An urban event on a new map by award-winning mapper Rod Postlethwaite. This will be a Regional event and part of the West Midlands Urban League for 2025.
Courses will be available to suit beginners as well as experienced orienteers.
Venue: Assembly (including Enquiries, Registration and Download) and parking will be at the Telford Park School, Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford
Postcode: TF3 1FA
Entries: via Fabian4 (click/tap logo below), closing at midnight (end of) Sunday 29 June. There will be limited map availability for entry on the day.
Fees: Seniors £10 (£12 for non-BOF members), Juniors £4
Start: Close to Assembly. Starts available from 10:30-12:30. Courses close 2.00pm
Finish: Close to Assembly
Courses: A full range of courses for the West Midlands Urban League (WMUL) will be available.
If you wish to be competitive in the WMUL, you should enter by your age category as below; otherwise you may choose to run any course.
| Course | Distance (km)* | Controls** | League age groups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.5 | 32** | Men Open 18-35 (MO) |
| 2 | 6.2 | 29** | Men Vets 40+ (MV), Women Open 18-35 (WO) |
| 3 | 5.6 | 25 | Men Super Vets 55+ (MSV), Women Vets 40+ (WV) |
| 4 | 4.3 | 22 | Men Ultra Vets M65+ (MUV), Women Super Vets 55+ (WSV) |
| 5 | 3.6 | 19 | Men Hyper Vets 75+ (MHV), Women Ultra Vets 65+ (WUV), Women Hyper Vets 75+ (WHV) |
| 6 | 3.0 | 19 | Junior Men 16- (MJ), Junior Women 16- (WJ) |
| 7 | 1.4 | 13 | Young Junior Men 12- (MYJ), Young Junior Women 12- (WYJ) |
*Distances are “straight line” – expect actual running distances to be around 30% longer – and subject to final controlling.
** Note that Course 1 has 32 controls and Course 2 has 29. If you usually run with a Series 5 SI card (numbered between 1 ~ 499,999), which are limited to 30 punches, you should request a hire card (this is necessary on Course 1 and encouraged on Course 2 – in case of shortage we will prioritise entrants on Course 1). Hire cards are not SIAC (contactless).
Course 7 does not cross any roads. Course 6 crosses minor estate roads only. All others cross two ‘busier’ roads and are not suitable for unaccompanied juniors.
Punching: Sportident electronic punching will be used. Controls will be SIAC enabled but you will need to punch both the Start and the Finish controls. Dibbers (non-SIAC) available to hire at £1 for Seniors, free for Juniors. Lost dibbers will be charged at £40.
Safety: competitors take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety. Please take care crossing roads, and take corners wide to avoid collisions, especially when entering and leaving alleyways. Please remember to download after your run, or you will be deemed as missing and a search will take place for you. Shorts are permitted.
Toilets: in the school building
Organiser: Adrian Pickles
Planner: Clive Richardson
Controller: Henry Morgan (POTOC)
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 follows:
- Summary results as PDF to view or download
- Full results with splits as HTML
- BOF results with ranking points
- RouteGadget
- WMUL results and points
