GLOSS

Saturday 01 July 2023

Venue TBC ,

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We are currently arranging an alternate location for this event, since Moneyhole Park is no longer available.

This event is part of the Greater London Orienteering Summer Series.

TERRAIN TBA
PARKING TBA
PUBLIC TRANSPORT TBA
COURSES Courses for everybody from beginners of any age to experienced orienteers.

Course Approx. Distance Difficulty
White ~1.6 km Easy – all along paths, control flags whenever you need to decide to turn.
Yellow ~2.0 km Fairly easy – navigate along line features such as paths, walls, streams. Some turns with no control flags.
Orange ~2.6 km Moderate – start cutting across country, some controls a bit away from line features.
GLOSS ~3.6 km Harder – a range of navigational skills needed to find controls on any mapped feature.
GLOSS with
extension		 ~5.7 km The GLOSS course with an extra section added.

You will automatically be entered in the club’s Saturday League unless you ask not to.
BEGINNERS First timers are very welcome. Look for our greeters in hi-vis jackets who will give you socially-distanced help.

If you’ve not orienteered before, we suggest most people start with yellow. Young juniors, say primary school age, and family groups are better on white. People confident with a map and compass may start on orange.
ENTRY & FEES Entry only via SI Entries. You must enter on line. Online entry will remain open until 12:15 on the day, while maps and start slots are available.

Entries up to midnight on Sunday 25 June:

  • BOF members: Adults £4, Juniors £2, HH juniors free.
  • Non-members: Adults £6, Juniors £3.
 Entries from Monday 26 June:

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

Dibber hire £1. Charge for lost dibbers £30.
STARTS When you enter, you can choose a 15 minute start block between 10:00 and 11:30.
Courses close 12:45. Please make sure you choose a start block to allow plenty of time to finish by then, especially if you are less experienced.
TIMING SportIdent punching will be used. SIAC will be enabled but you must punch Start and Finish.
MAP 1:7,500 pre-marked maps for all courses on waterproof paper.
FACILITIES Toilets and café.

Note that download is indoors but you download your dibber from outside, through the window.
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 will have been carried out.

You should abide by the British orienteering Covid-19 Code of Conduct. In particular:

  • You should not come if you have symptoms of COVID-19, are required to isolate, are awaiting the results of a non-routine COVID-19 test or are serving a quarantine period after travel. You’ll get a full refund.
  • Before, during and after your run, maintain appropriate distance from other runners and other park users.
  • Hand sanitiser is available – please use it.
RESULTS Interim results will be published direct to the club website every few minutes during the event, subject to mobile phone signal. 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.
OFFICIALS
Planner Ben Bardsley
Organiser TBA
Controlling David Saunders
The small print

This event is registered with British Orienteering, number ?????.

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.

If you have to cancel for a COVID-related reason, write to entries@herts-orienteering.club and we will give a full refund. If we have to cancel the event we will offer a choice of a full refund or a voucher for use at a future HH event. That choice will be sent to the email address used for the original entry. If you do not reply by the deadline, the default is a voucher.