Club Champs and AGM

When:: Saturday 3 December 2022
Where:: Graves Park - Sheffield
Category:: Local
Results:: View Results
Splits Analysis:: View Splits Analysis
Other:: View Other

Details

Results and splits above. Handicap results in a spreadsheet in other above

The 2022 club champs will be held on the morning of Saturday 3rd December at Graves Park and will be followed by lunch, the AGM and our annual award presentations at the Sheffield Transport Club. This is a fun, informal event for members of SYO and their family and friends. It is suitable for everyone from beginners and young juniors to our elite athletes. You are also welcome to join us just for the orienteering or just for lunch.

Location

The orienteering will be held at Graves Park. Parking will be at the Charles Ashmore car park. Nearest postcode S8 8GJ. What3words: clap.sling.aims. If the car park is full, please park considerately on nearby residential roads. Assembly, starts, finish etc adjacent to the car park.

The lunch, AGM and awards will be held at the Sheffield Transport Sports Club at Meadowhead. Nearest postcode S8 7RH. What3words: gentle.left.pack. There is a large car park.

Entries

Entries must be made in advance by Saturday 26th November. Please complete the google form for each person attending. The form allows you to specify whether you want to do everything or just the orienteering or just the lunch.

Orienteering Format

Long course - 5.2k - as hard as the area allows
Medium course - 3.9k - as hard as the area allows
Orange course - 2.7k - medium difficulty
Yellow course - 2.3k - easy

The long & medium courses are mass start and have gaffled butterfly loops to split people up. Participants on the yellow and orange courses will start at 1 minute intervals after the mass start.

Prizes are awarded to 1st male & female in the junior, senior and vet classes but your results are based on a handicapping system! There are also prizes for the first male & female on the yellow and orange courses.

Timings

Arrive 10.45 at the latest ready for the mass start 11am. Courses close 12 noon. Please enter a course that you will take no more than an hour to complete.

We will gather at the Sheffield Transport Club from 12.30pm with lunch served at 1pm. The (very brief) AGM will be held at 2pm followed by our annual award presentations.

Lunch

Choice of meat pie, wedges and veg or vegan chilli, wedges and veg. Under 12s choice of margerita pizza and chips or chicken nuggets and chips. Dietary requirements can be catered for.

Costs

Orienteering only - £2 adults, £1 juniors.
Lunch (includes the orienteering) - £10 12 and over, £4 under 12s

Please transfer payment to the SYO bank account when entering.

Sort Code: 40-41-07
Account No: 21115189
Reference: ClubChamps + Surname

Terrain & map

The Graves Park map has been resurveyed by Ian Cooper (SYO) through 2022 and is drawn at 1:5000 scale. Contours are at 5 metre intervals.

The area includes a valley running broadly east-west. It is a mixture of open parkland (much of the longer grass has recently been cut) and wooded areas, some of which are steep and can be slippery when wet. There are many paved and unpaved footpaths across the area.

An extract of the map is below.

Tarmac paths are shown by the brown path symbol. Other footpaths are shown by black dashed lines.
Significant/prominent trees are shown on the map but not smaller trees, or young and staked trees.
There is a stream running down the main valley. The stream is out of bounds for ecological reasons and may only be crossed on the paved footpaths.

Other useful info

Control descriptions will be printed on the map. There will be no loose descriptions.

Juniors can be shadowed on yellow.

Please wear full leg cover and grippy shoes.

SI timing will be used and controls will be SIAC anabled. Dibber hire is free.

The nearest toilets are adjacent to the (closed) cafe, approx 10 mins walk away.

There are male showers available at the transport club but they are likely to be very busy with footballers!

Volunteers

We would welcome offers of help to collect controls - the more, the merrier and the quicker we'll be able to go to lunch! Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Officials

Organiser - Hannah Woods - compton3093'at'googlemail.com
Planner - Dave Howsam
Overall Co-ordinator - Pauline Tryner
Handicap calculator - Peter Gorvett

Safety & risk

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. If a competitor has a pre-existing medical condition that they think should be declared, please complete a medical form at enquiries. The sealed envelope will only be opened in an emergency.

Photography

SYO has an agreed policy on the taking of photographs at events, based on national guidance. This provides a sensible balance between the benefits and risks associated with the taking and use of images. If you are unsure about acceptable practice, please speak to the event organiser. Read our photography policy.

Privacy

When entering our events your personal details (name, gender, age class & club) will appear in the results section of this website. Read our privacy policy to see how we look after your personal data.

Venue

Graves park is Sheffield’s largest park and arguably provides the widest variety of orienteering terrain. As well as a good path network and open spaces, there are wooded valleys, steepening at the west, with old mineral workings providing a small area of interesting contour detail.

Non-orienteering attractions include a café and a rare-breeds animal farm.