YHOA Schools Championships
Incorporating a limited Regional Event for adults
Sat 17 June, 2023
Level of event: Regional
Type of event: Race, Schools
Pre Event Info
Airienteers are proud to host the YHOA Schools Championships at Northcliffe Park on the afternoon of Saturday 17th June, 2023. We welcome adults (club members and others) to take part too.
Safety Information
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: British Orienteering provides Public Liability insurance cover for all individuals taking part in our Organised Events and Activities.
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Directions / Parking
Parking is 500m from assembly, at Shipley swimming pool car park, BD18 3PH (What 3 Words: faster.mirror.critic), or at ASDA car park [note 2 hour limit] BD18 3RY (What 3 Words: cost.drift.lodge). Please do not use the two small Northcliffe Park car parks as they will be used by regular park users. Please make your way safely across the A650 to assembly, which will be at Northcliffe Park via the northernmost of the two Bradford Road (A650) entrances - assembly will be signposted from there, by the lower playground (turn left just below the pavilion). Nearest postcode BD18 3DE. What 3 Words: late.dragon.sofa
Public Transport: Shipley Railway station 700m. Buses run frequently along Bradford Road (A650).
Toilets: There will be a portable toilet in the assembly area.
The Friends of Northcliffe Park have booked an ice cream van for the event too - bring some money!
Registration & Start Times
Starts from 13.00-14.30.
Courses close at 15.30.
The start and finish will be within 100m of assembly.
Start times for entries on Short White to Light Green, if you miss your start time you will be slotted in at an appropriate time. Start and finish both have to be punched. Controls are SIAC enabled. Those on green and any EOD do not need start times unless they are competing. Any EOD running for one of the schools listed on the start list above will need to be slotted in at an appropriate time according to the course and class they are running.
Entry Details
Prices: £2 juniors; £4 seniors
Pre-entries are now closed but individual pupils and adults may enter on the day, subject to map availability. We may introduce a map reuse policy if necessary.
There are two ways of pre-entering for the schools competition:
1. For school teams, via this form: Yhoa Schools Entry 2023 Blank. This could be completed by a teacher or a designated parent. Please email it to secretary@aire.org.uk, then transfer the fees to Airienteers, 40-27-15, 54642503, ref Schools[School Name].
2. For individual school pupils, or individual seniors: via a Fabian4 form on the link below
For both methods, the closing date will be 23.59, Saturday 10th June.
Or individuals (pupils or seniors) can enter on the day, subject to map availability: we'll try to print plenty.
SI card hire: Free for those on Short White, White, and Yellow courses; £1 for all others
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.
Covid-19 Considerations: Please keep to the British Orienteering Covid code of conduct:
Before attending any orienteering activity all participants should self-assess for Covid-19 symptoms which include: a high temperature; a new continuous cough; and a loss of, or change to, their sense of taste or smell. If you, or anyone you live with, has one or more of these symptoms, however mild, you should not attend the event.
Course Information
Resurveyed 2023 by Chris Burden
1:5000 with 5m contours.
Areas overprinted with purple lines must not be crossed.
The courses allocated to each age group are below:
Short White for G&B Years 3 and 4 (pupils may do this in pairs): 0.9km, 30m climb
White for G&B Years 5 and 6 (pupils may do this in pairs): 1.4km, 40m climb
Yellow for G&B Years 7 and 8 (pupils may do this in pairs): 1.8km, 40m climb
Orange for G&B Years 9 and 10: 2.5km, 65m climb
Light Green for G&B Years 11 and 12: 3.1km, 110m climb
Green for G&B Year 13: 4.2km, 160m climb
Pupils in Years 2 and below ('ultra-juniors') can also do the Short White course, but must be shadowed. There will be a separate fun prize presentation for competitors in this category.
Shadowing is not allowed for secondary school pupils. If you wish to shadow pupils in other categories for safety reasons, please stay behind the pupil and only help if the pupil is lost. We understand the desire to shadow and want to encourage safe participation but we also want pupils to compete on a level playing field.
Adults may enter any course that they wish. We recommend Orange for reasonably confident adult novices, Light Green for those with some navigational experience, and Green for experienced orienteers.
Prize giving will take place at around 15.30. There will be small prizes/certificates for the top three solos/pairs in each category, year-group team prizes (subject to entries), as well as a whole-school top three prize for primary schools (four to count), secondary schools (Years 7-13; six to count) and tertiary schools/sixth forms (Years 12-13; three to count).
Terrain Description
Parkland, with large grassy fields, flanked by two wooded slopes. More information about the terrain will be given nearer the event. It will not go into Heaton Woods. No roads will be crossed.
Dog restrictions
On a tight lead around competitors please.
Contacts / Officials
Organiser: David Alcock secretary@aire.org.uk
Planner: Chris Burden chris.burden AT btinternet.com
Controller: Robert Gatenby webmaster@aire.org.uk
On-the-day organiser: Tom Woodham Reach via David Alcock
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: British Orienteering provides Public Liability insurance cover for all individuals taking part in our Organised Events and Activities.
Privacy: when entering our events your name may appear in the results section of this website or in newspaper reports. Read our data protection page to see how we look after your personal data.