Beacon Wood Country Park Come and Try It
Saturday 2nd July
Entries are closed!
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.
Yellow 2.0km
Entered: 0 of 11
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Orange 3.0km
Entered: 0 of 20
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Green 4.5km
Entered: 0 of 16
Suitable for those with some orienteering experience.
60 mins Score
Entered: 0 of 21
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.
Group participating together (one entry)
Entry Fee: £8.00
Individual
Senior: £5.00
Junior: £3.00
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.
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.
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
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 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.
Contactless punching will be facilitated but it is a Punching Start and Finish.
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 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.
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
