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Sunday 6th April 2025

Entries Open
Wednesday 5th March 2025
Entries Close
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Courses
Brown; Blue; Green; Short Green; Light Green; Orange; Yellow
Entries So Far
87 Participants
Entry Fees
Senior   £10.00   
Junior / Student   £4.00   
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Cumbrian Galoppen orienteering event at Burnbanks on the north side of Haweswater

Pre-entry available on all courses. For Yellow and Orange courses there will be some entry on the day, subject to map availability (£11 senior, £4 junior, extra maps £1).

Parking
Drybarrows Farm, Winder Hill (NOT Burnbanks village) (Grid Ref: NY 501 172, W3W: gearing.birds.worms).

Courses (provisional length and climb)
Brown                         9.5km, 350m
Blue                             6.3km, 260m      
Green                          4.6km, 200m 
Short Green              3.7km, 160m 
Very Short Green    2.5km, 100m     **See note below
Light Green               3.4km, 150m
Orange                       2.9km, 110m 
Yellow/Novice          2.3km, 90m 

**Very Short Green - this is the same course as Short Green but with a loop omitted. 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 will be at 1:7500. 5m contours. Control Descriptions will be printed on the map and loose descriptions will be available at the start.

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
Start between 10:30 and 12:30. The walk to the start from the car parking field/assembly is approximately 700m with 40m climb. The finish is located close to the start. Clothing may be left near the start and collected on the way back from the finish.

Dogs
Well behaved dogs on leads are allowed in the car parking field. No dogs on route to the start or in the competition area.
 
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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