Kent Orienteering League - Shoreham Woods
Saturday 5th February
New map of an area not used for orienteering for many years. A mixture of forest with areas of rough open. Lots of brown features.
Free parking. toilets, cafe, garden centre and much more at Polhill.
Saxons have an urban event at Whitstable on Sunday. Make it a weekend of orienteering in Kent!
Registration online only in advance. Start Times: 11:00 to 12:30;
Contact: pitcherfamily@btinternet.com
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Yellow 2.4km 55m climb
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Entry limit: 20
Entered: 14
Orange 2.6km 75m climb
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Entry limit: 20
Entered: 9
Green 5.1km 165m climb
Controls are away from paths giving more navigational challenge. Suitable for those with some experience.
Entry limit: 40
Entered: 39
Blue 6.9km 205m climb
As technically as hard as we can make it; for experienced orienteers.
Entry limit: 27
Entered: 22
Score
21 controls. Visit as many controls as you can in an hour in any order. 7 easy controls numbered in the 60's, 7 moderate difficulty numbered in the 70's and 7 more difficult numbered in the 80's
All course lengths are as measured in straight lines. Actual distance travelled will be greater.
Entry limit: 10
Entered: 2
Senior: £5.00/£7.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Senior Enhanced Chip hire: £2.00
Junior: £2.00/£3.00
Junior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior Enhanced Chip hire: £2.00
Groups participating together (one entry)
Entry Fee: £10.00
Entry Fee Chip hire: £1.00
Entry Fee Enhanced Chip hire: £2.00
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.
You must not attend if you or a member of your household has COVID-19 symptoms or if you are required to self isolate.
You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
Entry fees
There are two Senior and Junior fees noted above. The lower one is for members of British Orienteering. You do not have to be a member to participate and we welcome newcomers.
The woods
This is the first time DFOK have held an event here, so we want to create a good impression in order that we will be welcomed back to this excellent orienteering area. Be aware that this is a popular location and we will share it with walkers, dog walkers, horse riders and mountain bikers. Please respect their right to be there and with the COVID situation ongoing give everyone as wide a berth as possible.
Start
Please make every reasonable effort to arrive at the event in time for your allocated start window
Electronic punching
Electronic punching will be used and the controls will be activated for contactless punching. Hired dibbers will be in individual envelopes for collection at Enquiries. Everyone must punch at the start and finish as these are not set up for contactless recording.
Control descriptions
Control descriptions are printed on the map. For those who prefer to also have loose control descriptions to save opening and refolding the map, these are available online as a pdf from the front event page of the DFOK website but will not be available at the event.
Finish and Download
After finishing, please don't be tempted to go straight to the Garden Centre! Please proceed directly to Download. Download. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
Results will not be on display at the event but we hope to be providing a QR code link to live results at the event. They will also be on the DFOK website www.dfok.co.uk after the event.
Refund policy
If you have entered but are unable to attend the event, if you contact the Organiser by email no later than 9pm on the day before the event, a full credit for a future DFOK event will be given or a refund of your entry fee minus the small entry system provider charges.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Sevenoaks District Council and Kent Wildlife Trust for permission to use the area.