08/08/2024 – Evening MapRun – Cirencester 2024

Cirencester is a market town which lies on the river Churn. It has the Church of St John The Baptist at the centre, which is one of the largest parish churches in the country. Behind the church is the Abbey grounds and on the south side of town is the remains of a Roman amphitheatre. There will be controls in both these areas as well as others in the housing estates, parks, woodland, meadow and footpaths around the traditional town centre. There will be the opportunity to see Roman remains and a mosaic depending on your route choice.

It’s a long course, so route choice decisions will be key to getting the most points. We are not expecting anyone to clear all the controls within an hour.

Cirencester Park is closed to visitors in the evenings, so marked as out of bounds. The main A429 around the town is also marked as uncrossable and must not be crossed. Please cross at the marked underpasses and footbridges.

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 7th August. 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.

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.

Due to the fact the area includes roads juniors under 16s must be accompanied for insurance reasons.

The main A429 around the town is also marked as uncrossable and must not be crossed. Please cross at the marked underpasses and footbridges.

Please be mindful of users in the area, in particular when running in, entering or emerging from narrow lanes and alleyways.

Orienteering is an adventure sport. All runners take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.

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