🎄SPUNCH DORE S17 XMAS LIGHTS SPECIAL

Spunch!  Is a big sporty treasure hunt with a difference - A fun, friendly & safe mini-adventure with a unique & colourful map.  Suitable for all ages & abilities - no previous experience required.  Locals and newcomers always welcome.  

One of our Christmas Lights Festive Specials making it particularly good fun and suitable for friends and family of all ages.  A good selection of SpunchPoints will be located at some of the more outstanding Christmas lights displays! 🎄

You are also invited to wear your best festive outfits - in fact fancy dress of any kind - anything goes.  This is entirely optional, and your normal running / walking gear is just fine, but there will be a spot prize or two for the best turned-out! 

Run or walk.  2k to 22k, the choice is yours!   60, 90 and 120 min course duration options (you can choose on the day itself).   

The event is open to all and we are delighted to be staging this one from thedalesportsbar.co.uk in the attractive area of Dore, Sheffield S17. 

Visit as many checkpoints as you can in the time available, Satellite punching using the MapRun app on your smartphone, Garmin or Apple Watch.  With over 60 SpunchPoints to go for - how many will you bag?  

For runners, walkers, friends & families.  Go solo, pair or in a group of 3 or more.  We can usually pair you up on the day if you prefer not to go alone.  Lots of help available for newbies.  Dogs are welcome too, but must be kept on a lead and under control at all times. 

On-site Registration opens at 1730 and you can start anytime from 1730 to 1930.  (Last start for 120 min course 1845;  Last start for 90 min course 1915.  All in the dark.  HI VIS AND TORCHES REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE PLEASE.  (Preferably with fairy lights too!)

Final details and the MapRun courses are usually published to all entrants on the day before the event giving you time to make a route plan!

Where?

The Dale Sports Bar @ Abbeydale Sports Club, Abbeydale Rd S, Sheffield S17 3LJ.

A first visit to The Dale Sports Bar and this area for an all-in-the-dark special.  The venue will provide a warm welcome with a wide selection of great-value food & drink available (details to be confirmed).  The venue is child friendly.  No dogs inside the venue at this one please (other than assistance dogs).

Parking, Registration, Help, Bag Drop, Loos, Start, Finish, Results, Food & Drink all at or near the venue. 

Just 10-15 mins from the city centre & inner ring.  Also convenient for Dronfield, Chesterfield, Bakewell & Hathersage etc.

Come by train or bus.  Dore & Totley train stations is just 600m flat walk from the venue (well served by trains from Sheffield and from the Peak District stations to the west.

Buses 97, 98 & 218 PeakLine all stop within 200m from the venue.

The Area & Course

Welcome to Dore & Totley - where the locals are always keen to put on a good Christmas Light Show!  We will put together a carefully curated course to ensure you see the best of it!  But it won't all be well-illuminated!  We will seek out some off-road mini adventures too through some of the local green corridors aswell as the occasional snicket!  Lots of route choice in a hilly area, though there will be some contour-dodging options for the more canny navigators.  Good running / walking on a mixture of underfoot conditions from tarmac to off-road paths*.   There will be something for everyone and even locals will likely discover new paths and places!  

Hope you will come along and give it a go. 

*total absence of mud can not be guaranteed!