Slaley Hall including Club Championships

• Date: Sun 27^th Oct 2024
• Registration opens: 10:00 am closes: 12:00 pm
• Starts from: 10:30 am

Travel: Approach via A68.
Turn off A68 O signed at Kiln Pit Hill (5 miles S. of Riding Mill / 6 miles north of Castleside)
After ~ 2.5 km. where the road swings right (chevrons) filter left (follow for 2.5 km. to an O signed turn off the road on the right).
Note that this is not the main hotel entrance. Ignore any hotel signs after Kiln Pit Hill.
Parking: Mainly hard surface with grass overflow. ///tell.limp.outs
NY988546 ~ nearest postcode: DH8 9SA. No public transport option.

Terrain: Very mixed area with forestry plantations of various ages and runnability, some areas previously wooded now felled and some rough grazing.
At two golf courses (of renown) all greens and fairways are strictly out of bounds.
Throughout the area are outdoor activity locations for, for example, quadbiking, 4×4, clay pigeon shooting and, beside the assembly area, paintballing.The latter comprises three sectors with small buildings, bridges and a myriad of hides (a single short fence or board) used in the games to scale and as cover.

Entry: Details to be announced

Enquiries: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Starts: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Courses close 2:00 p.m.

Courses	Distance	Climb	Controls	Map Scale
White	1.8 km.	35 m.	10	1:7500
Yellow	2.6 km.	45 m.	10	1:7500
Orange	3.3 km.	65 m.	9	1:7500
Light Green	4.2 km.	90 m.	13	1:10 000
Short Green	3.1 km.	50 m.	10	1:7500
Green	4.6 km.	90 m.	15	1:10 000
Blue	5.7 km.	100 m.	19	1:10 000

Map: See course list.

Club championships will be decided again this year by scoring the results of all club members at this event. Club members should enter their choice of course in the usual way. No declaration regarding the championship is needed.

For each club runner speed (min/km) multiplied by an age factor multiplied by a course difficulty factor will give a score. See link below for details & examples. That leaves entrants free to choose their course difficulty and balance that up with anticipated speed.

Link to Championship factors.

Dogs:

Facilities: Limited toilets. Food: Community Pub Slaley Village.
Organiser: Les Cavill 07761230379 / 01670512384
Planner: Mike Broadhurst
Controller: Mary Rack

Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport. Risks have been assessed and mitigated as far as possible. Do take care of yourself nonetheless. Be aware of other users of the area and of moving vehicles in the car park. Please bring your own requirement of water.