MV Festive Event at Buchan Country Park

Mole Valley Orienteering Club invites you to Buchan Country Park for a regional (level C) ranking event including the South East Veterans and Super Veterans competitions and the MVOC Family Competition.

Join fellow runners for mulled wine and mince pies after your run.

Entries now OPEN on https://racesignup.co.uk/site/event.php?eventid=5704

Championships: Trophies to winners of the Veterans and Super Veterans and Family competitions, who must be members of an SEOA affiliated Club. We will try to do prize giving on the day at 1pm.

Championship courses

• South East Veterans courses: M40+ Blue, W40+ Green
• South East Super Veterans courses: M60+ Green, W60+ Short Green

Family Competition : Enter your family – of 3 or more – for our handicapped competition – All generations welcome.  Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces, Mum and Dad all count !  The handicap will be based on the runner’s expected pace based on their age class.

Courses

We are offering the following courses :

• Brown 9.1km 225m climb
         32 Controls, experienced orienteers only
• Blue 6.8km 170m climb
        28 controls, experienced orienteers only
• Green 4.3km 95m climb
        23 controls, experienced orienteers only
• Short Green 3.3km 85m climb
        16 controls, experienced orienteers only
• Light Green 3.1km 80m climb
        16 controls, suitable for improvers (advanced skills)
• Orange 2.3km 55m climb
        15 controls, suitable for improvers (intermediate skills)
• Yellow 1.9km 45m climb
        12 controls, suitable for beginners (basic skills)
• White 1.3km 30m climb
        11 controls, suitable for beginners (basic skills)

Course lengths and climb are provisional (subject to official Controller adjustments)

Championships notes
Trophies to winners of Veterans and Super Veterans and Families Competitions who are members of an SEOA affiliated Club.

We are aiming to hold prize giving by 13:00.   ‘Family Groups’ could be members from different clubs – as long as they are related.

Event Centre
The assembly, start and finish will be close together within Buchan Country Park.
Assembly location is here on What3Words.
Toilets and a café are available near to the assembly area.

Parking
We have been asked NOT to use the parking at Buchan Country Park but leave that to local users. There are various options available local to the Park – please see this document on GoogleDocs. Allow 10-15 minutes to walk to Assembly and/or the Start

Terrain
Buchan Country Park comprises a wooded area separated by two lakes with some
challenging and open woodland together with some gradients. It is bounded by private land, a golf course and the A264.

Start
In 15 minute blocks between 10:00 and 11:30. Courses close at 14:00.  Please try to keep to your start slot as some courses are likely to be very busy. Loose control descriptions will be available in the start lane and are also on the front of the map. All courses will use IOF symbols. Yellow and Orange will also have text descriptions. If you are new to orienteering or you are unsure about the start routine, please ask one of the start team and they will be pleased to help you.

SportIdent (SI) Punching will be used with SIAC enabled for all the controls in the “terrain”. The start and finish controls WILL NOT be SIAC enabled: all competitors will need to “dib” at both the start and finish. Should a control fail then use the attached pin punch on the map and explain at Download. If a SIAC “dibber” battery fails then “dib” at all controls.   Those entering Brown / Blue may need to check that their SI Unit can hold 28 or 32 controls.  Any device SI v9 or greater should be OK.  If in doubt please ask at the Event Centre.

Apres O Refreshments
We are offering a free cup of mulled wine or warm fruit juice along with a mince pie to all finishers, at Assembly. Beyond this your options are: the cafe in the park near download and local eateries in Crawley.  No water will be provided at the finish.

Apres-O Competition : All competitors can have a go at our festive activity / competition with a prize for the winner.             [tip : revise your IOF symbols !]

Coaching / Introductions to Orienteering
We particularly welcome newcomers to our Festive Event and the club will have our Coach on hand to help them through completing their first orienteering course.   There is a much reduced Entry fee for newcomers / beginners entering the White, Yellow or Orange courses.  If in Doubt select White and ask for advice at the Event Center or from our Coach.

Please contact youth@mvoc.org in advance to agree a time to meet at the Event Centre.

Event Officials
Organiser: Marc Roberts MV

Planner: Ian Roberts MV

Controller: Vince Joyce SO