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04/08/2022 Evening MapRun – Cleddon 2022

04/08/2022 Evening MapRun – Cleddon 2022
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04/08/2022 - Cleddon 2022

Although there have been a couple of informal MapRuns in the Wye Valley Forests, this will be our first series race on the West side of the Wye below Monmouth. Cleddon area is located above Tintern and Llandogo in the Wye Valley. We will be using a standard orienteering map, but controls are all on or near paths, direct routes generally not advised at this time of year, and shorts acceptable.

Enter on Fabian4.co.uk by midnight on Tuesday 2nd August Enter Online

 

Officials

Organiser/Planner: Dave Andrews. Queries? email Dave Andrews

Directions and Parking

Parking and assembly are in Whitestone car park, which can be reached from either Llandogo or Tintern Parva,

What Three Words: ///arena.birdcage.bubble

Grid Reference: SO522028

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

The Area

Mixed woodland, with a good path network, and some recovering heathland. As usual with MapRuns, controls are all on or near paths, so although a standard orienteering map is used, rather than the more usual Open Orienteering Map, navigation should be much as it is for other MapRuns, and direct routes are invariably not worth attempting at this time of year!

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 Tuesday 2 August. 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,

Cleddon 2022 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, 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 is largely located in an urban environment necessitating many road crossings, so under 16s must be accompanied.
  • One or two sections of road have no pavement either side. Take particular care on these.

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