Dear
All,
Following
on from John Britton’s successful season opener at Romiley last night (thanks
John!), we now offer you: Round 2!
It’s
based at the Angel Inn on King Street in Knutsford on Thursday,
14th November.
Post
code: WA16
6HQ
OSGR:
SJ752787
There’s
no parking at the pub itself, but there is plenty of off-street public parking
nearby, which is free after 18:00.
·
If
you’re coming from the North or West, recommended parking is on the west side
of Tatton Street, WA16 6AG
·
For
traffic from the South or East, recommended parking is on the east side of
King Street, WA16 6DX. NB King Street is one-way
Northbound.
...
but there are plenty of other parking opportunities which might
suit.
The
Angel Inn is a Holt’s pub, so the price of a pint is pretty reasonable – and
tonight there were four real ales to choose from J.
[Yes, time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted!]
There’s
an extensive menu, with a ‘2 for £12’ offer on a wide range of main courses:
meat, fish, or veggie; and salads, omelettes or burgers.
Alternatively
there’s ‘a burger and a drink’ offer at £7.75 – that’s a choice of burger with
skinny fries and coleslaw, and the drink can be: a pint of draught beer, a
175ml glass of house wine, a draught soft drink, or a standard hot beverage.
Pretty good!
And
what of the orienteering?
Well,
the style of map will be familiar to those who’ve tried this before. It’s at a
scale of 1:12,500.
The
55 controls (all typical NSL controls) have been carefully selected (from a
long list of 133) in locations that will tantalise and tempt, all carefully
and constructively checked by Kate and Dave Bryant (to whom
thanks).
And
there is a small and subtle twist to the points allocation,
which...
...no,
sorry, I’ve said too much already.
Grahame
will be back next Monday (from a weekend of orienteering in Rome!), so I’ll
ask you to forward your requests for maps to him, also indicating if you might
want to eat: nsl2013@mdoc.org.uk
If
I’ve left out any important info, please let me know.
Also,
if you’re thinking of bringing a coach party...
Hope
to see y’all on the 14th!
Cheers
Ian
01625
433695
07768
978763
PS
Romiley results are already on http://mdoc.org.uk/results/20131029.htm
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Subject: [MDOC] MDOC Night Street
league 2013-14 - coming to a street near
you!
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!)
If you can't get to the event on the night, you can
contact us to get hold of a map and question sheet. You can then run the
course when convenient, submit your answers and time taken, and we'll
incorporate your score into the results
As last year, we are unsure of the
numbers of runners who will attend ..... SO
If you are interested in
attending the Romiley event (we'll deal with the others later!), please send
an email to John Britton (ajohnbritton@gmail.com) - 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 usual
deluge of replies!
Grahame Crawshaw (Series
Co-ordinator)
PS Please pass
this message on to anyone who you think may be interested in coming along -
and ask them to reserve a map by dropping us an
email