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MapRun Summer Series extended until Sunday 4th October
The Summer Series is coming to an end with a short extension to Sunday 4th October (courtesy of the Navvies team). So if you have missed one, now is the time to visit the navvies site and get your map.
Peter Ross reviews the highlights so far, and asks 'What next?' ...
Wythenshawe Special
A special welcome to listeners of Radio Wythenshawe
We have two ways to start you Orienteering in Wythenshawe Park - using our Permanent Orienteering courses or using the MapRunF App on your smartphone.
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MapRun Summer Series 4 at Dovestone Reservoir available from 12th Sep
Dove Stone comprises three reservoirs situated in a steep ruggedly beautiful and popular valley just to the east of Greenfield. This time we offer three scatter courses on a traditional map on traditional moorland terrain.
Covid-safe Trial - Wythenshawe Park - Results
Wed 2nd Sep 2020
The Covid-safe event held at Wythenshawe Park on Wednesday evening provided some entertaining courses, two of which ventured outside the Park courtesy of a hybrid map that combined an updated Park map with the Night Street League map of the adjoining urban area.
Results, including the routes taken, can be found at http://maprunners.weebly.com/results.html
There is a summary of the results here.
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MapRun Summer Series 3 in Wythenshawe Park available from 29th August
The next of our Summer MapRun Series offers plenty of fun for orienteers and runners, both junior and more seasoned. The map is a hybrid, which for some courses includes both Park and Urban terrain. The Park is covered by a standard orienteering map and the urban area by a Night Street League style map. For those of you who have done one but not the other, now is the time to do them both on the same run.