KEY EVENT INFORMATION – please read this at least! Individual and Relay Toilets and First Aid in assembly arena. Individual Relay Parking to assembly 850 metres Up to 2000 metres

Assembly to start North Start 1200 metres South Start 300 metres Competitor number bibs Collect bibs at pre-start Team managers to collect areas. Pins provided. on Saturday between 12:00-16:00

Control Descriptions On and in start lanes On map only Drinks None at Finish None at finish or in forest In forest on courses 1-23

Individual: Timed start - call-up -5 minutes. Late starters will be timed from original start time. North start courses have a road crossing with a 1-minute time-out. Obey the marshal’s instructions please. Beware of out of bounds areas marked on the . Some of these will also be taped in the forest. Toilet for WRE competitors within 400m of start. Relays:

Declare teams on Fabian4 up to 11 th May or on Saturday at Wharncliffe. Safety: competition area has been undermined and is liable to mining subsidence

Table of Contents WEEKEND SUMMARY ...... 3 WELCOME ...... 4 GRENO WOOD APPEAL ...... 5 LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY ...... 5 RESULTS DISPLAY AND INTERNET ...... 5 TRAINING EVENT ...... 6 TIMING, LOCATION AND ACCESS ...... 6 EVENT INFORMATION ...... 6 BRITISH LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ...... 7 TIMING, ENTRIES, LOCATION AND ACCESS ...... 7 ASSEMBLY AND FACILITIES ...... 8 EVENT INFORMATION ...... 12 BRITISH TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS ...... 17 BRITISH RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS ...... 19 TIMING, ENTRIES, LOCATION AND ACCESS ...... 19 ARENA AND FACILITIES ...... 20 EVENT INFORMATION ...... 22 DOGS ...... 27 COMPLAINTS & PROTESTS ...... 27

2 v1b, 27th April WEEKEND SUMMARY Friday 13 th May Training Event Wharncliffe Wood (North) Open 17:00-19:00

Saturday 14 th May British Long Distance Championships (IOF World Ranking Event, UK Cup Event Future Champions Cup Event, UK Masters’ Cup event) Wharncliffe, Wheata and Greno Woods Starts 11:00-15:00

British Trail Orienteering Championships Tankersley Wood (SE) Starts 14:00-15:30

Sunday 15 th May British Relay Championships Tankersley Wood Relay first leg call-up 9:45-10:55

Locations map

3 v1b, 27th April WELCOME Chairman of British Orienteering On behalf of British orienteering, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone to this British Championships weekend being held in Sheffield. With a daughter who is a graduate of Sheffield Uni, I have regularly made the long trek north from Essex and experienced orienteering in the areas to be used on several occasions. I know that we are going to be challenged by varied and technical terrain over the two days. I am confident that the event will be successful. The experience of the planners means that we will face a challenging but fair set of courses on both days. It is good to see our elite orienteers contributing back to the sport. The individual day is an IOF World Ranking Event and also a round in UK Cup, Future Champions Cup and the inaugural Masters Cup. At the end, we will crown the best British orienteers and relay teams in each age class. On your behalf, I would like to thank everyone involved in helping stage this weekend of orienteering, especially the landowners, sponsors, event officials and the many volunteers from South Yorkshire Orienteers (SYO) and East Pennine Orienteering Club (EPOC). It should be remembered that the success of an event is not just the result of help on the day, vital though it is. Many people have worked long hours over many months to deliver this event for our enjoyment, often in roles that take no public credit. British Orienteering owes a great deal to its volunteers. I hope you enjoy the weekend, both the quality of the orienteering in the forest and the social aspects of being part of a large gathering of fellow orienteers. Lyn West, Chairman, British Orienteering Chairmen of organising clubs On behalf of the two organising clubs of South Yorkshire Orienteers (SYO) and East Pennine Orienteering Club (EPOC), we would jointly like to welcome you to the British Long Distance and the Relay Championships for 2011. The Long Distance Championships are being held on Wharncliffe, Wheata and Greno, which were last used together for the 1978 JK, although each area individually has been used several times since. Wharncliffe has long been one of YHOA’s premier areas, but the Relay area of Tankersley is now rivalling it following 2007 remapping. You will enjoy both areas, which offer a real orienteering challenge on varied terrain. In addition, the British Trail O Championships are being held at Tankersley, on part of the area not being used for the Relay. We are very grateful to the various landowners for access to the competition areas and to our sponsors, in particular Smartwool for their generous continuing support for SYO and to Go Outdoors for sponsoring the relays. Special thanks also to the mappers, planners, organisers, controllers (who have put in many hours of ‘behind the scenes’ effort) and the numerous volunteer helpers from orienteering, without whom there would be no event. We hope you also have some time, and remaining energy, to appreciate the other attractions in the area. Wharncliffe is on the edge of the glorious Peak District, Wentworth Castle is nearby, as are golf courses at Wortley, Tankersley, Stocksbridge and Hillsborough, and even Meadowhall Shopping Centre is just down the M1. Good pubs abound, many with excellent food. Whatever you do while here, either in the competitions or otherwise, we hope you really enjoy yourselves and warmly welcome you back anytime to this special part of the UK. Monika Cooper, Chairman, SYO Alistair Tinto, Chairman EPOC

4 v1b, 27th April GRENO WOOD APPEAL Greno Wood is for sale. The Wildlife Trust of Sheffield & Rotherham has an appeal to secure the long-term future of the woods. They have provided the information below and their website, www.grenowoods.com , gives more info and accepts donations. Greno Wood is rich in natural and archaeological heritage. Nationally important habitats include ancient woodland to the north of the site and the centrally located open heath. These habitats support birds like lesser spotted woodpecker and skylark; other species of note include common frog and the rare shining guest ant. The Wildlife Trust of Sheffield & Rotherham will have a stand within the Assembly Arena at the Individual event, to promote awareness of their activities and support their fund-raising. Please visit them. LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY This area is archaeologically rich, with much evidence from the prehistoric period. North of Wharncliffe, above Stocksbridge, a Mesolithic (hunter- gatherer) camp was found. Other evidence of Mesolithic activity has been found throughout the area. Within the woodlands, two areas of late prehistoric agricultural settlements – the central area of Greno Wood and much of Wheata Wood – are nationally important Scheduled Monuments. At the northern end of Wharncliffe Crags, the quern (grindstone)-making site was in use from the Iron Age through to the Mediaeval period and is also a Scheduled Monument. Just outside the event area, Wortley Top Forge is open on Sundays (and the well-preserved Wortley Top Forge on Bank Holiday Mondays) from Easter Sunday, the River Don dates from the 17 th century 11:00 - 17:00. It's a splendid place and and is the world’s oldest surviving Heavy visitors to the championships might care to Iron Forge. visit. More details http://www.topforge.co.uk/ More details of the history of this area can be found at www.sytimescapes.org.uk .

RESULTS DISPLAY AND INTERNET Results will be displayed in the Race Arenas at the Individual and Relays, including the final results from the previous day’s races. Intermediate results will also be published live at www.live-o.org and a wireless internet access point will be available in the Assembly Arenas for those wishing to follow developments in real-time. The wifi access point name will be "liveo". Note, www.live-o.org will be subject to availability of mobile communications. After the events, results including splits analysis and Routegadget will be available via www.boc2011.org.uk/results . Results booklets will be posted to those that have ordered them.

5 v1b, 27th April TRAINING EVENT TIMING, LOCATION AND ACCESS Timing Friday 13 th May Starts from 17:00 to 19:00 Location Wharncliffe Wood (North). The area was part of previous Wharncliffe maps, but is not included in the area being used for BOC 2011. Directions Proceed to Woodhead Road as detailed in directions for Saturday.. After approximately 1 mile turn right (signposted) along a minor track and through a gate onto Wharncliffe Chase and the car parking. Competitors must not approach the event from the south through Grenoside village. Car Park The car park (SK310968) is on open grassland with sheep grazing. We would prefer no dogs at all – if you must bring a dog it must be kept in your vehicle at all times as there are sheep and lambs roaming around the car park. EVENT INFORMATION Terrain Description The area used for the training is part of the large western wooded slope of Wharncliffe. The slope is rocky in places and has a wealth of old mine workings. The woodland is mostly runnable mature oak and pine with some areas of bramble that may reduce runnability. Map Mapper Rod Postlethwaite, Scale 1:10,000 & 1:15,000 will be available. Entry The entry fee is £4 per competitor either on the day or via pre-entry on www.fabian4.co.uk . The training event is set up completely separately on Fabian4 and can be entered any time up to the end of Thursday 12th May. Please use it if you intend to come, as we will only be printing a limited number of maps for EOD. The enquiry point in the car park will issue pre- paid maps and handle entry on the day. Start The start/finish location is approximately 1km along a flat gravel track. Competitors may start whenever they wish. The start will be unmanned and will be marked by a control kite. Format & Courses Entrants will receive a pre-printed map with approx 15 controls and control descriptions for 3 suggested courses – Long, Medium and Short. The nature of the area means that all courses and control sites will be TD4 or TD5 standard. There will be no timing and no results. Controls will have mini-kites. There will be no SportIdent equipment used at the event. Officials Organiser and Planner Tim Tett (SYO)

6 v1b, 27th April BRITISH LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS An IOF World Ranking Event and UK Cup event for the M/W21E classes. A UK Masters Cup round for M/W35 and above A Future Champions Cup round for all M/W 18 & 20 Elite and Long runners TIMING, ENTRIES, LOCATION AND ACCESS Timing Saturday 14 th May Starts from 11:00 to 15:00 Entry and start times Pre-entry only to championship courses, final closing date 25 th April, National Members of British Orienteering and members of overseas IOF affiliated Federations only. Entry on the day colour coded courses white, yellow, orange and long orange open to all (seniors £8, juniors £4). Registration for these courses is at enquiries from 10:30 to 14:30. Note that limited start times will be available on white, yellow and orange in order to meet championship start requirements – you may need to wait a while. Start times will be published on the BOC2011 website at least one week before the event. Start times cannot be changed. Note that it is a timed start; late starters will be timed from their published start times. Location Wharncliffe, Wheata and Greno Woods.

7 v1b, 27th April Directions From the M1 junctions 36 and 35a travel about 1 mile to the A61/A616 roundabout. Take exit signed A61 "Sheffield (North)". After 1.5 miles turn right onto A629 towards Huddersfield. After 1.5 miles turn left signed A616 Manchester and then immediately left onto Woodhead Road (before joining the A616 - signed here). Car parking is 2.2 miles on the right. This is the preferred approach to the car parking as it avoids the risk of cars backing up onto the fast A616. Cars approaching from the west along the A616 exit at A629 junction. Turn right onto A629 towards Sheffield, then after 0.1 miles turn right onto the A616 slip-road and then immediately left onto Woodhead Road (before joining the A616 - signed here). Competitors arriving by car must not approach the event from the south through Grenoside village. Car Park The car park (SK323956) is in a flat grassy field. Dogs are allowed but must be on a lead. Follow the parking marshals’ instructions. £2 per car fee will be collected, and last-minute instructions will be given (if any). No exit before 13:00. If you leave after 13:00 but whilst other traffic is still arriving please be patient as there is a single-track section, Acknowledgements Thank you to the landowners for their permission to use these woodlands and the surrounding fields: Forestry Commission Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust Sheffield City Council Mr and Mrs Hague. Mr Mark Boulby Mr Andrew Hartman Route to Assembly Arena The route to the Assembly Arena leaves the car park at its south end. From the exit of the car park the route is 800m, reasonably flat, and is suitable for push-chairs. Warm-up map (WRE) For WRE competitors there will be a small map available for warm-up containing one model control. The map is available from Enquiries, and covers the route between the Assembly Arena and the North start. ASSEMBLY AND FACILITIES Assembly Arena The Assembly Arena is a large sloping grassy field, on the edge of the forest. It will provide excellent views of the run-in, and has plenty of space for club tents. The same field will also contain the finish, commentary, traders, enquiries, results display (see also page 5)and prize giving podium. There will also be a British Orienteering tent with press and VIP area. Toilets will be in an adjacent field, which will also have First Aid and a space to view the elite spectator control. Dogs are allowed but must remain on a lead while in the Assembly Arena.

8 v1b, 27th April Layout plan

Assembly facilities • Toilets In southern field. None at either start, except WRE competitors. • Traders Traders will be in the Assembly Arena. The following traders have confirmed attendance at the event: Point Mountain Range UK Ultrasport Butcher’s Grill Scott’s (formerly Wilf’s) Street Food Chef (Mexican food) British & Continental Catering

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• Club Tents Club tents may be positioned on the far side of the run-in, leaving a 5m gap between the run-in and the front of any tent. After the event we will provide a transport service for club tents to the relay assembly arena (due to the greater walking distance at the relays between parking and assembly). To use this service please go to the Sheffield Wildlife Trust stand beside Enquiries to collect a tent label that should be clearly marked with your club name. Leave your club tent in its bag within a clearly marked area beside enquiries, as you leave the arena. It will be available for you to collect near the relay arena toilets on the morning of the relays. While care will be taken, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage. There will be a “suggested minimum donation” of £5 per tent which will go to the Sheffield Wildlife Trust Appeal for use of this service. • Map Display Previous maps of the competition area will be on display in the Assembly Arena. • Spectator control The spectator control will be visible from the edge of the Assembly Arena close to the toilets. • Enquiries Enquiries will be in the main assembly field, close to the entrance. It will handle colour- coded course registration, SI e-card collection and hire, general queries, complaints and compliments. Car keys may also be left, especially for competitors that have travelled alone. If you need to contact an event official, please ask at Enquiries. Open between 10:00 and 17:00. • Relay Registration Tent adjacent to Enquiries. Team declarations should be made at the tent from 12:00 to 16:00, if not declared online. Changes to existing declarations can also be made. Team Declaration Forms will need to be completed. Team bibs and loose pins should be collected here. • Trophy return To the prize giving tent beside results, by 14:00 please. • British Orienteering marquee British Orienteering staff and directors will be in attendance and would welcome visits from members wishing to discuss any matters. Information about membership of British Orienteering and the programmes that it delivers will also be available. • Press and VIPs Press and VIPs will be hosted in a part of the British Orienteering marquee. Photographers must register at Enquiries in order to obtain access to press areas. • Out of Bounds – car-park and assembly Do not cross walls or tapes marking the edge of the Assembly Arena, other than at marked points. Do not leave the marked routes between parking and assembly, and between assembly and the starts. Bibs All competitors will have number bibs, to be collected at pre-start area of each start. Pins will be provided. . Please allow time to locate and attach your bib at the start.

10 v1b, 27th April Finish & Download The finish run-in enters the Assembly Arena at the north east corner and is mostly flat, with a climb at the end. There will be plenty of space for spectators and tents adjacent to the run-in. On punching the finish control competitors will enter a marquee to download. Any punching queries will be dealt with, and competitors will receive split times. All competitors must report to the Finish, even if they retire. • Map collection Maps will be collected and placed in club bags at the exit of the download marquee, until 15:00. After that time one person from each club may collect their bag of maps. M/W21E Part 1 maps will also be returned to this point for collection. • Water at the finish For environmental reasons, plastic bottles of water will not be provided. Competitors should bring their own water or other drinks. PA System & commentary Commentary will be provided in the Assembly Arena. Radio controls will provide feedback on the progress of competitors during the race, and before they reach the last control. We would like to thank Andy Monro and Chris Poole for their commentary services. Prize Giving The prize giving will take place in the area adjacent to the finish line. The Elite classes prize giving will start at 16:30, or as soon after then as results are finalised. Prize giving for all other classes will follow immediately afterwards, at about 16:45, or as soon as those classes’ results are finalised. We are very grateful to our prize sponsors. Smartwool has provided prizes for all British Championship classes, and Arc’teryx has provided prizes for the WRE classes.

British Championship Trophies will be presented to the winners of the highest category (Elite, Long or A) in each age class. British Championship medals will be awarded to the first, second and third placed competitors in these classes. To be eligible for a British Championships medal or trophy, a person must be a National British Orienteering Member and hold or be eligible to hold a British passport. String Course A string and off-string course will be provided in the wood immediately adjacent and to the east of the Assembly Arena. is located in the woods adjacent to and immediately east of the Assembly Arena. It will be open 11:00 to 15:00. Entry and SI card hire is free. The course is not suitable for push chairs. Waste We will have a “take your rubbish home” policy – please take away all your rubbish and help us to keep the arena tidy. Thank you!

11 v1b, 27th April EVENT INFORMATION Old maps Possession or use of an orienteering or other map of the competition area is prohibited during the competition day at the race site. Maps will be collected at the finish and given out after the final start times (15:00). Starts There are two starts. The start for your course is shown in the course table below. It is only 300m to the South Start, allow 5 minutes. To the North Start it is 1200m, with a marshalled road crossing, allow 15-20 minutes. The route to both starts will be signed from the main entrance to the Assembly Arena. Call up at both starts will be at -5 minutes. Since both starts are reasonably close, and are sheltered within the forest, there will be no clothing transfer. There will be a toilet for WRE competitors adjacent to the road crossing within 400m of the North start. Late starters Any competitor arriving at the start after their start time has been called should report to the late start official. This official will attempt to start you, at his/her discretion, at the earliest practicable opportunity. Your name and actual start time will be noted but you will be timed as though you started at your allocated start time. If you believe that your late arrival at the start was the fault of the organisation then you should go through the normal complaints / appeals process. Note that neither the start nor download officials can authorise any change to your start time. Control descriptions Control descriptions will be on the map and loose in the start lanes on waterproof paper. Written descriptions will be used for courses 26-29 and colour-coded courses, IOF pictorial for the remainder. Safety & First Aid St John Ambulance will be in attendance within the Assembly Arena. Drinks points within the forest will be in contact with the arena and can therefore be used to summon assistance. Note the special hazards described in the terrain notes. If you are worried about an overdue competitor, please report this to Enquiries. and GPS devices Whistles should be carried. WRE runs under IOF rules so GPS devices must not be carried on M/W21E courses unless they do not have a screen or audio feedback. On other courses GPS devices may not be used for . Clothing (leg cover / cagoules) Competitors are reminded that British Orienteering rules say that legs, torso and shoulders should be covered, but arms can be bare . In the unlikely event that cagoules are compulsory, signs will be prominently displayed. Electronic Punching SportIdent controls will be used. Thanks are due to the Scottish 6-Day Company for the generous loan of equipment to BOC. This has enabled us to allow competitors to use any version of SportIdent e-card, including the newer v8 and v9 e-cards. If a SportIdent box appears not to be working , competitors should use the pin punch attached to the control stake to punch their map. SportIdent e-cards are available for hire (£1) or collection at Enquiries. Lost e-cards will be charged at £30.

12 v1b, 27th April Terrain Wharncliffe, Greno and Wheata are located on the outskirts of Sheffield and comprise a variety of terrain types, from well used ‘city forest’ with a developed path and cycle network to rugged slopes covered in rock and historic mining detail. This is one of the best and most varied areas in the North of England and it will challenge all competitors with a mixture of fast , tough terrain and technical orienteering. The majority of courses start in Greno Woods, which was previously used for the BOC relays in 2003. Greno is mainly mature plantation forest, much of which has recently undergone extensive thinning, leaving some debris and unmapped rides. Runnability is mostly very good, and rock and contour detail tends to be small. There are some areas of downhill bike trails where small new paths can appear overnight. Wheata and the Wharncliffe plateau (BOC individual 2003) are used extensively by walkers and bikers, and consist of an undulating tract of forest dissected by shallow valleys. Runnability varies according to the age of the forest. There are some areas of extensive bramble, which rarely exceeds ankle or lower leg height, posing little significant obstacle to running. The large open areas in the centre of Wharncliffe, crossed by the longer courses, have been logged and reasonably well cleared although some debris remains in places. Elsewhere there are complex areas of holly bush thicket, the most significant of which are mapped. The Wharncliffe scarp slope is rich in natural rock features with pockets of complex mining detail. Areas of significant underfoot rock are shown with the stony ground symbol (small black dots) and more extreme rocky ground is shown with small boulder field symbols (small black triangles). Avoid extreme rocky ground wherever possible, it represents a significant obstacle to runnability! The entire scarp slope is used extensively by downhill bikers, who have created a complex network of trails complete with ‘North Shore’ jumps and ramps. The runnability of rides varies across the area. Map The map has been produced in 2010-11 by Oli Johnson based on the previous version by Peel Land Surveys and an update by Rod Postlethwaite. Every effort has been made to ensure that the map is as current as possible, but the working nature of the forest means that there may be some unmapped rides and brashings in the terrain. The varied nature of the forest, from sparsely featured in Greno to complex and intricate in Wharncliffe, means that the relative sizes of mapped features vary across the area. Although every effort has been made to maintain consistency throughout, boulders in particular are mapped according to whether they are distinct locally. Brashings and the denser areas of bramble are marked with the ‘undergrowth – slow running’ green vertical line symbol. Because of the hard winter, the bramble areas are usually fairly easy to cross. There are many distinct vegetation boundaries on the map. Some of these have mature trees on both sides of the boundary, for example conifer on one side and deciduous on the other. These are not so obvious, unless you look up.

13 v1b, 27th April The bike trails are mapped accurately where possible, but the extensive and ever-changing nature of these paths means that it has not been possible to show all of them. Jumps and ramps are often mobile and have not been mapped. One area in Greno has been thinned recently. The extraction lanes are prominent and are shown as rides on the map even though they are relatively close together. The maps will be Offset litho printed, non-waterproof but bagged. Special Features: X (black): significant man-made feature: picnic table, hide, single disused pylon o (black): charcoal burning platform Course & Class Details table

Course Classes Length (km) Climb (m) Controls Scale Drinks EWT Start 1 M21E 14.3 420 33 15 3 90 North 2 W21E 9.3 295 25 15 3 70 North 3 M20E M18E 10.3 250 30 15 3 70 North 4 W20E W18E 7.2 210 22 15 2 60 North 6 M21L M35L 10.4 360 29 15 2 70 North 7 M40L 9.6 280 26 15 2 70 North M18L M20L W21L W35L M21S 7.3 260 22 15 1 60 North 9 M35S 10 M40S W40L 6.3 230 17 15 1 60 South M18S M20S W18L W20L M21V 5.1 195 15 15 1 55 South 11 W21S 12 W35S W40S 4.5 180 12 15 1 50 South 13 M45L 9.1 300 24 10 1 65 North 14 M50L 8.7 270 23 10 1 65 North 15 M55L 7.9 265 23 10 1 65 North 16 M60L 7.1 230 19 10 1 65 North 17 M16A 7 235 19 10 1 55 South 18 M45S W45L 6.1 230 18 10 1 60 South 19 M65L M50S W50L 6.1 220 16 10 1 60 South 20 M55S W55L 5.5 195 19 10 1 60 North 21 M70L M60S W16A W60L W65L 5.2 170 19 10 1 60 North M75L M80 M85 M65S W70L W20S 4.6 165 18 10 1 60 North 22 W18S W21V W45S W50S M70S M75S W75 W80 W85 W55S 3.8 125 14 10 1 60 North 23 W60S W65S W70S 24 M14A M16B 5 165 15 10 0 40 South 25 W14A W16B 3.7 135 11 10 0 35 South 26 M12A M14B W12A W14B Orange 3.4 135 14 10 0 30 South 27 M10A M12B W10A W12B Yellow 2.8 115 14 10 0 22.5 South 28 M10B W10B White 2.2 65 14 10 0 20 South 29 Long Orange 7.6 245 24 10 0 60 North Course lengths are provisional and subject to minor changes. There is no course 5 or 8. Scale: 10 = 1:10,000 15=1:15,000. Drinks = number of drinks points on or near the route 14 v1b, 27th April EWT = Expected Winning Time Road Crossings Courses at the North start will have a road crossing over a small but often busy road on the way to the start and part-way around the course. Please follow the instructions of race officials at all times . There will be a 1 minute timed-out section on all courses that cross the road. You will have up to 1 minute to cover a distance of approx. 25m between the control on the east side of the road and the control on the west side of the road, which will be removed from your overall race time. Running is NOT ALLOWED in this section of the course and anyone who fails to follow instructions from the officials will be disqualified. You must not go onto the road except at the marked crossing point. WRE courses 1 and 2 (M21E and W21E) will have a map exchange on the far side of the road. It is M21E/W21E competitors’ responsibility to collect the correct map after punching the control on the west side of the road.

Out-of-bounds Out of bounds areas will be marked on the map and must not be entered. The road is out-of- bounds during the event except crossing at the marked crossing point (it will be shown on the map as a “forbidden route” with crosses). Some out-of-bounds areas are marked on the ground with red/white tape which must not be crossed. Yellow/black tape is used to mark dangerous features (mine-shafts etc) and again must not be crossed. Spectator Control Courses 1 to 4 (all elite classes) will visit a spectator control visible from the edge of the assembly arena. The control is in a field and will have a taped crossing point in and out of the field. It is compulsory to follow the taped route and to use marked crossing points. Spectators may not approach this control, but instead remain behind the tapes marking the edge of the Assembly Arena area. The commentary team will be aware of runners approaching the spectator control. Hazards Wharncliffe is extremely rocky in places and caution is urged on the more severe areas of rock, especially in wet conditions. Make every effort to avoid the rockiest areas of the terrain, which are clearly indicated on the map with the rocky ground or boulder field symbol. The slope of Wharncliffe is extensively mined, and there are a number of small shafts, some of which are partially obscured by undergrowth. Take care to avoid these, wherever possible; they may not all be taped. Although every effort will be made to alert mountain bike riders to the fact that we are using the terrain, we cannot physically stop them from using downhill trails on the day. Keep an eye open for out-of-control downhillers when crossing their trails. Also beware of horse riders using the tracks within the area, and allow plenty of space between you and any horses that you pass while competing.

15 v1b, 27th April Drinks points There will be drinking water points in the forest and at the road crossing. The course table indicates how many drinks points are near each course. If you start at the North Start, one of those drinks points will be at the road crossing . Public The entire area is open to the public and is a popular spot for dog walkers, bikers and other recreational users. Please show courtesy to members of the public at all times, our future use of the area may depend on this! Officials Organisers Martin and Lesley Ward, SYO Planners Oli and Jenny Johnson, SYO Controller Tony Thornley, AIRE Assistant controller Steve Watkins, AIRE IOF Event Adviser Philip Gristwood, MV

16 v1b, 27th April BRITISH TRAIL ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS Introduction All are welcome to participate in the trail-O championships. Trail orienteering is an inclusive map interpretation exercise that allows wheel chair users and those with restricted mobility to compete with the fully mobile on equal terms because the trail orienteer is only permitted to use defined tracks/paths to view kites in the terrain. It requires knowledge of orienteering symbols, an understanding of contours, an ability to judge distance, the competent use of a compass. In fact the skills required by any orienteer except the ability to move through, possibly rough, terrain at speed. The Standard course is suitable for those who have not tried Trail-O before and will provide an opportunity to see typical Tankersley terrain before the relays on the following day. Rules and guidelines are on the trail orienteering section of IOF website www.orienteering.org . The new 2011 paralympic qualification guidelines (on the application form itself) are also on the site. Other useful snippets can be gleaned from www.trailo.org Timing Saturday 14 th May Starts from 14:00 to 15:30 Registration from 13:30 Location The championships will take place in Parkin Wood at the South-Eastern end of the 2008 Tankersley Woods map that will not be used for BRC2011. The area is deciduous woodland that has a wealth of features, most of them ‘brown’, as described for the relay. Travel Directions Parking will be on Churchill Way, about 1.5 km north of Chapeltown centre. From the A616 roundabout for M1 J35a , take the road signed to Chapeltown and turn right in to Churchill Way along the southern edge of the wood. (SK350976, S35 2PY). Parking will be on a cul de sac road adjacent to commercial properties. Be aware that you can only leave the M1 at J35a if you are travelling northbound. For full directions see relay details. Public transport from BOC2011 Assembly. Grenoside Main Street crossroads is about 1km south of the assembly. From here, First South Yorkshire service 77 runs half hourly to Chapeltown. From Chapeltown Stagecoach 35A runs every 20mins on a circular route to Churchill Way. The times that dovetail most neatly are Grenoside dep 13.19; Chapeltown arr 13.30 dep 1341; Churchill Way arr 13.52 (or an hour later) There are half hourly Northern Rail trains (Leeds line) from Sheffield to Chapeltown for those travelling direct. These also stop at Meadowhall!! By Sustrans route 67 Trans Pennine trail it is 5km from BOC2011 Assembly to Churchill Way via Charltonbrook. Courses and categories There will be two courses; Championship and Standard. course distance controls controls Time limit (timed) (on course) CHAMPIONSHIP 1.4km 2 18 100min STANDARD 1.4km 1 14 90min These details are provisional.

17 v1b, 27th April The courses will follow a smooth, undulating dirt track through woodland with good visibility and lots of small paths and 'brown' features. Motorcycle barriers are installed at the entrance. They are passable for most wheelchairs and buggies but if you will be using one of the larger models, please let us know in advance.

Punches will be used to record decisions but SI will be used at Start and Finish. Punch canes will be linked to decision points by red/white tape. There are four categories on the Championship course (Open, Paralympic, Junior Open, Junior Paralympic) Entries BTOC2011 entrants who plan to also run BOC individual at Wharncliffe and will need an early block start time for the individual. The start block requested can be changed on Fabian4 up to the final closing date of 25 th April. Entries to the Championship course are required in advance, closing date 7 May (Nopesport urban event at Filey). Send an advance email to [email protected] followed by a cheque for £10 payable to EBORIENTEERS with name, club, category (Open, Paralympic, Junior Open, Junior Paralympic) to Dennis Mews, 26 Cardinal Drive, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 4RY Note paralympic qualification has been revised for 2011. Entries to the Standard course are welcomed in advance as above. EOD will also be accepted, also at £10 (junior £5). Map The map is a detailed and well-drawn map produced by Neil Northrop for a regional event in 2008. It has been modified slightly for trail orienteering requirements and to be consistent with the scale. The scale is 1:5000 with 2.5m contours. Trophies It is hoped that trophies will be presented to 2011 Champions near registration soon after 5pm. Please will 2010 trophy holders return them? Officials Planner Christine Roberts (EBOR) Controller Peter Roberts (EBOR) Organiser Dennis Mews,(HOC)

18 v1b, 27th April BRITISH RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS TIMING, ENTRIES, LOCATION AND ACCESS Timing Sunday 15th May First leg call-ups from 9:45 to 10:55 Location Tankersley Woods. The area being used is the North-Western end of the 2008 Tankersley map, plus an extension to the north which is virtually path-free. Thank you to the landowners for their permission to use these woodlands: Sheffield City Council Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Estate Barnsley MBC Travel Directions The event will be signposted from the A616 at grid reference SK354981 (the roundabout for M1 J35a). The nearest postcode is S35 2PT. Be aware that you can only leave the M1 at J35a if you are travelling northbound, so please read these details carefully! If you are travelling from Sheffield please use the A61 and A616 as described below and DO NOT approach from Chapeltown.

Travelling from the north: From M1 J36 take the A61 signposted for Sheffield. Follow the A61 for 1.5km to the roundabout with the A616. At the roundabout turn left onto the A616, signposted “Motorway M1 South” and follow this route for a further 2.0km. At the next roundabout turn right, signposted for “Chapeltown”. The event will be signposted from here. Travelling from the south on the M1: Leave the M1 at J35a. At the roundabout at the top of the slip road turn left for “Chapeltown” and follow orienteering signs. Travelling from the west and south-west: At the junction of the A61 and A616 follow signposts for “Motorway M1 South”. Follow the A616 for 2.0km. At the next roundabout turn right, signposted for “Chapeltown”. The event will be signposted from here. The car parks are very conveniently located and your vehicle should be parked up within 5 minutes of the J35a roundabout.

19 v1b, 27th April Parking Thanks to the generous assistance of a number of local businesses, we have secured the use of hardstanding areas for car parking in a number of commercial premises. The various premises have different access points from the main road so it’s imperative that all competitors approach from the J35a roundabout, to help the car parking team. Coaches can be accommodated in the parking areas. If you intend to bring a coach to the event, please inform the organising team at least a week in advance, if you have not already done so. Some (but not all) of the parking areas are secure and you will pass a security barrier as you enter. Nevertheless, you should hide all valuable items from prying eyes and secure your vehicle properly, bearing in mind that you will be away from your vehicle for a number of hours. We’re not allowed to take dogs into some of the commercial premises, so if you have a dog with you please inform the car park team and they will direct you to park on the roadside. We do NOT recommend that you leave a dog in your car as we cannot guarantee you a shady spot to park. There will not be any toilet facilities in the car parks so be prepared and go before you arrive (there are service stations on the M1). Please don’t use the bushes in the car parks as we rely on the good will of the landowners. Bear in mind that the woodland to either side of the marked route from car parks to the arena is part of the competition area, you could be disqualified if you stray from the path! The event arena is up to 2.0km walk from the most distant car parks. All the routes are on tracks and good footpaths which are passable for pushchairs. The route to the arena passes through the competition area, so you must not stray from the marked route. This route will be patrolled and anyone found in the competition area will be disqualified. Please give way to competitors, if they cross your path. When you arrive you will be told which car park you are in (A, B or C). When you leave the event arena you will need to follow the appropriate signs to the relevant car park. Because of the relatively long walk to the relay arena, the event team can transfer your club tent from the individual event arena to the relay arena, if you wish. There will be a drop-off point near Enquiries at the individual event. You will need to label your club tent clearly before you drop it off –see individual day for instructions on collecting labels. Club tents will be kept safe overnight and transferred to the relay arena, where they will be available for collection near the toilets. ARENA AND FACILITIES Enquiries  SI Cards & Hire  Bibs  Relay Registration ,Team Declarations and Changes The Enquiries team will be available at the relay arena from 08:00. We expect that you will have already registered your team online and declared the running order of your team members at www.fabian4.co.uk . This system will be available from Wednesday 4 May until midnight on Wednesday 11 May. If you have not done this, you will find Relay Registration at Enquiries on Day 1 between 12.00 and 16.00. Please ensure that you have collected your team envelope with numbered bibs and taken your loose safety pins at that time. Any uncollected team bibs can be collected from Enquiries at the relay arena. Any late changes to team members should be made using a Change of Declaration Form as soon as possible at Enquiries. 20 v1b, 27th April Relay Arena  Layout plan

 Toilets Toilets will be provided in the race arena. The exact location is dependent on the weather conditions, but will be obvious.  Club Tents There will be designated areas for pitching club tents, either alongside the finish run-in, on the route from the forest to the final control or near the changeover area.  Map Display As much of the area has been used for orienteering in recent years, an old map will be displayed at Enquiries.  Spectator control The longest courses will pass through a spectator control about 75% of the way around their courses. This control will be visible from the relay arena.  Trophy return The current holders of Relay Trophies should ensure that these are returned to the Enquiries tent on Day 1 in a cleaned and presentable condition.

21 v1b, 27th April Traders The following traders have confirmed attendance at the event: Compass Point Mountain Range UK Ultrasport Butcher’s Grill Scott’s (formerly Wilf’s) Street Food Chef (Mexican food) British & Continental Catering

Waste We will have a “take your rubbish home” policy – please take away all your rubbish and help us to keep the arena tidy. Thank you! EVENT INFORMATION Safety & First Aid St John Ambulance will be in attendance in the arena. As a condition of insurance cover we are obliged to draw your attention to the fact that the competition area has been undermined and liable to mining subsidence. Competitors take part at their own risk. Whistles are advised . Clothing Full leg cover is required. There is some bramble and nettle in places so some competitors will prefer to wear . Electronic Punching Sportident is being used. If a SportIdent box appears not to be working, competitors should use the pin punch attached to the control stake to punch their map.

Terrain Tankersley Wood has a rich industrial heritage and during the war contained factories and railways when it was heavily bombed. It now contains a wealth of detail with many bell pits, bomb craters and a complex path network spread across mixed vegetation comprising natural oak woodland with bluebells through reclaimed spoil heaps with maturing shrubs and young trees. Neil Northrop’s 2008 map was already highly acclaimed; the 2011 update has transformed the area and it now provides highly technical orienteering ideally suited to the fast pace of relays ready to catch out the unwary! Tankersley Woods is heavily used for recreation, particularly for walking dogs. Please be mindful of members of the general public and respect their right to use the area. If you see a member of the public tampering with a control, please inform us as soon as you return to the finish. We don’t recommend that you challenge anyone who appears to be vandalising a control site, for your own safety. Extracts from previous 1:7500 map (Not to scale)

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 Environmental Issues/OOB Sheffield City Council, who manage the event venue, have asked us to be mindful of the ecology of the area and in particular: • The major ride in the centre of the area has recently been levelled and re-seeded. Where competitors find it necessary to run along these areas they should keep to the edges. • An area close to the arena is home to a number of orchids. This area will be taped off to prevent competitors from damaging the orchids. • An area immediately south west of the event arena is used by model aircraft flyers. While the flying club will not be using the area on the day, we are required to keep off the landing strip – this will also be taped off on the day of the race. Map 1:10,000 by Neil Northrop (Millstone Maps), originally surveyed and drawn in 2008, updated for this race during 2010 and 2011. The area has been worked for coal and iron, which has left complex slopes covered by the scars of hand-hewn "bell-pits" and other earthworks from the 19th century and before. The bell-pits have left deep circular depressions. Most are mapped with the “small depression” symbol or the “pit” symbol where the sides are steep. Most “small depressions” are considerably larger than would be the case on most orienteering areas. These days the area is used by dog-walkers, cyclists and trail-bikers, leaving a large number of paths. For map clarity many of the smaller paths are not shown. TD 5 Courses will have 2 maps printed side by side on A4, with part 1 on the left and part 2 on the right. The last control shown on the part 1 map will be indicated as a start triangle on the part 2 map. TD 2 and 3 Courses will have a single A5 map. The maps will be digitally printed on Pretex waterproof paper. Mass start timetable Class Call-up Mass Start Mini Relay (M/W12-) 09:45 10:00 Men's Premier 09:55 10:10 Women's Premier 10:05 10:20 M40 10:05 10:20 M14 10:15 10:30 W14 10:15 10:30 Mixed Ad Hoc 10:25 10:40 Junior Ad Hoc 10:25 10:40 Men’s Short 10:35 10:50 W40 10:35 10:50 M60 10:35 10:50 M18 10:35 10:50 Women’s Short 10:45 11:00 W50 10:45 11:00 W60 10:45 11:00 W18 10:45 11:00 M50 10:55 11:10

23 v1b, 27th April Map Issue Please allow plenty of time to collect your map. It is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure that he/she arrives in time and with the correct team number As you enter the Map Issue tent, please show your race number so you can be directed to the right place to collect your map. Maps will be folded, showing team number and leg. Maps must not be opened before the start. Anyone who does so will be disqualified! First leg runners will be called up at –15 minutes, and advance to the start line as directed by the start officials. Clear and check stations will be available as you enter the Map Issue tent. Handover It is the competitor’s responsibility to be at the changeover in time. Waiting runners will have an excellent view of incoming runners approaching the final control and running from the final control to the changeover line. When a waiting competitor has identified their incoming team member he/she should then move to the Changeover Line. There will be an official with a loud hailer to assist any incoming runner who has no team member waiting at the line. Changeover is by touch, at which stage the map may be opened. After handing over, the incoming runner must punch at the Finish control and proceed to the download area. Third leg runners will be separated from first and second leg runners on the run in, into their own lane, and have their own Finish control, before proceeding to download. Finish & Download  Race Times For first leg runners their times will be calculated from their start time until they punch at the Finish control. Second and third leg runners will be timed from when their incoming runner punches at the Finish control until they do the same. The order in which the competitors cross the Finishing Line will determine their team position in the results. The finishing time will be measured when the competitor punches the Finish Control.  Map collection Map will be collected and placed in club bags at the exit of the download marquee, until competitors have started in the final Mini Mass Start. After that time one person from each club may collect the bag of maps.  Water/drinks at the finish For environmental reasons, plastic bottles of water will not be provided. Competitors should bring their own water or other drinks. Control Descriptions Control descriptions will be on the maps only. For TD2 and TD3 courses (see table just below) they will be text, all others pictorial.

24 v1b, 27th April Course & Class Details table (class order) Class Title Recommended Race Length Climb TD winning time numbers per lap (mins) A Men’s Premier 32 1 - 99 5.4 170 5 B Women’s Premier 32 101 - 199 4.3 155 5 C Men’s Short 24 201 - 299 3.5 115 5 D Women’s Short 24 301 - 399 3.0 110 5 E M40 32 4001 - 4060 4.3 155 5 F W40 32 4061 - 4099 3.5 115 5 G M50 32 5001 - 5060 4.0 125 5 H W50 32 5061 - 5099 3.0 110 5 J M60 32 6001 - 6060 3.5 115 5 K W60 32 6061 - 6099 3.0 110 5 L M18 25 1801 - 1860 3.5 115 5 M W18 25 1861 - 1899 3.0 110 5 N M14 18 1401 - 1460 2.4 80 3 P W14 22 1461 - 1499 2.4 80 3 Q M/W12 (Mini Relay) 12 1201 - 1299 1.7 45 2 R Mixed Ad Hoc 401 - 499 4.0/3.0/2.4 125/110/80 5/5/3 S Junior Ad Hoc (M/W 18-) 601 - 699 3.0/2.4/1.7 110/80/45 5/3/2 . Courses  Crossings TD 5 courses cross over a major road via a compulsory bridge. Control connection lines have been bent to pass through this crossing point. The A616 is strictly out-of-bounds and the footbridge is the only permitted route to cross this road. Any competitor who attempts to cross the A616 at any other location will be disqualified. Classes A, B and E cross Church Lane, a minor road to the north of the map which is not busy on a Sunday morning. We’ll be putting out “Caution – Runners” signs at each end of this road. However, because competitors cross Church Lane at a variety of locations, it’s not practical to use marshals to assist competitors. Competitors must take responsibility for their own safety by looking both ways before crossing this road, which is clearly marked on the map as a metalled road. The minor road adjacent to the race arena, on the other hand, will be closed to traffic on the day of the race and competitors can cross this road safely at any location. Competitors on longer courses will have to pass a dense hedge. A number of openings will be made at useful locations and highlighted with tapes in the terrain. These will not be marked on the map.  Spectator control TD 5 courses will visit a spectator control close to the arena approximately 5-8mins before changeover/finish. TD2/3 courses will not visit the spectator control. The final few hundred metres of these courses will be visible from the arena. PA System & commentary Commentary will be provided in the Assembly Arena. Radio controls will provide feedback to the commentary team, allowing them to highlight competitors approaching the spectator control and before they reach the last control. The commentators will be Andy Monro and Chris Poole.

25 v1b, 27th April Prize Giving The Prize Giving Ceremony for the relays will take place near the Prize Giving tent at about 13.30. Prizes, medals, and mementos will be awarded to members of the winning teams; medals and mementos to the members of the second and third placed teams. Go Outdoors are providing additional prizes for the premier classes.

Please comply with any requests from the officials as to procedure and arrive early enough for the ceremony to take place smoothly. If you are unable to collect your prize, please arrange for somebody to collect it on your behalf, and advise the officials accordingly. Childrens’ Course A String Course will be provided for the youngest budding orienteers, near the race arena. The start of the String Course will be on Greaves Lane, near the Traders. To get to the String Course, you will need to use a manned crossing point to cross a route that competitors will be using.. Please give way to competitors when heading to the String Course. Officials Organiser Richard Wren (EPOC) Planners Neil Northrop (SYO, TD5 courses) Emma Harrison (EPOC TD2-3 courses) Controller Simon Thompson. (HOC) Assistant Controller Alistair Tinto (EPOC)

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26 v1b, 27th April DOGS This information is elsewhere in the programme as well, but gathered here for convenience. In all cases owners are expected to clean up any dog mess; please be prepared. Training event We would prefer no dogs at all – if you must bring a dog it must be kept in your vehicle at all times as there are sheep and lambs roaming around the car park. Individual Dogs are permitted, but must be kept on a lead and under control while in the car park and in the Assembly Arena. Trail-O Dogs not permitted on course except assistance dogs. OK at parking. Relay Inform parking team you have a dog as they are not allowed in some parking areas. Dogs are permitted in the relay arena and en route to the arena, but must be controlled and kept on a lead at all times. Dogs are not permitted in the competition area. Owners are expected to clean up any dog mess. COMPLAINTS & PROTESTS This process applies to all the championship races. Any competitor who wishes to make a complaint should go to Enquiries to discuss the matter with the Organiser. If the competitor is not happy after the Organiser’s decision he/she can raise a protest. Protests should be addressed to the Controller. The protest will be dealt with in accordance with BOF Rule 9.3. If required, a jury will be convened and a written report made. We ask competitors to be courteous and not abusive in discussing their complaints. The individual race will be run in accordance with the British Orienteering Competition Rules A: British Long Distance Championships , which can be located on the British Orienteering website at: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/images/uploaded/downloads/events_competitionrule_a.pdf and with the IOF Competition Rules which are on the IOF website at: http://orienteering.org/foot-orienteering/rules/ . The Trail-O Championships will be run in accordance with the IOF Trail Orienteering Rules, which can be located on the IOF website at http://orienteering.org/trail-orienteering/rules/ The will be run in accordance with the British Orienteering Competition Rules D: British Relay Championships , which can be located on the British Orienteering website at: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/images/uploaded/downloads/events_competitionrule_d.pdf .

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