NI Sprint Champs – St Luke’s Armagh (Date TBC)

Venue
Date Sat, 8th Jun 30
Starts 12:00 to 13:00
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Event Description

šŸ–LVO are hosting both the NI Sprint Championships and the NI Middle Championships. Any one can take part, but to be eligible for a NIOA prize you need to be a present member.

There will be a planned intermission between the two events.

Date Saturday 8 June (TBC)
Venue St Luke’s, Armagh
Event Format Northern Ireland Score Championships
Online Entry .
SI Entries
Online Entry closes Midnight, Sunday 2 June 2030
Registration, Start and Finish TBC
Price Each event can be entered individually, or a discount for both.

Member Member Non-Member Non-Member
One Event Two Events One Event Two Events
Senior (aged 21 or over) £12 £20 £16 £25
Junior or Student £6 £10 £8 £12
Maximum charge for a family* £30 £50 £40 £62

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 Ā£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 rates above, 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.Ā 

Terrain Summary TBC
Previous Maps/Routegadget TBC
Course Notes If you wish to run competitively in the NI Championship you must:

  • be a current member of a NI Orienteering club,
  • run unaccompanied
  • enter the course relating to your age class or ā€œrun-upā€
    • … You cannot change class after entries close and still qualify for NI Champs

Note that anyone who has not passed their 16th birthday on the day of the event must enter a junior class.

Despite the ā€œChampionshipā€ title, sprint orienteering is by definition at maximum Technical Difficulty 3 (Orange standard), with 12s and under at TD2 (Yellow). Therefore novices should still be able to sucessfully complete the course appropriate for their age class.

The NI Sprint Championships has the following classes:

M Open Course 1 details TBC
M Vet 40+ W Open Course 2 details TBC
M Super Vet 55+ W Super Vet 40+ Course 3 details TBC
M Ultra Vet 65+,Ā  M Hyper Vet 75+ W Super Vet,Ā  W Ultra Vet 65+,Ā  W Hyper Vet 75+ Course 4 details TBC
M Junior 16- W Junior 16- Course 5 details TBC
M Junior 12- W Junior 12- Course 6 details TBC
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.

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.

Kit requirements TBC
Parking TBC
Toilets TBC

Location

St. Luke's, Armagh

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.

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