Our nominated charity this year is "The Blythe House Hospice"

• To guarantee a map, pre-enter through Racesignup.co.uk before 23.59 on January 2nd. EOD while maps available. 
• An entry fee will be charged to cover the unavoidable BOF and NW levies. MDOC will absorb all other costs.
• ​Fees are Senior BOF member £2,  Senior non-BOF member £3, All juniors 70p.
• No other payment is required but donations to this year’s charity will be welcomed, with Gift Aid available.
• National Trust members have free entry to the park. In addition, Lyme National Trust have generously waived their £7 entry fee for non-National Trust members.attending this event.
• The donations will be taken on the day with payment by card or in cash.

Raffle

There will be a raffle with prizes donated by club members. Takings will be donated to the charity.

Venue

The entrance to Lyme is on the A6 just west of Disley Village SK12 2NR

The main carpark at Lyme is about one mile from the entrance gate. If people could lift share it would help to ease pressure on the car park and would be greatly appreciated.

Registration & Start times   

 In the car park.  Register between 10.15 and 11.10.

Collect your map and visit the Donations tent.  Collect a dibber if necessary.  Buy your Raffle tickets. Clear and check boxes are adjacent

The start location will be 400m, 20m climb, allow at least 10 minutes from Registration. There will be two massed starts. The first will be for all except the Novice course and will take place at 11:30 sharp.
The massed start for the Novice course will be in the same location at 11:35.

The Finish is 60 m from download. The finish control itself must be punched.

Courses will close at 1:30 pm.

Course Information

See the table below to find which course you should compete in and how many controls you should miss. Optimum routes are all within BOF guidelines for the age category but should you wish to run down, please add an 'n/c' comment when you enter. 

 

Course	Map Scale	Total no of controls	Age Classes
Long - Miss 2	1:10,000, A3	24	M21, M35
Long - Miss 3	1:10,000, A3	24	M20, M40, M45
Long - Miss 4	1:10,000, A3	24	W21, W35, M18, M50
Medium- Miss 2	1:10,000, A3	20	W20, W40, M16, M45
Medium- Miss 3	1:10,000, A3	20	W18, W45, M60
Medium- Miss 4	1:10,000, A3	20	W50, M65
Short-Miss 2	1:7.500, A4	15	W16, W55, M14, M70
Short-Miss 3	1:7.500, A4	15	W14, W60
Short-Miss 4	1:7.500, A4	15	W65, M75
Very Short-Miss 2	1:7.500, A4	15	W70, M12, M80
Very Short-Miss 3	1:7.500, A4	15	W12, W75, M85
Very Short-Miss 4	1:7.500, A4	15	W80+,M90

 

Restrictions

No spikes are allowed in the Park.

Walls, fences and stiles marked with red lines MUST NOT BE CROSSED

Prizes

Prizegiving and Raffle draw will take place as soon as possible after 12.45.

Long, Medium and Short courses have 3 prizes for men and 2 for women. Very short course has 2 prizes.

Novice course offers a token gift to all finishers.

Facilities

Toilets and cafe are in the Timber Yard, 250m from the car park

Dogs?

Dogs are allowed in the Park, under close control and on leads at all times. 

No dogs are  allowed on the competitive courses. 

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Sue Birkinshaw 

Planners: Trevor & Hazel Hindle

Location

Nearest town: Disley, near Stockport

• Grid Ref: SJ964823
• Postcode: SK12 2NR
• Latitude: 53.33889
• Longitude: -2.05520
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Course Information

The Race: ‘John o’ Goats’ is MDOC’s version of the head-to-head ‘Billygoat’ races held in the US. In our version, the course you run, and the number of controls you can miss, depends on your age class.

Note: controls can be taken in any order

See the table below to find which course you should compete in and how many controls you should miss. Optimum routes are all within BOF guidelines for the age category but should you wish to run down, please add an 'n/c' comment when you enter. (The Comments box is at the bottom of the main entry page.)

Course	Long	Medium	Short	Very Short
Map Scale	1:10000	1:10000	1:7500	1:7500
Total Number of Controls	18	18	18	14
Miss 2	M21, M35	W20, W40, M16, M55	W16, W55, M14, M70	W70, M80
Miss 3	M20, M40, M45	W18, W45, M60	W14, W60, M12	W75, M85
Miss 4	W21, W35, M18, M50	W50, M65	W12, W65, M75	W80, M90

There will also be a Yellow course for young juniors that starts at approx. 11:35 after the main event.

Explanation of colour courses

• White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
• Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
• Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
• Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
• Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
• Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
• Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
• Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Facilities

Refreshment Kiosk in car park.

Toilets and Cafe in the Timber Yard. 5 minutes from car park.

Dogs allowed?

On leads and under control at all times.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Alison Doyle