NI Colour Series 6

There are taped routes to the Starts along good paths:
Walk to Start: 1.7km for Brown, Blue and Green courses, 1.1km for all other courses.

The Finish is close to the Registration area.

Sociable group / family fee where all are going round a course together – entry fee is per required number of maps – one entry = one map. There is no fee to hire an SI card if required, but lost cards are charged at £30.

*Orienteering club members only. Avail of our reduced event rates by joining our club today: https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/join_online

**A family charge is for two seniors and one junior. Additional juniors go free.

***If you are entering a family of individual runners and it comes to more than £25 (£30 for non-members) then please contact the organiser after you have paid for the individual Senior, or Junior/Student entries and we will arrange refund of the difference. Parents accompanying children go free.

Please note: Participants who are not members of British Orienteering or of another orienteering federation are not covered by British Orienteering’s public liability insurance. You are welcome to enter this event, but please understand that you are taking part at your own risk. For example, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered. Members of Orienteering Ireland are covered by British Orienteering insurance. 

As with usual colour courses, leg lengths vary with a good mix of long, medium and short legs for each colour, with plenty of route choice and detailed navigation throughout.

Note that Brown course runners will need a dibber capable of recording 34 controls – the old LVO hire dibbers will not suffice. There will be a supply of NIOA SIACs for loan if necessary.

The Yellow course has been planned to TD2 (no more than 2 decision points between controls with controls sited on or within sight of handrail features) but may prove a challenge to newer and younger competitors unused to urban orienteering, so shadowing for safety is encouraged. Where the shadower also plans to compete, he or she should complete their run first. All the other courses are, as is normal in urban terrain, at TD3 but with as many route choices as possible on most legs without becoming long Sprint courses.

Although there is little traffic activity on a Sunday morning, due care must be taken when crossing any roads within the estates. The major routes have all been marked as uncrossable, with underpass or bridge options to choose. The Yellow and Orange courses have a manned crossing early in their run with a short taped route up to the next handrail.

Please do not come to the event if you are unwell.

Please bring and carry any medication you might need, especially inhalers and EpiPen’s.

If you come across an injured or ill person, please stop, help and get further help. There will likely be qualified first aiders on the course who can stop to provide support.

All participants must return to download, whether they complete the course or not. This is to account for all competitors, ensuring everyone’s safe return.

Courses will close and controls collected in at 3pm sharp. If you are still out on the course at this time return to finish and download immediately.

A whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is mandatory.

A waterproof jacket may be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one, so bring one along just in case.

Cafe

Cafe incredABLE in the South Lake Leisure Centre is open until 5pm.