Summer Series at Mote Park

Sun 16 Jul 2017

Type of event: Local, Score
Type of terrain: Parkland

Info updated: Mon 17 Jul

Results

Pre Event Info

Location

map

Nearest town: Maidstone

Directions / Parking

Follow Brown direction signs to Mote Park main car park. Nearest postcode ME14 5SS 

Parking fee £2 (up to 6 hours)

Registration & Start Times

From 10.15am adjacent to the main Mote Park car park (near the childrens play area, toilets and café). Look out for the blue & purple 'Saxons' feather-style banner.

Mass Start at 11:00am

Help will be given to newcomers to explain the map and the course. Please make yourself known

Course Information

Checkpoints ('controls') will be positioned on features in the Park - Seats, fences, paths, depressions etc. These will be marked on the map supplied.

45 minute ‘Score’ format for beginners and improvers – How many can you find in the time available? No worries if you can't locate a control - move on to another one.

60 minute ‘Score’ race for experienced orienteers – 20 controls numbered 90 - 109, 10 points per control. 10 Bonus points when two consecutive controls have units that add up to 10, eg 94-106. Sequence 92-108-102 scores 50 points (3 x 10 points plus 2 x 10 points bonus). Maximum score 330 points. Penalty 10 points per minute/part-minute beyond 60 minutes

Courses close at 12:30pm

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

Enter on the day.  Adults £4,  Juniors £1,  Dibber hire £1 (records your time & controls visited)

You can compete in a group or family if you prefer.

Please email the Organiser if you intend coming, so we can estimate roughly how many maps to print.

Some spares will be printed if you forget to email us.

Terrain Description

Mote Park is an undulating park area with a lake and various pockets of woodland. The Courses will make use of the excellent path network at Mote Park and the runnable open ground and woodland trails.

Facilities

Cafe, toilets

Dogs allowed?

Well behaved dogs allowed.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser/Planner: Mark Glaisher

Important Information

Health, safety and other important information related to events.

If you have pre-existing helath issues that you feel the organiser should know about please fill in this medical form.

 

Covid-19:

Before travelling to any orienteering event please make sure you are aware of and following British Orienteering guidelines. 

To ensure that we comply with these guidelines and make our events Covid secure and safe for participants and volunteers, all events will be pre-entry and pre-payment only.

During the on-line entry process, you will select your preferred start window from those available for your course. You must then make payment to reserve your start window. Please do not turn up at the event unless you have pre-entered. If you need help with the registration process please contact the event organiser.

On event day turn up for your allocated start slot

Please move away from the map box after collecting your map.

At control sites do not touch the control, and move through quickly.

Do not congregate at the Finish.

At Download please get your breath back and recover before downloading.

Saxons volunteers are very happy to help beginners understand the courses, maps and timing equipment used at our events. To get advice please contact coaching@saxons-oc.org at least 3 days before the event, or go to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/saxons.oc and ask questions there. It may be possible to arrange for somoene to meet you before your start.

For full BO Covid guidance click here

Ticks and Lyme Disease: Ticks are common in areas where we go orienteering, more information about ticks.

Training and help is available from qualified coaches. Please contact the organiser.

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Data Protection: Your personal information provided for this event or obtained from registration databases will be used to process your entry, publish results, check for missing runners and trace missing SI cards.