Spring Handicap
IF it's not already in your diary, then it should be. The May Bank Holiday weekend sees the return of the Stubbington Spring Handicap.
The club chairman has spared no expense with the prizes, and using the latest satellite technology has plotted a clever, twisting and turning course for the handicap.
It all takes place on Sunday, May 6th, starting at the Rising Sun pub in Warsash and finishing by the pink ferry hut on the Hamble towpath just a couple of hundred yards from the pub.
The rules are the same as usual. No watches, no compasses, no GPS, no sundials. You have to pick your way around the chosen route, setting off at whatever time you think will work, with the aim of arriving at the finish dead on 11.30am. The runner closest to zero time will win a bottle of wine, and valuable points.
So here's the route:
The route starts outside the Rising Sun pub in Warsash.
Head out along the tow path towards the School of Navigation, turn right at the wooden rails, head out to the shore line, turn left and head towards Solent Breezes. Turn left and go up the side of the caravan park, then turn right.
At the end, turn right, follow the path round to the Chilling Field. Go along the top of the field, continue to run around the field and back to where you came in.
Head back to Solent Breezes and at the corner turn right over the chain past the white house. At the end of the road, cross over into the School of Navigation field.
There, follow the path along, go through the second gate, then turn left at the Hook with Warsash sign.
Follow the path through the trees, go through the gate, head down the path, take the first right and at the end turn left.
At the road turn right, at the School of Navigation turn right and head down the footpath. At the shore line, turn right and head back towards Warsash.
The finish line will be at the pink Hamble ferry building.