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- Date:
- Registration opens: 6:00 pm closes: 7:00 pm
- Starts from: 6:00 pm
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Third 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: Coastal paths and urban streets.
Travel: Google
Parking: Roadside parking at the south end (Tynemouth Rd) or north end (King Edward Rd) of the Park
Park Tce and Park Ave are narrow and congested.
Registration: At the side entrance to Northumberland Park where Park Tce meets Park Ave. These streets run between A193 Tynemouth Road alongside the west edge of the park to Linskill Terrace and King Edward Rd. ///forms.speaks.paints
By bus: GNE 301 Newcastle > Wallsend > N.Shields > Tynemouth Rd (Park) > Whitley Bay (300 m.)
Arriva 306 Newcastle > Coast Road > North Shields Linskill Tce > Tynemouth (350 m.)
Metro: Tynemouth (leave by main entrance, turn right. As the road curves left find the footpath ahead between stone wall and metal fence to Tynemouth Rd which follow just beyond the Park and turn right and right again. (~1 km.) (N.B. NOT Northumberland Park metro))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.Facilities:
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. 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.
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