Coombe Hill N Orienteering Races

Name: Coombe Hill N Orienteering Races
Start: 2025-01-11T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-11T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire

Schedule

Sat Jan 11 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury, EN

Try a new outdoor adventure sport! Ideal for all ages and abilities, with courses for runners and also families and children. Help is available and no experience is necessary. We give you a map and a timing chip, and you have to race around a series of checkpoints in the woods, choosing your own route between each one.
Please note this event is pre-entry only – there will be no entry at the event. Enter in advance via the Tickets link above (available nearer the event).

PARKING:
TBC (likely to be in a dedicated part of Wendover Railway Station car park, with kind permission of Chiltern Railways)

TERRAIN
Mixed Chilterns woodland and open areas, with some hills and a good path network. Amazing views too!

REGISTRATION AND START TIMES
Start a course any time from 10.15am to 11.45am.
Everyone must finish and report back to download by 1pm, even if you haven't finished your course.

COURSES – arranged below in order of navigational difficulty. Remember - the course lengths are the straight line distances between the control points. You'll go further, depending on your route choices!:
YELLOW: around 2.km. Navigational difficulty: 2/5.
Easy. Short and suitable for juniors or supervised newcomers. Controls on or near paths.
ORANGE: around 3.5km. Navigational difficulty: 3/5.
Ideal course for families, adult newcomers, and juniors with some experience. Reasonably easy, with some navigation required. Probably around 5k actual distance, depending on your route choices!
RED: around 4.5km. Navigational difficulty: 3/5.
Ideal for runners looking to try orienteering - this course is like an unmarked trail race. A fairly easy, longer course. Some navigation, but not too tricky! (same difficulty as Orange; just longer). Note you'll probably run 6k actual distance with this course.
LIGHT GREEN: around 3.5km. Navigational difficulty: 4/5.
Ideal for improvers or those who have been to a few events. More detailed navigation required through the woods, off paths.
GREEN: around 5k. Navigational difficulty: 5/5.
For those with experience only; as difficult as we can make it! Complex navigation skills required. Expect a run of around 6-6.5k.

If you're a runner getting into orienteering, the Red and Orange courses are ideal. For families, we recommend Orange, or Yellow if you want something shorter. For juniors, Yellow is a good choice. No courses cross any public roads. Expect some climb (i.e. hills!) on each course too.

HOW TO ENTER
You MUST pre-enter in advance as there will be no entry at the event, although you can enter online up to 11am on the day itself. Pre-entering reserves you a map. Just click on the Tickets link above, and fill in your details.
You don't have to be a member of an orienteering club to enter this event. On SI Entries (our entries system), just show your club name as IND (for Independent).
Small family or other groups are welcome, but please enter only the Yellow, Orange or Red courses. Enter as a senior. Change the name if you wish, for example to Jones Family.

ENTRY COST
TBC
Your entry fee includes a special waterproof orienteering map with your course printed on it, to keep as a souvenir, hire of a timing chip (SI) to register at each control point around your course, and a print out of your result and splits at the finish.

FACILITIES
Please bring your own drink.