Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26

31st Jul 25

Winter Series 2025/26

The Essex Winter Midweek Series will again be run over the winter of 2025/26.  This will consist of 10 night street O events.

Series flyer.

Points will be awarded based on finishing times adjusted using an age/gender handicap system.  Best 6 results from the series will count.   On-the-night bonus of 15 points per event for those running on the night, opposed to MapRun catchup.  7 min penalty for Anytime.  A second run on any particular course will not count for scoring purposes.

Full results will be emailed and published on the SOS and HAVOC websites. 

Entry fees, per event Senior (member) £4, Senior (non-member) £5, junior £2

Golden Ticket (entry to all events in the series) - Senior (member) £30, Senior (non-member) £40,  junior £15

Links to details/results for the events are shown in the table below.

Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26

Guidelines for each event:

- For this year we are using a Score based format.  This will have one map, but two time limits - Short (40 mins), Long (60 mins)

- However, if for a particular area a different format works better (Line, sprint etc) then that is fine

- Starts from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, courses close 9pm

- Start location should be a pub or similar

- Events are set up on MapRun to allow for on the night analysis, as well as Anytime Catch up for thise not able to attend on the night

- Mainly street based, although can offer off road route choice, if considered safe in the dark

- Usual format of fire hydrants, supplemented by other road furniture, and/or homemade hydrant signs where courses would benefit from not only using hydrants (to increase route choice for example).

- In order to retain the ability for competitors to run a line course, it may be practical, for some events, to suggest a suitable line alternative route through the score controls.

Note:  As some events may use scoring rules or other mechanisms that are only available in MapRun, competitive manual scoring is not offered, although you are still welcome to run under manual timing, and control visits will be checked using a control card.

Defending champions from 2024/25 are:

Short Course

Long Course