AYROC orienteering event at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran on Saturday, 8th July 2023
Whiting Bay Event
Event on Sat 8th Jul 2023
AYROC orienteering event at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran on Saturday, 8th July.
Starts from 12.00. Yellow, Orange and Green courses available.
Entries close at 10.30 pm Wednesday, 5th July.
Results
Location
Nearest town: Whiting Bay , Isle of Arran
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- Lat/Lon: 55.48911,-5.10125
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Event Details
Our next AYROC orienteering event will be held on the Isle of Arran when we will combine the Orienteering with an after-eventa barbecue on Saturday 8th July 2023, starting at 12.00.
The event will be held at the Whiting Bay Community Land Initiative on the Isle of Arran which was used last year for the Coast and Island week of orienteering and mapped by Chris Smithard. It is quite a small area but with rough ground, however the views across to the Holy Isle are quite spectacular.
https://www.facebook.com/arrancommunityland/
It is anticipated that participants will travel over on the morning of the event, CalMac allowing. If you do not wish the hassle and or cost of having to book your car on to the ferry, a bus could be taken from the ferry terminal to Whiting Bay. There is no parking at the assembly area so a 20 minute walk is necessary. The provisional timetable is as follows;
9.45 (later11.05) Ferry from Ardrossan
(turn up approximately half hour early for ticket buying or queuing if in vehicle)
10.55 -11.20 Bus from Brodick to Whiting Bay
11.20 -11.40 Walk up to Land Initiative
12.00ish Orienteering Event
2.00ish Barbecue
3.50 -4.15 (later 4.50, 6.00, 6.32)Bus back to Brodick
4.40 (later 6.00 or 7.20) Ferry from Brodick
CalMac time tables can be found on here;
https://www.calmac.co.uk/summer-timetables
From Brodick ferry terminal, Whiting Bay is served by the 323 buses, time table on here;
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetable-pdf?ServiceId=XTAO324.O
The best bus stop to use in the village is by the building supplies shop. Parking at Assembly is very restricted, so please leave any vehicles in the village and walk up hill via Silverburn Road, opposite the building supplies shop. The road becomes a footpath near the top and intersects Golf Course Road. Go south past the golf club building to find the entrance of the Community Land Initiative
Event Assembly will be at the Land Initiative huts at OS Grid NS042258, post code KA27 8QT
Lat/Long 55.487055 -5.1007891 .
The first starts will be at 12 o'clock, but because of the potential adventures which we might have getting there we won't allocate slot times and we will keep starts going until 3pm; courses will close at 4pm.
We hope to have a barbecue after the orienteering so if you would like to join us please bring your own food and drink. Barbecues will be provided.
In case of medical emergency on Arran the normal NHS Scotland phone numbers of 101 and 999 work. There is a minor injuries unit at the cottage hospital at the east end of Lamlash, KA27 8LF . There will be qualified first aiders at the event.
Toilets are available at the North end of the village near the building supplies shop.
Please fill in a Google form for each entrant, see below.