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:20260625T134815Z URL:https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/tollymore-weekend-ni-colour-series-4-26 / SUMMARY:Tollymore Weekend - NI Colour Series 4 - Slieve Croob DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDate\nSaturday 20 June 2026\n\n\nVenue\nSlieve Croob\, Dr omara\n\n\nEvent Format\nNorthern Ireland Colour Series 4 /  LVO Club Cha mpionships\n\nThis event is Day 2 of the 3 Day Tollymore Festival of Orien teering which includes:\n\n The NI &\; UK Urban League race in Dundrum \, Co Down on Friday.\n The NI Colour Series / LVO Club Champs event on S lieve Croob on Saturday.\n Camping at Tollymore on Friday and Saturday ni ghts.\n A BBQ after Saturday’s race.\n A fun FREE two-person relay on Sunday.\n\nFor full details see the Festival page.\n\n\nOnline Entry\n.\n\ n\nSI Entries\n \n\n\nOnline Entry closes\nMidnight\, Sunday 14 June 2026\ n\n\nRegistration\, Start and Finish\nRegistration and dibber hire will be at the Mobile Orienteering Office (MOO) parked in Slieve Croob carpark.\n \nThe start is located 200 metres south from the main car park and can be reached by walking along Dree Hill. The route will be taped to the access gate. If parking on Finnis Road\, walk north along Dree Road and turn righ t to enter the mountain terrain towards the start.\n\nPlease take care whe n 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.\ n\nThe finish is approximately 100m from Slieve Croob carpark. Proceed fro m the finish to the MOO for download. Courses close 3pm\, when all partici pants should return to MOO regardless if they have completed their courses or not.\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 Prices\nMember*\nNon-Member\n\n\nSe nior (aged 21 or over)\n12\n16\n\n\nJunior or Student\n6\n8\n\n\nMaximum c harge for a family**\n30\n40\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 fee to hire an SI card if requir ed\, but lost cards are charged at £30.\n\n*Orienteering club members onl y. Avail of our reduced event rates by joining our club today: https://www .britishorienteering.org.uk/join_online\n\n**A family charge is for two se niors and one junior. Additional juniors go free.\n\n***If you are enterin g 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.\n\nPlease note: Participants who are not members of British Orienteering or of another ori enteering federation are not covered by British Orienteering’s public li ability insurance. You are welcome to enter this event\, but please unders tand 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 th e event\, you would not be covered. Members of Orienteering Ireland are co vered by British Orienteering insurance. \n\n\nTerrain Summary\nOpen Moun tain with intricate contours and rock features.\n\n\nPrevious Maps/Routega dget\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\ nWe are very grateful to the landowners who were willing to allow us acces s to their land.\n\nThere is a brand-new fence running north-south up the hill and the farmer does not want us to cross it – anyone found crossing it will be DISQUALIFIED as we will cause us to lose access to the land! U se gates at all times.\n\n\nIn the interests of maintaining excellent rela tionships with our land owners and farmers please report any damage to low walls and/or fences at download.\n\n⚪ There is no White course\, as it is not appropriate to the open mountain terrain.\n🟡 Yellow – 2.2km + 75m climb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate fo r newcomers and younger juniors with some experience. Not suitable for bug gies.\n🟠 Orange – 2.7km + 120m climb – skills needed to navigate aw ay from paths and more route choice decisions\, some compass skills are ex pected. Aimed at novice adults and improving juniors.\n🟢 Light Green – 3.3km + 155m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills.\n🟢 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.\n🟢 Green – 4.2km + 140m c limb – technically and reasonably physically demanding course.\n🔵 Blu e – 5.9km + 230m climb – technically and physically demanding course.\ n🟤 Brown – 7.8km + 290m climb – technical and very physically deman ding course.\n\n All maps will be A4 and 1:7500 with 5m contours.\n All controls will be SI Air enabled\, except Start and Finish which must be pu nched.\n\nNOTE: 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 th at you are running your default AgeClass. Participants who choose to ‘ru n up’ a course or class MUST THEN DECLARE which AgeClass they are compet ing in by emailing the event organiser (entries@lvo.org.uk) 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 tabl e below:\n\n\n\n\nLVO Club Champs – Course to Class mapping\n\nMale Clas ses\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 shoe s are awarded\, given to the male and female athletes who post the fastest times from the final control to the finish line on the light green course and above.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Aid and Safety\nThere will be a first aid and a qualified first aider available at registration. Registra tion is also a safe place for lost children to wait.\n\nPlease do not come to the event if you are unwell.\n\nPlease 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 provi de support.\n\nAll participants must return to download\, whether they com plete the course or not. This is to account for all competitors\, ensuring everyone’s safe return.\n\nCourses will close and controls collected in at 3pm sharp. If you are still out on the course at this time return to f inish and download immediately.\n\n\nKit requirements\nFull body cover is mandatory.\n\nA whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is m andatory.\n\nA waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers d ecide the weather requires one\, so bring one along just in case. Checks w ill be carried out before entering the mountain terrain.\n\n\nParking\nPar king is extremely limited at Slieve Croob\, so please CARSHARE as much as possible\, either from Tollymore campsite or via the WhatsApp carshare gro up.\n\nParking will first be in the very small Slieve Croob carpark (start of mast road)\, and then along Finnis Road. Please park close into the si de of the road on the grass verge\, leaving gaps for passing vehicles. Lis ten closely to marshalls when spoken to!\n\n\n\n\nToilets\nThe closest pub lic toilets are located in Ballynahinch and Castlewellan.\n\n\nDogs\nNO DO GS ALLOWED - Open Mountain with sheep on farmers land\n\n\n LOCATION:https://maps.app.goo.gl/QKCvX77AEHKk6Qg47 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