Great to see plenty of people braving the weather today at Shire Brook.  I hope you all enjoyed James' courses, he did a great job for a first time planner.  A big thank you as always to our band of helpers, you all did a brilliant job.  Thank you as well to the Shire Brook Conservation Group for the use of the centre.  I hope you enjoyed running round the area but also got a chance to look at the displays to see how much it has changed since the 90s.

Provisional results are available above along with splits and schools results.  Hopefully the overall schools results will be updated by the end of tomorrow.

Finally don't forget that we are holding the Yorkshire Schools Championships on 12th May at Canklow, just this side of Rotherham.

School Team Results

Year Group Results

Information

Come orienteering and explore the lovely Shirebrook Nature reserve in the South East of Sheffield (here). This is the 7th race in the Saturday Series of events aimed at introducing adult and junior newcomers to orienteering and includes the very popular SFSS schools league. There are 6 different courses to choose from catering for young children, runners, newcomers and experienced orienteers.

Registration for the events will open at 12:30pm and you can start any time from 12:30pm – 3pm. All courses close at 3:30pm at which time we will start to collect controls so please make sure you start early enough to complete your course in time.

Schools Event

Running alongside the public event is an event in the Sheffield Schools Orienteering League for both Primary and Secondary pupils.  Entry to the schools event is free if your school a member of the SFSS and you are in Y3 or above. Information about the SFSS Orienteering League is here

Costs

Adults £5, British Orienteering / SYO members £4
Children £2 (Free for the first run if you are in Y3 or above and your schools is in the SFSS)
Any additional courses will cost an additional £1 (Or £2 if your previous run was free)
If you would like to go around in a group you would just pay for one entry, plus £1 for each extra map.

Travel and parking

Parking is available by the visitor's centre. 

Take to the A57 towards Worksop from the Parkway and at the first big island take the first left, B6064 towards Woodhouse. Take the first right into Stone Lane. The car park is on the right. Drive carefully as you will meet competitors on their way to the start. The car park has a height barrier which is 1.8 metres.

If getting there by public transport it is about 20 minutes by bus from the centre of Sheffield, there are several options use the Yorkshire Travel Planner to get to Coisley Hill from where it is a 5 minute walk down Stone Lane.

Facilities

There are toilets at the centre.  As there is no cafe we will be selling hot drinks and cakes to raise money for Dave Hollinger, who was badly injured in a skiing accident in March 2018. Cake donations welcome.

Entries

All courses are entry on the day.  You just have to turn up, pick a course and fill in an entry form.  There will be people on hand to help you if you have any questions.

Map

1:7500. The existing map has been extended substantially increasing the size of the previous area.

Courses

If you complete a course and there is still time you are welcome to try another.

See below for details on the courses on offer.