Orienteering Events
Eight MapRun courses are still available for you: Caldy, Snidley Moor (the non-steep part of Frodsham Hill), Thurstaston, Runcorn Hill, Eastham, Frodsham urban (including Castle Park), Helsby urban, Chester urban.
Follow the links below for details of all events:
- Normal outdoor events
- Self-timed courses in terrain
- MapRun courses
- Street activities
- Virtual Orienteering Courses
Event Officials
Click here for a list of officials and vacancies at coming DEE events
| Date | Venue | Details |
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| Normal timed outdoor events | ||
| January 2021 |
Weekly events nearby |
MDOC/SROC Night Street Leagues |
| Saturday 22 January 2022 |
Thurstaston Common |
North West Night League Event 5 Organiser: Chris Calow (cjcalow102@gmail.com) Parking and assembly in Thurstaston Common Car Park GR 247845, Post Code CH61 0HH. Event Details here Start times from 18:00-19:30. Courses close 20:30. Fees £5.00 senior and £2.50 junior. SI - 50p to hire an SI card; £30 if it's lost. |
| Sunday 23 January 2022 |
Thurstaston Common |
Regional event Organiser: Noel Schorah (noelschorah@hotmail.co.uk) Parking at the Hillbark Hotel, Post Code CH48 1NP, GR SJ 245858. Event Details version 4 here Enquiries open from 10:15. Start times from 10:30-12:30. Fees £7.00 senior and £3.50 junior. Courses suitable for novices and for experienced orienteers. SI - 50p to hire an SI card; £30 if it's lost. Pre-entry only using Fabian4 - entries are now closed. 
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| Saturday 5 February 2022 |
Runcorn Town Park |
Local event |
| Saturday 5 February 2022 |
Penrith Beacon, Penrith |
North West Night League Event 6 BL Event Courses Orange, Green, Blue |
| Saturday 12 February 2022 Changed date |
Teggs Nose, Macclesfield |
North West Night League Event 7 MDOC Event Courses Orange, Green, Blue |
| Sunday 13 February 2022 |
Hawse End, Derwentwater |
CompassSport Cup Heat - WCOC event Event details here This is the qualifying heat for the CompassSport Cup. DEE will be competing against WCOC, LOC and MDOC. Details of how to enter will be announced shortly. |
| Thursday 17 February 2022 |
Warrington area |
DEE Night Street League Event 5 - Warrington |
| Saturday 5 March 2022 |
Birkenhead Park |
Local event including Come-And-Try-It for newcomers.Organiser: Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
| Tuesday 15 March 2022 changed date |
Parkgate/Neston area |
DEE Night Street League Event 6 Organiser: Jane Mockford (janemockford@hotmail.com) |
| Sunday 10 April 2022 |
Bryn Alyn |
Local event |
| 15-18 April 2022 |
South Wales |
JK Weekend |
| Thursday 28 April 2022 |
Alyn Waters (East) |
Summer Evening Event |
| W/comm 2 May 2022 |
tba |
Summer Evening Event |
| W/comm 9 May 2022 |
Runcorn Hill (tbc) |
Summer Evening Event |
| Wednesday 18 May 2022 |
Arrowe Park |
Summer Evening Event Organiser: Malcolm Irvine (malcolmirvine07@gmail.com) |
| 7-12 August 2022 |
Lake District |
Lakes 5 Days |
| Saturday 8 October 2022 |
Edge Hill University Campus |
North West Sprint Championship & UK Urban League Provisional subject to permissions |
| Sunday 9 October 2022 |
Ainsdale Dunes |
National Event - Area Embargoed Provisional subject to permissions |
| November 2022 |
Cuddington |
DEE Night Street League |
| Self-timed orienteering in terrain | ||
| Delamere Barnes Bridge |
Self-timed training course using the best of the permanent controls Details here Firefox users: there is a problem viewing the maps in the built-in Firefox pdf viewer - you will get Out of Bounds hatchings obscuring parts of the map. You will need to either use a different web browser (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge etc.); or change your Firefox settings so that it does not use the built-in pdf viewer - instructions here | Mobile Phone and Virtual Orienteering |
| MapRun courses We have a series of informal orienteering events using the MapRun mobile phone App to be done in your own time. Download the App to your phone, get the access code if one is required and print a paper map if you want one. Then go to the venue in your own time and complete the course. The MapRun App will track your progress and the route you took. Results appear on their server. You can read how to set up and use your mobile phone for MapRun here. Covid-19 continues to impact our sport. Please ensure you follow:
These are unsupervised events so you compete at your own risk. Please let others know where you are going. |
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| from 17 May 2021 | Chester |
Final Details Course A 3.1km Course B 2.9km To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Jane Mockford |
| from 10 May 2021 | Frodsham Urban |
Event Details Medium course map 4.4km Medium Course Control Descriptions Short course map (with Control Descriptions) 2.4km To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Simon Crocker |
| from 3 May 2021 | Helsby |
Parking at the Helsby Quarry car park on Alvanley Road GR SJ 490750 Long course map 5.8km Short course map 3km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Pat Moody |
| from 26 April 2021 | Thurstaston |
CH48 1NP / SJ 245 857 Park entrance off the B5140 about a quarter of a mile south of Frankby Long course map 5.7km 90m Short course map 3.3km 55m Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Pete Owens |
| from 19 April 2021 | Eastham Country Park |
GR SJ 365818. Signed from A41 N of M53 junc 5. Car Park at Eastham Ferry. Course A map 2.9km Course B map 2.8km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Sara Campbell (saracampbell1@btinternet.com) |
| from 5 April 2021 | Runcorn Hill |
Course A map 2.7 km 80 m updated 14/4/21 Course B map 2.5 km 85 m Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Pete Owens |
| from 29 March 2021 | Caldy |
Course 1 map 1 Course 1 map 2 total 5.3km Course 2 map 3.4km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Mike Smithard |
| from 29 March 2021 | Frodsham Hill - Snidley Moor and Woodhouse Hill |
Course A map 2.9km Course B map 2.7km Event Details with revised parking 9/5/21 To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to John Padget |
| from 21 December 2020 | Marbury Country Park |
Starts at Marbury Country Park car park. Medium course map 4.4km Yellow course map 2.7km To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Courses planned by Matthew McCreadie, our first junior to plan courses. |
| Stadt Moers Park |
Yellow and Orange line courses. Light Green score course. Event detailsYellow course map Orange course map Light Green Score course map To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire/Merseyside. Questions about the event to Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
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| Runcorn Town Park |
. Blue course mapLight Green course map Event details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Pete Owens (pete.meg@ntlworld.com) |
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| Sandbach Town Centre |
Joint DEE and POTOC event 60 minute score mapTo access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Further details of all POTOC MapRun courses on their website here |
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| Little Budworth Country Park |
Follow brown signs towards Oulton Park. If approaching from North, Little Budworth Car Park is just before you reach Oulton Park. 45 minute Score course map from 20:00 on 5/8/20Yellow course map from 20:00 on 5/8/20 These maps are valid from 20:00 on Wednesday 5 August. If you still have maps that you printed before that time, please discard them and print these new ones. We have made this change in order to use a different start location, which we hope will mitigate the problems some people have had getting MapRun to recognise the existing start. To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Barry Chambers (bwchambers@btinternet.com) |
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| Formby Raven Meols |
Parking at Lifeboat Road National Trust Car Park, Formby, Liverpool L37 2DD. From the Junction of the A565 and B5424, followthe Brown signs to Lifeboat Road Beach' Free for NT members, £7.50 for others. 40-minute Score Course MapLight Green Course Map (more like a Green course) To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire/Merseyside. You will need a PIN code for this event. It's available from Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) Questions about the event to Norman (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
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| Streets Activities | ||
| Chester S&SW Streets Activity | ||
| Frodsham Streets Activity | ||
| Chester NNE Streets Activity | ||
| DEE COVID-19 O League Graham Nilsen, Nick Campbell and Jane Mockford have created a series of Virtual Orienteering courses
that you can complete on your own or as a family to help pass the time until we can get back to proper orienteering. These courses are still available for you to do. |
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| Event 12 - Lancaster |
A3 map if you can print it A4 map 2 pages for the rest of us, Sellotape not provided Question Sheet Planner: Graham Nilsen |
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| Event 11 - Chicago - The Windy City |
Map 1 Map 2 Question Sheet Planner: Bruce Metz (CAOC) We are delighted to have a guest planner for the next in our Virtual O series. Bruce Metz, member of Chicago Area Orienteering Club has been taking part in our Virtual O Events and has kindly planned a course on his home turf for us to enjoy. Bruce's top tip is to use the Chicago overhead railroad (known locally as the "EL"), mapped with the railway line in blue, as a catching feature. Thanks to Bruce and enjoy your North American orienteering experience. |
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| Event 10 - Bilbao |
Map 1: S-5 & 18-F Map 2: 6-17 Question Sheet Planner: Jean Payne Controller: Jane Mockford |
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| Event 9 - Bruges |
Map Control Descriptions Question Sheet Planner: Jean Payne Controller: Jane Mockford They recommend that, like Chester last week, it is well worth going round the whole course on street view. If you aren't familiar with Bruges, it will give you a real flavour of the city. [Does that mean waffles and chips? Ed.] |
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| Event 8 - Chester |
Map part 1 be patient while it loads Map part 2 likewise. This part was originally an A3 map, but it's shown here as 2-and-a-bit A4 maps so you can print it on A4. Question Sheet Graham Nilsen has planned a scenic tour of Chester city centre for you We strongly recommend that you do this event entirely on street view ie do not just drop in on the control sites. If you do the latter, you will miss the famous Chester walls, rows and other features. It is worth taking the route along the city walls from 12-13 (see special symbol on the maps) and following the Shropshire Union canal for a while from 13-14. You can cool down after the finish by following the road from the finish west to The Groves to enjoy the river DEE, the suspension bridge (the 1922 bridge replaced the original 1852 bridge) and the Old Dee bridge which dates from the 1350s although there was a crossing there from Roman times. There is a further bridge across the Dee in Chester (not on this map) opened in 1833. When completed, it was the longest single-span arch bridge in the world - a title that it retained for 30 years. |
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| Event 7 - Venice | Map Question Sheet We've splashed out on this one. International travel - no problemo. |
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| Event 6 - Halifax | Map Question Sheet Control Descriptions This week's planner is Steve Ingleby and we are grateful to Jean Lochhead at East Pennine Orienteering Club for getting permission for us to use their club's map. Some DEEsiders went to this event so it will be interesting to see how well you get on...... |
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| Event 5 - Coventry | Map Question Sheet We are heading for Coventry thanks to DEE's Jean Payne for planning and to mapper Bruce Bryant of Octavian Droobers for permission to use his map. The event was just last year so, if you went, you may find it interesting to try a different course or you can see if you remember how you tackled the trickier controls. In planning and controlling the course, Jean and I fell foul of the multiple versions of Street View again. Hence you will note that the questions sheets sometimes tell you which version you need to be on to find the answer. Also please be aware that if the question says "near the control circle", the object may be some distance away. |
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| Event 4 - Lincoln | Map RouteGadget Control Descriptions Question Sheet Planner - LOG (to whom many thanks) and Norman Hall |
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| Event 3 - Liverpool | Part 1 Map Part 2 Map Question Sheet Planner - Graham Nilsen Controller - Anna Nilsen |
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| Event 2 - Barcelona | Virtual O Map Virtual O Map Zoom Control 16-Finish Question Sheet |
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