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Safety

Marshes/water marked as uncrossable should not be crossed.

The linear water course along the southern part of the map should only be crossed at marked bridges or at path crossing points with care.

Elsewhere it is likely to be too wide and deep.

This is a night event in Winter and the weather may be changeable. Therefore, you may be required to carry or wear a hooded waterproof jacket

A backup lamp and whistle are compulsory

Carrying a mobile phone is strongly recommended.

Location

Nearest town: Holmes Chapel

• Grid Ref: SJ795654
• Postcode: CW12 4SU
• Latitude: 53.18419
• Longitude: -2.30772
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Directions / Parking

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Signed from A54 Holmes Chapel to Congleton road. 3.7 miles from junction 18 of M6. Parking at Brereton is Pay parking before 5pm but we have exclusive use of the Car Park as it 'formally' shuts at 5pm. Registration near Visitor Centre.

Registration & Start Times

Registration 17:00 to 18:30. Starts 17:30 to 18:45.
Start: Adjacent to Registration
Finish:  Adjacent to Registration

Course closure will be at 20:15pm.

It is a punching start with no pre allocated individual starting times.

Apart from the start and finish controls all controls will be SIAC enabled.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD IMMEDIATELY AFTER FINISHING, EVEN IF YOU RETIRE, SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE ALL RUNNERS ARE SAFELY BACK

Course Information

Courses will be offered as follows:

Orange - 2.5km / 25m / 13 controls 
Green - 3.9km / 30m /16 controls Double sided map
Blue - 5.9km / 35m / 25 controls Double sided map

The map scale will be 1: 5,000. 

Control Descriptions will be on the map and loose copies at Registration.

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.

Entry Details

Everyone should Pre-register (no entry fee) using the MDOC Registration System https://mdocentry.org.uk/ This will guarantee a map is available

Online entry closing date: Thursday 26th January

Limited EOD, subject to map availability

Seniors (M/W21+) £6.00
Juniors (M/W20-) £3.00

SI cards will be available for loan but note that lost SI cards will be charged at £40.

Please pay for your entry at Registration by contactless payment or correct cash

Facilities

Registration is in a gazebo outside the main buildings.

Lit inside toilets will be available which are suitable to change in.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser/Planner: Chris Rostron 01663 764799 or 07929 516649 on the night