Results, Winsplits and Routegadget now available via links above, with the Score class Routegadaget link in Other.  Apologies for the missing class fields.  They will be shown on tomorrow's and combined results.

Controllers comments
Thanks to everyone for their relative good humour at the Finish - possibly the most exposed finish I've ever seen, but a great view that very few people seemed to want to savour. My sincere apologies to all the older people on Blue and Short Brown - these maps should have been at least 1:10000 but somehow I completely failed to do my job properly and check scales against ages. For many people it must have been a very long time since they last ran on 1:15000, and that would certainly have made the wooded slope controls unnecessarily difficult."

Apart from that, very pleased to get decent weather and a decent turnout. And well done Lucy on the casualty handling!

John Britton MDOC

Planners comments
Firstly, I should apologise to those of you who ran on a 1:15000 map at the weekend for the first time in many years! Somehow, we all missed this, so I hope it did not impact you too much on the detailed slope below the edges. Add it to the list of lessons learned...
Back at the start of 2019 I agreed to plan a Level C in Rivelin, which soon became a Level C on Big Moor and then due to Covid delays it became a Level B 50th Anniversary event on Big Moor. Later still, this incorporated BUCS so it was somewhat of a baptism of fire for my first Level B event. Many thanks to those who gave advice along the way, particularly Peter Gorvett and John Britton and to Lucy for organising and permissions. Similarly huge thanks to Peter (again) and Ian Cooper for the many many map alterations I asked for, not to mention multiple canvasses for the final courses.
Planning on Big Moor and the Edges comes with a number of challenges but I was determined as many courses as possible would get to experience both the woodland below the crags and the moorland above it. From comments at the finish, it seems opinion was split as to which part people preferred. There are some beautiful parts to the area, but unfortunately they are often split by large tracts of tussocks, bracken or brambles. Indeed most of the area is pretty impenetrable for well over 6 months of the year. Add to that limitations on number of competitors in certain parts of the area, limited safe routes up or down through the crags and finally hibernating adders on some of the best bits of the moor above the edge and the courses were inevitably somewhat of a compromise. I hope you found some decent route choices mixed in with some short speedy technical legs.
I hoped competitors would enjoy the vista from the edge at the Finish, and we were very lucky with the weather, in hindsight somewhere more sheltered could have improved matters for our poor finish helpers. This also led to the significant climb but without restricting a number of courses away from the moorland this was unavoidable. I figured it was safer going up the slope rather than down it. You also all ran in the more runnable bits of the slope and all events on the area will always be a significant physical challenge. I now know how complicated it is to plan White and Yellow, Short TD5 and Long TD5 courses on the same area, within walking distance of a remote car park! However, the winning time on Black was within 75 seconds of the target, and all other courses were within a couple of percent of the target ratio so hopefully I pitched it about right. I am also pleased we decided late on to put on the Score course - I strongly feel one area orienteering needs to adapt is in its attractiveness to newcomer adult orienteers who are already decent runners and the recent SYO score courses seem to go some way to remedying that issue. I hope we can continue to cultivate links with local running clubs and provide an attractive product for them.
I hope you enjoyed the flocks of deer and plentiful other wildlife that are to be found on the area, I have certainly enjoyed many hours on the area over the last couple of years come sun, wind, rain, hail, snow and thunder (sometimes all in the same day...)
Special thanks to Connor Smith and Dan Hartmann for helping to hang all the controls out on the Friday and to all in ShUOC who collected controls in and most importantly to those people who stopped by at the finish to give thanks and positive comments - it is hugely appreciated after the many many unseen hours that go into planning and putting on an event of this size.

 Chris Williamson SYO

Organisers Comments
Wow, thank goodness for Spring. The weather can kill or make an event, we were so fortunate. I hope you feel the long walks on delightful Derbyshire footpaths in the sunshine were worth it. I know the parking over fill caused some issues, so thank you to all those who graciously accepted the situation, there were some back up plans but unfortunately all on grass fields that had had too much rain in the last 2 weeks.
Mainly thank you to the helpers for their free giving of their time. To Cliff college for the marvellous ‘marquee lawn’ ( should we all have one of those?). To Chris and John for courses that brought joy to some and mild challenge to others. To Ian and Peter for the map updates and sorting the numerous different canvases, scales and sizes. To Mick at Hassall and Lucking for usual good service with printing. To Eastern Moors Partnership for permission for the moor and woods and obliging every time the event was postponed.
All the lost property went to Wharncliffe, look on that page for any remnants. Any problems or comments please contact me by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
See you all on the same weekend next year for Burbage moor. I have booked the same weather.
Lucy
Lucy Wiegand SYO

Parking is full. Please share and if you are travelling alone, proceed to Calver village, signed to the West of the A623, 1km north of Cliff college and park on the ample on street parking. Be super courteous to residents. There will be ample room in the marquee at Cliff college to leave kit. I hope that your cooperation will enable us not to redirect anyone who arrives with a full car of the less able and children to this back up parking. The weather has meant our other closer back up plans have all been made unavailable.

Join us for a fabulous weekend of racing on two of SYO's premier areas and help us celebrate our 50th anniversary. Saturday's event takes us to Big Moor, where the rocky wooded slopes and typical peak district moorland will provide physical and technical orienteering with stunning views. It is part of the YHOA Superleague and the British University Championships (BUCs) Individual Championships also being held alongside the event. Alongside courses white to black, there's a 90 minute score aimed at fell runners.

 Terrain & Map

The varied terrain of Big Moor, includes open moorland, the gritstone edges of Froggatt and Curbar and the steep, wooded slopes below the edges with their wealth of rock and contour detail.