SROC Lancaster Uni Summer Series 5
Info: New entries for this event closed on Monday 3rd July 2023 at 21:00.
| Senior | £6.00 | |
| Junior / Student | £3.00 |
Entries:
Only pre-entries are allowed with no entry on the day. Please note that this event is part of a series of five events. You may wish to save disappointment by entering all or some of the events at the same time.
Runners under 16 on the day of the event must be accompanied by someone over 16. The Prologue may have been planned to avoid roads and therefore be open to all, please check details nearer the time.
If you are a newcomer to the sport and do not have a an orienteering dibber (to record visiting the controls, also called an SI-Card) then please indicate that you need to borrow an SI-Card.
Liverpool University Air Squadron are taking part in this event, and will be entered in bulk. Please do not enter the RAF course or select a RAF start block unless you are a member of LUAS.
Courses:
The events in the SROC Summer Series are intended to appeal to both newcomers and experienced orienteers alike. The technical difficulty is such that experience is an advantage but not a necessity.
At this and the other events in the series there will be one course, split into two parts: the Prologue and the Final. All runners will run the Prologue first, with start times between 6.30 and 7pm. Please choose your start block from those available. This is to help spread out people at the start. They will then, if they wish, run the Final. Both courses will be planned to "sprint" length, meaning a winning time for top athletes of 12-15 minutes per race. More normal mortals might expect to take 20-25 minutes.
Also optional is to join the "chasing start" for the Final. If you don't fancy the challenge of staying ahead of faster runners, or indeed of catching slower runners, you can start the Final whenever you want. Either way the results will show a total time taken for both parts added together. Chasing starters will be set off in reverse order of their Prologue finishing times, with only a small gap between runners.
You may expect that the planner has included either butterflies (loops taken in different order) or some other way to split the runners and prevent following.
LUAS runners will run the same courses but in the reverse order, i.e. Final followed by Prologue when ready.
Terrain:
University campus comprising playing fields, woodland and complex built up areas. Used for JK sprint 2023.
Starts:
10 minutes start blocks for the Prologue, starts between 18.30 and 19.00.
LUAS also starting between 18.30 and 19.00, running the Final first. Courses may be open before 18.30 if ready, in which case you will be permitted to start earlier.
The Start is close to the parking area. Only go to the start just prior to starting.
Remember to:
- Clear and check your dibber
Physically punch the start and then pick up your map from the box provided (please ensure you only take one).
Finish/Download:
Please move away from the Finish quickly, and proceed directly to download forming a queue if necessary. After downloading please take your splits – these are pre cut and you do not need to touch the printer. Please move away from download quickly.
Listen out for instructions for the Final start.
Results will not be displayed on the day but will be on the website www.sroc.org in the evening.
Facilities:
First Aid – a first aid kit will be available at download for people to self administer.
Travel Directions/parking:
TBC
Event Officials & Thanks:
Organiser and Planner: Paul Ferguson SROC
As a newcomer, if you have any questions prior to the event, either about orienteering or the entry process please contact Martyn Roome on Development@sroc.org
Safety:
Be aware of members of the public, they have as much right to be there as we do. Take special care on blind corners. The ring road around the campus carries vehicular traffic, and there may also be some cars encountered on the other roads. Runners under 16 on the day of the event must be accompanied by someone over 16. The Prologue may have been planned to avoid roads and therefore be open to all, please check details nearer the time.
You must report to the finish and download after the event, even if you retire.
Social Distancing and Other Covid Related Precautions
We will be following BOF’s current COVID guidelines but trust everyone will be using their common sense to ensure that all competitors and the public are as safe as possible. Please maintain social distancing and adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
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