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Thursday13/08/2026 – Evening MapRun – Sling and Ellwood 2026

Thursday13/08/2026 – Evening MapRun – Sling and Ellwood 2026
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Thursday 13/08/2026 - Sling and Ellwood 2026

Our first race in this little corner of the Forest of Dean since 2020. It's an area characterised by many many footpaths, as well as a few quiet country lanes. Most of the paths are kept open by dog walkers, though can be narrow and perhaps a little overgrown with bracken at this time of the year. Nevertheless it's a fun area to run around, and plenty of scope for ending up on not quite the path you intended!

Important: Please also note that as from 1 January 2026 Non-members of British Orienteering are not insured under British Orienteering’s public liability policy. By entering this event, you acknowledge that you are participating at your own risk.

Entries are now open and will close at midnight on Wednesday 12th August . Enter Online

 

Officials

Planner: Andy Creber
Queries? email Andy

Directions and Parking

Parking is to be confirmed. We will update this as soon as we can.

Click on the parking icon on the map below, and then the Direction icon icon to get directions to the course.

To be confirmed

The Area

A mixture of village and woodland. Lots of footpaths, some roads, though most are very quiet. Nevertheless care is needed when running along or crossing them.

Timing and Fees

Starts from 18:00 to 18:30. You should however be able to start a little earlier if you can get there earlier; we expect to be there with maps soon after 17:30 or thereabouts. If you think you will be unable to arrive and start by 18:30 please email to let us know that you will be coming later.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are open, and will stay open until midnight on Wednesday 12th August. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this, and ideally bring cash, although we do now have an available card reader.


Enter Online

Entry fees: £5 seniors, plus £1 for unaffiliated (to British Orienteering) runners, £2 juniors (no added fee for unaffiliated juniors). Competitors aged under-16 must be accompanied, The fee covers a map printed on waterproof paper, event levies (for British Orienteering and MapRun), and the organiser/planner's expenses!

The course

This is a 60 minute score event using the MapRun app.

The Start and Finish are adjacent to parking.

  • Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.

  • Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.

  • Checkpoints 21-30 are worth 30 points.

Score as many points as you can in 60 minutes. If you’re late getting back, there’s a 10 point penalty per minute over.

You'll be issued with a waterproof map, A4, scale 1:10,000, before you start.

Please make sure you’ve installed MapRun before the event. If installing MapRun for the first time, select the MapRun app from your app store, and not MapRunF or MapRun6. MapRun, which is in practise Maprun v7, is now the standard app. If you haven’t used MapRun before, don’t worry – it’s easy to use, and we have full details on getting started.

You should download the course to your phone ideally before coming to the event, as sometimes there is little or no phone signal once there.

Links to enable download will appear here when the course is published, typically a week or two before race day.

MapRunG (Garmin) and MapRunA (Apple) users: you do not need the event PIN number to download the course to your watch. This means you can download the course before your arrive at the event, in case there is no phone signal there.

Safety

The competition area includes the use of minor roads and other private drives and tracks with vehicle access. Many of the roads are narrow with some poor visibility. Extreme caution is needed at junctions and where paths exit onto roads.

Under 16s must be accompanied.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

A Risk Assessment has been completed and will be available at Registration if anyone wishes to review it.

At this time of year undergrowth is rampant on some of the paths; deer ticks are prevalent, and you should check yourselves carefully after your run for any such unwelcome passengers!

Orienteering is an adventure sport, and you are responsible for your own safety.