Festive Frolics: Plessey Wood

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    This year’s Christmas Event will again feature the Plessey Challenge mass start head to head race.
    Terrain: Country Park. Mixed woodland, paths, tracks.

    Travel: Follow the Country Park Brown Signs from Junction of the A192 and A1068, South west of Bedlington.
    Bus X21 or X22 (select the correct Sunday date) Haymarket > Regent Centre > Hartford Bridge > Ashington > Newbiggin
    Car Park: Country Park car park. NZ238803 Map ///heartless.video.parading
    First hour – Free. Up to two hours – £2.00. Over two hours – £4.00. Cash or PayByPhone

    Entry: Entries will be via SIentries from a date TBA. Closing date 13th December (midnight).
    Limited entry on the day for Yellow, Orange. Pre enter if at all possible to avoid disappointment.
    Santa Trails Free, entry on the day only.
    Seniors (M/W21+): £7.00 Juniors (M/W20-): £2.00
    Registration/Download: TBC. Hopefully in the new café.
    Starts: 10:30 -11:30 a.m. Colour courses: Turn up and go. No time slots.
    Plessey Challenge will start 11:00 a.m. Meet at the Visitors Centre (Download) at 10:55 a.m. where there will be a short briefing.

    Courses: (subject to final confirmation/controlling.
    Santa’s Trail (0.9 km. ~ 15 m. climb)
    Yellow (1.7 km. ~ 30 m. climb)
    Orange (2.3 km. ~ 5 0m. climb)
    Light Green (3.1 km. ~ 80 m. climb).
    Plessey Challenge (approximately 4.5 km. ~ 100m. climb)- start from 11:00 a.m. at 5 second intervals into odds and evens followed by a linear course down to the river and back then back to complete odds and evens. (You choose whether you go to all the even number controls first or the odd numbered) There is a 5-minute time penalty if you go to a control out of sync.
    Please Note the courses do not comply with British Orienteering rules.
    Map: 1:3000 Santa Trail and Yellow courses (TBC)
    1:5000 Orange, Light Green and Challenge courses.
    The Challenge course will be printed on double-sided A4
    Other courses on single-sided A4

    Facilities: Toilets, Café, Children’s Play Area.

    Presentations: Approximately 12:15 p.m. Please stay for presentation.

    Organiser/Controller: Katherine Brown <crosbybrownAThotmail.com>
    Planner: George Hare

    Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport. A risk assessment for the event will be prepared and identified risks mitigated. However, please be aware that participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. 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: dog walkers, small children and other park users, stopping should there be an incident.
    Part of the riverside path is closed owing to a landslide. The section is marked on the maps and courses have been planned to avoid it.