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2024 Summer Series event 2: Tolworth Court Farm Fields
Thursday, 27 June 2024 @ 18:30 - 20:40
Entry: Racesignup.co.uk. £3 seniors (£5 if not British Orienteering members), £2 juniors (£3 if not BOF members), or £4 for newcomer pairs/groups/families
Meeting point and Après-O: Registration in the beer garden of the William Bourne pub, Moor Lane, Chessington, KT9 2BQ – map. You will be able to leave your bags during your run. We encourage you to make use of the pub’s food and refreshments for a social after, as they are providing us space for free.
Getting there: The pub is ~10-minute walk from Chessington North railway station. Bus routes serving Nearby stops are 71, 418, 467 and 671. There is a small car park available at the pub and on street parking available a short distance away on Moor Lane and surrounding roads.
Courses:1-hour score. “Score” means there is no set course. Your map will show several controls, you choose which and how many to visit. You get points for each control you do visit and lose points if you take more than an hour.
Starts: from 18:30 to 19:30. Courses close 20:40.
Format: exclusively on the MapRun app – the app ‘beeps’ when you visit a control site. No physical controls located in the park and dibbers will not be used. This means using a smartphone with the MapRun app (latest is version 7), or load the MapRunG app onto a compatible Garmin watch. Details of how orienteering works with this app are here. You will download the course to the app ideally before you arrive: click on ‘Select Event’, and follow the menu path UK > Mole Valley > 2024 Summer Series. The course will not be visible on your phone until you receive the PIN number at the start. You upload your result when you finish. The full procedure will be explained at Registration.
Map: A4 1:7:500 scale waterproof orienteering map. Example (blank) map at registration. We can explain map colours and symbols to newcomers.
Terrain: A mixture of open grassland, riverside towpaths and urban. You will potentially go through long grass on the score course – leg cover advised.
Results: provisional live on the app and final on mvoc.org soon after the event. Rank on the score class contributes to summer series league points.
Event official: Organised and planned by Damien Hersey – if you have any questions contact Damien_hersey@live.co.uk.