Hi all
The 2012-13 Night Street League Series kicked off last Thursday in Offerton
(results, comments and route gadget on the MDOC website).
With 8 events in the new series, the events follow thick and fast - and the next one will be held at
The Bull's Head, Wicker Lane, Hale Barns, (WA15 0HG
, SJ791859) on Tuesday 13th November.
The flyer for the series on the website has been updated with details
of the venues for the pre Christmas events. It will
be further updated 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!)
Another option we are offering this year is the facility to run your course on a different night if you can't make the actual event - please contact me for further details (and if Barry C from Dee reads this can he contact me re Offerton asap please - thanks)
Once again, we would like to get a reasonable estimate of likely numbers (maps and food), so ....
If
you are interested in attending the Hale Barns 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.
Looking forward to hearing from you.