Jersey Farm
Note: 10:15 start – later than usual to avoid clashing with ParkRun.
Welcome
Jersey Farm is one of our monthly Saturday Series events. Beginners are very welcome and there are courses for all standards.
Beginners
First timers are very welcome. Look for our greeters in hi-vis jackets.
You can go around individually, in pairs or in a larger family group. From an entries perspective, pairs and groups are treated as a single runner – it’s one entry, you get one map, one timing chip (“dibber”) and one finish time listed in the Results. We charge per “entry” not per person and it’s easiest to enter in advance – see Entering for the first time for more info on how to do this.
If you’ve not orienteered before, we suggest most people start with the yellow course. Young juniors, say primary school age, and family groups are better on white. People confident with a map and compass may start on orange.If you find your course too easy, club policy is to offer you a run on the next course up at no cost, provided there’s enough time and there are maps available.
Don’t forget to download between runs!
Location
Registration, start and finish are located on the edge of the woods just north of the junction of Sandringham Crescent and Chiltern Road.
Parking
There is no dedicated car park. Please park considerately on local streets. There should be plenty of space available within a five minute walk off Chiltern Road or The Ridgeway. Parking on Sandringham Crescent should be possible once the Parkrun people have left.
Public Transport
Route 653 from St Albans station or Hatfield station to Quantock Close, Chiltern Road.
Terrain
Rough open grassland with scattered blocks of woodland and an extensive path network.
Map
1:5000 pre-marked A4 maps on waterproof paper for all courses. For map of a previous event see here. Minor updates have been made for this event.
Control descriptions will be on the map.
Course Timing
Sportident punching will be used. SIAC will be enabled for those with ‘contactless’ dibbers, but you must punch start and finish.
Facilities
The nearest public toilets are on The Ridgeway next to Marshalswick Library or Sandridge High Street car park.
Dogs
Sorry, no dogs.
Safety
Orienteering is an adventure sport. You take part at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety. A full risk assessment has been carried out.
Officials
| Planner | Kevin Parkes |
| Organiser | Matthew Dixon |
| Controlling | Simon Errington |
The small print
This event is registered with British Orienteering, number 85678.
Orienteering is a great sport for youngsters. If you bring children, please help us to keep to our safeguarding policy and British Orienteering’s photography policy.
Your personal data is used for results and insurance, see our privacy policy.
Courses
Courses for everybody from beginners of any age to experienced orienteers.
| Course | Straight line Distance and Climb | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1.6 km, 20m | Easy – all along paths. Control flags when you need to decide whether to turn. |
| Yellow | 2.4 km, 25m | Fairly easy – navigate along line features such as paths, walls, streams. Some turns with no control flags. |
| Orange | 2.6 km, 30m | Moderate – start cutting across country, some controls a bit away from line features. |
| Light Green | 4.0 km, 30m | Harder – a range of navigational skills needed to find controls on any mapped feature. |
| Short Blue | 5.6 km, 50m | As hard as we can make it on the area. |
You may enter any course and will automatically be entered in the club’s Saturday League unless you ask not to.
Course Notes
The Short Blue course has a two-sided map.
The area includes an extensive areas of rough open grassland crossed by numerous mown paths, which after the hot and dry summer presents relatively little obstacle to direct route choices. However the rough open is generally mown in the late summer / early autumn and if that happens before this event the direct routes are likely to become even faster and the mown paths, which are extensively used on the White and Yellow courses, less well defined.
Starts
When you enter, you can choose a 15 minute start block between 10:15 and 11:45. The event centre is close to start and finish.
Courses close 13:00. Please choose a start block to allow yourself plenty of time to finish before then.
Entry & Fees
Entry only via SI Entries. You must enter on line. Online entry will remain open until 11:15 on the day, while maps and start slots are available.
Entries up to midnight on Sunday 31 August:
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Entries in September:
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Dibber hire £1. Charge for lost dibbers £35.
If you cancel more than 7 days before the event we will refund your fees less an amount for admin and transaction costs. There is no refund for cancellations less than 7 days in advance.
If we have to cancel the event we will try to reschedule it. We will transfer your entry to the rescheduled event unless you ask for a refund.
Results
Interim results will be published direct to the club website every few minutes during the event. There will be no printed results (apart from your own splits) or WiFi available.
Full results will be published to the same location and to Routegadget; we aim to do so on the day of the event.
