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16/03/2023 Evening MapRun – Ross North 2023

16/03/2023 Evening MapRun – Ross North 2023
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16/03/2023 - Ross 2023

This event has been postponed to Thursday 16th March

We kick off the 2023 MapRun season, and our new MapRun League, with a return to Ross-on-Wye, last used back in 2019. This course, planned by Dan Sandford, covers the more Northerly part of the town, leaving scope for a further run perhaps in the Spring or Summer when we can use the town centre and more Southerly parts, and maybe mimic last year's Tewkesbury run with an ISSPROM orienteering map and a busy multiplicity of controls around the town.

Enter on Fabian4.co.uk by midnight on Wednesday 15th March Enter Online

 

Officials

Organiser: Pat Macleod; Planner: Dan Sandford Queries? email Pat Macleod

Directions and Parking

Parkng is in the nearby Wilton Road Pay and Display car park. The Pay and Display car park is free after 6pm, but costs £1 for 24hours, and you can pay by phone if necessary, before then.

What Three Words: ///boggles.banquets.mammals

Grid Reference: SO592240

Click on the running man on the map below, and then the Direction icon icon to get directions to the course.

The Area

Typical mix of suburban and town centre streets and alleyways, but taking in Wilton village, as well as the northernmost suburbs across the A40, and new estates popping up in the North east of the town. The course is planned to avoid most, though not all, off road paths, so the going should generally be fairly dry, despite the recent wet weather. There is one public footpath, just across the Wye from the start, in Wilton, which has no footpath sign, but is valid, and is labelled as such on your map.

Timing and Fees

Starts from 1830 to 1900.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: this is open until midnight on Wednesday 15 March. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this!


Enter Online

Entry fees: £5 seniors, £2 juniors. Competitors aged under-16 must be accompanied. The fee covers third party liability insurance, a map printed on waterproof paper, and post-run cake!

We may or may not be able to take card payments, so bring cash if planning to enter on the day.

The course

It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app:

  • Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.

  • Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.

  • Checkpoints 21-30 are worth 30 points.

Score as many points as you can within an hour. If you’re late getting back, there’s a 10 point penalty per minute over.

You'll be issued with a waterproof map, A4, scale 1:10,000, before you start.

Please make sure you’ve installed MapRun6 before the event. If you haven’t used MapRun before, don’t worry – it’s easy to use, and we have full details on getting started.

You should download the course to your phone ideally before coming to the event, as sometimes there is little or no phone signal once there. You can download it by scanning this QR code below with your MapRun6 phone,

Ross 2023 QR code

by tapping this link on your MapRun6 phone, or by using the Select Event button in MapRun6 and navigating to the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder.

MapRunG (Garmin watch) users: if you have MapRun6 or later, you do not need the event PIN number to download the course to your watch. This means you can download the course before your arrive at the event, in case there is no phone signal there.

Safety

    Reflective clothing and a headtorch are essential.
  • The course crosses a number of significant thrugh routes in the town, so take particular care when crossing these. The A40 is strictly out of bounds, and is marked so on your map with red crosses.
  • Under 16s must be accompanied.
  • A First Aid kit will be available at registration

Although all legal Covid restrictions have ceased, you should NOT attend if you are Covid positive, or suspect you are.