A Manchester Mini O Fest - Bramhall Park

A Saturday mini festival of orienteering based in and around the lovely Bramhall Park.

Event Report, Spunch results and the TradO Planner's Comments are now available ...

Sat 11th Nov 2023

Type of event: Local, Score
Type of terrain: Parkland, Urban
Info updated: 15th Nov

Results

Event Report

Many thanks to all those of you who made it along to Bramhall Park today.

We hope you all enjoyed the sunshine, the setting and the sport, whichever course(s) you did.

Some of you really did big-it-up by including the Park Run too (much kudos to be had on Strava I suspect!)

A full match report along with the "thankyous" and all the course results will follow sometime tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are the links to the provisional Spunch course results.

Sometimes the results take a little while to load, but when you get there they are very comprehensive including Spunchpoints visited, distances covered, GPS tracks etc! If your result is not shown, it may be that you need to do a manual "Upload Database" from your MapRun app.

If any of you took any pics today that you are happy to be shared anonymously on social media etc, please WhatsApp them to me on 07751932749 or email on . Best pic received by midnight Monday will receive a free entry to a future Spunch.

More to follow tomorrow....

Andy, Paul, Tony and the team at MDOC

Trad O Planner’s comments – Paul Watson

It was fantastic to see you all at our first Manchester Mini O Fest and thank you for coming. A sunny day, smiling faces and people having fun all make the work worthwhile so I am delighted that we had such a great turnout and everyone enjoyed themselves. Highlights for me were seeing some of the friendly family rivalries, as well as seeing some find that slow and steady can sometimes achieve a better result than a quicker approach.

Whilst it was dry above ground, as many of you found out it was rather muddy and wet underfoot. I did my best to keep you out of the worst and wettest parts of the park (I nearly got swallowed up by some of the marshes when visiting to plan the courses) and was quite impressed by how clean some of you came back, particularly given the condition of the paths during the day.

For those brand new to orienteering, thank you for spending your day with us. We would be delighted to see you again at our future events.

For those spunchers trying out trad o for the first time I hope you enjoyed the experience and will come to some of our trad o events too.

Finally, for those more experienced orienteers, we appreciate you coming along and adding to the atmosphere of the day.

Special thanks from me to Andy T, Tony our organiser, Eddie Speak for handling the complex computing requirements, those who helped me putting out and collecting in the control markers, as well as all those club members who helped at the event.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Paul W

Pre Event Info

Just 10 mins from M60 J1,2,3 & M56 J5. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Run, jog or walk. Multiple course options 1k to 10k. Go solo, in a pair or small family / friends group. Courses available for juniors to do alone or with parent / guardian. Experienced orienteers welcome. Newcomers especially welcome - lots of help available to get you going on the day.

Format

The following options will be available (try as many as you like) :-

a 60 (or 45) minute park/urban Spunch Score (using park + an urban extension)
a 2-part "Scramble" Score:

Part 1 - a 20-30 minute easy SI Score
Part 2 - a 20-30 minute harder SI Score

Results available for both the individual parts AND a combined score.

Part 1 must be done before Part 2.

plus

a White course
a Yellow course

All courses can be done solo, in a pair, or as a team of 3 or more.

Each participant needs to put in an individual entry EXCEPT younger children who go for free if running/walking with a paying adult on all courses.

All Juniors (under 21) running unaccompanied on any course need to put in an individual Junior entry. All courses except the Spunch Course are in a suitable area for U16s to run alone or in a junior pair, where their parents are happy for them to do so.

Waterproof A4 maps of the courses are provided to all paid-for entries.

Location

Nearest town: Bramhall

Grid Ref: SJ889862
Postcode: SK7 3NX
Latitude: 53.37291
Longitude: -2.16710
Google Map
Streetmap (OS 50k)
Bing Map (OS 50k)
OpenStreetMap

Directions / Parking

Entrance on Hall Road, off Bramhall Park Road. Brown Tourist signs from Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme. Pay and Display car park.

Please use the far (large) car park. Do not arrive too early as there is a ParkRun.

Free nearby on-street parking.

Registration & Start Times

Entry Details

The entry fee is for the day and not per course. Run/walk 3 courses for the price of 1!

All courses can be done solo, in a pair, or as a team of 3 or more.

Each participant needs to put in an individual entry EXCEPT younger children who go for free if running/walking with a paying adult on all courses.

Waterproof A4 maps of the courses are provided to all paid-for entries.

Entries will be accepted on the day but are subject to availability of maps - please enter in advance to secure your maps.

Entries via SiEntries.

Fees:

Adult (21+): £4, Juniors (U21/Student): £2 (up to midnight Wed 8 Nov).

Adult (21+): £6, Juniors (U21/Student): £3 (from Thu 9 Nov & on the day).

Young child with adult: FREE, must go with a paying adult (no entry required).

Facilities

Toilets, cafe, children's play area.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Andy Thornton 07751932749

Series Co-ordinator: Chris Rostron 01663 764799

Safety and Risk

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.

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