Thursday 10/10/2024 – Evening MapRun – Gloucester Centre 2024

A combination of typical city centre streets, some more residential areas, the Gloucester Docks, and Alney island Reserve, which is mainly rough grassland, with a few bits of wood, and a good path network.

Starts from 18:00 to 18:30. If you think you'll struggle to make that start window, email the organiser to let him know, and we can extend starts a bit.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are now open, and will stay open until midnight on Wednesday 9th October. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this, and ideally bring cash, although we do now have an available card reader.

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!

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

The Start and Finish are located in the same place at the car park entrance

• 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 your 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.

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.

Under 16s must be accompanied at all times.

Traffic around the city will be very busy, so great care is needed when crossing roads. This is particularly so when crossing to and from Alney Island. Depending on your route choices, there are routes which take you over or under the main routes around the western edge of the city. There is a footbridge into the centre of the large roundabout/circulatory system next to the car park, but crossing out of it at the far end does entail crossing two carriageways, so take great care there. You MUST use the footbridge over the river if crossing close to Westgate Retail park and Riverside Gym towards the North Westerly controls on the course; there are no pavements on the road bridges there.

Likewise you will encounter plenty of pedestrians in the city. Take particular care when turning corners or emerging from paths and alleys, and be courteous to people you meet.

A head torch is advised if you are starting late, at least for Alney Island.

Some of the footpaths on the island, although dry and free from undergrowth, have in the past been trampled by cattle and are very hard, and uneven underfoot.

There are some controls in the docks, so car is needed alongside the deep water basins.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

Orienteering is an adventure sport, and you are responsible for your own safety.