Provisional results, Routegadget, ranking points and Winsplits available above.   Green course results and ranking points updated Monday.  Note that many of the juniors had two runs; first runs have school name in the club field, second runs have orienteering club or are blank.  School competition results are in Other above.

As the school information is not visible on Fabian4, the final pre-entry list is visible in start list above.  It is sorted by firstname within course.  The time shown there is the start of the 14 minute start block selected during the entry process.

SYO are delighted to be hosting a regional orienteering event, which incorporates the Yorkshire Schools Champs, in the lovely runnable ancient woodland of Sandall Beat.  The area has very little undergrowth, an intricate ditch network, tricky vegetation and many paths. It is ideal for newcomers and younger juniors but will also offer a good level of challenge to experienced orienteers. The area has been newly extended to incorporate Armthorpe Park, which will be visited by the longer courses.

Location & Parking

Sandall Beat Rd Doncaster. Follow brown signs to Doncaster racecourse. Orienteering signs from the A18 500m NE of the roundabout with the A638.Nearest post code DN2 6JP. Grid ref: SE610037. What3words: winks.taking.minus

Parking is on the flat grassy verge area, alongside the racecourse.  

How to enter

Entries via Fabian4 from 27th March. Enter by Sunday 14th April to guarantee your choice of map. Plus £1 charge after 14th April. Entry on-line until 19th April. Entry on the day will be available subject to map availability. Please select the start block when entering.

To enable us to set up pairs for the YHOA Schools Championships for the younger juniors, this event has been set up on Fabian4 as a team event.  For standard entries, you will be a team of one.  In step 3, you select your course for your team and it automatically fills the usual course box just below (use up or down if it has filled the box for the wrong name).   In step 3+ you have the option of specifying your school and class; if you are not entering the YHOA Schools Championships, just use Next to skip to the start block selection.

Fees

Seniors  £10 (British Orienteering Members £8)
Juniors / Students £4

Family (when running different courses) £24 (members £20)
Adults on white, yellow & orange £4

Pupils up to year 8 can compete in the Schools Championships in pairs.  They will need to be entered together, both paying the junior fee. They get a map each but one dibber between them.

We welcome entries from individual pupils and home-schooled pupils. Pupils are permitted to run up an age class.

If you are shadowing a child not competing in the Schools Champs, you only need to enter the child.

Pupils entering the YHOA schools champs are welcome to run a 2nd course for £1. Please enter on the day.

SI / dibber card hire: £1     
Lost SI card fee: £30 

Volunteers

Helpers receive a 50% discount off their entry fee - we welcome helpers from any club. Please enter using discount code: SYOHELPER. You need to enter by 14th April to receive the helper discount. Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.with job / shift preferences.

Courses

Provisional course lengths detailed below. Distances are straight line routes - you will run further than the distances stated.

Course	Navigational Difficulty	Length	Climb	Controls	Scale	Map Flip	CD	Schools Champs	Age
Brown	Hard	8.5km	30 m	28	7500	Yes	Pictorial		16+
Blue	Hard	6.7	30 m	21	7500	Yes	Pictorial		16+
Short Blue	Hard	4.8	30 m	16	7500	No	Pictorial		16+
Green	Hard	4.5	20 m	21	7500	Yes	Text	B13, G13	any
Short Green	Hard	3.1	0 m	14	5000	No	Pictorial		any
Light Green	Medium / Hard	3.8	5 m	19	5000	Yes	Text	B11, B12, G11, G12	any
Orange	Medium	3.2	0 m	11	5000	Yes	Text	B9, B10, G9, G10	any
Yellow	Easy	2.6	0 m	12	5000	No	Text	B7, B8, G7, G8	any
White	Very Easy	1.2	0 m	12	5000	No	Text	B5, B6, G5, G6, B4, G4, B3, G3	any

Course Notes

You can run any course you like. The orange course is a good place for adult beginners to start. Families might want to start on yellow. 

Longer courses have a timed-out crossing of a railway bridge, both ways for some courses.  Members of the public may be encountered carrying prams or cycles over the bridge; the timing-out means you can allow time to manoeuvre.  

The Brown, Blue and Short Blue continue through Armthorpe Park and a small urban area, returning to the woods through a horse pasture. The Right of Way runs close to the fence, the remainder of the field is marked out of bounds.These courses are for those aged over 16 due to road crossings. Metal studded shoes are not recommended for these courses.     

Short green is aimed at older competitors and is physically less demanding than the other technically difficult courses.Short blue is for those competitors that want to venture to the new extension but don't want to go as far as blue or brown.

Loose control descriptions will be available in the start lanes for all courses. White, yellow & orange are written; all other courses are pictoral.

Yorkshire Schools Champs

Pupils wishing to be competitive in the Yorkshire Schools Champs should enter the course relevant to their school year as detailed in the table above, although it is permitted for pupils to run up.

Pupils can compete in pairs or individually in classes B3/G3 to B8/G8. Shadowing is not permitted. Pupils within the same school on the same class must start 4 minutes apart. 

The link to the rules can be found here.

Timings

Registration 10am-12 noon

Starts 10.30am-12.30pm. 

Courses close 2pm. Please be back in time, even if it means having to retire. Controls will be collected from 2pm and competitors will be given DNF in results. If there is a possibility of being out more than 90 minutes, please start early.   

Facilities   

Toilets, enquiries, SI hire, registration & download are adjacent to parking. The start / finish are very close by. Spectators are encouraged to cheer in Yorkshire Champs competitors on the run in to the finish.

Traders - Compass Point will be in attendance.

There will be teas, coffees and juice for sale, with a marvellous selection of cakes, all in aid of the SYO junior squad funds. Possible visit from icecream van.

Terrain

Sandall Beat is a flat, runnable mixed woodland with a network of ditches and complex vegetation. The wood is a local nature reserve and has been designated a SSSI for it's rich and varied wildlife, especially it's insects. Armthorpe Park is mostly rounded open terrain with woodland containing some navigational features.  The return route through Pit Top Park has a park in an urban area and a small woodland adjacent to a right of way, generally flat.

Map

1:5000 & 1:7500 map (symbols to ISOM 2017-2).

Map extended in 2022/23 by Henry Marston and Ian Cooper to include Armthorpe Park, a reclaimed coal spoil tip, and Pit Top Park, a new urban area. Printed on waterproof paper by Hassall and Lucking.

Mapping notes

Green X = large tree stump, the standing trunk of a former 417 Significant Tree (Green O)           

Black O = play equipment

Hides, seats, benches and power lines are not shown on the map.

The symbol 418, Prominent bush or tree (small green circle with central white spot, smaller than symbol 417 Significant Tree) is a bush or bushy tree in the woods, a small tree with distinct trunk in open land)

Ditches range from shallow depressed lines, rarely containing water and marked with a line of brown dots (small erosion gully) through dashed, narrow and wide blue lines for ditches of increasing depth and likelihood to contain water (depending on the weather). They are in the main easy and safe to cross, with care.  The deepest sections of ditch are mapped as an uncrossable watercourse – not to be crossed. The crossability of the main north-south drainage ditch is variable and courses have been planned to make use of the best crossing points which are marked with the crossing point symbol on the map or shown as a path or road.  It is permitted to cross this ditch elsewhere, taking care especially if it contains water.  If conditions on the day show that this ditch is unsafe to cross except at marked crossing points, blank maps in the start lane will highlight the safer crossing points shown on the map.

Results

Provisional results will be on display at download and live results available on-line.  Final results will be posted on the SYO website as soon as possible after the event.

Yorkshire Schools Champs Prize-giving

The prize-giving will be held at 1.30pm. There are prizes for:

• The first 3 individuals / pairs in each age class. 
• The first team in each age class (3 runners to count)
• The first 3 primary schools (4 runners to count)
• The first 3 secondary schools (6 runners to count)

Please try to stay and collect your prize.

Safety

Full leg cover is compulsory, whistles recommended.

Competitors take part at their own risk & are responsible for their own safety.  First Aid will be available at the enquiries. Details and directions to the nearest A&E hospital in Doncaster will also be available there.

At enquiries we will have a place to store car keys. All lone drivers must leave their keys here and if you have come alone by other means (bike, walk, public transport, etc) please can you leave your details at enquiries.

If you have a pre-existing medical condition that you need us to be aware of in case of emergency, please complete a medical form and leave it at enquiries.

Sandall Beat Woods are used by members of the public, including dog walkers, cyclists & horse riders. Please be courteous and give them sufficient space.

Dogs

Dogs on leads are welcome.

Event Officials

Planner - Henry Marston (SYO)
Organiser - Paul Bradbury (SYO) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07566 855138
Controller - Dave Peel(SYO)