Explorerevents have organised a series of 3 hour score events on open access land around the Peak District with just 15 controls at each event but sufficiently well spread to challenge the best yet still give older slower people a chance to get some points and have a good run out. The sting in the tail is that you lose ALL your points if you are late even by a few seconds.
Good value for money at £11 per event (less if you entered all 4 events) as you get 3 hours of running time; electronic timing; good,bagged map;and even a cup of tea and a biscuit at the finish. The 3 hour time window means the events are worth travelling some distance for.
Short start window means everyone is back so more sociable at the end than usual orienteering events. Start, finish and registration all at the same venue (sports club/scout hut). Flexible format - individuals or pairs.
Just one event left in the series - check it out on: http://www.explorerevents.co.uk/calendar-of-events/
Wouldn't it be nice if more orienteering events were this simple? Orienteers seem to have got bogged down with the need for multiple courses trying to suit everyone.
Simple events
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Re: Simple events
They look like good events. If someone could move the Peak District to just south of the Thames please
I do agree that orienteering events are imbalanced towards the complicated to organise ones, but the problem IMHO is the market we aim at. We generally aim at the small minority of people who want super technical orienteering, which is why score events are unpopular except midweek when time constraints make them more attractive.
The much larger market of people who like running in the countryside and would like to do it with a simple map and a little route choice are generally ignored.
I do agree that orienteering events are imbalanced towards the complicated to organise ones, but the problem IMHO is the market we aim at. We generally aim at the small minority of people who want super technical orienteering, which is why score events are unpopular except midweek when time constraints make them more attractive.
The much larger market of people who like running in the countryside and would like to do it with a simple map and a little route choice are generally ignored.
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Looks like they have got their marketing right as numbers have gone up - 100 at the last event. Mainly people from fell running & athletics clubs but a smattering of orienteers in there too. Some of the controls are technical which, when the mist is down, as it was for the Glossop event makes a good navigational challenge.
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Maps are good MM maps - Dave Peel does them.
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Was very tempted by them, but other calls on my time got in the way, and the final one clashes with the CSC Final. If the format is repeated next year I'll try to get to at least some.
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