Go Orienteering
Sprint Races Coatham Dunes
Sprint Races Coatham Dunes
Sun 20th Dec 2020
Redcar
NEOA
Local
Location
| Venue: | Coatham Dunes |
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| Nearest town: | Redcar |
| Event centre: | Majuba Car Park (west of) |
| Postcode: | TS10 5BJ |
| Grid reference: | NZ489142 |
| Parking information: | Coatham Dunes are on the North Sea coast just west of Redcar. Parking will be in the public car park off Majuba Road. The grid reference of the entrance to the car park is NZ 489142, the postcode is TS10 5BJ and the What3words reference is ///lunch.rocks.gets. Please note that there will be no orienteering signs to this event. We suggest that you park in the western part of the car park, as the competition area is to the west of the car park. According to the Redcar & Cleveland Council web site, there are no parking charges from October to April. |
| Dog rules: | Well behaved dogs are welcome at this event and can be taken out on the courses. |
Details
| Description: | Terrain: Coatham Dunes is a newly mapped part of South Gare – a spit of land created in the 19th century to extend and improve Teesport. Dorman Long – and probably other Iron Masters – dumped lines of slag from the blast furnaces to create the base for the breakwater and the road. Sand dunes and slag ridges give a very technical relief with a profusion of small hills, knolls, gullies and depressions. Paths offer fast progress. Nearly all of the paths are mapped and can be used for navigation, but it's still wise to use other features for confirmation, as dog walkers tend to create new paths quite rapidly. The sand is quite consolidated on the landward side, but becomes soft close to the beach. The Marram grass can make running off the paths quite uncomfortable. Please note that there is some litter and flotsam/jetsam debris hidden in the grass. There are also the remains of barbed wire fences in the western part of the area, which is visited by the Long and Middle courses, although the courses have been planned to avoid needing to cross them except where there are gaps. Map: 1:4,000 scale 2.5m contours The maps will be printed on waterproof paper. This is a newly mapped area, mapped by Paul Taylor. Control descriptions will be printed on the map and loose copies will be available at the Start. Please use the provided hand sanitiser before taking your control descriptions and map in order to avoid any risk of contaminating other people's control descriptions or maps. |
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| Type: | Sprint |
| Physical difficulty of terrain: | Easy |
| Entry times: | Starts 10:00am - 1:00pm Courses close 2:30pm |
| Punch type: | SI |
| Event number: | 78441 |
| Event website: | Click here |
Courses
| Course description: | Course Length Controls Long 2.6 km 16 Medium 1.8 km 12 Short 1.3 km 9 Orange 1.3 km 10 The Long, Medium and Short courses all offer significant navigational challenge (TD 4/5). You are welcome to do a second run at this event, but you must pre-enter for both runs via the CLOK Entry System. The entry fee for a second run is 50p ...... and, no, you can't do a second run without doing a first run! |
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Entry
| Payment date | Junior/student | Senior | Family/group |
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| 18/12/2020 | £2.00 | £5.00 | £0.00 |
| Online entry via: | https://www.clok.org.uk/ces_login.htm |
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| Online entry closing date: | 18/12/2020 |
Contact us
| Club: | CLOK |
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| Association: | NEOA |
| Contact: | Caroline Mackenzie |
| Email: | Caroline@batmail.co.uk |
| Phone: | 07973870529 |
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