Quantocks 2026 Riders Briefing
Hunt Wheels Southern Enduro Series Rd1 – 19th April 2026
Travel:
Whats3words for the entrance to the parking/camping field: ///tokens.squaring.sprinting
Nearest Postcode: Cothelstone, Taunton TA4 3DS
IMPORTANT NOTE: this is private land and shouldn’t be ridden without the land owners permission. We want to be able to use this venue for years to come and not damage any relationships with land owners and the riding community in the area. Just to repeat this is PRIVATE LAND.
This is your online riders briefing
- Its important that you start from the race village and be set off at your start time by the race village start marshal, not at your cars or the top of the hill this is extremely important so we know who is on the course. If this keeps happening we will have to start adding time penalties.
Some Race rules reminders:
No re-runs for mechanicals or crashes.
No derestricted E-bikes
No assisting other riders to the top of the hills including with E-bikes
All riders must start in their categories and at the race village not their cars or the top of the hill.
Full rules HERE
General Site Rules:
Parking – Listen to instructions from the parking marshal.
Only put toilet roll down the toilets. Keep the toilets tidy and rubbish free.
Please take all your rubbish home with you.
Please follow all on-site safety signs.
J&B Medical will be our onsite Medical Team.
Action Sports Timing will be timing the event.
We have on site Refreshments, a coffee van and food truck by Yum Yums.
Format/Instructions:
– Arrive on site and park up with lots of space around you.
– Go to sign on and verbally sign on and get your number
board from the relevant queue, check your number on the table before entering the queue.
– Then get your timing chip from the Action Sports timing tent.
-Moring practice starts at 9am, riders briefing is at 8.45am.
– At your start time after morning practice, you will be set-off
from the race village. Please queue in number order.
– Then follow the transition to get to stage 1, again at stage 1
the marshal sets you off in 20sec gaps.
– Follow the same process for the next 3 stages.
– The 4th and final stage on Sunday will end where you started at the
race village.
– The prize giving on the day will be after the race has finished.
– Prizes for top 3 riders in each category will be
collected at the prize giving.
– You can keep your number board but you need to return
you timing chip to the timing trailer/tent. If you don’t return your chip,
you won’t get a result and be charged to replace it.
-Final results will be available online after the last racer hands in their timing chip.
E-BIKEs:
E-bikes will do an extra stage at this round. They will do stage 4 twice this will be their 5th stage and count towards the overall time. They will ride the stage at the end after they have done the complete loop of the 5 stages.
Sign-on:
Give your name & category and you will be handed your number board. If you can remember you number in the start list this will speed up sign-on.
Next collect your timing chip from the timing tent. Say your race number and you will be handed your timing chip.
That is sign on complete.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Photographers will need to go to sign on to give their name and number so we know you are on site.
There is no access to the site before the 18th April.
Rider start list:
Schedule
Sat 18th April:
15:00 Camping/parking opens (Do not turn up before this time)
15:00 till 18:30 Optional Track walk
Sun 19th April:
8:00 Sign-on
8:45 Riders Briefing
09:00-11:00 Practice
11:00-16:00 Race
14:30 E-bike Podiums
16:30 Podiums
Track walk and Spectating:
Please do not walk on any wild flowers stick to all trails and tracks.
Best way to track walk is:
-Transition to the top of stage 1
-Down stage 1
-Walk across to mid point on Stage 2
-Walk up stage 2 to the a/b line spit at Marshal point m2a then back down Stage 2 to the bottom as not much happens above m2a.
-From the bottom of stage 2 walk around to the bottom of stage 3
-Walk up stage 3
-Then walk down stage 4
– Follow the transition signs back to the parking/camping field .
Its worth screenshotting these trail walk instructions and a copy of the map.
Camping rules:
-No fires or firepits.
-BBQ off the ground.
-Water tap is for Drinking water not washing bikes.
-All rubbish must be taken home.
-Noise to be kept to a minimum.
-Dogs on lead at all times
The event is now sold out but please add your self to the Waiting list if you’re not signed up already at www.southernenduro.co.uk/tickets
If anything is unclear, please email [email protected] however we will be on site from 17th April so we will struggle to answer emails after that date.
Print/Save/Screenshot these instructions so you have a handy guide while you are at the event.#
Trail Map:
