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Howe Park Wood car park. The entry is south off Chaffron Way H7.
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Postcode: MK4 3BG (not accurate, it takes you to an area of housing south of the wood)
OS grid reference: SP829344
Lat Long / GPS: 52.0032091,-0.7937568
Registration opens at 10:00. You can start any time up to 12:00, although please try to start before 11:30 unless you know you'll be fast. A 5km orienteering course takes a lot longer than a 5km parkrun! Courses close at 13:00.
Don't forget to download, even if you retire.
This event is entry on the day only. We expect to be able to take card payments and to offer entry by dibber for those who have their own.
Amble 2.3km. Uses paths and fields within the local area. Not very difficult. Avoids all roads. Suitable for orienteers of all ages.
Trot 5.0km. Moderately difficult with extensive urban orienteering. Not suitable for unaccompanied under 16s.
Run 6.6km. Longer and with more navigational challenges, including extensive urban sections. Not suitable for unaccompanied under 16s.
Electronic (SI) controls will be used, with mini kites. Contactless punching enabled. Punching start. pCards and SI cards will be available to hire for those who don't have their own dibbers.
Control descriptions will be printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will not be provided.
Benches are not mapped. Avenues of trees adjacent to roads are mapped as white, even if the canopy is not continuous.
The Milton Keynes grid roads have heavy and fast-moving traffic. They are marked as out of bounds on the map. Do not attempt to cross any road marked out of bounds other than by the underpasses or bridges marked on the map. Traffic on other roads is generally light.
Courses may have possible routes along some of the Milton Keynes redways. These redways are used by pedestrians, cyclists, electric scooters, delivery robots and occasionally horses. Please be careful of the fast-moving bikes and scooters, and be courteous to all users.
Please keep dogs on leads at all times around the assembly area. Dogs are allowed on the Amble course.
The Trot and Run courses cross numerous roads and competitors should be alert to traffic at all crossings.
Please take extra care to be courteous to members of the public at all times. This is a popular area and we have no more right to enjoy it than any other visitors.
Organiser: Ian Byrne
Helpers at this event will get a free run. If you can spare some time to help us on the day please let Ian know.
Results will be on this website as soon as possible after the event.
In case of extreme weather on the day of the event please check the event is still on at www.smoc.info.
Thursday 18th September - Clubnight, Leighton Buzzard
Sunday 24 November - Regional event, Stowe National Trust
If you are new to orienteering and wish to join SMOC you can join online via the BOF website here.
We want everyone to feel safe and welcome at our events. As a club, we support and follow British Orienteering's safeguarding policies, which can be found via the links below:
Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy
Find out more on our Safeguarding and welfare page.
A risk assessment is carried out by the organiser in advance of each event, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.
If you have participated in three orienteering events/activities and not joined an orienteering club that is affliated to British Orienteering then you are not covered by our public liability insurance.
In line with the policies of British Orienteering, the organisers of this event request that any person wishing to take photos or videos showing children other than members of their family should register their details with event volunteers before taking any such photos or videos. The event organisers reserve the right to ask people to refrain from taking photos or videos and may, if such warnings are ignored, refer the matter to the police.