on waterproof paper. 

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Terrain & Mapping Notes

Virtually the entire competition area is wooded. It has a complex and often steep re-entrant structure. Its use as a military training area means that some areas are heavily pitted. Distinct pits are mapped but there are areas of eroded pits mapped as broken ground

Other Users

Other users are unlikely to be present during the event but please take care at all times and do be courteous of any that you encounter

Control Descriptions

These are printed on the front of the maps. All courses use IOF pictorial symbols only, including those for the Mini Relay. There are no loose control descriptions.

Courses

All relay classes have courses with gaffling, including the Mini-Relay. Parents/carers, please ensure your child understands that they will have some controls the same as other juniors but some will be different and with a slightly different route, so they must read their own map carefully.

Controls have all been numbered to ensure there is no similarity or possible confusion on gaffle clusters or nearby controls. However, it is the competitor’s responsibility to check their control codes and descriptions

Team Captain Info

Relay Team Declaration

The deadline for online team declaration and updates by Club Captains is 20:00 on Sunday 27 March. Please note:

• If your team is now non-competitive (N/C), please declare it. N/C teams are welcome to compete but are not eligible for prizes. Please note the rules on neighbouring club alliances for Premier and Junior classes
• Course P (Ad Hoc Relay) is gaffled and runs in a fixed order - Lap 1 Long, Lap 2 Short and Lap 3 Medium.

Last-minute changes

We do understand that last-minute changes happen. Changes can be made to Team members, SI-cards, Team order and competitive status. We ask that as many as possible are made online beforehand, until 20:00 the previous evening (as above).

You will be able to make absolutely last-minute changes on the Day at Relay Registration between 08:30 and 09:30 by completing the change form.

Team Bib Collection

Team Captains or nominated representatives (one per club) may only collect their Team envelopes with bibs on Day 4 from 08:30 at Enquiries (earlier if we are ready). Please note:

• Runners on Leg 1 will have red bibs, Leg 2 white bibs and Leg 3 blue bibs.
• Some clubs may have more than one envelope (e.g. labelled 1 of 2)
• The club envelopes include all Ad-hoc entries
• Teams consisting of more than one club will be allocated to the club with most runners in the team. Or if all three runners are from different clubs or not associated with a club, they will be labelled the Leg 1 runner’s name.
• Collection will be recorded by the enquiries team and advise you check the contents match the listing before departing.
• Some pins are included, but a limited supply of spares is available at Enquiries. Any spare pins at the end can be returned to Enquiries to be re-used.

Punch Check & Map Issue

All team members must proceed to the start area via the map issue marquee. Follow the directions of the marshals at all times and allow sufficient time to be issued your map. SIAC battery check, check and clear boxes will be found on the entry to the map issue marquee.

Upon entering the marquee, you will be directed to the SI Punch Entry Check table. This will confirm that you are a registered member of a team and that you have the correct dibber assigned to your Bib number. If there is a problem with your dibber, please go to the problem desk.

A marshal will direct you to the correct table for your Bib number and Leg. These will also be labelled clearly. Join the correct queue and have your bib number clearly visible.
When you get your sealed map, it is your responsibility to check that the Leg and Team number visible on the front of the sealed map are correct. Any problems will be resolved by the problem desk, not the map issue team.

A secondary check and clear box will be available for competitors after leaving the map issue marquee. There will be a further Bib/Map check at the Start/Changeover line. If the Map or map seal has been tampered with, your team may be disqualified.

Start Process & Handovers

Between 10:00 and 11:00, the holding pen will be split into two areas: the left-hand side for Leg 1 runners and right-hand side for Legs 2/3.

Leg 1 runners will have a secondary holding pen, where you will be called forward by class 5 mins before your timed start and your Bib and Map will be checked. A clock will be visible in the holding pen, but you must follow all verbal instructions by the Start team.

Leg 2 & 3 runners must wait in the holding pen until their runner is on approach to the Handover. You may observe your teammates on the Arena Run-through that passes next to the Handover pen to judge when you will need to be ready. The Run-through is approximately 1 km from the end of all TD5 courses. There is a clear line of sight as runners approach the final control on each leg. Enter the Handover box when you see your teammate on the approach to the Finish. When entering the Handover box, your map will be checked to see that it is still sealed.

After starting, all legs must follow the taped route all the way to the start kite.

Finish, Download & Map Collection

The Leg 1 & 2 Finish will be to the right-hand side of the fork on the run-in. It will be in contactless mode; it is your responsibility to check that the punch has registered correctly. You must then proceed to the Handover line where you will ‘tag’ your teammate, who may then start the next Leg. Then proceed to Download and do not block other runners, following the instructions of the marshals at all times.

Leg 3 runners should follow tapes to the left of the fork in the run-in, passing under the arch before punching the Finish box. The Finish box for Leg 3 will not be in contactless mode and you must manually punch this box. A marshal will be present to remind you if you forget. Then proceed to Download.

For the purposes of prizes and placing, team positions will be determined by the order of finish over the Finish line (under the arch). If there are close finishes, marshals will direct teams to punch in the order that you finish over the line, even if this means a small time delay to teams that finished behind. Please follow the marshal's instructions at all times.

After finishing, all runners must cross over the Arena Run-through to Download. Please follow the marshal's instructions when crossing as competitors on the course have priority.

On all courses, the incoming runners will be visible when they enter the Arena field to approach the last control for sufficient time for Leg 2 and Leg 3 runners to spot their incoming team mate and move to the handover area.

Map collection will be organised by club and all maps must be surrendered until the Leg 3 mini mass start at 12:30. Please follow the marshal's instructions. Bags will be labelled by club. For runners without a club, there will be a single bag for map collection and these may also be collected from the tent provided for such runners at 12:30.

Officials

Acknowledgements

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Medical

• Professional First Aiders will be in the Arena.
• A&E: Frimley Park Hospital, Portsmouth Rd, Camberley GU16 7UJ. ~ 3 miles
• Walk-In Centre: Woking Community Hospital, Heathside Road, Woking GU22 7HS. Opening Hours – Everyday: 8am-8pm. The Woking Walk-in Centre is a nurse led (nurse practitioners) service with no on-site medical back up. ~ 9 miles