The South East Orienteering Association on behalf of the

British Orienteering Federation welcomes you to the

2006 British Orienteering Championships

On 1st and 2nd April 2006 at Midhurst, West Sussex

Including The British Elite Championship (Long)

The British Senior Championship The British Junior Championship The British Relay Championship

The British Trail - O Championship

Incorporating The UK Cup

The Future Champions Cup

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CONTENTS SECTION NAME PAGE NO SECTION NAME PAGE NO WELCOME 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 OFFICIALS 5 GENERAL INFORMATION 6 The Area 6 Traders 6 Pubs 22 Restaurants 22 Accommodation 23 Places To Visit 23 Tourist Information 23 Supermarkets 23 ORIENTEERING INFORMATION 6 Enquiries 6 SI Cards 6 Safety & First Aid 6 Complaints and Protests 7 Drugs 7 Litter 7 Trophy Return 7 Photography 7 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP – SATURDAY 1ST APRIL 8 Travel Directions 8 Car Park 8 Parking 8 Dogs 8 Safety & First Aid 8 Clothing Transfer 8 Assembly Area 9 Enquiries 9 Elite Runners 9 Terrain 9 Out of Bounds 10 Compulsory Routes 10 Field Crossings 10 Map 10 Special Map Symbols 10 Drinks Stations 11 Control Descriptions 11 Special Control Symbols 11 Starts 11 Late Start Procedure 11

Shadowing of Junior Competitors 11 Elite Start 12

Courses 12 Finish, Download, Map Deposit and Reclaim 12

Colour-Coded Registration 12 String Course 13 Entry On The Day 13 Results 13 Overdue Competitors 13 Prize Giving 13 Relay Registration 14 RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY 2ND APRIL 15 Travel Directions 15 Parking 15 Dogs 15 Assembly Area 15 Toilet Facilities 15 Traders 15 Layout 16 Enquiries 16 Safety & First Aid 16 Terrain 17 Map 17 Control Descriptions 17 Spectator Control 17 Race/Team Numbers and SI Cards 18 Course Details 18 Start Times 18 Call-Up and Map Issue 19 Changeover and Finish 19 Map Collection 19 Mini Mass Starts 19 Prize Giving 19 TRAIL - O CHAMPIONSHIP – SATURDAY 1ST APRIL 20 What Is Trail - O? 20 Venue 20 Car Parking 20 Registration Point 20 Course Details 20 Classes 20 Entries 20 Registration Point 21 Control Cards 21 Decision Points 21 Timed Controls 21 Assistance 21 Results 21 Complaints 21

WELCOME FROM … BOF - Welcome & Thanks I want to welcome everyone to BOC 2006 - I hope you enjoy your weekend of competition, meeting old friends and seeing the sights. Having not been in this part of the world since the JK in nearby Charlton Forest in the late 1980s, I am looking forward to returning there. On behalf of all competitors, I express appreciation to SEOA and the many helpers who will be involved in staging the weekend for us. Congratulations to them for opening up a new area for the sport and also for completing all the negotiations that were required to stage the events at Midhurst at this time of the year. It has been a busy time for SEOA in the last year or so, with them also having staged the highly successful World Cup events in April & May last year. Many thanks, indeed. Bob Roach, BOF Chairman SEOA It has been quite a couple of years or so for the SEOA and, fresh from staging one of the most ambitious and ground-breaking events ever put on in the UK last spring, we now look forward to the challenge of holding the British Championships only ten months later. On behalf of the SEOA, I welcome you to what I am certain will be a challenging and memorable weekend. Simon Greenwoood, SEOA THE CO-ORDINATOR New orienteering areas in the South-East are difficult to come by and it is only because of the generosity and understanding of the landowners, tenants and local residents that we are able to offer this very varied and physically challenging area for you all to enjoy. The area was first looked at in 1984 for the 1988 JK but the complex forest and chestnut coppices were deemed a mapper’s nightmare. Thankfully new OCAD mapping facilities mean that screens can be changed quickly and easily. My sincere thanks go to the team who have worked extremely hard to bring this event to fruition. I am confident that the best possible use has been made of the areas available to us. We all look forward to an excellent Championship programme. I hope that you will enjoy your weekend. The rolling countryside of the South Downs is delightful and offers a variety of places to see. The area is well served by welcoming country pubs and restaurants. These and other places of interest are listed on pages 22 and 23 in the programme. Gary D Strowbridge (GO), Co-ordinator

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BOC 2006 would like to thank the following for their assistance in the staging of this event:

Viscount Cowdray Mr R Windle, Cowdray Estate Mrs B Chatfield, Cowdray Estate Mr D MacDonald, Cowdray Estate Mr J Caulfeild Mr J Blackburn Mrs Stewart Mr R Barnes Mr M Cam Mrs H Harley, National Trust Mrs E Hollis Mr P Gammons Mr R Mariner Mr M Monk-Terry, Sussex Wildlife Trust Mr R Free, Sussex Wildlife Trust Mr E Liddle, Protec Security Ltd Mr D Liverton

Mr & Mrs Hirst, Kings Arms, Fernhurst Mr A Kent Mr Cameron, Red Lion, Fernhurst Mrs D McKay Mr K Hubbard Mr N Brown Mr K Parks Mr A Wilson-Smith Mrs A Brockhurst St John Ambulance, Chichester Division West Sussex County Council Sussex Police Chichester & Midhurst District Scouts 12th Chichester Scout Group Acorn Press AquAid Limited Seaford College

Many thanks go to all the residents in the competition area for their patience and kindness, and to our sponsors and members of all SEOA clubs for their help.

OFFICIALS

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Gary Strowbridge GO Co-ordinator

(gary@boc2006.co.uk) Sue Pearson SO Organiser, Individual Day

(sue@boc2006.co.uk) Neil & Sue Crickmore SO Planners, Individual Day Steve McKinley SN Controller, Individual Day Neil Harwood GO Organiser, Relay Day

(neil@boc2006.co.uk) Tim Denton GO Planner, Relay Day Ian and Caroline Moran SOC Controllers, Relay Day Simon Ling MV Organiser, Trail – O

(simon@boc2006.co.uk) Julianna Grant MV Planner, Trail - O Dick Keighley WIM Controller, Trail - O Barrie Pearson SO Treasurer Roger Maher SO Mapper Jon Darley GO Technical Officer Vince Roper SLOW Equipment Officer Peter Chapman SO Safety Officer Safestart Entries / Start lists Ian Watson MDOC On-Line Entries Michael Napier NOC Results service Ian & Jon Marsden HH Control Monitoring Services

GENERAL INFORMATION The Area Distinctive and historic, the market town of Midhurst is set amid the stunning backdrop of the South Downs. Midhurst, recently voted the most pleasant of towns in England by the readers of ‘Country Life’, is home to Cowdray Park and the annual polo Gold Cup. The South Downs Area of Outstanding National Beauty, now a proposed National Park, runs from Winchester in neighbouring Hampshire down to Eastbourne on the East Sussex coast. Famous for its 100-mile National Trail, the South Downs Way, it attracts visitors all the year round who walk, cycle or ride all or part of the route, enjoying the stunning views of the English Channel. Visit the South Downs website for more information. (From www.visitsussex.org) The Cowdray Estate has been in the ownership of the Pearson family since 1908 when it was bought by the first Viscount Cowdray. The current owner is his great grandson, the fourth Viscount Cowdray. Presently, the Estate is well known for its polo and its cottages which have bright yellow paintwork and can be easily identified around Midhurst. The yellow was a political statement by the Second Viscount Cowdray and has stuck ever since. For more information look at www.cowdray.co.uk For a list of recommended pubs, restaurants, places to visit, tourist offices and location of supermarkets, see inside back cover. Traders The usual O-traders will be in attendance at the events. Wilf’s will provide the main on-site catering. The 12th Chichester Scout Group will have a food stall, please support them.

ORIENTEERING INFORMATION Enquiries Enquiries will be open from 10:30 until 18:00 on Saturday and from 08:00 on Sunday. All competitors who have a balance to pay, need to hire an SI card or wish to purchase an event programme should go to Enquiries in good time. SI Cards The Sportident (SI) system is being used. The responsibility to ‘dib’ correctly is with the competitor. A control unit will ‘beep’ and the small light on top will flash. Either of these signals will indicate a successful ‘dib’. If you are unsure of a ‘dib’ please use the back-up pin punch attached to the metal stake to record your visit by punching your map in the boxes provided. Please report any problems with punching at the Download tent. Hired SI cards can be collected from Enquiries on the Individual day. Any outstanding hire fees must be paid before the cards can be released. It is your responsibility to check that you have the correct SI number. Only one competitor may use the SI card per day. If you have hired a card for both days, do not hand in your card at the end of the first day, but return it when you download after your race on Sunday. Otherwise, please return your card to the finish team after your run on Saturday. Lost SI cards will result in a charge of £18. Safety & First Aid

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Competitors are reminded that they are primarily responsible for their own safety and take part at their own risk. Full leg cover is obligatory and whistles should be carried. All competitors must visit the Finish and report to the Download tent. The Landowner of the Cowdray Estate will not be held liable for any accident, loss or damage to persons or property. St John Ambulance will

be in attendance on both days to assist with minor injuries. There are Accident & Emergency Departments at St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester (follow A286 southbound) and The Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford (follow A286 northbound and then A3 toward London). There are doctors’ surgeries at Midhurst (01730 812121), Petworth (01798 342248) and Haslemere (01483 783000). Complaints and Protests (BOF Rule 9) Any competitor who wishes to make a complaint should go to Enquiries to discuss the matter with the Organiser. If after consultation the complainant is unhappy with the decision, he/she may wish to raise a protest. Protests should be made in writing to the Controller accompanied by a fee of £5 (refundable if the protest is upheld). The protest will be dealt with in alignment with BOF rule 9.3. If required a Jury will convene and a written report will be prepared. Drugs If the National Drug Testing Unit is in attendance, anyone asked to provide a test specimen will be chaperoned until able to do so. The Dugs Testing Officials will choose competitors at random and if chosen, your cooperation is requested. Litter Grazing animals will use the Saturday Assembly Area and the Relay Car Parking fields once we have finished with them. Please make sure you remove all litter, in particular all safety pins and pieces of tape. Waste bags will be provided at a number of points, please use them. Chichester District Council operate a recycling scheme and there will be designated bags and bins for the recycling of plastic bottles and metal drinks cans. Trophy Return BOC trophy holders will have been contacted by BOF to remind them to return the trophies. It is expected that they will have been cleaned and returned in good condition. If you cannot return a trophy personally, then please arrange for someone who is competing to do so. Trophies are to be returned to the marquee in the Assembly Area on Saturday. Photography An official photographer will be present at each prize giving. Should anyone object to their photograph being used for publicity purposes, please contact BOF.

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INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP – SATURDAY 1st APRIL

Travel Directions From London and the north take the A3 south to Hindhead. Take the A287 towards Haslemere then the A286 to Midhurst. The event will be signposted from the centre of Fernhurst. From the west, east and south take the A272 to Midhurst and follow ‘O’ signs northwards on the A286. The nearest railway station is Haslemere (7.5km), serviced by South West Trains. Stage Coach Bus Service (route 70 - Guildford to Midhurst) stops at Haslemere Station and at the junction of the road leading to the car park, opposite the Kings Arms. North Start - 850m, no climb Car Park

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ermitted in the Car Park and Assembly Area but must remain on leads at all times.

d First Aid stem will operate. Solo competitors may leave their car keys and/or some item of quiries. Please provide an envelope for these items and write your name, club, class

me on the front. Please leave an emergency contact name and number inside. from the car park takes competitors along the wide grass verge of the A286. There is . Whilst this road is only reasonably busy, cars tend to travel along it at speed. e all reasonable care and ONLY CROSS AT THE MANNED MARSHALLED G POINT. three road crossings on the senior courses. Two cross a minor single track road and c is light please cross with care. The longer courses have to cross a busier road and ated crossing point will be marshalled. log piles and farm machinery in the competition area. Please do not climb on these. g Common is a popular spot for walkers and horse riders. Please show the usual ion and courtesy. bly/Finish Area has recently been used for grazing horses. bulance will be in attendance. They will have a First Aid tent close to the Finish and nce will be stationed on a track a short distance from the Assembly Area en route to

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The usual traders will be present. Commentary will be provided. The marquee (shown as PSBT on the layout) will be available for shelter and will include the BOF and sponsors’ stands, trophy return and will be used for prize giving. Enquiries The Enquiries tent will be located in a tent beside the Colour-Coded Registration tent and the Relay Registration tent. Elite Runners Elite competitors are required to wear a competition number. These will be located at the Elite pre-start. Runners are required to consult a list, select the correct number and then proceed to the start. Safety pins will be provided on the bib. An Elite runner without a number may not be permitted to start. The bibs should not be folded so as to obscure the sponsors’ logos. A special warm-up area has been mapped for the competitors on courses 1 - 4, this area is close to the Assembly Area and maps can be collected from Enquiries. The map has been drawn in the same style as the competition map and two controls will be placed in this area on features similar to those likely to be encountered on your course. Terrain

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Together Furnace Wood, Woolbeding and Great Commons provide a varied range of orienteering experiences. The physical challenge of a 100m scarp slope; high visibility heath land with intricate ground detail; mature, flat, pine forest and for some courses a first chance to visit Great Common ahead of the Relays. Some parts of the area are brashed and where this is heavy the terrain is mapped with vertical green hatching. Large rhododendron bushes are

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mapped as thickets whereas individual holly bushes are not. Larger expanses of holly are mapped with the difficult to run screen, unless they are so thick as to warrant the impassable screen. On Woolbeding Common large patches of gorse are mapped as thickets with smaller patches mapped as scattered trees. The individual tree symbol is usually used to depict a yew tree or a tree with a girth and height considerably greater than the surrounding trees. A large part of the area has seen mining activity in the past and as a result there is much ground detail, where this has been impossible to map, the broken ground symbol has been used. Forestry work is ongoing in Furnace Wood in particular and many extraction lanes have been created, in most cases these have not been mapped except where they have taken on the appearance of a more permanent path. Out of Bounds Some of the fields, areas of settlement and large patches of heath land are out of bounds to competitors. These are marked on the map by either black or purple vertical hatching or the olive green settlement screen. For clarity purposes fields that are out of bounds will not show the hatching extending right to the edge of the field – i.e. the fence boundary. The entire field, though, is out of bounds. Where competitors must go one particular side of an out of bounds area the connection line will be bent around the out of bounds area. Where competitors have a choice of which way to go round such an area the connection line will be broken either side of the area. Note that all settlements and associated roads and driveways are out of bounds. Compulsory Routes through Woolbeding Common Because of nesting birds we are not allowed to use sections of Woolbeding Common. However, various courses must cross these sections. Controls have been placed on either side of the sensitive areas and a direct path route exists between these controls. The path route will not be taped but you must stick to the paths – it is the optimum route! Field Crossings There are a number of fields on the area which will be crossed by many of the courses. Some of the fences bordering the fields can be crossed at any point whereas other fences can only be crossed at marked crossing points. If a fence along a given side of a field has a crossing point shown you must use it, if not you can cross wherever you can. Where the use of a particular crossing point is obvious the connecting line will be bent to pass through this point, where competitors have a choice of crossing points the line will be broken as it crosses the fence. The farmers have been very obliging and wherever possible they have moved their sheep, cattle and horses for us. If your course crosses a field with livestock, please be careful and make sure any gate you open is firmly closed behind you. Any damage to fences must be reported to the Organiser. Map This area is new for orienteering. The area was surveyed and the map drawn by Roger Maher in 2005 with updates by the Planners and Controllers. Contour intervals are at 5m. On each map there will be boxes in which to punch in the event that an SI unit fails. The maps will be overprinted and bagged. They will be at a scale of 1:15,000 or 1:10,000 and A3 size. There is a partial legend of unusual symbols on the front of the map. A limited number of full legends are available from enquiries. Note that power lines are NOT shown on the map. Special Map Symbols Open black circle = post Black cross = hide or other wooden structure Open blue circle = concrete well cover Blue cross = a cattle trough Open green circle = distinctive tree Green cross = root stock

Drink Stations There will be three drinks stations in the forest and these will be shown on the overprinted map. Courses over 6.5km (except M21N) will pass one of the drinks stations at a distance into their course as shown in the course details table. Bottled water will be distributed to finishers after the exit from the map deposit. Control Descriptions IOF symbol descriptions will be used for all courses, additionally, courses 27, 28 and 29 will have written control descriptions. Descriptions will be printed on the front of each map; loose copies of control descriptions will only be available in the start lanes. The size of each description is given in the course detail table. Note: The locations of the road crossings are NOT shown on the description sheet. The marshalled road crossing on courses 1, 2, 3, and 5 is immediately after the drinks point. Special Control Symbols

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Open black circle = post Note from Controller: The multitude of features that makes this area such an enticing opportunity for orienteering, also brings a small problem, sometimes it is difficult to draw a control site and describe it. The planners have done their utmost to try and use the best of the areas within the spirit of fairness; however competitors should be aware that the use of "middle" has in part been interpreted as not representing another feature that could otherwise have been described as northern, north eastern and south western, etc. Clarity has been added to the control descriptions, using column F, by giving additional dimensional data when appropriate. In this example, depressions 1-6 could all be described using the cardinal descriptors, leaving only “A” as the middle depression. Starts Starts times are from 12:00 until 16:00 and will be allocated as per BOF Rule 8.1 and Appendix L. There are two starts; the south start is 200m from the Assembly Area along a forest track and the north start is 850m across fields. There will be no toilets at either start. SI clear stations will be positioned at the exit to the Assembly Area and further clear stations will be found in the pre-start area. Please clear before entering the start lanes. Start lists will be available in the Assembly Area and near the pre-starts. Competitors will be called up at -4 minutes, checked off the start list and SI cards checked electronically. At –3 minutes loose control descriptions can be collected. There will be a further electronic SI card check at -1 minute. It will be a timed start for all competitors (including colour coded courses). Colour Coded courses will have a separate start lane from -3 minutes. Late Start Procedure: Late starters will be started in the next available time slot. Their actual start time will be noted but it will not be changed. Shadowing of Junior Competitors: This is not allowed on Championship courses. Anyone wishing to remain competitive must have completed their own course before shadowing a competitor on a colour coded course.

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Elite Start: Courses 1- 4 have a separate pre-start adjacent to the main south start. Competitor numbers can be collected at this pre-start. Courses The details of the courses are as follows: No Classes Distance

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m Scale Drinks

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Men Women 1 M21E 14.2 440 1:15,000 7.6 177 x 53 S 2 W21E 9.5 330 1:15,000 5.8 165 x 53 S 3 M20E 11.1 320 1:15,000 7.4 159 x 53 S 4 W20E 7.4 300 1:15,000 3.7 117 x 53 S 5 M21L 12.2 400 1:15,000 5.9 147 x 53 S 6 M35L 10.7 380 1:15,000 5.7 159 x 53 N 7 M20L, M40L 10.1 395 1:15,000 5.4 156 x 53 N 8 M18L, M21S W21L 8.0 335 1:15,000 1.8 149 x 53 S 9 M35S W35L 7.4 310 1:15,000 1.7 138 x 53 S

10 M20S, M40S W20L,W40L 6.5 290 1:15,000 2.0 134 x 53 S 11 M18S,M21V W18L,W21S 5.5 235 1:15,000 127 x 53 S 12 W20S,W35S,W40S 4.7 150 1:15,000 106 x 53 S 13 M45L 8.3 355 1:10,000 2.0 165 x 53 S 14 M50L 7.8 340 1:10,000 1.7 141 x 53 S 15 M55L 7.4 310 1:10,000 1.7 135 x 53 S 16 M16A,M60L 6.5 315 1:10,000 2.0 127 x 53 S 17 M45S W45L 6.2 215 1:10,000 121 x 53 S 18 M65L,M50S W50L 5.4 225 1:10,000 134 x 53 S 19 M55S W55L 4.6 190 1:10,000 115 x 53 S 20 M70L,M60S W16A,W60L,W65L 4.2 205 1:10,000 107 x 53 S

21 M75L,M80, M65S

W70L,W18S,W21V,W45S, W50S

4.1 190 1:10,000

113 x 53 S

22 M70S,M75S W75,W80,W55S,W60S,W65S,W70S

3.3 95 1:10,000

130 x 53 S

23 M21N 6.7 210 1:10,000 93 x 53 N 24 W21N 3.9 115 1:10,000 93 x 53 N 25 M14A, M16B 4.4 180 1:10,000 109 x 53 S 26 W14A, W16B 3.6 170 1:10,000 97 x 53 S 27 M12A, M14B W12A,W14B 3.2 80 1:10,000 75 x 65 N 28 M10A,M12B W10A,W12B 2.4 80 1:10,000 90 x 65 N 29 M10B W10B 1.9 50 1:10,000 90 x 65 N

Courses close at 18:00. Finish, Download, Map Deposit and Reclaim The run-in from the final control will be taped to the Finish. The Finish is registered by electronic punching and not a run across the line. Once you have punched, please proceed to the Download tent. Anyone with a query will be guided to the query desk. Hired SI cards are to be handed in unless they are being used for the relays. All competitors must report to the Finish, even if they retire. All maps must be deposited in the relevant club bag. Maps may be reclaimed after 16:00 by a club representative. Colour-Coded Registration

Registration: between 12:00 and 15:00. Start times: from 12:30 to 15:30. Courses available: White, Yellow, Orange and Red. Cost: £4 for seniors, £2 for juniors and students. SI Hire: £1 hire charge, £18 for lost cards.

A registration form is to be completed and you will be allocated a start time. Please take the slip with your allocated time to the Start with you. All colour-coded courses use the North Start.

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Please make sure you clear your SI card in the boxes provided on the way to the Start or before the pre-start. There will be a call up at -4 minutes, please hand over your slip to the start official at this time. Bagged, overprinted maps with written control descriptions will be issued at the Start, no loose control descriptions will be available. Maps will be 1:10,000 scale and A4 size for white, yellow and orange courses and A3 for red. After you have finished your run and downloaded, maps will be collected. Please write your name on your map with the pen provided in the Map Deposit Area and deposit your map in the appropriate colour-coded bag. Maps may be reclaimed after 16:00. String Course This will be 50m from the Assembly Area and available from 12:00 to 16:00. SI punching will be used and SI cards will be issued to competitors at the String Course registration. There is no hire charge but there will be a charge of £18 for lost SI cards. Safety: There is a large water feature in the vicinity of the string course. This will be taped off. Entry On The Day There will be no entry on the day for the BOC courses. Results Provisional results will be posted on the results board at regular intervals during the day. Complete results will be displayed at the Relay Assembly Area on Sunday. Full results will be displayed on the website and printed copies will be posted to those who have requested them on the entry form. Overdue Competitors If anyone is concerned about an overdue competitor, they should go to Enquiries. Details will be taken and the Organiser contacted. Appropriate action will then be taken. Prize Giving

Prize giving will take place in the marquee as soon as the results are available. An official photographer will be present. In line with the BOF Development Committee directive the award ceremony at BOC/BEOC 2006 will concentrate on those who are British Champions i.e. winners of E, L and A Classes. Prizes will be awarded to the first three competitors on the Elite, A and L courses, (except M/W20L and M/W21L). There will be two prize giving ceremonies. The first will be for the British Elite and British Junior Championships. The Elite class winners will receive their awards first, followed by the Junior A and L classes. Elite class winners of each course will be called to stand on a podium to receive their awards. The Junior class winners will have the boys and girls presentations combined, using two podia. The second prize giving ceremony will be for the British Senior Championship which will follow the same format as the Junior Championship. Mementoes will be awarded to the winners of the M/W20L, M/W21L, V, & N courses and all S and B courses. These can be collected after the Senior Champions prize giving from the prize giving area or from Enquiries at the Relays. If for some reason, you are unable to collect your prize, please arrange for someone to collect it on your behalf. Unclaimed prizes may be collected from Enquiries at the Relay event. Thereafter, please contact the co-ordinator to arrange collection. The British Trail – O Championship prize giving ceremony will be combined with the Elite and Junior Champions prize giving.

Relay Registration Relay registration will be sited near Enquiries. It will be open on Saturday 1st April from 14:00 to 17:00. Team declaration forms should be completed in full, with details of BOF and SI card numbers. Competitors hiring SI cards for the individual race should use this one for the relays. Completed forms will be exchanged for a team bag containing race numbers and safety pins. Please register as early as possible. Any subsequent changes to the teams should notified using the Change of Declaration form. There may be a limited number of late entries available.

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RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY 2nd APRIL Travel Directions Please do not approach the area from the south. The event must be approached from either Liphook, to the north-west, or Haslemere to the north-east. From the centre of Liphook, follow signs to ‘Store’ and ‘Station’. Take the minor road south-east past the Railway Station (signposted Hollycoombe). After 4 km turn left to Redford. The car park is on the left, 1 km south of Redford. From Haslemere, continue south on the A286 to Fernhurst. Turn right in the village, signposted ‘Redford and Milland’. After 2 km turn left to Redford. After another kilometre turn left to Redford. The car park is on the left, 1 km south of Redford. NB: Do not approach Redford from the south, through Woolbeding village. This is a sunken, single-track lane with passing places and will quickly ‘jam-up’. Parking The car park is at grid reference 133/SU868248 in grazed fields. Park as directed by Marshals. A parking fee of £1.00 per car or £2.00 per minibus will be collected at the gate. There will be an area close to the gate for dropping off club-tents. Deposited tents will be carried round to the Assembly Area by the Event Officials. There will be at least two transfers of club tents with the last one being at 09:00. They can be collected close to the Traders’ area. The return service will be offered after the prize giving. If using this service, please ensure your tent is clearly labelled. Minibuses will be accommodated in the Relay car park. Coaches cannot use the Relay car park. Anyone wishing to bring a coach should contact Neil Harwood, Organiser, Relay Day (neil@boc2006.co.uk). Dogs Dogs are permitted in the Car Park but must remain on leads at all times due to the presence of livestock in adjacent fields. Assembly Area Please note the Assembly Area is 1.8 km from the edge of the car-park. Please allow plenty of time. The route to the Assembly Area crosses the National Trust land of Woolbeding Common, on established footpaths. The route will be marked with canes. Please do not leave the paths, which cross sensitive land with rare nesting birds (Dartford Warbler, Woodlark and Nightjar). There is one stile on the way. We have arranged an ‘O’ - exercise for younger orienteers, hopefully to keep them watchful and amused on the 1.8 km walk to the Assembly Area. This will take the form of “spot-and-identify-the-control”; also a “safari” for even younger orienteers. Pick up the map pack for these activities at the exit gate at the northern edge of the car-park field. The Assembly Area is situated on an area of rough-open land inside the forest. It has a covering of dead bracken, but fortunately no other undergrowth. It also contains young saplings protected by 1.2 m high plastic tubes at widely spaced intervals. Please take care to avoid damaging the live saplings. It is possible to pitch tents right over a tree, giving plenty of peripheral space. Toilet Facilities: these will be available close to the Assembly Area, with a limited number in the Car Park. Traders: the usual O - traders will be sited on the walk from the car park 200 m before the Assembly Area.

Assembly Area Layout

Enquiries Enquiries will be located on the track into the Assembly Area and will be open from 08:00. Safety & First Aid The main and minor roads on the northern and eastern margins of the map are out of bounds for competitor’s safety. While the area is high (for the south!) and can be exposed, it is not envisaged that cagoules will be mandatory.

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Terrain The area lies on the southern slope of the main east-west Greensand ridge, with gentle contours incised by two deeper re-entrants. As with the Woolbeding Common area to the west (seen by many during the Individual races), there are areas of intricate contour and ground detail associated with the extraction of ore - look out for boulders, cairns and boulder fields! There are a number of deeper excavations, three of which are mapped as crags. These are genuine and represent hazards. These will be approached from below but, notwithstanding this, we will tape the top edges with black/yellow marker tape – do not cross this. The area is entirely tree-covered with predominantly commercial woodland – chestnut coppice in the west, younger pine plantation in the north, and faster open mature pine to the east. The coppice is actively harvested – indeed there has been considerable recent extraction this month. This (and last) year’s extraction sites have been mapped as open land with a fight undergrowth screen. Passage through these areas is possible, but not for the fainthearted. Elsewhere, conventional runnability screens have been used. The course lengths give an indication of assumed running speeds – this is not a fast southern forest. The area is used for shooting and there are a number of hatchery sites on the map, these should not be entered or disturbed. The main plateau within Woolbeding Common, to the west of the relay competition area, comprises heather and acidic grass heathland and is a significant habitat for Dartford Warbler, Woodlark and, later in the year, Nightjar. The National Trust and English Nature have consented for access through this area between the car park and the race site provided we do not stray from the marked path route through the heathland. Please: No competitor may leave the path to explore the heath, however inviting. Map The map is new for orienteering, was drawn by Roger Maher in 2005, with planners’ and mapper’s updates in 2006. The map scale is 1:10,000. Maps will be printed by laser printer and will be A4 in size. There is no legend on the map, other than non-IOF symbols. Power lines are not shown. Normal convention has been used for thickets – rhododendron thickets are shown as fight and significant holly groundcover as walk. However, individual holly trees are not shown. Contour interval on all maps is 5m. On each map there will be boxes in which to punch should an SI unit fail. The following non-IOF symbols have been utilised:

Black cross = hide or other wooden structure Blue cross = a cattle trough Open green circle = distinctive tree Green cross = root stock

Control Descriptions Control descriptions will be printed on the front of the map itself – All courses will have pictorial descriptions. The junior courses (M, N, and P) as well as shorter less technical legs on Q and R (Technical Difficulty 2 and 3) will also have written descriptions. A black cross symbol X has been used in the descriptions to represent a hide or other unnatural wooden features used as a control site. Spectator Control There will be a spectator control on the Men’s and Women’s Premier Classes, visible from the north-western part of the Assembly Area.

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Race/Team Numbers and SI Cards All runners must wear the correctly coloured team number on their chests so that it is capable of being clearly seen throughout their race. Please use four safety pins and do not fold the team number so as to obscure the sponsors’ logos. The correct colour sequence is LAP 1 – RED, LAP 2 – WHITE, LAP 3 – BLUE. All competitors must use the SI card numbers declared on the Team Declaration sheet. SI cards may be used for one relay run only, and must be used for the leg and team as declared on the declaration form. Any change of runner must be notified using the Change Of Details sheet and handed to Enquiries (open from 08:00 on Relay Day). A list of BOF members and their registered SI cards will be available at Enquiries. Course Details The details of the courses including start times are as follows, subject to final controlling:

Class Code Class

†RWT per lap (min) TD Length

(km) Climb

(m) Start time

A Men’s Premier 32 5 5.4 145 10:30 B Women’s Premier 32 5 4.5 120 10:40 C Men’s Short n/a* 5 3.4 85 11:00 D Women’s Short n/a* 5 2.9 85 11:20 E M40 32 5 4.5 120 10:40 F W40 32 5 3.4 85 11:00 G M50 32 5 4.1 110 11:10 H W50 32 5 2.9 85 11:20 J M/W60 (at least 1 woman) 32 5 3.4,2.9 85 10:50 K M18 25 5 3.4 85 11:00 L W18 25 5 2.9 85 11:20 M M14 18 3 2.7 60 10:20 N W14 22 3 2.7 60 10:20 P M/W12 (Mini Relay) 12 2 2.0 45 10:00

Q Mixed Ad-hoc (no club restriction) 5,5,3 4.1, 2.9, 2.7 110, 85,

60 11:30

R Junior Ad Hoc (M/W 18-) 5,3,2 2.9, 2.7, 2.0 85, 60, 45 10:10

*The Men’s and Women’s Short courses are defined but their length relative to the equivalent Open classes, rather than by RWT. The courses are compliant.

†RWT – recommended winning time for each leg, as per event Guidelines for 2006 Start Times

CLASS STARTMini relay (M/W12 and under) 10:00Junior Ad-hoc (No club restriction) 10:10M14 10:20W14 10:20Men's Premier 10:30Women's Premier 10:40M40 10:40M/W60 (at least one woman) 10:50M18 11:00Men’s Short 11:00W40 11:00M50 11:10W18 11:20Women’s Short 11:20W50 11:20Mixed Ad-hoc (No club restriction) 11:30

Call-up and Map Issue First lap runners will be called up at minus 15 minutes. In order to speed up the mass starts competitors will be called into a collecting pen and sorted into numerical order. All competitors should clear their SI card at the CLEAR boxes just before the Map Issue tent; passing through the tent they will identify themselves to Officials by team number and collect their map. After passing through the tent, SI cards will be checked and the runner will proceed to either the mass start collecting pen or the waiting pen. Maps will be folded and sealed with a label showing Team Number, Class and Lap Number and MUST NOT be opened before the start. There will be random map inspections in the waiting pen and anyone found, or seen, tampering with the map may be disqualified. First lap runners will be called from the collecting pen to the Mass Start area at minus 5 minutes. The 2nd and 3rd lap runners may collect maps, observing the procedure described, at any time after the first leg runner has started their run.

Changeover and Finish The waiting pen overlooks the uphill run in. Competitors will be visible for approximately 100m as they approach the Changeover. We will endeavour to announce incoming runners at their penultimate controls. However, we cannot guarantee all runners being announced and it is the competitors’ responsibility to be at the Changeover on time. There will be an area at the front for smaller runners. Changeover is by touch, after which outgoing runners may open the folded map unit. Incoming runners should continue on to the finish SI box, ‘dib’ their SI card (to record their time) and then follow the route to download. A separate finish lane will be used by final lap runners who should also ‘dib’ their SI card at the finish control before proceeding to download. The Finish order will be determined by the order in which last lap runners cross the Finish Line, not by the order of punching at the finish SI box further on. Last Lap runners then join the queue to download. All courses close at 15:00. Map Collection Maps will be collected from finishers until competitors have started in the final Mini Mass Start. Club bags containing the maps may be collected by a club representative after the final Mini Mass Start. Mini Mass Starts Mini Mass Starts will be held as appropriate and announced over the P.A. system. They will use a punching start. Prize Giving This will be held in the Assembly Area at about 13:30.

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TRAIL – O CHAMPIONSHIP – SATURDAY 1st APRIL

hat is Trail - O? n which tests map reading skills. The competitor visits a series of

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Venue he competition will be held at Iping Common near Midhurst. The map for this event is a new

ruary 2006) at a scale of 1:5,000 and 5m contour interval. Standard mapping symbols

king ar parking, except for pre-entered competitors, will be adjacent to the A272 at SU861219,

west of Midhurst. There is a ten-minute footpath walk from here to the event

int his will be located in the Trail - O car park adjacent to the timed controls.

here will be one ELITE level course of about 1.2km with 15m of climb, followed by a walk point of about 800m with 15m of climb. There will be two timed controls for

. Paralympic class must be members of BOF class must be members of BOF

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re-entries on a special form are required for classes 1 and 2 by 13 March (see BOC website) on the day are welcome for the CATI class with a fee of £5 for seniors and £3 for

ing Championships also if they so wish. If you wish to reserve a start time please ring

WTrail - O is a competitiodesignated ‘decision’ points along a ‘trail’ from which may be seen up to 5 control kites (standard O-kites). The competitor must decide using the detail from the map, the contrdescription, and the placement of the control circle which of the visible kites is the correct oThe visible kites are designated, from left to right, A to E. There are lettered boxes on the control card which are punched to specify the competitor’s decision; and a box marked ‘Z’ use if the decision is that none of the visible kites corresponds with the control circle on the map. For each correct answer a score of ‘1’ is awarded and as a tie-breaker two of the contrare timed (but only for the ‘Elite’ competitors).

Tone (Febare used. The map is laser printed and bagged and is approximately A4 size in landscape format. Car ParCwhich is 2.5 kmstart. Car parking details for pre-entered wheelchair users and any others who may find thewalk difficult will be provided individually. BTOC direction signs will be placed on the A272 in both directions. Registration PoT Course Details Tback to the startingclasses 1 and 2 only, to be attempted before the course. Classes 12. Open3. Come-and-Try-It [C T s open to all comers. Each class will be divided into senior and junior sections. Entries Pbut entriesjuniors. Start times are from 10:00 to 12:30 so that entrants will be able to take part in the British Orienteerthe BTOC Organiser, Simon Ling, on 01372 813047 or e-mail simon@simonling.org.uk. Control Cards Control cards will be issued in duplicate and bagged. A pin punch on a cane will be sited near each control decision point. After assessing the cards at the finish, one card will be returned to the competitor while the other will be retained by the finish officials. 20

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red 1, 2, 3, etc, while the

ed controls are shown as squares of the same “size” of the equivalent control circle and are he exact position of the timed controls will not be marked on the

oint while

ht) cision point alone – at other locations the controls may appear in a different

ill be two timed controls to be attempted before the main course. At the decision point nd asked to confirm that

at number can be seen. When the competitor is ready the specific time control competition f the Official) will be handed over, correctly orientated, and the clock

of 120

may be muddy if there has been recent rain and, if requested, to assist with punching the control card (although

e responsibility for correct punching lies with the competitor). Those assisting the competitor nstructed that they must not advise the competitor in any way in the decision-

nners of each class and certificates for the first three places. The trophies will

e presented at the main BOC prize giving in the Assembly Area.

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Decision Points Decision points are not marked on the map but are marked on the ground by numbers mountedon stakes. On the map, the control circles are conventionally numbetimlabelled T1 and T2. Tcompetitors’ map. The decision points will be found alongside the path in the vicinity of the numbered control. Competitors should visit controls in strict numerical order and must not leave the path during thecompetition. Except at timed controls, competitors may move away from the decision pmaking their decisions but must remember that controls are identified (A to E, from left to rigas seen from the deorder. Paths marked with red & white tape are out of bounds to competitors. Timed Controls There wthe competitor will be advised how many control kites are being used athmap (in the control ostarted. Timing will be stopped when the competitor announces his/her decision – the Control Official will confirm that the competitor has recorded his/her decision correctly and retain the special map. A maximum of 60 seconds is allowed for the decision – a warning is issued at 50seconds. An incorrect answer incurs a penalty of 60 seconds; no answer incurs a penalty seconds. Note: the timed controls are NOT part of the CATI competition.

Assistance Assistance will be available to help push wheelchairs along the path which

thare, however, imaking process. Results These will be displayed on a Results Board near to the Trail - O Registration Point. There aretrophies for the wib ComplaintsThe IOF Rules for Trail - O are applied to this competition. Should any complaint arise, these should be directed to the Organiser, Simon Ling, in the first instanc

EATING OUT: CO-ORDINATOR’S RECOMMENDATIONS

Most villages in West Sussex boast a pub that has a restaurant or sells bar food. Here is a selection of pubs and restaurants in Midhurst and the surrounding villages. Booking is advised if you want an evening meal.

Pubs The Blue Bell Inn, Cocking, on the A286 south of Midhurst 01730 813449 The Bricklayers Arms, Midhurst 01730 812084 The Country Inn, Bepton Road, Midhurst 01730 803466 The Greyhound, Cocking Causeway, Midhurst 01730 814425 The Half Moon, on the A272 west of Midhurst 01730 810818 The Jolly Drover, Hill Brow, Liss 01730 893137 The Keepers Arms, Trotton, on A272 west of Midhurst 01730 813724 The Royal Oak, West Lavington, on A286 south of Midhurst 01730 814611 The Swan, Red Lion Street, Midhurst 01730 812853 The Unicorn, Heyshott, south east of Midhurst 01730 813486 The White Horse, Easebourne, Midhurst 01730 813521 The Red Lion, the Green, Fernhurst 01428 653304 The Kings Arms, Henley, Fernhurst 01428 652005 The Hamilton Arms (Thai food) Stedham 01730 812555 The Duke of Cumberland Arms, Henley Village, 01428 652280 The Rising Sun, Milland, Liphook 01428 741347 The Halfway Bridge, Petworth Road, on A272 east of Midhurst 01798 861281 Hollist Arms, Lodsworth 01798 861310 Noah’s Ark, Lurgashall 01798 707346 The Cricketers, Duncton, south of Petworth 01798 342473 The Wheatsheaf Inn, Wood Lane, Midhurst 01730 813450 The Stonemasons Arms, Petworth 01798 342510

Restaurants Exsurgo Restaurant & Bar, North Street, Midhurst 01730 810011 Bloody Mary, Knockhundred Row, Midhurst 01730 817732 Prezzo, West Street, Midhurst 01730 817040 Gaudi’s Church Hill, Midhurst 01730 812990 Khan’s Brasseries, North Street, Midhurst 01730 812998

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Accommodation If you wish to camp and haven’t booked, there is a booking form on the web site for the campsites at Stedham and Seaford College, Petworth.

Places to Visit Petworth, an interesting historic market town and reputedly the antique centre of the south West Dean Gardens, West Dean Weald & Downland Open air Museum, Singleton Lurgashall Winery, Lurgashall The National Trust The National Trust season starts on 1st April 2006. www.nationaltrust.org.ukNational Trust Houses nearby are: Petworth House and Park, and Uppark, Petersfield. Museums and other places of interest in the locality Visit www.visitsussex.org

Tourist Information Guildford TIC 14 Tunsgate, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3QT Tel: 01483 444333 website: www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Tourism/ Midhurst TIC North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DW Tel: 01730 817322 Email: miditic@chichester.gov.uk Chichester TIC 29a South Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1AH Tel: 01243 775888 Email: chitic@chichester.gov.uk Petworth TIC Petworth Area Office, The Old Bakery, Golden Square, Petworth, West Sussex, GU28 0AF Tel: 01798 343523 Haslemere Visitor & Local Information Centre Haslemere Museum, 78 High Street, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2LA

Supermarkets Budgens White City, Midhurst Somerfield North Street, Midhurst Market Square, Petworth West Street, Midhurst Station Road, Liphook Tesco Weyhill, Haslemere (west side of town) Chichester (A27 west of city) Sainsbury Midhurst Road, Liphook (near stations) Chichester (A27 east side of city)

THE BRITISH ORIENTEERING FEDERATION WISH TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THIS

EVENT.

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