How To Enter

Both on-line pre-entry and postal pre-entry are available for the 10k race.

The on-line entry procedure has not yet been finalised.  Check back here over the coming weeks if you want to enter on-line.

Click here to download a Birchwood 10k entry form (in PDF format).

Pre-entries will close on Sunday 12-Aug-2012.  Entries may close earlier if the race limit of 1200 runners is reached.

Please note that there is no on-line entry for the 2k fun run.

For any race entries received less than 10 days before the race, we will retain the chip & number.  Please collect it on race day at Race HQ.  Please try to arrive early if you need to do this.  Race HQ will be open from approximately 8:30am on race day.  If you are collecting your chip & number on the day, please read the race information sheet before race day - please click here to see it (in PDF format).

Postage

If you are entering by post, please put a Royal Mail Large Letter rate stamp on your SAE, which should be at least 9" x 6".  With the extra size of the timing chip, standard postage is not enough.

If you do not put the right postage on the letter, our entries person has to collect it in person from the Post Office, pay a surcharge (currently £1) plus the extra postage owing.  If this is the case, your entry will not be posted back and you will need to pay the extra charge when you collect on the day.

Corporate Team Challenge

Click here to download an entry form for the Corporate Team Challenge (in PDF format).

Please put a Royal Mail Large Letter rate first class stamp on your SAE, which should be at least 12" x 9".  With the extra weight and size of the chip, standard postage is not enough.  Also, we will be sending 4 numbers and 4 timing chips so we need a large size SAE.

The closing date for pre-entries is Sunday 12-Aug-2011.  Entries may close earlier if the race limit of 1200 runners is reached.

We are not able to offer on-line entry for the Corporate Team Challenge.

Entry Forms by Post

If you would like one or more entry forms sent to you by post, you can write to the following address, but you need to include an SAE for forms to be returned to you

• Birchwood 10k, 7 Smithills Close, Locking Stumps, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7LT.

Refund policy

If you have entered the race and are unable to run for whatever reason, like most races we are unable to offer refunds.  Also, we are not able to defer your race entry to the following year.

However we do allow you to transfer your race entry to another runner.

Transfer Of Race Entries

Spectrum Striders will allow runners to transfer their race number to another runner provided they submit a completed entry form which is clearly marked:

"Transfer runner number XXXX from previous runner "

Please give as many details of the previous runner as possible; including "age on race day" and sex. We want to make absolutely sure we transfer the entry from the right person. The entry form for the new runner MUST be completed as normal with age, sex etc.

We would much prefer all changes to get to us before the closing date, but we will accept changes on the day at Race HQ.  If you want to do this, please arrive early!  For changes on the day, we can't guarantee they will be correct in the on-the-day results, although we hope they will if there are not too many changes.

We will not charge a transfer fee to do this unless we incur a cost such as a lost chip. We want to see the right names against the runners in the results.

It is also possible to change team members for a Corporate Challenge team.  The same advice applies as for individual entries: please try to tell us in advance, otherwise please arrive early on the day.