We are very much looking forward to seeing you at our Hellingly 10k race this Sunday 13 September. Many of you have run with us before and will be familiar with our course but we please ask you to remind yourself of the key information below.  For those of you running this race for the first time we look forward to seeing you, a key item to note is that our start and finish positions are in different places about a mile apart, the bag drop will be moved to the finish line where cakes and refreshments will be available to purchase.

Please find final information ahead of the event below and on our Facebook pages

Venue and Parking

The race start HQ is at the car park in Church Road, Hellingly, BN27 4EX. There will be plenty of free parking available in the field which is close to the start. Please follow our carparking signs and any marshal directions on the day. Runners will be directed to the start following the race briefing and starts in Station Road, Hellingly, BN27 4EU – this is located after the cuckoo trail bridge. The race finishes at the Roebuck Park Cricket Pavilion field, BN27 4EP, which is within a 1-mile walking distance of the start HQ and carpark and directional signs will be in place to support you back to the car park.  Toilet facilities are available at the start and finish.

Date and Time
The event starts at 9.00pm on Sunday 13^th September 2026 and the race briefing will take place at approximately 8.45am in the start HQ field.  Runners will then be taken round to the start in Station Road, which is approximately 400m walk from the race HQ/car parking field.

Race Information and Timing
Bag Drop: Bag drop will be available on the day at the start HQ. Bags will be taken to the finish line for you to collect at the end of the race, as the start and finish are in two separate locations.  Please ensure your bag is adequately marked, bag tags will also be available on the day.

Race Numbers, Chips and Race Information: Race numbers must be collected on the day from the Start HQ and will NOT be sent out ahead of the race, please leave enough time for collection on the race morning. If there are any remaining race places these will be available to purchase on the day at the start HQ before 8.45am.

Race Timing: Sports Systems will be timing the event and results will be available on their website https://events.sportsystems.co.uk/results/ . Your time and position in the results will be based on your individual chip time.  As set down by the rules of athletics, the results and prizes will be provided in race time order.

Race Route: The race follows an undulating route around the country lanes of Hellingly starting in Station Road, Hellingly, BN27 4EU and finishes at the Roebuck Park Cricket Pavilion field, BN27 4EP (which is within a 1-mile walking distance of the start HQ and carpark).  Arrow signs will be in place to direct you back to the car park.

The route is a UK Athletics accurately measured one lap course on undulating country roads.  A course map is attached and also available here: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/304608386 (please note this is showing longer than the actual route as starts at the HQ car park).

A water station will be available just past the half way 5k point and at the finish line.

Event Safety: Safety is our priority. The event is run on open roads, please obey marshal instructions at all times and position yourself sensibly on the open roads. Please use the cuckoo trail at the start for your warm up and the finish field for your cool down to reduce contact with traffic on open roads. In line with UKA regulations, the wearing of headphones is not permitted on races run on open roads.  Bone conducting headphones are allowed but you must be able to hear and listen to marshal instructions at all times

Toilets and Refreshments

Toilets will be available at the start HQ and at the finish inside the Cricket Pavilion in the Country Park.  At the end of the race refreshments and cakes will also be available to purchase in the cricket pavilion.

Prizes and Results

Medals will be given to all race finishers and prizes will be awarded to the race winners based on chip times.  Presentations will be made at the Roebuck Park Cricket Pavilion around 10:30am.  Trophies will be awarded to the first 3 Male and Female runners along with winners of each age category.

Sponsors

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors Care UK and would like to highlight to you an upcoming event being held at Bowes House in Hailsham giving useful insights on pelvic floor health on Monday 28th September in the attached photo. 

We look forward to seeing you all there for a great event.

Hailsham Harriers and the Sport Systems Team