Northern Championships
- When:
- Sunday 26 February 2023
- Where:
- Burbage Moor
- Category:
- National
- Final Details:
- View Final Details
- Start List:
- View Start List
- Results:
- View Results
- RouteGadget:
- View RouteGadget
- Splits Analysis:
- View Splits Analysis
- Ranking Points:
- View Ranking Points
- Photos:
- View Photos
- Other:
- View Other
Details
Provisional results are available on the Results link above. More detailed results are available on the 'Other' link and Winsplits, Ranking Points and Routegadget are now up. "Photos" link above has an all-controls map of the 1:2000 boulders area.
Lost property - a single Sealskinz black & red glove, a mid-blue lightweight long sleeved top (Adult size) and a non-stick loaf tin.
Information
Final details V5, hopefully final, available above. Map scale for courses 5 and 6 is 1:10,000, confirming start period and course closing time and that colour-coded entrants can have a punching start.
Late entries have now closed. There is entry on the day for the colour coded courses (white, yellow, orange & light green). Registration 10am-12 noon.
Join us for an excellent weekend of orienteering in Sheffield and the Peak District: comprising of a Friday afternoon sprint around the Endcliffe Student Village, a Saturday UKOL middle race on Birchen Edge (DVO) and culminating in a UKOL classic race and Northern Championships on Burbage!
The 2023 Northern Championships will take place on the stunning area of Burbage in the Northern Peak District. Burbage is predominately open moorland with small areas of woodland and intricate rock and contour detail providing a significant technical and physical challenge to experienced orienteers. Alongside the championship courses, there are also courses suitable for younger juniors, families and newcomers. This event is also part of the UK orienteering league.
Championship Courses
| Course | Classes | Length (km) | Climb (m) |
| 1 | M21E | 10.9 | 450 |
| 2 | M20E, M18E, M35L, M40L, M21L, W21E | 7.6 | 325 |
| 3 | M45L, M50L | 6.7 | 295 |
| 4 | M55L, M18L, M20L, W21L, M21S | 6.1 | 280 |
| 5 | M60L, M16A | 5.3 | 155 |
| 6 | W20E, W18E, W35L, W40L, M35S, M40S | 5.2 | 155 |
| 7 | M65L, M45S, W45L, W50L | 4.8 | 210 |
| 8 | M70L, M50S, M55S, M20S, M18S, W55L, W21S, W20L, W18L, W16A | 3.8 | 150 |
| 9 | M75L, M60S, W60L, W35S | 3.6 | 190 |
| 10 | M65S, W65L, W70L, W40S, W45S, W50S | 3.2 | 120 |
| 11 | M80, M70S, W75, W20S, W18S, W55S, W60S | 2.6 | 85 |
| 12 | M85, M90, M75S, W80, W65S, W70S | 2.3 | 60 |
| 13 | W85, W90 | 1.7 | 95 |
| 14 | M14A, M16B | 3.4 | 160 |
| 15 | W14A, W16B | 2.7 | 150 |
| 16 | M12A, M14B,W12A, W14B | 3.2 | 105 |
| 17 | M10A, M12B, W10A, W12B | 3.0 | 85 |
| 18 | M10B, W10B, | 1.7 | 15 |
Non Championship Courses
These courses are for newcomers to the support, family groups, pairs and those not wishing to run compeitively in the Northern Championships.
White - ideal for young children. Very easy navigation.
Yellow - ideal for family groups and older juniors. Easy navigation.
Orange - a good place for adults beginners to start. Medium navigation
Light Green - ideal for those with some orienteering experience. Harder navigation.
Entries & Fees
Championship courses
Championship courses must be entered in advance via Fabian4 by 23.59 on 19th February 2023.
Adults - British Orienteering members £12, non-members £14
Juniors and full time students £4
Family - members £28, non-members £32 - 2 adults and any number of children from one family running different courses
Late entries will incur extra work in start time allocation and are strongly discouraged. As a result we will only be printing a limited number of extra maps, so late entries will not only pay a £2 surcharge but may not get a run on the course of their choice. There will no entry on the day to championship courses.
Helpers receive a 50% discount with the code SYOHELPER.
Non Championship courses
Light Green - Adults - British Orienteering members £8, non-members £10. Juniors and full time students £4
Orange, Yellow and White - £4 for all
Pairs / Family groups welcome. Just pay for one entry.
SI card ( dibber) hire £1, (£30 fee if lost)
Please enter in advance via Fabian4 to guarantee your choice of map. Entry on the day subject to map availability.
Location & Parking
Burbage Moor 9km SSW of Sheffield. Assembly. Parking will be on the A625 Stony Ridge Road GR SK 273 802. What3words: pull.basket.bricks
Assembly including registration, download, toilets and traders will be on hard standing on the road. The road will be closed on the day of the event and will only be open for Orienteers to park. Parking charge £2 per car.
Public Transport: The bus stop at Fox House is the closest served by the 65 and 272.
Terrain
The event utilises the western part of Burbage which includes the most technical terrain. Burbage is mostly open heather moorland with some woodland and areas of interesting contour detail and intricate rocky terrain. Some areas of bracken but courses have been planned to avoid the worst.
All TD5 (1-13) courses will have some controls in the super-detailed Burbage Boulders section, which will be printed on the back of the map at 1:2000 scale. An extract is shown below and a copy of the full map can be downloaded - see other above
Additional Safety Information
Burbage is above 400m and very exposed, please come prepared with hat, gloves and waterproof jacket as these may be compulsory in adverse weather conditions.
More details up soon.
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
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Venue
Burbage Moor is predominately open moorland with heather and moor grass. Areas of complex rock detail and sometimes steep detailed contour features, together with the central woodland, whose runnablity is increasing year by year, provide a variety of orienteering challenges. There are many transient sheep tracks which can be helpful and the deer are starting to encroach from Big Moor, which may lead to more tracks. The quality of the orienteering is high enough to allow level A events such as the Compassport Cup Final 2010 and National Event/Senior Home International in 2006.
Burbage has a long history that dates back at least 4,000 years from the prehistoric sites such as Carl Wark hillfort, burial barrows and cairn fields, through medieval packhorse routes and iron smelting sites to centuries of millstone making. Much more recently the moors were used as training grounds and the location of an aircraft decoy defence during World War 2.