Evening event
- When:
- Wednesday 1 May 2024
- Where:
- Hesley Wood - Sheffield
- Category:
- Local
- Results:
- View Results
- Splits Analysis:
- View Splits Analysis
Details
Lovely evening, great courses, interesting area, what is there not to like? Thanks to Max for planning, for his dad Kris for being a control sherpa, Jacky for stepping in to organise and all our other helpers. Results and splits are available on the links above.
Information
Enjoy orienteering amongst the varied terrain of Hesley Scout Camp. The woodlands contain a wealth of contour detail as a result of the area's rich industrial heritage and this mixed with sprint style orienteering through the huts and obstacles of the main camp will provide a good challenge for experienced orienteers. There are also plenty of paths and open areas to cater for the less experienced. Newcomers are welcome. This event must be entered in advance.
How to enter
All entries must be made in advance on the SYO Entry System. Entries are now open and close on Tuesday 30th April. There will be no entry on the day.
Please note: Hesley Woods will be used for the Trail O at JK 2025. If you intend to take part competitively in the Trail O you must not compete at this event.
Costs
£6 adults (£5 members), £3 juniors & students. Pairs / family groups pay for one entry, extra map £1. Dibber hire free.
Parking
Please park in the main scout camp car park off White Lane. Nearest postcode S35 2YH. What3Words: chiefs.racks.narrating
Assembly
We have an inside assembly area, a short distance from parking. The start is 180m from assemby, the finish is adjacent. Toilets are available.
Timings
Starts 5.30pm to 6.45pm. Courses close 7.45pm promptly. If you think you might take a long time, please come early. If you have not finished your course by 7.45pm you must give up and report to the finish and download.
Courses
Yellow - easy navigation - 1.6km, 10 controls. Ideal for younger juniors.
Orange - medium navigation - 2.2km, 13 controls. A good place for adult beginners to start.
Short Green - hard navigation - 2.7km, 18 controls.
Green - hard navigation - 4.2km, 19 controls
Blue - hard navigation - 5.5km, 23 controls.
Please note: distances are straight line through terrain. Although they seem short you will take longer than you think and will run further than the distances stated.
SI controls and timing will be used. Controls will be SIAC enabled.
Map & Terrain
1:7500, 5m contours. Terrain is a mix of woodland, containing a wealth of contour detail as a result of the area's rich industrial heritage, and scout camp with its huts and obstacles. There are also plenty of paths and open areas to cater for the less experienced.
Full leg cover is required.
Volunteers
We need a couple of volunteers to help on start. Control collectors also required.
If you can help, please
Event Officials
Planners - Kris & Maxwell Groom
Organiser - Jacky Dakin
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-existi
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
When entering our events your personal details (name, gender, age class & club) will appear in the results section of this website. Read our privacy policy to see how we look after your personal data.
Venue
Hesley and Tankersley Woods have a rich industrial heritage and once contained factories and railways during the war when it was heavily bombed. They now contains a wealth of detail with many bell pits, bomb craters and myriad of paths created by local people spread across mixed vegetation comprising natural oak woodland with bluebells through reclaimed spoil heaps with maturing shrubs and young trees.
The area has been worked for coal and iron, which has left complex slopes covered by the scars of hand-hewn "bell-pits" and other earth-works from the 19th century and before. These days the area is used by dog-walkers, cyclists and trail-bikers, leaving a large number of paths. In the most active biking areas the path network is very complex. The mapping of these paths is good, but small new paths can be created quickly.
There are brambles in parts of the area, but most are at ankle-length, are pretty runnable and have no bramble screen. There are some areas of thicker brambles in the far south of the map.