Townhill & Bitterne Park
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The eighth event in the 2022 Spring/Summer SOC MapRun League.
The event will be available in the app from Friday 1 July 2022. For your run to count in the League, you must submit your results by the end of Thursday 14th July 2022. After that, you can still have a go at the course but it won't count for the League.
UK > Find Your Way > FYW South Hants > FYW SOC League 2022
Location: Starting and finishing at the Riverside Car Park in Manor Farm Road, Southampton, SO18 1NZ. Grid reference SU441149. What3Words bounty.carbon.wage
Format: 45 minutes, 33 controls. Points are 10, 20, 30, or 40 per control: 10 points for 1 - 10, 20 points for 11 to 20, 30 points for 21 to 30, and 40 points for 31 to 33, for a maximum of 720 points. There is a penalty of 10 points per minute late back or part thereof.
MapRun app: Use the new MapRun6 app. Do not use the original MapRun app as it does not understand the score format. When navigating to the event, select UK > Find Your Way > FYW South Hants > FYW SOC League 2022 or use this direct link from your phone. See the MapRun website for guidance on configuring your phone.
Map: The map is a 1:7500 OpenOrienteeringMap. There are both βstickβ and βpseudoβ maps available and the PDFs can be downloaded below, along with a set of control descriptions. It may be beneficial to take both maps.
Terrain: The course is predominantly paved residential and open areas with some offroad tracks and woodland which may be muddy if the weather has been wet.
Safety: There are a number of roads which will need to be crossed, and whilst not compulsory you are advised to use pedestrian crossings or one of the many crossing islands. Take particular care on Woodmill Lane and Cobden Avenue which can be busy with traffic - safe crossings have been marked on the map for these roads. Some routes may take you near water courses and ponds/lakes, take care navigating these areas. Under 16s should be accompanied by an adult. All fences are not to be climbed whether marked on the map or not β this also includes squeezing through holes in fences or hedges!
Social: Thursday 14th July 2022 at The Hop Inn, SO18 2PE from 7.30pm (just by control #5!)