Night Sprint Event
- When:
- Wednesday 26 February 2025
- Where:
- The Edge Campus - Sheffield
- Category:
- Local
Details
Join us for an exciting sprint orienteering race around the The Endcliffe student village and surrounding residential area. The mix of older Victorian buildings, modern accommodation blocks, landscaped gardens and complex walls and pathways will offer a good level of challenge for experienced orienteers, while there is interesting traffic free terrain for juniors. Newcomers are very welcome.
How to enter
All entries must be made in advance via the SYO entry system. Entries open Thursday 6th February and close on Mon 24th February. There will be no entry on the day.
Costs
£6 adults (£5 members), £3 juniors & students. Pairs / family groups pay for one entry, extra map £1. Dibber hire free.
Parking
There is a pay by phone car park at the end of Endcliffe Avenue - free after 6pm. Nearest postcode S10 3EA. What3words: juror.worked.brains. Or you can park on nearby residential roads, some of which have parking restrictions. There are no restrictions on Endcliffe Vale Rd and Riverdale Rd.
Assembly
Download, enquires and toilets are located in the main Edge building. S10 3ED, what3words: glitz.spout.depend. Start & finish are adjacent to assembly.
See map below:
Timings
Starts 5.45pm to 6.45pm. Courses close 7.45pm promptly. If you think you might take a long time, please start early.
Courses
Course lengths provisional subject to final controlling.
Yellow - 1.5km, 10 controls - Easy navigation, ideal for younger juniors. No road crossings.
Short - 2.5km, 17 controls - No road crossings.
Medium - 2.9km, 18 controls - Minor Road crossings. No primary aged children.
Long - 3.6km, 22 controls - Minor Road crossings. No primary aged children.
Courses are sprint style with lots of controls and plenty of changes of direction. Distance is optimum route.
Shoes with some grip at advised – the grass is muddy!
For parents of yellow course competitors: the yellow course has some controls just off the path. The controls are all clearly visible from the path. One control involves climbing some steps to an upper level. Again, this control is visible on the approach.
The short and long courses may encounter a knee-high chain across the path on the entrance/exit to one control. This will be taped but please stay alert.
SI controls and timing will be used, SIAC enabled.
Map
1:4000, 2.5m contours. Resurveyed by Ian Cooper November 2024.
Additional Safety Information
You must carry a working headtorch. Reflective clothing is strongly recommended. Take care crossing roads. There may be slow moving cars within the grounds - please warn children. Please watch out for members of the public and treat them with courtesy.
Volunteers
We need a couple of people to help on start and some control collectors. Volunteers get a free run. Please pick helper free run when entering and
Event Officials
Organiser - Matt Pickering (
Planner - Jenny Evans
Series Co-ordinator - Pauline Tryner
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
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Venue
The Edge is the main campus in Endcliffe Student Village; it is typical University Campus with a mixture of older buildings and modern accomodation blocks dotted around a grassy sloping site which also includes steps and water. The map also covers some other areas in the village east of the campus, which are mostly older buildings with interlinked gardens and wider grounds.