Twin Peak 2014 in the City of Manchester

Twin Peak 2014 will comprise of two level B events, both within the City of Manchester, and easily accessible by public transport.

01st May 14

Saturday 14 June. Northwest Sprint Championships. A 2-part Sprint race in Platt Fields Park and the adjacent Fallowfield Campus of the University of Manchester.

See the Twin Peak Day 1 - Platt Fields and Fallowfield Campus event page for further details and results.

Sunday 15 June. City of Manchester Race. A full length urban event in central Manchester, centred on the Castlefield Arena. This event is included in the UK Urban League.

See the Twin Peak Day 2 - City of Manchester Race event page for further details and results.

Courses.There will be 7 competitive courses each day:

Course	Men's classes	Women's classes
1	Men Open
2	Vet Men (M40+)	Women Open
3	Super Vet Men (M55+)	Vet Women (W40+)
4	Ultra Vet Men (M65+)	Super Vet Women (W55+)
5		Ultra Vet Women (W65+)
6	Junior Men (M16-)	Junior Women (W16-)
7	Young Junior Men (M12-)	Young Junior Women (W12-)

Twin Peak prizes will be awarded to the leading runner in each different age class over the two days. Competitors may enter any course they wish, but will only be eligible for Twin Peak prizes if they enter their correct or a longer course on both days. Times for the Sprint Qualifier, Sprint Final and Urban Race will be added together.

Notes for those new to Sprint and Urban Orienteering:

You may choose any course, depending on how far you want to run (or walk). Trainers, t-shirt and shorts are fine for competing. We provide a map and an electronic timing card. The map is not difficult to interpret, just remember that yellow represents grass, green dots for individual trees or bushes, blocks of green for thick vegetation, white for runnable woodland and beige for roads or pavements. Light grey shows a canopy or underpass.

You must not cross: thick black lines (walls or fences), dark grey (buildings), olive-green (private gardens or flowerbeds), or solid areas of blue (canals, rivers or lakes). Other out of bounds areas are shown by solid purple (construction work) or closely-spaced vertical red-purple lines. In general, a thick black line represents a feature that is impassable, i.e. must not be crossed, whether or not it looks crossable.

The most common symbols for Uncrossable Features are shown on the right.

Map Symbols: The full set of symbols used on the maps for both days is shown here: (symbols)

SI electronic punching will be used. SI cards may be hired each day. There is no charge, but a cost of £30 will be charged if the card is lost.

Entries: via Fabian4, www.fabian4.co.uk - please read the additional entry information regarding Fabian4 entries.

Fees: (up to Fri. 6 June)

	Saturday	Sunday	Both days
Seniors	£5	£9	£12
Juniors	£3	£5	£6

Online entry will be possible up to Wed. 11 June at a surcharge of £2 per day for Seniors (no extra for Juniors).

EOD will also be possible at the same surcharged rate, provided maps are available.

Traders: Compass Point will have a stall at Assembly on Saturday. There will be no traders on Sunday.

Accommodation: There is plenty of accommodation available in Manchester. Contact:
Manchester Visitor Information Centre, Piccadilly Plaza, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 4BT. 0871 222 8223 www.visitmanchester.com/stay

The Castlefield Hotel (www.castlefield-hotel.co.uk), which is the event centre for the City of Manchester Race on the Sunday, is offering 10% discount to any competitors staying in the hotel for the event. This includes full use of the gym and swimming pool in the adjacent Y-Club, with which it is linked.

Other nearby accommodation includes the YHA (www.yha.org.uk/hostel/manchester)

Weekend Co-ordinator: Andrew Gregory (MDOC). Enquiries to:

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