Britannia Wednesday Evening Training

Organizers: Robyn Rennie (Event Director), Jules Tough (Membership), Bruce Rennie (Host), Joanne Woods (Membership)

Description

This weeks WET event revisits one of the sites used at the 2018 Sprint Camp. Britannia is a small compact area with a mixture of public buildings and small parks. Due to the large number of maps left over after Sprint Camp I am reusing the sprint camp course. I hope most of you have forgotten where you went now that is 6 months since Sprint Camp! Or perhaps you didn't know where you were during Sprint Camp!!

This event will be a head to head race using options that were presented to the runners as a route choice exercise at Sprint Camp.

Long course runners will start in pairs preferably with somebody of the same speed. The first part of the course will be the same for both runners but there is a mystery forking at some point in the course so that we can see which choice is the fastest.

Short course participants can start in groups of three. Again the first part of the course is the same for all three runners and then the course splits up to make it interesting.

Newcomers to orienteering will be given a short course map and and the option to cut the course short.

The courses are not very long but it will likely be dark. Headlamps are advised. Also extreme caution through the parking lots and streets around the area as dusk is a dangerous time for pedestrians/runners

Start is at the North East corner of the track at the Britannia Secondary school. There is parking on William St and in the parking lot to the east of the field. Watch out for "permit parking only" signs (I can speak from experience!!)

There is likely to be teams practicing on the field so please do not cross through any sports activities.

Schedule

6:15pm Introduction to Orienteering for Beginners

6:30pm Starts

8pm Course Closure, participants must report to the Finish before leaving.

Courses

Long course - 2.8km - with a partner

Short course - 2.1km - in a group of up to three

Beginner - a variation of the Short course

Safety Precautions

Always use good judgement and common sense. Carry a whistle at all times. Headlamps are essential to see and be seen. Take care when crossing roads and parking lots. Watch out for other runners, cyclists, and trail/sidewalk users.

Parking/Start Location:

Start is at the North East corner of the track at the Britannia Secondary school. There is parking on William St and in the parking lot to the east of the field. Watch out for "permit parking only" signs (I can speak from experience!!)

There is likely to be teams practicing on the field so please do not cross through any sports activities.

Post-Event Dining

TBD

Acknowledgements

Without volunteers, these events cannot take place. A hearty thanks to all those helping put this event on. If you would like to volunteer/help at upcoming WETs/WJRs or would like to organize a WET please let us know

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