TRAILO

PLEASE NOTE: The PreO competition has been moved from Day2 to Day3 in order to make use of better terrain for the competition

Day 1: TempO at Brunel University

Organiser: Stu Levene, (Happy Herts OC)
Planner:     Scott Collier (KERNO)
Controller: Charles Bromley Gardner (British Army OC)
Mapping:   Graham Gristwood

Competition Area: The competition will be held at Brunel University London. Brunel is a compact urban campus consisting mostly of hard surfaces with some grassed areas.

Embargo: This competition area is embargoed. Access is only allowed along public roads. Anybody who may need access to the area and wishes to remain competitive should contact the British Orienteering Events & Competitions Committee. For further details click here.

Courses: There will be one course

Parking: On campus at the main event Car Park

Start & Finish: Approximately 500m from the event Arena 

Start times: TBC

Day 3: PreO at Leechpool

Organiser: Stu Levene, (Happy Herts OC)
Planner:     Ian Ditchfield (Mole Valley OC) and Peter Huzan (South London Orienteers)
Controller: Dick Keighley (Wimborne OC)
Mapping:   TBC

Competition Area: Leechpool is close to Holmbush & St Leonards, the FootO competition area for the day and has been selected because of its relevance for this format of event.

Embargo: This competition area is embargoed. Access is only allowed along public roads. Anybody who may need access to the area and wishes to remain competitive should contact the British Orienteering Events & Competitions Committee. For further details click here.

Courses: There will be two courses - Standard and Elite

Parking: Approximately 5km from the main event car park

Start & Finish: Close to Car Parking

Start times: TBC

Entries: should be made using the links given on the Entries page. Both competitions will be timed so that competitors can walk round their course after completing their FootO run on both days. Please try to arrange your FootO Start times early enough to enable you to do this.

Trail Orienteering is a sport offered to people with widely differing physical abilities, including those with severely restricted mobility, who all compete on equal terms. Competitors travel along a track or marked route and study clusters of control markers placed in the terrain. They are issued with a very detailed map and control descriptions. A compass is also a necessity. With these aids competitors must decide which (if any) of the markers relates to the feature depicted by the centre of the circle.

TrailO is an individual sport and consultation or discussion is not allowed on the course, nor are decisions to be communicated to any other competitor. Competitors in TrailO are not allowed to go into the terrain but must stay on the paths or marked routes.

For those coming to a TrailO event for the first time we strongly recommend you read the introduction to TrailO on the British Orienteering website and Brian Parker's very informative “Introduction to TrailO” to be found on the IOF website