Royal Wootton Bassett - SEUOL Regional Urban 2024
Sunday 7th July
Entries open Monday 27th May
Royal Wootton Bassett Urban
SEUOL Regional Urban Event
Contact: nwo.organiser@gmail.com
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COURSE 1: Men Open 9.4km 65m climb
COURSE 2: Men Vet (M40+), Women Open 7.8km 55m climb
COURSE 3: Men Supervet (M55+), Women Vet (W40+) 6.2km 50m climb
COURSE 4: Men Ultravet (M65+), Women Supervet (W55+) 4.3km 45m climb
COURSE 5: Men Hypervet (M75+), Women Ultravet (W65+), Women Hypervet (W75+) 3.4km 30m climb
COURSE 6: Men Junior (M16-), Women Junior (W16-), NOVICE 2.6km 50m climb
Suitable for unaccompanied juniors under 16, beginners and family groups.
NOTE LIMITED START WINDOW FOR UNACCOMPANIED JUNIORS
COURSE 7: Men Young Junior (M12-), Women Young Junior (W12-), EASY NOVICE 2.4km 40m climb
Suitable for unaccompanied juniors under 16, beginners and family groups.
NOTE LIMITED START WINDOW FOR UNACCOMPANIED JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL ENTRY
Senior: £11.00
Senior Novice: £5.50
Senior Chip hire: £1.50
Junior/Student: £4.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £1.50
GROUP ENTRY (6 or 7)
Entry Fee: £7.50
Entry Fee Chip hire: £1.50
From 1st July:
INDIVIDUAL ENTRY LATE
Senior: £13.00
Senior Novice: £7.50
Senior Chip hire: £1.50
Junior/Student: £6.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £1.50
GROUP ENTRY LATE (6 or 7)
Entry Fee: £9.50
Entry Fee Chip hire: £1.50
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December. Students are competitors over the age of 20 still in full-time education. Please check STUDENT on the Entry Form to pay the Junior fee of £4.
Helpers are entitled to 50% discount on entry fee (please contact Organiser for discount code)
Novice Courses for Seniors are COURSE 6 and COURSE 7.
If you wish to enter as a group please select GROUP from the pull down list at the top of the form when you enter and choose ONLY Course 6 or Course 7. You will be charged a single fee of £7.50 (£9.50 from 5th June) no matter how large your group is and will receive 2 maps. Don't forget to hire an EMIT card if you do not own one. For insurance purposes please could you provide the names of the people in your group on the entry form.
GROUP entries are not available on any other courses. If you want to run with someone else on one of the more technical courses, you must enter as an INDIVIDUAL and would be deemed non-competitive.
Late entries will incur an additional fee of £2 on all courses depending on map availability
There is no Entry on the Day
Discounts do not apply to EMIT hire (lost card charges £50)
Final Details
The weather forecast looks warm so all competitors are advised to take suitable precautions – wear sun screen, hats and carry water
Due to Devizes Lions 'Lions on the Green' Classic Car Meet the Main Green in Devizes is OUT OF BOUNDS while competing. There will be additional pedestrians in the vicinity so additional care must be taken and the path across the Green must not be used.
Acknowledgements
Access is by kind permission of Devizes Sports Club, Wiltshire Council and DevizesTown Council.
Travel Directions
Devizes Sports centre is located on London Road next to the Police Headquarters and can be accessed from the A361. (Grid reference (SU012617 . Post code SN10 2DL)
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Parking
There is limited parking at Devizes Sports Club car park.
If there is insufficient space marshals will advise you to seek alternate parking. Either use the main town car parks (Devizes Town Parking - approximately a 0.5 miles from the event centre) or using the On Street Parking around the Green
Start Times
Facilities and EMIT card pick-up from 10.00
Start times for all courses: 11:00 - 12:30
*** NOTE Unaccompanied Junior Start Times 11:00 to 11:45 ***
Courses close: 14:30
Start & Finish
There will be a single Start and separate Finish
The Start for all courses is 500m walk from registration along a main road.
The Finish is approximately 250m walk back to registration along a main road
Courses
Course lengths are given as the viable route around obstructions, buildings etc and NOT straight line distance and are the minimum distance you may expect to run.
Facilities
Toilets, and a luggage deposit will be available at the Registration/Download point. Clothing and luggage items are left entirely at the owner's risk and NWO can accept no responsibility for their loss or damage.
First Aid kit will be available at download.
Entry
Late on-line entries will be available while map stocks last up to 23:59 on 7th June.
Refund Policy
You may withdraw from the event up until 23:59 on 04-06-2023. Your entry fee will be held as a credit to be redeemed when you next enter an NWO event.
Timing System
EMIT card
Maps
Terrain
The area is mainly residential with some shopping areas.
Results
Results, Splits and Routegadget will be available on the North Wiltshire Orienteers website as soon as practicable after the event
Conduct
Please make yourself aware of and abide by the British Orienteering Participant Code of Conduct.
Clothing and equipment
The event is taking place on public roads so please wear light coloured clothing to assist other road users.
Dogs
NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED AT THE FACILITIES OR ON THE COURSES
Hazards
Safety
Medical Conditions
If you have a high risk medical condition you want the organisers to be aware of please download and complete this form and place it in a sealed envelope with your name on it. This can be left at registration. Envelopes will only be opened if required for a medical emergency. Unopened envelopes should be collected after the event. Any unclaimed envelopes will be destroyed after the event.
Whilst restrictions have been lifted, COVID is very much still in circulation and we encourage a continued responsible approach at our orienteering events. People have different risk tolerances and we ask you to respect others’ personal choices as normality returns particularly in maintaining inter-personal distance. Please do not attend if you or a member of your household has COVID-19 symptoms.
Event Officials
Organiser: Pete Gilder (NWO) (07852 880150)
Planner: Sam New (NWO)
Controller: Ian Phillips (NGOC)
Personal Information
The personal data you give when you enter will be used by the event organisers and their agents, but only for the purpose of processing/publishing entries/results, conducting safety checks and as required by our insurers to validate our cover and managed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Cancellation Policy
NWO will make every effort to ensure the event goes ahead as planned. However, should the event be cancelled, NWO reserves the right to retain part of the advance entry fees to meet costs already incurred or committed.