What a beautiful evening, Hope you enjoyed the courses planned by Max, it looked like there were lots of twists and turns to keep you thinking.  Results and splits are available on the link above.  Thank you to the staff at the golf course for looking after us and of course all our helpers for making everything run like clockwork.

Hopefully see most of you at a reduced sized Limb Valley on Saturday.

Information

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. What3words: 

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.

Courses

Yellow 1.9k, 12 controls - ideal for juniors trying their first night event. Easy.
Orange 3k,17 controls - ideal for adults trying their first night event & improving adults & juniors. Medium difficulty.
Green 4k, 23 controls - for experienced orienteers
Blue 6.3k, 30 controls  - for experienced orienteers. Course includes butterfly loops.

For those people who fancy the added challlenge of head-2-head racing there will be a mass start on the blue course at 6.15pm. The mass start is optional and the blue course can also be run at other times in the start period in the normal way.

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

Primary age juniors can only run the Yellow course (unless accompanied by an adult) because of a minor road crossing.

Entry

Via SYO entry system. Entries close Monday 3rd Jan. No entry on the day. If the event can not go ahead as a result of a change in Covid restrictions, a full refund will be given.

A list of those already entered can be seen here.

Entry fees

£6 adults (£5 members)
£3 juniors / students
£1  Extra maps

Dibber hire free.  Pairs just pay for 1 entry. No charge for parent shadowers.

Starts

Adjacent to the club house. From 5.30pm – 6.45pm.  Courses close 7.30pm.  Please arrive 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 6.15pm-7.45pm. Food in bold below must be pre-ordered by Sunday 2nd January via the SYO entry system.

Jacket Potato and Paninis with various fillings, Chips, Chip Butties and Soup. 

Prices and filling options can be seen on the Food Orders page.

If food can not be served as a result of a change in Covid restrictions, then a full refund will be given.

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 primary aged juniors must be shadowed by an adult.

The Orange, Green and Blue 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.

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