Jersey Farm
Welcome to Jersey Farm, 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.
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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.
Course Timing
Sportident punching will be used.
For those with ‘contactless’ dibbers, SIAC will be enabled for controls, but you must punch the Start; the Finish will be “fly-by”.
Facilities
The nearest public toilets are on The Ridgeway next to Marshalswick Library or Sandridge High Street car park.
Dogs
Sorry, no dogs.
Safety
By participating in this event, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety.
Members of British Orienteering—which includes those who have joined an affiliated club such as HH—are covered by the organisation’s public liability insurance. Please note: If you are not a BOF member, if you accidentally injure someone or damage property during the event, you are not covered by this insurance.
A full risk assessment has been carried out.
Officials
| Planner | Kate Hawks |
| Organiser | – |
| Controlling | Mike Bennett |
Courses
Courses for everybody from beginners of any age to experienced orienteers.
| Course | Straight line Distance | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| White | ~1.5 km | Easy – all along paths. Control flags when you need to decide whether to turn. |
| Yellow | ~2.0 km | Fairly easy – navigate along line features such as paths, walls, streams. Some turns with no control flags. |
| Orange | ~2.5km | Moderate – start cutting across country, some controls a bit away from line features. |
| Light Green | ~3.5 km | Harder – a range of navigational skills needed to find controls on any mapped feature. |
| Short Blue | ~5.5 km | 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
TBD
Starts
When you enter, you can choose a 15 minute start block between 10:30 and 12:00. This is slightly later than our usual 10:00 start to allow for Parkrun people to clear.
Courses close 13:15. Please choose a start block to allow yourself plenty of time to finish before then.
Entry & Fees
Entries will be 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 27 September:
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Entries from Monday 28 September:
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Full time students and seniors on White, Yellow or Orange are charged junior rates.
Groups charged as for the lead map reader. A parent may ‘shadow’ a child at junior rates.
+£1 for timing chip (“dibber”) hire (£2 for contactless, you need one or the other if you have no SI card).
+£1 for each extra map for a group entry
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.
The small print
This event is registered with British Orienteering, number 88879.
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.
