High Chart and Limpsfield National & SE League
Sunday 19th January
Entries close 12:59 on 18th Jan
Entries close 12:59 on 18th Jan
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Car Sharing available
Registration online only in advance. Start Times: 10:30 to 12:30.
Contact: andrew.evans444@btinternet.com
White 1.5km
Controls (checkpoints) are entirely on or adjacent to paths. No route choice or decision points other than at control locations. Suitable for young children, accompanied or unaccompanied.
Yellow 2.0km
Controls are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Orange 2.5km
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Light Green 4.0km
Controls are away from paths and require good navigational skills to find them. Aimed at experienced orienteers
The following courses are as difficult technically as we can make them. Controls are usually well away from paths and in some cases there may be no logical path route between them. Suitable for experienced orienteers only.
Very Short Green 2.5km
Short Green 3.5km
Green 4.5km
Short Blue 5.5km
Blue 6.5km
Short Brown 7.5km
Brown 9.0km
Black 10.5km
Course lengths are measured as straight line distances. Actual distance covered will be greater.
Seniors E: £12, S: £15, L: £18
Juniors E: £4, S: £5, L: £6
E = Early. Enter by midnight on 22 December 2024
S = Standard. Enter by midnight on 12 January 2025
L = Late - any entry after Sunday 12 January 2025 (Late entries are subject to map availability)
Seniors on Yellow and Orange courses £8 at all dates
Juniors are under 21 on 31 December 2024
Additional £4.80 if no vehicle occupant is a member of National Trust (this avoids the need to buy a parking ticket) This is the parking charge that takes effect from 1 January 2025 hence will apply to our event.
Additional £2 for seniors and £1 for juniors not members of British Orienteering
SI card hire
Standard £1
SIAC for Contactless punching £2.50
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Squerryes Estate, The Titsey Foundation and National Trust and to management at Chartwell, an ideal location for our Event Centre for their permission for us to use the land that each of them owns.
You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
Event centre
The event centre including Download is at Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham, nearest postcode is TN16 1PS. GPS: 51.244685, 0.082839; w3w ///wished.relay.posts. Parking is mainly hard standing. Please follow the red/white arrows and directions from our marshals
Enquiries is in the entrance foyer of one of the buildings with the tall blue DFOK sail banner outside. Toilets are available in a building up the hill opposite Enquiries. No muddy shoes or spikes inside the toilets please.
You do not need to come to Enquiries before your run unless you are hiring a dibber. Hired SI and SIAC's will be in envelopes in alphabetical order of surname for collection by you the competitor.
The Chartwell Landemare cafe will be open from 10am. Please do incorporate a visit to the Landemare café on your visit at Chartwell. From delicious soups, lunches to homemade cakes, scones and biscuits there is sure to be something to satisfy your taste buds! Orienteers have been asked to take our food to eat it in the upstairs "Mulberry" room and there will be a sign directing you there.
There is also a shop selling gifts and other items and a book store. These also open at 10:00.
Terrain
Mixed forest and open moorland with heather and dead bracken. Some mainly runnable forest, some marshy areas and a good path/ride network.
Starts
Start times 10:30 to 12:30.
It is a Punching Start.
Start times
A list of start times by course will be available on racesignup by 10:00 on Saturday, 18th January
Electronic punching
Electronic punching will be used and the controls will be activated for contactless punching for those who have their own contactless SI card.
Control descriptions
Control descriptions will be printed on the map. Loose control descriptions for those who prefer not to keep opening and refolding the map will be available in the start lanes.
Finish and Download
It is a Punching Finish. After finishing, please proceed directly to Download. Download will largely be by the competitor, with assistance provided. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI and SIAC dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
Courses close at 2pm. Please ensure you finish by this time and report to download as soon as possible thereafter.
Results
Results will not be on display at the event but there will be a QR code link on your map to live results at the event. They will also be on the DFOK website www.dfok.co.uk after the event.
SEIL 2024 presentation of certificates
The presentation of certificates to the eligible 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed runners in the South East Individual League for 2024 will be made around 13:30 near to Enquiries.