Venue Ballee, Slemish College
Date Sat, 1st Jun 24
Starts 10:30 to 11:30
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Event Description
Venue and parking – Slemish College School, Larne Road, Ballymena
Registration and Starts
Registration will open in the school hall from 10.00am.
Starts are from 1030-1130. If possible, please book as early a start as possible, especially if doing courses 5, or 6. This is to help free up volunteers. It will also give you time to do the TrailO activity back at the School and/or attend the NIOA AGM.
NEW INFORMATION
There will be two Starts. Allow about 10 minutes from registration/car park to walk to each. Please stay on the footpath and take care when crossing side roads.
The Yellow Start will be for Courses 5 and 6 (Junior Courses) – turning left out of the School, follow the Yellow tape (approx. 500m) along Larne Road until a mini roundabout, turn left and the start will be 100m in front.
The Red Start will be for Courses 1,2,3 and 4 (Senior courses) – turning left out of the School, follow the red tape (approx. 700m) along Larne Road. The first start boxes (-4 and -3) will be in the park. When directed by the starting official, you will proceed to box -2, crossing the road and continuing a further 90n down the Larne Road. Please note, the park can be used as a warm up space, giving space to those in the starting grid and the starting official.
See diagrams below for start location and set up.
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Courses
There will be six courses suitable for all age classes and abilities.
The four Senior courses will have road crossings, extreme care must be taken when crossing roads – give way to other pedestrians and all vehicles. For safety and insurance reasons U16s are not permitted to run courses with road crossings unattended. There are two separate courses designed for U16s, avoiding crossing roads and with appropriate safety measures in place.
Course 1: Open. (M18, M20, M21, M35). Optimal route distance 3.8km.
Course 2: Male Vets and Female Open. (MV40, M45, M50, W18, W20, W21, W35). Optimal route distance 3.4km.
Course 3: Male Super Vets and Female Vets (M55, M60, W40, W45, W50). Optimal route distance 3km.
Course 4: Male Ultra Vets, Female Super Vets and Female Ultra Vets (M65+, W55+). Optimal route distance 2.5km.
Course 5: Junior: (MW14, MW16). Optimal route distance 2.5km.
Course 6: Minor: (MW8,MW10,MW12). Optimal route distance 1.4km.
If you wish to run competitively you must:
- be a current member of a NI Orienteering club,
- run unaccompanied
- enter the course relating to your age class
Note: competitors can choose to ‘run up’ on a more challenging/longer course. If you choose to ‘run down’, on an easier/shorter course, your run will not be classified as competitive)
Courses will close at 1215 when control collection will begin. If you are out after the course closing time, please return to download immediately.
Finish will be close to download – please make sure you report to download after your run.
Facilities
Toilets and an indoor space to take shelter and have lunch will be located in the school building.
NIOA AGM
The NIOA Annual General Meeting will take place at 1230 at Slemish College.
TrailO
This year we are reintroducing a TrailO competition and Slemish College will be the first venue within the series. This event is suitable for all abilities including people with mobility issues, it will be a wheelchair friendly course. It will take the form of a TempO cluster, in which the competitor remains stationary and takes decisions (6 in total) on which of the 5 visible kites (if any) matches the control circle and description on the map – all done against the clock, You can organise to participate before or after your sprint run.
Entry is free and registration will be on the day.
Event Entry and Cost
Senior: Sprint Only £10 (Non-member £12). Middle and Sprint £16 (Non-member £18).
Junior/student: Sprint Only £5 (Non-member £8). Middle and Sprint £8 (Non-member £9).
Family (max charge): Sprint Only £25 (Non-member £30). Middle and Sprint £40 (Non-member £45).
Location
Ballee, Slemish College
Larne Rd
Ballymena
BT42 3HA
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.