SROC Regional Event - Planners Notes

Control Descriptions

1. Unusually for the time of the year, the bracken has persisted longer than normal.  Up on the high fells this provides no problems but on the lower fells progress might be impeded.

2.  The courses have been planned being conscious of the safety implications of running an orienteering event over open fell in November.  For this reason the junior courses JM/W1 to JM/W3 have been confined by a fell wall that the rest of the courses will cross.  Please advise children on these courses that they do not need to cross over any ladder stiles.  They do however cross through a gap in a wall and pass through open gates.  Courses JM/W1&2 have taped routes to their courses that will be marked on the map and the map control descriptions.  All three of these junior courses have a separate finish near the assembly area/bus pick-up.  

3.  Crossing of the wall by the longer courses must be made via the ladder stiles.  Anyone found climbing the wall will be disqualified. 

4.  Similar to the system used at the Twin Peaks event the SI units will not be staked but will be attached to the kite via a cord lying on the ground.  The control code will be visible on the SI unit.

5.  To enable us to retrieve the controls before dark there will be a rolling closure  of controls  on the longer courses.  The time for this will be written in the last column of the control descriptions, e.g. 14:00 will indicate a 2pm closure of that control.  They have been realistically set in line with the final course closure time.       

Quentin Harding and Bill Cook

Course Number             Classes                                                             Length(km)         Climb (m)

1                                M21L                                                                   11.3                     330
2                                M35L  M40L                                                           9.0                     215
3                                JM5L M21S M45L M50L W21L                                6.6                     215

4                                JM5M JW5L M35S M40S M55L M60L W35L W40L    5.8                     240
5                                JW5M M45S M50S M65L W21S W45L W50L           4.5                     190
6                                JM5S JW5S M55S M70L W35S W40S W55L W60L 3.7                     150   

7                               M60S M65S M75L W45S W65L W70L                      3.1                     135
8                               W50S W55S W60S W65S W75L                              2.4                     85
11                              JM4 JW4 M21N Light Green                                     2.8.                    140    

12                              JM3 JW3 W21N Orange                                           2.5                     75
13                              JM2 JW2 Yellow                                                      2.4                     65
14                              JM1 JW1 White                                                       1.2                     20    

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Last Updated : 11.11.04