Stanborough
Welcome to one of our Saturday series events which is also part of the club Youth League. Beginners are very welcome and there are courses for all standards.
TERRAIN | Open parkland with small areas of woodland. Large uncrossable water features. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PARKING | Stanborough Park North Car Park, Stanborough Road, Welwyn Garden City. Nearest postcode AL6 8XF. Car park charge now £6 for 3 hours (£1.50 all day with a ResidentPass). The car park now operates with an automatic number plate recognition system. |
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT | Stanborough Park is 1.5 miles from Welwyn Garden City train station, following Parkway and Stanborough Road. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
COURSES | Courses for everybody from beginners of any age to experienced orienteers.
*These are the recommended courses for people in these school years who enter the Youth League, however some will be invited to ‘run up’. You may enter any course and will automatically be entered in the club’s Saturday League unless you ask not to. |
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BEGINNERS | First timers are very welcome. Look for our greeters in hi-vis jackets who will give you socially-distanced help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENTRIES & FEES | Entry will be online via SI Entries, will open on the day of the previous Saturday event (7th October) and will remain open until 11:15 on the day of the event, so long as maps and start slots are available.
Dibber hire £1. Charge for lost dibbers £30. A guide to navigating our entries system is here. |
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STARTS | Start and finish are close to the event centre and car parking. You can choose a 15 minute start block between 10:00 and 11:30. Courses close at 12:45 – please allow yourself plenty of time to complete your course before the cut-off. |
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PUNCHING | Sportident punching will be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS | Control descriptions will be on the map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MAP | 1:7500 pre-marked maps for all courses. For map of a previous event see here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
FACILITIES | There are toilets and a kiosk selling hot drinks and snacks by the north lake. Near the South car park, there are toilets and a cafe, a covered outdoor seating area and Terranova serve pizzas for takeaway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOGS | Please keep dogs 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, so there is no need to hang around.
Full results will be published to the same location and to Routegadget; we aim to do so on the day of the event. |
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OFFICIALS |
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The small print
This event is registered with British Orienteering, number 83606.
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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