October Odyssey Day 1: Cramlington

• Date: Sat 18^th Oct 2025
• Starts from: 12:00 pm

Terrain Notes updated 12/10/25

Final Details 13/10/25

Terrain: Cramlington is a typical 1960s new town. The housing estates are split by arterial roads (which are out of bounds – see below) and connected by underpasses.  The whole area is spanned by a network of cycle tracks.  The various estates lead off arterial roads and provide a complex grid of paths and green spaces within which are several urban parks, schools and small shopping areas.  There are also several care homes as well as some blocks of sheltered housing.

Competitors must use the underpasses to avoid the main roads which are indicated by purple hatching..

Junior courses (6 & 7) will include quiet estate routes. Please take care. Juniors who have not reached their 16^th birthday must enter one of these courses.

Assembly, toilets and a café are at Concordia Leisure Centre, Forum Way, Cramlington, NE23 6YB.

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Bus: From all surrounding parts including Newcastle Haymarket and Regent Centre (from Metro) to Dudley Lane Shops. Walk right through the shopping mall (400 m.) to Concordia Leisure Centre outside the far end.
Rail: Newcastle > Cramlington > Morpeth (650 m.)

There is ample free parking at the leisure centre limited to four hours.

Entries: It is necessary to enter in advance before midnight on Sunday 12th October. Click here to enter at SiEntries. Entry fees are £12 for seniors or £5 for juniors/students. Dibber hire can be done during the entry process. Collect your hire dibber from Download on the day of the event before going to the Start. Note that courses 1 & 2 require a dibber that can record more than 30 controls. There will be a charge of £25 for a lost hire dibber.

Starts from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. You can turn up at the start at any time between these times to start. A one minute interval will be left between participants on the same course so you may need to wait before you can start.

Courses close at 4:00 p.m.

Start – 5 minutes walk south of Concordia Leisure Centre.
Finish – (Manned) East of Manor Walks Shopping Centre. Taped return to Concordia Leisure Centre.

First Aid will be located at Assembly at Concordia Leisure Centre with communication from the finish.
Maps: The map for all courses is A3 size at a scale of 1:4,000. Courses 1 & 2 will be double sided.

Courses	Classes	Provisional straight line course lengths subject to final controlling. Actual distances using optimal routes (+~ 33%).
1 Dibber capacity >30 needed	Men Open (M18 – 35)	8.05 km.
2 Dibber capacity >30 needed	Women Open (W18 – 35) Veteran Men (M40+)	6.89 km.
3	Super Veteran Men (55+) Veteran Women (W40+)	4.94 km.
4	Ultra Veteran Men (M65+) Super Veteran Women (W55+)	4.15 km.
5	Hyper Veteran Men (M75+) Ultra Veteran Women (W65+) Hyper Veteran Women (W75+)	2.84 km.
6	Junior Men (M16-) Junior Women(W16-)	4.24 km.
7	Young Junior Men (M12-) Young Junior Women (W12-)	1.99 km.

Organiser Mary Rack m.rack@AOL.com
Planner Patrick Smyth
Controller Allen Banister – Northern Navigators

Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport.  A comprehensive 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.
First Aid will be located at Assembly at Concordia Leisure Centre with communication from the finish.
Be aware of urban hazards – traffic, cycles, pedestrians particularly at blind corners.
Please take care of yourself and others.

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Please note: Because of a technical issue, which cannot be speedily remedied, GPS traces will record off line. We apologise for this and suggest you try the Autofit facility to mitigate this.
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