Beacon Wood Country Park Come and Try It
Saturday 2nd July
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Dartford Orienteers invite you to an event aimed at newcomers in this attractive park just off the A2 between Dartford and Gravesend consisting of runnable woodland, meadows and several interesting brown features. There's even a short section of historic industrial railway track and some wagons.
Guidance on what to do will be provided both in advance and on the day.
We are offering a range of Line courses and a 60 minute Score course so there's a course suitable for all ages and levels of experience.
Entries for this event are being kept open up to the first start time of 11:00 allowing entry to racesignup at the event but it may be easier for you to enter in advance.
Registration online only in advance. Start Times: 11:00 to 12:00;
Contact: richard_bostock@talk21.com
Yellow 2.0km
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Entry limit: 11
Orange 3.0km
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Entry limit: 20
Green 4.5km
Suitable for those with some orienteering experience.
Entry limit: 16
60 mins Score
The controls will be in three sets, numbered in the 60's, 70's and 80's. No set course to follow. Find as many controls in any one set then move to a different set and finish on the final set. You have a time limit of 60 minutes with penalties for exceeding the allocated time.
Entry limit: 21
Senior: £5.00
Junior: £3.00
Group participating together (one entry)
Entry Fee: £8.00
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.
We invite you to enter an event at Beacon Wood Country Park aimed primarily for those new or fairly new to orienteering but with a longer course available for those with some orienteering experience.
Parking
Car Parking will be at the main car park off just south of Bean village w3w trunk.tags.simple. Best accessed from Bluewater Shopping Centre exit of the A2 from which it is less than 1k south.
There is a parking fee of £1 per car, payable to the park authorities on the day via an honesty box. Cash only.
Safety
You must not attend if you or a member of your household has COVID-19 symptoms, or if you have been asked to isolate by NHS Test and Trace or if you are required to quarantine after returning from overseas
You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
New to Orienteering?
If you have not been to an orienteering event previously and would like to know more about the event, please email the Organiser. We will send you two short videos so that you know what to expect and how to enjoy the event.
Event centre
Event centre will be in the car park, marked with a banner.
There are no toilets at the Country Park. Toilets are available at Bluewater Shopping Centre.
There will be a first aid kit at the event for largely self-use and a first aid trained club member in attendance.
Electronic punching
Contactless punching will be facilitated but it is a Punching Start and Finish.
Control descriptions
Control descriptions are printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will be available online as a pdf accessible from the front event page of the DFOK website but will not be available at the event. These are helpful if you want to avoid keep unfolding your map to check the control code is correct at each control visited.
Results
Results will not be on display at the event but you can access them on the DFOK website after the event www.dfok.co.uk. We hope to be able to show live results using a QR code which can be accessed by your mobile phone.
Acknowledgements
We thank Bean Parish Council for use of the area for this event and for opening up the additional parking for us on the day.
Richard Bostock
Event Organiser