The Essex Way Relay 2024 – 1st September 2024 – Information and Sign Up

30 June 2024 - By Jodee Mayer

The Essex Way Relay will be on Sunday 1st 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. 

Steven Alder has once again 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 16 August 2024.

• Karen Flowers
• Jodee Mayer
• David Jobling
• James Montgomery
• Andrew Read
• Angela Read
• Glen waller
• Graham Eyre Recce
• Mark Austin
• Mark Austin
• Ian Lucas: recce and pruning.

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 16 August 2024. Legs will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 

• Terry Alabaster – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Jodee Mayer – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• Karen Flowers – STAGE 1 EPPING – CHIPPING ONGAR (7.5 miles)
• Dawn Shilling – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• Claudia Baba – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Rachel Sharp – STAGE 8 DEDHAM – BRADFIELD (8.0 miles)
• Lisa Leader – STAGE 8 DEDHAM – BRADFIELD (8.0 miles)
• David Jobling – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)
• Clare Boston – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)
• James Montgomery – STAGE 9 BRADFIELD – RAMSAY (5.3 miles)
• Annalise Etherington – STAGE 9 BRADFIELD – RAMSAY (5.3 miles)
• Steven Wherrett – STAGE 7 WEST BERGHOLT – DEDHAM (11.2 miles)
• Chris Pugh – STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT (5.7 miles)
• Celine Elson – STAGE 1 EPPING – CHIPPING ONGAR (7.5 miles)
• Liz Stuckey – STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT (5.7 miles)
• Sarah Naughton – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• James Attenborough – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Liz Atkinson – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Steven Alder – STAGE 2 CHIPPING ONGAR – GOOD EASTER (9.5 miles)
• Dean Whittaker – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Graham Eyre – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Mark Austin – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Mark Austin – STAGE 2 CHIPPING ONGAR – GOOD EASTER (9.5 miles)
• Graham Eyre – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Graham Eyre – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)
• Karen Pickering – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Ian Lucas – STAGE 10 RAMSAY – HARWICH LIGHTHOUSE (5.5 miles)
• Jessica Clark – STAGE 6 GREAT TEY – WEST BERGHOLT (5.7 miles)
• Simon Scott – STAGE 2 CHIPPING ONGAR – GOOD EASTER (9.5 miles)
• Chris Beazeley – STAGE 4 LITTLE LEIGHS – CRESSING (10.1 miles)
• Nichola Beazeley – STAGE 3 GOOD EASTER – LITTLE LEIGHS (9.5 miles)
• Nichola Beazeley – STAGE 5 CRESSING – GREAT TEY (9.4 miles)

Thanks,

Will & Jodee