Location Info

• Postcode: CB3 0WA *
• Lat,Lng: 52.20986,0.10348
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* Postcodes are not very precise in some areas, so don't rely on them for an exact location.

Directions / Parking

Event Centre is at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, CB3 0WA.

Arriving by car: There is no car parking at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS). If you travel to the event by car you should use the Madingley Road Park and Ride CB3 0EX. There is no charge for parking. There are then two options to reach CMS: (i) Take the Park and Ride bus (departures every 15 minutes on a Sunday) to the first stop (Storey’s Way). The return fare is £4.50 (adults), £1(children 5-15). English National Concessionary Travel Scheme pass holders can travel free. (ii) Walk along Madingley Road to the Storey’s Way bus stop, which is 1.5km to the east of the Park and Ride site. along Madingley Road. You should keep to the north side of the road. You will pass Churchill College on the left before you reach the Storey’s Way bus stop. At the bus stop use the pedestrian crossing to cross Madingley Road and approach CMS along the bicycle path. (See map – to be provided -- for details.)

More details of the Madingley Road Park and Ride, buses, etc are given at:

https://cambridgeparkandride.info/madingleyroad.shtml

Arriving by public transport from central Cambridge: The Whippet U Bus runs from central Cambridge, e.g. the central Rail Station, to the Storey’s Way bus stop. On Sundays the buses run every hour until about 1100, then every half-hour after that. See

https://www.whippetbus.co.uk/media/hdjptttd/universal-a4-tt-mar25.pdf

Arriving by cycle or on foot: Please approach CMS from Madingley Road. There are cycle racks at the entrance to the CMS.

Course Information

Please note, as this is an urban event, unaccompanied Under 16s (on the day of the event) will be restricted to courses 6 and 7, which both involve a marshalled road crossing.

Course	Class	Optimum Distance (km)	Number of controls
1	Men Open	10.3	36*
2	Veteran Men (40+) Women Open	9.2	33*
3	Supervet Men (55+) Veteran Women (40+)	7.5	28
4	Ultravet Men (65+) Supervet Women (55+)	6.4	24
5	Ultravet Women (65+) Hypervet Men (75+) Hypervet Women (75+)	4.8	24
6	Junior Men (16-), Junior Women (16-)	4.3	21
7	Young Junior Men (12-) Young Junior Women (12-),	2.5	25

^* SI series 5 and 8 dibbers are not suitable for Courses 1 and 2 because of limited capacity. If you are running Courses 1 and 2 and do not have a suitable dibber then visit Registration before you run and request a SIAC on loan.

Courses close at 2.00pm. You must report to Download by 2.15pm. Please ensure that you start early enough that you will be able to complete your course by the time courses close.

IMPORTANT: You must report to Download even if you do not finish your course.

Entry Details

Entries via Fabian4 http://www.fabian4.co.uk/ until end 10^th April. Limited Entry on Day will be available subject to map availability.

Reduced entry fee applies for online entries up to 11:59pm on 5th April.

Entry Fees (until end 5^th April): £13 (adult BOF member), £15 (adult non-BOF member), £4 (junior/student). Entries after 5^th April, including Entry on Day, subject to £2 late entry supplement.

We will be using SportIdent electronic punching. SI dibber hire: £1, SIAC dibber hire: £3 (charge of £30 for loss of a hire SI card, £65 for SIAC). Please note that courses 1 and 2 require SI dibbers with a capacity for more than 30 punches. Our standard hire dibbers are not suitable for these courses, but our SIAC hire dibbers are suitable. Please check your own SI dibber has sufficient capacity for your chosen course.

Registration and Start Times

Enquiries, including hire dibber collection and EOD, open 10 am to 12 noon. Entry on the day will be subject to map availability- see below - and (if required) a suitable hire dibber - we have a very limited number of SIACs available for EOD entry and these will be reserved for running people courses 1 and 2, where a capacity for more than 30 control punches is required. We have plenty of non-SIAC hire dibbers available which can be used on courses 3-7.

If you wish your run to count in the UKUL, please note you will not be competitive if you have entered a course that does not match your age class (eg an M45 is competitive for UKUL on courses 1 or 2 but not on courses 3 -7). If you wish to run a different course to the one you have entered you MUST report to registration before you run to confirm a map is available.

Current map availability for EOD:

Courses 1 - 4: moderate number of spare maps available

Courses 5, 7: very few spare maps available

Course 6 - no spare maps available

A list of those who have pre-entered can be viewed on Fabian4 http://www.fabian4.co.uk/.

Starts from: 10.30am until 12.30. There will be no pre-allocated start times. Go to the Start when you are ready. There is a punching start and the start and finish must be punched. SIAC will be enabled. Loose control descriptions will be in the start lanes.

Start: There will be a single start. The distance from Centre for Mathematical Sciences to the Start is 900m along paved footpaths, including a marshalled road crossing. The route will be taped.

Finish: Courses 1-4 will finish at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Courses 5-7 will finish in a different location. The return distance from this finish to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences is 1km along paved footpaths. The route will be taped.

Terrain and map details

Map and Terrain: Map is 1:4000, 5m contours and A4 (courses 5-7)/A3 (courses 1-4). Maps and loose control descriptions will be printed on waterproof paper. Terrain is University sites with varied buildings, some multi-level, and some grassy areas. 

A previous map is shown at https://www.cuoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#37, but note that the 12^th April Event will not use Churchill College.

Dog restrictions

No dogs allowed on courses or on CMS site.

Facilities: Registration, Enquiries, Bag Storage, Download, and Toilets will be located at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. There is on-site drinking water but supply may be limited. There will be no on-site food sale and this part of Cambridge is a bit of a food desert. There are shops,cafes and restaurants in central Cambridge and also in the Eddington area close to the Madingley Road Park and Ride.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Peter Haynes entries@waoc.org.uk

Planner: Matt Eaton

Controller: Sarah Mansel (SUFFOC)

Welfare Officer: Helen Hague welfare@waoc.org.uk