Rules

Rules

GENERAL

The Snowdonia Seven (S7) event is organised by the S7 committee under the auspices of the North Wales Police Sports Association with the aim of encouraging Fitness, Teamwork and Endurance. Travelling in mountainous areas can be hazardous and competitors should not enter without giving due regard to this. At least one member of each Team must have previously completed the event or be expected to evidence a level of ability on the entry form commensurate to the challenge.

BRIEFING

19:00hrs evening before the event @ Community Centre/Y Canolfan, Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55 4TY, (W3W: enigma.beast.emeralds).

Please pay car park fee, this is Community Centre income and secures future S7 events there.

All competitors are encouraged to attend this meeting; however, at least one member of each team—ideally the team captain—should be there. Any late changes to the event will be announced, and course maps will be available to view, including checkpoints (CPs), aid posts, and escape routes.

Race Director (RD) has responsibility for making any changes necessary to rules, cut-off times, control-sections or route as necessary in the interests of safety. This may, in extreme circumstances, mean cancelling the event.

REGISTRATION

Each Team must nominate a captain and indicate as such on the disclaimer signed at registration. Team captains (or representative) MUST register at Event HQ prior to 07.30hrs on race morning with Team Declaration form: signed by and listing every member of the Team starting the event to include the mobile phone numbers of each team member.

2026 will for the first time require each participant to carry a tracker, which will be issued at morning registration, at all times.

This is your final opportunity to update details of team members or the category you are competing in. NO changes in this regard can be made once the race has started.

Individual wristbands issued at registration must be worn during the race. The wristband and tracker must be returned, by the same individual, on their return to HQ to the S7 registration team.

Only at that point, when it’s confirmed YOU ARE SAFE & WELL will your event goody-bag be given.

FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND PROHIBIT FUTURE ENTRY. (Rule 12).

COURSE & CHECKPOINTS (CP)

Appendix A – route description

CP will be visited in the correct order. Teams will attend CP together as a Team. Controlled sections: parts of the course where a specific path must be followed: See Appendix A & briefing maps. Outside of controlled sections, competitors may choose their own line between CP.
CP1 (Snowdon) – CP2 (Crib Y Ddysgl) has two way traffic: ascenders give way to descenders.

Countryside Code:

Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs
Leave gates and property as you find them
Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home
Consider other people

Any disregard of the above may incur time penalties (Rule 12).

National Park request: please do not train over the course route to avoid erosion where there is already heavy use by tourists.

TIME LIMITS

Race Start time: 08:00hrs

Cut-off points & times for all:

Pen Y Pass (GR 647555) 11:30hrs Teams will be transported back to Event HQ.
Llyn y Cwn (GR 637585) 14:00hrs Teams will be directed to south-west ‘escape route’ to A4086 Llanberis road, transport can be arranged.
Final cut-off: 18:00hrs after which, Teams arriving at Event HQ will be DNF (Did Not Finish)

Cut off times will be firmly enforced. Marshals will inform Teams they are being retired due to them being over or unlikely to make cut-off times.

Every competitor must hand in their wristband on returning to Event HQ to ensure all competitors are safe and well.

FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND PROHIBIT FUTURE ENTRY. (Rule 12).

QUALIFICATION

Team members to be serving or retired members of the Police Service: Officers, Specials, Staff, Volunteers or other member of the extended Policing Family, including Military Police and organisations such as NCA and College of Policing, HMIC etc.

Entry of Force Teams is on a first-come, first-served basis. The S7 committee has discretion to limit Team numbers as they see fit in the interest of fairness.

It will not always be possible to refund fees already paid. This decision will be dependent as follows:

Over 8 weeks prior to the published event date – Full Refund
Between 4 and 8 weeks prior to the event – 50% refund
Less than 4 weeks’ notice – No refunds*

*Where extraordinary circumstances exist (e.g. unplanned major operational demands) the event committee will consider applications for any refund or reduction in entry for the following year, once the event has been completed.

DRESS AND EQUIPMENT

Appropriate dress and equipment is as described in the most up to date Kit and Equipment List which can be found elsewhere on this site.

Pre-start and on-course spot checks (for which time allowances will be awarded) may occur.

Full kit checks will occur at the finish. Deficiencies in equipment will incur penalties (rule 12).

USE OF GPS

The use of GPS, in any device form, is considered contrary to the spirit of the event. Their use to gain an unfair advantage would be subject to a time penalty (Rule 12). However, in the interests of safety Teams will be permitted to carry such devices should they be required in an emergency.

IDENTIFICATION EN-ROUTE

Team numbers will be clearly displayed at all times. At least one Team member must have the Team number clearly displayed to their front (Rule 12).

WITHDRAWAL OF TEAM OR TEAM MEMBER AFTER RACE HAS STARTED

Team members unable to continue the event remain the responsibility of their Team = Teamwork.

If any/all of the Team withdraw from the event Competitors must report to the nearest CP and inform a Marshal. Subject to rule 11, Teams may leave a member at a CP, onlyat the Marshal’s discretion. Marshals can insist the remaining Team take responsibility getting their retiring member to a location where they can be safely left or taken off the mountain.
Where one of the Team withdraws, as per requirement above, the remaining three members may continue. Where two members withdraw the remaining two may NOT continue.

Individuals insisting upon continuing alone or in a pair must acknowledge they are no longer part of the event, and do so at their own risk. They will advise other marshals they are not part of the event to avoid confusion.

FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND PROHIBIT FUTURE ENTRY (Rule 12).

CASUALTIES

Injured Team members WILL NOT be left alone on the mountain. Where possible a casualty should be assisted to the nearest CP/First Aid post.
Where the casualty cannot be moved, one Team member MUST remain with them whilst the other(s) report to the nearest CP/First Aid Post.
CP/First Aid post marshals have the discretion to withdraw an individual from the event if in their opinion it would be unsafe to allow that person to continue.

FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND PROHIBIT FUTURE ENTRY (Rule 12).

TIME PENALTIES & DISQUALIFICATION

Time penalties will be incurred for the following infringements:

Failure to wear or have required clothing/equipment (Rule 7 & 9)

15 MINUTES PER ARTICLE PER TEAM .

Using GPS (Rule 8).
Deviation from order of CP, controlled sections, climbing walls/fences or disregard of Country Code (Rule 4).

30 MINUTES PER TRANSGRESSION.

A Team will/may be disqualified or withdrawn for breaching any of the following rules:

Rule 3 (Registration & Wristbands)
Rule 5 (Time limit)
Rule 10 (Withdrawal)
Rule 11 (Casualties)

Objections concerning any competitor(s) must be reported to the Race Organisers before 18:00hrs on day of the race.

EVENT CATEGORIES & PRIZES

OPEN – All Teams of 4 are eligible for the Open category
WOMEN’S – Four female members.
MIXED – Teams of four, at least two female members.
VETERANS – Teams of four all aged 40 years+ on day of the event.
SUPER VETERANS – Teams of four all aged 50 years+ on day of the event

It is up to the Team Captain to ensure that their team are entered in the right category. Any errors in that regard can be rectified at the request of the Team Captain at registration. However, no such changes can happen after the race has started.

To qualify for a placing, all four Team members must finish together. Time will be taken from the last Team member crossing the finishing line.

Presentations will be at 18:00hrs on the evening of the event, at Race HQ. ( followed by a buffet at a nearby venue )

Open Event winners will be presented with the Open Trophy.
Women’s Event winners will be presented with the Chief Constable David Owen Trophy.
Mixed Event winners will be presented with the Mixed Trophy.
Veteran Event winners will be presented with the Veteran Trophy.
Super Veteran Event winners will be presented with the Sir Philip Myers Trophy.

Trophies will be retained for a period of one year and then returned to S7.

DECISIONS

All competitors enter accepting that the decisions of the Race Director, Timekeepers, Marshals and Organisers are final.

	SNOWDONIA 7’s ROUTE APPENDIX A
	Start 08:00hrs – Cattle Grid, Victoria Terrace, Llanberis.Grid SH580594 – Llanberis path to Snowdon Summit
	CP1 – Snowdon Summit SH 60984 54374 (Note: Café out of bounds)
	CP2 – Crib-y-Ddysgl, SH 61074 55162
	CP3 & FIRST AID POINT – Llyn Glaslyn (near old ruin) SH 61771 54768
	CP4 – Pen-y-Pass car park SH 64722 55623 (cut off time 11.30hrs). (START CONTROLLED SECTION)
	CAREFULLY Cross the road and over stile at the RIGHT (east) of the Youth Hostel. Do not turn right down the road towards Pen Y Gwryd unless directed otherwise by a marshal. (END CONTROLLED SECTION) to:
	CP5 – Miners Track Waterfall, SH 66701 57480
	CP6 – Glyder Fach (near Cantilever Stone), SH 65649 58286
	CP7 – Glyder Fawr Summit, SH 64257 57957
	CP8 & AID POINT Llyn-y-Cwn, SH 63732 58514 (cut off time 14.00hrs)
	CP9 – Y Garn, SH 63086 59580
	CP10 – Foel Goch, SH 62858 61207
	CP11 – Elidir Fawr, SH 61185 61297
	Bridge at foot of Elidir SH608596 START CONTROLLED SECTION to:
	CP12 – Ty Gwyn SH 60110 59077
	Continue to use stiles, do not open gates to reach single track metaled road, turn right through Fron Farm. Route is now marked with red and white tape, through a bracken field, over a rocky outcrop and down towards a lane. Turn left to the main road. END CONTROLLED SECTION to:
	Main road A4086 (SH600587) turn right towards Llanberis village.
	After approx. 1 mile (SH586596) entrance on right into Padarn Castle grounds (will be marked on race day), follow footpath to left of castle before dropping down onto unclassified road opposite the recycling centre. Turn right follow the road to T junction, turn left, after a 100 yards or so turn left over a small footbridge and head back to Race HQ at the Community Centre. Finish will be in the field at the side of the community centre: Finish Cut off time: 18:00hrs