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SYO will be at Cliffhanger again this year the main races being the Ultrasprint on Saturday and 5km and 10km Trail Race on Sunday.

The maze course is back again and there will be a score course available in the park all weekend.

Entries

Entries via Fabian4 are open HERE.  Both races are £10 for adults and £5 for under 16, this includes entry to the Cliffhanger event (normally £7.50). There will be limited entry on the day for £5 having paid for entry to Cliffhanger. 

The maze courses and Score course will be free.

UltraSprint  (Saturday 6th July)

The UK's premier Ultrasprint orienteering event will return to Cliffhanger on Saturday 6 July at the original Cliffhanger venue, Graves Park.  For more information on Cliffhanger see the main cliffhanger website http://www.cliff-hanger.co.uk/

Results and reports from the previous years' Ultrasprints:2007,2008,2009,2010, 2011.

   

A high intensity, high speed form of orienteering, the Ultrasprint starts and finishes into a specially constructed labyrinth. Competitors face a technical and physical challenge that includes complex map reading and multi-terrain racing. A number of the UK's top elite orienteers will battle it out over a qualifying stage and final to become the Ultrasprint champion 2013.

Entries via Fabian4 are open HERE . Both races are £10 for adults and £5 for under 16, this includes entry to the Cliffhanger event (normally £7.50). There will be limited entry on the day for £5 having paid for entry to Cliffhanger.

Qualification

This will start at 12:00 and will close at 14:00 and will be two courses.  You can have a rest between qualifier 1 and 2 but you must have completed qualifier 2 within 80 minutes of starting qualifier 1.  The final will be based on the combined times of these two runs.

Final

The top 6 men and 6 women will qualify for the A finals.  The actual number in each A final will be decided nearer the event based on the entries and the number of people we think we can have safely charging around the labyrinth.  The A Finals will be mass start races.  The B Final will be a chasing start, the time you start will be based on your qualifying time.  The estimated winning time for the final will be 10 minutes.

15:00 Mens A Final (Mass Start)

15:20 Womens A Final (Mass Start)

15:40 B Final (Chasing Start)

Missed Controls

Missed controls in both the qualification and final will result in a time penalty not disqualification.

Map

The main map is 1:1500 with inserts for the Maze sections.

So you know what to expect this map was from the Ultrasprint Final when it was held in Millhouses park a few years ago.

TERRAIN

Unlike Millhouses the majority of the Ultrasprint this year will be on a wooded slope. The courses are planned to keep you out of the worst of the undergrowth, and you could get away with shorts if you are happy with a few scratches...

Trail Race (Sunday 7th July)

New this year a 5km and 10km trail race taking in the best of Graves Park.

Starting at 11am on Sunday with a lap of the arena you will head out into the park winding your way through the parkland and woods before heading back to the arena to finish. There is around a 50:50 split between tarmac paths and dirt tracks.

The 10km race is the same as the 5km race for the first lap. After passing through the Cliffhanger arena you’ll head out into the park for another, different 5km loop, expect smaller paths a couple more hills and the possibility of getting your feet wet…

Timing will be provided by the SportIdent system, hire of the timing chip will be included in the entry.
Entries via Fabian4 are open HERE . Both races are £10 for adults and £5 for under 16, this includes entry to the Cliffhanger event (normally £7.50). There will be limited entry on the day for £5 having paid for entry to Cliffhanger.

Score Course (Saturday & Sunday)

A score course will be set out in the park all weekend.  You will receive a specially prepared 1:5000 map of Graves Park with control points marked.  Each control is worth 10 points and you will have 45 minutes to visit as many as possible.  Try to get back within the time limit as you will have 10 points deducted for every minute (or part minute) that you are over the time limit.

To spice things up there will also be a Mass Start on Saturday morning at 11:00, which should give people enough time to recover for the Ultrasprint qualifiers.  .  Please register and collect your map by 10:50.

During the rest of the weekend you can start whenever you are ready (last start each day will be at 16:00).  

There will be controls both inside the Cliffhanger arena but most will be in the rest of the park.  The course will start and finish at the main Orienteering hub in Cliffhanger and you will leave and re-enter the Cliffhanger arena by a special orienteer's exit.  

Maze Course (Saturday & Sunday)

Ever popular with the kids, there will be 3 different Maze courses to have a go at throughout the weekend.  The maze will be closed from 12:00 - 16:30 on Saturday for the Ultrasprint.

Cliffhanger Course (Saturday & Sunday)

New to Orienteering?  A short course around Cliffhanger will be open all weekend to give you a flavour for the sport.  Navigate your way from one control to the next in the quickest time using electronic time recording at each control.  Checkout your position on the leader board when you finish.

PRIZES

Prize Giving will be at 16:30 on Saturday

In the Ultrasprint will be prizes for the top 3 on each of the A finals and also for the top Male and Female Junior, Vet and Super Vet.  There will also be a draw for spot prizes, everyone who has run in either the ultrasprint or score course at the prize giving will be in the mix to win.