Matthew Vokes is canvassing interest from WCOC members regards participating in the Jukola and / or Harvester relay this year:
69th Jukola Relay: 17th – 18th June 2017: Joensuu, Finland (organised by Kalevan Rasti – Thierry Gueorgiou’s club)
Format: 7 leg relay, starting at 11pm; (so probably 2 – 3 legs in darkness. The Harvester Relay (see below), is the UK’s answer to Jukola)
Last year nearly 1700 teams (yes, you read that right) took part.
Summary<style="line-height: 1.5;">: Fly out Friday morning, back Sunday night (but options to extend), with opportunity for some training as well as running the relay. Accommodation in organisers’ “military tents<style="line-height: 1.5;">”</p><p><style="line-height: 1.5;">Cost:<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><style="line-height: 1.5;">estimated around £350 for the weekend. <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Entry fees go up (by 50 euros) by the end of the month. Therefore, please let me know if you are interested and I can see if we have enough people to make it viable by 29</span><sup>th</sup><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> January.</span></p><p>Any questions / more details, please email <a href="mailto:matthew.vokes@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"> matthew.vokes@hotmail.co.uk </a>.</p><p><strong>Harvester Relay:</strong> 24<sup>th</sup>-25<sup>th</sup>June. I am the planner for this, and outline permission has been received for a great area in the (South) Lakes, so close to home for WCOC (and significantly cheaper)! It would be great to see at least 1, if not 2 WCOC teams out at this, regardless of whether a Jukola trip happens as well.</p><p>Many thanks</p><p>Matthew</p>