The events will be cross-country orienteering events: Each competitor will be allocated an individual start time and compete individually. On the start line you will be given a specially produced mountain bike orienteering map with a pre marked course. On the map all paths and tracks are represented by their ride-ability. The course is a set of orienteering control points, which must be visited in the order shown on the map. You must chose the best route between the controls and navigate accordingly. At each control you register that you have been there with the EMIT timer which you will be given. This records your race time and the time taken between each control. You can then compare you race time and individual control times with all the other competitors. The winners will be the competitors to have completed the course in the fasted time.

Course Lengths

At each event the course lengths and thus the winning time will differ due to the nature and extent of the terrain. The men’s open class will have a winning time in the range 90 - 120 mins. All the other categories will have different and slightly shorter courses. So unlike a score event everybody rides for a different amount of time, but over the same course.

The Series

At each event points are allocated for each class as follows: 1st 50 points, 2nd 47, 3rd 45, 4th 43, 5th 41, 6th 40…..45th 1point. For the overall series prizes a competitor’s 3 best scores from the 4 events will count.

The Maps

The maps will be specially produced for the series by Peel Land Surveys. Click on the thumbnail image to see a sample map extract with an explanation of the map symbols and course markings. This may take some time to load!