Shooting Greens Night O

Wed 30th Jan 2019

Type of event: Local Race, Night
Type of terrain: Forest
Info updated: 31st Jan

Results

Part of the Deeside Night Cup series. 

There is likely to be ice in the car park and on forest tracks. Please take extra care.

Two courses of around 3km and 5km at TD5/Green standard as far as possible. No concessions to the dark.

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Location

Nearest town: Banchory

Pre Event Info

Bring a spare torch/battery and wrap up warm or waterproof as appropriate.

Check for updates to location and snow reports etc. before travelling, here or on the DNC home page.

Directions / Parking

At the regular Shooting Greens car park (GR: NO 632944) off the Potarch to Feughside Inn old Military Road.

Registration & Start Times

Registration and starts: 18:00 – 19:00

Courses close 20:00/20:30 TBC depending on the planner/area.

Course Information

Two courses.

Long: 5.0km, 200m climb, 11 controls.

Short: 3.4km, 100m climb, 8 controls.

Start is 250m from car park.

Explanation of colour courses

  • White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
  • Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
  • Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
  • Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
  • Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
  • Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
  • Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
  • Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Entry Details

Seniors £5, Juniors £2.50

Contacts / Officials

Nick Hale

Safety and Risk

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.
Participants in orienteering should be aware of the risk of tick bites - more information here.

SPORTident timing will be used

Please note that a lost hire SI-Card will be charged for at a rate of £30, unless the Club Commitee agrees that there are special circumstances.

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