Hi all
The 2012-13 Night Street League Series begins in Offerton on 1st November - you may well have seen some preliminary information in the
Newsletter or on the website. This is our second series of events, following their successful introduction to the MDOC calendar last year.
The flyer for the series is attached to this email and gives details
of the venues for the first 3 events in November . It will
be updated (asap!) when specific venues are chosen for the later events in the series.
Just to emphasise some of the major points :
All the events
are SCORE events with a time allowance of either 40 or 60 minutes (plus a 75 minute option if the area is large enough) using
specially drawn maps. The control sites will mostly be items of street
furniture (lamp posts, telegraph poles, hydrants, green boxes etc)
and evidence of your visit will involve noting down some (hopefully
obvious) identification mark on an answer sheet supplied at the start. There will be NO O kites and, although we plan to use SI
timing for the start and finish, there will be no SI boxes at
individual controls.
The controls will have a range of points value - adding an
additional dimension to route choice and planning. As usual in score
events, there will be penalties for exceeding the time limit.
Essential equipment : a reliable watch, compass, dibber (available
for hire if necessary), pen/pencil (maps and answer sheets will be
printed on waterproof paper), torch / headtorch (there will be a limited
number available to borrow for the event) and high visibility clothing.
You may run individually - or in pairs; however,
under 16s MUST be accompanied by a parent / guardian - and they must
stay together at all times - ie no shadowing allowed; 16 and 17 year
olds may run unaccompanied, but must have written consent from parent /
guardian.
As the events form a league, scores from each event will be added
together to reveal the eventual winners; your best 4 scores from the 8
events will produce your overall total.
All the events will be based in Pubs - offering food at reasonable
prices, if you wish to stay for a chat and post-event analysis (highly recommended!)
As last year, we are unsure of the numbers of runners who will attend ..... SO
If
you are interested in attending the Offerton event (we'll deal with the
others later!), please ring or (preferably) send me an email - indicating the number of maps required and whether or not you intend to eat at the pub so that
we can get some idea of the number of maps we need to print, and the
numbers who may wish to stay and eat.
Looking forward to the deluge of replies.
Grahame Crawshaw (Co-ordinator)