*SPUNCH* SILVERDALE FINAL DETAILS ISSUED

Sunday daylight Spunch in collaboration with the local community running group Silverdale RC

(Also incorporating a Team Spunch Match on the 120 minute course!)

(Please note that you don't have to be in a team to take part - you can just enter and take part individually or in a pair as normal)

From Silverdale AFC, 9 Scot Hay Rd, Silverdale, Newcastle ST5 6RJ.  For runners, walkers, friends & families.  Suitable for all ages & abilities - no previous experience required.  Locals and newcomers always welcome.

A big sporty treasure hunt with a difference - A fun, friendly & safe mini-adventure with a unique & colourful map.  Run or walk.  3k to 33k, the choice is yours!   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.

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

60, 120 and 180 min course duration options (you can choose on the afternoon itself).  Last start for the 3 hour course is at 12pm.

One of our winter weekend all-in-daylight events.

Just 15 mins from J15 & J16 M6.  Convenient for Audley, Newcastle, Keele, Stoke, Stone, Stafford, Eccleshall, Market Drayton, Loggerheads, Madeley, Audlem, Nantwich, Crewe, Winsford, Middlewich, Sandbach, Holmes Chapel, Alsager, Congleton & Biddulph etc.

Catch the Spunch Train:  Stoke Train Station is a 15-20 minute Uber / cab ride away from the venue.

Start at your convenience anytime between 11am & 1pm.  (Last start for 180 min course is 12pm).  Registration open from 11am.  

Using a specially prepared map, visit as many checkpoints as you can in the time available, S-punching using the MapRun app on your smartphone, Garmin or Apple Watch.

A much-overdue first visit to Silverdale and in collaboration with the local community running club Silverdale RC.  All-new territory for us for this almost exclusively Countryside Spunch. 

The venue is ideally placed giving immediate access to Silverdale Country Park which links seamlessly to Apedale Country Park further north.  Both country parks have a rich industrial heritage, and now boast an extensive path and trail network to keep runners and walkers entertained for hours in green surroundings.

There will be hilly and less hilly route options to suit everyone.  Good running / walking on a mixture of underfoot conditions - from tarmac to mostly off-road paths*. There will be something for everyone and even locals will likely discover new paths and places!  

The Football Club Clubhouse will provide a warm welcome post-run or walk, with good value food and drinks available.  The venue is child & dog friendly.  

With around 80 SpunchPoints to go for - how many will you bag?

Hope you will come along and give it a go.

*total absence of mud can not be guaranteed!

TEAM SPUNCH

The 120 minute course at this event will also be used for a Team Spunch "Match".  A Spunch Team can be made up of minimum 4 to maximum 7 people (with the best 4 scores aggregated to count).  Teams can be from running clubs, walking groups, gyms, orienteers or simply just a family or friends group.  Team members may run solo, in a pair or group but each will be required to run with MapRun on their phone / GPS-watch and post an individual result (which will be aggregated into the team score). 

Your team(s) can be finalised & declared on the day of the event - team members should just enter the event on SiEntries individually as normal.  Multiple teams from the same running club or group will be welcomed. 

More details to follow later, but in the meantime if you think you will be pulling together one or more teams, or if  you just want to know more, please WhatsApp Andy on 07751 932749.