Training Event at Garscube Campus on Thursday 15th September

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Click on the title to sign up for this low key local event suitable for novices and experienced orienteers alike!

Directions / Parking / Facilities

University of Glasgow Garscube Campus, West of Scotland Science Park, Maryhill Road, Glasgow G20 0SP. Parking at the Garscube Sports Complex, Google Maps, NS553701.

Map / Terrain

New 1:5,000 map of the Garscube Campus, Dawsholm Park, Kelvindale, and the Wyndford drawn according to ISSprOM 2019-2 standards (however, no multilevel structures) by Klaas Wynne based on Phase 5 LiDAR for Scotland. The Garscube playing fields are out of bounds and will be marked as such on the map using the pink hatching.

Course Information

A Long (4.1 km) option will be available with the start at NS 55324 70174. Control descriptions are printed on the map. Although this is a park environment, studded shoes will offer an advantage and leg cover is recommended but not strictly required. The controls will be marked with orienteering flags.

MapRun 6.5 for smartphones will be the preferred option (although courses can also be run without using this). The course should be downloaded in the MapRun app (use Select Event then go to the folder UK/Scotland/Glasgow/Clydeside Orienteers/Garscube Long. The PDF map for this event can be downloaded from the SOA Smartphone Orienteering page.

Entry Details

Please enter via this registration form by 11 pm on Tuesday 13th September (use a separate form for each individual entry, please).

Info on how to pay the entry fee will be sent via e-mail after entry (£3 adults, £1.50 juniors/students).

Registration and Start Times

Starts 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm

Courses close 8.00 pm

Dog restrictions

Well-behaved dogs on a lead

Contacts / Officials

Treasurer at clydesideorienteers.org.uk

Nearest A&E Hospital

Queen Elizabath University Hospital, 1345 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 4TF.

Safety Notes

Covid - please do not attend if you have Covid, or Covid symptoms.

Competitors are responsible for their own safety.

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.