Thames Valley Street Series #17 Jericho

Name: Thames Valley Street Series #17 Jericho
Start: 2025-09-10T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-10T18:45:00+01:00
Location: Jericho, Oxford

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 06:30 pm to 06:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Jericho, Oxford | Oxford, EN

This is the 17th race (and the final one for this year) in our hugely popular Thames Valley Street Series - you don't need to have attended the previous ones; it's open to all, so give it a go!
An event using the MapRun app, it take the form of a 45 minute score course (find as many controls as you can), with a short 18.30-18.45 start window (we won’t deny a run if you arrive late!). The short start window is to facilitate a short prizegiving and series wrap up after the event, followed by socialising at the pub. We hope to see as many people down as possible and do stick around after!
It's an exciting urban race with a twist around the streets and intricate lanes/alleys of Jericho and central Oxford. There is no set route to the course and you have to find your own way around, trying to find as many controls as you can, as fast as you can, using a special map.
*Entries close at 14.00 on the day of the event.*
*Please try and enter as soon as possible. This helps us estimate map numbers.*
It's only £3 to enter! Pre-entries only, via RaceSignUp, here: https://racesignup.co.uk/thames-valley-street-series
Website details, here: https://tvoc.org.uk/events/tvss-final-jericho/
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LOCATION
The event will be hosted from The Rickety Press in Jericho - at 67 Cranham St, Oxford, OX2 6DE. Please do stay for the series prizegiving and some food/drinks, if you're able.
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THE RACE
Start any time between 18.30 and 18.45. Note the shorter start window than normal!
It's a MapRun 45 min score event. There will be around 30 controls to try and find within 60 minutes. Controls may be found in any order. Controls 10-19 score 10, controls 20-29 score 20, and controls 30-39 score 30 etc. 20 point penalty for each minute or part minute you are over the hour. You may complete as many or as few controls as you want.
The event will use the free MapRun app. This is available on smartphones, as well as Apple and Garmin watches. It’s advised to have this app downloaded in advance of the event. The event is available to download, but is protected by a PIN which you will be given at the event (so you can't see the map until the race itself).
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WHAT TO BRING
Yourself, in suitable clothing (high-vis highly recommended) and running footwear. A phone with plenty of charge. A Garmin/Apple watch if you own one. A compass (not essential).
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MAP
1:10,000 paper street-o map. Solid and dashed black lines show roads and paths respectively. Purple cross-hatch is out of bounds. A solid purple line is an impassable feature. Orange indicates grassy terrain that can be run across if access shown as permitted. Green indicates vegetation that is assumed impassable. Blue is water.
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HOW DOES IT WORK?
As this event uses the MapRun app, there is no physical orienteering infrastructure out on the course. Controls are set virtually, and your phone/watch will register when you have got within a few metres of the specified control site location on the map. It is important to not run through the finish control until you want to finish your race, as doing so will finish your race. The finish will be located in a place which makes this very unlikely.
Check out our Maprun info page here: https://tvoc.org.uk/maprun/
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DIRECTIONS / PARKING / PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Nearby streets.
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ENTRIES
£3 entry, via the Tickets link above. Under 16s must be accompanied by somebody 16 or over on their run. Entries will be open until 14.00 on the day of the event.