Sandyknowe Craigs/Smailholm Tower.

Parking/Registration:  at Smailholm Tower.  Follow the signs from the main road, through the Sandyknowe Farm steading, past the small loch and on to the Tower. Map HERE

Starts:  between 1 and 2pm

Start and Finish : Close by

Courses:  There will be 2 TD5 courses, a Green and a Short Green.  If there’s demand for it there will also be a Yellowy/Orange course so make sure you pre-enter if you want this course. 

Courses lengths:  Green 3.5km/ 100m climb.  Short Green 2.5km/ 75m climb.  Yellowy/Orange 1.5km/ 45m climb.

Terrain: Open cattle-grazed land with a lot of contour detail, gorse and crags.  Very few line features apart from the fences which separate the area into 4 blocks.  Courses will be planned to avoid barbed or high fences. There should be no cattle when we’re there.

Entries:  Pre-entries are now open HERE.  The Green and Short Green are separate maps so you need to choose which course you want in advance.  Entries by bedtime on Sunday 9 November please.

Entry fees: Senior members £4.50,  Junior members £2.25,  Non-members £5.50 / £2.75. Fees payable by card (preferably), exact cash, or by BACS.

Timing:  Sportident timing.  Hire of contactless dibber 50p, hire of older manual dibber Free.

Clothing/Footwear:  Full leg cover is compulsory.  Shoes with some grip recommended.