Birmingham Canal Navigations Marathon Challenge

30 May 2009 – 31 May 2009

Various locations
Warwickshire

Related Waterways

The Birmingham Canal Navigations Society is bringing back the BCN Marathon Challenge!

The Marathon Challenge, which was previously run by the IWA, has been re-introduced in an effort to increase traffic on the lesser used parts of the BCN.

It is hoped that the Challenge, together with the BCNS Explorer Cruise, will increase the use of the BCN and that waterway users will continue to use this unique network in all seasons.

The BCN Challenge will start at 9am on Saturday 30 May and finish at 3pm on Sunday 31 May. Boats may start at any point on the BCN, but should finish at Walsall Town Arm. Participants may navigate for as long as they like during the thirty hour period, up to a maximum of twenty four hours.

The event is open to anyone with a boat licensed for use on British Waterways' canals. Historic working boats and pairs are welcome.

The winner will be the boat crew that amasses the greatest number of points during the Challenge. Additional points will be awarded for navigating the lesser used waterways, and there will be bonus points for correctly answered questions at certain places. All boat entries will receive a commemorative plaque, and the winning boat crew will also receive a shield.

The winners will be announced at the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Summer Rally, at Titford Pump House on Saturday 27 June 2009.

An entry pack, which will include route planning sheets, the rules of the Marathon Challenge, and a sealed envelope containing the cruising log for use during the Challenge, is available from Mr R. Kenn, 14 Hollemeadow Avenue, Walsall, West Midlands WS3 1JQ, tel: 01922 428644.

There will be an entry fee of £15 per boat, which includes the commemorative plaque. The entry fee for a working pair will be £25.

The entry fee will include twelve months’ membership of the BCNS for those entrants who are not already members.

Birmingham Canal Navigations Marathon Challenge

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