Jan Kjellström
International Festival
of Orienteering 2019
South Central Orienteering Association
19th April - 22nd April
South Central Orienteering Association 19th April - 22nd April

Day 3 – Long Distance Race (Cold Ash)

Location:

Cold Ash is to the North-West of Thatcham with easy access from the M4 junction 13. 

Parking and Assembly for this event is in a long field to the North East of the area accessed via a farm track.

Starts will be no more than 100m walk from the Assembly field.

Very large campervans will now also be able to park in the same place as everyone else, due to tracking having been laid down.

Terrain:

Cold Ash is an area of mixed woodland. The area has several gently sloping hills and a fairly extensive path network. 

Map:

1:15,000 and 1:10,000 with 5m contour detail.  Remapped in 2018 by Peel Land Surveys to ISOM2017 using LIDAR data.

Classes:

A and B classes in each of M/W 10, 12, 14, 16

E, L and S classes in each of M/W 18, 20

E, L, S and V classes in M/W 21

L and S classes in each of M/W 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, and M75

W75, M80, W80, M85, W85, M90, W90

Colour classes - White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green

Start Times:

First starts 10.00, last starts 14.00.

Normally 50% of entries ask for Middle start block. So Early block will be 10.00 to about 11.00 and Late block
about 13.00 to 14.00

Definitions:

E = Elite

L = Long; S = Short; V = Very Short - same technical difficulty but different length courses

A and B (for junior courses) are similar to L and S, but the B course will be both shorter and less technical than A.

Colour classes

White course - around 1½km very easy

Yellow - around 2½km easy

Orange - around 3km moderate difficulty

Light green - around 4km hard

Clothing:

British Orienteering requires that all competitors wear clothing that fully covers the torso and legs. There may also be a requirement to carry a hooded waterproof top. If required, there will be notices.

Dogs:

Dogs are permitted in the Assembly/Car Park field but not on the courses.   We ask that if you bring your dog that you keep it on a lead in the Assembly area and clear up after them.

Officials:

Organiser: Fiona Clough

Planners: Roger Thetford and Katy Stubbs

Controller: Mike Forrest


Approximate course lengths subject to final controlling

Course Classes Distance
km
Climb
m
Controls Scale Paper
1 M21E 17.8 500 41 1:15,000 A3
2 W21E 12.1 340 29 1:15,000 A3
3 M18E M20E 12.5 320 29 1:15,000 A3
4 W18E W20E 8.2 215 23 1:15,000 A4
5 M21L 14.7 375 36 1:15,000 A3
6 M35L M40L 11.9 325 26 1:15,000 A3
7 M18L M20L M21S W21L 9.1 255 23 1:15,000 A4
8 W35L W40L 8.1 225 24 1:15,000 A4
9 M18S M20S M21V W18L W20L W21S 6.2 175 19 1:15,000 A4
10 M45L 10.8 280 29 1:10,000 A3
11 M50L 9.9 275 29 1:10,000 A3
12 M55L 9.7 260 27 1:10,000 A3
13 M60L 8.7 245 22 1:10,000 A3
14 M16A M35S M40S W45L 8.0 220 23 1:10,000 A4
15 M65L 7.3 180 23 1:10,000 A4
16 M45S M50S W50L 7.3 200 24 1:10,000 A4
17 M70L W55L 7.0 175 24 1:10,000 A4
18 M55S W16A W60L 6.2 220 19 1:10,000 A4
19 M75L M60S W65L W35S W40S 5.5 155 16 1:10,000 A4
20 M65S W70L W45S W50S 5.0 115 15 1:10,000 A4
21 M80 M70S M75S W75 W18S W20S W21V W55S W60S 3.8 120 14 1:10,000 A4
22 M85 M90 W80 W65S W70S 3.3 55 14 1:10,000 A4
23 W85 W90 2.2 45 10 1:10,000 A4
24 M14A M16B 5.8 145 22 1:10,000 A4 x 2
25 W14A W16B 3.8 95 14 1:10,000 A4
26 M12A M14B W12A W14B 3.4 65 16 1:10,000 A4
27 M10A M12B W10A W12B Yellow 2.9 55 14 1:10,000 A4
28 M10B W10B White 1.9 40 14 1:10,000 A4
29 Light Green 3.5 85 15 1:10,000 A4
30 Orange 3.3 65 16 1:10,000 A4