YHOA Sprint Championships - Harrogate
Sunday 19th July
Entries close 23:59 on Thursday 16th July
Claro welcome you to the YHOA Sprint Championships at Jennyfields, Harrogate including a YHOA Urban League Race.
Competitors will have two runs in two different areas, north and south of the busy Jennyfields Drive. The first run will be for the YHOA Championships but both runs added together will count for the YHOA Urban League.
For the YHOA Championships there will be prizes for the first three competitors from a YHOA club in each class. Classes are the usual YHOA urban league classes here.
Pre-entries preferred by Sunday 12 July 2026 to guarantee a map on your chosen course.
Late entries, subject to map availability, at a supplement up to Thurs 18 July 2026.
Entries on the day available subject to map availability.
You may enter any course. You will be automatically allocated to the appropriate urban class on that course (as laid out below) if you are eligible.
Course lengths are optimal route distances for Race 1 - the YHOA Championships. Lengths for the second race will be similar.
Course 1 - Men Open (M18+) 3.2km 45m climb
Entered: 2
Course 2 - MV(M40+), Women Open (W18+) 2.9km 40m climb
Entered: 6
Course 3 - MSV (M55+), WV (W40+) 2.6km 40m climb
Entered: 9
Course 4 - MUV (M65+), WSV (W55+) 2.2km 30m climb
Entered: 10
Course 5 - MHV (M75+), WUV (W65+) 1.7km 30m climb
Entered: 18
Course 6 - MGV (M85+), WHV (M75+), WGV (M85+) 1.6km 20m climb
Entered: 9
Course 7 - MJ (M16-), WJ (W16-) 2.6km 25m climb
Entered: 0
An offroad course for under 16's.
Course 8 - MJ (M12-), WJ (W12-) 2.2km 20m climb
Entered: 1
An offroad course for under 12's.
Course 9 - Accessible 2.2km 40m climb
Entered: 1
A course for those with limited mobility and wheelchair users avoiding steps.
Please phone the planner, Graham Ramsden, if you would like to see if this is the course for you.
Standard
Senior: £10.00
Senior Novice: £3.00
Non BO Member Supplement: £2.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior/Student: £3.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.50
From 13th July:
Late
Senior: £12.00
Senior Novice: £5.00
Non-member Supplement: £2.00
Senior Chip hire: £1.00
Junior/Student: £5.00
Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.50
Juniors are under 25 on 31st December.Full-time students qualify for the junior fees. Check the box on the entry form.
Family Fee - second and subsequent juniors in a household run free. Use the discount code family-junior for your second and subsequent household junior entries to qualify. Please note that at this event this applies to households only living at the same address. It will not apply to school groups.
If hiring a dibber a fee of £30 will be charged for lost dibbers.
These will be posted on the Claro website www.claro-orienteering.org.uk. When entering our events your name may appear in the results section of this website or in newspaper reports.
In accordance with the British Orienteering Policy Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults, the organiser of this event requires that any person wishing to engage in any video, zoom or close range photography should register their details with the organiser before carrying out any such photography. The organiser reserves the right to decline entry to any person unable to meet or abide by the organiser's conditions.
Organiser - Liz Potterton, Claro - 07521 256020
Planners - Graham Ramsden, Claro - 07957 339464
Controller - Tim Evans, Claro
Entries Secretary - Linda Kelly - Entry Enquiries to entries@claro-orienteering.org.uk
