Yomp 2011 Application Form Yomp 2011 Sponsorship Name: ...... All the proceeds of the Yomp, less running costs, Address...... ARE GIVEN TO CHARITIES...... This is an ideal opportunity to raise money for your ...... ...... nominated charity, however, we request that a mini- Email...... mum of 25% of the sponsorship raised be paid to us for our nominated charities. -16 16-59 60+ Alzheimer's, Prostate Cancer, Shelterbox

Age We need as much sponsorship money as possible Please help us if you can.

Full Half Short Course

If Junior, please send a separate sheet with the names of the children taking part as well as their SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 2011 parent’s or guardian’s signature Sponsor Amount Challenge yourself and your friends to Are you in a team? (Teams are 3 or 4 persons) Team name...... a great day out among the hills and

dales around , East Regular Military or TA Please complete a form for each individual team member (max 4). Use photocopies if necessary.

I confirm that I will not compete in the Yomp 2011 unless I 3 Events am fit to do so. I take part in this event at my own risk and will not hold the organisers responsible for any injury, loss, damage, action, claim, costs or expenses that might arise as a The Full Yomp: 23 miles result of my participation. I have read and accept the rules and enclose my remittance as follows: The Half Yomp: 11.5 miles £ The Short Yomp: 6.5 miles

Entrants aged 16-59 @£12 ...... Entrants under 16 or over 60 @ £6 ...... Certificates for all finishers Short course @ £5 ......

Optional donation to Yomp funds ...... Individual and team trophies Total remittance enclosed £ ......

Please send entry form and remittance to: The Rotary Club of Upper Eden. C/o Green Tree Barn, Faraday All proceeds to Charity Road, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4QL Tel: 017683 71600 Email: [email protected] Please send sponsorship cheques to The Rotary Club of Include SAE if receipt is required. Upper Eden C/O President, John Andrew Green Tree Or book and pay online at www.yomp.org—click link Si Entries Barn, Faraday Road, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4QL Rules The Yomp—an event for everyone Arrangements on the Day The three Yomp routes make up an outdoor event in beautiful countryside for everyone, from family groups to ramblers to fell runners. REGISTRATION 1. The Yomp is open to everyone. However children under Full/Half Yomp: From 7am at KS Grammar School the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible Some Yompers do the long route at a leisurely pace, taking adult throughout the event. up to 10 hours to complete the circuit. The fell runners, at the Short Yomp: 11.30/12.30 at the Marshall’s tent at Tailbridge Hill other extreme, zip around the course in a few hours. The 2. Junior Yompers entering the short Yomp must obtain record is a barely credible 2 hours 51 minutes. (A courtesy bus takes entrants from the school to Tailbridge Hill at ap- written permission to participate from a parent or guard- proximately 11.00) ian and must be accompanied by a responsible adult, The half Yomp provides a less demanding walk but still Start Times authorised by the parent or guardian, with a ratio of no includes an ascent to the Nine Standards, the visual high more that four children to one adult. point of all routes. Full Yomp 3. Regret NO dogs allowed Walkers start between 8am and 9am The short Yomp caters mainly for primary schoolchildren, 4. NO bikes or powered vehicles allowed accompanied by responsible adults, who wish to combine the Runners start between 8am and 10am personal achievement of reaching Nine Standards and raising 5. Checkpoints must be visited in the correct sequence. money for their own school. Half Yomp 6. Participants must carry their number sheet with them The Routes All entrants between 8am and 10am throughout the Yomp. The numbering system is essential to ensure that everyone who starts is accounted for at the Short Yomp The full and half Yomps both start and finish at Kirkby end of the day. Stephen Grammar School. All entrants between 11.30am and 12.30pm from 7. Anyone wishing to retire must notify a Marshall and hand in their number sheet. The full route runs south of Kirkby Stephen, climbing above Tailbridge Hill. 8. Yompers are required: the valley to the summit of , on to Check Point Times Pike then down and across the valley by Aisgill • to carry Map Ordnance Survey OL 19 Explorer Moor and Hellgill Force. It then takes a gradual ascent by For safe management of the event we are obliged to fix latest Mallerstang Edge to High Seat and High Pike Hill before times at the following check points: • to carry compass and whistle dropping down to the Swaledale road at the top of Tailbridge Full Yomp • to carry suitable clothing for the fells— waterproof Hill. The final stage is the ascent to the Nine Standards and Check Point 1: Tommy Road—11am whole body cover and other cover appropriate for the then down to Kirkby Stephen. weather conditions. Check Point 4: Aisgill Cottages—2pm The half route follows the same course out of Kirkby Check Point 8: Tailbridge Hill—4.30pm • to carry emergency food Stephen but after a couple of miles turns left across farm Half Yomp • to observe the Country Code fields and takes a winding course to the top of Tailbridge Check Point 3A: Mallerstang Road—12 noon Access Hill, rejoining the main route to the Nine Standards and then Check Point 8: Tailbridge Hill—4.30pm down to Kirkby Stephen. Landowners have given permission for the Yomp routes to cross Please note that participants who reach a check point after the latest times above will be asked to retire. Transport back to Kirkby Stephen their land on the day of the event only. Their restricted The short route starts at the Marshall’s tent at the top of will be arranged by Marshalls at the check points. permission in no way constitutes agreement to any right of way. Tailbridge Hill and follows the same course from their as the Facilities at the School—Free Application others. Parking in the school grounds and public car park adjacent to the To apply please complete the application form overleaf and send school. it with your cheque to the address at the bottom. Please use one Organisation application form per application of use photocopies. Use of the school's washrooms and showers. The Yomp is a community event open to all and organised Receipts Light snacks and drinks at the finish. by members of the Rotary Club of Upper Eden, with support If a receipt is required please enclose a stamped addressed from their friends and families and many other local Safety envelope organisations and individuals. All routes are fully marked with marker poles at regular intervals. Trophies For more details go to www.yomp.org There are regular check points on all route, all staffed by at least two Marshalls and all with water available. Latest finishing time to count for trophies — 4 pm First aid, emergency transport and radio contact are all on hand at main checkpoints. In poor weather, safe alternatives routes will be used.