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What are they?
They are NOT rallies - more properly called Navigational Scatter Events, they provide a simple introduction to using maps and basic timing.
Who can enter? Anyone with a club membership card.
What do you need ? A reliable car. The family runabout is just as good as any. If you have auxiliary lights fitted, then you’ll either have to remove them or cover them so they can’t be used as they are not allowed by the regulations.
Decent footwear, as you’ll probably have to jump out of the car to find the clue. A good torch is therefore very useful.
A watch. There is only an overall time limit, however it is important to return to hand in your answers within the time limit otherwise you will receive time penalties and may be excluded if you are very late.
A relatively soft (2B,3B or even 4B) pencil to mark the locations on your map(s). An eraser to remove those mis-plots.
A romer - this little piece of plastic is used to accurately plot the map references and in addition has graduations for measuring distances. Very useful for working out just how far to go down that narrow lane.
Maps - The Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 series, currently £6.99 each are used.
Once you have been given your list of locations, you then spend some time plotting all the points on your map(s) and then decide which of the points to visit. You are only required to visit 75% of the points but sometimes even that can be difficult.
KDMC run a championship, known as the Twilight Championship consisting of seven events, of which your best 5 scores count towards the championship.
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