 Toureen Wood, Ballydavid, Co. Tipperary Sunday 3rd November Planner: Liam O'Brien (CorkO) Controller: Dermot O'Sullivan (BOC) Organiser: John Scannell (CorkO) Date: Sunday 3rd November 2013 Venue: Toureen Wood. Grid Reference R979 284 Start Times: Start times will be from 11am to 12:45pm. Map: The map scale is 1:10,000 with 5 metre contours. Surveyed summer 2009 by Pat Healy & Brian Corbett. Updated autumn 2013. Terrain: Toureen Wood is located on the Northern slopes of the Galtees. This is a mature coniferous forest with good visibility and is free of brambles except for parts where long grass and stones will impede running. The forest has a good road track network with steep sided ravines and dry gulleys which run down the slopes which are characteristic of Galtee maps and an abundance of point features. Recent map updates reflect recent felling and additional extraction rides. All courses are exclusively in the wooded section. Classes:
Start Times: You can check your start time Start-List on the Fabian4 Online Entries Site. NB: Entries are now closed. Sportident: This event will use SPORTident electronic punching. SI cards will be available for hire (€2 per day) through the online entry system. Lost cards will be charged at €30. Assembly: An information tent will the at the assembly point and will be open from 10:00am to deal with collection of hired SI cards, payment for late entries & general enquiries. Start:
The start is a 900m walk
from information tent with 85m of climb. All cars will be parked along this
route. The last stage of the route to the start is along a very narrow, rough
and steep path for 300m. Opportunities for overtaking slower moving competitors
will be very limited here. Competitors will be called up 3 minutes before their
assigned start time. Loose control description sheets will be available here
and competitors will be able to view the competition map (without controls!) in
the –2 minute box. A punching start will apply. Finish:
The finish for all courses
is at a track junction with download adjacent. Finishers then have a 550m walk
to the assembly point and a bit more to return to their car. If you have hired an SI-card, ensure you deposit it here after you download. Courses Close: Last start time will be
12:45pm with courses closing at 2.30pm. All competitors must return to the finish to download & check in.
Prizegiving: Prize
giving will take place at the information tent as close to 2:30pm as possible. Directions: The event
will be signed from the N24/R640/R639 (old main Cork-Dublin road) roundabout on
the northern side of Cahir. For people travelling to the event using the M8
motorway the roundabout is most conveniently accessed off Junction 10. On
exiting Jct 10 follow signs for ‘N24 Limerick’ and after 1.5km the
above-mentioned roundabout is reached. At the roundabout keep following signs
for N24 Limerick (3rd exit) for 4km until ‘The Lady Gregory’ pub is
reached. Take the first left (almost immediately after the pub) onto the L31031
for 1km on a very narrow single-track road until the forest entrance is reached
on your left almost at the end of the road. Parents and adults looking after
younger competitors should point out to their charges this access point to the
wood. After the finish of their run they will have to return to their vehicle
along this route. At this stage drive very slowly and carefully along the rough forest road for 400m until information tent/assembly point is reached. For later arrivals please be mindful of those that have finished their course and are walking back to their own vehicles. Park as directed after passing assembly point. Terms and Conditions
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