Rooksdown and Winklebury UKUL SEOUL Basingstoke

Final Details Summary Information for the day

Hot weather warning, please hydrate well and do not over exert yourself

- Set Start times are not being used (starts 12:00 to 14:00), just get your EMIT and go.
- EMIT Touch Free is being used picked up from the Event Centre.
- Loose control descriptions in the start lanes.
- Be courteous to members of the public that you encounter.
- Bottled water will be available in the event centre.
- We advise you to bring your own water as well
- Results will be available live on the day at race-results.info (subject to available signal).
- Please support the Bowling Club by buying drinks or food, they have kindly allowed to use their facility.

Basingstoke Events on 29th June
The car parks we are in will be closed at 16:00 latest.

Milestones Museum is next door to the event centre, life in Hampshire in the past and vintage vehicles.

Click here for further information

It is Basinstoke Arts festival time with free events to attend.

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There is a National Gardens Scheme garden open not far from the event area at the Mill House

Click here for further information

Directions
The event centre is the Loddon Vale Indoor Bowling Club, Basingstoke Leisure Park, Euskirchen Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6PG. On the B3400, the road going to Overton from Basingstoke.

Easiest access from the M3 Junction 6 (there are Brown Signs directing you to the Leisure Centre) but you can come from the west via M3 Junction 7.

What 3 words for entrance to Euskirchen Way: tummy.repair.vest. Note entrance is on the eastbound carriageway for cars, there is a roundabout nearby to turn around on if travelling from the East.

Basingstoke Railway Station is 1.3 miles to the East of the event centre. Stagecoach buses numbers 8, 11 and 76 all run close to the Leisure Centre.

Parking
Parking for cars is in Car Parks 5 & 6 (follow indoor bowling signs) but due to height restriction barriers (2m), high sided vehicles will need to park on the west side by the Aquadome/Hollywood Bowl in Car Park 2 and proceed east to the event centre.

Map
1:5,000 A3 Landscape for courses 1 to 3, double-sided and courses 4 to 7 1:4,000 A3 Landscape.

The double-sided maps will have different areas on each side.

Courses
Beginners are welcome to try the courses, please ask for assistance when you arrive. The courses rank from easy to hard, just bring a compass (one can be lent if you do not have one) and give it a go. No problem if you want to go round with other people.

Start/Finish
The Start is 800m from assembly and the Finish 300m from assembly, both through underpasses to and from the competition area.

EMIT contactless eCards will be used on all courses. Everyone must report promptly to Download.

Registration
11:45 to 13:45 for Hired eCard collection and Enquiries. EOD subject to map availability.

Starts
12:00 to 14:00.

No set times just go the start when ready.

Control descriptions will be available in the start lanes.

Results
Results on the day will be directly available on race-results.info.

Full final results and Routegadget will be available on/from the BADO website.

Courses close
Promptly at 15:30 please. You must report to download before you leave the event.

Facilities
We are thankful for the Loddon Vale Indoor Bowling Club for welcoming us to use their facility where there are toilets and refreshments. To show our thanks we encourage people to buy drinks or food in the club.

Please be courteous to other users and keep the noise down if there are bowlers using the facility.

Conduct
Please make yourself aware of and abide by the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.

Dogs
Dogs are allowed, but under strict control and on a lead at all times. Please clean up after your dog.

Clothing and equipment
The area is suitable for running shoes, the majority of the running can be made on hard surfaces. Shorts and vests are permitted.

Planners Notes
Please observe all objects marked as uncrossable and do not enter any out-of-bounds areas.

The A339 (for course 1 to 3) must only be crossed by the bridges, there are 3 to choose from. The A339 will be marked as OOB.

In the south of the map in Winklebury, Juniors must use the underpasses to cross Winklebury Way, the courses are planned to facilitate this. Adults can choose how they cross the road but please be careful when crossing.

Most of the courses are on hard surfaces there is only a small amount of parkland.

A black cross x on the map denotes a bench seat.

Risk
Orienteering is an adventure sport; you are responsible for your own safety at the event and must not do anything that puts yourself or others at unnecessary risk. Please remember that COVID has not gone away, please respect those that want to be socially distanced.

Officials
Organisers: Alan Kersley (BADO) and Charles Gook (BADO)
Planner: Mike Frizzell (BADO)
Controller: Axel Blomquist (SN)

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