Day 1

Start

Registration and the Start HQ - is the SAME for ALL teams

Please make sure you are completely familiar with the logistics requirements for event
Check the weather
Make sure you are properly equipped
And remember - everyone Starts at the same place: Start HQ
- Only Juniors return to the Start HQ on Day 1
- Open and Seniors finish Day 1 at the OVERNIGHT CAMPSITE and return to the Start HQ at the end of Day 2

Day 1

Saturday 25th November

Little Gaddesden Village Hall, Church Road, Gaddesden, Herts, HP4 1NX

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Arrival and Registration

Arrival and Registration - All Participants

Start HQ

Arrival

Registration

Ensure you register as soon as possible once all your team and Shadow (if applicable) has arrived.
Ensure you register for the correct competition and confirm all your team's entry form details are correct.
Any last minute changes to team members' details can be made here
Any queuing is usually short.

At registration, teams will receive:

1. Laminated course map showing ALL control points
2. Control Flag location description sheet
3. Grimsdyke Hike commemorative badges

Any Shadows will receive a duplicate set of the map and the location description sheets

Starting and Check-Out

After registration, teams move to the Starter's Table for any last-minute briefing.
Teams may start any time they are ready between 7.30am and 9.30am.
The Starter will give the team their Control Card, pre-printed with the flag numbers in the order to be visited
The Starter will mark the team number and the start time on the team’s Control Card and on the “tear-off” stub.
The stub is a safety measure to account for every team out on the course
The Starter will then allow the team onto the course.

Watch Outs!

Each Control Card lists a different route: teams cannot assume that the team ahead is going the same way as them!
If you switch categories on the day, you MUST inform Registration, otherwise you will set out on the wrong course!

On the Course

Routes

- - Keep to footpaths and rights of way.
  - The quickest route on Day 1 is generally by visiting the flags in the order on the Control Card.
  - The route between Controls is up to the team

Controls

Shooting

- Teams may encounter shooting parties during the weekend
- If a team meets a shooting party, the Shoot Stewards will advise teams when it is safe to proceed – the delay should be less than five minutes. Please be courteous and considerate.

Leaving the Course

No one is to leave the course without first informing the Event HQ. Otherwise we may be obliged have to send out search parties and involve the Rescue Services.
Darkness falls between 4.00 and 4.30pm. At which time, teams still out on the course, teams should check with the Transport Number
For Junior teams, Shadows should decide whether or not to allow their teams to continue after dusk or to call for Transport
Open/Senior teams must phone the transport number after 4.00pm if they are not already in Camp to agree whether they can continue to walk to camp or call for Transport

Finishing and Check-In

Finishing and Check-In back at Start HQ

Junior teams

Will return to the Start HQ.
On return, teams should hand the punched Control Card to the Finish Marshal who will confirm and record the official time.
The teams members and Shadows should re-confirm that the team membership, event category and composition are still correctly recorded.
The punched card will be compared with the master and scored.

Senior Teams