Minor Event - Ryhope
WARNINGS: This event is being staged in the Sugarloaf State Conservation Area. The event area has a large number of subsidence cracks and you may encounter leeches and ticks. Some subsidence cracks are marked with orange tape, some from previous years. A particular danger is star pickets on old seismic survey lines which have been left with ~200mm protruding above the ground. Most of these have 75 mm white PVC tubing around them to mark them and reduce the danger, but some may be naked. The survey lines (and elsewhere) also have white wooden posts 100 – 600 mm high.
Location: Parking for the event will be in the Macquarie Memorial Park, 405 Cessnock Road, Ryhope. From Toronto travel west on The Boulevard / Awaba Road / Cessnock Road for 9 km. 400 m before the freeway turn left into the Macquarie Memorial Park and follow signs to parking, and to the assembly area in the bush to the south. Please be respectful of the nature of the park and of others visiting the Memorial Park.
Start times: 9.30-11.30am
Map: Heart Rate Hills 1:10 000, revised 2014. The area is undulating to steep spur gully with extensive track and road network and thicker vegetation in the deeper gullies..
Courses (provisional): Hard long 6.5 km, Hard medium 5.5 km, Hard short 4 km, Moderate long 3.4 km, Moderate short 2.0 km, Easy 2.1 km, Very easy 1.6 km.
This event uses Sportident, which will be available to hire on the day.
Course closure: 1pm
Safety Bearing: North to Macquarie Memorial Park or Cessnock Road.
Planner: Jim Lee
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