Sunday 12th July 2015

THE BASTION SPECTATOR GUIDEat Hever Castle

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Dear Spectators,

Congratulations on making it to the Bastion, the pinnacle of the Castle Triathlon Series racing calendar! This iconic endurance challenge will earn you and your competitor major bragging rights, as it earns its reputation as one of the toughest and most rewarding long-distance events in Europe.

Our goal is to make The Bastion a truly memorable experience for you as well as your hard pressed loved one.

The course itself is one of the most beautiful triathlon courses in the UK, starting in front of an Italianate Loggia, cycling and running through areas of outstanding natural beauty and significant historical interest and finishing right next to the Castle drawbridge that once welcomed visits from King Henry VIII.

We want you to suck up the atmosphere, see the sights and make Hever and the stunning surrounding countryside your playground for the day. The castle, pubs, B&B owners, school children and locals are all ready to help you have a great

experience and be at the right time and hopefully the right place to cheer on your champion out on the course.

The Bastion race name was chosen in keeping with our castle theme. The Bastion was the most formidable part of a castle’s defences i.e. the most difficult to breakthrough, but the word can also refer to a person with great fortitude - that’s you!

This guide aims to provide you with more details about key aspects of the event to help you and your fellow supporters prepare for and get the most out of the big day. I have no doubt you will have a memorable race day and look forward to welcoming you at Hever over the weekend of racing.

Have a brilliant day and, most importantly, enjoy!

Brian AdcockRace DirectorThe Castle Triathlon Series

Prepare to watchThe Bastion

Competitor list(as of 8th April)

Name Surname Age Gender Brian Ackroyd 57 MALE Stuart Austin 42 MALE John Baker 49 MALE Chris Bartholomeusz 48 MALE Kevin Bashford 56 MALE Ken Bates 49 MALE Roy Beeley 68 MALE Chris Benstead 32 MALE Steve Berry 45 MALE Daniel Bianco 36 MALE Jay Blundell 36 MALE Carl Botten 40 MALE David Bowden 51 MALE Pete Burdett 31 MALE Stephen Casey 35 MALE Nick Clarke 46 MALE Louise Clinton 43 FEMALE Guy Collender 36 MALE Ciaran Corcoran 42 MALE Jon Cowell 51 MALE Andrew Cox 37 MALE Barry Crane 37 MALE Claire Cresswell 41 FEMALE JB Crozet, 43 MALE Kris Cudmore 39 MALE Andy Deshmukh 44 MALE James Dieppe 31 MALE Mark Dollard 36 MALE Matthew Dowle 38 MALE Peter Dry 61 MALE Shaun Edwards 57 MALE Natasha Elsdon 41 FEMALE Dyrol Emery 50 MALE Barry Farrar 34 MALE Ann Louise Fisher 50 FEMALE Andy Fountain 46 MALE Henry Fowler 29 MALE Andrew Francis 45 MALE Jamie Funnell 25 MALE Marcus Gaffney 46 MALE Daniel Gallardo 38 MALE Marta Garcia 34 FEMALE Kelly George 44 MALE Chris Gibbins 45 MALE Gert Goedhart 47 MALE Desmond Grant 55 MALE leigh griffiths 52 MALE Paul Gwynne 45 MALE Robin Harrison 33 MALE David Hellen 51 MALE Cormac Henderson 34 MALE Simon Herbert 34 MALE Robin Hodkinson 44 MALE

Name Surname Age Gender James Honeyman 46 MALE Francoise Horsfall 53 FEMALE Darren Jenkins 34 MALE William Kelly 53 MALE TIMOTHY KIDDELL 57 MALE James Lambert 39 MALE Anthony Lansdowne 43 MALE Geoff Larkin 45 MALE Wayne Lister 39 MALE Clare Lobb 34 FEMALE Martin Loy 40 MALE John Lynch 34 MALE Leon Maxwell 51 MALE Paul McCleery 41 MALE Keith Miller 45 MALE Kev Millward 42 MALE Kev Millward 42 MALE Scott Mitchell 33 MALE Edward Moffatt 32 MALE Gary Morgan 47 MALE Lee Murphy 49 MALE Paul Murray 44 MALE Phil Murray 50 MALE Tim Newman 40 MALE Shaun O’Gara 49 MALE Dave Page 50 MALE Kiel Porter 30 MALE George Prewett 29 MALE Rui Ramos 39 MALE Craig Rousell 44 MALE Tim Rye 41 MALE Hamish Sabey-Corkindale 23 MALE Filipe Saldanha 37 MALE Karolis Sankauskas 32 MALE Michael Searson 34 MALE Jer Sharpe 35 MALE Trevor Slark-Hollis 47 MALE Tom Smets 45 MALE Morgan Smyth 34 MALE Chris Spencer 46 MALE Gaetan Staples 29 MALE Roger Stubbs 53 MALE Judy Tew 35 FEMALE Andy Thomas 45 MALE Ruth Thompson 47 FEMALE Adam Tidball 34 MALE James Turner 33 MALE Norbert Van Dorpe 49 MALE Lee Wenham 32 MALE Matthew Rix Whiting 46 MALE David Williams 36 FEMALE Michael Williams 35 MALE Cliff Wilson 49 MALE

Event villageEntertainment

There will be a variety of free of charge entertainment areas for you and your supporters to enjoy whilst your competitor is racing. Including a climbing wall, inflatables, a live band and archery (there will be a small charge for this).

HEVER CASTLE LONG COURSE TRIATHLON SITE LAYOUT 2015

Bike In Gate

Transition

Finish Line

Village

Cyclist Mount Point

Swim Start

Competitors Key

Competitor Arrivals & Spectators

Swim Exit to Transition Area Route

Bike Route Out

Run Route

Spectator Crossing Point

Registration

Bike Route In

Cyclist De-Mount Point

Bike Out Gate

Cycle 2nd & 3rd Lap Route

Changing Tent

Your base on the day will be the event village. Here you will find a selection of food and drink providers along with entertainment.

There is also the Registration marquee which has plenty of room for cover if it was to rain.

Triathlon Car Park

Bastion Traffic Management Plan 2015

This red line is the 60K cycle route – we are trying to minimise the time that cars arriving at the event are on it

Traffic exiting Car Park A m

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All event traffic will be AA signed along these routes to get to the triathlon car park

AA Signs

Timings and prize giving

Friday 10th July 2015

16.00 Campsite in Hever Castle grounds opens

Saturday 11th July 2015

15.00 – 17.00 Registration

15.00 – 17.00 Transition/changing area open for bike/bag check in 17.00 – 18.00 Race briefing by Race Director (in Registration tent) 18.00 – 19.00 Henry VIII Pre-Race Feast (pasta party)

Sunday 12th July 2015 04.00 Car park open

04:30 Transition open

05:40 Transition closed

06.00 The Bastion race start

17.30 – 23.00 Transition open for collection of bike and bags

20.00 Prizes and awards ceremony

23.00 Final race finish cut off

Parking for the event will be in a field called Big Front which is part of the Hever estate and just to the north of the main entrance to the castle on the other side of the river Eden.

You will be parking in the car park as shown on the map above. Please follow the yellow AA style signs that will direct you to the Triathlon Car Park. Please note that it is a five-minute walk from the car park

to registration. Parking is available for both competitors and spectators of the event in this location.

Parking

Cycle vantage points and pubs

The swim is two loops of the unique 1.9km swim course used for the first time in 2013. Hailed by some competitors as ‘the best open water swim ever experienced’ the swim course leaves from the Italianate loggia taking competitors down the length of the main lake before passing the Japanese tea house and heading into the scenic river section. This tributary of the River Eden wraps around the estate’s ‘16 Acre Island’ and is definitely the place to make for after the starting gun has gone off. After 900m swimming down the main section of the lake, competitors enter the river section underneath one of two pedestrian bridges and

you will be able to follow them around this section literally from 10 yards away for the next 800m or so. After reappearing in front of the Loggia after Lap 1 the swimmers will then complete the same loop for a second time before emerging from the water via the Speedo Swim Exit immediately adjacent to the Loggia and Guthrie Pavilion restaurant (this restaurant will be open from 6.00am for coffees and bacon sandwiches). A 200m run from here through the formal gardens will see your competitor back in transition and then out onto the bike course.

Swim vantage points

There are many pubs on the cycle course which make for a nice refreshment for you and good base to cheer your competitor on.

You can see a list of the pubs below who we are in contact with to ensure you are well looked after and they will be sure to have a team joining you in your spectator support role (we are in the process of securing some deals for your spectators so watch this space!) .

• Henry VIII (TN8 7NG)• Greyhound (TN8 7LJ)• Kentish Horse (TN8 5NT)• Queen’s Arms (TN8 5NP)

• The Anchor Inn (TN7 4AG) (offering 10% off Roast dinners on the event day)• Chequers (TN22 2EH)• The Crown Inn (TN3 9QH)• The Chafford Arms (TN3 0SA)

• The Leicester Arms (TN11 8BT)• The Little Brown Jug (TN11 8JJ)• The Wheatsheaf (TN8 7NU) (Hogroast 1-6pm)• The Castle Inn (TN8 7AH) – although this is actually on the run route!

Athlete tracking

Tracking your athletes is very easy using our mobile and and onsite tracking tools. Friends and family can see where you on are on the course, through a dedicated tracking page and predicted splits will also allow them to be at stations to anticipate your arrival at key points along the route. This is supported through Facebook updates and SMS services through our partners at BulkSMS.

We hope you’ve brought your wellies for a walk in some of the most stunning countryside The Garden of England has to offer! You have a number of options available depending on who is in your party, your own fitness and how much time you’ve got. If you’ve got little ones then I would recommend you stay on the estate as there are loads of great vantage points to see the runners and they will be doing four circuits of a 10.5K loop so there will lots of opportunities for cheering! 3K of the run is on the Estate and 7.5K is on surrounding tracks and paths as well as the historic village of Chiddingstone and Chiddingstone Castle itself (also worth a visit). For

those more fleet of foot we would recommend a brisk walk out to the Castle Inn for a pint (see the dotted yellow route below for a suggested route out and the the dotted red for a route back). This will take you on a 6.5K walk which with a pint thrown in will take approximately 2 hours to complete. If you would rather just kick back then just stay in an around the Finish Area where each of the competitors must pass through 3 times before finally being allowed to turn into the finishing straight on their final lap.

Run vantage points

ENTRANCE

CASTLE FORECOURT

HORSE SHOE LAWN

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2

3

WINTER LAWN

MILLENNIUM FOUNTAIN

HALF MOON LAWN

ANNE BOLEYN’S WALK

ITALIAN GARDEN

DIANA’S WALK

SUNDAY WALK

CHURCH GILL WALK

BLUE CORNERROSE GARDEN

LOGGIA

TUDOR GARDEN

TWO SISTERS’ LAWN

ENTRANCE

Miniature Houses

Archery & Shield Painting

2Yew

MazeGolf

CourseJapanese Tea

HouseHever Castle

Open Air Theatre

KioskShop Accommodation1

Tower Maze

Hever Lake

Adventure Playground

Cafe Or Restaurant

Jousting3

Water Maze

Boating Lake Walk

Bird Feed Point

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T I M I N G Y O U R V I S I T

Opening Days Entry Last Entry Exit

Information

Information Centre Daily 10.30 17.30 17.30

Shopping

Hever Shop Daily 10.30 17.30 17.45

Courtyard Shop Seasonal *** 10.30 17.15 17.30

Eating

Moat Restaurant Daily (Hot food 12.00pm - 3.00pm)

10.30 17.30 17.30

Guthrie Pavilion Restaurant

Seasonal ** (Hot food 12.00pm - 3.00pm)

12.00 14.30 15.00

Guthrie Pavilion Café Seasonal *** 10.30 17.30 17.30

*Weather permitting/dependent - Check at Information **Weekends and school holidays ***Seasonal - Check at Information Centre

T I M I N G Y O U R V I S I T

Allow Approx. Opening Days Entry Last Entry Exit

Attractions

Castle 1 hr Daily 12.00 17.00 17.45

Gardens 1 1/2 hrs Daily 10.30 17.30 18.00

Miniature Houses 1/2 hr Daily 10.30 17.30 17.45

Lake Walk 1 hr Daily * 10.30 16.45 17.30

Playground 1/2- 1 hr Daily * 10.30 17.15 17.45

Tower Maze 1/2- 1 hr Daily * 10.30 17.15 17.45

Yew Maze 1/2 hr Daily 10.30 17.15 17.45

Water Maze 1/2- 1 hr Daily 28 Mar - Oct * 10.30 17.15 17.45

Archery & Shield 1/2 hr Mar – Oct ** 11.00 17.00 17.30

Boating 1 hr Apr – Sep (excl. 26 & 27 Sep)**

11.00 16.00 17.00

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Accommodation

We are privileged to offer you discounted accommodation in Hever Castle itself. The Castle’s luxurious Bed & Breakfast will allow you to roll out of bed with a five-minute walk to the swim start. Email stay@hevercastle.co.uk to enquire/book.

Many competitors enjoyed the experience last year with a perfect environment for R&R post race!

Medical emergency

If your competitor, you or one of your party fall ill or have an accident at one of our events this is the medical protocol that we will follow:

Competitor On Course:

1. Competitor falls ill or has an accident. Marshals on course either via other competitors or motorists act as our eyes and ears. They all have radios and a full brief on who to call and what to say over the radio.

2. Event Control and Medical Control contacted by radio and/or mobile phone. Full contact report taken and decision on response made.

3. If Medical Emergency, on course ambulance immediately dispatched to attend and local NHS Ambulance called direct by our Medical Team (please do not call 999 yourself). Ambulance attends the scene, gives immediate first aid and stabilises. NHS dispatch ambulance (or helicopter) from the local A&E unit and effect an ambulance transfer. Patient then taken to Pembury A&E by ambulance (or air ambulance if available/required). Event Control will then contact the next of kin (please ensure the correct details have been entered on your forms) and explain the details of the situation and where the competitor has been taken. Assistance to get the hospital will be given if required.

4. If Medical Non-Emergency, ambulance will attend and patch up competitor with a view to helping them continue their race. If walking wounded but unable to carry on either the ambulance or one of our on-course vehicles will bring the competitor back to Hever Castle for ongoing treatment and repatriation with their supporters. If on the cycle, the on-course vehicle will bring the bicycle back to Hever and return it to the transition area. Again next of kin will be informed if this has happened out on the course.

Competitor or Spectator In the grounds of Hever Castle:

All details the same as above.

Spectator Outside of the Grounds of Hever Castle:

Call 999 if suspected medical emergency.

Contact

We hope that this spectator guide has answered any questions that you may have had, but please don’t hesitate to contact the office if you have any further questions.

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Look forward to seeing you in July!

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