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