Bloom Wood Regional

2025-05-05

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Berkshire Orienteers (BKO) invites you to a regional orienteering event at Bloom Wood on Bank Holiday Monday, 5th May 2025.
This is the last SCOA League Event (SCOL) of the season and so last opportunity to gain points.

Bloom Wood is dominated by mature deciduous forest with some steep slopes. The area should be mainly runnable in early May before the ground cover has grown too high. The Bluebells are in full flower and give a magnificent blue spectacle. These areas, including paths and rides, are strictly out of bounds and marked on the map. Courses have been planned to avoid these areas and any diversion marked on the map must be followed! You may encounter isolated pockets of Bluebells not marked on the map that you should please run around and avoid trampling.

Featuring a junior tent in assembly - meet up for a chat and some snacks - everyone welcome

Contact: events@bko.org.uk

See BKO website for final details

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Courses

Starts in 15-minute blocks between 10:30 and 12:30. If you miss your block do not worry, we will fit you in. It is a punching start and finish. The other controls on the course are contactless SIAC enabled. Courses close at 14:30. You must report to the download tent even if you do not finish your course.

Map scale 1:10000
Map size A4

Brown 9.2km 245m climb

Blue 7.1km 210m climb

Green 5.0km 160m climb

Short Green 3.1km 130m climb

Light Green 3.8km 145m climb

Orange 2.6km 100m climb

Yellow 2.4km 70m climb

Entry Fees

From 6th April:
    Early
        Senior: £15.00
        Senior Novice: £6.00
        Non member additional charge: £2.00
        Senior Chip hire: £2.00
        Junior/Student: £6.00
        Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.00
From 28th April:
    Late
        Senior: £17.00
        Senior Novice: £6.00
        Non member additional charge: £2.00
        Senior Chip hire: £2.00
        Junior/Student: £6.00
        Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.00

Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.

Students (with student ID, 21+) pay junior fee.
Adults orienteering on the Yellow or Orange courses also pay the junior fee. These courses are suitable for beginners.

If you want to go round one course together as a family, then you only need to enter one person on the course (enter a junior for lower fee).

Timing using SI with SIAC enabled controls. SIAC hire available. Please look after our new SIAC dibbers. We will need to charge you £72 for a replacement if you lose it.

There is a £2 supplement on entry fee for adults who are not members of British Orienteering (BOF).

Event Information

Mainly runnable, mature deciduous forest with several valleys. Expect some contouring between controls. Take care on the steep slopes on the east side of the lane through the area - the chalk can be slippery if wet. There will be a timed road crossing across the lane on the longer courses.

Parking will be tight and there is a limit of 100 cars on the tracks and in the field next to assembly. So we encourage you to share lifts to the event, or sign up for the Car Share scheme when you enter via Racesignup.