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- Registration opens: 10:00 am closes: 11:00 am
- Starts from: 10:00 am
Photos: Mike Broadhurst
First of 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.
Yellow and Orange on the roads/paths within the village. (Distances [subject to revision} 2.0km & 2.7km)
Red (Long Orange) ventures into the Riverside Park. (Distance 4.3 km. but optimal route circa 5.3 km. – again subject to revision}.Travel: Wylam is signed from A69 and A695 at Crawcrook.
Bus: Bus: Tynedale Links 684 (GoNorthEast) Hexham to Newcastle
Tynedale Links 686 (GoNorthEast) Prudhoe – Crawcrook – Wylam
Rail: Northern Rail to Wylam Station hourly from Newcastle and Hexham.Parking: Start/Finish in the Old Station car park (NE41 8DZ) ~ ///spice/unwound/relished
Parking in this car park is likely to be limited. There is a car park at the railway station and ample on-street parking on Elm Bank Road. There is also on-street parking in Wylam generally.
Map scale 1:7,500 and 5m contours.
Facilities:
Public toilets in the Jubilee Playing Fields approximately 300m west of the start/finish area.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.Starts: From 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Courses close at 12:00 noon. All participants should return to registration by that time when the markers will be removed..
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 which will be downloaded off site. Timing tickets will be issued at download.
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 take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.
Please bring your own requirement of water.