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Planner/Organiser Comments

Thank you to everyone who turned up to run – a  fantastic turnout for a Wednesday night event with 96 results recorded!

The weather certainly did us proud compared to recent days/weeks – the cold and clear night gave perfect conditions for running (with the full moon arriving in time to light the golf course whilst collecting controls – very beautiful!).

I hope everyone enjoyed being out with the owls and foxes, and found the courses interesting.  There were certainly many positive comments back in the club house which was very encouraging (or maybe that was everyone being pleased to be back in the warmth and light, and enjoying the unusually luxurious surroundings at the end of a race?!)

Thank you very much to SIV/Beauchief Golf Club for allowing us to use the golf course and clubhouse facilities for assembly, and also for providing very welcome post-race sustenance – jacket potatoes and paninis certainly hit the mark for us!

Thanks to Dom for SI, Pauline for manning the registration desk and Ian for helping to collect controls.  Thanks again to Pauline for her advice and support in planning/organising our first event, to which the whole family contributed.  It was a learning process from start to finish and I am pleased to say I don’t think it has put us off! :)

A battery pack was found – please contact Pauline if you think it might be yours.

Stanyon/Todd family

 

Are you up for the challenge of night orienteering? Ladies’ Spring Woods and Beauchief Golf Course offer a mix of fast runnable open and steeply contoured deciduous woodland. There is a choice of 4 courses catering for experienced orienteers and newcomers alike.

Parking

Parking at Beauchief Golf Course S8 0DB, 100m East of the Junction of Abbey Lane and Abbeydale Road.

Terrain

Located on the other side of the River Sheaf from Ecclesall Woods, the terrain comprises partly of the former Beauchief estate. To the North is the Beauchief golf course which provides fast running underfoot on gentle slopes with scattered trees. To the south of the golf course are Ladies’ Spring, High and Park Bank Woods which comprise steep-sided oak woodland with a few paths and a mix of undergrowth and runnable woodland. 

Map

A4 map on waterproof paper:  1:7500,  with 5m contours, mapped by Colin Smith 2018/19.

Entry

Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your choice of map by 6pm on Tuesday 12th November.

Courses

Easy / Yellow 1.7k, 55m climb, 9 controls - ideal for juniors trying their first night event
Short / Orange 2.6k, 65m climb, 13 controls - ideal for adults trying their first night event & improving adults & juniors - no primary age juniors (unless accompanied by an adult) due to minor road crossing
Medium / Short Green 3.6k, 95m climb, 19 controls - for experienced orienteers
Long / Short Blue 5.0k, 175m climb, 22 controls  - for experienced orienteers

Distances are straight line routes. Control descriptions are on the map - no loose control descriptions.

Primary age juniors can only run the Easy course (unless accompanied by an adult).

Registration & Entry fees

Assembly and registration will be at the Golf Club from 5.45pm. 

£5 adults (£4 members)
£3 juniors / students

Dibber hire free.  Pairs just pay for 1 entry.

Starts

Adjacent to Assembly. From 6.00pm – 7.00pm.  Courses close 8.00pm.  Please arrive early if you think you could take a long while.  You must report to download even if you retire.  

Post event social

Join us for beer and food in the golf club bar.  Food will be available from 7.00pm. Food must be pre-ordered – please email Pauline by 6pm on Sunday 10th November.

Choice of:

• Jacket Potato with various fillings, chilli, tuna, cheese, beans. - £3.70 (please state filling choice)
• Panini - £3, Sandwiches start at £2.20:   tuna, cheese, prawn, ham (please state filling choice) - add chips £1.35.
• Soup and roll  - £3

Additional Safety & Out of Bounds Info

Full leg cover, whistles and headtorches are compulsory. Spare torches are highly recommended.  Studded shoes with good grip are recommended (particularly if wet). Inexperienced juniors must be shadowed by an adult.

The Medium, Long and Short courses cross a public road from one part of the golf course to the other. This road is very quiet and provides access to only a few residential properties and a sports club. Warning signs will be provided to drivers either side of the crossing, but the crossing will not be marshalled. Please take care crossing the road.

Adjacent to the road crossing is a track which goes between the grounds of Beauchief Abbey and a residential property. Both are strictly out of bounds and have been marked on the map as such. You will have two controls in each direction that guide you along the track between the properties. Please remember to punch the controls in both directions. An example from one of the courses is shown below.

We are grateful to Beauchief Golf club for permission to use the golf course for the event. All greens are strictly out of bounds. They are marked in olive green on the map (out of bounds symbol) with a black outline. The boundaries of these are often marked with white lines on the ground. .  On the map the greens are as shown below