Moneyhole Park

Saturday 07 June 2025

Moneyhole Woods, Panshanger , SG14 2NJ

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Welcome. This event is part of the HH Saturday Series

No entry to parking before 1030.

Welcome to one of our Saturday events. They are particularly aimed at first-timers and less experienced orienteers, although there are courses for all levels.

Beginners First timers are very welcome. Look for our greeters in hi-vis jackets who will give you socially-distanced help.

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 Welwyn Garden City
Parking On one of the estate tracks off Panshanger Lane.  The entrance to the event can be found at what3words ///cult.term.bake. Nearest postcode is SG14 2NJ.
The event will be signed from both the A414 and the B1000 and the entrance gate is on Panshanger Lane midway between these roads.Parking is up to 600m from the event centre, Start and Finish are within 100m of the event centre. To avoid conflict with Parkrun there will be no entry to car park before 1030.
Do not park on Panshanger Lane.
Public Transport Moneyhole Park is 2 miles from Welwyn Garden City train station.
Terrain Open parkland with areas of woodland.
Map  1:7500 pre-marked maps for all courses on waterproof A4 paper. For a previous event on the area see RouteGadget

White and yellow course maps are available at the pre-start.

Control descriptions will be on the map.
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 ~2.5 km Moderate – start cutting across country, some controls a bit away from line features.
Light Green ~4.0 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.
Course Notes The event centre is close to start and finish.
Courses close 12:45.
Starts You may choose a start block between 11.00-12.30.

Courses will close promptly at 13:45.  Please choose a start time that will give you ample time to complete your run by then.
Entry & Fees All entries are made online through SI Entries.  Entries will open nearer to the date of the event. You can enter up to 11:00 on the day (subject to map availability).

Entries up to midnight on 1 June:

  • BOF members: Adults £4, Juniors £2, HH juniors free.
  • Non-members: Adults £6, Juniors £3.
 Late entries from 2 June:

  • BOF members: Adults £6, Juniors £4, HH juniors £2.
  • Non-members: Adults £8, Juniors £5.

If you don’t have your own dibber (timing chip) you’ll need to hire one.  SIAC (contactless) dibber hire £2. Charge for lost dibbers £65.
Timing Sportident punching will be used. SIAC will be enabled for those with ‘contactless’ dibbers, but you must punch start and finish.
Facilities TBC
Results Interim results will be published direct to the club website https://www.herts-orienteering.club every few minutes during the event.

Full results will be published on the same page and on Routegadget as soon as possible after the event. We aim to put provisional results up that evening.
Event cancellation Extreme weather conditions could result in late cancellation of the event. If cancellation is needed a message will be posted on the www.herts-orienteering.club website and an email sent to all those entered as soon as is possible after a decision has been made.

Please check before travelling.
Dogs Keep under control and clear up behind you.
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.

You must go to Download even if you don’t finish your course. We need to confirm you’re back safely.
Officials
Planner Ben Bardsley
Organiser Neil Gostick
Controller Dave Tookey

The small print

This event is registered with British Orienteering, number 85676

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.

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