INVOC Keppernach
Info: New entries for this event closed on Sunday 20th October 2024 at 23:00.
| Senior BO Member | £12.00 | |
| Senior SOA Member | £13.00 | |
| Senior Non-Member | £14.00 | |
| Junior / Student BO Member | £6.00 | |
| Junior / Student SOA Member | £6.50 | |
| Junior / Student Non-Member | £7.00 |
Inverness Orienteering Club welcomes you to Keppernach for a Middle Distance Regional Event. Keppernach is an excellent, undulating forest and will make for a great event!
Many thanks to Cawdor and Lethen Estates for use of the area and Kevin and Donnie Kinnaird of Keppernach Farm for the car parking at the farm.
The event will be taking place alongside the Junior Inter-Areas relay event. If you are accompanying a junior who is taking part in the relay, why not take part in this event at the same time? If you are a junior orienteer wanting to participate in the Inter Areas relay, you must contact your club captain or area lead, who will separately enter you in the relay event. Make it a fantastic weekend of orienteering and take part in the SOL5 event at Alvie on Sunday 27th October.
Terrain / Planner’s Comments: Keppernach is a mature coniferous forest on moraine with interesting small hills and hollows, with heather and grass underfoot. There are limited paths and rides making for excellent orienteering at the TD4/5 level and challenging TD2 and TD3 courses generally following paths and rides.
Maps: Pre-marked and printed on waterproof paper, scale 1:10,000 with 5m contour intervals. Minor map updates September 2024.
Parking/registration/starts/finish:
- Registration is at the entrance into Keppernach forest. Grid reference: NH920479; What3Words: https://what3words.com/retailing.angry.cherish; Googlemaps
- Parking is around a steading at Keppernach Farm. Grid reference NH915479, What3Words: https://what3words.com/abandons.threaded.snoozing, Googlemaps. Should this be full, there is an overflow area, just to the west along the road from Keppernach Farm, across a ford and immediately on the left. This overflow car park will be signposted if needed. Please park considerately.
- There will be a charge for parking. The amount is to be confirmed, but will be a minimum of £2 per car. Please bring change to pay on entry.
- Please do not touch any farm machinery, or climb on any bales outside or in any of the sheds.
- Registration and the start/finish location is approximately 500m from the parking. The route is mainly on tracks, with a short 100m section along the verge of a minor, quiet road. Please take care.
- Registration is open from 13:15pm. Starts from 13:40 to 14:40 (to be confirmed subject to numbers and final details).
- Registration should be visited to:
1) Collect hired SI Cards
2) Key drop
3) Enter on the Day. Numbers dependent on map availability. There is no guarantee of entry on the day, so best to pre-enter.
4) Medical information - Start and Finish location: The start and finish are approx 100m from registration.
Toilets: There will be two toilets available near registration in Keppernach forest.
Courses
Unfortunately we are unable to offer a white course at Keppernach. But there will be course for all other ages and abilities - if you are not sure what course to enter, do not hesitate to get in touch with the organiser. Subject to final controlling, course details are as follows.
| Course | Distance / Climb | Technical Difficulty (TD) |
| Yellow | 2.0 km / 35m | TD 2 - Easiest course. Follows paths or obvious features or taped sections where paths or features are less obvious (Good choice for a junior beginner) |
| Orange | 2.5 km / 70m | TD 3 - Slightly more challenging, some controls off path and options to cut corners (Good choice for an adult beginner) |
| Light Green | 3.6 km / 100m | TD 4 - Majority off paths, skilled navigation required |
| Short Green | 2.9 km / 95m | TD 5 - Hardest level of technical challenge |
| Green | 3.8 km / 125m | TD 5 - Hardest level of technical challenge |
| Blue | 4.3 km / 130m | TD 5- Hardest level of technical challenge |
| Brown | 5.0 km / 160m | TD 5- Hardest level of technical challenge |
Pre-entry Information: Please pre-enter here. Closing date: Sunday 20th October at 23:00hrs. Some limited EOD will be available. Pre-enter to guarantee a map, there will be limited EOD.
DO NOT USE SiEntries to enter the Junior Inter-Areas event taking place at the same time – enter the relays via your club.
SI Cards available for hire for £1. Limited number of SIAC Air for hire for £3.
Event timing: mixed punching – contactless and traditional punching. Start and Finish unit must be punched if using SIAC Air.
Safety:
- Courses close at 15.40.
- The area is bisected by a quiet road. The route to the start/finish area crosses the road and involve a short walk along 100m of the road on a wide grassy verge. The Green, Blue and Brown courses will cross the road, take extra care when crossing.
- There is the odd tree blown down in the forest, but windblow should not significantly impede progress.
- The marsh in the west of the map is relatively dry, but gets wetter further east towards the central forest track. It is crossable in all parts.
- Blue and Brown courses may encounter ditches in the east of the map which are difficult to cross other than at the mapped bridge or where marked by red/white tape.
- Dress appropriately for the weather.
- There are ticks in the forest so check yourself afterwards and remove any ticks safely.
- You MUST report to Download by Course Closing Time, even if you have not completed the course.
- Competitors are advised to notify the Organiser of any relevant medical conditions.
- First aid is located at registration. The nearest hospital is Raigmore in Inverness.
Organiser: Iain Sime and, on the day, Laurence Cload
Planner: Iain Shepherd
Controller: Donald Grassie
SiTiming: Stephen Hudson
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