Easter Fun Event 2: Castle Estate, Prudhoe

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    • Registration opens: 10:00 am closes: 11:00 am
    • Starts from: 10:00 am

    Orienteering fun for the family over the Easter holidays.
    Score event with two courses 45 or 60 minutes where you visit controls in any order, picking up points according to difficulty and returning within the time limit. Various fun themes aimed at children (or the young at heart): Easter Egg Hunt, Monopoly, Cluedo and Snooker. Event Programme Summary

    Travel: A695 from Newcastle or from A1 via Blaydon Bridge or from Hexham. At the steeply banked roundabout in Low Prudhoe westbound take 1st exit or eastbound 3rd exit up the hill. After 500 metres 3rd turn right into Western Avenue.
    A69 exit for Ovingham via Horsley. Note: Width restricted uncontrolled single carriageway bridge across the Tyne and the railway. Forward at the roundabout as above.
    Bus 10B Eldon Square> Blaydon > Low Prudhoe to Western Avenue (first stop after turning off Prudhoe Front Street)
    Rail to Prudhoe Station (Newcastle > Prudhoe > Hexham > Carlisle) 1Km. uphill.

    Parking: Western Avenue. Google Maps / ///married.method.envoy / NE42 6NU
    Registration: Junction of Western Avenue and Cheyne Road. Google Maps / ///married.method.envoy

    Entry: Senior (21+) £5.00 , Junior (20-) £2.00

    MonOpoly themed “score” event. 45 minutes for Juniors or 60 Minutes for Seniors.
    Starts: 10:00 till 11:00. New map at 1:4,000 (A3). SI punching through out. Collect extra points each time you punch the “Go” control.

    Organiser: Patrick Smyth 07960 918 163, patrickcsmyth@outlook.com