Adel Woods Regional Event 7 January 2024

Safety Information

In the event of extreme weather the organiser may require Waterproof Hooded Cagoules be worn. Look out for notices in car park assembly. We recommend all competitors carry a whistle.

Directions / Parking

The Old Leodiensian Cricket Club

Crag Ln, Off King Lane, Leeds LS17 5PR

* No Muddy Boots inside *

Teas, coffees plus bacon and sausage sandwiches will be available to buy in the clubhouse from 10am-1pm - cash and card accepted.

Bus 7A from Leeds city centre (rail station stop C) at 09:40 and 10:40

Registration & Start Times

Start times 10:30 to 12:30

Registration 10:15 - 12:00

Courses close 14:00

Entries by Fabian 4, limited EOD

Both Start & Finish are less than 150m from assembly/parking.

Entry Details

Entry via link to Fabian4

£10 for Senior BO members, £12 for Senior non-members and £5 for all juniors/students)

Limited EOD dependent on maps being available.

£2 surcharge for EOD

Entries extended to Midnight on Thursday 4th January

SI card hire: £1

Hired SI cards will be available to collect at Download. A charge of £30 will be made for lost or non-returned hire SI cards. After your run they must be left in a box beside the splits printer.

Controls will be SIAC enabled. But you must dib at the Start and at the Finish.

Competitors with standard or hired SI cards must also dib at all controls.

It is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure that their SI card has registered at the control.

Course Information

A String Course will be available and not far from assembly/parking.

All course lengths subject to final controlling.

Course	Length (km)	Climb (m)	Controls	Scale	Map Turnover	Part-Urban
White	TD 1 - Very Easy - For young and inexperienced juniors
	1.3	35	12	1:5,000	-	-
Yellow	TD2 - Easy - For juniors with a little experience
	1.6	45	10	1:5,000	-	-
Orange	TD3 - Moderately Easy - For more experienced juniors and inexperienced seniors
	2.7	60	12	1:5,000	-	-
Light Green	TD4 - Moderately Hard - For experienced juniors
	3.3	70	11	1:7,500	-	-
Very Short Green	TD5 - Hard
	2.8	70	11	1:7,500	-	-
Short Green	TD5 - Hard
	3.5	85	14	1:7,500	-	-
Green	TD5 - Hard
	4.5	100	18	1:7,500	Yes	-
Blue	TD5 - Hard
	6.7	135	22	1:7,500	Yes	Yes
Brown	TD5 - Hard
	7.7	175	25	1:7,500	Yes	Yes

Please note: Brown and Blue courses include a significant section of urban orienteering (up to 20% by distance), which may affect your choice of footware. For insurance reasons this also precludes M/W16s and younger running these two courses, so please enter Green for a TD5 course.

Green Blue & Brown Courses will be double sided maps with a map flip, indicated by the new IOF 2024 symbol

Please note: Courses close at 1400. If you feel you may take longer than 90 minutes to complete your course, please plan to start earlier than 1230.

Map re-surveyed and re-drawn November 2023 by Chris Burden using Lidar data, with reference to previous Airienteers maps. ISOM 2017, 5m contours.

Terrain Description

A mainly deciduous wooded valley alongside Adel Beck, including complex network of paths, rock detail, varied vegetation and man-made heritage features. Significant areas of holly are mapped as fight. Areas where undergrowth impedes running are mapped with screen of vertical green lines.

Sports pitches are marked out of bounds on the map only. Private gardens are obviously out of bounds and mapped in olive green.

It is likely to be soft underfoot and some paths are quite muddy, including for shorter courses. White and Yellow courses will feature signs with happy/sad faces to reassure/check novice runners.

Brown and Blue courses both traverse an urban area of quiet residential streets. Nevertheless, please take particular care regarding traffic and pedestrians.

Please be aware the bridges, boardwalks and steps can be quite slippery.

Dog restrictions

On a tight lead please.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Julie Mair

Planner: Rob King

Controller: David Williams