A linear course of around 9k around the streets of Penarth created by Frank Ince. Map here.

This time a street score created by Richard Cronin in West Newport. A pdf of the map is on the MapRun page.

I have created 3 MapRun courses in Gwaelod-y-Garth woods. These are conventional linear orienteering courses. There are long and a short courses suitable for experienced orienteers and an easy short course suitable for beginners. As all of the control sites are under tree cover GPS reception will be variable. Going round the controls using 2 different phones all of the controls responded using a 15m sensitivity radius. The pdf maps and control descriptions can be downloaded on the MapRun page.

New 1hr score MapRun. Map available on the MapRun page. Start is at Taffs Well Railway Station. The area covers Taffs Well, Gwaelod y Garth and Ty Rhiw.

This time its a sprint event around Llanishen Park in north Cardiff. Detailed instructions are on the map page

There is a new maprun event in the Maprun Archive Page . The event uses Cathays and Roath areas of Cardiff. It uses the new features of MapRunF which allows you to start your run at any control on the map. The control you start at is converted to the start/finish control and the old start/finish site become a normal control. To use this feature you need to be using the latest version of MarRunF. So if you live close enough to the area to use it as you daily exercise give it a go.

As you would expect all formal SWOC events are cancelled until restrictions on travel etc are lifted. There is an archive of MapRun events in the cardiff area which can be done on an individual basis at any time. The pdf’s for the papermaps are in the Events-Maprun Archive tab on the Website or you can just use the maps on the MapRun App. I will endeavour to convert some older events to MapRun as well.

MapRun League results after 5 races with 1 race to go. Best 4 results. Only those with at least 3 results are included here. 75 different people have participated in at least 1 event. Next and final race of this series St Mellons Wed 18th March.

	Handicap Results
		Radyr	Fairwater	Pentwyn	Llanishen	Whitchurch	Cardiff Bay	Best 4 Results
1	Alice Bedwell	100	0	94	100	99	100	399
2	James Clemence	0	0	99	99	100	99	397
3	Duncan Innes	98	100	0	97	95	0	390
4	Mark Saunders	97	0	100	93	0	98	388
5	Gary Davies	94	97	97	96	87	93	384
6	Richard Cronin	93	96	96	92	88	0	377
7	Matt Whipple	0	0	98	89	92	91	370
8	Dave McCullough	88	90	0	86	79	89	353
9	Andrew Firth	0	0	89	87	80	90	346
10	Nathan Swain	86	88	87	83	77	0	344
11	Darren Raz-Nick	82	89	83	85	0	81	339
12	Haydn Griffiths	96	99	0	94	0	0	289
13	Ellen Perry	89	95	0	98	0	0	282
14	Richard Edge	0	93	91	0	91	0	275
15	Eira Jepson	91	0	90	0	0	92	273
16	David Powlesland	0	91	93	0	83	0	267
17	Matt St Clair	0	0	89	90	0	80	259

	Non-Handicap Results
		Radyr	Fairwater	Pentwyn	Llanishen	Whitchurch	Cardiff Bay	Best 4
1	Richard Cronin	100	100	99	97	96	0	396
2	Gary Davies	99	99	96	100	90	95	394
3	Matt Whipple	0	0	100	94	98	96	388
4	James Clemence	0	0	95	98	99	94	386
5	Duncan Innes	99	98	0	95	86	0	378
6	Alice Bedwell	99	0	86	97	92	88	376
7	Dave McCullough	96	93	0	92	83	91	372
8	Mark Saunders	95	0	98	84	0	93	370
9	Nathan Swain	92	89	93	86	82	0	360
10	Andrew Firth	0	0	93	90	82	93	358
11	Darren Raz-Nick	83	90	85	87	0	82	345
12	David Powlesland	0	96	98	0	88	0	282
13	Richard Edge	0	93	94	0	90	0	277
14	Haydn Griffiths	94	94	0	85	0	0	273
15	Eira Jepson	94	0	89	0	0	89	272
16	Matt St Clair	0	0	93	93	0	83	269
17	Ellen Perry	85	87	0	89	0	0	261

Due the forecast severe weather this event has been put back a week until Sat 22nd Feb. Details otherwise the same.

Park Series is back for 2020! Our fun summer evening races around the parks of Cardiff and beyond will be returning on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer months.

With three course distances to choose from theses events are suitable for all ages. No experience of map reading required just enthusiasm for adventure!

Provisional dates for 2020:

6 May – Roath Park
20 May – Bute Park
3 June – Hailey Park
17 june – Heath park
1 July – Pontypridd
15 July – Pontcanna Fields

All midweek evenings. Long, medium, novice courses and coaching will be on offer.