OCTAVIAN DROOBERS www.Octavian-Droobers.org The Orienteering Club for Warwickshire and Coventry Affiliated to British Orienteering Wednesday Evening Events May - July 2017 (Occasionally circumstances may force a late change of venue or car park. Please check on the club website www.Octavian-Droobers.org before the event.) Details: The Octavian Droobers Wednesday evening events offer courses suitable for everyone from the absolute beginner to the experienced orienteer. Don't worry if you haven't tried the sport before as help will be available. For new club members we also run basic coaching sessions throughout the year. Start times are usually from 6.30 to 7.30. Just turn up on the night. Seniors: £5.00; Juniors: £1.00. (+£1.00 EMIT card hire if you don't have your own). For further information on any of the events just telephone the Organiser, or contact through the OD web site: www.Octavian-Droobers.org Wednesday Borough Hill, Daventry. Map Ref SP585622 on sheet 152. 3rd May Postcode NN11 4NB. Borough Hill is signposted from the A425 Ring Road on the east side of Daventry. From the south west take the A45 ring road round the south of Daventry then the A425. From the east and south leave the M1 at junction 16 and take the A45 to Daventry then the A425 Ring Road. From the north leave the M1 at junction 18 and take the A428 towards Rugby, first left, then first left again onto the A5. At Kilsby take the A361 to Daventry, then onto the eastern Ring Road. Organiser: Liam Chapple - tel. 07971 890154. Wednesday Hartshill Hayes Country Park. Nuneaton. 10th May Map Ref SP317943 on sheet 139. Postcode CV10 0TH. Hartshill Hayes Country Park is approximately 3 miles north west of Nuneaton. Approach via the B4111 from Atherstone or the B4114 from Nuneaton. Follow brown tourist signs to the Country Park. Pay and display car parking at the Visitor Centre. Organisers: Keith & Margaret Willdig and Jane Stew - tel. 01455 617908. Wednesday Elmdon Park, Solihull. O/S SP162827 sheet 139. B92 9EJ. 17th May From the M42 Junction 6 take the A45 towards Birmingham. After 2 miles turn left (south) at traffic lights into Damson Parkway. At the roundabout come back on yourself and turn left into the lane leading to parking by church. Organiser: John Middler. e-mail: [email protected] ; tel. 07855 684978. Wednesday Abbey Fields + Kenilworth Town Urban event. 24th May O/S SP 287723 sheet 140. Postcode CV8 1BP. Parking in the main car park at Abbey Fields. Access off Bridge Street, Kenilworth. Free parking for up to two hours, but you must still get a ticket and display it on your windscreen. This event will offer a variety of courses within Abbey Fields for under 16 competitors, plus longer urban courses that include the surrounding roads in the town itself for those over 16 who want a longer run. Please note that competitors aged under 16 can only do the urban courses if they are accompanied by an adult. Organiser: Andy Heath - e-mail: [email protected] (Abbey Fields courses) and Tony Feltbower - tel. 01926 864465 (Urban courses). Wednesday Bentley Wood, Atherstone. 31st May Map Ref SP294949 on sheet 140. Postcode CV10 0RD. Car parking is at Church End Brewery, Ridge Lane. From the South - Furnace End - follow B4116 north, continue into Coleshill Rd. then right into Monks Park Lane and left into Ridge Lane. From the North turn from the A5 onto B4116 Merevale Rd, left at T junction then left into Twenty Oaks Lane, left to Coleshill Rd. then right into Monks Park Lane and left into Ridge Lane. Church End Brewery is 300m on the right, through a narrow entrance just before the end of the houses. (400m walk to the start in the Woods.) Organisers: Stan & Rachel Alexander - tel. 07810 626054; e-mail [email protected] Wednesday University of Warwick - Westwood Campus. 7th June Map Ref SP297768 on sheet 140. Postcode CV4 8UW is close. Three miles south west of Coventry. From the A45 follow signs to the university campus and athletics track. Parking is in carpark #13 Westwood Campus accessed from Kirby Corner Road. Organiser: Oliver Flippance. Contact details: Kerrie Flippance - tel. 07960 095481; e-mail [email protected] Wednesday Hillfield Park, Solihull. O/S SP138780 sheet 139. B91 3LE. 14th June Northern car park in Brick Kiln Lane. Leave the Solihull bypass and take the B4102 Blossomfield Road though Solihull to its junction with Widney Lane. Turn left along Widney Lane, then right into Brick Kiln Lane after about half a mile. Organiser: Mike Snell - tel. 01926 421139; e-mail [email protected] Wednesday Coombe Park, Coventry. O/S SP404790 sheet 140. CV3 2AB. 21st June Parking at the main car park. Entrance off the B4027 Coventry to Brinklow road. Pay and display car park - at time of writing £3.70 - correct change required. Organisers: Richard and Sian Gardner - email: [email protected] (preferred). tel. 01604 770761. Wednesday Sutton Park, in conjunction with the Gates Run, organised 28th June this year by COBOC. O/S SP115963 sheet 139. B74 2YT. Parking inside Town Gate just beyond the playground. See COBOC website for more details nearer the time. Wednesday Rough Close, Coventry. Map Ref SP 264780 on sheet 140. 5th July Postcode CV7 7DD. Five miles west of Coventry. Signed from the B4101 Balsall Common to Coventry road. Parking is at the Scout camp at the end of a narrow track. Organisers: Richard and Sian Gardner - email: [email protected] (preferred). tel. 01604 770761. Wednesday Brueton Park, Solihull. Map Ref SP162790 on sheet 139. 12th July Postcode B91 3HG . From Junction 5 on the M42 head towards Solihull for 1 km, and follow signs for Brueton Park (first left, and first left again at roundabout). Max 4 hrs free parking. Organiser: Steph Howarth - tel. 07855 099689. Wednesday Itchington Holt. Map Ref SP369557 on sheet 151. 19th July Signed from SP374588 (CV33 9NN), which is a crossroads 1 km south of Harbury. Access to the wood is south from here, two miles down a private road. Parking on the edge of the access drive, adjacent to registration. Note: there is no access from the B4451 at junction 12 of the M40 even though the wood is adjacent to it. Organiser: Paul Quinney- tel. 07970 058272; e-mail: [email protected] Wednesday Memorial Park, Coventry. Map Ref SP 322772 on sheet 140. 26th July Postcode CV3 6PT will get you close. The entrance to the Park is off the A429 Coventry to Kenilworth road, close to the junction with Beechwood Avenue. Organiser: Michelle Oxtoby - tel. 07766 303823; e-mail: [email protected] .