An ideal event for newcomers to try orienteering, based at the Shrewsbury Sports Village in Sundorne.
This will be a “sprint” style event, with three short courses available.
Venue: Shrewsbury Sports Village, Sundorne
Postcode: SY1 4RQ
Travel: The Sports Village is easily accessed from the B5062 off the A49 Shrewsbury by-pass. Follow signs for the Sports Village and park in the main car park.
Once there, enter the Sports Village building by the main entrance and go to the front verandah area to the left of the cafe where we will have set up our registration and enquiries.
Courses:
Course 1: 1.3km
Course 2: 1.3km
Course 3: 2.0km
All courses together 4.6km.
Entries: on the day only, from 3.15pm – 7.00pm. Courses close 8.00pm.
Entry fees:
Seniors (over 20) £5
Juniors £1
Families (sharing one map) £5.
Start: adjacent to Registration
Finish: near to Registration and Download
Map: 1:4000 surveyed and redrawn by Rod Postlethwaite, 2024
Terrain: the area includes some woodland so full leg cover is recommended. The ground is mostly soft but there are some hard surfaces (tarmac/concrete) so spikes are not recommended.
Facilities: There are toilets and a cafe within the Sports Village. We will have First Aid available in the Download/Enquiries area, provided by Wrekin Orienteers club members.
Officials: Organiser and Planner: Richard Lewis
Other: Please be mindful that the centre is also used for other sports.
Medical information
If you wish any medical information to be available to a practitioner in the event of an emergency, please fill in the British Orienteering medical information form, place it in a sealed envelope with your name on it, and deposit it at Enquiries. It will not be opened unless we have reason to believe you may have suffered a medical emergency and will be shredded after the event if you don’t collect it.
Results are available as a PDF to download or print, or in HTML format with splits.
Thanks to all who came and picked the gaps between the showers (or didn’t, but had a good time anyway). Everyone enjoyed the sprint format – we look forward to more at Lilleshall soon!
Apologies to anyone who got a splits print-out with one leg showing minus 718 minutes or some such – no, you did not run faster than the speed of light, and yes, it has been corrected in the published results!
