Venue Glenariff Forest Park
Date Sat, 19th Oct 24
Starts 11:00 to 13:00
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Event Description
| Date | Saturday 19 October 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Glenariff Forest Park | ||||||||||||
| Event Format | Northern Ireland Colour Series 6 | ||||||||||||
| Online Entry | . |
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| Online Entry closes | Monday 14 October 2024 at 2300
Limited Entry on the Day is available at non-member rates, depending on map availability. See here for Terms. |
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| Registration, Start and Finish | The White and Yellow courses will start and finish close to registration/car park. Courses close at 3pm.
Other courses will have a remote start and finish. These courses also close at 3pm. Walk to start from registration/parking is about a 700m with about 50m climb up a well maintained gravel road – The Start and Finish are about 100m apart. Return to download and registration by the same road used to the Start |
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| Price |
Sociable group / family fee where all are going round a course together – entry fee is per required number of maps i.e. one entry = one map. *Member of BOF Clubs only. Get Annual Membership today and experience the membership benefits including the member rate! There is no fee to hire an SI card if required, but lost cards are charged at £30. |
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| Terrain Summary | If you have visited Glenariff you are likely to have walked one of the four Forest Trails, perhaps following the Glenariff or Inver River and paused at the famous waterfalls or cliffs or looked at the spectacular views down the Glens. But you are not likely to have gone into the main body of the forest.
Courses are at the lower end of the lengths as Glenariff is likely to prove physically demanding. There are a few paths made by mountainbikes, and 2 gravel forest roads but other wise the forest is free of paths. The forest is mainly tall coniferous trees with the forest floor being ridges covered in deep moss with minor water channels. There are large windblown areas which are mapped. But the forest also has multiple unmapped single fallen trees which are negotiable. The map has numerous parallel rides in forest blocks which are not mapped. Major rides separating blocks of forest are mapped. (At registration we will have a sample of the map that we are using and a sample map with rides to illustrate the difference). Significant features are mapped in any given part of the forest but this does result in some variation across the map. |
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| Previous Maps/Routegadget | There are no previous courses / maps available.
Glenariff was previously mapped in 2004 by Deeside Orienteering and used in 2004 and 2005 but has had a complete new survey done by Mark Stephens for 2024 Control descriptions will be printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will be available at the Start. TD1-3 courses will be both pictorial and textual |
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| Course Notes | ⚪ White – 1.1 km + 35 m climb – navigate along paths with few route choice decisions. Aimed at primary school aged newcomers. 🟡 Yellow – 1.1 km + 35 m climb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate for newcomers and younger juniors with some experience. 🟠 Orange – 2.3 km + 50 m climb – skills needed to navigate away from paths and more route choice decisions, some compass skills are expected. Aimed at novice adults and improving juniors. 🟢 Light Green – 2.8 km +70 m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills. 🟢 Short Green – 2.5 km +75 m climb – this course is set at the highest technical difficulty but shorter to attract those who may struggle with a longer physical course. 🟢 Green – 3.9 km + 80 m climb – technically and reasonably physically demanding course. 🔵 Blue – 4.9 km + 110 m climb – technically and physically demanding course. 🟤 Brown – 5.8 km + 120 m climb – technical and very physically demanding course. |
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| First Aid and Safety | There will be a first aid and a qualified first aider available at registration. Registration is also a safe place for lost children to wait.
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. Phone coverage appears to be generally poor and intermittent in this area. 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 at 3pm sharp in order to give sufficient time to collect in controls. If you are still out on the course at this time return to finish and download immediately. Please take into consideration your ability and fitness when choosing which start block to enter to give yourself the best chance of completing your course. |
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| Kit requirements | Full body cover is mandatory.
A whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is mandatory. A waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one, so bring one along just in case. |
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| Parking | Parking is in main carpark. There is a £5 parking fee for cars so car sharing would be sensible.
Google Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/5ChWdt7eBAvhojW98 what3words – ///sings.outpost.soggy |
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| Toilets | Toilets are located in main building near car park. |
Location
Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariffe Road
Cargan
Volunteers
To volunteer at this event please email volunteer@lvo.org.uk. You can find information on each role here as well as the current list of volunteers.