Round 7 – Kinmel ACF Camp (Bodelwyddan)

Round 7 of the 2017/18 North Wales CycloX League: Kinmel  ACF Camp LL18 5YA

(sponsored by The Bike Factory, Chester)

Sunday 31 December 2017

Rhyl Cycling Club welcomes NWCX to the new for 2017 venue of Kinmel Army Cadet Camp.

The Baron Dinorben (William Hughes), a copper mining tycoon of the early 1800s, originally owned the Kinmel Hall Estate.  Kinmel Camp was built during the Great War. Following Armistice, it housed 15,000 Canadian soldiers and wounded patients in the nearby hospital. It played host to the “Kinmel Camp Riot” of March 1919 when war weary Canadian troops, unaware of industrial action by merchant seamen, mutinied against poor rations, cold accommodation and delayed repatriation. This tragedy resulted in five deaths and umpteen casualties. It highlighted to the authorities the challenging circumstances endured by Commonwealth troops as the war effort wound down.  The Camp saw further service in the Second World War especially in the lead up to D-Day. It became a training depot until the 1960s and even had its own railway branch line supplying troops and a neighbouring quarry. Nowadays the camp is owned by the Army Cadet Force of Wales, a youth organisation, but we are lucky that many of the 1914-18 era wooden huts survive providing visitors an authentic impression of how troops were billeted before and after service on the Western Front.

Competitors can expect tarmac, gravel and grass.   We will race over the tarmac roads and grass borders in the camp and venture into a  grass assault course paddock bounded by a gravel road.

Please follow signs to main car park.  Race HQ will be located in a range building with access to WCs.

Children are not permitted on the assault course obstacles or to go onto the training areas under any circumstances.

There is no public access to this site although dogs are discouraged in the interest of competitor safety.

NWCX requires competitors to assist course clearance post-race because we have a strict condition to clear the site by 1530.

RACE TIMES

10 -10:45 Race 1&2 number pick up and fun race registration.
11:00 – Kids fun race
11:20 Race 1: U12/U10/U8 Entry Fee (£2 online or £5 on the day)
11:50 Race 2: U16/U14/ Adult novice/fun (£4 online or £7 on the day)
12:30 – 13:00 Race 3 number pick up (£4 online or £7 on the day)
13:15 Race 3: Juniors & Adults (Nifty online entries only, no payment on day)
14:30 – all hands to the deck to help take the course down please

NO riding on the course whilst other classes are racing
Race 1 & 2 can pre-ride 10-10:30
Race 3 can pre-ride 12:30 – 13:00

(Vets will be classified V40,V50, V60+ subject to participant numbers, M&F)
Newcomers regardless of age, gender or ability are welcome. As usual you can race on a cyclo X bike or an MTB.  We invite you to try the Novice race at 1150, if unsure.

Children: come and try our fun race. Parents: if unsure, please ask at HQ and one of the team will provide advice.

Retain your race numbers. This stays with you for the season so keep it safe between races.