Dark and White Prepare for Round 2 of the Cotswold DW4 Series

News Release / 04.05.2010

The first round of the DW4 Adventure Race series back in March in Edale was always going to be a hard act to follow but Dark & White believe they have done it for the second round, to be held on Sunday 9th May!

The four hour course for round 2 includes some cracking high level moorland mountain biking and trail running in spectacular wide open Northern Peak District countryside; in addition there will be some interesting and testing foot orienteering. The start/finish area is at the Moorland Discovery Centre near Hathersage in the Derbyshire Peak.

Dark & White have continued their penchant for providing controls in challenging and interesting locations to provide racers with lots of route choice, as it should be with this type of event! The course has been designed to be suitable for all abilities so you don’t need to be an expert mountain biker, trail runner to take part; enthusiasm, determination and a sense of adventure is what’s needed!

The event is open to solos and pairs of all levels of ability in a variety of categories. SPORTident electronic timing and scoring will be used giving competitors an instant print out of their results when they finish. The event will include extra ‘surprise challenge’ elements to keep competitors on their toes throughout!

Prizes for the 2010 DW4 Adventure Race series, which comprises 3 races, are supplied by Cotswold Outdoor, Skins & Buff; in addition there will be various spot prizes at each event.

For all event details, on-line entry or postal entry forms are on the adventure race section of www.darkandwhite.co.uk

<b>More About Dark and White</b>

The third and final race in the 2010 DW4 series will be held on the 4th July 2010 at the Cliffhanger Outdoor Show, Millhouses Park, Sheffield.

Dark & White have organised the Rab Mountain Marathon (a 2 day fell running event) since 2007 - this event involves navigating between checkpoints over a two day period with an overnight camp. Last year the event attracted over 500 entrants and this year’s race is on Sept. 25/26th.

They also organise a Winter and Summer mountain biking orienteering series’ with around 200 competitors on each event as well as mountain bike enduros and mini-mountain marathon running events.