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
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
| Karen Ashcroft | N/A |
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.