Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Chedworth
This is a new venue for us, deep into the Cotswolds. Chedworth is a rural and pretty place with a very good network of lanes and paths for you to explore.
NOTE to all MAPRUNNERS. You must be using MapRun v7 to run this course. It is just called MapRun. If you have MapRun6 or MapRunF please remove them and install just plain Maprun.
Entries will open soon and will close at midnight on Tuesday 6th May .
Officials
Planner/Organiser: Greg Best Queries? email Greg
Directions and Parking
Parking is at the village hall, which has ample space.
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Grid Ref: SP053113
The Start and Finish are adjacent.
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The Area
The pretty Cotswold village of Chedworth offers us a different kind of Maprun. Instead of tarmac and suburbs, think fields, footpaths, streams, clumps of trees and some very quiet country lanes. The village straggles in an attractive way along a valley side. Most visitors to this area come for its more well-known Roman villa, but mostly they miss out on the delights of the village that you will get to know.
Note that some of the footpaths across fields are not always clear on the ground. However, field boundaries have been added to the map in places where these are most needed to help with navigation.
Timing and Fees
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 will open soon, and will stay open until midnight on Tuesday 6th May. 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, plus £1 for unaffiliated (to British Orienteering) runners, £2 juniors (no added fee for unaffiliated 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!
The course
It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app.
The Start and Finish are located adjacent to the parking area.
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Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.
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Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.
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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.
Links to download the course will appear here when the course is published, at least 2 weeks before race day.
MapRunG (Garmin) and MapRunA (Apple) users: 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
Under 16s must be accompanied at all times.
Most of the course is on paths and extremely quiet rural roads.
A head torch will not be necessary, but bright coloured clothing is recommended.
A first aid kit will be available at registration.
Orienteering is an adventure sport, and you are responsible for your own safety.