Taunton West
SEGOL
Sat 22 May - Sun 25 Jul
Near: Taunton
Level of event: Regional
Type of event:
Race, Urban
The QO offering to the Southern England GPS Orienteering 2021 League was well attended. A good mixture of different types of urban areas, including residential streets, central shopping, and parkland, gave interest to the courses.
Hopefully more clubs will take up the banner and put events into the league. It looks like there'll be one in Devon at least.
If you want to get in some practice, maps from last year's event and this one can be downloaded from British Orienteering. The MapRun courses are still open, so you can compare your times to those who did it in the actual event.
Results
Long
Medium
Short
Ultrashort
League Tables
Discussion
The event will be open from mid-May to Mid-July. If lockdowns or similar restrictions are put in place during the scheduled date range, we will extend the closing date to compensate.
It is a GPS punching event using MapRun (like our Street Series and COVID-era JOG activities).
Other Events
The following events will be taking place during the time the SEGOL courses are open.
We also have lots of permanent courses.
Directions / Parking
Sited on the western side of Taunton, it is easily accessible on foot from anywhere in the town. Parking is possible at the Tangiers car park and at weekends behind Somerset College.
Start and finish are near The Weir Cafe / COACH Building, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1AW
Course Information
All courses are mapped at 1:5000 to ISSprOM 2019 standard. See the image gallery at the bottom to see the blank maps.
Ultra-short
2.1km - traffic-free urban parkland - A4 map
M/WYJ M/WJ M/WHV
Short
3.6km - residential streets and central urban - A4 map
M/WUV WSV
Medium
5.6km - residential streets, central urban, and urban parkland - A3 map*
WO M/WV MSV
Long
7.4km - residential streets, central urban, and urban parkland - A3 map*
MO
Height gain on all courses is negligible.
* The Medium and Long are A3. You can just about get away with printing them at A4 (by ticking 'fit on page' in your printer settings) but remember the scale will be different!
Entry Details
£4 - self-print *
£6 - collect a ready-printed map (available at Street Series events and by contacting president@)
* For self-print, click on the appropriate button below. When payment is complete, you will be redirected to the map file. Please make sure you download a copy. Any problems, email chair@
Registration & Start Times
All competitors must register for free on the SEGOL website by the closing date of the event.
You can start any time between the starting and closing date of the event. We would recommend that you avoid busy shopping times to help with social distancing (and potentially speed your run up).
Terrain Description
Mixture of residential streets, central urban, and urban parkland - see course information for specifics on each course.
Leg covering not required. We advise you wear bright colours to be more easily seen by drivers.
Refreshments
The courses start and finish near the wonderful The Weir Cafe. The light meals and cakes are a favourite with runners after Parkrun or urban orienteering events.
GPS Signal
All controls have been checked by at least two devices on different days. However, your device or the weather conditions or time of day might mean that a control doesn't register. If you know you're at the right place and have waited a couple of seconds for your GPS track to catch up with you, just move on. We will manually review every track and retrospectively award controls missed by the GPS.
See our guide to using MapRun.
Event Class
This event does not count for national ranking. It is only marked as Regional to indicate that it is part of a Southern England league.
Contacts / Officials
Planner: Alasdair Shaw chair@
Controller: Roger Craddock president@
Organiser: Judy Craddock membership@
