BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-702@lvo.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T130000 DTSTAMP:20260428T065208Z URL:https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/tollymore-weekend-ni-colour-series-4-26 / SUMMARY:Tollymore Weekend - NI Colour Series 4 / Leinster League DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDate\nSaturday 20 June 2026\n\n\nVenue\nSlieve Croob\n\n\ nEvent Format\nNorthern Ireland Colour Series 4\n\n\nOnline Entry\n.\n\n\n SI Entries\n \n\n\nOnline Entry closes\nMidnight\, Sunday 14 June 2026\n\n \nRegistration\, Start and Finish\nTBC\n\n\nPrice\nDiscounts available for entry across multiple events at Tollymore Festival (see festival page for details). To enter just NICS\, the price is as follows:\n\n\n\nRace Price s\nMember*\nNon-Member\n\n\nSenior (aged 21 or over)\n10\n12\n\n\nJunior o r Student\n5\n6\n\n\nMaximum charge for a family**\n25\n30\n\n\n\nSociable 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 fe e to hire an SI card if required\, but lost cards are charged at £30.\n\n *Orienteering club members only. Avail of our reduced event rates by joini ng our club today: https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/join_online\n\n* *A family charge is for two seniors and one junior. Additional juniors go free.\n\n***If you are entering a family of individual runners and it come s to more than £25 (£30 for non-members) then please contact the organis er after you have paid for the individual Senior\, or Junior/Student entri es and we will arrange refund of the difference. Parents accompanying chil dren go free.\n\nPlease note: Participants who are not members of British Orienteering or of another orienteering federation are not covered by Brit ish Orienteering’s public liability insurance. You are welcome to enter this event\, but please understand that you are taking part at your own ri sk. For example\, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the publi c or damage property during the event\, you would not be covered. Members of Orienteering Ireland are covered by British Orienteering insurance. \n \n\nTerrain Summary\nOpen Mountain with intricate contours and rock featur es.\n\n\nPrevious Maps/Routegadget\nSlieve Croob was last used for the NI Long Distance Championships in March 2024: https://www.lvo.routegadget.co. uk/rg2/#527\n\n\nCourse Notes\n⚪ There is no White course\, as it is not appropriate to the open mountain terrain.\n🟡 Yellow – km + m climb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate for newcomer s and younger juniors with some experience. Not suitable for buggies.\n 🟠 Orange – km + 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.\n🔴 Red – km + m climb [Leins ter League ONLY] – skills needed to navigate away from paths and more ro ute choice decisions\, some compass skills are expected. Aimed at mountain runners\, novice adults and improving juniors.\n🟢 Light Green – km + m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills .\n🟢 Short Green – km + m climb – this course is set at the highest technical difficulty but shorter to attract those who may struggle with a longer physical course.\n🟢 Green – km + m climb – technically and reasonably physically demanding course.\n🔵 Blue – km + m climb – te chnically and physically demanding course.\n🟤 Brown – km + m climb – technical and very physically demanding course.\n\n All maps will be A4 and 1:10\,000 with 5m contours (TBC).\n All controls will be SI Air en abled\, except Start and Finish which must be punched (TBC).\n\nNOTE: This event is also doubling up as the LVO Club Champs. If you wish to be deeme d competitive within the Championships you must enter the correct course c olour relating to your AgeClass. It will be assumed that you are running y our default AgeClass. Participants who choose to ‘run up’ a course or class MUST THEN DECLARE which AgeClass they are competing in by emailing t he event organiser no later than midnight on Wednesday 17 June.   Partic ipants can also choose to ‘run down’ and\, although they will not be d eemed competitive for the Champs\, their result will still be counted in t he NICS and BOF ranking. See table below:\n\n\n\n\nLVO Club Champs – Cou rse to Class mapping\n\nMale Classes\nFemale Classes\n\n\nBrown\nM18\, M20 \, M21\, M35\nW21\, W35\n\n\nBlue\nM16\, M40\, M45\, M50\, M55\, M60\nW18\ , W20\, W40\, W45\n\n\nGreen\nM65\nW16\, W50\, W55\, W60\n\n\nShort Green\ nM70\, M75+\nW65\, W70\, W75+\n\n\nLight Green\nM14\nW14\n\n\nOrange\nM12\ nW12\n\n\nYellow\nM10\nW10\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is the race where the coveted gold and silver shoes are awarded\, given to the male and fem ale athletes who post the fastest times from the final control to the fini sh line on the light green course and above.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirs t Aid and Safety\nThere will be a first aid and a qualified first aider av ailable at registration. Registration is also a safe place for lost childr en to wait.\n\nPlease do not come to the event if you are unwell.\n\nPleas e bring and carry any medication you might need\, especially inhalers and EpiPen’s.\n\nIf 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.\n\nAll participants must retu rn to download\, whether they complete the course or not. This is to accou nt for all competitors\, ensuring everyone’s safe return.\n\nCourses wil l close and controls collected in at 3pm sharp. If you are still out on th e course at this time return to finish and download immediately.\n\n\nKit requirements\nFull body cover is mandatory.\n\nA whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is mandatory.\n\nA waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one\, so bring one along just in case.\n\n\nParking\nTBC\n\n\nToilets\nThe closest publi c toilets are located in Ballynahinch and Castlewellan.\n\n\nDogs\nNO DOGS ALLOWED - Open Mountain with sheep on farmers land\n\n\n LOCATION:Slieve Croob - Drumnaquoile\, Drumnaquoile Road\, Dromara\, BT25 2 LB\, Northern Ireland GEO:54.32702680000001;-5.93242250000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Drumnaquoile Road\, Dromara \, BT25 2LB\, Northern Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Slieve Croob - D rumnaquoile:geo:54.32702680000001,-5.93242250000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR