Monks Road - Dales Weekend

Safety Information

Whistles will be compulsory. The area is high and very open. Clothing will be dependent on conditions on the day and a waterproof may be required. This will be confirmed nearer the time.

If you have any medical condition that you think we should be aware of please write this information down and seal it in an envelope with your name on and hand it in at registration. It will only be opened in case of emergency and will be destroyed afterwards if you do not recover it from us.

For any one orienteering for the first time be aware that 'Course Close Time' means that you should be back at the assembly area and go to Download by that time in order for us to know that you have finished safely. Please do not forget to do that otherwise we will have to instigate a search which may involve us calling out Mountain Rescue needlessly.

Directions / Parking

Parking and Assembly is in along the roadside (Grid Ref SD884682; w3w is 'workbench.cuts.nozzles') near 'Great Hill' accessed via Cove Road going NW out of Malham for 4 miles. There will be a parking fee of £1 per car collected in cash on the day. All cars must arrive by 12:00 and no return down that road to Malham will be possible until 12:30. Roads are very narrow and Malham can be very busy on a fine September day.

UPDATE 09/09/2024 - There is also a fell race based at Malham Showground just south of the Visitor Centre. Runners will be starting at 10:00 and 10:30 and go north along Cove Road to the campsite where they will then turn off up the track to the Cove. Please be aware of runners when arriving around this period of time and note that most of their vehicles will be arriving probably before 9:30

Registration & Start Times

Registration will open at 10:00 until 12:00

Start times are from 10.30 to 12.30. Courses close at 14.30. THERE WILL NOT BE TIMED STARTS

Assembly is close to parking. There will be two starts, the Near Start is 500m from assembly for Y, O, LG and VSG and the Far Start for the other courses is 1.4km both are fairly flat. There will be a stile to cross on the way to each start - be aware that runners will be coming through the other way to people going to the start.

Finish is 700m from assembly.

YHOA are running a cake stall today. Any contributions welcome and it will be CASH only.

Entry Details

Pre-entry with limited Entry on the Day. You can enter both the Saturday and Sunday events on the link to Fabian 4

First closing date for entries will be midnight Sunday 8th Sept but entries will be kept open (at EOD prices) until Wednesday 11th September as long as maps are available. It is hoped that from Thursday 6th we can publish the numbers of maps for EOD.

Entry fees

Seniors Fees for Black to Light Green = £14, Orange and Yellow £7 (plus £2 supplement for senior Non-BOF members). Junior fees are £7 apart from Yellow which will be free.

Entries after 8th September are: Seniors Fees for Black to Light Green = £16, Orange and Yellow £8 (plus £2 supplement for senior Non-BOF members). Junior fees are £7 and free on Yellow. EOD will be cash only as there is no mobile signal

Si Card Hire: £1 apart from Yellow where they are free. 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 returned at download. Competitors with standard or hired SI cards must dib at all controls including the start and finish.

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

Course Information

Course	Length (k)	Climb (m)	Start	Super League Classes
Black	12.1	460	Far	M21
Brown	9.7	405	Far	M20, M35, M40, M45, W21
Blue	7.2	240	Far	M16, M18, M50, M55, M60, W35, W40
Short Blue	5.9	215	Far	M65, W18, W20, W45, W50
Green	5.0	170	Far	M70, W16, W55, W60
Short Green	3.9	170	Far	M75, M80, M85, M90 W65, W70
Very Short Green	3.2	70	Near	W75, W80, W85, W90
Light Green	3.4	100	Near	M14, W14
Orange	3.0	115	Near	M12, W12
Yellow	2.6	85	Near	M10, W10

For the YHOA Superleague you can run any course you wish and score points; the standard class and course mapping is shown below. Black, Brown, Blue, Short Blue and Green are at 1:10000, the rest are 1:7500. Black, Brown and Blue are on A3, the rest on A4.

The Yellow Course has a taped route. The area is not suitable for a White or a string course.

Terrain Description

Typical Yorkshire Dales open, walled limestone terrain, with rock and contour features.

Generally good running, but there is an area on the Green, Short Blue, Blue, Brown and Black courses which is more tussocky and rocky and hence slower-going.

There are areas of limestone pavement which are shown by a grey screen. These are NOT Out of Bounds, but are difficult to cross and can be slippery when wet so are best avoided.

There are also 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 Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Very Short Green or Short Green courses.

Dog restrictions

Sorry no dogs allowed even in assembly area.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Liz Carter & Jo Buckley lizcarter150 AT outlook.com

Planner: James Woodham

Controller: Peter Jones