Tollymore Weekend – NI Colour Series 4

This event is Day 2 of the 3 Day Tollymore Festival of Orienteering which includes:

1. The NI & UK Urban League race in Dundrum, Co Down on Friday.
2. The NI Colour Series / LVO Club Champs event on Slieve Croob on Saturday.
3. Camping at Tollymore on Friday and Saturday nights.
4. A BBQ after Saturday’s race.
5. A fun FREE two-person relay on Sunday.

For full details see the Festival page.

The start is located 200 metres from the main car park and can be reached by walking south along the main road. The route will be taped to the access gate.

Please take care when walking on the road due to oncoming traffic, staying to the grass verge, and ensure that children are accompanied by an adult for this section.

The finish is approximately 100m from Slieve Croob carpark. Proceed from the finish to the MOO for download. Courses close 3pm, when all participants should return to MOO regardless if they have completed their courses or not.

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 £30 (£40 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. 

In the interests of maintaining excellent relationships with our land owners and farmers please report any damage to low walls and/or fences at download.

⚪ There is no White course, as it is not appropriate to the open mountain terrain.
🟡 Yellow – 2.2km + 75m climb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate for newcomers and younger juniors with some experience. Not suitable for buggies.
🟠 Orange – 2.7km + 120m 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 – 3.3km + 155m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills.
🟢 Short Green – 3.0km + 90m climb – this course is set at the highest technical difficulty but shorter to attract those who may struggle with a longer physical course.
🟢 Green – 4.2km + 140m climb – technically and reasonably physically demanding course.
🔵 Blue – 5.9km + 230m climb – technically and physically demanding course.
🟤 Brown – 7.8km + 290m climb – technical and very physically demanding course.

• All maps will be A4 and 1:10,000 with 5m contours (TBC).
• All controls will be SI Air enabled, except Start and Finish which must be punched.

NOTE: This event is also doubling up as the LVO Club Champs. If you wish to be deemed competitive within the Championships you must enter the correct course colour relating to your AgeClass. It will be assumed that you are running your default AgeClass. Participants who choose to ‘run up’ a course or class MUST THEN DECLARE which AgeClass they are competing in by emailing the event organiser no later than midnight on Wednesday 17 June.   Participants can also choose to ‘run down’ and, although they will not be deemed competitive for the Champs, their result will still be counted in the NICS and BOF ranking. See table below:

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 also be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one, so bring one along just in case.

Parking will first be in the very small Slieve Croob carpark (start of mast road), and then along Finnis Road. Please park close into the side of the road on the grass verge, leaving gaps for passing vehicles. Listen closely to marshalls when spoken to!