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The event starts outside the Wynyard Post Office. Please run on the left hand side of the road except for where there are bike lanes and footpaths. Where these exist, please use them There is little verge on the section of the Old Bass Highway from the Mt Hicks roundabout and Doctors Rocks junction. Please stay on the extreme left of the road there and take great care.

Care is also needed where the roadworks are being undertaken at Doctors Rocks.

The work being done on the Cam River Bridge means there is little running room on the left hand side of the road. We are asking that no-one overtakes another runner while crossing the bridge. Please stay in single-file until you are off the bridge.

Care is needed entering West Park as cars may be entering or crossing toward the bike park at the same time.

Please obey any directions of Club officials and/or police officers.

This Sunday sees the running of the Simons Carpets Wynyard-to-Burnie Feature race.

This event, which is the most prestigious of the season, is run over 17.6 kilometres, starting outside the Wynyard post office and ends with a lap of West Park oval giving spectators a good view of the finish. The first runner away, Bonnie Bonneville, will commence her journey at 9:30 with the winner expected to finish at around 11:30.

All members would like to add their name to the honour board listing previous winners, but only one will have that privilege. To win, a number of factors have to come together, but principal is a quality, injury-free preparation to enable a competitor to utilise the handicap provided.

The best of the frontmarkers looks to be Darlene Jacques but the distance will suit Chris Talbot while David Murton will also make a strong claim.

Best of the middlemarkers look to be Steve Tammens, Jason Scott, Aaron Robertson and Jordan Matthews. With great runs on the day, Gerard Lowry and Greg Smith can also put themselves in the picture.

Any of several backmarkers would not surprise and be deserving winners. Ben Young, Ben Brockman, Josh Febey and Andrew Winkel are all top chances while any of the three competitors who will be the latest to start, Hayden Bishop and Brian Lyons off 59:00 and Thomas Murton off 1:02:30 could charge through the field and break the tape.

Following the race there will be a luncheon at The Point for members and their families.

There will be no nominated time event this week.

The PCCCT will provide sandwiches for the luncheon after the Feature Race.

All runners and members attending are asked to contribute a ‘plate’. Those with surnames A-M please bring a sweet. Those with surnames N-Z please bring a savoury.

Volunteers working in the kitchen and are able to heat up savouries.The Point will be open from 8:30am to drop off food or Emma Turner will be at the start line in Wynyard and can transport food from there to the function.

he bar will be open to purchase drinks.

A coffee van will also be at the finish line.

Meet at Goliath Park in Giblin Street

Head down Giblin Street and turn right into Ennis Ave. Stay on RHS of road

This turns left into Dowbiggin St

Proceed south on Dowbiggin St and across the mainroad at the marshal

Continue further on Dowbiggin St and turn right at the marshal onto the old Trainline which will take you through to Sunnyside Road

Veer right on Sunnyside road and continue back to the main road.

Stay on RHS of road until crossed over by a marshal.

Proceed left around the corner of New Bed Road. Cross safely onto the RHS of NewBed Road.

Take a big breath because here comes the hill!

Proceed up ….and up…and up NewBed Road. At the top it will bring you along the top of the hill and turn right to bring you back down to a T junction.

Turn right and stay on RHS of road to proceed back to Ennis Ave. Fingers and witch’s hats will guide you along the path to the finish in Goliath Park where we started.

Notes

• Although Railton is usually quiet on Sunday mornings, keep to the right hand side of all roads and be aware of any traffic.
• This race is a deferred penalty race; handicaps are done for the feature race.
• Special note, it is possible on this race to take home the chocolates without winning. 😊

Railton is the venue this Sunday for the penultimate race of the season as members of the PCCCT – Running Club compete in the Anvers Chocolate ten-kilometre handicap.

The course is a circuit, starting at Goliath Park, and is affectionately described as flat with one hill. However, that one hill, is a long and high one and presents a good challenge.

This is the final race before the major race of the season – the Wynyard to Burnie Feature Race – and, as is traditional, the victor will not receive a penalty for winning until the end of the season. Therefore, competitors can go all-out knowing a win will not affect their handicap for the “big one” the following week.

Jean-Christophe Bonneville is a first year Club runner and has impressed win the few runs he has had. He was a close second a couple of weeks ago and will be very hard to beat this time as the extra distance will suit him better.

Backmarker Andrew Winkel was a great sixth last week at Turners Beach and will be a top chance to break the tape as the course will suit him perfectly.

Other good chances look to be Lyn Saint-John, Gerard Lowry, who trains on this course, Ben Young and David Murton.

Entries will close at 6:00pm on Friday, with the race starting at 9:30. New runners are always welcome with information available at www.pccct.org. A nominated time event will be conducted at 9:00.

The race start will be outside Berry Patch Café. Runners head west along Blackburn Dr onto the footpath towards the roundabout, then turn right onto Turners Beach Rd.  The course heads north, crossing to the left side of the road at designated spot and continuing onto the Esplanade.  It follows the Esplanade for approximately 1.5 km until its end.  At the end of the Esplanade, runners then turn left onto the grassed area through the bush until they link up with the new pathway boardwalk. Coming off boardwalk, runners go through a rocky section that will bring them out to cross Boyes St onto a vacant block.  The course then crosses over the railway track, through the bush and turns right when it hits Blackburn Dr, towards the start/finish.  This completes one lap.  The race will be two laps of this course.

• Care is needed crossing the train line and on the unsealed sections.
• Traffic can be an issue in the vicinity of la Mar.