Thursday 26/09/2024 - Hereford NE 2024
Following the unusual Odds and Evens format at Newnham, we return to the traditional standard score format for this race around the North East quadrant of Hereford - the first time we have run in this part of the city.
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 are open now and will close at midnight on Wednesday 25th September.
Officials
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Directions and Parking
Parking is in the small car park alongside Queenswood Drive, on the North East edge of the city, with additional space if needed along Queenswood Drive itself.
What Three Words: ///inspector.assure.space
Grid Ref: SO535395
The Start and Finish are in the far corner of the car park furthest from the entrance.
The Area
Typical suburbia, mainly quiet residential streets, but as usual with some larger through routes where care is needed to cross.
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 are now open, and will stay open until midnight on Wednesday 25th September. 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!
The course
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
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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.
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
Due to the fact the area includes roads juniors under 16s must be accompanied for insurance reasons. There are various fairly busy roads crossing the event area, so you should take particular care when crossing these. There are pavements available throughout most of the built up area.
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.