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- Date:
- Registration opens: 6:00 pm closes: 7:00 pm
- Starts from: 6:00 pm
Change of venue from earlier publicity
Fourth 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: Ponteland Park alongside the River Pont and surrounding streets for longer courses.
Travel: Ponteland is on the A696 Newcastle – Jedburgh road, 3 km. N.W. of Newcastle Airport.
Northbound turn left off Main Street (A696) just beyond Waitrose and immediately look left to Car Park.
Bus: X78 from Eldon Sq. via Kenton Bankfoot to Memorial Hall, Darras Rd. Short walk connections could be made from the Metro at Bankfoot. Limited evening bus service.Parking: Memorial Hall, Darras Road, Ponteland, NE20 9NX Google Maps ///mainframe.copiers.sweetly
Registration, start & finish will be in the Memorial Hall Cark 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.Facilities: None (Toilets Merton Way close 5:00 p.m.)
Courses:
Yellow (1.5 – 2.0 km.) ~ Orange (2.0 – 3.0 km.) ~ Long Orange (3.5 – 5.0 km.).
Parents note: Courses may follow an unfenced waterway.
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. Parents note: Courses may follow an unfenced waterway.
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.