New Chew

New Chew Profile

Details
Entry form - Please see attachment at bottom of page
Start List - - Please see attachment at bottom of page

Event
This is a traditional O event in the finest sense. Remember MM’s when you were given more food than you could eat at the end with a few pints to wash it down? And far cheaper than the average regional Orienteering event.

Location
Greenfield at GR SE013033. The venue is Dovestones Sailing Club
Pay & Display. £1.35 but machine doesn't take pound coins

Terrain
Physically challenging area of rough, exposed & featureless moorland.

Map & control descriptions
At the start, we will provide you with a 1:25000 A3 map in a plastic bag. It will have all control letters marked on it. You will also be given a control description sheet with varying points for the controls. You need to bring a pen if you want to mark up the map with the control points.

Courses
Long score – 4.5 hours.
Short score – 3.5 hours.
Scoreless – approx 10-12 miles. Long O style event visiting controls in any order. Estimated winning time, 3 hours, approx.

Controls
Controls will be wooden posts with a code letter & an orienteering punch attached. We do not use the SI dibber system.

Starts
Between 9:30 am & 10:30 am.

Entries
On New Chew entry form, available below
No EOD. O/18 only.

Fees
£8 per person (£16 team of 2).

Fee includes
Hot food & showers included in the entry fee.

Safety
Please read our safety statement.
Kit check to be rigorously observed & enforced. Min equipment to be worn or carried : Waterproof (taped seams) Cag with hood & Overtrousers. Hat & Gloves. Map & Pen for marking controls. Compass & Whistle. Emergency food. Be prepared to carry other bodycover suitable for conditions on the day. The conditions have been arctic on some occasions. We recommend survival bag in this instance. Be prepared. Organisers decision is final. Competitors take part at their own risk.

Prizes
Male & Female in all classes.

Fixture list
This is not a BOF registered orienteering event as it is being organized by a fell running club. It appears in the FRA Calendar & not in the BOF Fixtures.

Organiser
Colin Bishop
Entries
Martyn Hodgson