Northern Champs / Northumberland Spring
Info: New entries for this event closed on Sunday 27th March 2022.
Day 1: £8 adult / £4 junior SI-Card Hire - £1 per day |
Northumberland Spring is an extended weekend of orienteering incorporating a sprint, middle distance and culminating in the Northern Championships.
Day 1: Fri 1 April - Evening sprint at Cramlington
An evening sprint event in Cramlington. The terrain comprises complex modern housing estates with lots of footpaths, underpasses and green spaces. There is very little climb.
Website - https://www.newcastleorienteering.org.uk/event/2022-northumberlandspring-day1/
Contact - Paul Murgatroyd (pmurgatroyd@britishorienteering.org.uk)
Day 2: Sat 2 April - Middle distance at Shaftoe Crags
A National Middle Distance event. The terrain is fast, runnable, open grassy moorland, with some rough pasture, small deciduous woodland and impressive crag and rock features.
Website - http://www.northern-navigators.org.uk/fixtures/020422.html
Contact - Boris Spence (borisspence@aol.com)
Day 3: Sun 3 April - Northern Championships at Dukeshouse Woods (note change of venue from Simonside)
The Northern Championships take place at Dukeshouse Woods. The area is located on the south-east outskirts of the market town of Hexham.
Website - https://www.newcastleorienteering.org.uk/event/northumberland-spring-day-3-2/
Contact - Paul Gaines (paul.gaines@tiscali.co.uk)
For age classes M/W16-20, the results of the races will inform selections to the Great Britain teams for the European Junior Orienteering Championships (Hungary, 2nd-4th July), the Junior World Orienteering Championships (Portugal, 11th-16th July) and the Junior European Cup (Germany, 30th September-2nd October). The races will also assist in making decisions on the invitations to the Pre-JWOC 2023 tour to Romania in the summer of 2022 and the make-up of the Talent Squads for the 2022/2 season. Please look at the event details for each day, for the applicable course to enter.
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