YHOA sprint championships
Sunday 28th September
Entries close 23:59 on 21st Sep
Entries close 23:59 on 21st Sep
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Car Sharing available
We are pleased to present the YHOA sprint championships using a new map of York University.
There will be the normal range of courses including traffic free ones for juniors.
To guarantee a map enter by midnight Sunday 21st September
There will be NO entry on the day
Contact: info@eborienteers.org
Course 1 MO, WO, MV 4.0km
Entered: 15
Course 2 WV, MSV 3.2km
Entered: 10
Course 3 MUV, WSV 2.6km
Entered: 13
Course 4 MHV, WUV, WHV 2.3km
Entered: 27
Course 5 MJ, WJ 3.5km
Entered: 2
Course 6 MYJ, WYJ 2.8km
Entered: 1
Standard
Senior: £10.00
Senior Novice: £5.00
Non BOF Member: £2.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior/Student: £5.00
Junior Novice: £5.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.50
From 22nd September:
Late
Senior: £11.00
Senior Novice: £6.00
Non BOF Member: £2.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior/Student: £6.00
Junior Novice: £6.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.50
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December. All helpers, regardless of club, get a discount. Please contact the organiser to volunteer your services and get the relevant discount code. the event has its quota of helpers thankyou.
York University
York University, meet James Reception in the Roger Kirk Centre., car park entrance of Heslington Lane.
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follow signs from car park to assembly, do not wander off or you will be in competition area.
assembly
assembly is in the Roger Kirk Centre open from 9.00 to 1300. there are toilets and a secure place where you can leave clothes etc. Strictly no muddy shoes. leave in entrance. no drinks provided. bring your own.
Timing
Enquiries open from 09:30 am
Start times 10:00-11:30
Courses close 1:00 pm
Fees
Seniors £10 (+£2 for non BO members) £12 after 21/09/2025
Students £5
Juniors £5
Novice Adults £5
Helpers have discount entry. Contact the Organiser for Helper discount codes
Terrain
Fast university grounds with interesting route choices. Mostly traffic free except for car park access roads. take care near lake and on steps. some building work is taking place and shown on map where possible. new Map scale 1:4000 drawn to recent sprint specifications. A4 size
map
newly updated by Peter and Christine Roberts to include recent new specifications. scale 1:4000 size A4 printed on waterproof paper.
blank copies will be displayed in assembly
new mapping specifications
the new specifications are: Best practices for sprint mapping May 2025.pdf
IOF mapping orienteering.sport/iof/mapping/
scattered trees in full yellow symbol indicates an area of faster running than white wood. the surface is short grass. the canopy is above head height.
Classes
Classes are in line with UK Orienteering League
Juniors under 16 on the day can only enter Courses 5&6
If running up a level select the relevant class for the course you wish to run. If running a course below your age class please select 'Other course' for the course you wish to run.
Course 1 Men Open, Veteran Men (M40+), Women Open circa 4km.
Course 2 Supervet Men (M55+), Veteran Women (W40+)
Course 3 Ultravet Men (M65+), Supervet Women (W55+)
Course 4 Ultravet Women (W65+), Hypervet Men (M75+), Hypervet Women (W75+)
Course 5 Junior Men (M16-), Junior Women (W16-),
Course 6 Young Junior Men (M12-), Young Junior Women (W12-)
start and finish
start is less than 5 minutes away and will be signposted. finish is in sight of the assembly.
prizes
prizes will be awarded to the winners in age category and will be presented on the day circa 12.30 in the Roger Kirk Centre.
Dogs
Strictly no dogs due to the urban nature of the event.
Officials
Organiser: Peter Roberts, Assistant: Ian Robson
Planner: Fionn O'Toole
Controller: Paul Simmons HALO