Blackborough

QOFL2

Sat 25 Oct

Near: Cullompton
Level of event: Regional

Type of event: Race

Our second regional event that is part of our forest league.

Pre Event Info

Directions / Parking

Directions

The event is at Forest Glade Holiday Park, Broad Road EX15 2DT. 

Orienteering sign will be placed to the SE of the Keeper's Cottage inn on the A373 Honiton Road and from Golden Lane Cross (which has a small brown sign for the park), NE of the holiday park.

From the West: turn left after Keepers Cottage, straight on along Broad Road to gates of park on the plateau. Along the way, frequent brown signs for a fishing attraction and to Sheldon indicate you are heading the right way.

Parking

Parking will be on a level grassy field 200m from assembly. Please follow the instructions of any parking marshall

£1 per car and £2 for .camper van size or larger, with funds raised going to Devon Air Ambulance.

Course Information

Course	Controls	Length	Climb
White	13	1.5 km	5 m
Yellow	15	2.4 km	25 m
Orange	14	3.1 km	35 m
Light Green	13	3.2 km	45 m
Short Green	12	2.9 km	25 m
Green	16	4.3 km	60 m
Blue	20	5.4 km	105 m
Brown	28	8.0 km	130 m

All the above are subject to final controlling.

Entry Details

Class	Pre-entry	Late / On the day entry
Senior	£10	£12
Senior Novice	£5	£6
Junior	£5	£6
Group	£7	£9

• Junior - anyone 21 years or younger at the time of the event, regardless of the course they are running.
• Senior novice - an adult running White, Yellow or Orange.
• Group - all going round a course together, two maps provided.

A standard SI dibber can be hired for free (or £2 for a contactless SIAC dibber). Failure to return it will incur the cost of a replacement (£30 for SI, £60 for SIAC).

Please note that if you enter on the day you run the risk that we have run out of maps for your preferred course.

Pre-Entries

Please consider buying a pack of pre-entry credits in advance. This costs you the same but saves the club a lot in credit card fees.

Buy Credits

Registration & Start Times

Registration from: 10:30 (helpers from 10.00)

Start times from: 11.00 to 13.00 (helpers can start from 10.30)

Courses close: 14:30

Dog restrictions

Well behaved dogs welcome,

Facilities

There are facilities available on the campsite.  Please remember to remove orienteering shoes before entering.  Thank you.

Forest Glade are offering hot refreshments and pasties.

Bakery Goods Available	Price
Traditional Steak	£4.00
Lamb and Mint	£4.40
Chicken and Chorizo	£4.00
Potato, Cheese and Onion	£3.20
Roasted Vegetable (vegan)	£4.40
Ruby Murray Curry (vegan)	£4.40
Steak Slice	£2.30
Sausage Roll	£1.75

Pre-orders being taken.

Contacts / Officials

Planner: Richard Sansbury chair@

Controller: Mike Kite (WIM)

Organiser: Karen Lewis secretary@

Important Event Information

Safety and Risk: A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. All participants must report to download whether they finish their course or not.

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Safeguarding: QO is aware of it's responsibilities in safeguarding and child protection. To comply with The Child Safeguarding Practice Review and Relevant Agency (England) Regulations 2018, we now provide an email address for individuals to report concerns to the Lead Safeguarding Officer. This address is safeguarding@britishorienteering.org.uk.

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