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- Date:
- Registration opens: 6:00 pm closes: 7:00 pm
- Starts from: 6:00 pm
Final in a series of low key local Wednesday evening events, in and around Tyneside, with a league to encourage participation and competition. Courses suitable for beginners and the more experienced wanting some training competition.
Terrain: Coastal promenade and cliff top open grassland with path network allow fast running. Some steps.
Travel: Travel to Junction of A1148 (Monkseaton Drive) with A193 Whitley Bay to Blyth at the sea front.
Google Maps
By bus: Arriva 308 Newcastle > Coast Road > Whitley Bay Waves Swimpool > Blyth
GoNE 309 Newcastle > Battle Hill > Whitley Bay Waves Swimpool > Blyth
Metro: Whitley Bay (1.75 km.)Parking and Registration: Dukes Walk Car Park (£1.20 until 6:00 p.m. Free thereafter.) next to Rendezvous Promenade Cafe (not open at this time) at junction of A1148 and A193. ///motor.speeds.guards
Entry: Senior £5.00 Junior £2.00 Family £5.00. Entry on the day only. Please provide exact change.
A card reader will be available, subject to signal.
Large groups should give prior notice, please.Facilities: None
Courses:
Yellow (1.5 – 2.0 km.) ~ Orange (2.0 – 3.0 km.) ~ Long Orange (3.5 – 5.0 km.).
Maps ands Controls
Sites will be marked with a miniature O sign and orange tape secured with a clothes peg. Markers will have a code letter in permanent marker to be written on the control card. Carry a pen.
Electronic timing will be used for start and finish. All runners will be issued with a loan dibber which may be downloaded off site. Timing tickets will be issued at download.Starts: From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Courses close at 8:00 p.m. All participants should return to registration by that time when the markers will be removed..
Scoring:
100 points for the winner of each course, 99 for second, 98 for third etc. Anyone running in a course above their class will get a bonus of 5 points (10 for 2 courses above) and, likewise, anyone running a course below their class will be docked 10 points.
Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport. Risks have been assessed and mitigated as far as possible . However, participants take part at their own risk.
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