Mote Park Summer Series 2025
Saturday 12th July
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Summer event at Mote Park.
Online advance registration only.
Starts - 11:00am to 11.30am
Newcomers and Groups welcome. If you need some help and advice before the start, please arrive from 10.30am - Saxons club members will be available to help you get started. If you are entering as a group, only the team leader should enter - select group entry and provide other team member details in the field provided. Entry fee for team leader covers all team members.
If you need any help or advice using this online entry system, please contact the Organiser on the link below.
Contact: chairman@saxons-oc.org
Long Score 60 mins
Suitable for more experienced orienteers - 60 minute score, 25 checkpoints. Odds and Evens. Start on odd or even checkpoint numbers before switching to the other set. No changeover control. Penalties award for each minute or part minute you are late back after the 60 minutes.
Short Score 60 mins
60 minute score suitable for beginners, family groups and those looking to cover a shorter distance. 25 scoring controls to be visited in any order - but beware, points get deducted for every minute you are over the 60 minute time limit.
Senior: £7.00
Junior/Student: £4.00
Group (where people are running together as a Group)
Entry Fee: £15.00
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.
For full details please see Saxons Event Details page
If you need to withdraw prior to the event, you will automatically receive a credit note for use against future Saxon events.
Parking
Parking/Start/Finish will be at the Burning Ground Car Park - access off Willington Street. Ringo parking.
Cafe and Toilet block available close to the boating lake, 500m from the Burning Ground car park.
Newcomers and Beginners
If you are new to Orienteering and would like some additional help before attending an event, please check the appropriate box on the entry form and the event organiser will be in touch. There are also some helpful youtube introductory videos to watch. One by a nearby London club Newcomer Guide and another from a Manchester based club Getting Started
Timing, Start/Finish and Race Information
Please note: We will be using MapRun to validate checkpoints you visit. No physical checkpoints will be placed in the park - the MapRun app records when you have visited each checkpoint site and notifies you with a tone sound on your phone. You will need to have downloaded MapRun to your phone or GPS watch prior to the event. Please read MapRun Setup Guide for full details. If you have not used MapRun before it is recommended you familiarise yourself with its operation beforehand.
Prior to the event, it is also beneficial to download the Event. Once in MapRun go to Select Event: UK > Kent > Maidstone > Mote Park LONG COURSE July 2025, or Mote Park SHORT COURSE July 2025 depending on the course entered.
Start and Finish will be located close to the burning ground car park, and will be marked with the Saxons Start and Finish Banners.
The start will be open between 11.00 and 11.30am. At the start you will collect a map, and can start as soon as the app registers the Start checkpoint.
Visit as many of the virtual controls as you can within the 60 minutes (according to either the Short or Long Score rules as appropriate) before returning to the Start/Finish area. The MapRun app will register the Finish, and your result will be automatically uploaded to the MapRun results.
1:10,000 scale map with 5m contours
Conduct
You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
Medical conditions
Competitors take part at their own risk. If you have an existing Medical Condition of which the Organisers should be aware, please complete a Medical Form which can be downloaded from the Event Details on the Saxons website and hand to the Organiser in a sealed envelope. This can be collected once you have downloaded, or will be destroyed at the end of the event.
Results
Results can be viewed immediately on the MapRun App, and will be made available on the Saxons website subsequently.