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The 2008 Dash was won by Lloyd Taggart in 28:27 |
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The Dovedale Dash is a cross country race of 4¾ miles, run by about 1200 people of all abilities. The venue is the picturesque area around the village of Thorpe and Dovedale in the south of the Derbyshire Peak District. The course is mainly along field paths and open ground in the valleys of the rivers Dove and Manifold. There are short stretches along tarmac and there is some stony ground. One of the excitements is the crossing of the river Dove at the well known Stepping-Stones.
The event has been going since 1953 and has been run every year except three when bad weather or a sodden parking area forced the Dash to be cancelled. You can read about the history here.
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There is no pre-registration, and all
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There are trophies for various classes, including ladies, under 18s, under 14s and over 60s. The first 1500 finishers get a certificate.
Results are not published for the Dash. Times for the first 10 finishers and the prizewinners are recorded and will be displayed on the course after the finish. They will also be posted here. Positions are given on the finishing certificates. The elapsed time is displayed on the large clock on the loudspeaker van. So its a case of 'do-it-yourself'. The winners are published in the Ashbourne News Telegraph and in various running magazines. It does take time to hand out the finishing certificates, and there is usually a queue for those in the middle of the field. We do our best to speed things up, but despite considerable thought it still takes time. We're grateful for your patience.
The event is run on a voluntary basis by local people, and all profits go to local charitable causes.
Nowadays, the race is always held on the first Sunday in November. (In past times it used to be the nearest Sunday to November 5th). Next year's race will be on Sunday 1st November 2009.
There should be enough information on these web pages to provide all the information that you need about the race,
If you do need to make contact, then you can call one of the race organisers by 'phone on 01335-350239.
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You can also contact the organisers by email |
The Dash is
sponsored by |
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The Peveril of the Peak Hotel is near the start of the
Dash |
Drowned
Dashes - Follow the link
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Marshals Advice |
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IT Stuff
- Follow the link
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Sunday 9 November 2008
The Dovedale Dash Mailing list has changed. There were restrictions on the old list - particularly a limit of 50 addresses per mailing which meant it wasn't useful for quick jobs like telling people that the Dash was on (or off). I’ve transferred the list to Google Groups which is convenient for me. You'll receive a message if you were subscribed to the old list telling you of your subscription to the new list. You don't have to do anything
Saturday 8 November 2008
There are a couple of items of lost property on the sideboard
here - follow the link for details
There are a few photographs on the web site - follow the link
Follow the link for the results for the first 212 runners
Ancient news is on the ancient news page.
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