Chawton Park Wood SCOA League Event

Summary Information for the day
- Remember clocks go forward one hour 1am Sunday morning.
- On arrival only park where directed by BADO marshals. Pls be extra careful with the uneven surfaces in the access road.
- Start times will not be enforced, just used to keep an even flow. It's a punching start.
- EMIT is being used. Loose control descriptions in the start lanes.
- Hired ecards must be collected from Registration, the fee for lost ecards is £50.
- Be courteous to other users of the forest, the area is used a lot by dog walkers.
- Please obey the OOB areas as they are sensitive areas for the forest wardens.
- Bring your own water for hydration purposes.
- Results will be available live on the day at race-results.info (subject to available signal).
- EOD will be allowed but subject to map availability
- Most of all, enjoy your run

Directions
The entrance (Brick Kiln Lane) to the event is off the fast moving A31 dual carriageway between Alton and Four Marks. There is a railway bridge immediately after you turn off the A31 under the preserved Mid Hants railway line.

From the East, turn right 1.1 miles west of the A31/A32 junction roundabout. Be careful crossing the dual carriageway.

From the West, after leaving Four Marks the turning is on the left 0.6miles from where the dual carriageway starts.

Parking
Parking will be hard standing, private land used by the Brutal Run organisation. Please take extra care using the access road due to the uneven surface.

Map/Areas
1:7,500 A3 ISOM2017-2 Map, 5m contours, recently drawn for this event.

Some good runnable diverse forest (managed by Forestry England) and an area of complex mine working. There is a middle valley with a slope on both the north and south sides, not too steep but enough for you to notice.

The area is used by cyclists, dog walkers and horse riders. Please be aware and courteous.

Courses
There is physical climb on all the courses but none of it is really severe.

Near to the Start there is an ancient earthbank that is not to be crossed over so courses had to be planned to avoid the random crossing of it.

Beginners are welcome to try the courses, please ask for assistance when you arrive. The courses rank from easy to hard, just bring a compass (one can be lent if you do not have one) and give it a go. No problem if you want to go round with other people.

Start/Finish
Start and Finish will be close to assembly..

EMIT eCards will be used on all courses. Everyone must report promptly to Download.

Please provide your own water.

Registration
10:00 to 12:00 for Hired eCard collection and Enquiries

EOD is possible subject to map availability..

Starts
10:30 to 12:30.

Control descriptions will be available in the start lanes.

Courses close
Promptly at 14:30 please. You must report to download before you leave the event.

SCOA Medals for Concorde Chase
Presentation of SCOA Championship medals won at the Concorde Chase will take place at 13:30.

Facilities
Toilets.

There is a Tea Room called Cassandra's Cup (open 9am to 5pm on Sundays) in nearby Chawton near to Jane Austen's House Museum.

Conduct
Please make yourself aware of and abide by the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.

Dogs
Dogs are allowed, but under strict control and on a lead at all times.

Planners Notes
Most of Chawton is deemed runnable there is no need to venture into the heavy undergrowth areas.

We decided on a 1:7,500 map to make full use of the area.

Forest England have put some restrictions in place to protect mature hazels that are the favoured habitat of Dormice, please avoid the areas marked as out-of-bounds. These are areas north of the main track that runs West to East.

Only some of the many holly bushes are mapped, only an obvious one has been used as a control site. Do not rely on mapped holly bushes for navigation.

There have been various extraction lanes created in the area over many years, only the distinct ones have been mapped.

OOB
There is some land in Chawton Park Wood that is privately owned, we do not have permission to cross this area. It will be marked OOB on the map.

Please honour all OOB areas, otherwise we will jeopardise use of the area.

Risk
Orienteering is an adventure sport; you are responsible for your own safety at the event and must not do anything that puts yourself or others at unnecessary risk. Please remember that COVID has not gone away, please respect those that want to be socially distanced.

Officials
Organiser: Charles Gook (BADO)
Planner: Mike Frizzell (BADO)
Controller: Allan Farrington (BAOC)