Fat Rascal Races - Whinmoor and Swarcliffe Urban

Second day of the Aire Fat Rascal Weekend and a chance to win a Fat Rascal at each event

A Yorkshire Urban League Event

Online entry closed, but Entry on the Day will be available (subject to map availability)

Safety Information

All runners should take extreme care to watch out for pedestrians in the area - especially if it's a nice day, there will be lots of kids out playing in the estate and some of the paths are narrow.

Directions / Parking

Event Centre will be in the vicinity of Fieldhead Carr Primary School, off Naburn Approach. Postcode LS14 2EG, Grid Ref: OS E435829 N438047, W3W: inhales.changed.upwardly

Please consider travelling by public transport. The event centre is adjacent to the terminus for the Firstbus 56 service direct from Leeds City Centre (Vicar Lane, near the market) - approx journey time 30-40 minutes.

Travelling by car. The event will be signposted and MUST BE APPROACHED from the junction of Skelton Lane and Coal Road (between the A58 and the new East Leeds Orbital Road. Postcode LS14 1NN, Grid Ref: OS E435547 N438366, W3W: twice.brave.costs

Registration & Start Times

Registration from 10:00 to 12:00

Starts from 10.30-12.30.

Courses close at 2.30pm, please choose an early start time if you need extra time.

Toilets for competitors will be available in the Fieldhead Carr Community Centre adjacent to the registration cars, but only until approximately 12pm (courtesy of Whinmoor Warriors junior rugby club). Please make sure to go before your run!

Please consider supporting local businesses during your visit. Drinks and snacks are available from the local mini-supermarket close to the registration cars. The Pendas Arms pub is 2 minutes walk away, serving Sunday lunches: https://www.greeneking.couk/pubs/west-yorkshire/pendas-arms

Entry Details

Entry will be via Fabian4 via the link. CLOSING DATE IS MIDNIGHT ON 16th JULY

Pre entry fees are

• Senior BO members = £8; Senior non-BO members = £10; All Juniors & Students = £4.
• Juniors on Yellow courses = Free; Seniors on Orange or Yellow courses = £4

SI card hire: £1 for seniors and juniors on Orange or above. Free for juniors on Yellow.

EOD fees are

• Senior BO members = £10; Senior non-BO members = £12; All Juniors & Students = £5.
• Juniors on Yellow courses = Free; Seniors on Orange or Yellow courses = £5.

SI card hire: £1 for seniors and juniors on Orange or above. Free for juniors on Yellow.

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. ALSO note the info below about capacity of the si card. We do not have any for hire that take over 30 controls.

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

Course Information

In order to be competitive in the Yorkshire Urban League you will need to enter the course allocated for your age class as shown below, otherwise enter the course of your choice.

There will be a prize giving on the Sunday for the winners of each class - at 2pm

Unclaimed Rascals from the Saturday can be collected from Registration on Sunday.

Due to the perishable nature of the prizes, any unclaimed ones after Sunday's races will be shared out amongst the race volunteers!

Course details are as follows:

Course	Distance	Shortest Dist	Climb	Controls	Scale	Map Size	Controls on both sides
Black (MO)	9.4	12.2	100	41	1:4000	A3 back-to-back	10-12; 31-32
Brown (MV, WO)	8.2	10.6	90	37	1:4000	A3 back-to-back	9-11; 27-29
Blue (MSV, WV)	6.7	8.6	65	29	1:4000	A3 back-to-back	7-9; 19-22
Green (MUV, WSV)	4.9	5.8	50	22	1:3000	A3 back-to-back	5-6; 16-18
Short Green (MHV, WUV, WHV)	4.1	4.6	40	17	1:3000	A3 back-to-back	4-5; 11-13
Orange (MJ, WJ)*	2.6	2.8	25	19	1:4000	A4 single side	N/A
Yellow (MYJ, WYJ)*	1.8	1.9	15	16	1:4000	A4 single side	N/A

(See linked event for age categories)

Courses have be planned such that Black EWT is approx 1hr, with other courses scaled as per BOF regulations.

All long courses have back-to-back maps (note: Black, Brown, Blue are portrait on side 1 and landscape on side 2, Green and short Green are portrait on both sides). There is an overlap between the two sides. The controls on both sides of the map are shown in the table above.

Control descriptions are shown for all controls in full on both sides for back-to-back maps.

Courses Black and Brown have greater than 30 controls so if you have an SI card 5 it will not record any controls over 30 but it will record the time you get to the finish. You will get an overall time but the last few controls will not have the splits recorded.

Map details : ISSprOM2019-2 specification map. Black-Blue, Orange and Yellow 1:4000; Green and Short Green 1:3000.

*Yellow and Orange courses will have a timed out (1min max) marshalled road crossing. Follow marshal instructions. The orange course crosses low-speed traffic roads and cul-de-sacs. The yellow course crosses cul-de-sac ends. Both courses have pictoral and text descriptions.

We expect to have live results available;

https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/AIRE/2023/Whinmoor-Urban

Terrain Description

The overall area is a mix mainly urban terrain and some parkland. Much of the housing in the area was constructed in the 1970s and provides a complex and interesting layout of footpaths, greenspaces, cut-throughs, and other features typical of sub-urban estate layouts of the time. It’s brilliant for urban orienteering!

Main roads through the competition area are marked “out of bounds” on the map with purple cross-hatching. Whilst there are no physical barriers to prevent competitors crossing these roads, crossing the carriageway is strictly forbidden for safety reasons. Significant competitive advantage could be gained by ignoring this rule, and therefore the provisional results and splits will be closely analysed to identify any competitor whose split for a leg which straddles such a road suggests they may have encroached on the out of bounds. Anyone suspected to have done so will be disqualified, and the Organiser’s decision will be final in accordance with British Orienteering rules. For the avoidance of doubt, use of the footpaths on either side of the cross-hatched main road is permitted.

Dog restrictions

Dogs under tight control and preferably not on the courses.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser : Martyn Broadest

Planner: Richard Foster

Controller : Chris Mackenzie

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