Welcome to Ten Tors 2021

Welcome to the Ten Tors 2021 web site. You can look back on Ten Tors 2020 and previous years in the archive.

Fri 12 Feb 2021 — Volunteer Awards

Due to the format of this year’s Ten Tors Event and the need to social distance, there won’t the opportunity to present Volunteer Awards as usual.

Establishments can include this year’s training towards an award, and we intend to present awards from both 2020 and 2021 at the Event in 2022.

Mon 1 Feb 2021 — Format for Ten Tors 21

This brief aims to assist TMs planning for the TTC and JC. Rule changes and further detail will be promulgated in the next month.

Covid-19. We anticipate that many of the COVID-19 restrictions will still be in force in May requiring Ten Tors to have robust control measures. Whilst we do not know what will be required in May, decisions have already been taken neither to invite VIPs, traders, nor permit team staff and participants to overnight at Okehampton Camp and not to permit spectators. We anticipate that the rules will require masks if close to other bubbles and that social distancing will be required. Teams (including Team Staff) will be required to operate as separate bubbles throughout, including journeys to and from the Event. Stewards will enforce the rules required by our risk assessment.

Training. A minimum of 3 days training will be required, of which at least one day is to be on Dartmoor. To reduce impact on the area of the One Day Challenges, only one day of training North of the 87 northing will be permitted.

Pre-Registration and Registration. To avoid delays in the morning before the Challenges, nearly all of the administration is being moved to digital Pre-Registration. TMs will be required to upload their team’s information through their Website portal, download forms, select their preferred TTC day before allocation 3 weeks in advance, sign the Compliance Form, followed on the Mon preceding the Challenges (3 May) by downloading their team’s Control Cards and Wristband inserts and delivering the Safety Brief. Wristband holders will be mailed out. Pre-Registration will remain open for last minute amendments until midnight before each day’s Challenge to avoid changes being made at Okehampton Camp.

Arrival. On the morning of each Challenge, Establishments will be required to arrive at pre-announced set times with the closest arriving first and the more distant later. Cars will park on the Triangular Field, normally used for camping, with team minibuses parking and coaches debussing on the Square. Free vehicle passes will be issued through the Team Manager’s portals for printing and duplication, as necessary. Each team, with one staff member, will move in its bubble along signposted routes (red for clockwise teams and green for anti-clockwise routes). They will move through Registration, which will only include a final check of team Control Card and Wristbands and collection of the team’s Tracker, before continuing to the Start.

Ten Tors Challenge. There are significant changes to the Challenge. To allow distant Establishments time to travel, the start from Okehampton Camp will be at 0830hrs, with the Finish closing 10 ½ hours later at 1900hrs, although it is expected that most teams will finish much earlier. The routes will be of 25, 30 and 35 km for, respectively, the 35, 45 and 55 mile age groups. There will be 10 manned locations, all of which are Safety Controls and are vehicle accessible, in the northern half of the North Moor. To replicate the full TTC, the listed clothing and kit is to be carried. If training opportunities are limited, 35mile teams may be required to have an accompanying walking qualified adult and/or the load could be reduced to that required for a day walk with emergency overnight kit.

Jubilee Challenge. The Jubilee Challenge (JC), which will start at 0930hrs and close at 1900hrs, will remain largely unchanged. To maintain separation and to avoid overtaking, fast teams will start before the teams likely to be slower. The 4 routes are unchanged, and the Safety Control procedures remain the same.

Finish and Presentations Processes. The Finish arrangements will be like 2019, except for greater spacing in holding areas. The Presentations method will be dependent on Covid restrictions. A photographer will be present. Team Managers or a deputy will call forward their transport and escort their team back to the vehicles.

Enablers. Safety will continue to be paramount, with DRG, Scrutineers, helicopters and First Aid Posts all being deployed. Safety Stewards in and around Okehampton Camp will enforce Covid restrictions. Enablers will be accommodated where possible.

Results. To keep parents and supporters informed, we will, as usual, publish teams’ progress on the Ten Tors Website as well as on other social media. Team information will not be published in PInfo as in previous years.

Virtual Option. If COVID-19 restrictions prevent at least one month’s training opportunities, a decision will be taken no later than 28 Mar, to support establishments’ delivery of a Virtual Event between May and the end of Sep. This would seek to mirror the physical TTC and JC as far as is possible, ensuring Covid compliance. Participants’ success will be acknowledged and rewarded by the presentation of a certificate and a Ten Tors medal.

Thu 28 Jan 2021 — Payment extended until the 1st of April

Due to the Government not allowing schools to reopen until the 8^th of March at the earliest, the payment window has been extended until the 1^st of April.

Wed 27 Jan 2021 — Payment now open

The payment window for team entry is now open and it can be accessed through each Team Managers Dashboard until the 26^th February.

If you do pay and the event is cancelled, you will receive a refund minus the PayPal return fee which is 2.90% of the transaction, plus a 30p fixed fee. On a £180 team that works out to £5.52.

You will see in the cost that an optional fee of £2 per participant has been added (this can removed) for ‘Donate for Dartmoor’. Your donations to ‘Donate for Dartmoor’ help to maintain and improve moorland access through a ring-fenced fund. Organisers of all large events are encouraged to make a voluntary donation of £2 per participant to help repair damage, mitigate erosion, and to maintain bridges, stiles and, gates. Residents and walkers are also encouraged to donate. More information can be found here.

Wed 27 Jan 2021 — A message from Lieutenant Colonel Dom Maxwell-Batten – Event Coordinator

“Following the announcement regarding the change to this year’s Event, a detailed explanation of the format for this year’s Event will be published and emailed to all Team Managers as soon as possible.

Thank you again for your continued support of this fantastic Event.”