This is the “much heralded” 5th race in the 2013 Urban Nights series, aka “The Sportsman’s Score”.
Tim says:
This is the race that many of you have been waiting for! We’ve had races where you’ve had to carry coconuts, carry vegetables, crawl through tunnels full of water, kiss dubious women stood on a frozen moor and all sorts of other ‘obstacles’ designed to give those with less of a running prowess, a chance of victory.
And so, this is for those who like a drink or two – a revised Sportsman pub run with the option of gaining additional points by venturing into said establishments and partaking in a pint of their best.
The race will start from Tim’s house, 68 Roebuck Road at 7pm on Tuesday 12th Feb. All competitors will have a time limit of 100 minutes to visit as many of the Sportsman pubs on the map as they wish – map to be provided at the start. Each pub is worth a number of points (marked on the map). You can gain an extra 50% of the points value by drinking a half pint of bitter/Ale (not Lager and no shorts or soft drinks) and an extra 100% by drinking a pint, e.g. if the points value for the pub is 40, drinking a half will get you 60 points in total and a full pint 80 points. Women can double their points by drinking a half – no extra points for full pint. No more than one pint may be drunk in any pub. Under 18s are not allowed to enter the pubs.
If you intend earning additional points you should bring sufficient funds with you! Some of you may need ID too.
Post race celebrations may not involve quite as much beer as the previous races in this series.