Five TorsSat 3 Aug

Summer Dartmoor MapRun Series

Local level event

What does this mean?

Local events are usually low key and in the 'localised' area, ideal for newcomers to try the sport and Training events are non competitive and used for training and coaching, aimed at members of the club, but they can attract people from neighbouring clubs, and are often ideal for newcomers to try the sport. Regional events attract participants from around the local Region, National events are high quality competitions that will attract people from far away, Major events are Major Events such as a British Championships. Virtual events are where there are no physical controls being used. Your presence at a control is registered using an App on your mobile phone, normally the free MapRun6 App.

Terrain type: Moorland

Last updated: Sun 04 August, 2024

Results

Results in Excel format

Results in pdf format

Overview

A maprun event for experienced Orienteers on the open Moor. A smartphone with the maprun 7 app is needed (details below). Because of the very open and quite remote terrain these courses are not suitable for inexperienced Orienteers.

Location Info

Near: Princetown
Lat,Lng: 50.55759,-4.06971
OS Grid Ref: SX533752
Postcode: PL20 6ST
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Directions / Parking

Pork Hill Car Park

Pre-event Details

Map / Terrain

All maps are at 1:7500 with the technical courses being A3 and the Orange being A4.

Course Information

Orange 3.5 Km 110 M Climb 11 controls

Short technical 5.0 Km 170 M Climb 13 controls

Long technical 7.1 Km 250 M Climb 17 Controls

Courses not suitable for complete beginners and the courses are not set up for them- even the Orange course, which is the most straightforward, needs you to be able to identify small features on the ground and use a compass well. Bear in mind we are heading some way out into the moor, so you need to know what you are doing.

Read more about Course lengths and Difficulty here

Entry Details

Link to racesignup for when open for entries:

Enter on Racesignup here

Fees: £5 adults £3 juniors

No entry on the day as we need to know beforehand who is going to be there but if things change for you an email by the previous evening should get you entered.

Part of the Saturday mornings series throughout August of maprun events on the hills of Dartmoor. With five Saturdays available, for the competitive amongst you we will be compiling a league table for each of the courses on offer with your best 3 results on that course being taken into account. 100 pts for first, 99 for second and so on.

Registration and Start times

Start between 0930 and 1100 and bagged maps will be available at the start.

Contacts / Officials

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Nearest A&E Hospital

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Miscellaneous

Maprun : Download the appropriate course onto your phone using the maprun 7 app .

Select event / UK/Devon/Dartmoor summer/Five Tors/ and then either orange/sht tech/or long tech.

Once loaded it will ask you for a pin number and this will be available on the day at the start. Best done before leaving home.

If you are not that familiar with the app and system then head to link on our website which will point you in the right direction.

FAQs:

Maprun : if you are not that familiar with the app and system then head to link on our website which will point you in the right direction.

The latest version is now maprun 7 which is what we recommend.

Is maprun easier or harder than standard courses ?

Out on Dartmoor it is certainly not easier. Not having a flag hanging there also doesn’t help but if you are looking for the feature it shouldn’t really matter ! The difficulty of the courses is more a reflection of the area you are running in and Dartmoor has some of our better areas. It does stop you just getting into the rough area and looking around until you see an orange and white flag!

Is the maprun app easy to use ?

Its quite user friendly now as there have been many updates ; now version 7. One of its limitations can be in wooded areas as it reduces the strength of signal. Being on Dartmoor that will not be an issue.

If you have any questions feel free to ask away.