Lurgan Park

Event 1 will be in Lurgan Park on Wednesday 2 May and the planner is Gavin Cairns.

The organiser is Fiona Maxwell who can be contacted at 028 3839 1034.
Give her a ring if you have any questions.

Lurgan park is located at Irish Grid reference J091580 and can be found on multimap.

Final Details From the Organiser:

WELCOME

Welcome to the first County Armagh WEE Series 2007 event which will take place in the beautiful setting of Lurgan Public Park on Wednesday 2nd May. The Park is reputedly the second largest public park in Ireland, the biggest being Phoenix Park in Dublin. If you would like to find out a bit more about the park and its history go to the following page on the Lurgan Park website www.lurganpark.com/aboutus.asp

UTV CAMERAS

UTV cameras are expected to record the progress of Jeannie Johnston, features editor at UTV, who is doing a series on getting fit and losing weight by the end of June. She is working with a personal trainer, her one proviso being ‘no running’! She has been warned that she could accidentally break into a trot if she tries orienteering!

DIRECTIONS TO LURGAN PUBLIC PARK (Robert Street entrance – beside Waves Leisure Complex)

Please see below for directions. Car parking will be available at the Leisure Complex. There is also plenty of additional parking on the left-hand side of the approach road to the Leisure Complex.

From Belfast: Leave the M1 motorway at junction 9 (signposted Moira/Antrim) and at the roundabout take the 1st exit towards Moira village. Continue on this road (A3) for about 5 miles passing through the villages of Moira, Magheralin and Dollingstown.

On entering Lurgan, pass Howard Abraham Motors on left. At traffic lights, remain in the right lane. Follow the road round to the right, remaining in the right lane, passing Fulton’s Furnishings on the left. Continue on the road to a set of traffic lights, remaining in the right lane – there will be a memorabilia shop and Methodist Church on your left.

Turn right at this junction into Robert Street (follow yellow sign for Waves Leisure Complex). Continue to the end of this road – car parking and entrance to the Park is at the bottom of this road.

From Antrim: From Antrim, follow the signs for Moira/Craigavon. On reaching the roundabout at junction 9 of the M1 motorway, take the 3rd exit off the roundabout towards Moira village. Continue on this road (A3) for about 5 miles passing through the villages of Moira, Magheralin and Dollingstown.

On entering Lurgan, pass Howard Abraham Motors on left. At the traffic lights, remain in the right lane. Follow the road round to the right, remaining in the right lane, passing Fulton’s Furnishings on left. Continue on the road to a set of traffic lights, remaining in the right lane – there will be a memorabilia shop and Methodist Church on your left.

Turn right at this junction into Robert Street (follow yellow sign for Waves Leisure Complex). Continue to the end of this road – car parking and entrance to the Park is at the bottom of this road.

From Armagh/Portadown: Coming from Portadown via Craigavon, follow the Portadown Road into Lurgan past Centre Point Leisureplex (on right). On this road remain in the right hand lane approaching the second set of traffic lights. Just before McDonalds (on right), turn right into Sloan Street and continue on this road going straight through the traffic lights at Lurgan Hospital (into Russell Drive).

Follow this road through another set of traffic lights and on approaching the second set of lights stay in the right lane to turn right into Queen Street (Methodist church on right, Gospel Hall on left).

After turning right, immediately turn left into Robert Street (follow yellow sign for Waves Leisure Complex). Continue to the end of this road – car parking and entrance to the Park is at the bottom of this road.

REGISTRATION

Registration will take place in the Cricket Pavilion which you will see immediately opposite the entrance to the Park beside the Leisure Complex. Registration will start at 6:45pm and starts will be from 7:00pm to 7:45pm. Courses will close at 8:30pm with controls being lifted from this time onwards.

ENTRIES

Entry is £2.50 per person which includes a pre-printed map. Plastic map bags will also be provided, but if you already have one, please do your bit for the environment and re-use it. SportIdent card (dibber) hire is free.

PRE ENTRIES

In order to speed up the registration process, you can send your details to Fiona before Wednesday evening. All you then have to do on the night is collect your map and dibber and head to the start! Alternatively, you can just turn up on the night and complete a registration form then.

COURSE DETAILS

There will be two courses, a short easy one of approximately 2km which follows paths, and a longer one of approximately 4.2km most of which takes you off the paths.

TOILETS

Toilets and changing facilities will be available in the Cricket Pavilion.