Results and splits and Routegadget are available above. 

Planners comments

First of all, very well done to all who ran today, it was not an easy task. Rivelin is one of SYO's most physically challenging areas, so don't feel discouraged if it wasn't your finest hour! 

I had a great challenge but also good fun planning on this area, from it being so linear and pathy in nature. Unfortunately, during the week before the event, we received news that multiple areas we had planned to use (forest & field sections of the map) were out of bounds according to land owners. This greatly reduced the options for essentially any TD4+ course, especially the Green, which had to be reduced to the west side of Lodge Lane to prevent too much path running.

Ensuring the balance between technical orienteering and physical running for all courses was the greatest difficulty. I found that most controls would provide good technical orienteering at the cost of being physically difficult to reach. This affected the Blue and Green most heavily as they needed to be TD5 in technical difficulty, however more accessible than the Brown. Generally, the cost of setting controls & legs on more runnable terrain would mean that Green & Blue especially would be too technically easy, so it was decided to make it more challenging physically & technically than a normal course, at the cost of distance. The overall courses' distances were judged to be adequate as there was significant opportunity throughout the area (especially for Blue & Brown) to run on paths, and around the rougher off-path terrain. 

A reminder for anyone looking to run on Rivelin at a different opportunity is to rethink your physical ability and to remind yourself of the area's physical challenges. Also I suggest one should not run up a course purely due to the shorter distances, instead to run down a course, as orienteering on Rivelin always takes longer than expected. 

Finally, many thanks to all the many helpers from SYO and ShUOC. Special thanks have to go to the controller, Andy Preston, for being extremely patient and for his invaluable help & advice with planning / organising this event. 

Information

Join us for a regional orienteering event at Rivelin East and the newly mapped Blackbrook Woods. This event is being planned & organised by ShUOC (Sheffield University Orienteering Club) with support from SYO. There are a range of courses to suit everyone including young juniors, families, runners and experienced orienteers. Non-members are very welcome. 

Entries

Entries are open on Fabian4 with self-selected start blocks from Saturday 16th September until Sunday 24th September. Entries on-line after this date are subject to map availability until 8am Saturday 30th September. Please enter in advance if you can.

Entry on the day will also be available (subject to map availability). at a surcharge of £2 per senior, no surcharge on junior entries

£8 senior BOF members, (+£2 non-members)
£4 Juniors/Students

Dibber hire £1. Lost dibber charge - £30.
Pairs welcome. Just enter one person and note the 2nd person's name in the comment box. If you are accompanying a child - just enter the child.

Volunteers

As usual we require volunteers to enable this event to go ahead successfully. Please enter using SYOHELPER to receive a 50% discount and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any job preferences.

Travel & Parking

Parking is in the public car park on Redmires Rd adjacent to the Redmires Playing Field and old Prisoner of War camp. Nearest postcode S10 4LJ. What3words: glue.tooth.soccer. Overflow parking will be on Redmires Rd. Please do not park in the car parks of the Sportman or the Three Merry Lads.

The number 51 bus runs from Sheffield City Centre to Lodge Moor. It is a 5 minute walk from the bus terminus to the car park.

Assembly

Assembly including registration, enquiries, download, dibber hire and toilets are situated at the Three Merry Lads pub, 100m from the car park. Please take crossing Redmires Rd on your way to/from assembly and accompany under 16s. The start & finish will in the field behind the pub. A clothing dump will be provided by the finish. Please do not leave belongings in the pub & remove muddy shoes.

We are very grateful to Three Merry Lads for the use of their facilities. Please support them by buying food & drink. 

Courses

You are welcome to run any course. Parents / carers are welcome to shadow less experienced juniors.

Please note distances are straight line so you will run much further than the distances stated. Please note: short green competitors, who struggle on physically challenging terrain, may prefer to enter the light green course instead.

Course	Technical Difficulty	Distance	Climb
Brown	As hard as the area allows	5.9km	350m
Blue	As hard as the area allows	5.4km	295m
Green	As hard as the area allows	3.4km	210m
Short Green	As hard as the area allows.	2.5km	170m
Light Green	Medium to hard difficulty. Ideal for improvers & confident adult newcomers.	2.3km	155m
Orange	Medium difficulty. A good place for adult beginner to start.	2.0km	140m
Yellow	Easy. An ideal place for families to start.	1.6km	95m
White	Very easy. Ideal for young juniors.	1.7km	90m

Terrain

The Rivelin Valley map covers the wooded slopes on the south side of the valley above the Rivelin Reservoirs. Most of it is managed by the Sheffield Wildlife trust and we are very grateful for permission to to use this rich and sensitive area.It is attractive mixed woodland with areas of contour interest.  Some slopes are very steep and craggy or rock strewn, requiring special care.  For this event we are using the east end of the old Rivelin map plus a newly mapped area to the east side of Lodge Lane. Slopes are steep and there is quite a lot of vegetation at this time of year so running speeds will be relatively low and courses are deliberately shorter than normal.

Map

There are 2 maps, at 1:10000 and 1:7500, both A4 landscape. Contours are 5m. Map is by Peel Land Surveys to ISOM 2017-2. The area east of Lodge Lane (inc Blackbrook Woods) was surveyed in early 2022, with the area west of Lodge Lane being added in summer 2023.

The brown & blue courses have a 1:10000 map with map flip. All other couses have a 1:7500 map and are single sided. Please note: only the blue & brown courses extend to Blackbrook Woods.

Start

10.30am-12.30pm Try to start in your start block but it's a punching start so don’t panic if you miss it. It is approx 500m from assembly.

Finish & Course Closing

The finish is adjacent to assembly. Courses close promptly at 2.30pm. Please do not be late back. You should retire from your course if you cannot complete it by this time.

SI punching

SI timing will be used and controls will be SIAC enabled. You will need to manually punch the start & finish. 

Control descriptions

Loose control descriptions are available for all courses. These are pictorial, except for white, yellow & orange, which are written. Control descriptions are also printed on the map.

If you are unfamiliar with pictorial control descriptions, follow this link

Additional Safety Info

The blue & brown courses cross Lodge Lane. There will be a timed out, marshalled road crossing in both directions. You must punch the controls either side of the road crossing.

Full leg cover and shoes with good grips must be worn.

The area is well used by the public. Please be courteous.

Nearest hospitals

A&E for adults: Northern General Hospital S5 7AU
A&E for children: Sheffield Children’s Hospital S10 2TH
Minor Injuries for adults: 8am-8pm. Royal Hallamshire Hospital. S10 2TA

Officials

Organiser: Eleanor Ellis (ShUOC) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Planner: Adam Conway (ShUOC)
Controller: Andy Preston (SYO)