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- Registration opens: 6:00 pm closes: 7:00 pm
- Starts from: 6:00 pm
Second in a series of low key local Wednesday evening 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.
Terrain: Mix of fast open grass moor, quiet residential streets and open public areas. Shorts are permitted; minimal undergrowth at the time of posting.
Orange and Long Orange courses cross Arlington Avenue / The Crossway, which is the main access road and a bus route, so more busy, although there are traffic speed restrictions. Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult.Travel: Car: From A1 Jct77 take A167 (“Newcastle (C)”). After the 2nd roundabout at the junction lights (opposite ALDI) turn into Greenhill View. Follow to the end, turning right at the moor edge (Fouracres Rd)
From City take A167 (“Jedburgh”) past the major Cowgate Junction. From the centre lane turn right at the junction lights (Opposite ALDI) into Greenhill View. Follow to the end, turning right at the moor edge (Fouracres Rd)
Parking & Registration: Fouracres Road, Cowgate, NE5 3AS ///dots.pint.firms. Park on Fouracres Road with consideration for residents, please.
Bus: 7 minutes from Eldon Square Bus Station to Cowgate, Ponteland Road – Greenhill View. Walk 0.2 miles: X47 / X78 / X79 / X87 / X88
Bicycle: 18 minutes from Newcastle, via Town Moor, Claremont Road and Nuns Moor Park.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, via the contact page.Courses: Yellow (2.8 km.) ~ Orange (3.3 km.) ~ Long Orange (5.3 km.). straight line distances.
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. Timing tickets will be issued at download.Starts: From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Courses close at 8:00 p.m. All participants should return to registration by that time when the markers will be removed..
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 are responsible for their own safety. 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 stopping should there be an incident.
Please bring your own requirement of water.