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- Date:
- Registration opens: 6:00 pm closes: 7:00 pm
- Starts from: 6:00 pm
Final of 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
Bus: Arriva 308 Newcastle > Coast Road > Whitley Bay Waves Swimpool > Blyth
GoNE 309 Newcastle > Battle Hill > Whitley Bay Waves Swimpool > Blyth
Note that return tickets are not interchangeable between these two services.
Cycle: North Tyneside Coast Cycle route.
Metro: Whitley Bay (1.75 km.)Parking and Registration: Dukes Walk Car Park (£1.20 until 6:00 p.m. Free thereafter. Card/Phone only.) next to Rendezvous & Links Cafes (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, via the contact page.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. 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 are responsible for their own safety. Note that non-members of British Orienteering are not covered for claims from landowners or the public for damage to property or injury to person. Be very aware of and courteous to other users of the terrain stopping should there be an incident.