Essex Way Relay runner and volunteer sign up – 7 September 2025

7 July 2025 - By Jodee Mayer

Essex Way Relay will be on Sunday 7th September – put it in your diaries!

The EWR is a “relay” from Epping to Harwich crossing our lovely countryside made up of 10 stages of various distances – see further below.

The race is run as a relay but there is no handover to the next runner and scores are done on finishing places so there is no pressure to get to the finish before a set time. The Essex Way is a fantastic scenic route and follows fairly well defined paths. The course is not marshalled but instructions are available from the Essex Way website. A recce of the route is recommended.

Volunteering

We also manage leg 5 of the EWR, which starts in Cressing and ends in Great Tey.

Andrew Read has agreed to be Leg Manager, and he will need some volunteers to assist before and on the day to:

1. recce the leg and cut back any overgrowth – an ideal job for our Leg 5 runners!
2. to set up the start and record the runners in Cressing
3. to set up the finish, record the runners when they arrive in Great Tey, and to hand out water to the runners

If you can help with any of these jobs, please sign up below putting your preferred role after your name (champs point available!) by 20 August 2025.

• Karen Flowers
• Sian Tate – Volunteer on the day
• Angela Read Great Tey finish set up
• Steven Alder (Happy to help at the end of Leg 5 until I need to start Leg 6)
• Lisa Leader
• Lisa Leader recce the leg 5 cut any overgrowth
• David Jobling (Leg Recce/Cut Back)
• Anne Radovcic
• William Radley
• David Kelly
• David Kelly

Running

It would be great to get a few WRC teams out to run what is a beautiful scenic route through Essex.

The legs start and finish, approximate distance, and approximate start times (noting you need to arrive at least 15 minutes before the below time, and the start time may change on the day!) are below:

More details can be found on the Essex Way website, including precise start locations and pdfs of the route.

There is also a handy page here where someone has created GPX files of all the routes as a guide.

Please sign up below including your leg preference (if you have one) by 20 August 2025.

Legs will be allocated on a first come first served basis – but please do have some flexibility if possible as I may need to move people around for certain teams (I will message first!).

• Steven Alder – STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT (5.7 miles)
• Karen Flowers – STAGE 1 EPPING – CHIPPING ONGAR (7.5 miles)
• James Attenborough legs 9 or 10 – STAGE 9 BRADFIELD – RAMSAY (5.3 miles)
• Angela read – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• Andrew Read – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• Terry Alabaster – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Lisa Leader – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)
• Rachel sharp – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)
• Annalise Etherington – STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT (5.7 miles)
• Mick Conroy – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Clive Smith – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Youssef Oucouc – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Celine Elson – STAGE 1 EPPING – CHIPPING ONGAR (7.5 miles)
• David Jobling – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Claudia Baba – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Clare Boston – STAGE 9 BRADFIELD – RAMSAY (5.3 miles)
• Angela Wray – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Andy Watson – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Angela Wray – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Graham Eyre – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)

Thanks,

Jodee