During the winter months Newcastle and Tyneside Orienteers will be organising a series of six urban races. The series is planned to provide a suitable introduction to orienteering for newcomers and provide a good lead up to the International 'JK Sprint' Race to be staged in Newcastle in April.
Urban races take place on a mix of areas encompassing reclaimed collieries city parks and streets. The wide variety of areas will test your orienteering skills. It is hoped there will be a mix of event types across the series; classic (point to point over distance), score (no defined route) and sprint (short sharp decision making).
The majority of events will offer a range of courses; most will offer a medium length technical course plus some short technically easy courses ('Yellow' and 'Orange'). Help will be available for newcomers and improvers at all events.
Please check this page or it's links for details of each event and help with the terminology!
Scoring will be based on a combination of age speed and course (as used for the NATO club championship). Prizes will be presented for the most consistent improver, best newcomer as well as the overall winner.
12/10/08 Whitley Bay Links Results 23/11/08 Denton Burn Results 14/12/08 Jesmond Vale Results 11/01/09 Cramlington Results 08/02/09 Redburn and Chirton Results 15/03/09 Killingworth Results plus 10/04/09 JK Sprint Race Newcastle City Centre JK Website
Please check with this page prior to each event as details may change.