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It was a great turnout for this evening’s event in Churchdown – thanks to everyone who came along! It was a nice mixture of regulars and newcomers to Maprun. Richard Cronin was the clear winner, with 490 out of a Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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Churchdown event tomorrow evening

Tomorrow (Thursday 25 April) sees the second in our summer series of Maprun events, in Churchdown: you can choose the streets in the village, or the footpaths up the hill (or both!) Looks like the rain should be clearing up Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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Coleford

This is a mixed urban/rural course: it combines the streets of Coleford with footpaths through the surrounding fields and forest. Parking is in the main car park in the centre of Coleford. The start and finish are at the east Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years06/04/2019 ago

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Abbeymead

This course ventures into Gloucester’s suburbs and parks, around Abbeymead and Barnwood. Parking is in the Abbeydale Community Centre car park. The start and finish are at the north end of the car park, near the footpath into the park. Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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Leckhampton

Starting from Bath Road, this course explores Cheltenham’s suburbs of Leckhampton and Charlton Kings. Parking is in the Bath Terrace car park. The start and finish are at the north corner of the car park, as shown on the map Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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2019 Summer Series gets underway!

Thanks to everyone who came along to last night’s event in Coleford: we hope you enjoyed it! And thanks to Pat Macleod for organising. The weather hadn’t got the message that the summer series was underway, with a few patches Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years05/04/2019 ago

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2019 Summer Series is Announced

We are pleased to be able to announce the 2019 Summer evening series, which will consist of 8 or 9 Thursday evening races. As the evenings will be lighter, there will be no need for headtorches, and we will be Read more…

By Pat Macleod, 6 years ago

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Last Race in the 18-19 Winter Series….

Tomorrow is your last chance to influence the leaderboard in the 18-19 Winter series. We’ll be at Abbeydale Community Centre around 18:30 tomorrow evening – GL4 4BL is the place to head for, turn in for Morrisons then go straight Read more…

By Pat Macleod, 6 years ago

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Maprun Leckhampton – Thursday 7 March

This is the penultimate race in the 2018-19 Winter series. We will be developing the summer programme shortly, and contrary to what the NGOC website currently says about the summer mapruns we will probably retain the one hour score format, Read more…

By Pat Macleod, 6 years ago

Courses

Cooper’s Edge

This course, on the outskirts of Gloucester, ranges from the new estate of Cooper’s Edge, to the wider streets of Hucclecote. Parking is outside Cooper’s Edge school. The start and finish is by the front of the school. Directions Click Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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MapRun Gloucestershire

8 hours ago

The 2024 league concluded with a rather damp and somewhat disrupted race in Ebley, the disruption due to the closure of the M5 near Gloucester just as people set out to travel! Neither that nor the rain deterred three first timers, though, so well done to Tim Hunter, Alex Agombar and Sam Taunton for getting there and getting round. It was a great run, nothing changed at the top of the leader Board, so well done to Richard Cronin, who topped the Overall and Efficiency leader boards, and Andy Creber for taking the age related handicap win.We'll have a bit of a break now, and aim to start the 2025 league towards the end of January. Volunteer planners always welcome - there is plenty of help available to plan and put on a race. Finally, owing to increased levies(in effect insurance costs) for unaffiliated runners we sadly have to increase the entry fee by £1, to £6, but members of British Orienteering will get a £1 discount, so no change to their fees. ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

I've been very slow to publish results and standings from the Magor race a couple of weeks ago, but these are now published at ngoc.org.uk. The MapRun league finishes this week at Ebley with a Christmas flourish - a standard MapRun 60 minute course, based near the canal so scope for avoiding the worst of the hills, and Mulled wine and mince pies to warm you up after your run. Head over to Fabian4 and sign up. The course is now published and available to download. ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

Great run in Magor and Undy last night. Planner Alex Lyne thought that a clean sweep would be possible, but no one managed it, though some went close. So a very good test of both physicality and route planning, and much enjoyed by everyone I spoke to at the finish. We wrap up the season at Ebley, on Wednesday 18th December, with mulled wine and mince pies to warm you up on finishing. Details are available on ngoc.org.uk, and will appear here soon. We are still looking for planners for next year, so if you fancy setting up a course, email maprun 'at' ngoc.org.uk and we can sort something out. Creating the course is pretty easy, and we can help as required, so give it a go. ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

1 month ago

The 2024 MapRun season is rolling towards a close on 18 December, and we are starting to look at our programme for 2025. We aim to have another 20 or so runs during the year, a mix of winter night street races and summer evening semi rural ones, and we need people to plan them. They are pretty straightforward to plan, and we have a good list of possible venues, though you may have your own ideas as to where we could go. If you fancy planning one, email maprun'at'ngoc.org.uk and we can discuss options and opportunities. You don't have to be an expert MapRunner; we'll help you along the way. And if you are new to MapRun, and wonder what it's all about, go to ngoc.org.uk/maprun-gloucestershire and read up about it. It's a great way to get some exercise, learn a bit of map reading, and explore places you may not have visited before around the county. ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

3 months ago

Well, what a fun time we had at Newnham last evening, thanks to MapRun's Odds and Evens scheme, clever planning by Abi Jones and Nicki Pettiford, and a lovely evening with a wonderful moonrise, in no way done justice on a micky mouse phone photo! By the way, spot the lone paddler waiting for the bore, due through in about half an hour! Almost everyone got the hang of the intricacies of odds and evens scoring on a course where every control you pass is registered, whether odd or even, and the system worked perfectly. Then on top of that delicious Welsh cakes and tiffin to replace the normal Lidl offerings! The general view was that it was a most enjoyable change from the normal scoring, but not to be repeated too often; it adds too much thinking🤨.Our next run, next Thursday, is in Hereford, and then in early October we are on the western edge of Gloucester, taking in Alney Island and the city centre, so look out for details soon here and on the website, for both of these races. Entries are open already on Fabian4. ... See MoreSee Less

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