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Race Day Instructions

Race Day Instructions

Important Final Instructions for Race Day!

Dorking Ten Mile & Cockerel 10K Road Races
Sunday 2nd June 2024
09.00 & 09:40

 

RACE DAY INSTRUCTIONS 2024 - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY  

Thank you for entering the 38th Dorking Ten/Cockerel 10K Road Race on Sunday 2nd June 2024. This event has been organised by Dorking & Mole Valley AC and incorporates the Surrey Ten Mile Road Race Championships.

  • The 10 Mile race starts at 09:00
  • The Cockerel 10K starts at 09:40


RACE NUMBERS 

  • If you enter before Friday May 10th your number will be sent to you in the post
  • If you enter on or after the 10th May please collect your number on the morning of the race from Race HQ in the pavilion at Dorking Rugby Club, Kiln Lane, Brockham 
  • Entries will close at 12 noon on Friday 31st May.

Allow 10 minutes to walk from Race HQ to the start on Brockham Green

ENTRIES ON THE DAY 

  • Entries on the day if space permits
  • £30.00 cash or card
  • Please report to Race HQ

 

LOCATION AND PARKING

  • Please use the postcode RH3 7EH for parking – do not try to park at the Rugby Club building
  • You may go straight to the start area on Brockham Green but if you are arriving by car there is NO PARKING at Brockham Green
  • Most travelling by car will use the A25 Dorking/Reigate Road, including those having to use the M25 motorway who should turn off at Leatherhead (Junction 9) or Reigate Hill (Junction 8). Brockham Lane is approximately one mile east of Dorking Town Centre
  • Cars must not be parked in the road, but on the 'Big Field' off Brockham Lane.Look out for our club flag marking where you turn off the road
  • Please park neatly and tightly, as instructed by the marshals

 

RACE HQ FACILITIES

  • Toilets are available at Race HQ
  • There will be a bag-drop facility near the Finish Line where you can leave your bag after attaching the tear-off strip from your race number to it. Please leave your bags in your car if at all possible
  • Any valuables left in bags will be at the owners’ risk
  • Refreshments will be available for purchase in the 'Event Village' and also at the Start on the Village Green.

 

THE RACE

  • The 10 Mile race starts at 09:00
  • The Cockerel 10K starts at 09:40
  • Signs along the Start Funnel will advise where you should line up relative to your expected finish times
  • Your number contains your timing chip and must be worn on the front of your vest
  • Your timing chip will only react to the starting mat relevant to your race chip

 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENTERED THE CORRECT RACE.  IF YOU ARE IN THE 10K THERE WILL BE A COLOURED STRIP ON YOUR NUMBER.  DO NOT TRY AND RUN IN THE TEN MILE – YOUR TIME WILL NOT BE RECORDED


Wheelchair competitors will be started 5 minutes earlier at 08:55/09:35

THE ROUTE AND RACE INFORMATION 

  • See the map at end of these instructions.  Numbers mark marshal positions.
  • The Ten Mile race follows a circular route which consists of 2 overlapping loops
  • The Cockerel 10K course consists of a single circular route which is the outer loop on the map
  • All junctions will be marshalled, with accurate mile (10 Mile race) and kilometre (10K race) markers along the routes
  • There will be medical support on the course and at the finish
  • A sweep bicycle will accompany the last runner around the route
  • Dogs are not allowed
  • Runners must NOT be accompanied in the race unless agreed with the organisers in advance
  • There will be a Cut-Off in the 10 Mile race where runners who arrive at the 3.5 mile point after 45 minutes will be removed from the race and advised to follow the 10K route back to the Race HQ. They will not receive a time for either race.

 

WATER STATIONS

  • There will be 3 water stations on the Ten Mile race and 2 water stations on the 10K race
  • Runners are asked to take no more than one cup of water at each water station
  • If you think you might need more please carry your own supply
  • There will be plenty of water at the finish

 

HEADPHONES

The use of any form of headphones including bone conducting is prohibited. Any runners wearing ear/headphones of any description will be disqualified. 

SAFETY
Please follow instructions given by the Marshals who have a difficult job with roads open to traffic. Please take care:

  • Keep well to the left at all times unless instructed otherwise by marshals
  • Be extremely careful on blind bends
  • The finish is on the ‘Big Field', just over 200m after you enter the field from Kiln Lane
  • Your time will be recorded as you cross the line
  • Please continue running over both mats and move away from the finish arch as quickly as possible

 

RESULTS
A full set of results will be published and available to competitors. Results will be available on the Race Timing Solutions website and via Dorking & Mole Valley AC website within 24 hours. 

PRIZES and PRESENTATION 

Race Finishers

  • Race Finishers will receive a medal made from responsibly sourced material.  No T-shirts this year to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce entry fees!!
  • We will have a number of valuable spot prizes. These will be given out on a random basis with raffle tickets handed out to the lucky few at the finish line. Take that raffle ticket to the Spot Prize tent and you will be given the prize allocated to that ticket. These spot prizes are not negotiable
  • All other prizes are to be collected  from the Prize Tent
  • There will be no distinction between seniors and veterans

 

Prizes for the 10 Mile Race

​The first three men and first three women over the finish line will win cash prizes and a trophy as follows and these will be presented as close to 11:00am as possible:

  • 1st place – £120
  • 2nd place – £90
  • 3rd place – £60

Plus medals in age categories which will be available for collection from the Prize Tent as soon as possible otherwise please arrange for collection from DMVAC at a later date:

Women: 17-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65+

Men: 17-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65+. (YES - same categories as Women!)

All affiliated runners are eligible for the team prizes – 1st three male and female teams consisting of four runners per team.  Teams must be nominated when entering and first four runners across the line count.  These medals will be presented as close to 11:00am as possible.

Prizes for the Cockerel 10K Race

The first three men and first three women over the finish line will win cash prizes and a trophy as follows and these will be presented as close to 11:00am as possible:

  • 1st place – £60
  • 2nd place – £45
  • 3rd place – £30

Plus medals in age categories which will be available for collection from the Prize Tent as soon as possible otherwise please arrange for collection from DMVAC at a later date:

Women: 17-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65+

Men: 17-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65+. (YES - same categories as Women!)

The Surrey 10 Mile Road Race Championships prizes will be presented after the main prizes for the Dorking Tens have been presented. 

Surrey Qualification

You should have been born in Surrey or have lived in Surrey for the last 9 months, and confirm that you have not competed for any other county in this competition year.

“Surrey” includes the Surrey County Council area and the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Kingston and that part of Richmond which is on the "Surrey side" of the River Thames; Also the London postcode districts SE1, SE5, SE11, SE15 , SE16, SE17, SE19, SE21, SE22, SE24, SE25, SE27, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW11, SW12, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW16, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20.

COURSE MAP