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22/06/2023 – Evening MapRun – Yorkley and Oldcroft

22/06/2023 – Evening MapRun – Yorkley and Oldcroft
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22/06/2023 - Yorkley and Oldcroft 2023

This is another half and half course, or perhaps a 60/40 one, 60% forest, 40% in the largely linear villages of Yorkley and Oldcroft. In order to fit a suitable race extent onto an A4 page the map is rotated about 45 degrees, so the the North lines run diagonally across the map, from lower left to upper right. In addition, the base map scale is 1:12,500 but the printed map is a standard A4 page at 1:10,000 print scale.

Enter on Fabian4.co.uk by midnight on Wednesday 21 June. Enter Online

 

Officials

Organiser: Pat Macleod

Directions and Parking

Parking is alongside Yorkley Cricket club ground, just off the minor road from Viney Hill towards Yorkley and Parkend.The best approach is from the A48 between Lydney and Blakeney, turning up the hill towards Viney Hill on the brow of the hill and short section of dual carriageway just South of Blakeney. If approaching from the West/Parkend/Speech House, head for Yorkley and continue on the main road through the village until you see the cricket ground on your right. Please park fairly close to the road, and not on the grass opposite the houses adjacent to the start, to avoid upsetting the locals(though it is common land!).

Postcode: GL15 4NR

What Three Words: ///liberty.fiery.corrode

Grid Ref: SO645067

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

The Area

Yorkley and Oldcroft are spread along a minor road with fairly small side roads and an estate either side. Much of the course is in the nearby forest, part of the Danby Lodge map. There has been extensive clear felling and thinning over much of this area, with the clear fell now bounded by uncrossable fences, but with the main rights of way through these preserved for public access. There are extensive dog walkers' paths, but few MTB trails. To the West of the villages is an area of open fields and pasture, but there are few controls therein, due to lack of usable paths, and a dangerous and narrow corner on one road out of Yorkley. Controls are so located as to minimise the likelihood of anyone choosing the paths which cross that road at that point!

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 Wedesday 21st June. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this!

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 MapRun before the event. If installing MapRun for the first time, select the MapRun app from yor app store, and not MapRunF or MapRun6. MapRun, which is in practise Maprun v7, is now the standard app. 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. Links to enable download will appear here when the course is published, a week or two before the day.

You can download the course by scanning this QR code,

 or by tapping this link on your MapRun phone, or by using the Select Event button in MapRun 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

  • The course covers both woodland and street areas, although almost all roads are very quite residential streets with little traffic. Nevertheless take care when running on or across these.
  • The going should be reasonably good on most paths, but be aware of possible brambles and nettles in some areas, as well as mud on one or two forest paths. Some paths recently used by heavy machinery are rutted and uneven, especially if dry.
  • 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.