Conistone North - Dales Weekend
YHOA Superleague Event and a selection race for the England junior team for Interland 2023.
Sun 18 September, 2022
Level of event: Regional
Type of event: Race
Level of event: Regional
Type of event: Race
This event is linked to:
Dales Weekend Final Details V5
A tough wall-less and largely pathless area in Upper Wharfedale - ideal for classic orienteering.
If you read nothing else, please read and comply wih the safety information under Terrain Description
Yockenthwaite Farm are kindly donating bags of cereal as prizes for the winners on today's courses. The winners can collect their prize at the end of the event or on Sunday at Conistone.
Lost property; Tracksuit Trousers Leeds City AC
Inov8 Blue Thermal Top
contact Peter Haines hainesilkleyATyahoo.co.uk
Dales Weekend Final Details V5
Fast classic Dales limestone terrain
Whistles compulsory. Waterproof jackets my be required depending on weather conditions.
There are 5 temporary wooden stiles to cross drystone walls which MUST be used. These will be clearly marked on the map. Crossing a drystone wall anywhere else puts you in danger and is likely to cause damage. Any damage to walls must be reported to the organiser.
Assembly is in the fields on the west side of the lane between Kettlewell and Conistone, close to Scargill House. Please only approach from Kettlewell, to the north. The road from Conistone is extremely narrow and lacks passing places. You'll take longer using the route and could well cause great inconvenience to local residents and farmers. If possible please consider car sharing.
£1 will be collected for parking.
EOD Registration and Download will be in the Assembly area. EOD registration will start at 9.45.
Starts 10.30 -12.30. Courses close at 14.30
The start is 1km south along the road and up Highgate Leys Lane, which is also the Dales Way.
There is 100m climb to the start from the road. Follow taped route.
Finish is adjacent the start. Retrace your route 1km back to the car park
This event will go towards determining seeds for the Junior Interland 2023 Competition. This requires all juniors entering the relevant courses below to be separated by 4 minutes. This means that the self allocation system that originally was set up will change to a pre-allocation system and start times will be allocated after the closing date. Those who have entered already will be allocated a start time close to the one that they have selected. Competitors will be asked to enter a start time preference (VE, E, M, L, VL) and times will be allocated according to their preference.
Pre -Entry will be by Fabian4 using the link below
Closing date 23.59 on Sunday 11th September
Seniors £10, Juniors £5
Juniors on the Yellow Course have free entry. (The area does not lend itself to a White course)
Seniors on Orange or Yellow £5
NON-BOF supplement £2 seniors, £1 juniors
Limited Entry on the Day while maps last - NOTE that this is CASH ONLY (no mobile reception to take card payments). Please bring the exact amount.
Seniors £12, Juniors £6
Yellow course free for Juniors Seniors on Orange and Yellow £6
NON-BOF supplement £2 seniors, £1 juniors
Recommended courses shown for the YHOA Superleague are shown.
Green to brown are on A3 at 1:10,000. Yellow to Short Green on A4 at 1:7,500.
Yellow will have a taped route which will be shown by canes with red and white tape.
Course | Controls | Length km | Climb m |
|
Brown | 24 | 10.5 | 335 | M21, M35, M40 |
Short Brown | 21 | 8.7 | 240 | M18, M20, M45, M50, W21 - selection race for M18 |
Blue | 19 | 6.9 | 220 | M16, M55, M60, W35, W40 - selection race for M16 |
Short Blue | 17 | 5.7 | 205 | M65, W18, W20, W45, W50 - selection race for W18 |
Green | 16 | 4.8 | 170 | M70, W16, W55, W60 - selection race for W16 |
Short Green | 13 | 3.5 | 130 | M75, M80, W65, W70 |
Very Short Green | 10 | 2.8 | 115 | W75, W80 |
Light Green | 12 | 3.3 | 135 | M14, W14 - selection race for M/W14 |
Orange | 11 | 2.9 | 125 | M12, W12 |
Yellow | 9 | 2.2 | 110 | M10, W10 |
Mapped depressions and pits can vary greatly in size. Where the mapped depressions and pits are large there are often smaller unmapped depressions and pits nearby.
Generally good running. Typical walled limestone terrain, with many rock and stone features.
There are also very many dry stone walls in the area which need to be crossed only at designated crossing points. These crossing points MUST be used, and include specially constructed stiles, farm gates which can be climbed, open gateways or gates, and stiles on public rights of way. Any damage to walls or gates is to be reported to the organiser to allow repairs. No stiles or gates need to be climbed on the young junior or shortest senior courses.
A number of areas are marked on the map as Out of Bounds, including all areas of limestone pavement and an SSSI.
Sorry no dogs allowed even in assembly area.
Organiser: Peter Haines hainesilkley@yahoo.co.uk
Planner: Peter Jones
Controller: Steve Webb
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