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MDOC members launch smartphone ‘O’ website
A range of smartphone orienteering courses in and around south Manchester are now available via a dedicated website thanks to the efforts of MDOC members Ian Watson, Peter Ross and Doug Edwards during lockdown. The courses use the latest version of the MapRun app that was trialled at last season's night street league, MapRunF.
Challenges include finding as many postboxes in your area as you can in an hour and navigating the streets of Altrincham on a map drawn 120 years ago.
For full details, go to the Manchester Navvies website - https://navvies.org.uk
MDOC finish in 5th place in online TORUS competition
Congratulations to all MDOC members who took part in the online T.O.R.U.S. Cup 2020 (TempO Online Races Ultimate Series), and in particular Ben Kyd who finished 7th overall after 8 rounds. MDOC finished in 5th place overall behind clubs from Italy, Slovakia, Germany and Finland.
Permanent Orienteering Course video
Yesterday a video was launched which introduces Permanent Orienteering Courses (POCs): https://youtu.be/y4yfyUwkUxw
The 5-minute piece was compiled by Katherine Bett and Sarah Brown for British Orienteering and the Orienteering Foundation.
It includes a breakdown of the GMOA map of Boggart Hole Clough, with an explanation of what type of feature each colour represents.
MDOC victory in online TempO
Congratulations to Ben Kyd for winning round 7 of the international online TempO Cup “TORUS”. He left multiple World and European TempO champions and medallists in his wake. FootO specialists are also taking part, notably Severin Howald of the Swiss National team and Alessio Tenani from Italy.
http://www.yq.cz/trail-o/TempO/tempo.cgi
Click on the check box and then on “MDOC” beside Ben’s name for all MDOC results.
First steps back to O
Orienteering’s governing body British Orienteering (BOF) has announced (14 May 2020) that individuals and households in England and the Isle of Man can begin taking part in certain types of orienteering activity following the Coronavirus lockdown. These need to be undertaken without breaking physical distancing and anti-Covid19 hygiene rules.
BOF's full guidance can be downloaded here. It includes a code of conduct for orienteers to clarify our responsibilities to each other and the wider public.
Activities appropriate for MDOC
Activities appropriate for MDOC’s mapped areas could include permanent orienteering courses (POCs) in public parks, MapRun and Countryside Score courses where the mapped areas visited are open to the public and physical distancing can be safely observed.
There will be no club-based activity involving other members or orienteering equipment at this stage and all activity will take place at your own risk.