NORTHERN NAVIGATORS
	Invite you to a full District event at
	Black Banks and Knitsley Fell
	Sunday, 1st March 2009

Travel :		The event will be signed from Wolsingham, Co.Durham,
		at the junction of the A689 and the minor road running south to Hamsterley, grid ref NZ074372
		
Parking :		Weather permitting will be in a field, entrance at grid ref NZ086351.
		Otherwise roadside parking will be used.

Registration :	from 10.00 – 12.00.	Starts : from 10.30 - 12.30.

Courses :		Yellow, orange, light green, green, blue, brown.

Fees :		Seniors (M/W21 and over) - £7 (£2 discount with current BOF card)
		Juniors (M/W20 and under) and students - £2.
		Schoolchildren - £1

Entries :		There is NO pre-entry for this event. First come first served.

EPS SI :		This event is to use the EMIT electronic punching system.
		EMIT cards (bricks) will be available to hire on the day free of charge.
		Competitors will be responsible for these cards and will be charged for their loss.
		Instruction in the use of the system will be available on the day.
		Further details on the system can be found on the EMIT website.

Map :		Black Banks & Knitsley Fell, Scale 1:10000, contours 5m, A3 size.
		The current map was first surveyed during Winter 1999/2000 and was last used February 2007.
		The map for today's event incorporates minor amendments this year and was surveyed
		and drawn by D.Caudwell using OCAD.
		Maps will be overprinted and bagged but not sealed.

Terrain :		Black Banks consists of fast, runnable, open forest, with patches of thicker woodland.
		It has a network of paths, rides and forest roads and is generally very open, although it has been planted
		on a slope which is steep in places. There are some patches of clear felled and re-planted areas,
		but where possible, the courses have been planned to avoid these.
		Knitsley Fell is flatter, except at its SW extremity, where it becomes steep again. The moorland has been
		extensively quarried and also used for mining in the past. There are many spoil heaps, some of which
		provide complex contour detail - the ground cover is mainly heather which may be quite deep in places.
		There are patches of mature trees on the moor, as well as some areas of younger deciduous trees,
		and a few clumps of gorse - the most significant of which are marked on the map by vertical green stripes.
		The moorland is disected by a minor road which divides the area and care should be taken when crossing.

Facilities :	Portable toilets, orange squash at finish.

Dogs :		Dogs not allowed in parking field and not on courses.

Results :		Individual split times will be available at the download station on the day.
		Simple results will also be posted periodically here.
		Full results will be posted on the NN website - www.northern-navigators.org.uk 
		notification of the availability of results will be sent to those on the NEOA email list.
		If you require a paper copy of the results, please leave your details at registration with 30p to cover postage.

Officials :		Organiser - Rob McKenna, tel: 0191 4219659, email - robmckenna@blueyonder.co.uk
		Planner - Dave Caudwell
		Controller - Julian Warren

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