High Chart and Limpsfield National & SE League
Sunday 19th January
Entries are closed!
Final details are available on the dfok website
White 1.6km 25m climb
Entered: 2
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 1.8km 40m climb
Entered: 3
Controls are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Orange 2.8km 70m climb
Entered: 9
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 3.3km 80m climb
Entered: 14 of 15
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 3.1km 75m climb
Entered: 4 of 5
Short Green 3.6km 95m climb
Entered: 21 - no more places!
Green 4.4km 135m climb
Entered: 41 of 43
Short Blue 5.2km 115m climb
Entered: 32 of 36
Blue 6.6km 125m climb
Entered: 41 of 44
Short Brown 8.0km 170m climb
Entered: 19 - no more places!
Brown 9.5km 205m climb
Entered: 7 of 9
Black 10.5km 240m climb
Entered: 19 of 23
Course lengths are measured as straight line distances. Actual distance covered will be greater.
Seniors Standard: £15, Late: £18
Juniors Standard: £5, Late: £6
Standard rate ends at midnight on 12 January 2025
Late entry after Sunday 12 January 2025 is subject to map availability
Seniors on Yellow and Orange courses £8 at all dates
Juniors are under 21 on 31 December 2025
Additional £4.80 if no vehicle occupant is a member of National Trust (this avoids the need to buy a parking ticket) The parking charge on the day is now £5; no charge for members of NT.
Additional £2 for seniors and £1 for juniors not members of British Orienteering
SI card hire
Standard £1
SIAC for Contactless punching £2.50
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.
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.
Mixed forest and open moorland with heather and dead bracken. Some mainly runnable forest, some marshy areas and a good path/ride network.
These two short videos will hopefully give you a good idea of what you will be doing Videos.
Start times 10:30 to 12:30.
It is a Punching Start.
A list of start times by course will be available on racesignup by 10:00 on Saturday, 18th January
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 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.
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 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.
