Potteries Orienteering Club

West Midlands Orienteering Association

Middle Distance Event - UK Cup Middle Final

Saturday 7th June 2008

Weston Heath and Bury Walls

Jointly organised by The Potteries Orienteering Club and the British Orienteering Team


Location

Weston Heath and Bury Walls

About 19 km SW of Market Drayton and 16 km NE of Shrewsbury.

Signposted from the A49 near Weston village -- 3·5 km North of the junction with the B5063 and 4 km South of the junction with the B5065. Near the car park the road is narrow with limited passing places.

Parking

Grid Reference: SJ559286.

Field parking; Parking fee £1·00 per car.

Dogs

No dogs allowed in the car park or event area. Sheep farms.

Map

1:10000 map with 5m contour intervals, by Peel Land Surveys. Revised in April 2008.

Terrain

Mixed woodland with steep, intricately contoured, narrow re-entrants bounded by large crags -- a technical and physically challenging area.

Read a long description of the area.

Courses

Five courses will be provided:

Course Classes Length
1   M18, M20, M21, M35, M/40 6.2  
2   W18, W20, W21, W35, W40 4.8  
3   M16, M45, M50, M55, M60 4.2  
4   M65, M70, W16, W45, W50 3.6  
5   M14, M75, M80, W14, W55, W60, W65, W70, W75, W80 3.0  

Entries

On-line at entries.curries.org.uk/event/5/entry/create.

Closing Date

1st June 2008

E-cards

Sport Ident punching. Card hire £1·00 -- pay at the event.

Fees

Seniors - £12·00 (deduct £2·00 for BOF members).
Juniors - £9·50 (deduct £2·00 for BOF members).

Times

Starts 14.30 onwards. Seeding and selection (if necessary) of start lists on courses A and B will be carried out by the GB team selectors based generally on the UK Cup seeding rules.

Cancellation

BO/POTOC reserve the right to retain part/all of pre-entry fees to cover committed costs.


Organiser

David Peel (SYO)   tel 0114 266 3169    email: suppressed (see footnote)

Planner

David Peel (SYO)

Controller

Doug Peel (WCH)

Don't forget the other events this weekend:

UK Cup Sprint Final -- Shrewsbury June 7th   www.wrekinorienteers.co.uk
UK Cup Long Final -- Brown Clee National event, June 8th   www.harlequins.org.uk


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