Hope everyone enjoyed their blast around the golf course, the fairways were brilliant to run on and made for some super quick times.

Thank you to Lees Hall Golf Club for letting us run on the area and providing great facilities and food.  Steve Dempsey did a great job with the new map and thank you to Alex Forrest for planning some interesting courses, Dave & Vanessa Howsam for organising and all our other helpers on the night: Ian Cooper, Dave Todd, Andy Preston, Paul Taylor, Pete, Pauline and Euan Tryner and Piers Miller.

Information

Are you up for the challenge of night orienteering? Lees Hall Golf Course is a new SYO area offering a mix of fast runnable open areas interspersed with areas of woodand. There are a choice of 4 courses catering for experienced orienteers and newcomers alike.

Parking

Lees Hall Golf Club, Hemsworth Road, Sheffield S8 8LL. Parking in main golf club car park. What3 Words: socket.offers.status (car park entrance)

Terrain

Lees Hall golf course is situated on the southern edge of the city near Graves Park and adjacent to the Lees Hall and Gleadless Valley woods. It is an interesting and varied golf course, divided into two halves by a public footpath that forms part of the Round Sheffield Walk / Run. 

The half nearest the clubhouse has two fairly level open areas divided by a wooded slope and is interspersed with small areas of woodland, trees and ditches, offering safe and enclosed orienteering for the shorter courses.  

The half beyond the footpath provides more varied and steeply sloping terrain, with a considerable elevation drop from top to bottom. It is divided into a number of open areas separated by woodland and several steep-sided streams and ditches which feed into the Meersbrook and Gleadless Valley. 

Map

A4 map on plain paper (map bags available):  1:5000,  with 5m contours, mapped by Steve Dempsey October 2021.

Please enter in advance via the SYO entries system. Entries are open now and close on Monday 8th November. There is no entry on the day.

£6 Adults
£5 British Orienteering/SYO Members
£3 Juniors & Students

Pairs pay for one entry, extra map £1. If you are shadowing a junior, just pay the junior entry fee. Dibber hire free, but must be ordered in advance

Courses 

Provisional course details as follows:

Yellow 1.3k, 35m climb, 11 controls - ideal for juniors trying their first night event
Orange 2.4k,50m climb, 16 controls - ideal for adults trying their first night event & improving adults & juniors
Green 3.6k, 100m climb, 22 controls - for experienced orienteers
Blue 5k, 150m climb, 23 controls  - for experienced orienteers

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

Starts / Finish

Adjacent to the club house. From 5.15pm – 6.45pm.  Courses close 7.30pm.  Please start early if you think you could take a long while.  You must report to download even if you retire.  

Facilities

Toilets and download will be located in the club house. Please remove muddy shoes before entering. Food & drinks also available.

Post event social

Join us for drinks and food in the golf club bar.  Food will be available from 6-8pm and must be pre-ordered – please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 12 noon on Sunday 7th November and make payment to the SYO bank account.

Choice of:

• Chicken Curry & rice - £6
• Vegetable Curry & rice - £6
• Under 12s - chicken goujons or fishfingers or burger with chips & beans - £5. Veggie option also available.

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.

We are very grateful to Lees Hall Golf club for permission to use the golf course for the event. All greens, tees and bunkers are strictly out of bounds. Please go around them.