Cambridge Chesterton and Midsummer Common
West Anglian Orienteering Club (WAOC) welcomes you to our Cambridge Chesterton and Midsummer Common MapRun event. There are 8 courses available.
Details
This event has 2 separate sets of courses. There are 3 short sprint courses around Midsummer Common (the No Roads course is suitable for juniors).
The West Chesterton courses are (much) longer and have many road crossings
Parking
On-street parking is available on Chesterton Road for 70p for 30 mins. It is free after 5pm. Residents' bays on roads close to the Fort St George bridge (e.g. De Freville Avenue) also are available for use after 5pm
Course: Cambridge Midsummer No Roads
1.6 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 10 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 1.6 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
Course: Cambridge Midsummer Sprint A
2.9 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 19 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 2.9 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
Course: Cambridge Midsummer Sprint B
1.5 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 11 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 1.5 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
Course: West Chesterton Long
5.8 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 24 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 5.8 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
UK > West Anglia > League 2021-2022
Course: West Chesterton Medium
2.8 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 13 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 2.8 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
UK > West Anglia > League 2021-2022
Course: MidsummerArt2023
0.2 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 1 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 0.2 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.
Course: MidsummerOddsEvens2023
15 minute score
This is a Score course which means you should get as many controls as you can within 15 minutes.
There are 16 controls in total. You do not need to get them all and you can visit them in any order.
The following rules apply:- There are two sets of controls, evens and odds, on the same map
- Runners can run either evens or odds first and then the other
- The runner's first block is determined by whether two odds or two evens are punched before two of the other (or stated another way, of the first three non-duplicated controls visited, two are even or two are odd)
- The flip to the second block is signalled by visiting two controls in the second block in succession. (i.e. two odds after an initial block of evens or vice versa)
- Runners don't need to visit all evens or all odds and could just visit one block of controls
- Controls of the wrong type in a block (i.e. odds visited in an even block and vice versa) do not count towards the points score but can be visited in the correct block for points. These controls are listed as Extras in the results table
- Controls numbered 30 to 39 score 30 points
- Controls numbered 40 to 49 score 40 points
- Controls numbered 50 to 59 score 50 points
Course: MidsummerWAOC2023
1.8 km line
This is a Line course which means you need to get all 13 controls in order. The fastest time wins.
As the crow flies, the distance is 1.8 km. It is likely you will travel quite a bit further; in an urban environment, the quickest route may be as much as 50% longer.