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Organiser's comments

Saturday the 4th of February saw an unseasonably mild night with a clear sky for the  Bowden Housteads night event. A counter in the YHOA night league. We hope everyone who ran enjoyed their courses.

Many thanks to Richard Baxter for planning the courses, to Pete Gorvett for controlling, Tim Wiegand for sorting everything SI related and special thanks goes to Lucy Wiegand for her help in organising this event. All their expertise and help allowed  things to all run smoothly on the night and in preparation before hand.

Thanks to all the folks to helped out on the night it was really appreciated particularly as a nasty virus managed to pass round our household  and only Paul was well enough to be there on the night -thanks Paul!

 

ENTRY ON THE DAY- There are 10 or more MAPS available on each course, Registration opens at 5.30pm, starts 6-7pm 

Courses close 8pm

Adults - British Orienteering members £8, non-members £10
Juniors and full time students £4
Family - members £20, non-members £24 - 2 adults and any number of children from one family running different courses

Pairs / Family groups welcome. Just pay for one entry.
SI card ( dibber) hire £1, (£30 fee if lost)

Please bring cash!

 

 

Are you up for the challenge of night orienteering? Explore Bowden Housteads woodland by torchlight! Courses available for experienced orienteers and newcomers to night orienteering. This event is part of the YHOA night league.

Final Details - Bowden Housteads Regional Night event - 4 th February 2023

Terrain
These ancient woodlands are split by the A57 and A630 into 3 parts joined by footbridges.  The
runnable deciduous woods have a variety of trees dominated by Oak and Beech and are crossed by
several streams & small valleys providing contour detail. It also has several rough open areas. There
is a good track and path network including part of the Trans-Pennine Trail.  Our thanks go to Sheffield
City council and the Sheffield Wildlife trust for the use of this area. Dogs are allowed and must be
always on a lead while you are taking part in the event.

Location
Car parking and registration at Davy Sports Club, 630 Prince of Wales Rd, Sheffield, S9 4ER.
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Directions- read carefully
Leave the Sheffield Parkway and head Northbound on the Prince of Wales Road (A6102).
Use the right-hand lane on the dual carriageway and at the second gap in the central reservation
make a U turn. After 100m turn left into Davys Sporting Club. (Entrance is easy to miss, so slow
down) Prince of Wales Rd is a dual carriageway, entry only possible from the direction of Darnall. Exit
will be the opposite way towards the Sheffield Parkway.

Parking
There is parking available at Davy’s Sporting Club. Please only park where instructed by marshals as
we don’t have use of the full car park. If the car park becomes full, you will be directed to park considerately on residential
roads closer to the start.

Timings
Starts 6pm - 7pm.
Courses close 8pm promptly.
Please note that courses close 1 hour after the last start. It is anticipated that a reasonable proportion
of runners on medium and long will take longer than 1 hour. Therefore, please pick a start time before
6.30pm to give yourself plenty of time, unless you think you'll be at the top of the results.

Courses
Long - 6.6km, technically difficult navigation
Medium - 4.3km, technically difficult navigation
Short - 2.6km, medium hard navigation.
Short Easy - 2km. For those new to night orienteering and younger juniors. Easy navigation.
Juniors who are not confident on light green courses in daylight must be shadowed.

Start and finish
The start and finishes are within 500m of Davy’s Sporting Club and will be signed/taped. Punching
start with start time flexibility. Please don’t forget to download when you have finished, this is our
safety check we do not want to mount an unnecessary search! Please take extra care walking to the
start and ensure young children are suitably supervised. Courses close at 20:00, controls will be
collected and any finishers after this time will be considered retired. Start early if you are going to be
out a long time.

 

Covid-19
By entering you agreed to abide by the Participant Code of Conduct for covid 19. This can be found
here; https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-
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articipant_code_of_conduct&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiwqt_nws76AhVP04UKHa_7CioQFnoECAIQAQ&u
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Refreshments and Facilities

Davy's is a community non-profit organisation. They are very welcoming and there is a cafe (with
barrista type coffee) and a foyer with snacks counter. Please support them.
There are toilets at Davy’s Sporting  club. Please leave muddy foot wear outside.

 

How to Enter

Entries are now open. Please pre-enter via Fabian4 by Sunday 29th January. Late entries will be available until the 2nd February at an additional charge depending on map numbers. Limited entry on the day, subject to map availability.

50% discount for helpers - please enter using discount code SYOHELPER. Please email Rosie with time / job preferences.

Fees

Adults - British Orienteering members £8, non-members £10
Juniors and full time students £4
Family - members £20, non-members £24 - 2 adults and any number of children from one family running different courses

Pairs / Family groups welcome. Just pay for one entry.
SI card ( dibber) hire £1, (£30 fee if lost)

Map

1:7500.  5m contours. ledgend on the map. Resurveyed and redrawn to ISOM 17-2 by Ian Cooper 2019. Minor updates 2023 Peter Gorvett.

YHOA Night League

Information on the YHOA night league can be found here.

Event officials

Planner:    Richard Baxter SYO,
Organiser: Rosie & Paul Walwyn SYO. Email organiser
Controller: Peter Gorvett SYO