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- Date:
- Registration opens: 10:00 am closes: 11:00 am
- Starts from: 10:00 am
Fourth in series of low key local Saturday morning 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.
Details of Afternoon Workshop Session in Event Course Planning
Terrain: Coast, Harbour, Village streets, River valley
Travel: Car:
From Blyth take the A193 as far as the roundabout in Seaton Sluice and seek parking.
From A189 Newcastle to Cramlington take A192/A1061 to join A193 southbound as above.
From Whitley Bay take A193 to Seaton Sluice.
From Seaton Delaval A190 The Avenue leads past Seaton Delaval Hall to the seafront roundabout.
In the southern half of the village turn off A193 at the Co-op store, left at the T-jct, 1st right and right again.Parking: Elwin Close NE26 4DG ///choice.intervals.chip
Google Maps Residential street parking with consideration, please.Bus: 308 (Arriva) / 309 (Go NE) Newcastle > Whitley Bay > Blyth to Co-op store. (0.4 km. to start)
Note that each company’s tickets are no longer interchangeable
X7 (Arriva) Newcastle > S. Gosforth > S. Delaval > Blyth to just before seafront roundabout (Fountainhead) (1.3 km. to start)Cycle: Coastal route Tynemouth > Whitley Bay > Blyth (Northbound use approach to St. Mary’s Island turning onto cycle track at first car park. Avoid A193.
Alternative from Churchill Fields to the Avenue west of Delaval Hall and then towards the sea. (This stretch has some surface issues on the shared pavement.) Turn in at the Co-op and then as above.Registration: TBC
Entry: Senior £5.00 Junior £2.00 Family £5.00 on the day only. Please provide exact change. A card reader will be available.
Large groups should give prior notice, please.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.
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. Best three scores count.
Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport. Risks have been assessed and mitigated as far as possible. However, participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. Be aware of and courteous to other park users, cyclists, dog walkers and children.
Note that non-members are not covered by insurance against claims against them for damage or injury to others and their property.