Dorset Delight
2024-01-07
Wessex Orienteers invite you to this regional event, which is the 32nd Dorset Delight at Coldharbour on Wareham Forest, just North of Wareham on the Isle of Purbeck. Course limit / map numbers are now set for this event.
Brown 7.7km 260m climb
Blue 6.1km 205m climb
Green 4.8km 155m climb
Short Green 3.0km 60m climb
Light Green 3.3km 70m climb
Orange 2.7km 55m climb
Yellow 2.1km 25m climb
White 1.6km 20m climb
Courses make maximum use of the two forest blocks either side of the central, uncrossable wet mire of Morden Bog. The landscape has good topography with many re-entrants so there will be climb. Route choice will be added to by OOB areas (wet mires and areas of open heathland) that we are not allowed to cross.
Senior Novice: £6.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior: £2.00/£4.00
Junior Chip hire: £0.00
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December. Entry Fees - £12 senior (£14 non BOF ) £2 Junior (£4 non BOF)
Event centre is on the Forestry England site at Coldharbour
Car parking is on forestry tracks near the event centre.
The event will be solely using the southern area of Wareham Forest, which is almost all wooded. The area has been recently thinned, which makes runnability good, and hopefully the bracken will have died back by January. The landscape has good topography with many re entrants so there will be climb. The two main blocks of woodland are separated by a central valley mire (Morden bog) which is uncrossable. The courses will have several areas of OOB as we are not allowed to cross any mires nor areas of open heathland. This will add to the routechoice on most courses.
Overprinted with courses at 1:10,000
Sport Ident using SIAC enabled controls
Registration open from 10:15 for hire card collection (SI Card5 only) and any last minute changes to entry details.
Starts from 10:30 to 12:30.
Portaloos at the event centre.
Planner: Lyra Medlock
Controller: Kevin Pickering
Organiser: Rob Hick
