Open24 - Event Details
A few more details for the adrenaline junkies. The event is still evolving, and as such please refer back to these pages prior to the event. We will highlight any changes.
Minimum distances
- MTB - 64km 740m ascent (plenty of oppourtunity to use minor roads)
- Foot - 10km 450m ascent
- Paddling - 20km no ascent I hope!
Maximum distances are whatever you can archive in the 24 hours (don't worry there will be plenty to do), remember its not who travels the furthest but who scores the most points.
Timetable
12th July (Saturday) Closing date for entries, please call 0845 056 0040 to check for availability after this date.
12th July (Saturday) Final details posted on internet including start location and maps required for event.
21st July (Monday) Anquet Open24 Maps available for download (see Anquet Map offer).
23rd July (Wednesday) At midday the list of control locations and an Anquet waypoint file will be published on the website, these need to be pre marked on your maps prior to the event.
Parking is a 10min walk from registration / briefing
19.00 Registration opens
21.30 Registration closes
We highly recommend that you register on the Friday night - Saturday is very tight for timing, unless you are ultra organised you might be late for the start.
If you have your own boat or a necky do remember you need to bring along your BCU certificate, unless we have seen it prior to this event. There is no exception, please do not put us or yourselves in an awkward position on the day.
Please note timings for this day will be updated on 23rd July
07.00 Registration opens
09.00 Race Briefing mandatory for all competitors
11.00 Event start
11.00 - 13.00 competitors finish
13.30 prize giving
Maps
Two weeks prior to the event we will release details of the maps required for this event. One explorer map 1:50 covers the whole area nicely. Unlike the 1:25 maps of which there are 3 that cover the area although two are required if you are carrying the 1:50.. The cheaper and arguably better option is to purchase Anquet electronic mapping for the Open24 at an event price of £20, for which we will supply a file that will put the waypoints in the exact locations on the maps for you. You can find out more details on this offer here.
Control Locations
Each year things got a little stressed for a few people in the days leading up to the event as they found that they were unable to view the control locations document. So just in case we have placed an empty control locations file on the website so you can make sure you can open it rather than leaving it till the day before the event.
Example Control Locations file click here (500Kb)
Likewise similar problems occurred with Anquet as people struggled with saving and opening files. Its a pretty simple process and we have put some instructions up here so you can see what you need to do. Again we have also placed a dummy Anquet waypoint file here for you to try out, it lists previous Open5 locations AND ones we are considering.
Open5 locations - Anquet Waypoint File click here
Just to note as Anquet are providing a really cheap service with maps we won't be providing Version 1 waypoint files, it takes us an age to create them right at a time (3 days before the event) when we are pretty busy. To check out which version of Anquet you have go to Anquet - Help - About.
Any questions
OK we have put together a list of commonly asked questions from previous years, as new ones are asked we will add them to the list you can find them here.