Essex Winter Midweek Series 2024/25

12th Nov 24

The Essex Winter Midweek Series will again be run over the winter of 2024/25.  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.  Each missed or incorrect control will incur a 5 minutes penalty.  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

Note:  There have been several problems with the MapRun software recording blank or 15 min default leg times.  MapRun have issued a new version v7.5.6 to address this.  Please update your version of MapRun to this latest one to avoid any issues in the future.

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

Essex Winter Midweek Series 2024/25

Date Club Location Planner Results Report Anytime Map Anytime Instructions
Wed Oct 30 SOS Chelmer Village Jackie Sibthorp Results Report

Long

Short

 
Wed Nov 13 HAVOC South Woodham Ferrers Simon Fowler Results Report

Long

Short

Long

Short

Wed Nov 27 SOS Galleywood Lyn & Colin West Results Report

Long

Short

 
Wed Dec 11 HAVOC Basildon Chloe Fowler Results Report

Long

Short

Long

Short

Christmas Break              
Wed Jan 15 HAVOC Billericay Graham Batty Results Report

Long

Short

Long

Short

Wed Jan 29 SOS Maldon Dean Pepper Results  

Long

Short

 
Wed Feb 12 HAVOC Ongar Seb Parris Results Report

Long

Short

Long

Short

Wed Feb 26 SOS Silver End David Game        
Wed Mar 12 HAVOC Shenfield and Hutton Paul Beckett        
Wed Mar 26 SOS TBC TBC        

Guidelines for each event:

- Short (c3-3.5km straight line) and Long (c5-6km straight line) or another format if it works better for an area (e.g. Short and Long Score)
- Starts from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, courses close 9pm
- Start location should be a pub or similar
- If possible, 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).

Defending champions from 2023/24 are:

Short Course

First David Game
Second Melanie Sirett
Third Colin Jackson

Long Course

First Gary Chandler
Second Lyn West
Third

Timothy Hull