Winter Urban League

This winter, HOC members will be able to participate in an informal urban orienteering league using the MapRunF smartphone app as restrictions permit (see below). For more information about MapRunF, please see our Virtual Courses page.

Courses will be available for personal training only whilst the current National lockdown applies. League points will not be awarded for runs during this time.

Each event will normally consist of a 60 minute score which participants can run at a time of their choosing. We have dropped the "Night" element as some may feel safer or find it more convenient to run in daylight hours. No penalty/bonus will be applied for runs at any particular time of day.

If your run does take place in the dark, a headlamp / torch is highly advisable, but it need not be a full-power terrain night-O one. You should also wear a light / reflective top to help ensure you are seen.

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The Street League Co-ordinator is John Leeson

Covid Update 07 Jan:
The guidance issued by British Orienteering on 06 Jan states
POCs and VOCs can still be used for individual exercise... They must not be used for competitions or leagues.
Therefore we are leaving our MapRun courses open, but we will not award any Winter Urban League points for runs which took place during the current lockdown.

2020 - 2021 Programme (all events opening on Thursdays unless stated otherwise)

	Date	Venue	Organiser	Details	Map	Results
1	19 Nov - ?	Hawkesley	John Leeson	Details	Map	Results
2	06 Dec - ?	Bournville	Dave Williams	Details	Map updated 10 Dec | Control Descriptions	Results
3	24 Dec - ?	Stourbridge	Robert Vickers	Details	Map	Results
4	07 - 14 Jan	St Johns, Worcester	Ian Pickering
5	21 - 28 Jan	Birmingham	Andy White
6	04 - 11 Feb	Coseley	Richard Price (TBC)
7	18 - 25 Feb	North Birmingham	James Thomas
8	04 - 11 Mar	Malvern East	Brian Laycock
9	18 - 25 Mar	Greenlands, Redditch	Peter Rose (TBC)

Rules

1. Each event will normally be a score event with a 60 minute time limit, with 20 minutes per control and a 10 point penalty per minutes or part thereof for late returns.
2. Only competitors' first runs within the time window (which will be extended as necessary depending on coronavirus restrictions) will count for the league. The event may continue to be available on MaprunF after the closing date for training, practice or as a longer term VOC.
3. There will be three age group trophies for competitors of both genders which will be awarded to the highest-ranked Harlequins based on their performances in M/W Open (to 45), M/W Vets (45-65) and M/W Super Vets (65+) classes.
4. This is a street competition not night orienteering. The events will take place in towns, using streets or public paths. Short, safe stretches in open parkland, where powerful torches are not needed, may be included, but will not become the norm.
5. The planner receives 25 points; max. one such score per runner per season. If anyone plans more than one event in a season, for the second and subsequent events they plan they will receive the highest score they have achieved at an event where they actually ran.
6. The winner of each event, in each gender, will receive 25 points, second 24 points and so on.
7. In the event of a dispute the NSL Coordinator will make a ruling.
8. In the event that this ruling is not acceptable, appeal may be made to the Club Captain or the Club Chairman.

 

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