Kent Orienteering League - Foots Cray Meadows
Saturday 21st October
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Dartford Orienteers invite you to an event in this attractive park with a stream flowing through its centre. Guidance on what to do will be provided both in advance and on the day.
As we have a few spare maps on each course, we are keeping entries open until noon on Saturday but if you wish to come along, please enter via racesignup before you leave home as we are not taking cash entries at the event and it is a bit easier to enter other than on a mobile phone. It also means you can be sure of a map for the course of your choice.
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.
Free parking at Beck Evans Farm with an outdoor kiosk, restaurant, farm shop and toilets.
Registration online only in advance. Start Times: 11:00 to 12:30;
Contact: allisonpage1234@googlemail.com
Yellow 2.4km 15m climb
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Entry limit: 22
Orange 3.3km 70m climb
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 4.8km 80m climb
Suitable for those with some orienteering experience.
Entry limit: 40
Blue 6.1km 90m climb
As technical as we an make it for experienced orienteers
All distances on the above Line courses are measured in straight lines so you will cover more distance than these on your walk or run
Entry limit: 30
60 mins Score
Find as many controls as you can in any order within the time limit of 60 minutes. 10 points per control and a 5 point penalty per minute or part of a minute for exceeding the allocated time.
Entry limit: 12
Senior: £5/£7
Junior: £2/£3
Electronic punching chip hire: £1
The lower entry fee is for members of British Orienteering
Groups participating together (one entry, one map and includes chip hire)
Entry Fee: £10
For a group, only one person needs to enter but after the surname please type "+2" say to indicate that this is a group of three people participating together. One map will be issued to the group but extra maps can be provided on request to the organiser in advance at £1 each if there are still maps available for that course.
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.
Newcomers are most welcome
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to LB Bexley for use of the Meadows and to Beck Evans Farm for enabling us to park there and use their facilities
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.
You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
Map
The map is 1:10,000 for all courses printed on waterproof paper.
Start
The start will be about 500m walk from the Event Centre. Follow the red and white tapes. It is a punching start for everyone.
Control descriptions
Control descriptions are printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will be available online a week before the event as a pdf accessible from the 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.
Finish and Download
It is a Punching Finish for everyone. After finishing, please proceed directly to Download. Download will be by the competitor. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
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.