Beautiful day at Parkwood Springs.  I hope those on the longer courses like the new extension, it provides a bit of variation to heading over to Roe Woods, thank you to Ian Cooper for extending the map.

As ever a huge thank you to all our helpers, especially Colin Best for planning and Jacky for handling out temporary toilet!).

Results are available on the link above along with split times.  Schools results are on the 'Other' link and the team results are below.  I'll give it a couple of days before updating the league results.  If anyone spots any errors please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Pete Tryner

Introduction

Enjoy the challenge of orienteering on the open heathland of Parkwood Springs with stunning views across Sheffield. This is a Saturday Afternoon Series event aimed at introducing newcomers to orienteering and an event in the SFSS schools orienteering league.  The map has been newly extended northwoods and this area will be visited by the long technical courses.

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 is a member of the SFSS and you are in Y3 or above. Information about the SFSS Orienteering League is here

Timings

Registration for the events will open at 12:30pm and you can start any time from 12:30pm – 3pm (last start 2.30pm light green & above). 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.

Costs

Adults £5 (members £4)
Children £2 (Free for the first run if you are in Y3 or above and your school 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

Nearest postcode S5 8XA. Parking is available off Shirecliffe Road this may fill fairly rapidly so if full please park considerately on surrounding roads. Buses seem to be pretty regular with a variety of routesPlan your journey

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.

If you ran one of the previous schools events in the series then you should have completed an entry form an been given a number. With the number we are able to add you into the results system much quicker.

For those who would like to do a second run you will need to complete another entry slip with the same details as before. 

Map

1:5000, 5m contours. Newly extended and updated in 2021 by Ian Cooper.

Safety

The area has several popular mountain bike trails, courses are designed so that you should not need to run along them and please be very careful when crossing them. 

The blue course crosses a busy roads so over 16s only. 

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.

Facilities

Unfortunately there are no toilet facilities at Parkwood Springs so please do try to go before you come. There will be a camping toilet for emergency use.

Officials

Planner - Colin Best
Organiser - Pauline Tryner email: pauline 'at' southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk
Controller - Pete Tryner