Longparish Community Association

L2SOTM - The Longparish Second Sunday of The Month Handicap Race

Notes for Helpers

Putting out the signs

Tools needed:

• cable ties (supplied—usually attached to the signs and some spares in a bag)
• very small flat-headed screwdriver (or similar) for the ties
• mallet or lump hammer if you’re not feeling strong or the ground is hard

There are two types of signs:

• ‘Caution Runners’ (CR)
• A picture of a runner and an arrow going from right to left (A)

They are mostly attached with cables ties to a metal stick and bashed into the ground; a few are attached with cable ties to railings. The name and number of the location are written on the back.

1. Southside Road/Sugar Lane crossroads with main road (2 signs):
   • (CR) on the railings at the corner of Southside Road at the Sugar Lane/Southside Road/main road crossroads, facing The Plough
   • (A) goes on the end of the railing, facing the playpark
2. Southside Farm (3 signs):
   • (CR) on the right at the entrance to the barn, facing up Southside hill
   • (A) on the corner of Nun’s Walk (just to the right of the wall corner is best, about where the builder’s sign is in the photo)
   • (CR) on the right as you go into Nun’s Walk, facing Southside Road (not shown)
3. Larkwhistle/Cleeves crossroads (2 signs on one stick):
   • (CR)+(A) on opposite sides of the same metal support: just past the Larkwhistle/Cleeves/Nun’s Walk crossroads on the right. The (CR) faces up towards Britwell Priors, the (A) faces back down Nun’s Walk and points to the Cleeves
4. Cleeves (1 sign):
   • (CR) on the right just onto the Cleeves, facing back towards Nun’s Walk
5. East Aston/main road (2 signs):
   • (CR) just to the right of where the runners join the main road, facing towards Hurstbourne Priors
   • (A) opposite the road to Upper Mill, facing the runners as they hit the main road
6. Mill Lane/main road (1 sign):
   • (CR) At The Coach House, just before the cricket ground entrance, facing back towards the shop
7. Cricket Ground (3 signs):
   • L2SOTM Finish sign is attached with cable ties to the ground’s noticeboard on the support nearest the road, facing back towards the shop (see background of above photo)
   • (A) similarly attached to the board’s leg, also facing the shop (see background of above photo)
   • (A) opposite the Cricket Ground entrance, facing into it (not shown)
8. Playpark (1 sign):
   • Best placed the skateramp side of the pull-off, facing The Plough.

And that’s all there is to it. It takes the Goulds about 20-25 minutes to set up now, but they’ve had a bit of practice. It was about double that the first time.