Allerton Bywater Sprints

Pre Event Info

Directions / Parking

Assembly will be at Silkstone Square, Allerton Bywater, WF10 2GD. W3W:///hint.fallen.bath

Please consider travelling by public transport.

Parking on Middleton Little Road and further locations TBC

Registration & Start Times

Assembly/Toilets

Assembly is in a outdoor plaza with grassy area adjacent

Portaloos on site

Registration will be open from 10:15 to 12:00

Start times (subject to change):

Race 1: 11:00 to 12:00

Race 2: 13:00 to 14:00

Start times will not be allocated.

Courses close at 15:00 Please start early if you need extra time.

Entry Details

Pre-entry Fees (closes at 23.59 on Sunday 5th July)

EOD fees are

• Senior BO members = £12; on courses 1 to 3; £7 on course 4 (plus £2 supplement if not a member of British Orienteering).
• All Juniors & Students on courses 1 to 3 = £5
• Juniors on course 4 = £0
• SI card hire: £1 for seniors. Free for juniors on course 4

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 handed in at download.

Controls will be SIAC (contactless) enabled. But you must dib at the Start and at the Finish and go to back to the event centre to Download where we register your result and so we know you have finished safely. You must return to the event centre and go to Download as soon as possible after you finish each course even if you have not completed your course.

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. Back-up punches will not be available at controls. Should any SI box not register, please report this immediately at download.

Course Information

Start/Finish

Morning Race: A single start at Bowers Junction, 1.4km from Assembly along the Lines Way bridleway, signposted with Blue signs as National Cycle Route 697.

There will be no tapes added to this route which is very straightforward, and indeed straight. There are 2 roads to cross; the first by assembly; the second a little further on, which has pedestrian traffic lights.

Finish 1km from Assembly.

Afternoon Race:

Start and Finish adjacent to Assembly/Arena. There will likely be a spectator control on all courses.

Course information

Further detail TBC

The course lengths below are given as the actual optimum running distance and climb on each course. These courses have suggested categories assigned based on the Yorkshire Urban League (YUL) guidelines. You are welcome to enter any course, but you may not be eligible for the YUL if you enter a shorter course. Note that Course 4 is the only course which under 16s on the day of the race can run as it does not cross roads.

Combined Times to be used for determining YUL points, but ranking points will be given for each race

If you are under 16 on the day of the race this is the only course you can run unless you are accompanied by an adult on the other courses, anyone aged 16 or over can run any course.

The age categories for each course are aligned with the Yorkshire Urban League for each M (Men) and W (Women) category:

Young Junior (YJ) = 12-

Junior (J) = 16-

Open (O) = 18+

Vet (V) = 40+

Supervet (SV) = 55+

Ultravet (UV) = 65+

Hypervet (HV) = 75+

Mapping notes and out of bounds:

Very narrow pavements are generally not mapped.

Black 'X' symbol indicates large static object (e.g. colliery wheel, statue or wagon)

Please note that all courses will encounter areas of out of bounds, competitors caught crossing or entering these areas are at risk of disqualification and could threaten our future use of the area. The two types of out of bounds areas as marked on the map are olive green - this is usually a flower bed or garden of a house, and purple hashing - this is an area that for safety and permissions we are not permitted to enter.

Terrain Description

Race 1: A linear shaped Mid 20thC housing estate, with a number of linking paths offering route choice throughout.

Race 2: Mostly using Allerton Bywater Millennium Village. A more modern layout of blocks of housing surrounded by low use roads, also with some alleyways and open spaces.

Both newly mapped areas by Leon Foster, 2026

Dog restrictions

Allowed if on a tight lead.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Chris Burden

Planners: Leon Foster and Peter Jones

Controller: TBC

Important Information

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.

Insurance: Everyone is welcome to take part in this event. However, from 1st January 2026, participants who are not members of British Orienteering will no longer be covered by British Orienteering’s public liability insurance. For example, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered by our insurance. By entering any event from 1st January 2026, you acknowledge that you are taking part at your own risk. British Orienteering’s public liability insurance used to cover non-members at events before this date.

Privacy: Please note that by entering our events you are treated as giving your consent to:

• your name and your children’s names appearing in the results section of this website or in social media. Read our data protection page to see how we look after your personal data.
• being photographed or filmed during the event and for these images being used on our website, social media or other publicity to provide information & to promote our sport and the club. You can withdraw your consent or your children’s consent by completing BO’s Right to Object Form (Appendix A of BO guidance found at https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/doc/policies-and-guidance/safeguarding/photo-and-filming and giving/sending it to the organiser of the event or sending it to chairATaire.org.uk. For more information see our photography and filming guidance.