Roundhay Park
Regional Event
Sun 01 December, 2024
Level of event: Regional
Type of event: Race
Level of event: Regional
Type of event: Race
Assembly is at Roundhay School, Old Park Road, Leeds LS8 1ND
Parking within the school grounds, note there is a one way system in operation and access is via the southern of the two drives off Old Park Road.
Buses 12, 13, and 13A from Leeds run very close to the school.
Also X98 and X99 which also serve Wetherby.
If you have never tried orienteering and would like to give it a go our orange and light green courses are suitable for newcomers.
Registration and download are in the Pavilion building of Roundhay School. Toilets are also in the Pavilion, there are no toilets near the start so please avail yourself of this facility.
Please remove muddy shoes before entering the building
Registration will be open from 10:00 to 12:00
Start times from 10:30 to 12:30
Courses close at 14:30 Please chose an early start time if you need extra time
PRE-ENTRY - Use the Fabian Link
Closing date for pre-entries at these prices is 23.59 on Sunday 24th November
After this date, online entries will remain open until midnight on Wednesday 27th November at EOD prices. There will also be limited entry on the day (EOD), subject to map availability
ENTRY ON THE DAY
Courses are now finalised
Start is c.1k from assembly and download, this will be taped.
It may be possible to cut across Soldier's Field to Princess Avenue, in a North Easterly direction, depending on sports matches on the day, however this will not be taped. Please use the traffic island to cross Princess Avenue, which you will reach following the taped route.
Length (km) | Climb (m) | Controls | Map Scale | |
Brown | 8.1 | 225 | 21 | 1:10,000 |
Blue | 6.0 | 130 | 17 | 1:10,000 |
Green | 4.0 | 115 | 12 | 1:10,000 |
Short Green | 3.3 | 75 | 13 | 1:7,500 |
VS Green | 2.9 | 60 | 12 | 1:7,500 |
Light Green | 3.2 | 75 | 13 | 1:7,500 |
Orange | 2.6 | 50 | 13 | 1:7,500 |
Yellow | 2.5 | 50 | 14 | 1:7,500 |
White | 1.4 | 15 | 9 | 1:7,500 |
Yellow has a supervised road crossing across the cul-de-sac that goes to the Mansion and is used mainly for parking. There will also be a taped route on Yellow.
Orange is at the top end of difficulty for an orange course.
Brown has two sides to the map.
Parkland and woodland.
Dogs under control on the courses and at assembly Please clear up any mess.
Organiser: Leon Foster leondotfosteratgmail.com
Planner: Liz Carter
Controller: Will Patterson
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