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Oakley 20 2025

Edit Details & Transfer Entry

The event organiser has given you the ability to edit your details and transfer your entry should you no longer be able to take part. Please ensure that you do this before the closing date as you will no longer be able to use this facility after this date.

Editing Details & Transferring Entries Close: 21st March 2025 05:59:59

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Information

Bedford Harriers AC is delighted to accept entries for our popular 20-mile Oakley 20 open road running race.

Taking place in the villages to the north of Bedford, on Sunday, 23rd March 2025, this sell-out race starts in the village of Oakley. Two circular laps take runners through Pavenham, Felmersham and Stevington villages with a finish outside Lincroft Academy School in Oakley. The course is measured, undulating and not suitable for wheelchair athletes.

Starting at 09:30, the race is limited to 500 entrants and the minimum age of competitors is 18 years and over on the day of the race. All finishers receive an iconic Oakley 20 hoodie as a race memento. There is a strict 4½-hour time limit to complete the course. Race incorporates Bedfordshire AAA County Championship (entry criteria applies).

Course records are currently held by Matthew Janes 1:48:10 (male, 2009) and Philippa Taylor 2:07:49 (female, 2011).

Changing facilities * toilets * secure baggage * hot & cold refreshments * medical provision * water stations * iconic hoodie to finishers * AG & Team Awards * Chip start to chip finish.

On the course, runners can expect enthusiastic support and encouragement from the Bedford Harriers marshals and sweep vehicle.

An Entry Transfer facility is available.

Bedford Harriers AC operates a strict NO head/earphones/open ear/bone conducting head/earphones or similar equipment policy at all our races. Any runner found to be wearing anything other than a medical or prescription device to aid hearing will be disqualified.

Entry Options

Affiliated Entry Fee | 18+ years | MUST be a member of a club affiliated to ARC or UKA £39.00
Unaffiliated Entry Fee | 18+ years £41.00

Participants

Roy Young Eye Community Runners
Graham Williams N/A
Ian Wild Wootton Road Runners
Jonathan Tripp Lonely Goat RC
Jennifer Teachey St.Neots Riverside Runners
Chas Taylor Trent Park RC
Anthony Tarrant Thumbs-up Running Crew
Ruth Swift Brackley and District RC
Shelley Swift Hinckley RC
Emma sparrow N/A
Jo Simmons Bedford Harriers AC
jonathan sidwick Bedford Harriers AC
John Shields N/A
Jennifer Shields N/A
michael sharman leighton buzzard triathlon club
Emma Rundall-Hadley Alchester Running Club
Laura Rundall-Hadley Alchester Running Club
Jacquetta Rodgers N/A
Luise Renwick N-a
Matthew Reed Wootton Road Runners
Graham Pratt Bedford Harriers AC
Lara Pocock Saint Edmund Pacers
James Plowman N/A
Martyn Paramore N/A
Sarah Pake N/A
Lauren Owens Bedford Harriers AC
Alice Noakes North Herts RRC
Mariska Niemeijer N/a
Kate Neale Stopsley Striders
Victoria Moreton Team balancise
Natasha Michael Saint Edmund Pacers
Steve Megson Yaxley Runners & Joggers
Andrea McGrellis Bedford Harriers AC
Julie Martin Redway Runners
Alison March Leighton Fun Runners
Stephen Lymbery Leighton Fun Runners
Paul Lewis N/A
John Kokot-Blamey N/A
Karen Knaggs N/a
Adam Knaggs N/A
Flain Kerry Hitchin Hares
Michael Kendall Wootton Road Runners
Jady Jones Redway Runners
Tony Jenner N/A
Carmel Jarman Dunstable RRC
Gillian Jakeman Wootton Road Runners
Leanne Hunt N/A
Nikki Horner Bedford Harriers AC
Amber Holland Redway Runners
Adam Hills Bedford Harriers AC
Sarah Hicking N/A
Karen Heslop Brackley and District RC
Maurice Hemingway St Neots Riverside Runners
Natalie Heathfield Running Buddies
Nichola Harman Brackley and District RC
Jane Hammonds Redway Runners
Muchelle Grudzinski N/A
Wayne Greet Bishops Stortford RC
Victoria Green Leighton Fun Runners
Ian Gooderham Saint Edmund Pacers
Henry Godsal N/A
Bradley Glazer N/A
Stacey Glazer N/A
Tim Giffen Redway Runners
James Fuller Wootton Road Runners
Hannah Farr Running Buddies
Adam Duffett N/A
James Drury N/A
Martyn Douglas Redway Runners
Sarah Dorey Wootton Road Runners
Rahul Dogra NA
Kit Dixon Bedford Harriers AC
Aaron Davison Royston Runners
Emily Davenall Alchester Running Club
Sam Daniells Marshall Milton Keynes AC
Nicola Cuthbert Yaxley Runners & Joggers
Ian Curtis REDS
Andrew Cowdrill Marshall Milton Keynes AC
Martyn Coulter Harlow RC
Richard Cordes Bedford Harriers AC
Eliza Coe Wellingborough & District AC
Henry Chamberlayne N/a
Lisa Carter N/A
Heidi Carruthers Brackley and District RC
Nadia Calardo N/a
Kelly Bywaters Dunstable RRC
Kerry Bullen N/A
JEREMY BROOMFIELD Vegan Runners UK
Sarah Bradford Buckingham & Stowe RC
Philippa Bowden N/A
Mike Blackledge March AC
James Birnie Gade Valley Harriers
Louise Birkett-Swan Wootton Road Runners
Robin Bennett-Freebairn Thumbs-up Running Crew
Brett Bayliss N/A
Sue Barratt Na
Mark Baron Wootton Road Runners
Liz Barker Stopsley Striders
Christine Ayers Leighton Fun Runners
Karen Ashcroft N/A
Cheryl Allibone Stamford Striders

Terms & Conditions

Please accept my entry for the Bedford Harriers Oakley 20. I accept and acknowledge that my race number and timing chip will be available for collection on race day only and I do not expect to receive any information by post. I will be 18 years or older on race day and medically fit to compete. I accept that I enter at my own risk and that the organisers will in no way be held responsible for any injury, accident, loss or damage that may arise before, during or after the event as a consequence of my participation in this race. I consent that my details will be used for the purposes described in the Bedford Harriers entry on the Data Protection Register. I will abide by the ARC Rules of Competition. The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of athletics, for 12 months from the date of commencement of membership, whether or not the member is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK. . I accept that if my gender is different from the sex I was observed as birth, I will not compete in the female category unless I am approved by UK Athletics as complying with the World Athletics Regulations to be able to compete in the female category.I accept that there will be no refunds under any circumstances, and I will not allow anyone else to use my entry without completing the entry transfer procedure. I further agree that, in accordance with the organisers' instructions, I will not wear ear/head phones/open-ear/bone conducting head/ear phones* during the event and furthermore will park only in the designated race car park/s and or parking areas as detailed on the race entry system.*Medical or prescription device to aid hearing excepted.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy:

Data collected:

First name * Last name * Gender * Date of Birth * Email address * Mobile phone number * Landline number * Postal address * Club name * Emergency contact data * Medical or allergy data * Race memento size.

Purposes for which the data is used:

The data collected by Bedford Harriers AC as you register and pay for this event will be used for the purposes of administering this event only. The collection of personal data is considered legitimate for us to be able to:

1. Produce and publish an entry list.

2. Provide you with a race number and timing chip.

3. Email you with race data.

4. Text and/or email you with race result.

5. Produce and publish a race results list that will contain only such personal data as is necessary to provide meaningful results. The result list will include an individual’s first and last name, gender, age group, race time, race position, gender position, age category position, club, and the calculation of team awards.

6. Mail awards and other prizes.

7. Mail race mementoes.

8. Any medical information volunteered by entrants may be provided to 3rd party medical services in attendance at the event with the express condition that any information so provided will be immediately destroyed after the event.

Refund Policy

In the eventuality this event is cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, safety reasons or circumstances beyond our control, there will be no entry deferment nor refund. Organising an event requires a considerable amount of forward planning, risk and expense and as soon as we begin to organise this event, we start to incur costs. Your entry fee is invested into the cost of staging the event - everything from safety pins to printing, hiring of toilets to ordering iconic hoodies and applying for race permits and marketing costs. Bedford Harriers AC, do not, therefore offer a refund facility.

Details

We close in:
119days
23Hours
12Minutes
6Seconds
Event Date: 23rd March 2025 09:30
Date Entries Close: 21st March 2025 05:59
Entry Limit: 500
Total Entered: 101
Total Remaining: 399

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Location & Directions


Lincroft Academy, Station Road, Oakley, Bedfordshire, MK43 7RE

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