Westerham: SE League

Sunday 14th January

Entries are now closed and there will be no entry on the day for any of the courses.

Final details are available on the DFOK website
Registration online only in advance. Start Times: 10:30 to 12:30.
Contact: antoinepesenti@yahoo.co.uk

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Entered: 317 of 320

Car Sharing available

Location
Courses

White 1.7km 45m climb
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.
Entered: 4

Yellow 2.0km 55m climb
Controls are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Entered: 7

Orange 2.5km 85m climb
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Entered: 18

Light Green 4.0km 150m climb
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.

Entered: 16

Very Short Green 2.4km 75m climb
Entered: 5

Short Green 3.5km 150m climb
Entered: 35

Green 4.1km 150m climb
Entered: 64

Short Blue 5.1km 195m climb
Entered: 42

Blue 6.7km 245m climb
Entered: 50

Short Brown 7.4km 255m climb
Entered: 23

Brown 9.2km 325m climb
Entered: 4

Black 10.1km 325m climb
Course lengths are measured as straight line distances. Actual distance covered will be greater.
Entered: 49


Entry Fees
Fees
Seniors S: £15, L: £18
Juniors S: £5, L: £6

Seniors on Yellow and Orange courses £8 at all dates

Juniors are under 21 on 31 December 2024

Additional £4 for vehicle driver who is not a member of National Trust (this avoids the need to buy a parking ticket)

Additional £2 for seniors and £1 for juniors not members of British Orienteering

SI card hire
Standard £1
SIAC for Contactless punching £2.50
Event Information

Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Squerryes Estate, The Titsey Foundation, Sevenoaks DC 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.

For final details please see DFOK Home page www.dfok.co.uk
You must not attend if you or a member of your household has COVID-19 symptoms, or if you have been asked to isolate by NHS Test and Trace.

You must adhere to the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.

If you are unable to come to the event and notify the Organiser by 9pm on the evening before the event, we will provide you with a credit for the full cost of your entry or offer you a cash refund of the entry cost minus the small entry system provider charges.

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
Start times are not being allocated for the White, Yellow and Orange courses. Let the start team know when you are ready to go.

For all other courses, please make every reasonable effort to arrive at the event in time for your selected start time. If you miss your allocated start time you will be asked to wait until there is an available space and in some cases this could be several minutes.

Start times
A list of start times by course will be available on racesignup at 10:00 on Saturday.

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 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.

SEIL 2023 presentation of certificates
The presentation of certificates to the eligible 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed runners in the South East Individual League for 2023 will be made around 13:30 near to Enquiries.

Event Details