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SUMMARY:MV evening score at Buchan Country Park
DESCRIPTION:update 17:20: event is on\, all controls are out. No significant problems in the forest\, although it is a little damp\, and slippery in places – wear your best studs/spikes! Car park is fine. Driving conditions on the way to the event are not great\, there is a lot of surface water. Long delays on the badly drained A264 Horsham/Cranleigh road. \nMole Valley invite you to revisit (the western part of) the scene of the British Middle Distance Championships\, also used for our recent Festive Event. \nPart of the “Kent Night Cup” series\, but you don’t have to be competing in that series to enjoy this event. Come to that\, you don’t have to go to Kent to compete in the series\, this event is in Sussex\, just over the Surrey border\, and there are events in SE London too. \nEntries\nOnline only. Now open on racesignup. Reduced price for the first four people to agree to collect controls (five each).\nMap have been printed\, but you can still enter until midnight on Wednesday 14th\, or when maps maps run out if earlier (racesignup will stop you entering if there are no more maps). \nDirections/parking\nFree parking at the main Buchan Country Park car park\, accessed from the westbound carriageway (only) of the A2220 Horsham Road on the western fringes of Crawley. No “O” signs\, look instead for permanent brown “Buchan Country Park” signposts. The car park is usually locked overnight\, but will be especially opened for us between 18:50 and 19:20\, and again after the event.\nOS grid TQ245347; GPS 51.0982\,-0.2220; What3Words arrow.front.grace\nPostcode RH11 9HQ might work\, or it might take you to the A264\, from which there is no access. \nPublic transport\nBreezehurst Drive West bus stop 500m\, Ifield railway station 3.1km\, Crawley railway station 3.6km\, Gatwick Airport 9.3km.\nMetrobus 10 may be useful for getting to Breezehurst Dr W from Crawley railway station (bus stop easily found just outside the railway station) or Gatwick Airport railway station (bus stop hard to find).\nFrom the Breezehurst Dr W bus stop\, head due south and pick up a tarmac footpath which leads to a footbridge over the A2220 and directly into the Country Park car park. (If using a phone SatNav\, Google doesn’t know this route\, but Mapy does). \nFacilities\nNone (the toilets will be closed overnight). There are toilets available at Pease Pottage Service Area\, off junction 11 of the M23. \nTerrain\nMostly deciduous woodland\, with a couple of lakes. Bracken has largely died down\, and is not mapped. Brambles are present in some areas\, and are mostly well mapped. Controls are in the nicer bits. The area is not flat\, but there are no large hills or very steep slopes. Major paths are as mapped\, minor paths change continually. Hides are not mapped.\nOngoing forestry work has added some horizontal tree-trunks to hop over\, and flattened some of the undergrowth. The planner hasn’t yet found any area that has been rendered significantly more difficult to pass through.\nBuchan is bounded by the A264\, private land and a golf course. \nPrecautions\nTorch and a backup compulsory. A mobile phone with a light will do for backup provided it has adequate battery – carrying a phone is recommended anyway. An emergency phone number (ICE) will be printed on the map. Cagoules\, hat & gloves may be compulsory if the weather is bad. Please ensure that you clear and check your SI dibber before starting (we use the check box to know who has started) and please download as soon as possible after finishing. \nThe usual orienteering hazards are present\, including trees anxious to trip you up or poke your eye out\, and various unevennesses underfoot. There are lakes with deep water\, and the local Angling club are expected to be present. Be aware of fishing equipment projecting over the paths around the lakes. Please don’t upset them by tripping over their rods or falling in the water. \nIn the case of extreme bad weather\, the event may be cancelled. The most likely cause would be high winds leading to a risk of falling trees. If in doubt\, please check the Mole Valley website. \nFormal COVID-19 restrictions are a thing of the past\, but please stay away if you suspect you may have a contagious disease\, and respect any desire of others for social distancing. \nJuniors\nWelcome subject to permission from parent/guardian. \nDogs\nIf under control. Must be kept out of the lakes to avoid upsetting the anglers. \nMap\n1:5\,000\, 5m contours\, ISOM 2017 (ie standard “forest” map)\, by Mike Elliot\, dated 2023 with 2025 updates. (Control-free) map courtesy of the O-Tools website.\nMaps will be printed on A4 waterproof paper. No legend on map. Separate/loose control descriptions are not provided. \nFormat\nA one-hour score event with a mass start at 19:30. 20 controls\, numbered 90 to 109 which may be visited in any order. You score 10 points for each control visited\, and lose 10 points for each minute\, or part of a minute\, late back. \nTo keep the faster people occupied for an hour\, there will be bonus points available. You get an extra 10 points for consecutively punching 2 controls with the same last digit. Thus the sequence 90 – 101 – 100 – 91 scores 40 points for 4 controls\, but 90 – 100 – 101 – 91 scores 60 because of the bonuses for punching 90 & 100 and 101 & 91  consecutively. \nThis scoring system is sometime known as dumbbells because if you draw a lines between pairs of controls\, they look like dumbbells. I haven’t drawn a complete line this time\, as it clutters the map too much\, but I have attached a short line to each control circle in the direction of its pair. \nTo reiterate\, this is NOT one of those events where you have to visit all your 90’s before 100’s or vice versa. You can jump about between 90’s and 100’s as much you like and each control will score. If you are not going for bonus points\, the control codes do not matter at all. \nPunching will be with SI. SIAC (touch-free punching) should be enabled\, so be careful if you pass close to a control that you do not want to punch because it would break a sequence. If you visit a control twice\, only the first visit will be count for scoring purposes. \nSI dibbers (the old type\, not SIAC) are available to hire via the entries system. \nPlease download as soon as you have finished (or given up) to avoid the organiser having a nervous breakdown while organising a search party for you. \nApres-O\nOptional post-event recuperation and announcement of results at Nando’s\, Crawley. OS grid TQ268372; GPS 51.1203\,-0.1893; What3Words react.firmly.colleague; postcode RH10 8LR. Free parking in the adjacent Crawley Leisure Park car park\, accessed from either London Road or Ifield Avenue. No need to book\, just turn up.\nResults will also appear on the Mole Valley and Saxons websites in due course. \nNearest A&E Hospital\nEast Surrey Hospital\, Canada Avenue\, Redhill\, RH1 5RH\nPrincess Royal Hospital\, Lewes Road\, Haywards Heath\, RH16 4EX may be a more convenient direction for some. \nOrganiser/planner\nIan Ditchfield (MV)   mvocevent@gmail.com \nInsurance\nIf you’re not currently a member of British Orienteering\, you won’t be covered by the organisation’s public liability insurance for this event. For example\, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event\, you would not be covered. You’re very welcome to take part\, but please be aware that you do so at your own risk. \nEven for members\, British Orienteering insurance does not cover you for injury or damage to yourself or your own property. \nYou compete at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety
URL:https://mvoc.org/event/mv-knc-2026/
CATEGORIES:KNC,Local
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SUMMARY:MV evening street score at Esher
DESCRIPTION:This is the fifth event of a series of 8 winter evening Street Orienteering events MVOC are organising on a monthly basis from September to April. Each event will be a 1-hour or 40 minute score event and a league table will be compiled from the results of each event as they proceed. The best 5 results from the 8 events will determine the final league positions. There will be a trophy for the first male competitor and The Lois Exell trophy will be presented to the first female competitor at or soon after the final event. \nTo take part in this event: Pre-enter at racesignup.co.uk \nThis event will app-based only using MapRun. Please ensure you have the latest version of MapRun installed and the course is downloaded to your phone before you arrive. Details of how to obtain a copy of the app and how it works can be found here \nDownload the course onto the app by clicking on ‘Select Event\, and following the menu path UK > Mole Valley > StreetO 25/26 Series. The course will not be visible on your phone until you receive the PIN number at Registration on the night. There are no written answers required with MapRun and your result will be automatically downloaded when you finish. The full procedure will be explained at Registration. You can also use a Garmin watch with the MapRunG app installed and the course loaded.  \nRegistration: The Wheatsheaf pub\, 40 Esher Grn\, Esher KT10 8AG \nStart location: Close to the pub \nPublic transport: 1 mile walk from Esher station \nParking: reasonably sized pub car park\, and plenty of car parks in town \nMap: 1;10\,000 scale and printed on waterproof paper. \nEquipment required:  Smartphone with MapRun installed and course downloaded in advance (see above); watch or timepiece; torch or head torch; whistle in case of an emergency/injury. High visibility clothing. \nEntry Fee: £3.50 to all BOF members\, £5.50 to non-BOF members. Juniors under 16 are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult and the pairing will be charged the appropriate adult fee (above). Free to Mole Valley OC members and ‘Supporters”. \nStarts: Starts between 6.30pm and 7.30pm (no need to book an exact start time). \nScore Event: “Score” just means that there is no set course. Your map will show a number of controls\, but you don’t have to visit them all. You get points for each control you do visit and lose points if you take more than an hour. This year we are also offering a 40 minute score (same controls) where the net score is multiplied by 150% for inclusion in the results. \nLast minute changes: Please visit the MV website before travelling to check for last minute changes mvoc.org \nResults: provisional live on the app and final version on the club website as soon as possible. \nThis event is planned and organised by Alex Kendall \nYou are responsible for your own safety and you take part in this event at your own risk. \nImportant: Non-members are not insured under British Orienteering’s public liability policy. By entering this event\, you acknowledge that you are participating at your own Risk.
URL:https://mvoc.org/event/mv-2026-01/
LOCATION:The Wheatsheaf\,\, 40 Esher Green\,\, Esher\, KT10 8AG
CATEGORIES:Local,Street O
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