Millfields Park
Tuesday 14th July
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Dartford Orienteers invite you to the penultimate event in the Park Race series in an area not used for orienteering previously. Millfields Park is largely open parkland with several interesting features. For newcomers, guidance on what to do will be provided both in advance (see below) and on the day.
There are two courses available:
Short - 2.5k
Long - 5.0k
Both courses are measured to the optimal route, i.e. long 5k and short 2.5k. Long course winning time is expected to be around 20 mins
Both courses visit the park areas of North Millfields Recreation Ground and Millfields Park. There will be a mandatory link between the 2 parks via an underpass alongside the canal. This section will be timed out of both of the courses with a time allowance of up to 1 minute.
The Short course will stay in the parks. whereas the Long course will visit the neighbouring urban area.
Road shoes will be fine and there is no need for full leg cover.
Starts are from 18:15 to 19:30. Courses close at 20:30.
Short
Entered: 16 of 20
Long
Entered: 94 of 100
Additional £2 for seniors if not a member of British Orienteering
Electronic timing chip hire:
- standard non-contactless £1
- contactless £2.50 (no more available - all have now been taken)
We will be based at The Princess of Wales, 146 Lea Bridge Road, Clapton E5 9RB.
The Weaver Line is unfortunately closed. The nearest open station is Lea Bridge (15 min walk 1.1km) on the Greater Anglia line from Stratford or Tottenham Hale or or use bus 56 from Hackney Downs station, 242 from Hackney Central station or 308 from Homerton station.
Buses 55 and 56 run along Lea Bridge Road to the pub from near to each station.
Enquiries will be open at the pub from 17:45.
Pub facilities with food and drinks, toilets and a place to leave kit at the Event Centre.
Last orders for food in the pub is 9.45pm. The menu can be viewed on the Pub website
First aid kit at the Event Centre on a largely self help basis with a qualified sports first aider present
There is a map at 1:4,000 scale drawn to ISSOM standards and printed on waterproof paper.
These two short videos will hopefully give you a good idea of what you will be doing Videos.
The start is c200m from the pub and the finish is less than 100m from the pub.
The controls will have contactless punching facilitated for anyone with a SIAC dibber but the start and finish must be punched manually by all competitors.
Control descriptions are printed on the map and loose control descriptions will be available in the start lanes.
Results will not be on display at the event but you can access live results from a QR code which will be on your map or from the DFOK website during and after the event www.dfok.co.uk.
See the event details for further information.
Keith Bennett - Organiser
