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Saturday 10th August 2024

Entries Open
Saturday 13th July 2024
Entries Close
Wednesday 7th August 2024
Courses
Brown; Blue; Green; Short Green; Orange; Yellow
Entries So Far
116 Participants
Entry Fees
Senior   £7.00   
Junior / Student   £3.00   
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Level D local orienteering event on open fell at Faulds Brow, 2km west of Caldbeck, in the northern fells. Suitable for both experienced orienteers and novices of all ages.

Pre-entry available on all courses. For Yellow and Orange courses there will be some entry on the day, subject to map availability (£8 senior, £3 junior, extra maps £1).

Parking
Registration, Enquiries and Download are in the quarry car park situated on a minor road 2km west of Caldbeck, with parking adjacent. Grid Ref: NY 304 406. W3W:  pilots.gems.widgets

Courses (length and climb)
Brown                         8.1km, 115m
Blue                             5.9km, 85m      
Green                          4.6km, 70m 
Short Green              3.5km, 60m 
Very Short Green    2.7km, 45m     **See note below
Orange                       2.4km, 50m 
Yellow/Novice          2.1km, 35m 

**Very Short Green - this is the same course as Short Green but with a cut off. If you want to do Very Short Green, enter Short Green and pick up a Short Green Map at the start. The map will show which controls to miss. You can decide while on the course whether to take the Very Short Green cut-off.

Map
Brown and Blue use a 1:10000 scale map. All other courses use a 1:7,500 scale map. 5m contours. Control Descriptions will be printed on the map. Rough Open is marked as white (there are no areas of woodland).

Groups and Pairs / Extra Maps 
If you are new to orienteering and would like to go round as a group or in a pair, just enter one person and use the option to select any additional maps that your group would like at £1 each.

Dibber Hire
Available by pre-order at no charge, £30 if not returned. To pre-order, leave the SI number blank during entry process, and then collect dibber from Enquiries/Download on the day.

Start and Finish
Between 11:00 and 12:30. The start is located about 150m from Registration/Download, and the finish is about 400m

Dogs
Well behaved dogs on leads are allowed in the car parking area and Registration/Download area but no dogs on the courses please.
 
Entry Cancellation / Change
If you are unable to make the event please let us know via the email address.  If we are informed by the closing date we will provide a refund less £1 per person to cover admin costs. Before the closing date you can change your course by editing your entry online, but there will be no changes of course on the day.
 
 
 

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