Ridgeway Relay

Ridgeway Relay RouteThe Ridgeway is one of England's national trails, covering 86.5 miles from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Overton Hill near Marlborough.


THE RIDGEWAY RELAY TOOK PLACE ON 17 JUNE 2007.

The Ridgeway Relay is a team relay, organised by Marlborough Running Club. It is run over ten legs, the legs varying in length from 5.3 miles to 11.6 miles - all teams must include at least 8 male, 2 female, or vice versa. The route is scenic, hilly and off-road. Teams are responsible for their own route planning & support on the day and we strongly advise that you recce your leg in advance!

Teams compete for a team trophy on the basis of shortest total time taken to complete the course. Cut-off times are applied on some legs to ensure the race finishes by 8 pm, but teams will not be disqualified for missing the cut-off times, it simply means the next leg is started before the previous runner arrives - hard luck if he or she is running both legs!

Competitors may run more than one leg, but must run complete legs and all changeovers must take place at the designated locations.

NavigationThe National Trail Guide to the Ridgeway


All runners/clubs are responsible for providing their own navigation research, support and first aid, and must make their own travel arrangements to and from each leg. The National Trail Guide to the Ridgeway, by Neil Curtis, includes route descriptions, detailed Ordnance Survey maps of the whole route, together with photographs, background information on local history, archaeology, geology, and places of interest along the way.

Entry Information

Clubs may enter more than one team. Because of restricted access and parking to several of the relay changeover points along the route, entries each year are limited and early entry is essential. For more information, e-mail ridgewayrelay@marlboroughrunningclub.co.uk.

Results & Race Reports


Year Format (Size)
2007 Results Excel (320kb)
2007 Results Adobe Acrobat Reader (723kb)
2006 Results Excel (171kb)
2005 Results Excel (206kb)
2004 Results Excel (547kb)
2003 Results Excel (433kb)
2002 Results Excel (325kb)
2001 Results Adobe Acrobat Reader (103kb)
2001 Results Excel (196kb)
2000 Results Word (339kb)
2000 Race Report MRC Website
1999 Results Excel (72kb)
1999 Race Report MRC Website

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Historical Result Summary


Year First Second Third
2007 VOAAC 1 Reading Road Runners A Headington A
2006 Headington Road Runners Reading Road Runners Newbury AC
2005 Reading Road Runners Headington Road Runners Bearbrook Joggers
2004 Reading AC Bearbrook Joggers Headington Road Runners
2003 Headington Road Runners Swindon Harriers Reading AC
2002 Reading Road Runners Headington Road Runners Bearbrook Joggers
2001 Headington Road Runners Bearbrook Joggers Swindon Harriers
2000 Headington Road Runners Reading Road Runners Swindon Harriers
1999 Swindon Harriers Reading Headington Road Runners
1998 Reading Road Runners Swindon Harriers Gurkha Signals
1997 Reading Road Runners Marlborough Running Club Swindon Striders
1996 Reading Road Runners Amesbury Marlborough Running Club
1995 Reading Road Runners Compton Harriers Minehead
1994 Compton Harriers Marlborough Running Club Minehead
1993 Marlborough Running Club Compton Harriers Pewsey
1992 Marlborough Running Club Wootton Bassett / Broad Town Quantel
1991 Wootton Bassett Hounds Not Known Not Known
1990 Wootton Bassett Hounds Not Known Not Known