Great to see so many of you made it to the event today. It is always tricky to know how much the weather will affect things. Hopefully you all enjoyed getting out there on some great courses planned by Lorraine and Markus Reuber. It looks like the urban bit recently mapped by Adam Conway is a great addition to the area and provides some good variation. Thnak you to all of our helpers, especially Dave Best who stepped in to check the controls as Colin is still recovering from an illness (hope you get better soon!). Of course also a big thank you to Sheffield Council for the use of the centre and Megan for openning up for us.

As ever the results and splits are available on the link above. Schools results will be updated tomorrow. If you spot any errors please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Amazingly only one item of lost property, a green hoody, let us know if it is yours.

The Schools League and Adults League have been refreshed with this years results.

Adults League   Schools League   Schools Individual Results

School Results

Information

Come orienteering and explore the lovely Shirebrook Nature reserve in the South East of Sheffield. This is the 3rd race in the Saturday Series of events aimed at introducing adult and junior newcomers to orienteering and includes the very popular SFSS schools league. There are 6 different courses to choose from catering for young children, runners, newcomers and experienced orienteers. The map has been newly extended this year to include a small urban area adjacent to the park.

Schools Event

Running alongside the public event is the first event in the Sheffield Federation of School Sports (SFSS) Orienteering League for both Primary and Secondary pupils.  Entry to the schools event is free if your school is a member of the SFSS. Information about the SFSS Orienteering League is here.  The league is also open to home schooled pupils and those out schools outside Sheffield. It is not necessary for a teacher to be present from the school and you don't need to register in advance.
If you ran last year and have changed schools then you can still use the same Id number but you will need to let us know the name of your new school.

Adults' League

There is also a league for adults. As for the schools' league, your best 5 results count. Run which ever course you feel is most appropriate for you and we will incoporate your score into the league! 

Timings

Registration and starts open at 12.30pm. You can start any time from 12.30pm to 3pm on white, yellow and orange. Last start for light green, green and blue is 2.30pm. All courses close at 3.30pm so make sure you start early if you think you might be a long time.

Costs

Adults £5, British Orienteering / SYO members £4
Children / Students £2 (Free for the first run if you are in Y3 or above and your schools is in the SFSS)
Any additional courses will cost  £2 

If you would like to go around in a group you pay for one entry, plus £1 for each extra map. SI card hire is free.

 

Entries

All courses are entry on the day.  You just have to turn up, pick a course and fill in an entry form.  There will be people on hand to help you if you have any questions.

If you ran one of the schools events last year then you should have completed an entry form and been given a number. With the number we are able to add you into the results system much quicker.  

Volunteers

We need plenty of helpers to allow this event to go ahead. No experience is necessary. Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you're able to help. All volunteers get a free run.

Travel and parking

Parking is available in the public car park by the visitor's centre. Nearest postcode: S13 7BP. What3words: curving.finely.little (car park entrance).

Take the A57 towards Worksop from the Parkway and at the first big island take the first left, B6064 towards Woodhouse. Immediately after the roundabout, take the first right into Stone Lane. The car park is on the right. Drive carefully as you will meet people walking along the road. The car park has a height barrier which is 1.8 metres.

If getting there by public transport it is about 20 minutes by bus from the centre of Sheffield, there are several options use the Yorkshire Travel Planner to get to Coisley Hill from where it is a 5 minute walk down Stone Lane.

Terrain

Shire Brook Valley reserve is mostly wooded, with open areas and a good path network. Longer courses will also visit an intricate housing estate adjacent to the nature reserve.

Map

Forest map (ISOM at 7500) updates by Adam Conway and Ian Cooper 2024.

Shirebrook urban map (ISSprOM at 4000) by Adam Conway and Ian Cooper 2024.

Longer courses will have a double sided map - urban one side, forest the other.

Courses

See below for details on the courses on offer. Course lengths are indicative and may well change subject to final planning and controlling.

White, Yellow and Orange all stay within the Shirebrook Valley. 

Light Green, Green and Blue visit the urban area to the north of the valley and approximately 2/3 of these courses is urban and 1/3 woodland. The woodland part of these courses avoids the dense vegetation of the nature reserve and have been planned to allow competitors to run whilst still offering navigational challenge. Note: course length is optimal distance. The Blue has several butterfly loops in the urban area in order to allow competitors to enjoy this complex little area to the full.

Course	School Years	Distance	Technical Level	Who is it for?
White	Y3/4 Y5	1.2km	1	The easiest course and a great place for children to start.  The course is entirely on paths and each time you have to make a decision - which path to take, there will be a control point. Year 3 pupils can compete with Y4s.
Yellow	Y6,7	1.8km	2	The next step up and a good place for teenagers etc. to start.  The course will use paths but also other line features - Fences, streams etc. It will also no longer have a control every time you need to decide where you are going. For example you may need to make a couple of turns on paths between controls.
Orange	Y8,9	2.5km	3	Harder still, the Orange course introduces: Choosing routes - e.g. should I go round the paths to the left or right Using 'Point Features' as control sites Those doing either of the Orange courses need to be able to judge distances, orientate the map using surrounding features and a compass, use attack points and be bold enough to venture off paths for up to 30 metres
Light Green	Y10, 11	4.3km	4	Ideal for improvers or confident adult beginners. The navigation difficulty increases - you will be using simple contours and point features. There's often a catching feature beyond the control to stop you going to far wrong.
Green	G12, 13	5.3km	5	As technically difficult as the area will allow.
Blue	B12, 13	7km	5	As per the green course but further in distance.

Officials

Organiser Pauline Tryner. pauline'at'southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk
Planners Lorraine & Markus Reuber 
Controller Colin Best