Looks like we timed the event perfectly to hit the 2 hours of rain passing over Sheffield this evening - keeps it real...

Thank you to Karl for planning, Alex for organising and all our helpers on the night, especially those pulling big shifts on the start and going out later to collect controls.

Results and splits are available on the links above. As many of you will know we had an issue with one of the start boxes not working, which seems to also have turned peopls SIAC units off. I added a start time for you normally a round minute after you cleared but you will see from the splits that it wasn't entirely acurate and a fair few are either showing as a mistake or a fastest split. Apologies for this but short of everyone telling me their times and going back through updating and re-processing each result the results are what they are.. (Jenny I know I have your time but after seeing that Nathan is just ahead of you I can't bring myself to change it!)

Information

Are you up for the challenge of night orienteering? The Lees Hall map has been remapped by Oli Johnson and extended to include Coneygree Wood. Lees Hall Golf Course offers a mix of fast runnable open areas interspersed with areas of woodand, while Coneygree is a typical Sheffield ancient woodland with a wide mix of vegetation and streamlined valleys. There are a choice of 4 courses catering for experienced orienteers and newcomers alike: easier courses remain on the golf course, while the harder courses extend to Coneygree Wood. Non-members are welcome.

Parking

Lees Hall Golf Club, Hemsworth Road, Sheffield S8 8LL. Parking in main golf club car park. What3 Words: socket.offers.status (car park entrance).

How to enter

Please enter in advance via the SYO entries system. Entries open on 19th January and close on Monday 29th January. There is no entry on the day.

£6 Adults
£5 British Orienteering/SYO Members
£3 Juniors & Students

Pairs pay for one entry, extra map £1. If you are shadowing a junior, just pay the junior entry fee. Dibber hire free.

Courses 

Provisional course details as follows:

Yellow 1.5k - ideal for juniors trying their first night event (near half of golf course only)
Orange 2.7k - ideal for adults trying their first night event & improving adults & juniors (golf course only)
Green 4.2k - for experienced orienteers (golf course & woods)
Blue 5.7k  - for experienced orienteers (golf course & woods)

Distances are straight line routes - you will run further than the distances stated. Control descriptions are on the map - no loose control descriptions.

There is an extra free 2km sprint course for yellow competitors. If you would like to have a go at this after you have completed the yellow course, please register with the download/results person on the night. Please make sure you start on the yellow early enough to make it to the start again before it closes at 6.45pm.

Starts / Finish

Adjacent to the club house. From 5.45pm – 6.45pm.  Courses close 7.45pm.  Please start early if you think you could take a long while.  You must report to download even if you retire.

Terrain

Lees Hall golf course is situated on the southern edge of the city near Graves Park and adjacent to the Lees Hall and Gleadless Valley woods. It is an interesting and varied golf course, divided into two halves by a public footpath that forms part of the Round Sheffield Walk / Run. The half nearest the clubhouse has two fairly level open areas divided by a wooded slope and is interspersed with small areas of woodland, trees and ditches, offering safe and enclosed orienteering for the shorter courses.  The half beyond the footpath provides more varied and steeply sloping terrain, with a considerable elevation drop from top to bottom. It is divided into a number of open areas separated by woodland and several steep-sided streams and ditches which feed into the Meersbrook and Gleadless Valley. 

Coneygree Wood is a deciduous urban woodland in the Gleadless Valley. Streamlined valleys, a wide variety of vegetation, a network of paths and some interesting contour detail will provide a challenge for experienced orienteers

Map

 1:5000, 2.5m contours. ISSproM 2019.2. Remapped 2022 by Oli Johnson.

Facilities

Toilets and download will be located in the club house. Please remove muddy shoes before entering. Food & drinks also available.

Post event social

Join us for drinks and food in the golf club bar.  Food will be available from 6.30-8pm (helpers' food served until 8.30pm) and must be pre-ordered via the SYO entry system by Sunday 28th January. Choose from:

Lentil, potato and cauliflower curry served with rice & naan - £12
Chicken tikka masala curry served with rice & naan - £12
Steak mince and veg pie served with chips - £10
Quorn mince and veg pie served with chips - £10

Kids Chicken nuggets, chips and beans - £7
Kids Cheese and tomato pizza, chips and beans - £7

Additional Safety & Out of Bounds Info

Full leg cover, whistles and headtorches are compulsory. Spare torches are highly recommended.  Studded shoes with good grip are recommended (particularly if wet). Inexperienced juniors must be shadowed by an adult.

We are very grateful to Lees Hall Golf club for permission to use the golf course for the event. All greens, tees and bunkers are strictly out of bounds. Please go around them.