KNC 16 Sittingbourne & Milton Creek CP

Location

Nearest town: Sittingbourne

• Grid Ref:
• Postcode: ME10 2HA
• Latitude: 51.35514
• Longitude: 0.73945
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Directions / Parking

Nearest Postcode ME10 2HA       what3words ///fired.dusty.sides

We have been kindly granted permission to park in the Green Porch Parish Hall car park, immediately adjacent to the current main entrance to Milton Creek Country Park, at the end of Green Porch Close, just off Saffron Way (B2005), Kemsley, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HA. There is no car park charge. There is also a limited amount of on-street parking in Green Porch Close itself.

Note that the M2 junction 5 at the A249 is now fully open, from all directions. There are though various roadworks from the A249 at Bobbing turn-off towards Sittingbourne, so local advice is to ignore that junction, and continue northwards on the A249 for about 1.5 miles to the junction signposted to Kemsley/Grovehurst, and then follow that towards Sittingbourne.

Nearest Railway station: Sittingbourne - 1.2ml (2.0km).

Please be respectful of other people’s wishes to observe social distancing from the time you arrive at the event until you leave.

Please don’t deliberately bang off mud from your shoes in the car park or road.

Registration & Start Times

Registration: Pre-entry only via http://www.racesignup.co.uk  by 23:59 Wed 15 February (day before event).

This will require details for safety purposes

No Registration on the night.

Mass Start 7.30pm (consider social distancing). Please arrive in good time (by 7:20pm), as the Start will be a short walk inside Milton Creek Country Park.

Course Information

60 minute Score Course suitable for all abilities.

20 controls: numbered 90 – 109; visit as many as you can. 10 points per control.

Paired Controls Bonus points: Each control in the range 90 – 99 is paired with its respective number in the range 100-109 (ie 90 with 100, 91 with 101 etc). Visiting both controls in the pair together in either sequence (without any other controls in between), will earn a bonus of 10 points per pair. So that’s 100 Bonus points to be had, in addition to the regular 200 points, thereby a maximum of 300 points in total.

10 points penalty per minute/part minute beyond 60 minutes.

There will be a one-off novelty B prize for the best finishing competitor who gets absolutely NO Bonus points (either accidentally or deliberately).

Controls will be collected from 8.40pm (course closing time).

Juniors (age 15 or younger) are welcome to take part but must be accompanied by an adult (condition of British Orienteering insurance for Street events)

Map: Milton Creek Country Park at 1:4000 scale, 2.5m contours. Paired controls will be shown joined by a line.

Maps will be printed on A3 waterproof paper.

Controls will be SIAC enabled. Separate/loose control descriptions will not be provided.

Bright headtorches used by competitors should not be shone in to households potentially upsetting the young or elderly occupants.  Move promptly away from the control after punching.  Please be courteous to the public.

After your run, please Download as normal, considering social distancing. Timing printouts will be provided, and the results will be available at the pub afterwards, and on the Saxons website (normally next day).

If you are able to help collect controls in afterwards, please do volunteer.

Explanation of Score courses

You don't have to visit all the controls! There is usually a time limit, instead of a set course. Points are scored for visiting controls, and deducted for finishing over the time limit. You decide which controls to visit, and in which sequence. Sometimes controls have different points values. You will need to carry a watch or phone, so you know how long you have been out.

Entry Details

Pre-entry only via http://www.racesignup.co.uk

Seniors (British Orienteering members) £5, Non-members of BO £7.         

Juniors & students £3 (BO or non-BO).

Group: £10 (1 dibber; map for each participant) (BO or non-BO).   

Dibber loan (non SIAC): Free.

Some sort of torch (eg headtorch) is essential, plus a small backup/reserve light, eg on a mobile phone. There is limited street lighting in some parts of the Urban areas, but no lighting in the Country Park itself.

Wearing High Visibility clothing is strongly advised – due to the various minor road crossings that you will undertake. You will need to look after your car keys yourself (eg carry in zipped pocket or waist strap).

An Emergency contact number will be printed on the map. Carrying a mobile phone is strongly recommended. You can let us know if you are lost or late, and we can contact you, if you have not returned.

Terrain Description

Approximately half Urban and half Parkland – so road running shoes may be a preferable choice of footwear.

Urban area – streets, tarmacked pavements, paths, grassed public open spaces and small areas of woodland.

Parkland – established gravel and grass paths, amidst small areas of woodland. Some paths in the Country Park can become very waterlogged during wet weather, and there are a couple of muddy minor paths in one particular woodland area.

Facilities

Toilets are adjacent to the Start in the Country Park itself.

Apres-O & Prizegiving afterwards: from 8:45pm at the Apple Bobbing Brewers Fayre pub. Bobbing Corner, Sheppey Way, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8RZ. This is 1.9ml (3.0km) from the Country Park. Please state on race entry form, if you expect to come to the pub, so we can adjust the numbers on the provisional booking.

Classic pub food menu: https://www.brewersfayre.co.uk/en-gb/main-menu/brewers_fayre_main_menu_band5.pdf  Order and pay for food and drinks at the bar. Food is served until 10pm.

Contacts / Officials

Planner & Organiser: John Cross 07594 441089