Go Orienteering
BOK Urban Orienteering Series 5
BOK Urban Orienteering Series 5
Wed 22nd May 2024
Bristol
SWOA
Local
Location
| Venue: | Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle |
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| Nearest town: | Bristol |
| Event centre: | Stoke Bishop C of E Primary School |
| Postcode: | BS9 1BW |
| Grid reference: | ST556762 |
| Parking information: | There is no dedicated parking area per se so participants should park locally and make their way to the Assembly. There should be plenty of available off-road parking in this area, so we request that if coming via car you park thoughtfully and respectfully using the following roads (to avoid intruding on the courses): • Cedar Park, Lyndale Avenue or Newlyn Avenue • The B4054 aka Shirehampton Road, south west of the junction with Cedar Park • Druid Stoke Avenue • Stoke Lane |
| Dog rules: | Dogs are welcome and must be controlled. However, please do not bring them onto the school grounds and clean up after them in the usual manner. |
Details
| Description: | Part of BOK's Urban Series, held most Wednesday evenings from late April to early July. Short, Medium and Long courses available, plus this week also a Junior Sprint. Best 6 results on each course score for series prizes, with separate male and female competitions. Terrain: Urban footpaths, residential streets, school playing fields and other grass/unpaved areas. Road shoes with good grips (but not spikes), running shorts and vests should be suitable. This event will feature 2 maps. The Junior Sprint will only use the larger scale Map#1. The 3 longer courses will be double-sided, with Map#2 on one side and Map#1 on the reverse for the finale. • Map#1: Stoke Bishop School & environs: Sprint specification 1:2,000 scale with 2m contours (created by Chris Johnson 2024). Waterproof size A4 with courses overprinted. • Map#2: Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle: Sprint specification 1:4,000 scale with 5m contours (created by David Faulkner in 2024 with help from Chris Johnson & Scott Bailey). Waterproof size A3 with courses overprinted. • Loose control descriptions will also be available. |
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| Type: | Urban |
| Physical difficulty of terrain: | Easy |
| Entry times: | Starts 17:00-19:30. Courses close 20:30 |
| Punch type: | SI |
| Hire fee: | £2.00 |
| Competitions: | Club League |
| Event number: | 83735 |
| Event website: | Click here |
| Final details web page: | Click here |
Courses
| Course description: | Short, Medium, Long and Junior Sprint courses available. The longer courses (not the Junior Sprint) will have route choices which may include busy roads and roads with limited pavements in some places. Participants must take extra care for road traffic when running on roads where there is limited to no pavement, and not take undue risk when crossing, particularly on blind corners or busy roads. On the Long & Medium courses there will be at least one-timed out mandatory crossing (1 minute) and all the longer courses (L, M & S) will have non- Juniors (under 16) can only run unaccompanied on the Junior Sprint course. Young Juniors (U12): It is recommended that Juniors under 12 are still accompanied by an adult on the Junior Sprint course – as this course will involve minor cul-de-sacs where they could encounter cars. The Junior Sprint will also involve moving on pavements alongside roads, but no busy roads should require crossing to get between controls. All courses will start at Stoke Bishop School. The 3 longer courses will all finish with a mini sprint in the school grounds using the larger scale Map#1. The Short course should also be suitable for adult beginners. The Junior Sprint, as the name suggests, should be suitable for Juniors, and families, with little or no prior experience of orienteering but a willingness to come along and have a go at the sport. A sense of direction is advisable or failing that, an ability to use a compass. |
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XS 0-2.5km | S 2.6-5.0km | M 5.1-7.5km | L 7.6-10km | XL 10.1km + | |
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| Very Easy |  | | | | |
| Easy | |  | | | |
| Medium | | | | | |
| Hard | | | | | |
| Very Hard | | | | | |
| Course Technical Difficulty and Length (Km) are a guide to the standard of the courses offered. | |||||
Entry
| Payment date | Junior/student | Senior | Family/group |
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| £3.00 (£3.00) | £5.50 (£8.00) | £0.00 | |
| Non-member fees shown in brackets | |||
| Online entry via: | https://pre-entries.app |
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| Online entry closing date: | 15/05/2024 |
Contact us
| Club: | BOK |
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| Association: | SWOA |
| Contact: | DAVID FAULKNER |
| Co-ordinator: | DAVID FAULKNER |
Linked events
| BOK Urban Orienteering Series 2024 | |||||||
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| 29/05/2024 | BOK Urban Orienteering Series 6 | Bath North | Bath | BOK | SWOA | Local | View |
| 12/06/2024 | BOK Urban Orienteering Series 7 | Clevedon | Clevedon | BOK | SWOA | Local | View |
| 19/06/2024 | BOK Urban Orienteering Series 8 | Nailsea South | Nailsea | BOK | SWOA | Local | View |
| 26/06/2024 | BOK Urban Orienteering Series 9 | North Yate | Yate | BOK | SWOA | Local | View |
| 03/07/2024 | BOK Urban Orienteering Series 10 | Stoke Gifford | Bristol | BOK | SWOA | Local | View |
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