Whittle Pike - Final Details

Thanks you very much for entering the race.

Parking from 08:30

The car park field is located about 150M from Cowpe Village Hall, Cowpe Rd., Waterfoot, Rossendale BB4 7DY GR837212.

There is a charge of £3 for parking.  Please bring the correct money and car share where possible.  

A Ninja coffee van and Pete Bland Sports van will also be on the field. 

Registration In Cowpe Village Hall From 09:00

The route from the car park to Registration will be flagged across the adjacent Recreation Ground and then turn left onto the road for about 20M and you will reach the village hall.  

There will be no mandatory kit check at Registration. 

You will receive your race number and SPORTident SI-Card.  Please bring pins if you have them.

Please wear your SI-Card (timing chip) like a watch and slip it onto your wrist a soon as you are given it.  This event is using traditional SI-Cards so you dip at the summit of Whittle Pike and at the Finish. 

• There will be tea/coffee and biscuits at Registration - donations welcome
• There will be basic burger and drinks for sale in the hall from mid morning onwards.
• There are toilets in the hall and porta loos next to the hall.
  
  

Mandatory Equipment

• Waterproof jacket
  
  

Men's Race 11:00 & Women Race 12:00

The races will Start and Finish on the parking field.

When you Finish or if you retire, you must walk directly back to the Registration Hall to hand in your SI-Card. Unless you do this you will not appear in the results and we will assume you are still on the fells.  Failure to hand in your SI-Card could trigger an MRT call out and you will be excluded from future events. 

There is a charge of £30 if you lose your chip and £16 if you break your SI-Card.  

Prize Giving Men 12:45 & Women 13:45 At Registration Hall

This will take place outside the hall if possible or inside the hall if the weather is awful.  There are prizes for the:

• Top 10 men and women

• Top 3 in each 5 year age category U23, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80

• Men's Team 5 to count and Women 3 to count
  

There will also be a few spot prizes. 

Whittle Pike Results & English Champs Series Results

The link to results is https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/FRA-English/2025/WhittlePike/ 

You must hand in your SI-Card to get a final result and If you scan the QR Code at the bottom of your splits print, you can see online results on your phone at the venue, mobile signal permitting.  

You will also see the final provisional positions in the English Champs Series.  

Have a great race

Nick and the Rossendale Team