STAC’s Jolly Trip To The Bournemouth Festival Of Running 2015

Pickup – Fri 2nd October: John Smeaton Sports Centre 09:15 for a 09:30 Departure

Return – Mon 5th October: 10:30. After we have all had breakfast (TBC)

Our driver is Graham. (The same guy that took us to Amsterdam.)

The Boring History Bit

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England directly to the

east of the Jurassic Coast, a 96-mile (155 km) World Heritage Site. According to the 2011

census, the town has a population of 183,491 making it the largest settlement in Dorset,

with Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east.

Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heath-land

occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the

town received a boost when it appeared in Dr Granville's book, The Spas of England.

Bournemouth's growth really accelerated with the arrival of the railway and it became a

recognised town in 1870.

The town centre has notable Victorian architecture and the 202-foot (62 m) spire of St

Peter's Church, one of three Grade I listed churches in the borough, is a local landmark.

Bournemouth's location has made it a popular destination for tourists, attracting over five

million visitors annually with its beaches and popular nightlife.

All information related to the festival of running can be accessed at the link below:

http://www.run-bmf.com

You can also pay a visit to the Festival Hub

Opening times:

• 8am - 8pm on Saturday 3rd October 2015 • 7am - 5pm on Sunday 4th October 2015

During race weekend you can visit the Bournemouth Marathon Festival Hub if you need to pick up a race pack or require any information about the Bournemouth Marathon Festival. The Lower Gardens are located close to Bournemouth Pier Approach, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5AA.

Will it be Hot, Hot, Hot?

If your note sure about what to pack, the table below might be useful:

Climate data for Bournemouth

Month Oct

Record high °C (°F) 25.2

(77.4)

Average high °C (°F) 15.3

(59.5)

Average low °C (°F) 7.1

(44.8)

Record low °C (°F) −6.4

(20.5)

Average rainfall mm (inches) 100.7

(3.965)

Average rainy days 12.6

Average Sunshine hours 115.2

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside; oh I do like to be beside the sea…….

The Accommodation

Wanda has arranged super accommodation at the Suncliff Hotel, half board basis.

Please visit the link below for more information:

www.suncliffbournemouth.co.uk

My private pool!

My room!

Places to eat nearby

The hotel also has a restaurant; please see a copy of a sample menu below:

The location of the hotel is pretty near to many local restaurants. I ran a Google search on restaurants within 1 miles of the hotel and the list below was returned, I’m pretty sure if you don’t like the food served as part of the half board option there are loads of other places to eat: Arbor Restaurant Average Price - Modern British Restaurant

252 yards/2 min walk from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth 4 Grove Road, East Cliff, Bournemouth, BH1 3AX Serving uncomplicated, imaginative and honest food that doesn't compromise; at Arbor we're big on taste, big on quality and refreshingly inexpensive. Average price (3 course meal): £28 Pre Theatre Menu - Two courses for £17, Three courses for £20: 5:30pm, 5:45pm, 6:00pm, 6:15pm, 6:30pm La Tasca - Bournemouth Average Price - Spanish Restaurant

0.9 miles away from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth 23-27 Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH2 6DT A fleet of authentic Spanish tapas restaurants established in 1993, La Tasca offers an award-winning range of sumptuous Mediterranean flavours. Sourcing ingredients from artisan Average price (3 course meal): £15 À la carte dining: 5:30pm to 11:00pm Fahrenheit Grill - Genting Casino Bournemouth Average Price British Restaurant (this could be the best deal, casinos usually do really good food)

0.8 miles away from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth 9 Yelverton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1DA Inside Genting Casino, Fahrenheit restaurant offers an elegant, contemporary getaway from the bustle of the gaming floor. Gourmet British dishes made with carefully selected fresh food Average price (3 course meal): £18 À la carte dining: 7:00pm to 11:00pm

ASK Italian - Bournemouth Average Price- Italian Restaurant

0.5 miles away from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth Jacey House, 284-292 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1PH A big hit amongst the student community of Bournemouth due to its close proximity to the University, ASK Italian is a fantastic Italian restaurant where pizza and pasta is top Average price (3 course meal): £19 À la carte dining: 5:00pm to 9:30pm Chimichanga - Bournemouth Average Price - Mexican Restaurant

0.6 miles away from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth 61 Westover Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1AA Focusing on traditional Mexican food, with an extensive authentic menu and a diverse range of beer and cocktails, Chimichanga brings the heart of Mexico to your table. Average price (3 course meal): £30 À la carte dining: 5:30pm to 10:30pm Prezzo - Bournemouth Average Price Italian Restaurant

0.7 miles away from The Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth 58 Westover Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2BZ Serving irresistible Italian cuisine in casual, friendly surroundings, Prezzo uses only the finest seasonal ingredients to create their award-winning pizzas,

Average price (3 course meal): £17 À la carte dining: 5:30pm to 10:30pm

Saturday is parkrun day For those of you who are interested a group of us will be attending the Bournemouth parkrun on Saturday morning. Graham will provide transport too and from the hotel to the run (looks about 2 miles away). We plan to leave for the parkrun no later than 08:20 a.m. (Please be ready). Don’t forget your barcode!

Getting there by road Kings Park and AFC Bournemouth Football Stadium are signposted off the A338 Wessex Way, access by car is from Ashley Road too. Parking is free on the park roads but there is a charge if you park in the main football pay & display car-park (50p for 1 hr, £1 for 2 hrs). Please do not park in the Athletics Stadium Car-Park or Lorry Park.

Interesting facts about Bournemouth

The Beatles loved Bournemouth

After Liverpool and London, Bournemouth is the UK town where the Beatles played the

most concerts and their cover for their second album With the Beatles was a photograph

taken at the Palace Court hotel in 1963

Bournemouth enjoys a whopping 7.7 hours of sunshine a day

There is on average 7.7 hours of summer sunshine a day in Bournemouth and 4.7million

tourists flock to the town every year.

The co-founder of Rolls Royce became the first British man to die in an aircraft

crash.

The fateful day in Bournemouth was July 12, 1910 which saw the aviation pioneer

Charles Rolls, having crossed the channel by balloon in 1906, die in a horrific

crash. Rolls made more than 200 flights in his Wright Flyer, made under license by Short

Bros. On that day its tail broke off with deadly consequences for the pilot.

Bournemouth serves up more than 2,000 ice creams a day

Every year an average of 750,000 ice creams are bought on the seven miles of

Bournemouth’s seafront. That’s more than 2,000 a day.

The Great train robbers were arrested in Bournemouth

The first arrests in the Great Train Robbery investigation were made in Tweedale Road,

off Castle.

Winston Churchill almost died in Bournemouth

It was a moment that could have changed the course of world history. In 1892 a young

18-year-old Winston Churchill fell from a bridge in Bournemouth. After falling 29 feet he

was unconscious for three days and his injuries left him bedridden for three months.

Decades later and historians are still arguing whether it was in Alum Chine or Branksome

Dene.

The IRA tried to blow up Bournemouth pier when it bombed the town

In the summer of 1993 six bombs, believed to have been planted by the IRA, were

planted in Bournemouth. Four went off destroying a furniture stores Maples and seriously

damaging three other shops. The same night a bomb damaged the pier and a second

was defused by Police. No one was hurt during the blasts but the damage was estimated

at £1 million.

Sunday is Full and Half Marathon Day

Both the full and half marathon start in Kings Park (pretty much the same location as the

Saturday parkrun). Hopefully Graham can get the coach as near to the start as possible

on Sunday. There will be two shuttles: one for the 08:00 half marathon and one for the

10:00 full marathon. (We will have more detailed information to deliver once we have

spoken to the coach driver on the Friday when we travel).

For those of you who would like to walk the journey is only 2 miles as per the information

detailed below:

Don’t be late!

The half marathon has a start time of 08:00 a.m. That’s pretty early. I should imagine

most of us will have just about completed the half marathon before the full marathon

starts.

The full marathon has a start time of 10:00 a.m.

Val Pell provided the following information for those competing in the full marathon (the

half will also take-in some of this course). Thanks Val.

Start to mile 4

The event start at Kings Park close to Premier League new boys AFC Bournemouth.

Staged on closed roads, you can enjoy a flat and fast section through leafy suburbs.

Mile 5

Runners skirt Hengisbury Head, a sandstone headland. Archaeological digs have

revealed it’s been inhabited since the Stone Age. These days it’s a nature reserve.

Mile 10

An-out-and back along the cliffs offers panoramic views, including the Isle of Wight to the

east. As you pass through Boscombe, you will see the Over strand area – once a

neglected beach chalet complex. This has recently undergone renovation and now has

rebranded beach pods designed by Wayne Hemingway.

Mile 12

Your first climb comes at Boscombe Chine gardens, which date back to the 1880’s. It’s a

200 metre ascent, with a nice little kick near the top!

Mile 14

After a down hill section you will pass the Russel_Cotes Museum. Built in 1901, the

couple donated the museum and a substantial collection of art to the town in 1907.

Mile 16

A unique feature of this race is that you run up and down the wooden decking of

Boscombe Pier and Bournemouth pier (a mile further along). The half marathon will also

take in both of these piers.

Mile 18

Behind Bournemouth International Centre you climb West Slope. Live music will keep

you going before this section levels out.

Mile 23

As you head west again, you look out towards the exclusive peninsula of Sandbanks.

You also reach Poole harbour, said to be the largest natural harbour in Europe.

FINISH

After three miles along the prom, you finish by Bournemouth pier’s Lower gardens.

Post Race

We will all be in the pub!

Full marathon map

Half marathon map

For both the races, the start and finish areas are in different locations. If you do not have

a supporter who will be carrying your bag for you, we suggest you make use of the

baggage drop off and collection points. We can confirm over the weekend but we are

pretty sure if you drop your bag off at the start it will be waiting for you at the finish

(hopefully). (HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE!!!)

It doesn’t look too far back to the hotel from the finish area.

Who’s doing what!

Apologies if this isn’t 100% correct (or if I have missed anyone) but the table below

contains ‘Who’s doing what’

10k Saturday afternoon – 16:00 pm

Brian Shepherd Tony Bullough Sara Jackson Stacey Hodgson

Tony Owen

Half Marathon – Sunday 08:00 am

Richard Cooper Chris Glover Rhona McDonald Tracey Piper

Andrew Gardner Ray Love Michelle Smale Alex Macdonald

Sam Tinsdale Alan Schofield Karen Haunch Joanne Holland

Sir Chris Gill Paul Ebrey Phil Coop Joanne Powell

Alyson Glover Sonia Rundle Nicki Coop Marc Hodgson

James May

Marathon (The Full Monty) – Sunday 10:00 am

Becca Hattrell Kate Penrose Wanda Macdonald Jude Jackson

Val Pell Robin Moran Lynne Fallon Rob Blemmings

Wendy Chapman Sam Lambert David Mellor Eric! (hopefully)

Super STAC Support Team

Olwyn Andrew Tinsdale Linda Shepherd Janet Schofield

Emma May Kev Spivey Paul McGreevy Steph Penrose

Other Information

Things you might need to pack

1. Your own Bournemouth ‘race pack’ information. (That’s pretty important folks!).

2. Gels, safety pins, trainers, kit, garmins, chargers, phone chargers, MP3* players etc!!

3. Your parkrun barcode (if you intend to run).

4. 4 x electric plug socket extension lead (hotels are notorious for not having spare plug

sockets and we don’t want you all fighting over the one spare plug).

5. A pen (for the quiz, bingo etc).

6. The coach has a CD player so if anyone wants to bring a special CD we can see if the

driver will play it.

7. Travel pillow (if you struggle on coaches (Nicki Coop))

8. Cake, chocolate, sweeties!

9. A good sense of humour.

* The race organiser Martin Yelling has banned the use of MP3 players during all the

races. Please don’t wear them on race day as he has stated you will be disqualified (and

we really wouldn’t like to see that happen to anyone).

Come on Now and get ready to party!