Hi all

The eagerly-awaited 2013-14 Night Street League Series begins in Romiley on Tuesday 29th October - you may well have seen some preliminary information in the Newsletter or on the website. This will be our third series of events, which, thanks largely to our enthusiastic mappers, will take place on a number of new areas this winter

The flyer for the series is attached to this email and gives details of the venues for the first 4 events up until Christmas. 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, 60, or 75 minutes 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 registration. 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 MAY be a limited number available to borrow at each 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. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of the Handicap Competition.

All the events will be based in Pubs / Sports Clubs - offering food at reasonable prices, if you wish to stay for a chat and post-event analysis (highly recommended!)